"Would you have advocated Britain and the Emâ€" pire declaring war on Italy because of her Ethioâ€" pilian invasionâ€"or attempting to chastise Japan for her predatory attack on China?" the letter asks. The answer is an emphatic No! But had Great Britain been prepared, no war or declaraâ€" "What Japan is doing toâ€"day in China has been‘ done by all the great powers in the past," says the letter. When did Great Britain attack another| peaceful nation, without even a declaration of | war? Give date and particulars! When did Great Britain slaughter peaceful civilians, women and children, raining destruction upon them from the| air? Give chapter and verse! When did Great? Britain shell defenceless cities to add territory to: the Empire? Give the facts! When did Great| Britain bomb Red Cross hospitals? When did| Great Britain ravage any land with fire and sword? ' When did Great Britain sink the vessels of friendâ€"| ly nations because they were in her wayâ€"in an | area where no war had been declared? When did| Great Britain slap the faces of the ambassadors of friendly states because they dared to seek to help | When did Great Britain defy ; blic opinion of the civilized world to increase @ry in any way? When did Great Britain act the rart of a savage, and warn off all other natxox§ with unveiled threats? All these things Japan ‘, doneâ€"seems to glory in the doing. To find a p: wallel for the actions, the attitude of Jaâ€" pan toâ€"day, it is necessary to bring in Ethiopia, the Getan methods of the late war, or else go back to the dark ages of the Goths, the Vandals, and that ilk. sn m mm uit s en tm iss AGn n mm . o. 5. %s l % Nes L uds sns Elsewhere in this issue will be found a letter purporting to be a reply to a recent editorial in The Advance. The letter in some of its opening para.g,kg:aphs was encouragingâ€"it suggested that The Advance was to be taught a few things about British.diplomacy and policy and world affairs. Sad cfgappomtment followed fast, however. Inâ€" stead 9{ unknown facts being disclosed, there was no mam than the timeâ€"worn slanders about Britâ€" ain of}@_le past._ It is suggested that Britain‘s worldâ€"Wide Empire is built upon the Japanese type of conquest. Is this the history of the New School? a glua\-ltke substance, which it is held would bind Logetxér dust particles on the road and result in roads‘s$0 treated being practically dustless. Mr. MacLï¬hn admits that there may be some slight technical difficulties in adjusting the proportions | of thi}!quox to be applied and the best methods of appli some iqvestxgatmn' andâ€"experiment, the â€"proposat certainmly warrants the fullest enquiry and some form ly angd A@curately with those words, "Worth Conâ€" sldexzftlon That is. worth emphasizing. It is Â¥@gL worth emphasis, to repeat that the exâ€" not be confined to highways. whs of the North, and especially Timmins, do well to give some thought to the practicaâ€" bility 6f the plan. In the case of Timmins, it | | l { | | | | l to. roadways. Granting the need for‘ | â€" mss t The Nugget places the case conciseâ€"| mm mm s sw seems also to be a matter "Worth Consideration." | ithe world. j | kfword, The Nugget editorial proposes the use| War is a serious businessâ€"yes, an insane busiâ€" of waste liquor as a dustâ€"layer on roads.|ness! But the way to check insanity is certainly The .éet quotes the report made by D. J. Macâ€"|not to discontinue the manufacture of straitâ€" Laurif to the Kapuskasing Board of Trade. This |jackets. n‘ d "’ reporÂ¥â€"advocated the use of sulphite waste liquor | . o o ce ie t ce se ind s > ~ 7 as a Mctical and very economical method of ridâ€" ; ‘ CRIME AND SENTENCES ’ ding t‘he’ roads of the dust menace. It pointed out | 3 PSR that th},S_;'quuid can be handily obtained right here f The Vancouver Province refers to two recent in the North at little or no cost, being a waste maâ€" cases in that province, and draws the alleged lesâ€" terialé{iï¬om paper mill operations. Sulphite waste |son that there must be something wrong with the liquoï¬"mntains ten or twelve per cent. of lignin, law and its administration when there is such Elsewhere in this issue will be found an editorâ€" ial article from The North Bay Nugget suggesting a method for some relief from the annoyance, evil and danger of dusty roads. The Nugget heads the editorial with the words, "Worth Consideration." The headmg is certainly an apt one. Dust on the roacjs is one of the curses of the North in the sumâ€" mer months. This nuisance of dust is perhaps considered too exclusively as a matter of evil in regardsto traffic. It does make the way of the motorf.it unpleasant, and it does constitute a serâ€" ious"menace to safety on the highways. Apart f that, however, it is a serious injury to health mnly for those travelling in motor cars but also for all living in the country. If silica dust in the minés is so great a menace to the health of miners, it isâ€"difficult for the ordinary layman to believe that the selfâ€"same dust blowing around on the roads and being perforce inhaled by all is a harmâ€" less thg,lg for the health of the wayfaring man, woâ€" man * hild In the editorial in The Nugget, the the -3‘ 1s emphasized as of unusual probable x '“use on the highways. The Advance sugâ€" l†se it y e m P â€"am y P P P ons P Py P onA P PC P DLA PP PP AL P 40â€" * * Canada QONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontactoâ€" Quebese Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO, LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 17th, 193 Ebe Yorrupine sHOULD BE INVESTIGATED ON FALSE BASIS United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year ! ~There is a frequent tendency to thus contrast ‘idiffering sentences for what is termed "the same lcrxme It is in that idea of "the same crime" that |the misconception arises. There are no two crimes 1dentu,al. Circumstances and conditions do alter ‘cases. It was wisdom on the part of the lawâ€" makers that this fact was considered, and in pracâ€" tically all penalties imposed by law there is a conâ€" siderable measure of latitude allowed to magisâ€" jmates and judges so that the sentence in some | | | measure may fit the crime. Anyone with experience in police court procedure will soon be impressed with the truth that though two crimes may be deâ€" scribed in identical terms and the charges laidl under the same section of the code, due to circumâ€" ‘ stances and conditions the crimes are actually difâ€"| ferentâ€"in intent, viciousness, results. This may ‘hold true in the two cases disturbing the serenity’ iof the Vancouver newspaper. It is easy to suggest fvariations in the cireumstances and details of the ;two cases. The man Vogwill may have drifted into Ihis crime through bad company and laziness. His illicit profits may have been more or less incidenâ€" ; tal. On the other hand the Chmaman may have‘ been a deliberate sinner, luring the young and unâ€" ’ sophisticated into his net of crime, though escapâ€" ing conviction on more serious charge. In any ;event The Advance would be willing to wager that the crimes were vastly different in their essentiali details and effect on others. In other words, they were different forms of the same sort of crime, though the wording of the charges may have been in identical phraseology. mm mm m t > c m mam uie ue The Edmonton Journal says that the announceâ€"|panies taking mean advantage and exorbitant ment that a branch of the Bauk of Commerce is | profit from the needs of the poor to be opened at Yellowknife "furnishes one more‘ * * impressive bit of evidence of how rapidly mining ' A farmer living in the Calgary district is reportâ€" development is proceeding in the country between ‘ed as boasting that he has a horse that, not conâ€" Edmonton and the Aretic." It also "furnishes one tent with being 30 years of age, is now cutting its more impressive bit of evidence" of how speedily |third set of teeth. The farmer attributes the lonâ€" some Canadian banks (notably the Bank of Comâ€" gevity of his youthâ€"renewing horse to "right livâ€" merce and the Imperial Bank) give service to new |ing" and the fact that the horse has been "driven" mining communities in the North. In Northern|to church twice a week since its first youth. There @ Chinaman, charged with a similar offence in identical terms was sentenced by a judge to three years‘ imprisonment with three whippings, each of three strokes. The Vancouver Province cannot reconcile the sentence of six months with that of three years with the lash. One or other must be wrong, the Western newspaper believes. Without all the details and circumstances, it is not posâ€" sible to say that either sentence is wrong. It% should be remembered, however, that all the cirâ€" cumstances and conditions would be clearly beâ€" fore the judges concerned in each of the cases, and the chances are all that both sentences were fair and just and the due deserts of the guilty. law and its administration when there is such variation between sentences for what it terms the same crime. A man named Vogwill pleaded guilty to the charge of living in part on the earnings of prostitution and was sentenced to eight days in jail. The Attorneyâ€"General appealed this judgâ€" ment and the higher court sentenced the man to six months‘ imprisonment. About the same time mt l PPA L L P GR AVEL AND S\ND-â€"-AND PLACER i n i t m P P P P W PR War is a serious businessâ€"yes, an insane busiâ€" ness! But the way to check insanity is certainly not to discontinue the manufacture of straitâ€" jackets. _ _The writer of the letter suggests that a foreign nation would be "insane" to invade Canada. That is far from a guarantee that there will be no inâ€" vasion, for insanity seems epidemic among some of the nations. It is easy to understand Pacifist China saying but a few months ago:â€""Japan dare not attack us! We have Soviet Russia with its great army as neighbours. Japan dare not bring down upon itself the wrath of powerful Russia!" Ask the maimed and murdered Chinese toâ€"day how good an argument like that can prove. "Anyâ€" one who believes that Britain and Canada won‘t fightâ€"or defend themselvesâ€"is suffering from misconception." Just a few months ago Chinese mandarins may have said the same sort of thing. The Chinese have fought with a valour that has surprised the world. The Chinese have defended themselves with a courage that forces admiration. But the Chinese have pitted practically unarmed valour and courage against brutality fully armed with modern machinery of destruction. Surely the result is the most pitiful proof of the fact that effective defence needs much more in this wicked world than high resolve and soft words. As for what is the foreign policy of Britain toâ€" day, The Advance doubts very much if the writer of the letter knows any more about it than The Adâ€" vance, or even than the men who are supposed to make that policy. In truth, the policy seems no more than a shamefaced marking time until the day comes when Great Britain has repaired the injury done from following the false doctrine of the pacifists and has once more built up a fighting force equal to defenceâ€"a force strong enough to overawe the murderous cowards who would wreck the world. tion of war would have been necessary. Speaking of "cold, hard facts," this sad truth must be faced: that because Great Britain was unpreparedâ€"alâ€" most as unprepared cas Italy believedâ€"Ethiopia was ravaged. Much the same holds true about the case of China. The prayer for Britain to be armed and ready is not a call for war, but to avoid war. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO It is doubtful if the public fully realize the debt owed to newspapers for publicity that results in the righting of wrongs and the curbing of abuses. A case in point is that of the recent campaign against loan sharks inaugurated by The Globe and Mail and endorsed immediately by scores of newsâ€" papers throughout the Dominion. The exposure of the harsh methods and the cruel rates of inâ€" terest extorted by these loan sharks has resulted in a number of prosecutions in Ontario, while the Dominion parliament this week ordered the bankâ€" ing and commerce committee to conduct an invesâ€" tigation into the practices of individuals and comâ€" panies taking mean advantage and exorbitant profit from the needs of the poor. Ontario the Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank were seldom far behind the provincial police and the churches in the several new mining comâ€" munities. "Unfortunately, the world‘s supply of tin is controlled by a British cartei of great strength which limits production and expands it as may be deemed necsessary. It is possible for those inâ€" terested to affect the price of tinplate in a way which causes hardship t» many in the canning industry and through this means, it is claimed, Canâ€" adian consumers pay more for tiieir "As the world‘s known supply of tin is said to be rapidly dwindling, it is beâ€" coming a fairly precious metal, with cw‘rent prices around 41c per pound. It is only natural, therefore, that news of a new discovery should be intriguâ€" ing, and that every effort â€"would be made to follow up any find thas apâ€" pears to hold out hope of being mercial. At present the world‘s suppiy comes from the Federated Malay States, Bolivia, Duitch East Indies, China and Siam. ' sSuggests Ontario Prospecâ€" tors‘ Association Should Do Something About It 2 C far to no avail. : s“-‘:‘ "About a month ago thége was an announcement to the efl’ecj, that tin had been discovered in #Carscallen township, 23 miles west of: Timinins, and that an assay showed of six to seven per cent. in tin, which would be profitable to mine if found in sufâ€" ficient quantity. No further revports have emanated from the district, howâ€" ever, and Canada still has to:import its tin, to the value of nearly. $5,000,0C0 yearly. { U3 Wants Tin Discovery Made in Canada Now "Press despatches a few. days ago, however, conveyed the new$ tha‘ the state of Maine had a tin minie, but unâ€" fortunately the location of it remains a mystery. It seems that 1t,’all starteg with the arrival at the statesuniversity of a small phial contammg* what apâ€" peared to be metallic pebblés. A note accompanied the bottle, stating simp‘y that the pebbles had been taken from a creek bed. Through an ingdvertence the note and the postmarkéegd wrapper were destroyed <before a tegt reveaiced that the pebbles were of pure tin. "Since the. United Stat:% produces practically no tin, and uses @most half the world‘s output, the discovery of a domestic source Of â€"the «metal would be a matter of national moikent.â€" So "From time to time hopes are raised that a commercial deposit of tin ha been made available within the bourâ€" daries of Cgnada, but so far realizatio; has not been achieved. Similarly, in the United States, which ‘country is not as yet a producer of the metal, the desire for disclosure of a. profitable source has not been fulfilled; The following is an editorial fron. Monday‘s issue of The Sudbury Star:â€" This picture shows a light mortar team ready to go into action. Th« new mortar fires 40 threeâ€"inch shells a minute. READY: FOR ACTION surprises begin when they start to stick out of vases or when a bronze figure carries one nonchantly under the arm or when one of them dangles neatly in a knot of the telephone wires, or when the fern stands are decorated with them on the principles that all ashes are good for the house plants. I can understand all the sweet senâ€" timental reasons about the one that came from the old Saxonia when she was going under forced draught toward the sinking Titanic, or the one that came with so many memories from Sinâ€" gapore, or the one with the stem deeply bitten in that went through years of the war. I respect them all for what they have seen and lived through, together Asks Where Do All Old Pipes Come From There are fifty around the house if there is one, and though there are sufâ€" ficient pipe racks and ask trays to acâ€" commodate them all, they can be disâ€" covered every morning in the most unâ€" suspected places. For years I am used to finding them on the mantel. in the bath room, on radiators, window sills and on the dresser, always with some ashes sprinkled around them, but the New Jersey Lady Counters on Query by New York Editor. The following is a letter published in The New York sun: n Sir:â€"Your recent article: "Where do the old pipes go to?" got somewhat into my hair and I would like to ask you in return: "Where do all the old pipes come from?" They seem to accumulate in this house like stray cats around a fish mar" ket, and it is just something short of murder or camparable to high treason should one ever try to get rid of even cnly one of these obJecbs of sacred revâ€" erence. ‘"The Ontario prospectiors are to meet in convention at Toronxrto in a week‘s time. Perhaps they could commission a group of their membets to enlarge the glamorous mining picture of this province by scouring new fields and disclosing an extensive deposit of tin." Company, controlling 85 per cent. of the world‘s ‘production and tion, has always maintained, through good times and bad, a normal price for the metal and kept inventories at a level to meet all requirements. Conâ€" sumers always know what price they will have to pay for nickel at any time. "So strong is the tin cartel, however, that little can be done about it by tinplate â€" manufacturers,. canners or others. ‘"The practice is entirely different from the policy in the nickel industry, in which <the International Ni:ke! canned goods than they would if the market for tin and tinplate were enâ€" tirely frec. Another example of the strvice given by newsâ€" papers through effective publicity and leadership is given in connection with radio conditions toâ€"day. The Toronto Telegram led the battle against the sellâ€"out of the Canadian Radio Corporation to United States advertisers and the proposed inâ€" crease of the radio license fee. The Telegram printed a form of ballot to express popular opinion and received tens of thousands of replies in a few days. The Telegram received strong support from independent newspapers all over the country. Public opinion in the matter was crystallizedâ€"exâ€" pressed. This week the Dominion Government agreed to a committee of inquiry to check up on expenditures and actions of the Canadian Broadâ€" casting Commission. is a proverb to the effect that you can drive a horse to water but you can‘t make him drink. The Calgary farmer implies that if you drive a horse to church twice a week he‘ll be good all right. Apâ€" parently there are radical differences between horses and men in regard to some things. There is nevey much difficulty about driving men to drink, though it may not have been tried with water. ‘"Driving men to church twice a week," however, will not make them good. Or does it? Good horse sense seems to deserve its name. These clouds cause changes in the amount of lultraâ€"violet radaition, this | frequently being from 50 to 75 per cent. | greater when the spots are numerous than when they are scarce. The elecâ€" trons liberated by these rays stimulate the formation of haze and clouds, which in turn reflect away from*the earth a considerable amount of solar radiation | and lessen radiation from the earth‘s | surface. | Sun Spots to Cause More Trouble on Air The white clouds around the sunâ€" better known as sunspotsâ€"come in general cycles of approximately 11 years. When they are at their maxiâ€" mum the weather is apt to be more moderate with more moisture. When at a minimum extremes of cold and heat may be expected. "These clouds may develop or disâ€" appear, said Dr. DelLury, "but in genâ€" eral it is a safe prediction the disturâ€" bance will be repeated because the same conditions are likely to be present on this rotation of the earth around the sun. The recurrence will come from 25‘4 to 27 days later. They may reâ€" peat again. They have been known to appear on three rotations." More Trouble to Radio and Telegraph Expected About Feb. 21st. These cloudsâ€"chisfly of vaporised iron, calcium and hydrogen and like substances cause a muchâ€"greaterâ€"thanâ€" normal radiation of ultra violet light. This ionizes the upper atmosphere, libâ€" erating electrons which reach the earth‘s atmosphere and cause auroral displays and disturbances in terrestrial magnetism,. telegraphy and radio. Take Picture of Sun On February 10 the observatory took a picture of the sun‘s surface. Clearly visible were the clouds that caused Janâ€" uary 25‘s disturbance, just moving in toward the centre where they will be in the position to disrupt things again. On February 20 they will be in the same position approximately that they were January 25. with the man and his thoughts in many lonely and simetimes not so lonely hours, but will somebody kindly explain to me, when it is so sweet and wondertful to get a puff out of the old charred bowls, why one has to get every so often a new pipe, thereby increasing the alâ€" ready monumental collection of old ones which still have to be smoked at regular intervals! The sunspots that caused so much trouble in telegraphic and radio comâ€" munications on January 25 may reaâ€" sonably be expected to repeat their perâ€" formance around February 21, Dr. Ralph E. DeLury, in charge of solar physics work at the Dominion Observaâ€" tory at Ottawa said Saturday. Elsie G. Swoboda Ridgefield Park, N.J., Feb,. 8. Cycle Began in 1933 Beginning of the present in Canadian or United States Dollars and Sterling U _/ï¬;fl\“" ‘ONEY ORDERS soLD AT | ~13 EVERY BRANCH IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA unspol Compulsory Insurance on All Motor Cars Neede Christian Scien comotive‘s toot h logical laboratory has had a corps the cost of a too toparelh 0fl tGO0LO.0 that every toot of | railroad the huge prehensible sum of C zome cases, the interests of the great tulk of motorists and of the public in general require this regulation. As things stand at present, many old, wornout, brakeless machines are a menace to everyone on the road and when a citizen is injured by one of them he finds himself unable to colâ€" lect compensating damages. There is nc insurance in most cases and 10 times out Oof 11 the driver of the car doing the damage has no money of his own with which to pay. Windsor â€"Daily Starâ€"Myr. Chevrier, chairman of the roy mission row investigating the port industry in Ontario, agr carrying of insurance should | compulsory for all car and tru Many other thoughtf the same view. While s ungquestionably work Dr. DeLury said the cause of 11.2 year cycles was not known. Many thought they were caused by planetary action, but there was no proof. Cycles varied from nine to 13 years, but the average since records have been kept was 11.2 and most hit around this average. Try The Advance Want Advertisements cycle was in 1933. It reached a maxiâ€" muin in December and January last and will stay constant for a month or two and then will gradually minimize itâ€" self. A 150â€"year average of approxiâ€" mately four and a half years and deâ€" creasing phases of six and a half. "There may be a sudden disturbance about the 20 th or 21st," said Dr. Deâ€" Lury. "There may be an outburst of material from the sun and the heating of the clouds around it. Then we will have the extra impulse of ultraâ€"violet rays that cause trouble." "There may be a about the 20 th or Lury. ‘"‘‘There ma: He saw a posstbility that the January 25 distuwbance was a spasmodic phenoâ€" menon that might not repeat and might vanish with the next rotation. but the chances were against this. ‘"There is almost certain to be another kick after one rotation." he said. % Money Orders drawn in Canadian dollars are payable at par at all banks in Canada (ex« cepting the Yukon District). % Money Orders drawn on New York are cashed in United States dollars or the equivalont at current rates of exchange in all countries. © Money Orders in Sterling are drawn on Lonadon and may be cashed in all countries at current rates of exchange. YVour remittance is sife when you use Imperial Bank of Canada Monuey Orders. 14 Pine St. N. what a difference glasses can makeeâ€"â€"not only to your sight but your enâ€" tire disposition. Before Mr. Curtis prescribed my glasses I was irritable and cross. It seems that eyeâ€"strain h a d affected my nerves and the small â€" est things comâ€" pletely upset me. There‘s a world of difference now." It‘s surprising .. Liberal Terms May Be Arranged at the and oneâ€" uc} e Union Pacific perts analyzing as a result the has announced tooter costs the almost incomâ€" eighth of a cent râ€"â€"Mr. Justice the roval comâ€" ng Te 1i0, agrers that hould be made ind truck drivâ€" il citizens take ch a law would _ hardship in s of the great of the public regulation. As it, many old, Phone 835 The loâ€"