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London~-Any dispute over the suc- oession to the British throne was set- tled recently when it was announced that the King had made a special in- vestigation and fixed the status of the 'voyal princesses. . The infant daughter of the Duke of York, Margaret Rose, was ranked fourth in line by the King. When the Princess was born, the question was 'raised as to how she ranked with her -older sister, Princess Elizabeth. With male children, the older brother al ways ranks first, but no such provi slon had ever been made for girls, and some authorities said, if the suc- cession ever came to the Duke of In Succession to British Throne | York's children, the sisters would be entitled to rule jointly. The succession now stands: 1. The Prince of Wales, eldest son of the King. 2. The Duke of York, second son of the King. ; 3. Princess Elizabeth. 4. Princess Margaret Rose. 6. The Duke of Gloucester, third son of the King. 6. Prince George, youngest son of the King. - If the Prince of Wales married and has children, they will rank next in succession, ahead of the Duke of York and his children, If the Duke of York has a son, he will take precedence over his sisters. Victoria's Letters Mine of Treasure Volume Gives Additional In- formation of Royal Court London--The volume of letters of 'Queen Victoria published here is a regular treasure trove of additional in- formation of the affairs of the Royal Court between 1886 and 1890. Queen Victoria was, of course, not the only person who wondered what "Willy" would do when he became Emperor of Germany. William Ho- henzollern was her grandson, son of Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria Adelaide. England's royal lady was soon partially enlightened, however, and the family relations becam strained. 9 "As regarding the Prince (later Ed- ward VI) not treating his nephew as an Emperor," wrote Queen Victoria, "this 1s really too vulgar and too ab- surd as well as untrue to be believed. "We have always been very intim- ate with our grandson and nephew and to pretend he is to be treated in private as well as in public as His Imperial \Majesty is perfect madness.' If he has any such notions he had' better never come here." William, however, was appreciative- ly jubilant when he was made a British admiral. "Fancy wearing the same uniform as St. Vincent and Nel- son. It makes one feel quite giddy," he exclaimed. And, remarkable in the light of later events, he added he felt something like Macbeth must have felt when the witches summon- od him, Once again the letters show how Victoria was disturbed by Gladstone. "He will ruin the country if he can," Her Majesty wrote once of the great Victorian Prime Minister. Interesting Glimpses New York--The New York Times also carried additional references from Queen Victoria's letters, including the following: 2 'More vividly than any biography or history these letters tell the story of years which were in many ways the pinnacle of the Queen's long reign. They reveal a stubborn queen who caused anxious moments in cabinets, but they also show a queen who had a shrewd political sense and who had become a towering influence in the political. and social life of England, The present selection reaches its climax with the first jubilee, when the popular opinion of her in England changed at last into adoration. There were many anxieties and griefs for the queen in those yers, however, and not the least of them was her impulsive grandson who be- came German Emperor in 1888. . "Such a hot-headed, concelted, wrong-headed young man, devoid of all feeling," Queen Victoria wrote of him. "How sickening it is to see Willy, not two months after his be- loved noble father's death, going to banquets and reviews. It is very In- decent, very unfeeling." Later the Queen's indignation knew no bounds after an affront to the Prince of Wales, later, King Edward, in the shape of a message objecting to his presence in Vienna during the visit of the German Emperor to the Austrian Emperor. The Kalser after ward denied he was responsible for this message and Queen "Victoria sus pected Chancellor Bismarch was at the bottom of the trouble. All the same, she had nothing but contempt for Wilhelm's demand to be treated as the "Kaiser," not as a "nephew." Distrust Lasts The Queen never lived down her distrust of her grandson. She had no better opinion of Prince Ferdinand of Cobourg when he was chosen to be _ Prince of Bulgaria. "He is totally unfit--delicate, ec- centric and effeminate," she wrote. "He should be stopped at once, It 1s Important that it should be known that I and my family have nothing to do with this absurd pretension of this foolish young cousin of mine. # How the Queen tried to avold sum- "moning Gladstone to form a Cabinet in 1885 is revealed inthe first chap- ter of the letters. She disliked Gladstone and carried her dislike be- yond the bounds of constitutional pro- priety. The letters disclose she even tried to consult Opposition leaders, Lord Salisbury and Bdward | '--both of whom declined to be com-| sulted, but advised her to summon | Gladstona, "Gladstone will ruin the country it he can," 'ne Queen wrote in her journal, "and how much mischief has he not done already?" Even when Gladstone's Cabinet was formed and the Home Rule crisis broke she held herself free to comsult with Lord Salisbury, the leader of the Opposition, on the best means of pro- ducing a coalition for Gladstone's overthrow. The letters take the Queen into, her old age, but show she was vig. orous enough to dance the quadrille at the age of 71. This was her description of it: Dance Described | "After dinner in the drawing room' we pushed the furniture back and had a nice little impromptu dance, the Curtiss band being so entertaining.' We had a quadrille in which I danced' with Eddy (Duke of Clarence). I did quite well. Then followed some polkas and waltzes." | Of all the human documents in the book none gives a better picture of the Queen than her description of the dazzling scene in Westminster Abbey when her world-wide Empire was celebrating her fifty years reign. | "I sat alone (Oh, without my be- loved husband, for whom this would have been such a proud day) where 1 had sat forty-nine years ago and re- ceived the homage of princes and peers. My robes were beautifully draped on the chair. The service was well done and arranged. = The Te Deum by my darling Albert sound: ed beautiful and the anthem by Dr. Bridge was fine especially the way in which the National Anthem and dear Albert's chorale were worked In." Thus more than a quarter of a cen- tury after Albert's death and at the summit of her life Victoria's thoughts wera still with her husband. Major Burwash Says Eskimo Air-Minded! Hardly Glance Skyward When Airplane Passes Ottawa--HBskimos in the far north have become airminded, Major L. T. Burwash, noted Canadian arctic ex- plorer told the Ottawa branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada re- cently. In some sections of the coun- try alrplanes have become so com- mon a sight that when one passes overhead, the Eskimos nonchalantly continue fishing and hardly glance skyward. Touching on the mystery that has enshrouded the fate of the Sir John Franklin expedition for 83 years, Ma- jor Burwash expressed the opinion all the records and reports were lost when the Terror and the Erebus, the two ships, sank off King Willlam Land. This summer Major Bur- wash made his seventh investigation into the mystery and disproved rum- ors that records touching on the ex- pedition were buried at Victory Point opposite where the ships were caught in the ice during the winter of 1847. nm A First Atlantic Steam Crossing Built in Quebec in 1833 and Cana. dian owned, the "Royal Willlam"" was the first vessel to cross the Atlantic under steam power alone, . Picturesque view of National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa, where many of the Dominion's art trezsures are housed. Effective Cold Cure Is Found at Last New Treatment Also Helps Canty of Pneumonia as Well as Measles London--A new treatment for colds, measles, pneumonia and all diseases resulting from the endotoxic type of bacterial infection has been named "BEdwenil." It has been developed by Dr. 8. G. Billington and, after be- ing tested by London and provincial specialists, is now being produced on a large scale. Edwenil is a natural anti-body, namely, a blood substance enabling the healthy to wepel any infection. It is injected by an ordinary hypodermic syringa the action beginning within six to 12 hours and curing an ordin- ary cold between 24 and 48 hours after one or at most two Injections. No patient has yet shown any after; complication. There is no evidence whether that iit has any action as a preventive or prophylactic. Edwenil is very cheap and it {8 stated that 36 cents worth cured a child of measles. Dr. Billington and his associates are investigating the properties of two other antibodies named Davenil and Globenil, the former having cur- ed a dog of distemper while the lat- ter has been experimentally used as a treatment for cancer, It Is report- .ed that this has already led to a dia- gnostic test for cancer, Every one of 100 cancer patients was found de- ficlent of the particular product ex- tracted from a serum by the same process which produces globenil. ea {een A Driver's Responsibility An operator can be classed as a good driver when he has a realization of what good driving means, appreci- ates the responsibility which is his and the elements of safety and. dan- ger which are under his control. Then he makes use of his knowledge and experience and ability to meet con- ditions of automobile traveling. er A am Bilingual Stamps Are Now Complete Ottawa -- All denominations of Canada's postage stamps are now printed in both English and French. The list became complete with the recent addition of bilingual special de- livery stamps. 'The new issue is lab- elled "Special Telivery--Bxpress." 'Origin of Life Ascribed to Rays From Hotter Sun Than To-day's Chicago.--A scientific conception of activated into life by ultra-violet light rays of a power now unknown--was | explained recently by Dr. Irving S. | Cutter, dean of the Northwestern Uni- versity Medical School. In the turn. "It seems certain that ultra violet | light from a sun far hotter than It is | to-day played a predominant part in | bringing about complex chemical com- binatfons, the origin of life--that protoplasm 3 | "We are forced, not by the weight suggestive facts or instances, to the conclusion that protein, and in turn protoplasm, was built up by forces physical-chemical in character, which forces probably do not now affect the lecture on contemporary | earth, at least In the same degree, It thought before the Medill School of|is only a step to the further concep-| Journaliswh, Dr. Cutter said that life | tion that protoplasm, chemically ripe; Various arose amid conditions which have dis-| as it were, was activated into life by | appeared from the earth, never to re- light rays ultra-violet in character | and of a power now unknown. | "As the earth cooled and radio-actl- vity lessened, so ultra-violet light from the sun decreased and living matter | then took unto-itself its own continu- ance--metabolism and reprgduction." | Canada Ranks Second In Car Ownership Montreal--Automobile manufactur- , ing has doveloped into such an im- portant industry in Canada that the Dominion now holds second place among the nations in the per capita ownership of motor cars and third place in the production of automo- biles, according to a survey of the in- dustry compiled by the Department of Immigration and Colonization of the Canadian Pacific Railway. "Canada is exceeded only by the United States in the per capita owner- ship of motor cars," a bulletin sum- marizing the survey sets forth. "Uncle Sam's record is one automo- bile to every 4.6 persons whereas that of the Dominion is one to ever 8.2 people. "In the production of automobiles the United States leads with a produc | tion in 1929 of 5,358,414. TF'rance is second with an output last year of 263,660, and Canada third with 262, 625, Fourth position is held by Eng- land with an output of 238,805 to its credit last year and fifth by Germany with 70,600. "The output of motor cars has been quickened by an increasing demand from the prairie provinces of western Canada, The per capita ownership of cars 1s high in the farming areas of western Canada and with the ex- pansion of agriculture and the settle- ment of new areas, the sale of auto- mobiles, has registered important gains In recent years. fp Fast driving may get you there. But careful driving is almost sure to get you there and back. Let Me Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me; Let me praise a little more; Let me be when I am weary, Just a little bit more cheery; Let me serve a little better | Those that I'm striving for. | Let me be a little braver ! When temptation bids me waver! Let me strive a littel harder To be all that I should be; | Let me be a little meeker . ' With the brother that is weaker; Let me think more of my neighbor And a little less of me. Let me ba a little sweeter; Make my life a bit completer, By doing what I should do Every minute of the day; Let me toil without complaining, Not a humble task disdaining; Let me face the summons calmly When death beckons me away. mmm snmp n-- Dependable Canadian Eggs Where eg were anything but a dependable ole of diet twelve or fiteen years ago, to-day Canadian eggs of the higher grades are look- ed upon as quite safe to offer anyone for bretkfast and need not bs broken before coming to the table, The re- sult of grading is that production and consumption have more than doubled during 'the past ten years. mere ee msenn. " Anna--"My feet are size six." Mary --"You mean your shoes are size six." "No, my shoes are size four, --_-- The Thrill of Speed | Cars bunched on baking during grest 500-mile motor rece organiegl/by Brith racing drivers' olub at Brooklands, England, recondly \ » \ 'yacht, which came into fame in the "council of the British Yacht Racing of evidence, but by the direction of 2T¥ 1, | Mechanical Yacht "To Be Eliminated British and U. S. Yachting Authorities Introduce New Rule London--British and United States yacht racing authorities have agreed to do away with the "mechanical" recent races for the America Cup, in future international contests. After a series of conferences in which Norman Clark Neill and B. Heckstall-Smith, British representa- tives, met first with New York Yacht Club representatives, then with the Association, the council voted to adopt with modifications the New York Yacht Club's rule rating racing yachts of above 1414 meters in length. The modification provides that Class J. yachts, which Includes the America Cup contenders, must carry a mast weighing at least 5,600 pounds bare, that standing rigging shall not be set up nor worked below the upper deck, and that the yachts shall be fitted with "reasonable" living accommoda- tion. This change eliminates many of the ingenious but 'expensive devices used | by the Cup defender Enterprise in its] recent triumph over Sir Thomas Lip- ton's Shamrock V. The light and ef- ficlent duraluminum mast and the various below-decks devices for hand- ling the sheets, halyards .and back- stays come under this ban, but the winch for hoisting the heavy mainsail andghe unique boom with which En terprise was equipped, called "the greatest contribution to yachting en- gineering in many years" by Charles/| Nicholson, Shamrock's designer, will! be allowed. | The new rule goes into effect Janu-! and all yachts must comply | with it in the 1931 racing season. : Canada Develops | New Seed Industry EE he | Committees Study| Seed Varities for Cana- | 4 : | dian Requirements | The economic: importanca to Can-| ada of a soundly tablished field root] and garden vosetable seed produc-| tion that would 'replace the foreign seed In our market has heen recogniz- ed for many years. With this in view, the Seed Branch of the Do-| minion Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Departments | of Agriculture of the provinces and | | the Canadian Seed Growers' Assocla- tion organized, in 1924, Plant Breed- ers' Committees consisting of out- standing Garden Vegetable and For- age Crop Specialists assoclated with | Dominion and Provincial experimental | farms. | The purpose of thesas committees la| to study and approve of varieties for registration by the Canadian Seed | Growers' Association, and to build up a supply of _rellabla stock seed of! such varieties for commercial seed production. Since these committees were organized, a wide range of varl- eties of field and garden crops best] suited to Canadian conidtions has been approved, and supplies of found- ation seed have been bred and made] availabla to growers. The 3qed pro- duced from this foundation stock ia] kept pure for commerce by the ser-| vices of field inspection and grading] provided by the Seed Branch, and by | the final sealing of the seed in pack- ages. Thus a sound basis has been laid for the development of a seed production industr under official con- trol and in harmony with Canadian conditions and requirements.--(Issuoed by the Director of Publicity, Domin- fon Department of Agriculture, (Ot- tawa, Ont.) -- Alaska To Acquire Mounted Police Force? Juneau, Alaska--The organization of a territorial constabulary, fashion- ed after the Canadian Mounted Police, | is being urged by many towns and settlements in Alaska. Authorities can only promise hope, however, for guch a radical change in power would dfsrupt numerous law agencies now ylelding appointment contro! in Alas- ka. The need for such an organization is great, the petitioners point out. Under the system that wide empire known as Alaska's outland might be ey as it should be. Alaskans are law-abiding, but such an agency could render many services to pros- pectors, trappers, travelers and na- tives in remote localities. me At ee Two-Minute Silence Ottawa--Canada will observe the customary two-minute silence on the morning of Armistice Day, Tuesday Nov. 11. The follgwing statement in respect to it was fssued recently trom the office of the Prime Minister: "In accordance with arrangements for the observance of Armistice Day, sanctioned by his Majesty the King, the people of Canada are invited to mark the jon by a two-minut silence at 11 am. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1930." aime ---- Throw Lights Down When approaching another car in the dark, throw the lights downward. It is a courtesy action as well as a | Rraim. | the Commune Down on the Farm In Soviet Russia Complete Renunciation of Property Displeases Peasants Russia's gigantic experiment in cub lective farming hash much riéleal ed by many who can®see no good im anything the Soviet Government does, Of course collective farming is ade quittedly still in thé earlier stage. But just how ft goes on at present has been discovered hy the Moscow correspondent of tha Manchester Guardian. He tells us first of all that to see the peasants in full farming opera tion one must travel at least a day's journey by rail in a southern and southeastern direction from Moscow. In the North and Central regions of the Soviet Union, he advises us, Ine dividual farming still is predominant, Most of the peasants, we are told, do not like the Commune. They prefer the "artel," another for.a of colleo: tive farming which is described later, But in the rich grain belts of the lower Volga, the North Caucasus and Southern Ukrainia, {it appears that thers are regions where half or two. Jhirds even of the peasant households and an even larger proportion of the land belong to collective farms, Southeast of Saratoy, in the steppes which are capable of producing excel | tent grain crops, is the Commune of Stalin, where wa get this picture: "Here over 400 peasant families are living under a regime, which, im povert and obedience to a common rule, if not in chastity, suggests the regulations of medieval monastic com munities, "All idea of personal enrichment Is abandoned in this commune. Not only the land, working animals, and machinery, but the smaller farm ank mals, such as pigs, chickeis, and sheep, are the property of the come munity, 1a members eat at where the diet, abundant ia quantity, but somewhat monotonous if content, consists of bread, beet and vegetable soups, with meat and golu- shki, or dough-balls, potatoes, and, ia season, melons and tomatoes. "Tha management of tha Commune bus manufactured goods with the proceeds of the sale of its surrins Here, a8 everywhera at the present time, there was a sharp lack of city products; the co-operative which was established on the premises of the Commune had on its shelves a few bolts o' cloth and tex- tile goods, a few pairs of boots, and correspondingly meager supplies of other articles, When there is not en- ough of a given article to go round, a commission regulates fits distributiom to the most needy members of the Commune 'The Commune possesses over a score of tractors, about half of which werg lald up for ropairs, 240 horses, "8 camels, 700 sheep, over 300 cows, 100 chickens, and 150 pigs. "It had planted about 15,000 acres this year, and planned to increase this amount by 50 per cent, next year, The housing problem, this infor mant goes on to say, is what bothers most, He found from ten to twenty people crowded In a singla room There was almost no space to spare except for beds and the small trunks containing the mod- est, personal possessions of the farme w orkers, But, we learn further, the majority of the peasants do not llke the Come mune with its almost completa re- nunciation of property. Much more widespread, it seems, is the "artel," of which an example was found in tha "Red October," a arge collective farm with 1,200 fam. {lies and over 20,000 acres of planted land, with its headquarters in the town of Bikobo on the Volga. The Guar dlan's correspondent continues: "Here the land, the working ani mals, and machinery wera common property, and one could see the mem~ bers working in large groups in the fields togelher "But each family kept its own house and a patch of garden land; all a common table, store | except the poorest had a cow as in- dividual! property, together with a few chickens and perhaps a pig. "Thers was no public dining-room fn the 'Red October'; but food was served to the members who were threshing grain in the fields. Despite the fact that the collective farm pos- sessed fewer horses than its Indiv dual members owned in the preceding years, the planted acreage showed & substantial increase, and the manages of the farm, a worker from one of the neighboring Volga towns, interpreted this as a decisive proof of the super lority of the new agricultural methods."--From "The Literary Di gest." a A young Soman whose beauty Is equal to her bluntness in conversation was visiting a house where other guests were assembled, among them the eldest son of a wealthy manufae- turer. The talk turned on matrimome {al squabbles. Sald the younj "I hold that the thing for the hush to do is to begin as he intends to on. Suppose the question was one smoking, 1 would at once show {ntentiona by lighting a cigar, settling the question for ever." 'A 1" sald the young woman, "would once knock the thing out of yo mouth!" "Do you know," rejoined young man, thoughtfully, "f safety precaution. think ysu would be thera" 4)