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EEE _ object and our aim." He quoted Presi- oS 'were no physical navy to bind Aus- trali | leader this was opposite to the true state of affairs; AT "Britain," he asserted, "is steadily growing in wealth, health, power and education, There never was a time of | such prosperity." os Referring to the "dole," Mr. Church- ill quoted Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas' de- seription of it as "The most perfect scheme for the support of the unem- ployed in any state or country." The speaker said the men drawing this . money were the sam> men who paid the premiums into the "dole" fund in bri times. Summing dp the pessi- istic of the unemployment situation, Mr. Churchill said: "There 1s nothing which would lead anyone to believe that these reports are true. 'The miners are the symbol of ihe pow- er of cur race, man-power and en- durance." REMAINED INTACT. In opening, Mr. Churchiil referred to himself as a traveller seeking knowledge, leisure and change. In the course of that search he spoke of . having visited Winnipeg nearly 30 years ago. "What changes those years have seen," he continued. "In no sim- ilar period have war and science so affected mankind. The structures of empires have been swept away in Rus- sia, Germany, Austria and Turkey, but we have come through intact, un- ited and stronger than ever." Mr. Churchill declared that the greatest interest of Great Britain was in the maintenance of peace. "We need it," he asserted. "Peace is our dent Hoover's statement that "not in 50 years has the outlook for world: peace been so bright." | Mr. Balfour had said that peace would continue in all civilized coun- tries. The speaker spoke of subver- sive propaganda. "By the raust art- ful means we would be coaxed into giving up our rights. Alarmist propa- ganda would frighten British states? men, and even the people, into aban- doning their rights." NAVY ESSENTIAL The British Navy, he declared, was essential and vital to the security of the Empire. "When our navy was supreme, did it abouse our power?" he inquired. (Cries of Nu.) By the agreement of 1921 the British and American battle fleets were made equal, Britain retaining her superior-! ity in minor craft, an exception made necessary by the dissimilar positions of the nations, the United States com- pact in its vastness and self-sustain- ing, while three-quarters of the food consumed in Britain was dependent upon the mainter.ance of uninterrupt- ed commerce on the seas. "Equality," said Mr. Churchill, "in the miner craft' would consequently mean British inferiority. That I should deeply regret. Yet I can see nothing which should prevent peace and goodwill between the two nations despite the disparity in minor naval craft," He next dealt with Egypt, describ- ing how that country had developed and prospered under British influence as contrasted to the conditon of an- archy and barbarism which existed ~~ before British garrisons were estab- lished there, » He predicted that when these garrisons were withdrawn to the Suez banks there would be a slow re- turn of the country to the rack and ruin from which it had been rescued. SINGAPORE BASE. Speaking of Australia's dependence upon the Suez Canal as a link with the Empire, he said Singapore was simply a base designed to safeguard contact with Australia and New Zea- land. Singapore was not a threat or menace to any nation, "least of all to our ally Japan." The British Empire would cease to be a reality if there and New Zealand to the other parts of the Empire, "By means of| | Singapore we return to them the pro- That is the only argument for Singa- poverty. oon W ~~ DANGER OF "REDS." Mr. rously of "new tection that they gave us in the war. |' [ unism." and re- n; hold | oe Britain's Labor Go _-- in's r Government, the beauties of the Lake of the 'oods, Rt. Hon. W. 8. Churchill, for- Chancellor of - the the Baldwin Government, arrived in Kenora receiitly for a brief visit, and in his own characteristic Churchill way, "wanted to buy an island right away." Churchill and his party were taken for a most enjoyable trip on the Lake of the Woods, and like Premier Ram- say MacDonald, he was at once capti- vated by the beauties of the lake, and became most enthusiastic. Mr. Mac- Donald fay or 'nay not have estab- lished a precedent in. praising the Lake of the Woods, but Mr. Churchill was, if possible, more enthusiastic, and his desire to "purchase an island" was most emphatic and most sincere. After visiting the summer home of James Richardson, the party viewed vaious beauty spots on the lake, re- turning to the summer home of Hon. and Mrs. Robert Rogers. They returned by special train to Winnipeg at 2.30 p.m. Kenora citi- zens are hoping that at some none too far distant date they will be able to welcom> the distinguished states- man again to Kenora, not only as a visitor, but asa summer resident. British Win Air Race at 328-Mile Pace Retain Schneider Cup as Wag- horn Flies 217.49 Miles _in 39% Minutes; Italy Second at 248 M.P.H. Ryde Peirhead, Isle of Wight.--Fly-; ing six miles a minute at times to at- tain the world's record speed of an average of 328.663 miles an hour for the 217.38-mile course, Waghorn, the "baby" of Great Britain's high speed seaplane team, retained for his coun- try the coveted Schneider trophy. The first starter in the contest for the blue ribbon of aviation, he com- pleted the seven circuits of the course | marked out between England and the | Isle of Wight in 39 minutes 42 4-5 sec- onds in the Supermarine Rolls-Royce S-6, the Blue Rocket. In doing so and in making the new average record for the course he surpassed the previous average record of Flight Lieutenant 8. N. Webster, of Great Britain, made in 1927, by 47.14 miles an hour. Wag: horn competed against two other Eng- lish navy fliers and three Itallans. Flying officer R. . R. Atcherley, an- other British aviator, in a plane like Waghorn's, gained another record for his country by flying two laps at an average speed of 332.29 miles an hour, the fastest speed ever officially cred- ited to man. Atcherley completed the course at 325.45 miles an hour but was subse- quently disqualified by the judges for not rounding the pylon off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Second Place to Italy Italy captured secon® place with the Macchi-Fiat M. 52, piloted by Quarter. master Tomaso dal Molin, with an average speed of 284,20 miles an hour. Third place was won for Great Bri- tain by Flight Lieutenant d'Arcy Grelg, with an average of 282.11 miles an hour, His Supermarine-Napier 8-5, and dal Molin's plane, had been flown at Venice in the 1927 contest. Italy's wonder Macchi seaplane did not do so well, as both Lieutenants Remo Cadringher and Giovanni Monti were forced down just after complet- ing the first lap. Arriving by special train, Mr. [| | view widely held, particularly by those! ein Drilling machinery of deepest hole at Signal Hill, near Long Beach. ABOVE GROUND AT THE WORLD'S DEEPEST HOLE in the world, shaft of ofl company, which is approaching dept of 10,000 feet Radio in Canada May Be Changed By Board Report Royal Commission Named to Study Conditions Expect- ed to Make Drastic Changes Considering Three Pla Government Control of Sta- tions Believed Favored Montreal. --Within a short time it is expected that the Royal Commis- sion appointed to inquire into radio broadcasting. will submit its report to the Federal government, which, after consideration, will prepare for the coming session of Parliament what legislation is yecessary to cary out the recommendations acceptable to the government. That some rather drastic reform in; the Canadian radio situation will be recommended by the commission is a with an intimate Knowledge of radio | broadcasting conditions in the minion, | It is generally assumed that somo | form of government control and opera. | tion will he recommended, and that | some such move will meet with favor from the government. Such a system, it and when adopted, would involve al severe reduction in the number of ex- isting stations, and would also involve | a considerable increase in the power of the stations retained, | Up to the end of last month there were altogether seventy-eight broad- casting stations in Canada. only a few are high powered and serv- | ing an area of any considerable in Do- | small, with only a local and extremely limited appeal. These, it is held, are | of little service to any community, large or small, and in the interests of should, and probably will, be taken over by the government, some to be merged into larger stations and others to be scrapped. The commission had before it three possible plans to be considered in the drafting of a report, namely, establish- 'ment of one or more groups of sta- {tions operated by private enterprise in receipt of a government subsidy; establishment and operation of sta- tions by a government-owned and fi d y, and the establish- ment and operation by provincial gov- ernments. Whatever course is recommended, and it is believed the second is the most probable, many difficulties are 'presented. One is the fact that one | province, Manitoba, now has a system controlled and operated by the Provin. cial government, with stations at Win nipeg and Regina. Another is the large number of small private enter- prises now in existence, and whose + | vested interest has to be carefully con- sidered when providing for complete Federal government operation. Some of them.may he used as feeders to the larger stations. The commission, 'it is known, is insistent public demand for better pro- | loastern frontier which she regards as irevealed in an interview here with Of these, 'paul Painleve, Minister of War, been drawn upon in the new fortifica- tent. A large number of them are very tions; E better programs and of useful service i grams, particularly of Canadian and | British origin. Not only will aggres-| sive measures be adopted for the im-| provement, through subsidy and other means, of purely Canadian programs, but some provisions wil also be made for British programs. While some of these are now being picked up on 'the short wave lengths of certain Cana- dian stations and then relayed to their listeners, an even more systematic et- fort to provide with all possible regu- larity British programs is almost cer- tain to be made. Stress will be laid, too, upon providing programs of an educational haracter, such as are pro- vided in the European countries, and for exchange of Canadian stuff as be-. tween widely separated provinces; | such as British Columbia and Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. While there are now nearly eighty broadcasting stations in Canada, there would have been many more but for the careful scrutiny of the Department of Marine, which sought to assure the greatest service to the largest number of people. As many as one hundred applications for further licenses have been held up by the department, some of them pending the results of the Royal Commission's inquiry. World War Shows the Way France Rebuilds Fortresses to Guard Eastern Frontier Paris.--France is steadily rebuilding | that iron helt of fortresses along her indispensable to her safety, it was Lessons of the World War have with the result that deep caves, capable of protecting large bodies of troops from the heaviest shells, form an important feature of the new sys- tem. Verdun remains the key point of frontier defense, the Minister of War said, with a long line of smaller fort- resses supplementing that defense, eah related in a strategic plan to the others, and with vantage points ready for the artillery in the rear. Painleve does not support the theory that a line of timber land is a wvalu- able defense in modern war, insisting that the concealment it would afford the enemy would equal the advantages it would give the defenders. e luded his interview with an appeal for the defense of French children as the best defense of the country. i "Preaching about more children will not raise the birth rate," he said. "We must concentrate all our efforts to re- duce infant mortality to a minimum." AN mr Winnipeg, Manitoba.--J. M. McKay, general agricultural agent of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway here, announces the intention of the company to again offer four cups to the Boys' and Girls' Swine Clubs located along the rail way's lines in each of the four west ern provinces. In addition the win. ERE Combines Cut Costs Saskatchewan Harvest While Smaller Will be More FEcon- omically Harvested with Modern Machinery Regina, Sask.--Saskatchewan is go- ingcheerfully about its harvest opera- tions, The crop is short. In bushelage- it may not be much more than half the big crop that ripened in 1928, But harvesting methods are cheap- er, and there is a better price for all contract grades, as well as feed. Significant facts are stressed while harvest operations are at their peak. One thing is that old methods of harvesting have definitely passed from the picture. Combines have come into general usage and intelligent farmers are buying modern machinery and saving harvest costs this year. For nearly two decades, Regina has been the greatest distributing point for farm machinery in the British Empire. Value of farm machinery distribut- ed runs to $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 each year. Distribution of combines: this year is in keeping with the fast pice set during the past two years. Another significant fact is the sup- eriority of summer fallow over stub- ble in grain yield. J.J. Heenan; Grand Coulee, has just won Regina's Board of Trade prize for fine wheat stands. He farms a section in a country which is far from running water. His patch of Marquis wheat is ex- pected to yield well over 30 bushels to the acre. Other Grand Coulee farmers were among the leaders in the Regina com- petition. Wheat grown on summer fallow land won the big prizes in the Regina district. It is apparent that in districts where stubble land this year will probably yield not more than 10 or 12 bushels to the acre, summer fallow crop will be higher than 30 bushels. _ The West cannot expect a 500,000, 000 bushel crop every year. Hail, frost, rust ard drought must be taken with years of bumper crops. But progressive farmers are finding that modern methods of sowing and harvesting grain are dest. ----e-- He: "Do you think your mother ning teams in each province will be .|deeply impressed with the wide and |taken to Toronto, to the Royal Winter , as guests of the railway, Germans Spring a New would approve my kissing you?" | She: "Mother never approves any- {thing until she tries it." \ COMPARISON ABSURD sport hinting at an official admission ply to Criticism of In feriority Dimensions and Capacity of| Vessels Shown by Figures London--Officials of the Air Minis- try, and the firm concerned with the! construction of the airship R-100, have' had their attention drawn to a re- that the R-101 and the R100 are in- fericr to the Graf Zeppelin They say that, in the first case, it Is absurd to attempt to compare a craft, built for a differen purpose' and of vastly greater size and cap. | acity, which is not to be tested for] some time to come, with the Graf, Zeppelin, They express a complete disbelief that anyone in authority would be so unwise as to express any opinion on! the matter, and say tbat they them- selves have no knowledge of anything | approaching an officila verdict hav-' ing even been considered. Immense Difference There is an immense difference be- tween the new British airships and, the Zeppelin, which is shown by the, following figures: Length in feet cf the R-101, 732; R-100, 709; Graf Zep-| pelin, 772; (diameter in the same or- der): 131 feet, 133 feet, 100 feet. The maximum of all three, eighty miles per hour, Cruising speed 70, 71.5 and 68 miles. Range, with normal pay load, 3.000 miles, 3,500 miles and 6.260. Normal lay load of British ships is, 100 pasengers and mails while Graf} Zeppelin carries 20 passengers and 15 tons of freight. | Total displacement 151 tons, 156 tcns and 107 tons, total horsepower | 3,260, 4,200 and 26,650, British ships have 5,000,000 cubic feet capacity which is several times that of the Zeppelin. These figures indicate the absurdity of any comparison and this is emphasized hy the fact that no one can possibly know, until after their trials, what the British Airships' ao tual performance will be, However, in estimated speeds, size and carry: ing capacity the British ships exceed the Zeppelin As far as range is concerned, it is quite possible with favoring winds, they may far sur.! pass the range officially set as their limit, ee Al} Vatican to Close Bathing Beach Scant Clad Dancers Shock Church Powers So They Buy Beach to do Away With Sun Baths and Too Few Clothes Rome.--Young ccuples who have been indulging in a convenient habit dancing in bathing costumes at the fashionable seaside resort, Fregene, 20 wiles from Rome, are being sub- jected to strong criticism, because the girls' costumes are too scant The Osservatore Romano, the papal organ, Is starting a campaign against what is called "women's altogether extravagant behavoir on the seaside," and it appears now that the vatican Prime al me Ramsay MacDonald Saysloar Must Build Found: ~~ gue ation for It Geneva--The British Govérnment "declined absolutely to build against the United States," declared the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, in his disarmament speech before the League of Nations Assembly. "That is not only the word of & Labor government. I think I cai "a9 it is that of a Conservative governs ment." Mr. MacDonald announced that the Anglo-American naval agreement probably would contain 20 points. "Only three of these points are out standing," he said. Ramsay MacDonald expressed the belief that the agreement would be | completed before the adjourrment of the League Assembly. He announc- ed that Great Britain had decided to sign the optional clauses for adher- once to the World Court. He bes lieved. all units of the British Com. monwealth would do Jikewise. An atmosphere cf expectancy per- valled the League Assembly when the British Labor leader hegan his address. The work ofthe League will go for. ward and establish the foundation of world peace and the problem of the League of Nations is the price cf seeudity, he said. "The pact of peace is still a castle in the air and the work of the Lea- gue is to build up a foundation for It," said Mr. MacDonald. He declared that he had never be- lieved the Hague conference could or would fail. Palestine Situaticn Commenting on the situation in Palestine, Mr. MacDonald said the | trouble was not a racial conflict be- | tween Jews and Moslems, but merely i an uprising based on lawlessness and |_ disorder. Great Britain, as the man- | date power under the League, will ins | vestigate and find a remedy to nré. | vent recurrence of the outbreaks, he | said. Question of "War Gap" The paragraph in the Geneva Pro: tocol had attempted to fill a "war gap" by naming as the aggressor that nation which refused arbitration ot any quarrel, One of the greatest risks of war Is Undoubtedly engine development during construction of the British| that some of us are too heavily ships was not as far advanced as was' armed," said Mr. MacD: ffald. We expected Presumably this is the must face the problem of disarma- basis for the alleged disappointment.! ment with undivided minds. Stil, the risk of war breaking out is not much less than the hope of main- taining peace." He emphasized that Anglo-American negotiations are in no way a conspiracy against other nations. Dealing with the eecnomic situa: tion, the British Prime Minister said the Assembly of the League must face problems of tariffs. "Tariff barriers between producer and consumer are not justified by experience," he said. Mr. MacDonald recommended the transformation of political agreements into.. economic agreements which would make for economic freedom. Ap Helping Helpless Great Woik Canvied On In Ontario For Friendless Children of the sympathy By means and is determined to buy the whole Fre- fnancial support of its many friends, gene estate, which consists of three the Children's Aid Society has been miles cf sandy beach and huge pine aple to rescue or otherwise help many woodland. It will be turned into a special sea- side resort for ecclesiastics, Catholic gohools and alt moral people who bathe only for bathing's sake. Only costumes buttoned up to the throat and showing as little as possible of the skin will be allowed. There will be a ban on dancing, sun baths, ly- ing half naked on the sand, and spoon ing under the moon. Fregene was to be the Italian Neu. ville and had already grown into a most fashionable place, with lovely cottages amidst pine trees, restau- rants, and a long range of cabins on the beach, but it will now become the dullest place on earth, Canadian Trade Rises $232,374,463 in Year Ottawa, --Canada's trade during the twelve months ended July 31st last exceeded in value her trade for the preceding twelve months by $232,374, 463. The grand total of Canadian for twelve months ended July 3. trade 1 last ponding period a year ago the total was $2,444,831,864. 'The total, business done by represents the twelve months, was made as follows: ducts, $1,341,534,196; foreign exports, $26,890,473. 3 Even now 7. : ho corres- ing to the air mal. Oly Vio Sovenil" was $BOCTI06IRT. Kor Ihe oata'of the trafic here is of French origin. nadians with citi-' domestic air mall zens of other countries during the last, With it. Total imports for consumption, $1,308, 781,668; total exports of Canadian pro- thousands of innocent children, in- cluding: -- 1. Children whose parents are dead, incapacitated, or unfit to have charge of them. 2. Children living in evil environm- ment, or otherwise in serious moral { danger. 3. Wayward crime, 4, Unloved, unlovable, unwanted, or otherwise handicapped children. It is well to remember that there is a branch of the Society located im every city, every country town, and every unorganized district in Ontario, and that any communication addressed to the Secretary or local Superintend- ent will receive prompt attention. The Society is particularly anxious to hear from childless families. Air Mail France Neglects Ai il; Double Postage Rate Blamed Le Bourget, France.--A survey of survey of this aviation centre shows that French business men are not children drifting inte Some observers are of the opini that the double postage charged fof has much to do If from P: Your