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j news iri re vie v britishfrench parley london the premier and for eign minister of france arrived here on the weekend to pool plans with british ministers for building a bul wark of friendships as a sield against german expansion the french ministers premier daladier and foreign minister geor ges bonnet were met at croydon airport by viscount halifax foreign secretary after flying from paris o union is inevitable berlin a german official of cabinet rank told the associated press this week that anschluss union of czechoslovakia sudeten germans with germany is inevit able and the only question is whether it can be done without shed ding blood before long the sudeten germans will laise a demand for union with germany this official said o getting ready for hitler rome operatives of the german gestapo secret police patrolling rome streets disguised in italian fascist uniforms have arrested a number of italian german and aus trian jews and other suspects the suspects were rounded up as part of- an elaborate program for the protection of fuehrer adolf hit ler who visits italy this week o russojap parley deadlock moscow soviet russia last week announced a deadlock in efforts to compose troubled relations with japan in the far east an official communique declared the soviet union had appealed to to- kio to meet them half way in settle ment of nearly a dozen disputes which have caused russojapanese friction to increase in recent months o search for redfem ends georgetown british guiana an illfated search for paul red- fern longmissing united states ilier came to an end this week when theodore waldeck and his wife came out of the british guiana jun gle very very tired after four month- in the colonys scorching in terior o five killed by train bracebridge a few minutes after leaving on a fishing trip five sundridge farmers met horrible death claims share in discovering screen star the book shelf by elizabeth eeoy the a commentary on the more important evertj of the week by elizabeth eedy mrs rita stnmvood warner and her daughter joan left appear in court in los angeles cal where mis warner is suing two actors agents charg ing that she discovered deanna durbin windowdressing in some quaiters the belief is expressed that for the past three or four years capt anthony eden has been used by the national government of great britain as a showwindow dummy to occupy public attention while the real forces of government were at work behind the scenes it is said that as a figure representing ideal ism and proleague policy he was kept on view to placate those forces in the british nation that were op posed to the governments bargain ing with the dictators when the time arrived for the realistic pol icy of the government to rise to the surface eden the symbol was re moved perhaps to come back into the cabinet later under a different banner rumors current last week substan tiate the latter part of this thesis that eden may shortly return to of fice a ambassador to washington from great britain plausible though the argument seems that he was used as merely windowdressing we feel certain however that there is more to anthony eden than his critics would have us believe hitrunners increase dur ing the year 1937 the number of hit- run drivers involve in accidents on ontaifos roads increased 37 percent commenting on the figures released by the provincial highways depart ment torontos chief draper said this alarming increase clearly de monstrates the necessity of adopting effective measures to reduce a ter rible condition an intensive cam paign should be launched at once based upon a practical and sound process of education along the lines of common sense and moderation the number of deaths on the highway has risen too since 1036 something should bo done quick o wants relief load shiftkd speaking to the canadian club at montreal last week hon stuart gar- eon treasurer of manitoba declared that municipalities are piling up an overpowering public debt because they are held responsible for unem ployment relief many towns and cities are facing bankruptcy as a di rect outcome of the situation he said administration by the dominion government of all unemployment re lief in canada would distribute the burden of taxation more evenly throughout the country would cut out the enormous duplication and ex pense involved in the present system where each municipality runs its own independent relief bureau o they agreed to agree peo plo who never believed such a thing possible sat up last week rubbed their eyes and blinked to see that great britain and eire ireland had actually got together after practical ly ten centuries of disagreement the now angloirish accord does not go into the question of union be tween the north and south of ire land its terms however set forth the following transfer to ireland of naval defense stations on the irish coast now occupied by the united kingdom ending of all special du ties imposed by both countries free entry of irish goods into the united kingdom payment by ireland of 550000000 in final settlement of all financial claims against her british trade concessions to ireland mean that irish goods will receive the same treatment as goods from other parts of tho british commonwealth of mutual benefit to both coun tries tho pact is likely to encourage largescale agricultural development in ireland this would mean a valu able food reservoir for britain in event of a war in turn british manufacturers of textiles iron and steel and coal producers will profit southern ireland formerly- the irish free state now eire is pri mal ily eh agricultural country for years her natural market the united kingdom has been virtually closed to her because of very high tariffs on agricultural products from eire now that barrier is removed in typical mood however the irish independent dublin declares the ministers of the government of eire who proclaimed they would smash their way out of the british empire have marched their way into it over the ruins of irish agriculture and over the corpse of irish neutral ity o fourpower pact great brit ains plan for an alliance of the four great western european powers france britain germany italy is being shelved for the time being eu ropean advices would have us think reasons for temporary abandonment of the pact idea france is determ ined to stand by her ally czechoslo vakia and germany is determined to keep her own hands free for expan sion in eastern europe will not be tied down to any agreement to keep the peace o brazil balks when president vargas became dictator of brazil last november the democracies of north and south america feared a fascist setup there italy and germany be gan immediately to cultivate closer relations with brazil flooded the country with propaganda and opened special schools and clubs but things are turning out better than it was hoped for at that time by tho democracies president roose velts warning to latin america last week to defend democracy against fascist inroads has had immediate effect in brazil president vargas has banned all foreign political ac tivities in that country aiming at nazi doings in particular one observer puts it brazil is bending over backwards to prove ad- hereance to panamericanism and the republican form of government pre ferring to sacrifice its relations with the european dictatorships rather than alienate american good will when their light automobile was struck by a cnr freight train at a crossing near sundridge station and then burst into fiames a sixth passenger is in bracebridge hospital with a fractured hip and internal in juries o sixty million bushels more london the british govern ment is still in the market for wheat whilo sir john simons budget statement is interpreted here as meaning the acquisition of reserve stocks is now completed it is learn ed that less than half of this supply has already been bought it is be lieved that purchases to date total forty million bushels chiefly future and autumn delivery this would represent eight weeks supply the goal it is learned is twenty weeks additional purchases of sixty million bushels are neces sary it is likly therefore thit the present secret and gradual purchas ing policy will be continued duke of gloucester up in popularity is rapidly gaining favor with the british public for years the least known of brit ains royal brothers prince henry the duke of gloucester rapidly is be coming a familiar figure in public life he has always been averse to publicity and his chief interest was in the army steps bsforo public but the crisis of december 1936 when edward viii abdicated his throne and the duke of york became king meant a shakeup also in the life of gloucester third of the royal brothers he had to assume a share of the constant heavy round of public en gagements which royalty is expected to fulfil previously the bulk of these had been carried out by the duke of york and his younger bro ther the duke of kent leaving prince henry free to concentrate on his army career helps the king but the accession of the duke of york to the throne compelled glou cester to drop his army activities and step into the public life he had al ways shunned it was a severe sac rifice for the prince had set his heart upon the army like his greatuncle the duke of connaugnt he wanted to remain in the army and eventually attain its highest rank that of field- marshal in january 1937 came the an nouncement that the duke of glou cester was giving up his army ca reer in order to help tho king by undertaking various official functions and public engagements the duke of gloucesters acquaint ance with canada is limited but he hopes to pay the dominion another visit he made a brief stay in the dominion in 1929 on his way back to london from tokio married enthusiastic sportswoman the duke is an enthusiastic sports man his favorite sport is riding and he is particularly keen on hunting nd polo his love- of outdoor sports formed a common bond between him self and lady alice montagudoug lasscott to whom he became engrg- ed in the summer of 1935 they weie married in november of that year the duke and duchess are familiar fgures at hunt meetings one of his chief interests is in boys and mens sports clubs man against himself by karl a- menninger theres a little bit of the perverse in all of us who consider ourselves to be normal human beings in the in sane however this streak of perver sity or tendency to selfdestruction has merely become intensified such is the thesis of a brilliant book by one of americas leading psychiatrists dr karl a menninger man against himself is the arrest ing diagnosis of a sickness that af fects the entire world that manifests itself in neurotic invalidism alcoho lic addiction failure suicidal mania martyrdom selfmutilation crimin ality of all sorts with training and experience gained from many years of working with nervous and mental patients dr menninger demonstrates how once brought out into the open these diseases of the mind may be cured can the willtolive be encouraged and selfdefeat be conquered this is one of the niest important ques tions which modern medical science has to solve in an age of increasing mental ailments the author demon strates by case histories both human and dramatic that the deeprooted propensity of selfdestruction in man can be turned to good purpose and a new personality built up man against himself is written epitaph injures his reputation tombstone is basis of suit 50000 is asked a onearmed deputy game protector of lehighton pa charged last week iu a 50000 damage suit against a monument firm that an inscription on a tombstone over the grave of a man killed in a hunting trip had caused him to bo suspected cf murder the tombstone built by tho wenz company inc of allentown pa was erected nine months ago over the i grive of aqtiila ilenning fatally shot five years ago the eightfoot stone depicts a onearmed man leveling a pistol at another man and bears this inscription an innocent soul sent to eternity harry wilkinson of freeland pa the protector who brought tho suit and his brother robert were mem bers of the hunting party robert was freed of a charge of murder in hen- nings death at his trial he testified he fired a shot at ilenning when he saw him aiming a shotgun at harry amazes visitors in terms of everyday thinking so that j llhiflir rokv every layman can understand it it tyiilsuulg dddy will render an invaluable service to practising physicians often at a loss to understand their patients mental twists and to hopeless hundreds who are confused about themselves or about their friends and relations man against himself by karl a menninger published by george j mcleod limited toronto 425 ability of carol ann singer 14- mcuthsold daughter of mr and mrs arthur singer of saskatoon to whis tle like a man has aroused a great deal of interest a demonstration was given to a re porter who visited the singer home as the young mother danced with the baby in her arms carol began to whistle it was not just a mild little tweet but a loud whistle tho baby made no attempt to follow a tune a3 her mother sang but to carol it was evidently just whistling for the mere joy of accomplishment and not form any particular pattern learned by imitation it was startling to hear an infant whistling so blithely mrs singer said no effort had been made to teach her and carol aim one day in new york when 10 months old startled them all by clearly trying to imitate a man who had walked whistling down the hall of the apartment in which they lived the same man used to pass the apartment two or three times a day whistling popular tunes and the baby continued her efforts to imitate the sounds she whlstlad more at ten months than she does now mr singer said gasmasks urged for livestock mow to plant a rose garden no mvsteries in the culture of this beautiful flower b d the growing of roses is the most popular phase of gardening ama teurs need not think that there are many mysteries connected with the culture of this most beautiful flow er anyone can grow them if certain rules are followed make the rose bed a separate unit in the garden scheme choose a site that has partial shade in the middle of the day roses should have full sunlight in the morning prepare the ground by digging a trench 2 feet deep as long and wide as desired at the bottom place drain tile to carry away excess water on top of tile place 4 inches of cin ders take good clay garden soil mix it with onethird well rotted man ure and onethird light garden soil after earth has settled place rose plants 12 to 15 inches apart in stag gered rows plant each at the same depth it was growing in the nursery the budded graft knob should be un der the surface of the ground in the spring plant in the spring ns soon as the frost is out of the ground cut each plant so that there remains 2 to 4 strong canes and 3 to 4 eyes to each cane after the plant begins to send out leaves in the spring start to look for pests and diseases spray the plants once each week with any nationally- known rose spray always keep the ground cultivated teat moss or buckwheat hulls may bo used on thetop of the ground hut always remove this mulch before cultivating fertilize with liquid manure cut off all flowers before the petals fall editorial comment from here there and everywhere canada this modern education and now youngsters can even grad uate without knowing readin writ- iu and rithmetic how times change brandon sun works both ways an air liner according to a writer can leave london in the morning and be in vienna for tea by the same token therefore a bomber could leave vienna in the morning and be in lon don for t-n-t- windsor star an efficient example instead of considering the abolish ing of county councils legislatures might well take pattern from these municipal bodies and endeavor to conduct their business along the same economical and efficient lines chat ham news smell of the stable it is a wholesome and invigorating smell that one finds in orderly stables and barns as salubrious as the tangy odor of freshlyturned soil it is an oldfashioned smell or mingling of smells that brings back memories of carefree boyhood days on the farm the fragrance of hay freshly forked from the packed mow the odor of clean straw used for bedding boy hood smells indeed nearforgotten smells of boyhood st thomas timesjournal present is their great opportunity the league is not actually dead as an instrument for international ap peasement it lies in its coffin but even those who are most emphatic that it must not be allowed to in trude on the present delicate situation even if it could fully acknowledge that if it would wake up with more practical sense it would be a grand thing for the world in general saint john telegraphjournal canadian flour western canada wheat interests are promoting a campaign of advertising for canadian flour in the british isles there is a population of about fifty million in the british isles a slight increase in the amount of bread con sumed by the average family would mean a substantial addition to the quantity of wheat from canada to manufacture the new brands of bread the experiment in publicity is likely to be justified by the results sarnia canadian observer not dead but sleepcth do the league of nations societies throughout the world realize that the save the wild flowers nature ha3 provided for us a free gift and therefore a common respon sibility a springtime spectacle of wild flowers soon many persons will stroll through the woods and witness this miracle picture painted by rain and sunshine many of these probably a majority are true nature lovers who appreciate the delicacy of the plants spread like a colored tapestry for a brief season over the forest floor they understand that this panorama of wild flowers must be preserved in its entirety if future generations are to enjoy the present beauty of the scene our wild flowers arent nearly as profuse as they once were they gradually disappeared as the land was cleared for cultivation and it every season they are subjected to the wan ton ravages of thoughtless humans the time will come when they will cease to reproduce their kind kitch ener record london england gasmasks for livestock is the current problem confronting air raid precautions ex perts here experiments have al ready been made and a solution is expected soon but nothing suitable has been evol ved for household pets so authorities have advised they be kept in a sealed room during emergencies mean while the government has more than 30000000 masks ready for distri bution to local authorities who will keep them under proper conditions in special storage depots 4000 to a depot production is continuing at the rate of 500000 a week the empire teeth of the million a clause which should intrigue many is contained in the scheme for an angloamerican trade agreement it provides that britain will tako from the u s a some 40000000 false teeth a year thus american enterprise in addi tion to sending britain more food will also send teeth to eat it with actual ly false teeth figure as a normal item in imports from america in 1936 the u s a exported 41797000 false teeth to britain their value being over one million dollars times of india hustlebustle an african pilgrim has just reach ed jiddah red sea port after tra velling for 90 years he began his journey from kano western africa took 50 years to reach khartoum just before the death of general gordon now 120 years old the pilgrim hopes to return home by air fresh air not cure for colci kings college physician claims change gives that im pression of course you would probably re ply if asked do you believe in fresh air as a cure for a cold but you would be wrong according to dr clifford hoyle who as assis tant physician to kings college his- pital and the brompton london eng land hospital for consumption and diseases of the chest ought to know in fresh air treatment he said it is the movement temperature and humidity which govern the stimulat ing effects change of scene does it the idea that fresh air as such has any kind of miraculous effect in sus taining health or as a recuperative factor in illness outside these actions is a pure fallacy it is the change of scene the relief from the daily round the alternation of rest and exercise and pleasurable company that give to the fresh air of our holidays an altogether undeserved reputation the wonderland of oz well if you want your magic belt lets try a sensible way to get it said general blug the belt was captured by a little girl named irothy who lives in kansas in the united states but she left it in the emerald city doclared the king how do you know asked tho general a black bird who is one of my spies flew over the desert and saw tho magic belt in ozmas palace replied the king with groan now that glv me an idea said tho general thoughtfully there are two ways to got to tho land of oz without crossing the deadly desert what are they demanded tho king eagerly one way is over the desert through the air and the other is under tho desert through the earth hear ing this the gnome king uttered a yell of joy and leaped up into the air to re sume his wild walk up and down the cavern thats it blug he shouted that fs the idea general i am king of tho underworld and my subjects are all miners ill make a secret tunnel un der tho desert into tho land of oz and you will march your armies there and capture tho wholo country but softly your majesty dont go too fast warned the general my gnomes are good fighters but they aro not strong enough to conquer the em erald city aro you sure asked the king absolutely your majesty then what am i to do asked the king give up tho idea and mind your own business advised tho general you havo plenty to do trying to run your underground kingdom but i want that magic belt roared the gnome king well id like to see you get it replied general blug laughing malic iously well shouted tho king wild with rage im going to get that belt and you can go jump in tho cave boys are drifting away from farm hon l j simpson minister of education told the trustee section of the ontario educational association meeting in toronto in april that young peoplo are drifting from the farms to such an extent that in soma rural schools only a dozen or less pupils are attending be assured there will bo no at tempt to force on you a township unit of school administration but i feel tbs trend in coming years will be toward larger units he said the small school of eight or ton or 12 pupils is really the most expen sive one you cannot expect to get enriched courses in such a small school or to get a teacher able to teach music and special subjects dr simpson said total cost of edu cation in ontario last year was 18- 000000 up to the doors of the uni versities of that amount the de partment of education gave 11273- 000 of which 3000000 went to publlo and separate schools in grants crime doesnt pay a man sentenced at the old bailey to a years imprisonment for fraudu lent conversion had invested part of tho funds in a company which was to produce a series of films tobe entitled crime doesnt pay