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vernment has reas 10s a bitter disbate over As the Boston Transcript ose borderline VIVE Th fo right Thi ckks of he 5 ; Fastin roueronner, Sosa a a Cl . an amicable solution 'dt bo' by representatives of the natlons con- ' 1s parti appropriate for, adjudication by thd World Court." The Story in Short .~ Before dawn on the morning of Wednesday, March 20, the Pm Along, ¢itrylng, according to Captain Ran- dall's cwn statement, "2,800 cases of assorted liquors," dropted 'anchor off the Loulsiana coast, in the neighbor. : hood of Trinity Shoals. The scaoon- a er's position says the captain, was ; "about fourteen and one-half to fifteen miles offshore" = But Capt. A. L. QGaible, commander of the Coast Guard forces of the Gulf, states that the position was less than twelve miles from the coast. Shortly. after daybreak the crew of the I'm Alone saw the Coast Guard cutter Walcott approaching, and i diately hove up anchor and made for the open sea. When called upon by the Walcott to ing and allowed us to remain on d ot SA ached | day, | risngside the dock in New during the day. To my surpr going below after supper, I hl that 1 would have to submit to leg- 1 remarked to tha cap! t I did not consider that I wak a AA of war and had no intention ig anything rash. But he as: me that ft was his orders Sud, as such, T told him that I could only submit to force. "After that we remained in custody d5wh below until yesterday, Satur. , when 'we wer allowed to com on deck, and we were kept in {ron { morning, when wa arrived Orleans, ] h to lay ahy blame on the, captains of the cutters for sinking my ship, a8 they assured me that they were acting under orders, but I con- sider it a most cowardly action to blow my boat to pleces with a gale of wind blowing and a heavy sea run: ning, when any man but a strong swimmer would not be expected to live." . . The Coast Guard Statement "I'm Alone was a notorious liquor smuggler and had been engaged in smuggling liquor Into the United States for nearly five years. The vessel was registered at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, by the I'm Alone Ship- ping Company. , . . © "On February 2 the I'm Alone clear- ed from Belize, British Honduras, for Nassau, Bah with liquor, and on r= heave to for hoarding and i tion the schooner refused to stop, Cap- tain Randell's contention "being that he was on the high seas, outside of treaty watérs, 'dnd that therefore the Const. Guard cutter had no purisdic- tion over him. ¥or a full day the Y'm'Alone continued its course toward the Mexican coast, with the Walcott in pursuit. Then the schooner hoye to and permitted the commanding of- ficer of the cutter to come aboard @narmed, but refused to submit to an. dnispection. The cutter's commander continued t February 8 was found by the Coast Guard off the coast of Lousiana. She returned to Belize on March 6, in bal last, having obviously succeeded In landing her cargo in the United States, She never arrived at Nassau, On March 12 she again cleared from Be- lize with liquor for Hamilton, Ber- muda. : "On March. 20 the Coast Guard patrol bodt Walcott picked up the I'm Alone within twelve miles of ths | Louisiana coast, the vessel thus be- ing some 500 miles off her course for returned to his ship, and the pursuit ont Th on the morning of Friday, March 22, an- other Coast Guard patrol, the Dexter, summoned by radio, joined the chase. Thé I'm Alone, signaled to stop or be sunk, continued on her course, and the Dexter sank her with shells from # 'three-potnder. The 'crew of the schooner jumped into the water, which was lashed into heavy seas by a gale. With the exception of one man, who drowned, they were rescu- ed by the Coast Guard boats. The survivors were taken fn irons to New Orleans. ; ; Skipper a War Hero A Captain Randell, a veteran of the World War, who won the Distinguish. ~ed Service Cross and the Crolx de Guerre while serving as a Lieutenant Commander in the British Navy, de- clares that "there was no more cow- ardly act shice the operations of the German submarines than this act of shooting my ship from| under me? He glves this vivid description of the 'actual sinking: i 3 : "When the second cutter te Sn 'we recognized her as the Dexter, 8 after a conforence With the Walcott, eame up flying the 'signals: 'Heave to or I'l fire at you. 1 replied by soma d The Walcott called upon the smuggler to heave to for hoard: ing and examination ,as authorized by the United Btates Tariff Act. The order of the United States vessel was refused, whereupon the Walcott fired across the bow of the I'm Alone, hal od the vessel, and was defied by her master, The Walcott then od through the smuggler's sails and rig- g, but the Walcott could not stop 6 I'm Alone because the gun jam- med. : "The I'm Alone fled, being con- tinuously pursued by the Walcott, and by the Coast Guard patrol boat Dex- ter, which joined in the chase. "The Dexter overhauled the T'm Aloné on the morning of March 22, the Walcott also bejng close up. The master of thé I'm Alone was told to heave to. He refused, saying that he would be sunk first. The Dex- ter megaphoned to the I'm Alone that he would have to sink her, but he first fired warning shots ahead, which the smuggler did not hoed. ThevDexter then fired through the rigging, but §till the smuggler refused to stop. The master of the I'm Alone had a | pistol and had waved it in a threaten ing manner. Finally the Dexter was led to fire a ber of shots phore and megaphone that I did not consider Spat Bo I 1 t ction | 10to the smuggler's hull, and the ves- nk. The Coast Gaard rescued .except summer, AMERICAN BUYS ALMOST EXTINCT CLIPPER SHIP FOR SOUTH SEA TRIP | Seven Seas, one of the last of the full-rigged clipper ships, formerly Swedish training ship, with auxiliary engines, after which her new owner, Inglis M. Uppercu, will make a south sea cruise during the will be equipped a thorized by our law, thers would seem to be no other course then to compel compliance with American law." _.. ., Press Views The Canadian and British Govern: ents, according to Albert W, Fox in the Washington Post, also intend to rafse "a troad gage qiiestion of ma- tional affront" Says Mr. Fox: "The United States will be called upon to inform the British and Cana- dian Governments whether ft fs America's intention to claim the right finder any circumstances to. sink British ships by gun-fire on the high seas, put.leg-irons on the officer and manacles on the crew, and carry them for trial to an American port 250 miles distant." The Toronto Mail and Empire sees something fronfc in such "high-hand- edness" on the part of 3 nation "which has just been making itself conspicu- ous as the asserter of the freedom of the seas." Sensible people in Canada, however, thinks the Windsor Border Cities Star, "are rather disgusted with all the fuss being made in diplomatic circlés over the sinking of a British rum-runner by United States Coast Guards." And in the Toronto Globe we read, "No one on this side of the line will willingly tolerate the flouting of in- ternational laws by the United States or any other nation. At the same time it can not be a matter for grati- fication to decent people of the Brit. ish Empire that near-piratical crews of bold ldwhbreakers continue to use th eBritish flag as a cloak for thelr own nefarious operations." How England feels about the sink ing Is shown in an Evening Standard editorial, as cabled to the New York World: "American opinion cries: 'Why should our Prohibition fanatics use shot and shell on this floating saloon to provoke mixed grins and wrath in the outer world? To which British opinion replies, 'If your, facts are right, you have a legal case, and we can't parade our injured dignity over a rum-runner' So both sides are doing their utmost to be friendly be- cause shots were fired and blood un- tortunatély spit." Characteristic of the dl fonat Madras Official Entertains Tiger Finds Animal Under His Table at Dinner Time Madras, India.--Although A. Wim: bush, Conservator of Forests in the Madras district, regarded.as a mere Incident in the routine of his day's work, to discover a tigress under one's table might come as a shock to more urban people, As described in a magazine called the "Indian Forest Ranger," the "incident" was as fol: lows: One evening at sunset as Wimbush and some of his party were taking their baths, a. villager knocked on the door und advised Wimbush that "a large striped animal had just jumped on the verandah." Wimbush leisurely finished his absolutions under the 1:n- pression that someone had 'probably seen .a large dog jump, However, once dressed, he decided to investigate, . There was no animal on the verandah, 80 he strolled Into the sitting room and was "interested" to see a full-sized tigress seated com- fortably under a table on which an ofl lamp was burning, He backed out quietly closing the door and ran for his rifle at the same time calling for assistance. Return- ing he opened the door a crack and fired. The next few moments, even by Wimbush's own confession, were not exactly dull. The tigress jumped up knocking over the table and the lamp which by good luck happened to be extinguished by the fall, Wimbush slammed the door shut, and for the next minute or so could hear the fur- niture being banged around the room in lively fashion. Then all was qulet: Wimbush, by now accompanied by several companions, peeked through the keyhole. The tigress was nowhers in sight. A door on the opposite side of the room offered another fleld of view, so they went around and. tried peeking through that, The reason they had not been able to see the ti- gress from the first door was that ft was crouched at the foot of the door waiting to spring the moment it should tone of the American press in discuss. ing the incident is the following edi: torfal comment in the Newark News: "British interest in the sinking of the rum-runned I'm Alone follows have Although the tigress could be seen from the second door her position was such that it was impossible to get a shot at her, A council of war was held with the result that a ladder was se- cured and a hole made in the thatched roof of the dwelling. Through this a rifle was poked &nd the daring tigress was given her coupe de grace. FAERIE SG How To Be 100 London Sunday Express (Ind. Cons.) : When a man becomes 100 years of age he is usually, interviawed by re- porters, and this ingenious race invari- ably come back with a story that the centenarian owes his great age either to drink or teetotalism, to early rising or much sleep, to smoking or mnon- smoking. The truth is that healthy old men never think about their health. . If you wish to keep out of the grave put your health out of your mind. --s The Channel Tunnel Spectator (London): When the tun- nel has been built the military and naval objections of to-day will be laughed at, as we now laugh at the former objections to fron ships, and breechloading guns, and the rallways from Portsmouth and Dover, and cables, and a great many other 'things. It has been said that a new and bold proposal goes through three stages. First people say that it is impossible. Next they say that it is contrary to Scripture. Lastly (when the plan has succeeded) they say, "I told you so." ! SE FORESIGHT "Pap you bought sister a plano, can't you buy me a season pass to the baseball?" "Well, son, I don't know about a pass for the season." "Well, it will be somewhere for me to go 'every day while she's practic ing." z When the "Silent Service" Speaks it Roars A review of the outlook In the new (| northwest which is steadily opening 'J up as the frontiers of Western Can: ada are pushed further northward, Was given recently by John M. Imrie, managing director of the Edmonton dimensions, new in the variety and character and number of vocational opportunities, distinctive types of men and women, and in its reactive ef- fect upon Canada and Canadians, "Premfer Bracken," he sald, "has predicted that by 1933, Manitoba's mineral production will ex¢eed in val- ue its wheat crop. In Saskatchewan, a large mineral development is now under way in the western section of the Flin Flon area ana engineers and brospectors are flocking to halt a dozen districts In the far north of that province where] recent discoveries and known geological formations give promise of great mineral wealth, Al- berta with 14 per cent. of the world's coal reserves, is presently running neck to neck with Nova Scotia in coal production, and this summer {ts por- tion of the pre-Cambrian Shield will be prospected by a government engin- eering party. And to the still far ther north--to Chesterfield Inlet and the Barren Lands of Keewatin, to Great Slave Lake and the Nahanat country of the Mackenzie district oth- er groups of prospectors are flocking to-day seeking to wrest from Mother Earth her secrets of mineral deposits. Hydro Development "Nor' are the new productive "ele: ments in Canada's mid-west confined to minerals. Hydro development has already taken place at many points and is in early prospect at many more. One newsprint Industry, recent: ly established in Manitoba, fs the forerunner of others. © Alberta has quickly jumped into first place as an oil producer and new wells are coming In so fast as to foreshadow a large oll industry there.. In each of the prairie cities there Is a new indus trial situation, spirit and outlook bas- ed upon a new westward movement of industry. And in the great Peace River country a new rush of settlers is steadily pushing farther north the boundaries of profitable agriculture. "It®is on a magnificent scale that our great railways are plananing and acting in this new north-west of Can- ada. It reflects a breadth of vision, a bigness of conception, and a cour- age in action that ara reminiscent of an early synchronization of these same qualities in the original con- struction of the Canadian Pacific Rall way across the western plains and mountains; "As to the Peace River country, the pre:Cambrian Shield that is the com- mon source of mineral wealth from Quebec to Saskatchewan covers only the north-eastern corner of Alberta, But the great agricultural belt that stretches in an ever widening band across Manitoba and Saskatchewan broadens sharply in a northerly di- rection after crossing the Alberta boundary. and continu>s up to and be- yond the northern boundary of that province. This gives to Alberta fits great Peace River country side by side with its portion of the pre-Cambrian Sheld. "Only those who have visited the far away stretches of the Peace can have any adequate conception of the extent and possibiiities of is water- shed. Climatic conditions and fertili- ity of soil have combined to make this one of the most productive areas In Western Canada, ' "The 'suit-case homesteader,' a fea- ture of all ploneer distrits, has al- most disappeared. The farmers of the Peace River country to-day are per- manent settlers, developing a prosper- ous and stabilized agriculture, "New towns are springing into be- ing and older ones are growing rapid- ly. On my fourth visit last summer 40 or 60 buildings where a hamlet 1 found at one crossroads a town of of two or three had existed two years earlier. At a neighboring point are seven grain elevators where none had been bullt a year before. "Rallroad transportation 1s now rapid, efficient and dependable. It has been gradually extended follow- ing the lines of the new settlement. Further extensions of 528 miles were chartered last month. "Already Its agricultural produc: tion exceeds that of all Alberts 20 years ago. Who shall estimate its valye and. purchasing power 10 y hence? Its area of good land is a least two-thirds more than the total under cultivation in all Alberta to- day. By the time its density of popu- latiop equals the present average for Alberta, it will be sustaining 600,000 people on its farms alone, and these will be producing crops worth $400, 000,000 annually, , Even them it will be ble of more intensive settle-| ment and cultivation--as is the rest of Alberta to-day--and other sources of wealth will be utilized in Its timber Journal. ;* This. new' northwest he ©d to'this ancient custom. It is hoped pointed out, is new fn {ts geographicay at the action of the Majlis will fm extent of its known wealth in the| Slavery, which still exists in 'Asiatic and African conntries, has been abolished by the Majlis, the Persian National Assembly. The Majlis acted on the appeal of the . Persian people, many of whom object: fluence other Oriental countries to da away with slavery. 5 Inland China, with its huge popula tion, has perhaps the largest number of slaves in any country. In Thisa many of the slaves are girls «he were "adopted" when very young and trained in household duties. Slave marts are sald todo a thriving bust ness in some of the more inaccessible parts of China, and it is estimated that that country has 2,000,000 slaves. Ot the slaves in Arabla, a majority Baty were bord in bondage and they Pe fa; | gard themselves as better than the ? ordinary tribesmen. They are found In the household of some emir ox tribal chief, and are well fed and pro tected. In the great desert districts of the Arabian Peninsula almost every household of any pretension has fits . slaves, and in some cases they follow the professi of their , often rising to positions of honor wad dls tinction. ' Slaves that asy doaud fu Haea, Kowelt and Osman, the Arablay provinces on the Persian Gulf, are the negroes brought from Africa by Arab traders before the World War, Arrangement has been made with the King of 'the Hejaz whereby slaves pold in Arabia have a right of sanctw ary with the European consuls af Jeddah. Gone are the days when Morocos, Tunis and Algiers were slave marty not. only for negroes but for Circas Blan and Georglan beauties. The famous slave trade of the Barbary Coast is a thing of the past, and although there fis still some slavy trading, the buying and selling of hw man property is frowned upon. 'The French Government has shown dis approval of the slave marts, though slaves are bought on the oases ia Qe Northern African desert. In XKufws, In the Libyan Desert blacks are smuggled in from Sudan and sold for large sums, The Tuaregs, an advem: turous, warlike people, obtain thelr slaves from the Southern Sahara, but the slave ralds and slave caravans are growing fewer in these parts. Slavery is now disappearing in the Sudan, and it Is only in the remote parts that it still exists. The section which is now the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was the area for slave traf for hundreds of years, and it was from here that the giant blacks wers procured as guardians of the harems. The great surviving stronghold of slavery In Africa {s Ethiopla, which lies southeast of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The trafic is so gre&t and slaves are so plentiful and cheap that even the servants have their own per sonal attendants. ' The King, Ras Taf- farl, Is trying to abolish slavery, bug time is needed to educate the Hthi- oplans to regard slavery as undesir able, It is estimated that there are still more than 2,000,000 slaves im Ethiopia. peer ® a SNR row TUNE rn ---- Golf Club for Miners and Wives London--A golf course for miners and thelr wives i{s being constructed in Seghill, Northumberland. Seghill Colliery has been called the "working man's public school" on ao count of Its magnificent weltars schemes, Its latest enterprise, the Bolt course ,is being lald down by the miners themselves. It is a nine-hole course, with some natural hazards ,and the men will have a professional to teach them. Already | there is a memership of about 150. It is probably one of the most re markable clubs In the country. Tha subscription Is 12 cents a week, and the rules insist that all players shall be shaved and shall year collars and ties. There are 1,000 men employed at the colliery, and extraordinary facli- ities have been made for their recrea tion. These include: ARR Y Classes where lectures are arrang ed on almost any subject, Spacious rooms with billiards and dance halls, reading rooms and chess rooms, A vast hall, whose rafters are em caged In wire netting, so that football ~~ may be played by electric light. Three Rugby grounds, th pavi lions and dressing rooms used by seven teams composed of pitmen and boys. . Three tennis courts, and more belag laid down. | A bowling green, a cricket pitch, and a Boy Scout troop. SS "The question raised are too Im- portant for such casual treatment They are questions to be settled judi clally. They happened to i connection with a rum-ranned. 'and mineral deposits: "It ia no fanciful statenient or | with time they may arise lawful commerce,