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voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large 09 canada soon learns psychologist says most small women have strong wills a chap who mar ries a wisp of a girl soon learns to beware of the will of the wisp otta- journal hundred per cent chauffeurs in presenting ninetytwo chauffeurs with bronze medallions in recognition tho fact that they drove for twelve months without a single accident the province of quebec safety league is doing something that may well prove a valuable incentive to others the driver who can go through a whole year without any kind of accident cer tainly proves that he is careful that ho observos the traffic laws and that ho is considerate of pedestrians it is just as well to remind ourselves that it the chauffeur has a duty towards tho pedestrian tho latter has an equal responsibility towards the chauffeur it is only by both maintaining a strict observance of the traffic laws and keeping in mind constantly their mutual responsibilities that we shall ever riico oar unpleasantly high trallic accident recoid montreal dally star few films for children j c boyleu the chairman of the board of censors of motion pictures for ontario touches upon an import ant poiut in his annual report when ho expresses regret that so few film subjects are suitable for young peo ple while adult themes have their place on the screen he remarks the motion picture is the vehicle of enter tainment for the masses the screens great preoccupation just now with subjects unsuitable for family enter tainment threatens not only to de crease the patronage of the young peoplo but of their parents also in this connection tho board would re peat what lias been so often pointed uut by others that parents and guard ians have as much a duty supervising their childrens selection of screen en tertaining as they have in regard to plays and books brockville record- er and times lots of time the st lawrence waterway is a pro foundly important matter but it is not one about which there need be any llfeordeath rush on behalf of either the united states or canadian public it deserves full debate and extended consideration and if it has to be post poned to the next session in order to get these little harm will be done the one thing that is not wanted is a hasty decision preceded by insufficient discussion woodstock sentinel re view canadian channels it is very gratifying to hear voices from the west speaking in support of the movement of grain and other traf fic through maritime ports that very outspoken man mayor webb of win nipeg has expressed his views with his customary vigor and he is all for canadian trade through canadian channels to the fullest extent that is possible without definite injury to business halifax and saint john have been showing that they can handle grain without the slightest injury to any canadian interest and that is the most convincing kind of testimony the rest of canada can confer a great boon on the maritimes by recognizing their ports end building up their trans portation services it does not in- rolve sacrifice and whatever makes the better times here ensures a larger market for what other provinces have to sell maritime merchant speed not first in the flood of motor car advertis es accompanying introduction of the hew models for 1933 partciularly note worthy is the lack of emphasis on ipeed in this respect this years ad vertising contrasts strongly with other yeiirs the change is particularly im pressive when one looks over the ad vertising pages of the last few years throughout them one finds speed and power as tho generally dominant note brockville hecordor tially what she always was a coun try catering to the needs of tho world as they are not as she might choose to see them making a living as best she can refraining from wild specu latlons adhering to old and sacred principles of conservatism savings are still going up in switzerland swiss cheese with all its worldwide popularity is still produced in some 3000 dairies most of them rather small graft and corruption are un known quantities in switzerland it may seem a bit oldfasholned a bit behind tho times yet events havre borne out her wisdom this little ua- tlon by a remarkable display of politi cal character through centuries has laid a foundation upon which many of our hopes rest yet we know swit zerland mainly from alpine railroads and tho lure of st morltz there is a lesson in all this and our discovery of it may mean much for our own fu ture george gerhard in the north american review training for leisure what are we educating boys and girls for if not for lite can we then be right to concontrate exclusively up on the efficiency of those we educate to do their work while we allow their tastes and interests by which they will be guided in hours of leisure to develop haphazard if so then it will not be long before the evil effect is seen elsewhere than in their pas times for just as leisure often re veals a man as he really is so the use or abuse of it strengthens or weakens raises or debases him those pur suits which whether at school or af ter we are apt to consider unrelated to the business ot lifo are little by little shaping or hindering the power not only to carry through lifes busi ness but to fill the whole of life with meaning and with beauty hugh lyon in the spectator london light shcater better newspapers there are fewer papers in ontario fewer in new york fewer in london such names as timesjournal beacon- herald sentinelreview hereabouts tell their own tale in new york here is the herald tribune tho worldtelegram london some time before tho war had ten morning papers and seven evening now there are six piornlng and three evening these merges and shutdowns have jnvolved inevitable hardship for a whlio on employees but they have re sulted in better newspapers more competently staffed better equipped mechanically able to provido a wider jmd more uptothcmluuto service of jiows st thomas timesjournal switzerland the principles that have guided this little country with its few millions of inhabitants may well be studied by the rest ot tho world and principally by tho great powers in spite of many attractions inviting largoscale produc tion switzerland has remained esseu- good canadian practice ottawa newspapers believe in play ing down crime last week for the first time in 64 years a murderer was executed there and the journal and citizen published 200 word stories they had not mentioned the case from the time the man was convicted until he was hanged editor and publisher new york united states war debts mr roosevelt went to the heart of the problem in his speech or february 2 1932 when he called for an early accord regarding future payments un certainty is one ot the factors delaying the return of normal economic condi tions while tho debt question hangs fire for example england cannot get a new par for sterling and return to the gold standard like many other related matters this is of much im portance to american trade and so to the budget ot the united states government colonel house in for eign affairs new york the empire lord willingdons hope lord willingdon is the first viceroy who ha3 both the courage and the op portunity to speak the hope that with in his term of office lie may become the constitutional governorgeneral of a selfgoverning india now that lord willingdon has not only identified him self personally with indias nationalist ideals but has personally contributed to the reality of their early fulfilment the legislatures have responded splen didly alike to that faith and to the ur gent needs of a great hour in the coun trys history they have assumed re sponsibility for precisely the types of legislation that would have been con demned a year or two ago as inspired by british imperialism alone or by hos tility to indian nationalism but are now recognized as assets or necessi ties demonstrably in tho interest ot indja calcutta statesman i the prudent man it remains truo that the citizen ot most value to this country is tho man who uses his money wisely to secure tho best life for himself and his de pendants trusting as much as pos sible on prudence and forethought and as little as possible to chance and that any who incito him to an opposito course are enemies to tho countrys welfare the spectator london equipped with a 450 million candle power lamp this formidable gun which was recently demonstrated in berkeley sq london shoots light instead of shells it can throw a beam of light 13 miles into the sky ottawa press gallery officers are elected ottawa the annual meeting- of the parliamentary press gallery was held saturday and officers elected for the ensuing year wilfrid egglcston of the toronto star is the new president and emile benoit of io devoir vice- president ray brown of the cana dian press is secretary members of tho executive are as follows w w murray canadian press fulgence charpentier le canada leopold richer le droit robert lipsctt mall and empire and h m mordeau border cities star democracy is always tho work ot kings ashes which in themselves are sterile fertilize the land- they aro cast upon landor canadian skaters capture all honors mrs samuel again winner mrs gooderham loses by small point margin new york figure skating honors of north america were carried off by canadians here last week large crowds attended the display at madi son square gardens and much en thusiasm was displayed evidence of the hold figure skating has on the gen eral public of new york the greatest interest was taken in the competition for ladies singles be tween mrs norman samuel con stance wilson toronto skating club and mrs edward h goodeiham ce cil smith of the granite club to ronto these skaters are well known at home they should feel flattered at the attention which they have at tracted abroad the competition was very close at the end it was found that the judges six in number were equally divided three having placed mrs samuel first and three having placed mrs gooder ham first it was necessary according to the rules to turn back t the total points obtained by each in both com pulsory figures and free skating it was then found that mrs samuel had 2300 points and mrs gooderham 2283 points mrs samuel therefore won first place by the liaricw margin of 17 points she retained the cham pionship of north america in figure skating which she won first in 1929 and again in 1931 the competition in mens singles was a foregone conclusion no one v near montgomery s wilson of the toronto skating club and he was awarded first place by all six judges he thus retained the cham pionship of north america which lie won rst in 1929 and again in 1931 the most difficult figures were done with the utmost ease and aci racy his free skating thriled the spectators with its daring ard delighted them with its musical rhythm champion pair mrs samuel and her brother mont gomery wilson having won in the singles hitched up in the pair they won the championship of north amer ica in pairs skating with equal ease this remarkable feat was also per formed in 1929 and again in 1931 it will probably remain as a record un less they choose to try again in 1935 the judges were joel liberman and charles m rotch and miss rosalie knapp from the united states and allen e howard normal gregory and john s maclean from canada roths body found frozen in ice missing since november 8th head covered by sack ankles and wrists bound skull crushed in friend identifies ring after discovery in grantham st catharines his head complete ly covered with a canvas sack and stout ropes bound around his ankles and wrists the body ot harry roth missing hamilton jewelry salesman was found frozen in the ice of lake gibson grantham township friday afternoon the head had been i rushed as by a severe blow the body was so caked with ice that it was impossible to remove the bag covering his head in order to complete identification but there was no doubt in the minds of authorities that it was roth vanished nov 8 roth had been missing since the evening of nov 8 he was last seen in merritton wherre he called on sev eral customers on his way to st cath arines where he was to pick up his brotherinlaw gertler and continue to his home in hamilton he was seen sitting in his parked car half an hour after the time set to meet gertler the car was found two days later near st catharines although the car was perfectly clean when it was seen in merritton it was splashed with mud when it was discovered in dicating that it had been driven over a deserted rosd leading from merrit ton to the merrittville highway the place where the body was found is a mile off the highway and is a desolate spot lake gibson is used us a reservoir for the decew falls power plant hamilton harry roth was 30 years of age and was a native of canada he resided with his wife and twoyearold daughter at 122 jackson street east for several years he was a salesman with the francoamerican company jewelers with headquar ters in the lister building at the time of his disappearance mrs roth and officials of the firm feared foul play he was regular in his habits and it was the first occasion tht he had ever failed to notify his employers of his whereabouts while his business trips often extended over a period of a week officials of the firm were in touch with him almost daily mrs roth said he had travelled through the niagara peninsula for many years and several persons knew that he frequently carried large sums of money and valuable stock robbery was suggested by her as the motive for the supposed murder some time after his disappearance mrs roth criticized officers in charge of the investigation for not trailing certain persons who were questioned shortly after her husbands disappear ance and who later left the district the day after roth was reported missing donald charlebois salesman for the same firm advanced the theory that he had been robbed and murder ed and dropped in the canal average value for duty 405 for british pound ottawa feb 13 the average value of the pound sterling for special duty purposes will be 405 during the period february 16 to 28 inclusive this was announced today by the de partment of national revenue wine taster goes in training sir w robertson expires suddenly great soldier passes aged 75 only field marshal to rise from ranks london field marshal sir william robertson died suddenly on sunday in i his london home at the age of 75 i sir williams career was without parallel in the british army as he was j the only man to rise from the ranks to receive a field marshals baton an honor gained by determination and ability he was awarded many decorations for service in india south africa and during the great war he also re ceived many foreign decorations in 1929 in recognition of his war service he received a baronetcy offi cial thanks of parliament and a grant of 10000 started as private sir william robertson was a living instance of the private who carried a fieldmarshals baton in his knapsock of poor parentage he enlisted as a private in the 16th queens lancers at the ago of 18 and closed an active career when he received the baton of a fieldmarshal 43 years later for three years of the great war he was chief of tho imperial general staff and accordingly one of the most im portant military figures among the al lied commanders he was also an independent thinker sir william became chief of the im perial general staff in december 1915 attended many conferences it would be tedious to recount all the great conferences between the allies which robertson attended as ono of he principal military repre sentatives of great britain at the end of 1917 he believed the war might ho finished in the following yearal- though britain had to be prepared to endure a greater strain than any pre viously undergone towards the end of the year however robertson found himself in disagreement with the primo minister mr lloyd george concerning strategical plans which the lattor wished to bo adopted in par ticular robertson believed that lloyd solution of disarmament sir willitrm robertson after his re tirement spoke more than once on be half of the league of nations union he had little faith in bringing about disarmament merely by mathematical calculations concerning armament and maintained that the solution of tho problem lay not with military experts but with the civil ministers of the crown in 1894 he married mildred ade laide daughter of the late lieutgen eral t a palin of the bombay staff corps and there was one son major b h robertson and wo daughters fieldmarsha robertson held high honors from the united states bel gium italy france china japan ser bia and russia he was created knight commander of the victorian order 1913 knight grand cross of the bath 1917 and knight grand cross ot st michael and st george 1919 he held the dso from 1896 he was the author of from private to field marshal 1921 and soldiers and statesmen 191418 1926 argentinas trade wanted by britain but says prince of wales she wants some things in return london agreements made at the ottawa conference do not preclude trade negotiations with other coun tries the prince of wales told a large gathering at the argentine club here j the occasion was a welcome to vice- president roca of argentina who heads a trade delegation to the united i kingdom negotiations start this week walter runciman president of the board ot trade another speaker at 1 the banquet declared modification ol present restrictions on export ol money from argentina was desirable and he coupled an assurance that the i agreements made at the ottawa econ omic conference affecting meat wero capable of modification when to mut ual advantage the speaker said great britain re garded argentina at least first cous in of the empire it not son ot the empire the prince of wales prophesied that anyone returning to the earth a century from now would find argen tina a great and leading nation with a highlydeveloped and original cul ture he added that this depended upon keeping the nation prosperous and that iu turn depended upon pros perity of the beet industry which he said is closely bound up with the bri tish market but while argentine requires this market i do not forget that there are things we want from argentina our selves security for our investments and an increasing market for our goods with facilities for obtaining re mittances in payment is there a cloud on the horizon ol angloargentine friendship now do people of the argentine feel we have in some way ignored their interests he asked and then went on if so it is far from the truth in everything we have done or agreed to at ottawa we have kept argentine in terests very much in our minds i am not saying our action was purely un selfish but i ask in what way our pros perity can be bad for other people agreements made at ottawa do not in any way preclude negotiations with other countries and the argentine is naturally one of the first countries we want to negotiate with britain acquires new air records georges plan of campaign for pales- intrepid airmen gain new laurels world supre macy in air last week capt j a mollison first to successfully solo the atlantic easttowest flew from england to brazil in three days and ten hour3 one more record in the everincreas ing list of his brilliant performances in the air great long distance flights captain mollison has successfully accomplish ed include 1931 england to australia in 8 days 19 hours 1931 india to england 3 days 11 hours 1932 london to capetown 4 days 17 hours 1932 ireland to new brunswick 24 hours and 10 minutes first solo westward crossing of the north at- amerlcaa oldost professional wlno taster is getting ready to go hack to work albert lachman 76 ot san franciso has gone into training after 24 year3 ot retirement tine was unsound and declined to givo it any countenance robertson of courso was all for strengthening the armies on the western front it hardly came as a surprise to him to hear from lord derby then secre tary for war that the prime minister could not get on with him and that tho government was consequently looking out for a new gigs robert son undoubtedly performed noble sor- vlcea both in tho field and at the war office and thero were many who con sidered that even though h differ ences with the prime minister render ed it practically impossible fcr him to continue as chlefofstaff yot the change might have been made more considerately on leaving the war office fobruary 1918 ho was first offered the position of chlefofstaff in franco when tho unity of command was established but instead becamo chief of tho east ern command in england and lator commanderinchief in great britain in april 1919 this was handed over to sir douglas halg robertson then bocamo commanderinchief ot the bri tish army on tho rhine in succession to fieldmarshal plumer it is a curi ous fact that while robertson was asked to attend tho peace celebrations la paris and brussels no invitation came to him to attend those in london in july 1919 in 1920 ho relinquished his rhino command was promotod floldmarshal received a baronetcy and a grant ot 50000 1933 england to brazil 3 days 10 hours while capt mollison was winging his way to brazil two english officers of the royal air force squadron- leader o r gayford and flight- lieutenant g e nicholetts were traveling over africa setting a new nonstopflight record for britain they set the seal of success on n long- planned attempt by the royal air forco to capture tho longdistance crown but they wero net overly- excited freshshaven showing little signs of fatigue they quietly explain ed they would have gone further at tempting to reach cape town without a stop if they had had any fuel left cape town is 6198 miles from crnn- well airdrome england vhero tho fliers took off tho british airnwn actually travel led further than wolfish bay but with fuel giving out returned to this small settlement to land a icrfect landing marked tho end of tho roar ing trip over english countryside tho channel franco and the mediterran ean the desert jungle and hills of africa the officers had been in tho air for 57 hours and 28 minutes and they wcra masters of tho situation throughout gayford and nicholett travelled 328 miles farther than tho former longdistnnco homffrs russell board- man and john polandc of th united states who flew from the united tates to turkey in 1931 weather trend slowly milder west and north snow bitter weather in parts of in n b slowly rising temperatures drifted across canada during the weekend but in parts of the west and north weather remained bitterly cold a furious snow storm visited new brunswick and another was raging along the coast of labrado- receding tides and cessation of gales allowed 450 fisherfolk of sandy point new foundland to survey damage done by flood water and count themselves lucky to be alive meteorologists forecast fair skies with stationary or rising tempera tures throughout the western prov inces saskatoon was the coldest spot ir the dominion during the weekend with a temperature of 27 below zero moosome ontarios james bay port was a close second with 2g below eastward the weather became warm er at ottawa and montreal skiers rushed into the mountains to take ad vantage of fresh snow and surshine the maritimes remained fairly cold and appeared likely to continue cold southern ontario temperatur rose only slightly it was six below in london saturday night and only two above in toronto but the temperature rose quickly during the day the pacific coast saw the thermo meter drop below the freezing point on saturday night but it climbed later canada second best in us export trade washington american exports in 1932 were valued nt 1612305818 com pared with s242i2s85ss in 1931 tho commerce department reported great britain and canada remained tho unltod states best customers with purchases ot 5288462805 and 241- 424707 respectively tho department said european nations continued to b tho loading purchasers of american goods and during 1932 imported mer chandise valuod at 784634687 com pared with 11s6ss4261 in 1931 asia purchased 292084954 com pared with 386353685 purchases by south american countries fell to 97- 131785 from 15s691001 losses in exports to russia wor especially heavy falling to 12465241 from 103486034 japan was third best customer dur ing 1932 with purchases totaling 134- 538384 in 1931 japan was fourth imports during 1932 aggregated 1- 322745439 compared with 2090634- 725 in 1931 canada lod with imports valuod at 174101393 japanoso goods totalol second largest 134011311 cloth ordered recently by an eni llsh railway for iu omployoea totally 353 mllea