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y THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1932 PAGE FIVE THE WHITBY DAILY TIMES Advertising, subscriptions and news will be received at the Whithy Branch Office at Gazette and Chronicle~--Telephone 23. After Business Hours Phone 850. WHITBY EDITOR--JAMES H. ORMISTON WATER EXTENSION NOW COMPLETED Residents o. Dundas St. East to Hill Now Have Service Work was completed on Tues- day on the water main extension on Dundas Street East, from the old main to Starr's Hill The job lasted about two weeks and gave employment to twenty-five men, This extension has been sought by the residents of that section for some time past, and with the government paying half of the cost of the work, Council and the Public Utility Commission aeem- ed it a good time to proceed with it, particularly in view of the fact that there is sufficient revenue in sight to take care of the town's portion of the cost. : Owing to the exceptionally fine weather, the work was proceeded with rapidly, with the result that the cost was less than the esti- mate by several hundred dollars. A new hydrant is made possible at the top of the hill, and could have been pressed into use in the event of a fire on Tuesday. With this extension completed there are few sections of the town not now enjoying a water- works service, Bowmanville Daily Times ROBERT P. AND J. C. LARMER, REPRESENTATIVES : Office Telephone No. 744 GOOD PROGRAM WHEN W.M.S. MEET The W.M.S. of St. Paul's Unit- ed Church, Bowmanville, met in the lecture room of the church on Tuesday afternoon, February 16. The pregident, Mrs. Gilles- ple, conducted the meeting. Owing to the illness of some of the officers at the last meet- ing, the installation was left over for this meeting, when Rev, A, 8. Kerr conducted the service. Mrs. Colville sang a solo which was much appreciated, and af- ter the conclusion of business, a synopsis of the first four chap- ters of 'Korea, the Land of the Dawn," was given, chapters one and two by Mrs. W. Adams and three and four by Mrs. Nichols. They were listened to with a great deal of interest, The meeting was brought to a close by the singing of a hymn and prayer. YOUNG PEOPLE MET Under the auspices of the Young People's Society of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church, a Valentine concert was given on Tuesday evening in the Sunday School yom, fllwed by a tea. Rev. W. J. Todd, the minister, was the chairman and explained to the gathering the significance of Val- entine Day, and why celebrations were held on that date, All the numbers on the program were thoroughly enjoyed and the two vocal selections by Miss: Helen Argue and the pianoforte solo by Mr, Newton Hackney were espe- cially well received. The follow- i was the program. iano solo, Misg Thelma Har- ris; vocal solo, Mr. Allen Knight; clarnette solo, Mr. Tuerk; sketch, "Suppression of Slang'; vocal solo, Miss Helen Argue; read- ing, "Levinsky at the Wedding", M:gs Olive Jones; violin solo, Mr. Chester Jury; sketch, "Social Difficulties," by five young ladles; pianoforte solo, Mr. New- ton, Hackney; sketch, "Cohen on the Telephone," Mr, Mussen. CANN--RUNDLE At Tyrone parsonage on Mon- day, February 15, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the marriage of Mary Louisa, eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. H. E. Rundle, to Mr. Percival Hooper Cann, only som of Mr. and Mrs. William Cann, of Salem, was solemnized, Rev. A, M. Wooten officiating. The bride was attractively gowned in dark green georgette and radium lace and wore a cor- sage bouquet of sweetheart roses, lily of the valley and maiden hair fern. After the ceremony a bounti- ful tea was served at the home of the bride's parents. A pink and white color scheme with pink and white carnations made the table very attractive. In the evening the happy couple left for Toronto and points east, the bride wearing a lovely French blue georgette dress with accessories to match, Upon returning from their honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Cann will reside at Sunny Hill Farm, Salem, ABOUT TOWN Bowmanville Intermediates piay at Cobourg tonight and by winning this game and the one oneFriday with Lindsay on home {ce, assures them of second place, whereas if they lose the game tonight they still have a chance for a place by winning the Friday night game, putting them on even footing with Lindsay. ------ The Bowmanville Homing Pigeon Club will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening, February 17, at Martyn's Bowling Alley. All pigeon fanciers are invited. A large and appreciative audi- ence attended the concert in ey , Fancied ability to see is not a | test of vision. Your vision may be f ohisined: at the' expense of «great A C. H. Tuck, Opt.D. Eyesight Specialist Disney Block Opp: P.O. 1516--Phone--1516 ' v BA -- Sn AW ln se Wh ~ an Trinity United Church on Tues- day evening to the hear the col- ored baritone, A. E. Greenlaw, of Detroit, What Others Say DISCUSSES POLITICAL ECONOMY Editor, The Daily Times. Dear Sir,--In my daily obser- vations of current topics and events may I be permitted to add my opinions to the tried and un- tried solutions of this exceeding- ly depressing economic problem, As a citizen of Oshawg, I view with alarm the expedients used by the powers that be, relief measures totally inadequate for common decency, unnecessary road-building that will react dis- astrougly upon our nationally- owned railroad, ridiculous tariff walls that will prevent access to other markets, banking capital stagnant, confidences shattered, hoarding of wealth, etc., etc. Is it not time to subjugate our per- sonal interests and get down to actual causes and effects. The economic foundation of our present civilization is based on private or corporate owner- ship; it is as near the perfect machine that humanity in its wisdom could have devised, with our perfected system of produc- tion we are enabled to produce all we require in 5 months' time, the other 7 months the workers are expected to hibernate, (which they would willingly do if they wero compensated for their hiber- nating period), Our wonderful system saps the vitality of our' workers before they reach middle age, and rele- gates them to the industrial scrap heap at 40. Our ponderous governments prepondorately over- manned, extremely" extravagant, and lamentably inefficient, appear to be desirous of doing some- thing to relieve this condition, but are totally at a loss to know where to start, The common con- ception of manufacturers, bank- ers and politicians to reduce ex- penditures, wages and ultimate purchasing power is pitiably er- roneous, putting the wagon before Birth ASH---At Oshawa General Hos- pital, Feb. 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ash, a daughter, Helen Eileen. (40a) In Memoriam COEDY~In loving memory of Arthur W. Coedy, who passed away Feb. 17, 1931. Sadly missed by wife and family. (40a) Card of Thanks Mrs. Rosswell Dobson, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dobson and family, wish to thank the many friends for kindness to them in the hour of sad bereavement, especially to Rev. Mr, Cragg and the choir of King Street United Church, Osh- awa, and for the many floral tributes from the employees of Fittings Limited, Canadian Or- der of Foresters, Choir of King Street United Church, Manchester Sunday School, Women's Associ- ation, United Church, Prince Al- bert, and many others, ; (40a) lh ---------------- Mrs. C. G. Heath and family desire tq thank their many friends and neighbors for sym- pathy and kindness in their re- cent sad bereavement. (40a) COMING EVENTS 8 Cents per word each in- sertion. Minimum charge for each insertion, 385c. PROF, E, K, BROWN WILL LEC- ture on "David Copperfield" in the Genosha Hotel, Friday evening next at 7.15 o'clock. Admission 265c. , (40b) SEE BAKER'S PLAY 'YTHE Prodigal Son" at Thornton's Corners, Feb. 19th. Admission 25 cents. Permission 'arranged. (40h) MADAME NEVADA, 'PALMIST, Ross' Corners. Phone 2894. i (38-40) | nois scandal the horse, Our system of mass production has created so much that what is needed now is buy- ing power and how can buying power be maintained with wages reduced anything from 10 to 25 per cent,' In our own city we have ap- proximately half a mililon out- standing in taxes, which under our present conditions is next to impossible to collect with wages decreased paying power is also reduced. I would humbly suggest to the Provincial Government to put on a new domestic Joan of sufficient size to take care of the tax arrears in all the municipall- ties. A' long-term loan with no interest would be infinitely better than our totally inadequate re- lief meéasures. It 'would relieve the poor property-owner of the fear his chattels will be sold. The next thing that is necessary and presuming all concerned are in earnest to end' this depression, the cost of living must he reduced. The paying power being reduced why is the rate of interest not re- duced? To maintain the same rate of interest with the cost of living reduced is equivalent to a. higher rate being charged. Even were the proposed moratorium put in- to effect immediately it will not relieve us of this usury. It is self-evident to the most casual observer that a national re-ad- justment is due. Our whole sys- tem: of production - distribution and exchange go into the melting pot and be remodelled now, not in the distant future, A Moses-- not a politician--is needed to lead us from this slough of de- spond. Individual interests must be subdued, Private greed and all that it implies must be con- trolled and disciplined. Our na- tional existence is in jeopardy of destruction, We are in the ridicu- lous position of starving in the midst of plenty, We have the finest country on earth. We are possessed of an abundance of raw material ordained hy God for use of all. We have more money ' in Canada than we ever had before. We have all the machinery and man-power requisite to produce all we need then and who fs it that is preventing this machinery operating? Yours truly, F. W, WATKINSON RADIO CONTROL BY GOVERNMENT? Special Committee of Par- liament to Formulate a Definite Policy Ottawa, Feb. 17, -- A compre- hensive study of radio, aimed at the eventual establishment of some definite basis for Canadian broadcasting under either public or private ownership will be tfaunched by a special committee of the House of Commons dur- ing the present session of Parlia- ment, What promises to materialize into one of the most important steps taken by the government at the present session was announ- ced by Premier Bennett shortly after the opening of the House yesterday afternoon when he made this declaration for a par- liamentary inquiry into radio. The widest possible powers will be given the committee for the pursuit of its investigation, Mr. Bennett indicated. It would be called upon to hear represen- tations from advocates of private control of broadcasting as well as those favoring public owner- ship, from technical men in the industry and from every interest- ed quarter, It would be the committee's duty, said the Premier, to recom- mend to the Government a com- piete technical scheme for the es tablishment of national radio broadcasting in Canada 'so as tq ensure from Canadian sources as satisfactory a service as present radio development will permit. The committee would be asked algo to advise as to which was the most satisfactory agency for carrying out its scheme, that is, whether public or private con- trol was advisable," LIBERAL LEADER SAYS WHITE-WASH TARIFFBILLIS Parliament Passed Yesterday London, Feb. 17, -- The Na- tional Government's trade bill, aiming at establishment of a gen eral 10 per cent ad valorem im- port duty, last night reached the committee stage after the House of Commons gave it a reading, voting 451 to 73 to turn for its rejection, Discussion dealt to a consider- able extent with the inclusion of wood pulps and newsprint on the free list, a measure which some members held would deny Can- anda and Newfoundland rightful preference on two of their major exports, Interest Alleged Gordon MacDonald, Labor member for Ince, Lancaster, said he had information that the newsprint question had raired in the House through rressure from Lords Beaverbrook and Rothermere, ngwspaper pro- prietors, who wished to get news- print off the free list in order to gain control of the British newspaper field. J. G. Burnett, Conservative from Aberdeen, declared news- print should be taxed. At present, he said, employment in the Brit- ish newsprint industry. was only 73 per cent., of normal, while pa- per. was being imported at rates with which the British industry could not compete. A great deal of these imports, he added, came {rom Canada and Newfoundiand where mills were running at full capacity because their owners were able to pay expenses through sales in their own do- mestic markets and send thelr surplus to Great Britain at ver low prices, R Welcomed by Dominions Right Hon, Neville Chamber- lain Chancellor of the Exchequer, who concluded debate on the La- bor motion, said the Govern- ment's tariff proposals had beén welcomed enthusiastically in avery Dominjon of the British Empire, If the Government were perss- ed to extend the free list, he con- cluded, it might have to consid- er extending the powers of the proposed Advisory Committee on Tariffs, to enable it to reduce the list again if guch action were found necessary. COMMITTEE HELD SHORT SESSION Investigators of Beauhar- nois Got Together Yes- terday Afternoon inipue-- Ottawa, Feb. 17--Fifteen minutes sufficed for the first meeting yes- terday of the special Senate com- mittee concerning the three Liberal Senators implicated in the Beauhar- Hon. Andrew Hay- don was there bright and early; Hon, Donat Raymond was in the building ready at a moment's notice, and Hon. Wilfred L. McDougald was "in the hands of the committee and ready to proceed", but after a few preliminaries the committee adjourned until March 2. Difficulty, it is understood, is to obtain 'the services of Conservative lawyer of the calibre of Peter White, K.C., . who was'cpunsel for the' Commohs committee on Beau- harnois last. summer, Mr, White is BEFORE HOUSE Second Reading in British | second | back a Labor amendment calling | been | "Com: To Hepburn Comments Press on Hydro Debate in Legislature | Ottawa, Fab, 17.--Charging | that the Middleton Hydro Com- mission is a "set-up" for a | "whitewash," Mitchell { M.P., youthful | F. burn, Provincial Liberal leader, seemed yesterday | his lot in with | to have thrown Hon, Harry Nixon, Progressive 'eader, and to have left W. E. N. linclair, K.C., Liberal House leader, out in the cold. | In a statement to the press | this afternoon, Mr. Hepburn firmly declined to comment on Mr. Sinclair's denunciation on Monday of the Opposition at- tempt, made by Mr, Hepburn and Mr. Nixon, to have its own legal ounsel at the sittings of the Middleton probe. Except the opening sentence, | containing the refusal to com- | ment on Mr. Sinclairs action, the whole statement was directed against Premier Henry and the Hydro probe. The limitation of the probe, said Mr. Hepburn, "only added to the well-founded suspicion of the electors of On- tario that the whole set-up was for the purpose of whitewash. "Hon. Howard Ferguson said we could dig through to China," Mr. Hepburn declared, '"'and find nothing on the Hydro. Mr. Henry, with his one-man commission and one-man counsel, has supplied us with paper shovels with which to do this digging." Ontario, Mr. Hepburn contin- ued, would not stand for this ac- tion of Mr. Henry's, "He will find this out to his sorrow," said the Liberal leader, "when he dis- cards his pompous - egotistical romplacency and rests his case in the judgment of the people of On- tario." HENRY CALLS IT A "UNICON HITCH" Toronto, Feb. 17. -- Only at one stage in yesterday's dramatic legislative battle over Hydro did Hon. George 8. Henry, Prime Minister of Ontario, betray any visible, physical or physiognomi- cal evidence of real worry and deep concern, W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal House leader, was speaking. He developed a well-reasoned legal srgument to support a conclusion which he had reached on the John Aird Jr., payment of $1205,- 000 from Beauharnois. The treasury benches were well filled with Cabinet Ministers who, with obvious enjoyment of war- fare, were taking careful notes for future reference. There was evident a disposition to take the battle seriously, but with full and even smiling confidence, But suddenly while Mr. Sin- clair spoke the Prime Minister's presently engaged in another probe concerning the voyage of the Gyp- sum Queen, in which inquiry a Nova Scotian Senator is interested. Senator Beique (Liberal, Mon- treal) suggested that Aime Geof- frion, K.C., of Montreal, chief coun- sel for the Beauharnois Power Cor- poration, be called as a witness at the next meeting. Hon. Lucien Cannon of 'Quebec announced he = was ' representing Senator McDougald, while R. R. Robertson, K.C,, of Toronto, apear: ed for Senator Haydon. Senator Raymond also will have counsel. The Chairman, Senator Tanner, asked Mr. Cannon if he had any idea "when ' Senator McDougald would find. it convenient to come," and Mr. Cannon replied: "What- ever vou decided will suit us; he is entirely in the hands of the com- mittee." brow furrowed; his hand went to his forehead; then he nervously stroked his cheek. His concern became obvious even to the press gallery, He was seen then to beckon to his chief secretary. The secretary lent an ear. The Prime Minister whispered into it. Then hig eyes followed anx- fously the broad back of the sec- retury, as the latter moved away and consulted another official. This official left the Chamber, re- turned to the secretary, who whispered again to Mr, Henry, whose brow miraculously clear- ed. Diligent inquiry revealed that the Prime Minister was really worried about how to describe a certain way of hitching a three- horse team, "Unicorn Hitch" was what he suspected; the secretary bad confirmed it. An hour later in his speech Mr, Henry put Mit- chell F, Hepburn, extramural leader; W. KE, N. Sinclair, ac- tual House leader and Harry C. Hepburn preferred (?) House ieader for Mr. Hepburn, together in a "Unicorn Hitch" and won- dered which was to be ahead and which two the "wheelers." Whereupon te House roared, SINGAPORE BASE ANEW BULWARK Decision of British Govern- ment Will Strengthen Empire's Position The announcement made by the British Admiralty last week that the British naval base at Singapore would be 'completed as planned" is news of the first importance to the multitude of individuals interested in disarm- ament, It is news of another sort to the natives with Eastern pos- sessions which have prayed for the completion of the base as a stabilizing influence in the Orfent, but will be digested in Hep- | Japan with little relish. The base, work on which has een 80 often resumed and so 1 often abandoned, is a prospective | | "instrument of national policy' | the coast, upon which British and other | enthusiasts for disarmament and | all believers peace pacts and lookd for 10 years with thing approaching aversion, ! has become a symbol of British | policy, that Britain should continue | rule the waves and should be covénants have | trade routes dominates opinion in Whitehall and Westminster, it is announced that construction at Governments hopeful for abolition of fleets and the im- minence of the age of reason in international relations either keep the progress made at Singa- pore very dark or boldly an- nounce that the project is to be abandoned forever. Idea Evolved in 1020 The idea both India and the Far East, a highly fortified naval establish- ment which could. harbor, repair and supply anything up to a battleship fleet and cover the trade routes to New Zealand and Australia, was evolved when the attitude of the Dominions at the Imperial Conference forbade the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese al- liance. The scheme was first pub- licly announced by the Lloyd George Coalition Government in 1921, at which time Americans in the Philippines and the Dutch in the East Indies, not to mention the Portugese In their remaining colonies, commented favorably upon it as a potential check upon Japanese expansionist ambitions. It met with anything but favor, however, in Japan, where it was viewed as a mark of distrust and a permanent obstacle to a renew- al of Anglo-Japanese co-operation in the East. Japan has taken the ups and downs of the project very seriously ever since. She was duly depressed when the first appropriation, equivalent to $800,000, was made in 1923 to develop the site, and was openly delighted when Mr. MacDonald's Labor Government announced less than a year ago that the whole plan was to be dropped because any such undertaking in the Orient was an obstacle to its foreign policy. Last Monday's announcement that the whole great undertaking would now be "completed as planned" comes as a complete surprise and at a most dramatic moment. Interpretations Vary It comes at a moment when British representatives at Geneva are attending a disarmament conference which has opened in an atmosphere of deepest gloom and pessismism, and al- most exactly at the moment when the whole Occident,fafter trying to understand Japan's operations in Manchuria and give her the benefit .of the doubt, has reluct- antly concluded that Japan can- not always be wholly trusted to observe the international proprie- ties in the East. It ie more than likely that the decision to resume work in the Old Strait was the result of weeks or months of discussion. It could scarcely have been a snap decision, But in Japan it a sudden spontaneous reaction to events in Shanghai and will be regarded as the severest com- that any nation could possibly have made without adopting an openly hostile attitude, Tt seems just possible that the publication of such a decision at such a time was meant to express Great Brit- ain's conviction that the disarm- ament conference in Europe was going to be a failure and the feeling that the spirit which 'Japan was displaying forced Eng- land to consider the defence of British interests in the Far Bast. | the early in the efficacy of | some- | It | | por was noticed. The Dutch them- for whenever the feeling | to ready to guard her most remote {of the nineteenth Singapore 1s to go to completion. the of having at Singa- | pore, within striking distance of | The technical advantages of a base at Singapore cannot be dwelt upon here, and there would be no need to explain them to seagoing men in either merchant or fighting ships. It will be un- derstood, however, that in war, as well as peace, Great Britain would want to keep her sea com- munications open not only through the Suez Canal to India, but on eastward to the Malay states, Hongkong and China and southeastward to Australia and New Zealand. Since most of the bunker coal for her merchant ships east of Suez now comes from Natal, she would also want to patrol lines of traffic between South Africa and her Asiatic and Ocdenic Dominions, Colonies and markets. Gateway to East To carry out any such task she would have to have a hase where ships could be supplied and re- paired under cover of adequate land defences, Singapore, 'the gateway to the East," ig in an ideal position for' such a service station and, with the exception of Hongkong, which Great Brit- ain has agreed not to fortify fur- ther, there is no base nearer than Malta in the Mediterranean, which is 6,000 miles west of this centre of Oriental, Oceanic and South African traffic. The value of Singapore from hoth. the 'commercial and naval point of view is a relatively mod- ern discovery. It had some stand- ing during the thirteenth cen- tury, when Indian influence was strong in what are now the Dutch Fast Indies, and it was then that its native name of Temasek was changed to Singha Pura, or Lion City. By the time Marco Polo came to Sumatra on his way home from China, early in the fourteenth century, it had ceased to be a port of call and from that time forward it was com- pletely ignored by the early Por- tuguese, Spanish, Dutch, British and other trade-adventurers, who were bullding empires or fighting for trade throughout the vast area of land and island-dotted sea which Singapore now serves as a trans-shipping and distribut- ing centre, TUnnotided 300 Years Malacea, a short distance up figured largely in the struggle for Asiatic spoils from sixteenth century, and was held up by the Portuguese, Dutoh andi British, and again | by the Dutch, during the 300 | years that elapsed before Singa- selves were not only in posses- sion of Malacca, but of every point of importance in their pres- | ent poseessions, at the opening | century, even holding Islands within sight of | what is now the seventh port of | the world, without having any inkling of its value. Then a voung agent of the British East India Company, sent out to find | a base from which the Duteh trade monopoly of the Malay peninsula and archipelago could be broken, cast eyes upon unpre- possessing Singapore and report- ed that he had found just what he wanted. The young man who made the discovery was Stamford Raffles, later Sir Stamford Raffles and recognized within his own life- time as one of the great colony builders and administrators of British history, but in 1819, when he reported on Singapore, he was young in the company's service, and the idea that he had found something 'worth while, right in the channel of ' trade from both India and the Cape to the Far Rast, was pooh-pooh- ed by his superiors, No attempt was made to develop a rea] sta- tion there, but because the young man found nothing better Singa- pore was claimed by the company and was put under the adminis- tration of a minor outpost across the Straits of Malacca in Suma- tra. The company would then have forgotten its new post al- together if it had not immediate- ly begun to develop, without en- couragement, from a jungle tuft- ed little island of red clay into a port so Important that it had to be taken under the direct con- rol of Bombay in 1833 and given a distinct colonial status in 1835. Since then no one has ever dis- | Church being under | Port Chaplains, | declares, "we have great reason CANADIANS AT WORLD ALLIANCE Work of United and Pres- byterian Churches Out- lined in Report Richmond, Va., Feb. 17.--The work being done by the United Church of Canada and the Preés- byterian Church of Canada in the home mission fields was outlined by Dr. Joseph A, Vance of De- troit in his report today for the committee on Home Missions, presented to the American sec- tion of the Reformed and Pres- byterian World Alliance. The United Church of Canada, he said, conducting its work from the general offices at Toronto, under the General Secretary Rev. Robert B. Cochrane, D.D., ex- pended on over 1,400 enterprises last year $1,488,978, which was over $45,000 more than its ap- propriation for the Maintenance and Missionary Fund. Its en- terprises are of all types, from great Institutional churches, such ag the First United Chuch at Vancouver, with a budget, nearly thiee-fourths of it raised by the congregation itself, of over $35,- 000 to immigrant work under i'ort Chaplains and eight hospi- tals in the Northwest, Through consolidations and re-groupings, 120 fields have reached self-sup- nort and 27 have been discontin- ued, A great majority of the 2zided churches are rural fields, and not only present serious s0- | cial and economic problems, but | one of an adequately" trained | winistry for their effective lead- | érship, "The greatest quetsion which concerns the Board," it declares, "is, will the Church give us money enough to make pos-| sible the preaching of the Gospel in every last community in the Dominion?" The work of the Continuing Presbyterian Church in Canada | also has its general offices in To- | routo, and is directed by the | Secretary, Rev. Andrew S. Grant, the Foreign Missions of the the same Beard and Secretary. The Churgh reports 1,330 preaching stations, 1012 of which contributed to their benevolent budget last year over $533,000. Over one-third | of the Budget goes to Foreign Missions. The types of work conducted vary from sustaining weak churches to conducting Neighborhood Houses, such as that at Hamilton, Ontario, and Tyndall House, Montreal, and '""Notwithstand- | ing the financial depression, and | unemployment through which we | are passing," the Board's report to thank God 'and take courage for the progress of the work. The future of Presbyterianism in Canada is bright and full of pro- mise, and the contribution that our church is making for exten- tion of the Kingdom of Christ in the world i§ most encouraging." It is about time for the custo- mary rumor that the business- starved steel industry is at the root of the war in China. puted its value and nothing has checked its development, Because of its purely strategic value as a good haven at a cross- road of world trade and as a market for Malaysia's enormous output of rubber and tin, Singa- pore has attracted a population of 500,000, of whom a hundredth part is made up of the Occidental masters of the port's big busi- ness. Small business is in the hands of the Chinese, Arabs, Par« sees, Hindus and others. The na- tive Malay is aj fighting man, who detests quibbling about money and chattels, scorns to ask for tps, and had little left to do but fish after piracy went out of fashion. He has quite re- cently discovered that it is mot beneath his dignity to drive a car, so has found a niche in the modern community as a some- what aloof but really obliging chauffeur.--The Montreal Star. WORLD ALLIANCE DISCUSSES WORK Canadian Churches Dealt- With Under Sphere of Missions Richmond, Va., Feb. 17. -- The work of the United Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in the sphere v of foreign missions, was outlin=is ed before the American Sectietals » ed before the American section of the World Alliance of Re- formed and Presbyterian Churches today by Rev. Dr. C. 8. Cleland, of Philadelphia in thex course of his report on foreign. missions, 3 The United Church's Torelgm » ¢ mission work in Africa is open=.. ing more widely, with an ever-,., increasing nuuiher of those who are willing to receive the Chri tian message. continues to be dominated by po- litical and social unrest, but mnissionaries are able to go about : with less personal donger thao: in former years, while groups of. Christians who have In China the work 5. - suffered ~~ much are regaining confidence! ¢" and beginning to assume oncees more the initiative, In the Manve~ churia situation, it is noted fhat: Christian forces both in and Japan have become vocal andy to some degree influential ins China: ¢: f ar seeking on the one hand to main-/# tain unbroken the Christian fel- « lowship and on the other hand to' bring pressure to bear upon the 1e8pective governments of enous peace, . Rev. Dr. Cleland quoted = message from the Foreign Board of the Presbyterian Church Canada saying: "We are not ex- tending our work at present, but have been able thus far to main~ in z vA the i" two countries to -effect a right-: A tain it on the scale it was before" this period of financial depres-* sion." SELFISHNESS IS: a wh - BLAMED FOR SIN: America Swinging Front, Original Love of gj God x 'y . Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 17--Sel- fishness, ambition and lust blamed for America's are "swinging, w v A 4 wv away from its original love and... worship of God money," into devotion tol. in the report of the Coma .+ mittee on Home Missions, present... ed to the Western Section of the... Reformed and Presbyterian World Alliance in session in the Second, Presbyterian Church today. A utiagis ison of denominational boards suggested for a triumphant vance, the report, made by igan, was in part as follows: i%i a ads, Dre... Joseph A. Vance, of Detroit, Mich~, on "The Christian hosts of American,ji Protestantism have heard from thei. Atlantic to the the Arctic Circle to the West Ins Pacific, and from, dies, a great call to rise up and; make our peoples Christian. Fors "Some one has said that the nine} teenth century began in the Unitediid States with three millions of peoples 2 & Tver who loved God and closed with sev"? enty millions who loved moneySal What a conquest it will be if wa:@ can close the twentieth century with®> tha. teeming millions of North Am- altars of God, with the hall-mar! of their Redeemer shining in thei faces! "The great objective of. home missions is 'to make America Chris- tian'; to win men and women to erica once more kneeling about i, . > discipleship to Jesus Christ and ga- & ther them into the church; to nurture them in worship and inspire. them in service for the full acceptance of the teachings of Jesus Christ for the individual and the social order." Will things never brighten up' A beauty expert now predicts & decidedly brunetto year., n Christia® we a will probably be interpreted as ment upon her policy in China | en Sterling Silver Mesh Bags Reg. price, $7.00 to $10.00. 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