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Commentary on the Highlights of the Week's News , + 4 by Peter Randal IT IS WRITTEN: He means what he says, does Herr Adolf Hitler, The Fuehrer told the world several years ago, when he wrote "Mein Kampf" (My. Struggle), the story of his life and his ambitions for Germany, just what he planned to do with Europe once he got going. His February coup in Austria, to all intents and purposes annexing that state, needn't have startled us--it "was all written in the book. And if we want to know what Hitler's next move will be, the book tells us that too.» His tremendous February 20th speech in Berlin, outlining the Nazi foreign policy, checks with everything that he has previously said. Hitler is nicely on his way. Noth- Ing can now stop his proposed drive ! against Czechoslovakia, the Balkans and the Ukraine, except strong press- ure exerted from outside by the dem- pcratic countries acting in concert. A gloomy outlook indeed, because the last thing in the world that can be said of the democracies {is that they are united in purpose. THE SHOW GOES ON: During the Franco-Prussian war the people of Paris continued to flock to the thea- tres of that great metropolis for amusement. The entertainment busi- ness boomed as men and women did their utmost to forget, in- their lois- ure hours, the battle front and the horrors of conflict. All down through history it has been the same. The show has gone on though the enemy be hammering at the gates. Today in Madrid, theatres are pack- ed every night. Citizens of Spain's capital, living where death may come down from the clouds at any moment, find solace in the movies, --D-- RESEARCH BODY: Dr. Frederick Banting, discoverer of the insulin treatment of diabetes and chief of the Banting Instit ite at Toronto, has been named to head a committee "which will undertake the job of correlating all medical research in Canada and of making it available to those con- _cerned. The committee, acting under the auspices of the National Research Council of Canada, will see to it that "cures" for cancer and other dread diseases undergo thorough investiga" tion. rounds of the clergymen, both Cath- olic and Protestant in that city, found all to be agreed that denying oneself pleasures during Lent means only a partial observance of the Lenten spirit, : Toronto "ministers expressed very similar views. Sald one:: "There is a definite place for the Lenten season fn which we should seek a deeper con- gecration of ov. lives." Again: "Self- denial is worthless unless practised as a disciplinary measure' - INDIA WARNS: As well as a dom- estic crisis at home, Great Britain is facing trouble in the Mediterranean, Egypt, Palestine, the Far East. And now a civil disobedience campaign threatens in Indian. Subhas Chandra Bose, radical Na- tionalist, opened the 51st session of the Indiag Congress Party last week, took over from Gandhi the fight for Indian independence. "Our goal," de- clared Mr. Bose, "is an independent India and, in my view, the goal can be attained only through a federal re- public wherein the provinces and states will be willing partners." Attacking the Indian federation he continued: "We have to fight the fed- eration by all legitimate, peaceful means, but in the last resort, we may have to turn to mass civil disobed- jénce."-- : THE "CLIVEDEN" SET: Did you know that in the past couple of years, or even months, there has grown up in England a set of pro-German aris- tocrats who exert a tremendous in: fluence on British policies? Ileaded by Lady Nancy Astor, the clique, which includes Important government officials, hag been meeting: for week- end conferences at the gorgeous As- tor estate, "Cliveden,". on the banks of the river Thames above Windsor. Plans are formulated 'at these week- end parties, so far-reaching in their consequences that the set has come to be known as "Britain's Second Foreign Office." The London "Times," owned by the Astors, and several oth- or powerful newspapers -in Great Britain, are mouthpieces of the "Clive- den" set, Lord Halifax, who immediately on Capt. Anthony Eden's resignation from the Foreign Secretaryship was mentioned as his successor, {8 one of the set's leading lights, He admires LLENTEN SPIRIT: Doing without | Hitler, wants friendship with Ger cigarettes for Lent? Candy? Guni? | many, and favors extending financial The Windsor, Daily Star went the | credits to the Reich. rs foreign policy, including a closer al- X . 1 } News In Review | A EE Ra = a Blame Britain and France JARCELONA.--The Spanish Gov- ernment this week bitterly blamed tha "Hands off Spain" policy spon- sored by Great. Dritain and. France for the evacuation of Teruel by the "Covernment. . ! "The drive of -the Republican _troops coull not overcome the accu- mulation of German and Italian- war material employed by the insurg- ents," they declared, "profiting by ~the advantages assured them through the policy of non-intervention, which ¢an now inscribe among its victories the evacuation of Teruel." Credits For Italy LONDON.--The Daily Herald said this week that it "learns that the Board of Trade secretly negotiated an agreement whercunder Italy will receive a substantial - credit from Britain." . ) "The Italiars are in London wait- inz to sign," the newspaper continu- ed. "The credit will not be in the form of a loan but a guarantee back- ed by an export ¢redit indemnifying British exporters from any possible losses after substantially increased Jtalian purchases of British goods.' "In the first instance the guarantee will cover credits totalling £5,000,- 000 to £10,000,000 ($25,000,000 to $50,000,000). Mobilize Opposition VIENNA.--Leaders of Austria's outlawed Socialist movement met last week-end at Bratislava across the Czechoslovakian border and resolved to support Chancellor Kurt Schusch- . nigg against the Nazis. Next Nazi Ambitions BERLIN.--Nazis believed two of their main ambitions would be real ized by the time Chancellor Hitler visits Mussolini in Rome early next May, reports an authoritative des- patch. They are: 1. That Nazi-inclined Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia will lave been completely Nazified and will be to Germany what the free city of Danzig and the Austrian republic now are; ' 2, That Germany will have regain- ed her colonies. " Foreign Policy Change Likely PARIS, -- Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's virtual abandonment of the League of Nations in the Brit- ish House of Commons has caused 'france to consider a new course of liance with Soviet Russia. U. S. Calls For United Front WASHINGTON.--Secretary of In- terior Harold L, Ickes, in an unpre- cedented broadcast to Great Britain, appealed for strengthening of the world democratic front to beat down the threat of fascism and commun- "ism "which have the will to conquer at all costs." Icke's plea, which was rebroadcast throughout the British Empire, was regarded especially significant in view of the Governmental crisis in London and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's hope for a four-power alliance involving Britain, France, Germany and Italy. Spectacular Fire TIMMINS.--The most spectacular fire in the history of the town, threat- ening at one stage to wipe out an en- tire downtown business block, last week destroyed the 8am Bucovetsky department store with a loss of half a million dollars, and caused injuries to a dozen spectators when two plate- glass windows blew outward with ter- rific force. The most badly injured by glass and flames was Maurice Bu- covetsky, brother of the proprietor. Denounce Fascists OTTAWA.--Representatives of the four political parties in the House of Commons last week denounced the aims of the Fascist movement in Canada. . The announcement from Montreal that the Fascists intended to contest elections in Federal constituencies immediately raised the question of the legality of such action. Walking On Eggs PRAHA.--The Government confis- cated a number of Czechoslovakian newspapers this week because they printed articles criticizing Adolf Hit- ler's Reichstag speech. The action was taken to indicate that the Government desires to main- tain the utmost reserve in the pres- cnt situation and especially wants to avoid any friction with Germany. - REYKJAVIK, Iceland.--The 'Pop- ular Front" movement in Iceland's 1,011-year-old Parliament, the Alth- ing, is gaining ground. Feeling in favor of a union among the three Communist deputies in the Althing, the world's oldest legisla- ture, and the eight ocial Democrats again has developed. The project was first brought up in protracted discussions after last June's elections. 5,000,000 Chinese Face Starvation 10,000,000 Have Fled Homes In Areas Occupied by Japanese-- Horrible Atrocities Seen, An appalling picture of mass mis- ery is given in figures released at Hankow, China, last week, by the Central Emergency Relief Commis- sion, the official organization for co- ordination of war relief work. The commission estimates that 1C,000,000 fled from 'their homes in areas occupied by the Japanese and made their way into interior provin. ces, where 6,000,000 are destitute and near starvation. They are cared for by official or private charitable organizations. Refugees' Hardships Most of these refugees are housed in temporary shacks, delapidated buildings and roofed compounds. They are enduring terrible hardships. The 5,000,000 others have been able to support themselves or find accom- modations with relatives or friends. Authenticated stories of almost unbelievable atrocities perpetrated by Japanese soldiers at Wusih, Wu- hu, Nanking, Tsining, Taiyuan and other cities are aiding the efforts of the Publicity Ministry to inform the Chinese in the unoccupied areas of the horrors of Japanese conquest. Victims Burned Alive The ministry is now mapping a new campaign more thoroughly to spread knowledge of such incidents as the burning alive of roped groups of Chinese soldier captives after their clothing had been saturated with gasoline._and the killing by slow tor- ture of husbands and male relatives of assaulted women. It is expected the refugees from areas of future Japanese occupations' will reach colossal proportions am- ounting to almost mass = migration, and will give welfare agencies a bur- den for which it is realized their re- sources are distressingly inadequate. Canada's Overseas Critics Rebuked British Quarters Said to Object To Preference On Imports / LONDON, Eng.--Sir T. Hewitt Skinner, 'president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Great Brit- ain, rebuked "certain quarters in the United Kingdom" who imply that a 'large proportion of Canadian goods entering the British market are not of Canadian origin because they are the product of capital invested in the Dominion by other countries. In his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Chamber, Sir Hewitt declared: Whispering Injurious "It is certainly? not conducive to goodwill and good fellowship for a continual whispering campaign to be directed against industrial Canada and the.Chamber takes a very seri- ous view of the attitude adopted." Sir Hewitt admitted that certain goods enter the British market from Canada which, in the view of United Kingdom manufacturers, are compe- titive., It is a fact, however, that such goods would otherwise be im- ported from other countries, and | of 26 provisions for "a good life." In .can rest 'undisturbed, protected: from tobacco was reported to be cheaper Scientist Lists Twenty - Six Provisions F or "Good Life" SN Simplicity and Plainness Keynote of Suggestions For Satisfied Liv- ing----His Panacea Called the: "Goal of Social Effort." Placing himself in the position of "a scientific trustee for the human spe- cles, who is making a rough bill of specifications desirable for the satis- faction of man," Dr. Edwin L. Thorn- dike, director of the Institute for Edu- cational Research at Teachers' Coll- ege, New York, has prepared a list making public his panacea," which is called *'the goal of social effort," Dr. Thorndike emphasized that "life may be plain and simple and still provide all of them." Undesirable Wants He declared that '"'all could be at- tained in a country devoid of golf courses, cemeteries, clothes other than one simple national costume, pullman cars, and beauty parlors, and even of automobiles, bath-tubs, elec- tric lights and radio sets, desirable as they are. Many luxuries," he added, "satisfy only undesirable wants which have been created by the environ. ment, often by commercialized forces, and which do no good that is not done much better by far simpler means." ) What We Need: 1 The provisions included the follow- ing: 1. Maintenance of the inner causes of the joy of living at or above their present average. 2. Food when hungry, and drink when thirsty, 3. A diet that is physiologically ade- quate, Wer ocl fo 4. Protection against pain-causing animals. . * 5. Protection against disease-caus- ing organisms, ¢ 6. Protection or insurance against accidents and disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, wars .for which the person in question is not respon- sible, - 3 7. Protection - against extreme shocks, fears, and strains. 8. Some room or place where he the elements or from uncongenial men, . ) 9. Enjoyable bodily activity, espec- fally when young. 10.. Enjoyable meiital activity, in. cliding esthetic pleasures. . 11. Opportunity for human society. 12. Opportunity for courtship, love and life with oho's mate. there is_no reason why they should not come from Canada, he maintain- ed. 3 Objections Useless If British customs and excise offic- ers accepted Canadian goods as quali- fled for Imperial preference in ac- cordance with the requirements of law, no useful purpose could be serv- ed in alleging that they were not, he said, Jokesmiths had their chance when than cabbage in Czechoslovakia, . - Sulphur Compound Destroys Virus Newly-Discovered Chemical Is First In History of Medicine to 'Accomplish This Discovery of a sulphur compound, the first chemical ever found in the history of medicine effective in treat- ing a virus disease; was announced last week in Science. Flu and infantile paralysis are ex- amples of human viruses. The new chemical cures distemper, an animal virus, and "cracks the ice" for the first time for the human field. Humaa Possibilities Yet Indefinite - The announcement was made by A. R. Dochez, the man who found the virus of the common cold, and C. A, Slantez. Their work was done at the College of Physicians and Surgeons wy ey I on fide " 1B CANADA-193 pean, Tobacco EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT On a National Coast to Coast Network and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. The new: drug is sodium sulfanilyl sulfanilate. It is a distant chemical relative of sulfanilamide, the new '"'wonder medicine" in the germ dis- ease world, It has. éured distemper in dogs, cats and ferrets almost. 100 per cent, The human possibilities of the new chemical are still unexplored. They are not ruled out by. anything found" in the experiments to date. Insured for $300,000, a stamp col- lection was provided a police escort when it arrived in London recently. ' VOICE THE WORLD AT LARGE of CANADA THE EMPIRE the = PRESS] CANADA Impertinent Question A California lady who shot her hus- band is unable to give a reason for her act. It never occurred to her that somebody might ask.--Brandon Sun. Lenders Are Losers i A Montreal man will have to pay ten thousand dollars because of an accident caused by another man who had" borrowed his car. This .lending business, whether of books, garden tools, advice or autos, has never been a paying game.--Brantford Expositor. Divided, We Fall There {8 more than a grain of truth in the observation by. the Detroit Free Press than "after a short 20 years, the allied powers that defeated Ger. many find themselves on the defensive hecause they did not stand -together in peace as they did in war."--Strat- ford Beacon-Herald. Foot-Note - According to a Cleveland shoe deal- er, women's feet during the past ten years have increased by two and a half sizes. It remains to be seen if the ladies are growing larger pedal ex- tremities or if their new demand for freedom includes insistence on more room for thre fest.--Toronto Telegrain, Prison System Needs Reform Sir Samuel Hoare, "Hiftain's: Home Secretary, has a Bill 'fa' preparation which he hopes and expects will revo- $375,000 Worth of Smiles Here Regarded as sure winners in the famous Toronto "Stork Derby," these three women were in court and heard themselyes described as genuine claimants alo the split, but got little comfort from the bench p and if four split it the Mrs, Kathleen Nagle, Isabel Maclean, did not annear in with one other, Two other court, . . women still hope to participate in The Millar estate is said to amount to about $500,000 now, will get $126,000 each. Left to right are Mrs, Annie Smith, Mrs. Lucy d he fourth likely participant M,rs. Mrs, Kathleen Nagle, .The fourth likely participant, M: imlech, an lutionize prison life in that country. Its main objectives are said to be: To help to keep the young out of: prison; to protect the persistent offender from himself; to develop reformative -influ+ ences in prison life. It will be-inter- esting, not only in Britain but fp Can- uel has in mind and to watch thé pro- , gress of his Bill. For the penal system of Canada, 'all will agree, is.sorely in need of reform. At present. the system here seems to be making new crimin- als instead of reforming the old, -- 'Cornwall -Standard-Freeholder, Glorifying-The Athlete Just how serious the glorification of modern athletes has become in its ultimate effects is still a speculation. But it is the goal, unfortunately, of too many of the younger people who enjoy sport but are likely to become discouraged at the lack of outstanding - ability. The widest possible participa- tion for the gréatest number possible would be a more laudable aim. The '| professional athlete makes his own choice of a career, and no. one could quarrel with it. But if the trend con- tinues of bolstering the influence and importance of the spectator as against the participant, it will not be too healthy a one for sport generally. -- Hamilton. Spectator. A Flood Control Policy simply an engineering problem; it can be solved omly by co-operation and concerted action by two factors--en- gineering and forestation. For years the people of Ontario seem -to-have been doing their best to turn the face of the land into something of the na: ture of a concrete pavement, They have been cutting away the forests-- what was left of them--and draining swamps; the sole object seems to have been to get rid of the water. And now, at long last--they 'have had warning forty years ago--they are slowly awakening to realization that some- thing must be done, Engineering work will be needed, icy and exceptional weather condi- tions are liable to cause floods at any time; but the ultimate solution of the Jproblem lies {n holding the water in the land---which can be done only by providing the cover given by forest and swamp. It is to be hoped the Ontarfo gov- ernment will soon "see the light" and embark' on an aggressive policy of re- forestration..~Owen Sound Sun-Times. THE EMPIRE We're "Irrational And Supine" All the peaceful forces of the world have acted as if they were utterly im. potent to stop one nation, not a very strong one at that. Our own case is typical. We instruct the British milf. tary commander at Tientsin, with 700 men behind him, to reject the Jap- anese demand to enter the British Concession there. We accept the cer- tain risk that it "means war" if Japan tries. 'We make it plain that we will defend Hong Kong, a position we do not refuse to adopt although that equally may "mean war", Yet we will not co-operate with a number of oth- er powerful countries in imposing economic sanctions against Japan, though we know Japan would have to call the war off if they were imposed. We will not exchange guarantees \of mutual military assistance'with other nations, though the risk of Japan de- clding. to attack half the world is manifestly less than the risk that she will attack a single nation, Other na- tions are equally irrational and sup- ine~London Daily Herald. A--C ada as well, to see just what Sir Sam- | Jess, and many of the tooters have The problem of flood control is not as forestation is a long-distance pol: |- Tightening Law For Speedsters New South Wales Provides Gade gets to Hold Them Down £% A clause providing for the fixing of speed-"governors" on "road hogs'" cars is part of an amendment to the Motor Traffic Bill, passed by the New South Wales legislative assembly. The new bill introduces a speed .. limit of 80 miles an hour in "built. up" areas, In other streets the dri- ver will be guilty of an offence' - exceeds 50 miles an hour unless he can prove that his speed was not dangerous, "Governors" Un Carburetors Regulations in the new bill permit : - magistrates to order the fixing of g£~ "governors" to the. carburetors of cars to prevent the exceeding of the - speed limit by motorists who have been convicted of offences normally entailing disqualification from hold- ing a license. The use of "govern- ors" will only be introduced, it is stated, if they are found to be ef-5 fective, Za License Disqualification The bill provides that a person who drives under the influence of liquor ~or-of a drug, or who fails-to stop after an accident, will 'be liable to a fine not exceeding £100 ($400) or 12-months' imprisonment or both. AF driver convicted of 'any such offence or of driving furiously or reckless- ly or in a manner. dangerous to the public, on his first conviction will be disqualified from holding a licence . for 12 months or longer, and for a second offence within five years dis- qualified for three years or longer. Regulations are to" be 'introduced to compel cars to stop before enter- ing a main road from side streets, 'Can't Dispense With Bugler Army Generals Unable to. Find Mechanical Gadget to Replace Him Science may be changing the ways of war, but the U. S. army admits a there's one military institution here to stay for a long, long time--the bugler. Generals never have figured out a mechanical gadget to take the wind - out of the bugler's claim to fame. As a result, the army is fussy about its buglers. Just any fellow who feels a musical urge can't become one. He must go to school from four months . to a year and then keep practicing. Thin Lips Needed Legends about buglers are count- écome famous. Sergeant: 'W. T.. Duganne, who wrote the bugling bible--*"The Army Bugle"--hints that buglers are born not made. - "The ideal type, he says, is a fellow with thin lips and even teeth who has « certain amount of lung power: Men with large lips, he adds, "labor under . great difficulty." Central Ontario Highway Mooted |, Proposal Is To Develop: Highway Several Western Ontario munici- palities are considering a proposal "that the Ontario Government develop a Central Ontario highway from Sar. uia to Otlawa to shorten the road dis- tance soniewhat and avoid the conges- tion near larger cities along the pres ent. route. PE This proposal is separate entirely from the one originating in the Board of Trade at Stratford this year for a .thort-cut route to Barrie from the Michigan border points through that city, Artiur and Orangeville. To Shorten Distance . Sarnia's Chamber of Comnierce has & veen approached: with a view to sup- porting the move. The route proposed for the Central Ontario highway to Ottawa is through - London, St, Marys, Elginfield, Mitch- ell, Orangeville and Peterborough. Under thig proposed rante, however, the highway from Elginfield through Mitchell, Listowel and Palmerston would be quite a detour from a direct route through Stratford to Arthur, Tven The Terrible : Deaths Revealed Age-mellowed lists of victims bey 2 headed by Ivan the Terrible's exe 2 tioners in the 16th century have be found in Soviet Russia. Professor Veselovsky, reporting on research into the lists, said they would prove valuable in showing the troubles of the period. The names of the victims were preserved by mona- steries where masses were said for them on Ivan's orders. 4 A man in Boulogne, France, lost his birth certificate in a fire and ap- plied for a new one, which was duly "issued. / But he was officially regis- tered as' a "female"; and now he can't get married until another birth certificate is issued. Ra