BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 10

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Uw #'gthß;Mlnlstry. i^v i. ;-■:..;.:.:,: '.Rumours of an ;approachirig dissolution are '■''-: i :' '■~ thb' natural result-of'■ the ?Miiristef ial 'fiasco' "Adorer Cbiise'ryativo ;;;".:5;.:,-,©entral;offices have waraebvfbeirlocal agents :;/.;. y;■ to' be prepared, for eventualities (says : •'.' The ;vi Standard of-. Empire" of December 12), and :;(:..::: most M.P.'s are, arranging.-theiry.Ghrißtmas, ;j;:,;;:,;holidays;so as io; be; prepared fora call to, ' ; -- : . ':V- ; arms- if-, it should come carly ! dn/•January;' ;.:,, , 5;;;;;Thoj-pasoris why. the Government should dis-;-,t'?;::solve iearly/.in itheVyear.;;are cogent' enough. >v' : •., /The; noxt ..session.: is not -likely-to-be-r.i)'cessful enough to redeem the; failures. of ,tho- /,-;. . v ;P a^ v wore ..■■deeply.; estranged ..;.-.thV.:-Chtebh2'--aw' ,i>:;.;:.;;■;.'; have hot pleased their Nonconformist friejidsf , ; ; fresh;, attempt would- hardly, improvei the ';■';*■; v:p situation...- Then: tho' Budget presents-many- - '!-;■: : i \;.K: difficulties, land there is a strong temptation ';; o; : *o v throwVupon thp: : Pnipnists of . ;.; J'-; nniding the money both 'for 7 the incroaso.of v;. :;;;:.. the Navy^aud^thoiadministration-of -the--01d+ [;";;.;:'-; ■■;... AgePehsionsi Act:/ A 1 quarrel 'with the House. about/the v'•-. -'■■■>. -V ~ garded with 'much,satisfaction by the- party ?&■ ''■'■■': .'.JJana'geis, who know "thatYthe Upper, Chamber '0:' ■';;;; represented-; to—bef : tp} ■!'.:■ ; -,;.there are the. Women's Suffrage people, who :;y:;">;: this''Gdverhmcnt"'n6' :; peacei "i ,; lh • :vV'; ; ;;v,spite ,of all this;, it ihat-tlie "'. :\;':. dissolutionrumours -will; riot'be.verified. A, '. '..;:; ;.';;■'.;' Goyernnicnt'does not care ,to go to"- the' court-.-' ;'vV;.:;'; Jry : under .-the'-shadow' of-failure"' : 'if-'it'^'oaiV'; ;';-:\ ? ;.,*;:';help;xt.',..And: there is a! certain, amount of : - / : /:!'f./ ; ; I; direct: [ ;^:-'?!■.' Win-::ih'vpo'wer;"by^-a;''number'^ofyhis;,pwn i * :;i'y>;, It-mustbe-Vememhered—though' ' '-{■;:> ;,;:;it is . usually:, fbrgotten-r-that.the "defeat- ■'of AS A :1 s !' -Ministry at. .thepolls'meahsVa; substantia] tj"..;' : //. rhaterial.'lbss to its-members;and sonib of' its- ': . be ? '//.:;/>';;.:. and'/man^^ \-UA ~ ';:-t'JS : be : ,depnvcd; of/this ; source;of; 'income; )i :, Ttif ' 'iK': '=:?:. Point'_is of :more;importanM;;thah'usual in \ ; :■.";:In/thV'Trough''()f theisoa.- " ] A : \ ■: <2~~ : lP ■;:, The/decline in bur trade,.continues'(say~s : AMS te;London;."Daily Newa^L^/ThV/imports ! \ ':! ; .i--:^--'-»F l My?oVemb«»:h'aW-tfalleh.? -Wei '; = t ;;:-i:-'',;:M A :1904-;aud ; ,the:- exports the -level-'-'- of :;M ;;,;';,: 1905,,vand, ior.;,thb~.eleven-months-of ~-MGB-- £££•; ■; J" e , ; % u F^^e:;;JK ! PSi:thjiße;of c 1907 /iruder ; Wpy. ■. "ue! to the dispute in, the, cotton: trade.: The fev; : ; : -. :fe fP°rts ;of ;cqtton;:gobds: .during November '.;.i'.-.-;. ; :'-j.wone::.tell .by riot less than, three, and-aquar- •• iSJ.AS ter'rmlriohs,sterling;,. , Tho:-magnitude of la" J X';:\r'y.i. can sustain": such':'a'':checK" ahd" S":V- •/«ill|- : be'«unriyaUed by .the; world is in' its ■&?t*: wayva-ttestimofiy to •'the : supremacy "'■ of our : ' -';:;*-": commercial position;:; '.On-: thb" whole eleven '; of cotton : - ::':U~>jj-eooQs has amounted: to-£13,310,765.: •■' i This -A '■ -nearly a' third of. the 'total- decline. ■■ '.-A : -':v.ov'.S-;-™t^ tr ?-!.--- of -'i- th ?-'y°"' : -fat? apart from; ::; c M:;;tJm.tmrdeolHio is.great,':and it is doubtful r;;' s ;:;.;>whether .yet-.touched^ : the-"bottom :;,y,:;v.-.::-any il mbrb ;tha'n other .countries. -: ; For ■we arb-' : i; .;,..-, ■■;,-;;■: ■ : I ; ffi;^,;'-V:<«nemplpyed.'-'---I\hav6--b(-bn-:63-:yea'rs-^n'harr : ; r ;<: ' : ' ?T' a !^- a ? 7S yeMs { !old.":r-Looking at the g;-::; ! /:.tall,: l alert f fii;are,.;;and the., strong' ariu kihdlv •::>;:::- : : T ac f~ _u 'J ,Tnnl!jo d- and:!- rosy—you would be . ;.:y ; :.:; justified in-eross-oxamihing M.: db'Bille—the ;'S:i-i::panish; Jfiri;stor;in' London;who-has' just ■ !";t?';;-:;:-J lr all ; these, statementb. .. The well-, '. I ;:!.^: : ..,ordered;fdeslc:; and -tho;\y:.:-^-:" are . eloquentjitestimony- agaiust: the confes-"' 'fr;S'^sion-^unemployment.;:Und;the.years l How :^';-;Vcan:;Jio; ) expect; ; on6;to 'believe—even-the evi-' ;aence.,qf:a.oertificato:off.birth?--.' "M; Bruhb"' V''::;::: '.years -in- the:.: .;::;,;:/;;; Umted;States,^ ; obs6rvcd.:M:-de'Bille.- '" L ; y-: tinued3e:ex-Minister. : ."dEighteeniiuterest- ; :;■>■?:.,'; • ing, yet ; uneventful, years, : for:l.have tho'forT .L: :;.v represeiit,. ; a: country : ,| that /does-hot ■ ::v;..:; Si vmalcos,history.: . Denmark.. ambition - «;;:.- ::6ayo.one,:;and.that is,to:be:Wlowed : to -de- ' :: ; :;''v.V^wprher:.mdustries ; .arid 'commerce, :: Great "M^- .ytotamys.her best customer- ; and; l it;is natu^ ; " ;*■;;:;:™ regard the "British as our : &?l ivV? 1 .?"-"-^^?' 6 'Personal-relations: between: th« -: &: :" r - #??. cpuntnes;. :-:-^; : ;:?"ffle-:.'"formerly our students%oht"to/France■•Now many-come.;tp/England r . «;m-: WW ■%,Brit!sh--espccia' ly, ■' ■A : Ai 'iWrf.;!. requbnt;iyisitow".to":. Dbnmark. -Om ' :';:B : :i™ r » fc i :i s ?onhancea , ;by; -science; w: '^vn.naya/flarnessed.science.tbytlie-ploughTincl the :y ; ;:'v : '■S hw . l, '-?? n rlaa T S'. made:their.:country ,a land l -' - : an ? -^t^^DbiimaaKis;.; w :,. breakfastrtablo of ■ Great '/Britain;'-' ""We : : \;;;;- ; -i • * nrn «4 * Pf > -moment-to-thoJbroaacrtmd-morV • ;,^/. : y; ; ;exciting ; field;of European;politics;.-!■ Yes * Vm'; v»™^i{M^•idf;Bmev';for 1 . J 3o:years:l:ha•e : , I ',;^? of ; jar;:;:l read in the papers ■K^"''vSw e^ any -.must ih- '. ■■•mvtei or,later/ ':' ■•?S s fe )uU tho X ? ? Even' : MlVy F , th 6; k e rm, au ■ E mperor:desired/ : •: : peoplo M:.M>i seek it, : /¥y ;; V:- : 7^ r .^^ lr^'^l^:tli?ir:.;offort/:,is:ofor i ,trad eA . i;;:»:;;:-:A««l,iri s«re, : iA •'• ■■ V ov^ n ro^Ppr< ■for ; ;-. i /ft * rou PI 6 » i;;;.^V. ; by i war;between.theseiwonaitons?: Germany j;: '-:/;/ ;^ ul ?:/: not 'W-vto coiibuerf;this: g reat.sea- - 3 :; V; ::.• Power: nor- could the: British -fiveS by;vie-' i :;;s: i'/tory: ehmmate : Germany from: the map''-of .;-v>/\:.*uropei''-'j-■;.::'.;; :/;:.;--..,-:■.;:;:.:':;.;;■,/:.. r. -~-.- , W. o 'C^ b^e "-''S/-- : : ]^--''A::yK'. |J ; :;; i:--. : v .P«>ffss /themselves content with-the" orgy "'of ;■;-:-,,/;,;,rowdyismiand:brWa!ity at' Mr. Lloyd-Gene's / :;v . Albert Hall meetih g :;(says-;"Tho:;stahdarJ-of %i; :;;: ? m P{s° They,;/think -::.;/:;:":< bns .^ e !S to. touch;the -national sentiment /•''llz/M'™ l thein. nearer the■■',fruition oi ■ ■r.m f%: «'hopes;: :MOther/:suppofters.;bf-the movei-' : %AA^ ont " a rP^c!i-/dej«ctea7.:ahdtdeplore'- , ffie ' ? / v v:.:.:;. Violence.'ot the.;extremists.;> Several literary A ■ii-;'^:;--p-«?? v ,>»otablv-- Mr.;; nbvi;: ■M •■■ v/J?s*>.; a P d .others who' supported ; the "Suffra- :;./;, ; : ,:gotteß;^at: : .(irst,. now,- thinkvthat these' per-;-,-:/,;'i .sons,have;discredited their.cause.. -In-Loh-vv/. . v (lon,society;-there;has .beeri:a:hptablechanae '^"^ /f■■; lW?£ 6 -Suffragism'-and'-, Socialism ; were!' V;/;k;; 0 :both growing rather,fasliiohablo; and many :.: ea v-..?nßtocratw. drawing-room: meetings were "W- : addressed: ; by i: brisk young: lady -bratorV - :v : Md; fluent' malo'; disciples 'of !'Mr;"Wells rand- -■■-: i/: Mf. .Bernard Shaw.; ■ Now^-tholwind-'is'' "the ~:.;..-; other-way..: .Tho. natural conservative,- -in- .?, :'.'?::■ -S'" 10 ' - : IS . : Reasserting ;itself,; ahd :? ladies with :'-:;" 'i-''' I Prp«a>and.hKtone i names-'arb.'enrbllinK*lieJn't m,:.i «: selyes*;daily:=ih f :.the /Anti-Suffrage" : Lea K ue ;:,-;:v::;:wlnch^is::assuming^fbrmidabls;;^fSp-brtiras'; ; .^,' : : M , r -. 1 J f alfoUr has-always .been-a-believer-in ;■;-.. //admitting; women qualified oh thb same terms :/. : "? s men,--to;the franchise,;thongh.'ofcourse :;::::,: :■:™ has : no .sympathy at all 'with /the ,'fbmenM. :;;:;,ters.of.;violencb and disorder'.? •• ■•; -' '■ '/ ; ': /' -;^;;'/,; ; ';'; Cure:'.for;.Cancor;: ■ .;'' '■']■ r .:•;;-:> v:>;>; ;: .;'/'/"FpVseverai yoar.s,'';^kid-Professor-4aur- .::.:>/.;. ent: tp. -a;:representativo,of the ". Dailv Tele- ■; .-...-graph, '7,w^th ( ref6reilco to' his; alleged" cure ..- ';-.jor-. cancer, ■■ I■ : have used- formol for 1 the ;/:..:;, 3 treatment:of : . cancer;,-... P.f eviou'slv,V.lv had ■' usod - ■/,:-.: ;;.with: i 4 Confhct;mg^rc9ults;:;such;.;:prbducts'* :^Ls' ..'.. • ;■: arsemous.:acid,,,atoxyl/'isulp'hurio acid;'-trfn-- -■' ■:',-g nc > .anQ-ial^'clectricifyiJointly "witt-JV' •:. icnwicki/;I-;alsp:gavo;my;:patieiits;:jhiebtioht :;v . of chromio. acid,-..tho / :latter. , for ; exte'rnal'-caii'-' ; /;.•':v; cers, but;in/;spit6;-of;theseLYarious-Methods"!' .;,, ;;/,;alway6.reverted; tp.:formol, : and:havo: atllast^ •<- •.-; ;tound ..the right method,of usihg ; .it:/'/'/I 'dare :; ;■;;-,/.: say ; that liefpre'niy/ redout, public communica-' /■ twn on,this matter, the:secret:of;my method';; ' •;- -, that •is •.to v-say/./tho' uso.; of , largo ■■'■ doses-":bf- '... .concentrated/;: formol; -.ivas. liiikiiown'-' to "niv/ 1 ■'-'i nearest friends;;: /Withiiv thbilastjfow rdayr"' ; : . Prof essor. -Laurent' ■ -added, ;»"I/;.li"ave" rbceived* .■ Vrequesfe/fprinformatibiufrpfn' maiiy. European' , and.even American doctors, and I' arn//diß- - posed to placemyself at.-their disposahto'ex-' ;-..'-plain'' to:them the tcchhiquo of tho-iiew''sy s -' : v, : :tem. Thisjchanges according / to'every'' of '-" ~ nearly: every case. Still,.for a doctor, who .has a thorough knowledge of anatomy and ~■ of the disease, the 'iiiethod •■willbo easily ap-' '.; plicable. The advantage of the'.:use;bf'forniol ./ •'.. -'ls.-th'at-its effects a re' exactlyprbpor'tioha to to' ' ;; the/injected dose. /They can be mathoraatic-i-ally foreseen, Ibelievo that in/treating can-, ' ; ..■"'.; cer by; formol/ especially 'when : the cancor is' '-. -in the incipient'stagb,: the cures will:,bo innumerablb, = Moreover,'cancer.,can not'only. ■-. be cured/by formol,:but prevented. "The'sys- / tematic disLifection; of /thb stomachy 2 bf-of the. throat, .will.certainly-do ajotjofrgood ; . ;; ,in the way of preventing-.cancbrous diseases; W : e are now," Professor Laurent concluded, ■ "in the curative-and preventive era."; -V;-";

, -CermaiKTrad^anjl.British Preference. LTfieriflaii cSniptftitibn for Canadian trade is ~sv^^ief_.shioh..]iasv J ong,occupied, tlie attohtion' of ; Anglo-Canadian -circles •in - London, - .ThatlatMt.nows-vpn the subjectcomes in a ' dispat6h''wliich says-that' great importance is attached in Berliir-io the formation in that of .a-GcrmahnOanadian Commercial Association, thbuKimafe aim of which would be . "to develop ijlia trade relations, between Germany and Canadji in such a manner that it shall be extremely disadvantageous to the latter.country,..t.o.JHAintain,.the.existing preference in favour of Great Britain." The aim, .of course, Canadian exporters to ,"be harassed in ,their trade with Germany by •a 1 skilful handling''of tariff weapons, and bo assisted in their trade" with Canada" by various devices in--TOnt«d-:by' tf-'pateriial Government and enter- , .prising,manufacturers' trusts; by : bounties, ; •bj'speorartjiJway.'.iafes, and by subsidised i -steamship' dines.->-Canadians can estimate for, themselves jvhat the effect of this policy will manufacturing interests. In i .&M£k'£it&ib country is concerned it would be., ruinous, because, with higher wages and higher ay, and .better conditions of labour to oDsorve, British ■ manufacturers .cannot. bounty-fed rivals. The Berlm Correspondent's dispatch says that the formation; of ;this new association has a poli- , tiSa-T ;signif]bauco; that-. 'far-seeing Germans .believe'that bj' lts efforts, the wedgo will be ' -inscrted-which'shall-prevent' the extension of -the-prefoFonKO-fiystem within the British" Empire. The friends of preference and Empire ,W)ity,'will.'be"fltft®fed by the compliment the ,r?W, an ?- a . r . e iP. a j'i? 1 ? to the progress of their _caiise; _but they , should. be stimulated to rerdollblOf'tfieir .'efforts, to attack with increased 7P§?K"rthsf] a ?.fcJ'?ftnants .of' prejudice and i iignorance,; which, m England, still stand in We ask Canada. cfor..the;gifi-. of-palience; but we cannot ex-.' '■pect to ,g6' qli 'itf definitely - straining: that loyal- ■ patioiiCD;— of Empire," ■■■. The-Outlook In- Europe. i.- Secretary: for Ireland' was the ,nriScipal:speaTier -ata. Liberal .demonstration : 1 ' : on: November :6,«under* the 'auspices of the, Sussex County : .■Liberal . Association.v Lord Brassey- presided: l " Mr. Birrell said, tliat anyone watcning the ;outlook in. Europe at the; present must admit that war. .unhappily was ;still v a sobei risk. : We were' running it now, and for a wng trao to'como: we must continue to run i ltjl civilisation, : fine . words, noble, ideals ; but, a bitter experience had .taught -U6 r iha.t-tlic-y-jvero-of no ayail in destroying this risk. We prayed for peace; and very on: .our knees,' our hearts werefullof angry bitterness .and dislike,. We ■ could not' trist, ourselves,- neither ,cpuH„;we . trust bur neighbours," Lately we ! J- P, '] a d a sad; .example of the scant respect : paid to treaties' We wore, therefore, bound to have in our minds the •pp§sibilitics ■of war. Wo wore forced tp ask.oursolvcs what would bs our position if such a'war.broke out. -, What kind of war and with: wlionf/ it';.would'-.be' ho one of them could honestlyjpretfind: to, say, but they, had to .'ask i themselves, what; their /position would bo. i If .we could 'command the seas—why,'. .we could 'face;: the; future >• ,The -:moment -we ; to; the '; seas,. from; that. mo:ment.'we. were-in a position of.profound peril. It Was'idle to', deny'ib; therefore, :.we must '.hav<jj*. l 'Wh , at'''all ''agreed:. we must have, . the : Strongest navy hi-the'world.'. We' needed it as ■ an. .instrument .of peace.. He deprecated what. the.;- Emperor complained of—, the hauHngi. of . .Germany into the. considers- .' tiori: of. 'Oil]'.-'-naval programmes.Wo must ..build, .-.our-. chips,' Germany : or no . Germany, because ...pf.'o.ur Jiistory,". our position, .'the ■enormous'extent'of our trade, tho .fact tli.it vr-e wero,- tho .'carrying:: power of the world; ' :nnd; an. island..'country.v. All. those .'things en- ' 'titled' u8 I; t'o','.liaVe l 'ii's strong a iiayv .as -we ctosojS-But Navy, ; 'Engla'nti would Jy ho 'means receive in'her intercourse with, "foreign:.'nations .the respect she now [obtained:. ,-;TKat respect'came from the know- ' .power.-behind.' hoj - . , CoßdwlH'flssuraWJs.' 7 v ! : 1 1 -Princa' - Buelow, ; ''iddressing the Reichstag ..jSivl)eceinberi.7-jwniade r the following interesting- announcement fl fully' endorse .what .the. .British, Primo • Minister- said in ; 'fhis Guildhall; speech with; regard to the' spirit of mutual goodwill, ■ in,, the .relations between Great Bntgin : arid Germany, and I also share .o-xpressed. by the .British ' Foreign Minister.; tli'at a Balkan Conference „fflay j-he.,a .great ;s_eslative, or :it inay be an jejtcitingV'stimulnwtjr'i Wo trust that it will 'be-' a sedative and that .European peace' tyill not be : distui'bed J- i We;. shall support . .'all eiforts the maintenance of .peace.ji ;_The.;Germa,n attitude' in. reference •fined as based on two" fixed .principles': the 'deterrnlffatroin ri-otrto-be drawn into-- ' the- | 'diplomatic game other . nations, 'arei 'play- : ing and unqualified, and unflinching loyalty to \ Prince Buelow expressed,;. -gratification, atthe .''renewal" of, GrgOritain's 'Turcophile pol-: icy no: less' than l Britain' .''an. economically ?and politically strongtTUckeyHoVdeolared that . Britain' are waging no ' fS-Ort^jdff>arfare;' jt(' .'Constantinople,, and have , , t attomp6-' to' exclude each.. other . from Turkey. "I am confident," continued the Chancellor,..'"that it will bo possible to ..adjustv-the' .opposition ..'- which has : recently atisci 'iJetwe'e'ilMtaly and,. Austria-Hungary, ;just;as[has been, done many time before. I : no; reason T\ ; hy. we should not succeed' in' bringing the r-interests of the two' - States ~iiitp,.accord-.,.1, am«oonvihced that it: is in •n-htrinteryst' '<sf ! It&ly not only to be. allied . with Germany, but also with Austria-Hun-gary. . I do. ,not: Mieve, that' those mean to adventurous courses-which* might a great. future for her and the prosperous development vof vthe country." : Invasion by Sky. !: , ,Srr;Hiram"M!ixia:is by no means sceptical as to: the "possibilities of a German aerial invasion, as outlined by Councillor Martin in'a : --renmrkablo—lecture-at' Berlin recently. "I. »fih,ould_^ayj;li.cro-.ia. : ino ;doubt,", Sir Hiram, • , romarked to a press . representative, '"that ; machinesjCould be built to-day of from 60 to . tOO-i horse-powei:,. slightly' larger . than , the would/travel, at the' ;rate ot fifty- miles an hour,' carry a load of 'half a'tonj'and remain: in the air five hours ..;at avtime.--Sjich jnachines would bo ablo to cross.the,:Chan'n;erwith, say, five or six men. piv l boai',d' , 'hesitles'Hihe driver, and , would carry.' . .sugicient-^petrpl^to.,cross tile Channel twice . : in further supplies.! Thoy.'would'be'able to make four trips in tho darkness of one night—a good many more in oaseiof fog-Hind -this, without being'observed., .Such: machines w.ould cost, if thoroughly-well niade—and ithey must be for military pureach, and each one would be able to lai'id';so|.'.twonty men on the English coast in ono night.' To take 100,000. soldiers across in the darkness of ono night would require' 5000: machines, costing • seven, and a ; half millions sterling." Sir Hiram added that , .he; .wasJAt':pr6se'iit-:busy preparing: the-draw- ; ings new motor engine for flying , ma- ;. chines,r-whicli'iwould, be the lightest and' ' .strongest s evor produced. : ,Major ? who was also interviewed .on j the statomentS'of-Councillor Martin,' .said : : that to.say that if Ger-' nuiny Had 50,0,00, aeroplanes sho could land. ; ■aii"army,';p'f.:4OpiOOo;';nien in. England, but by that timo Great -Britain, might just as. well f have 100,000. HeL'toped that we should al-. ■? ways romiiin. ahe.V(l : Af:;forei';n nations with: regard vossels'-as* well as .T7ith regard: ;"It is.truo," ho continued;: "that ivo'liavo not done very much in a pub- ? noiv.V.'.'Not very mueh has beeii ; heard o.f; English flying machines. ; But there are a number of inventors who are working to-some- purpose, aiid I hopo that very soon ? we'shall niake as' good a show as any nai tioh." ".He,agreed with Herr Martin that.de--1 . vclopm^it v should;bc looked for on the lines of the aeroplane.'" '