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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928 re argains Galore Offered by Oshawa Merchants This Week BENSATION CAUSED BY FORGED LETTER Document Sent to Briand Alleged to Come From London, Aug. 28.--The forged let- ro which Sir Austen Chamberlain, fhe British Foreign Secretary, was d to have written to Monsieur d the French Foreign Minister, ing for a naval and air entente tween Britain and France, created i nse interest until it was denoun- ped by the Foreign Office. This de- ffienciation afforded general relief but It has given a further opportunity for _pewspapers criticising the Govern. ment's secrecy on the negotiations swith France to blame Sir Austen «Chamberlain, x These newspapers state that the _{publiction of such forgeries is the matural outcome of secret diplomacy, which, says the Daily News, again iyeigns at the Foreign Office in spite 'of the obvious danger to Anglo-Am- {erican relations, . It is emphasized, i however, that any naval arrangement ! between Britain and France has no ,walidity whatever until it has been {fully and publicly considered by the ! pi SiC : Disar t of the ! League of Nations at Geneva, In {wiew of this fact newspapers say they gan see no reason why any secrecy i ghould be maintained. : Meanwhile, there is some alarm in France. Monsier Leon Blum, the eader of the French Socialist Party, bs assailed the compromise between ritain and France as a grave breach pf the Washington naval disarma- ment treaty because he says it has irtually turned the British and rench navies into specialized sec- i pions of the same fleet. t Scored by Press The Morning Post says: "Our own Socialist press has given prominence to the unfounded and therefore dan- rous speculation that the action of § , Kellogg, United States | Secretary of State, in not visiting . London has doubtless been promot- ed more by fear of party intrigues ! than by any other motive." The Daily Express asserts that the ocument denounced by the Foreign fice is the result of the decision of " » number of American newspapers to ublish on the eve of the signing of he anti-war pact, a sensational do- pument which would arouse the pos. sibility of the Senate wrecking the peace pact, Without alluding to the story pub- lished in America, The Manchester Guardian, discussing what it calls Sir Austen Chamberlain's want of frank. ness, says: "Nothing could be worse for our international relation than the kind of suspicion which is grow ing and spreading about his conduct. No question has ever been handled with so little skill unless it was the desire of the Governmtna to set rum- ors on the wing, It is essential that the Government should extinguish them by a plain statement." RUNOR CANADA T0 WITHDRAW AGENT Differences Over Projected Cuban Treaty Alleged as Reason Havana, Aug. 28.--Insistent rumors here say that Canada proposes re- tiring its commercial representative to Cuba because of differences arising out of Cuba's refusal to endorse pro- posed special concessions for Cana- dian interests on the island under a projected commercial treaty. Confirmation of the report failed at the State Department. Dr. Mig- uel Angel Campa, Under Secretary of State, Monday told the Associtaed Press that he had received no offi- cial notification and that he saw no reason why such retirement should occur at this time, since Dr. Arturo Saintz de la Pena, commercial at- tache to Canada, had explicit instruc. tions to formulate suitable trade al- liances, Aim of Cubans Havana, Cuba, Aug. 28. --Re-estab- lishment of a Cuban consulate at Montreal, within the next few weeks is the aim of the Cuban State De- partment, according to a semi-official report made known by Dr| Campa, under secretary of state, Saturday, Dr. Campa said that in all proba- bilities the Cuban consulate now at Toronto would be transferred to Montreal, He added that the coun sel's office at Saint John, N.B., might be discontinued, due to its relative unimportance, The new China has reached the apex of civilization, It has asked for a foreign loan--Brantford Ex- positor, STUDENT FIRED AT IN CHURCH St. James United Church is Scene of Wounding-- Details Montreal, Aug. 28.--While inter- cepting a thief at the poor box in St. James United Church, Robert At- kinson, a student of the United Theo. logical College, affiliated with McGill University, who shot Monday in the shoulder and was removed to the Western Hospital where he was treated at the out-door department, The shooting occurred during the early afternoon rush hour with hun- dreds of people passing in the street. The alleged poor hox robber escaped after firing the shot. Employed at Church Atkinson is employed at the church during the summer, being in charge of the building during the hours it is open to visitors, and acting in the capacity of verger, ospital authorities stated that his condition at the moment is not re- garded as serious, He is under ob- servation, Atkinson is Irish by birth, and has been in this country about two years, RADIO'S DEBIT AND CREDIT (Lewiston Journal) Radio has saved the world $60, 000,000 says General Manager Sar- noff of the Radio Corporation of America, What is the value of the sleep it has cost the world? There is no question but what that is one of the greatest troubles with the radio. It causes a woeful loss of sleep on the part of its devotees, Take a man and woman who must be at work at 7.30 or earlier in the morning, who night after night stay up with the radio until 12 or 1 o'clock and this form of amusement is ex- pensive. The expense is not in ac- tual dollars and cents at the time but in lost rest, reduced energy and in the end, a breakdown of health, $25,000 PRIZE FIR 1S. BONE DRY PLAN Offer Made by American Millionaire Auto Manu facturer New York, Aug. 29.---A $25000 prize for "the best and most practi- cable" plan to make the United States bone dry was offered by W, C. Durant, millionaire automobile manufacturer and stock manipulator, in a cabled statement from Europe. The prize is the largest cash a- ward offered by an individual for a scheme that would affect the general public since Edward W, Bok's fam- ous $100,000 prize peace plan com tition in 1923, The latter brought 22, 165 plans to insure world peace. Durant sees the United States "im- periled by the widespread violation of the liquor law embodied in the eighteenth amendment to the consti. tution," he says in the cable, re. leased by his representatives in New York upon his arrival in Europe. In it, the big business man turns upon his fellows in "big business" and accuses them of leading a revolt against their own best interests. "Big business leaders who have the largest stake in law observance pub- licly and privately violate this law and countenance its violation by oth- ers," he says in conjunction with his prize offer. "Instead of using their wealth and influence to create public opinion demand law enforcement, our business men of character are the chief support of the master criminal class, the bootlegger." Closes Dee. 1 Durant, whose financial leadership has been followed by thousands of salaried citizens throughout the coun- try, will give the $25,000 to the per- son submitting the best and most practicable plan to make the eigh- teenth amendment effective in a type written manuscript received by the "prize committee on the eighteenth amendment, Room 2401 Fisk Build. ing, New York City" before Dec. 1, The prize will be awarded by a committee of prominent men and women now being selected on Christ- mas Day, 1928, Durant's prize competition adds an additional facet to the political situa- tion in view of the speech of Gov- ernor Alfred E. 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"The people," he says of the eigh- teenth amendment, disagreeing with the General Motors mainspring's tacit aud, "want it enforced and obey- Losing Respect "It is not surprising," Durant also cabled, "that the flagrant example of lawlessness on the part of the men highest in their respective communis ties has undermined respect for law in their children, their servants, their employees, and all classes of citizens .| including public officials and judges, "When thinking men generally come to realize that the responsibility is up to them to take the initiative in law observance then and not une til then will the eighteenth amend. ment be given a fair trial. Until that time there should be no thought of writing this provision out of the cons stitution. "It is my belief that the majority of our people do not want the eigh- teenth amendment abandoned. Legis: latures of 46 of the 48 states voted it into the federal constitution be- cause there was need of it. The peo- ple want it enforced and obeyed. "In order to give expression to the soundest thought of the country on the subject, I offer a prize of $25,000 for the best and most practicable plan to make the eighteenth amendment effective." ' The rum war makes those old boasts about not a gun along 3,000 miles of boundary sound rather doubtful. --Peterboro Examiner, It can't be doing real estate busi- ness much good in the States to have all their presidents born in humble homes.--Kitchener Record. MYSTERIOUS CRIME AT 200 IN LONDON Famous Mohammedan Ma. hout Fecund Horribly Mutilated London, Aug. 28.--A myster- ious tragedy, which Oriental tradi- tion links with the curse of the sacred elephant, confronts London police. Coincident with the death Friday night in Calcutta of Pa Wa, a sacred white elephant, Said Ali, a famous Mohammedan Mahout, was found horribly multilated in his quarters of the London Zoo, At the same time Sandy Wee, a Burmese Christian Mahout, was discovered injured and now lies in a London hospital, He was found under Ali's window, Even persons least addicted to superstition were pondering the ancient, belief of the east that mis- fortune follows with certain foot- steps when a white elephant is taken from its own country, For these animals are supposed to be the reincarnation of Buddha and as such are worshipped by certain sects of Orientals. Two years ago the famous white elephant, Pa Wa, on which the king of Siam had bestowed a title, was brought to the London zoo from the East. With him came Sandy Wee, Pa Wa later was taken on a tour of America in 1926 by Sandy Wee and then sent to Calcutta, while Sandy returned to the London soo. Said Ali, was called the finest elephant trainer in the world and he and Sandy Wee lived together in a little room at the zoo. When the tragedy was discovered, a pick axe and sledge hammer lay beside Ali's body, mute evidenne as to how he was killed. Otherwise the affair is shrouded in darkness. Sandy Wee knew of the legend- ary curse when he started on his reat adventure towards the west, ut whether he believed in it per- Pps will never be known, It is probable that he and his unfortun- ate corade had discussed it many times. Whether they believed it or mot, they knew that many of their countrymen did and that it was being sald even the retum of Pa Wa to his own land sould not wipe out the insult of taking him away. Sald All, because of his uncanny control over elephants, was brought from India to handle the bad ele- nt Indiarana, whose temper ffled 200 authorities. The Mos- lem won over the huge beast from the moment she saw him, The Ma- hout used to talk to her in a strange tongue and croon Indian songs to her, Both men were known to thous- ands of children and grown-upi from every part of the world, for young visitoss are permitted to ride zoo elephants, TIME WILL SHOW (Leo Maxse, in National Review, London.) "Why not a United States of the British Empire?" asked Howard Fer- guson in England The alternatives for Canada are a United States of some kind, either partnership with Great Britain or absorption by the U.S.A. But there are not a few Can- adians--we cannot say how many-- who believe in a third alternative, in which they would enjoy the best of both worlds; a purely nominal mem- bership of the British Empire with- out any obligations or responsibili- ties, coupled with a commercial part- nership with their prosperous neigh- bors to the South. The destiny of Canada is in her own hands, None but Canadians can decide it. Are they too absorbed in what are called "practical affairs" to give heed to their future? Time will show, but time is never on the side of laissez: faire, laissez-aller. ! HEAVY INCREASE IN ENPLOYNENT August 1 Statistics Higher Than in Any Other Year Ottawa, Aug. 28--Employment at the beginning of August showed a further large increase, according to statements tabulated by the Domin- ion Bureau of Statishies from 6,506 irms, whose payrolls aggregated 1,003,085 persons, as BB 973,462 on July 1. This advance in- volved a much greater number of workers than that registered on Aug. 1 in any other year of the recogd, while the index number, at 199 on the date under review, continued higher than in any other month since the series was instituted in 1920. On July 1, 1928 it stood at 116.3, and on Aug. 1, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922 and 1921, it was 109.2 104.2, 96.3, 94.7, 100.2, 93.1, and 880 respectively. 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