Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights. In Ptg Winnipeg tuesday july 12, 1938 printed and published the Winnipeg free press company limited 300 Carlton Street Winnipeg Manitoba. Jav w. Dafoe Victor Sefton president. General manager. Registered at the general Post office London eng., for transmission through the Post in the United kingdom at the newspaper rate postage. The first year a year ago last week big scale fighting broke out Between Japan and China and while War has never been declared it is a War nevertheless of major importance not Only to the two great Peoples of the Orient but to the whole world. Looking Back to those Early Days of the struggle around piping it is now possible to see in perspective some of the events of that time. There is first to be noted the immediate perception by the world at Large that this was a Issue. This was not the Case when the Mukden incident took place in 1931. There were at that time Many people who failed for Many months to realize that Japan had at last begun the Large scale operations which she hoped would bring her domination of the Asiatic continent. But. In july. 1937, there was no such confusion. From the very beginning it was known for what it was a further major act of unprovoked aggression with Imperial Conquest and Asiatic Hegemony As the final goal. China was to be beaten to its Knees. The triumphant forces of Japan were once and for All to do away with the faint Shadow of government which. Tokyo believed was All that stood in the Way. There was to be a rapidly completed Large scale assault. The banking government was to float Down the Yangtze i fragments puppet governments were to be set up accords reached with the Independent War lords who ruled Many of the chinese provinces. By the twin process of Conquest and corruption a six weeks Campaign was to change the map of the far East. It is hardly necessary to set Forth stage by stage the com plete miscarriage of the japanese plan. The six weeks stretched into six months. The six months into a year and he would be a Brave Man who was not ready to Prophesy that the year May turn into six years before Japan comes near to its objective. Japan it is now abundantly Clear has got a Tiger by the Tail. She hangs on now because she dare not let go on paper Japan has done Well. The impetus of the first attacks carried her far into the chinese Northwest. The pitched Battle before Shanghai ended in a chinese Retreat. Banking the capital has fallen. Hankow the next Choice for the seat of government is in danger and Chiang Kai Shek s administration has retreated further and further into the Interior. All this has the ring of resounding Victory. But the ring has a hollow Echo. The Price of these victories has been great. The territory conquered stubbornly refuses to remain conquered. The japanese hold securely Only what is from moment to moment actually occupied by her troops. Each Advance brings guerilla forces rising in her rear. The main body of the chinese army remains intact though sorely battered and new recruits from the vast human Reservoir of the Interior daily arrive to rebuild the shattered front line regiments. Chinese Unity is an established fact. Even Japan s grip upon the Mouth of China s great com Mercial artery Shanghai is worthless to her for Trade has been ruined and the breaking of the Dykes of the yellow River whether by Accident or intention has blocked both commercial and military Advance. Japan has not even yet succeeded in seizing the famous maritime customs which under International control Are the Token of the effective control of the chinese government itself. The farce of her puppet governments in the conquered provinces has deceived no one. Against Japan today rises an enemy formidable for the first time in Many centuries even in the hour of its dismemberment into an offensive and defensive Force far More powerful than anything Japan had hoped to face. The Long run Factor always in China s favor has now begun to operate. It May prove completely fatal to Japan. There is a further consideration which in the perspective of history is Likely to loom even larger. China which is now engaged in saving herself May also be saving the world. It May be that the future will reveal the existence of a plan Between the members of the Berlin Tokyo Rome anti communist pact. Had Japan Laid China Low had Tokyo been free to turn against that is considered a More dangerous opponent it May be that before now. Plans of european aggression would have been further advanced than they now Are. It May be that the present Lull in Europe reflects in some degree the paralysis of japanese Effort in China for so Long As Russia is disengaged in the far East the . Remains a potential striking Force against aggression in Middle Europe. But had Japan flushed with an instantaneous Victory against China turned her armies against the russian maritime province Russia would have been in no position to embroil herself in european affairs. She would have been forced against her will to withdraw into isolation while the scheme of european Hegemony was advanced from the base of the Berlin Rome Axis and finally would have found herself assaulted both from the West and from the East by the members i of the anti communist pact who make no secret of their proximate ambitions. This theory is by no Means Wanton. It accords accurately with the forecasts and prophecies made by Well informed observers in More than one part of the world and if that theory is Well based the Gallant resistance of China Means that the aggressors time table has been thrown into disarray and the world has at least a Short breathing space in which some return to the sane principles upon which permanent peace is based May perhaps be possible. Feasible and fastest airline route Between the whole of the North american continent and Asia and Western Europe. Or. Hughes flight across Siberia and on to Edmonton will be watched with Hope for when he reaches Edmonton he will have joined the other pioneers who have demonstrated that across Western Canada is the shortest and the safest air route to Asia. Canada very interested Canadian airline operation has two distinct Points of interest in the flight round the world being made by or. Howard Hughes the american sportsman aviator. Can Ada is not interested especially in he stunt aspect which aspires a record circling of the world after All. There is singular edit neither in flying from new York to Paris in half the time colonel Lindbergh took to make he same flight blindly elven years ago nor in flying the siberian route round the world in probably half the time Wiley Post flew it relatively primitive Aero nautical Means. Canadians have though Espe Cial interest in the plane being blown by or. Hughes. The planes hey have chosen to Fly the trans Canada airline Are identically the a that he is flying round he world. It is the Lockheed 14, 3id its counterpart can be seen daily on the Stevenson Airport and tas since the beginning of this Tonth been flown nightly and daily Between Winnipeg and Van Corver. Or. Hughes took 16 hours 38 minutes to Fly from new York to Paris. Canadian airlines pilots lighter loads Fly at proportionately faster rate of Speed be tween Winnipeg and Vancouver. The Canadian pilots claim to like flying the Lockheed 14. This machine was handicapped by three Early misfortunes. One of these was attributed to a Lack of aerodynamic adjustment but was released for general operation once this defect was rectified since then there have been two serious mishaps but each was attributed explicitly to Pilot error to avoid any such Pilot error Hap pening in trans Canada airlines operation is Why such infinite and exacting attention is paid to the training of the airlines pilots at Winnipeg. This training has been assiduous and scientific and is widely being recognized As giving Canada As finely trained a body of airline pilots As will be found Fly ing on any scheduled airline in the world. Canadians will watch or Hughes flight Onward from pans with intensive interest for they Are especially interested in the course he has set himself. Tha course is what is commonly known As the european Overland route to the Pacific. In other words or Hughes having reached Moscow today probably he will Fly the course across Siberia that is expected to link up commercially with the present trans Canad airlines to be the Only reall 5r. Manion and the press or. R. J. Manion s first Public statement since the conservative convention which elected him Leader is a handsome compliment to the press of Canada. Or. Manion says the newspapers gave the convention Complete and unbiased publicity. He thanks them for that 5 and particularly he praises the members of the Ottawa press gallery recalling that in Twenty years he has never had to complain of inaccurate or unfair reporting by any of them. As the doctor is a rapid talker that is a tribute. It is of course the first duty of the newspapers to print the news. If they had failed to publish full and fair accounts of the conserva Tive meeting they would deserve censure. Covering that historic affair was All in the Day s work. Even so or. Manion s kind words will be cheering to the journalists who took part. They Are especially Welcome because they sound very unlike any remark Ever made about the newspapers by or. Man Ion s predecessor. Or. Bennett was generally unwilling to credit the press with either competence or fairness. Or. Manion s relations with the fourth estate Are going to be happier than or. Bennett s. Or. Manion s words evidently mean that he understands and values the Job newspapers do if they Are on their toes in a demo cratic society. They Supply the material in the Way of fact and comment from which the Public forms its various opinions. With out free and continuous Publica Tion of political news and opinion the democratic system Breaks Down. It is Good to know that the new conservative Leader recognizes that. No Public Man of course expects to be on the Best of terms with All of the Nevis papers All of the time. There is a sort of natural warfare in fact Between politicians and journalists because facts which would make a Good Story facts which should be published Are often facts which a politician would like to conceal. arise on that Point or it May arise when a newspaper editorially disapproves of a policy. There would be something wrong if relations Between Public men and the press were perpetually Serene. The newspapers would be asleep. But newspapers and Public men can be Friendly and respect one another even when they disagree. It is pleasant to learn that or. Manion thinks so too. Highway problems with increasing appreciation of the value of improved highways both for the use of our own people and As a Means of attracting tourists the officials of the Canadian Good. Roads association look to an unusually successful Conven Tion Early in september at big win inn Lake of ont. The High Way departments of All the prov inces will be represented and other representatives will include those from motor and tourist associations municipal engineers and others. There is wide scope to Highway problems. They include various aspects of construction maintenance financing improvements taxation and last but certainly not least safety for Highway travel these subjects will be dealt with by experts including some from great Britain and the United states and there will be general discussions. Good roads Are in every Way desirable but of course they must be paid for and they must be maintained. There Are various problems however As above indicated that could be profitably discussed. Consistent blindness though the Montreal Gazette approves or. Dunning s announce ment in the budget statement that Tariff reductions will not be made unilaterally it is sad at the thought that perhaps some Progress to wards this end May be made by Trade agreements. A policy con fined to bilateral arrangements can be sufficiently disastrous to Canadian Industry and to Cana Dian it wails. Nothing but a continuously ascending Range of duties will satisfy the Gazette and in saying this it appears to speak for conservative party westerners and All. Ephraim is joined to its will he make opinions on prison Reform a always Given to belittling i. The need for improvement of the penal system and to ridiculing the advocates of this Reform the Ottawa journal retains much the same attitude in spite of the report of the Archam Bault commission. It is one of the few newspapers that do so. Agreeing entirely with or. Ben Nett s criticism that general Ormond superintendent of penitentiaries had never been Given a fair hearing but had been condemned on the evidence of convicts the journal favors retaining general Ormond As head of the penal administration. It Dis approves of a three Man commis Sion and says a chief commissioner aided by assistant commissioners As in the Case of the mounted police seems to be a proper alternative and because of his six years experience and the High opinion the present minister and his predecessor have of him general Ormond might Well be appointed chief commissioner. After the obviously unwarranted attack on general Ormond such recognition seems to be coming to a distinguished pub Lic servant. At East he should be Given a fair Chance Between now and next the journal doubts the enthusiasm of or. Lapointe mini Ster of Justice for the report of the Archambault commission but thinks that he considers it Neces sary to placate certain rather hysterical political and it cannot refrain from Attri buting the advocacy of prison re form to funny people and funny newspapers. A in contrast with this opinion we have that of the Toronto Globe and mail one of the funny news so called. It answers or. Bennett s charge that general or mond was unfairly condemned by quoting freely from the report to show Why the commission found him entirely unfitted for his Posi Tion. The report said we have had ample Opportunity to discuss with him the Many matters brought to our attention affecting his administration of the penitentiaries and to consider his knowledge of penology his disciplinary methods his personality and his general fitness for the of fice he holds. He has displayed an irritating manner of exercising his authority which we Are convinced has been reflected not Only in the discipline of the Penitentiary staff but in that of the inmates Etc. He has completely lost the Confidence of the staffs of All the penitentiaries and without this no administration can the Globe and mail also an Swers or. Bennett s claim that the superintendent is immune from discharge because of being a civil servant. It says has he forgotten that under Liis premiership colonel w. E. Mcloug hex Warden at Kingston Gilbert Smith acting Warden e. R. Jackson Warden of the famous Collins Bay Penitentiary and others All civil servants were Dis missed for cause. And if they Why not general Ormond whose wrong methods of administration Long suspected by the Public were revealed by the commission How Ever As there is the Assurance of Hon. Ernest minister of Justice that general Ormond is not to be dismissed but retired with whatever pension the civil service regulations provide what is All the fuss about does or. Bennett want the superintendent retained in an office he mis the rejection by the Senate on a straight party vote of the Bill setting up a prison commission after the Bill had been unanimously passed by the House of commons is also severely condemned by the Toronto newspaper which says that when the Senate counters the decision of a unanimous commons on any piece of legislation it invites a nother of the funny publications is the Toronto saturday night which Hopes to see the carrying out of the important recommendations concerning Radical changes in the entire Structure of the penal or it refers to the need for classification of offenders Chamberlain policy and Canada a. E. Prince in Queen s there Are various aspects of the Chamberlain policy of appease ment which May Well Appeal to canadians. The agreement with Mussolini will undoubtedly ease the Strain with regard to Quebec sectional ism which is strongly pro italian and pro Franco. Que Bec policy is largely coloured by papal trends and estrangement from Hitler marked by a rapprochement of Britain and Italy meets with French Canadian approval. The Chamberlain Solu Tion of the Irish problem More Over earns the plaudits of Quebec. Canadian foreign policy is influenced not Only by her member ship of the British Commonwealth of nations but also by her associations with the United states. What of the latter s reactions to recent european developments or. Roosevelt May have Many qualms As to the soundness of the British Chamberlain approach he has been said to favor the recent Resolution introduced into con Gress by representative Byron Scott asking for a state depart ment report on the nations which have violated treaties to which the . Is signatory. Yet on april 20 he issued a statement drafted by Sumner Welles assist ant Secretary of state As this government has on frequent occasions made it Clear the United states in advocating the maintenance of International Law and order believes in the pro motion of world peace through the Friendly solution by peaceful negotiation Between Nattras of controversies which May arise be tween them. It has also urged the promotion of peace through the finding of Means for economic appeasement. It does not attempt to pass upon the political features of accords such As that recently great Britain agreement with sympathetic in Terest because it is proof of the value of it is doubtlessly couched with diplomatic propriety but after All even if Roosevelt has certain mis Givings he need not have issued it at All praising efforts at appeasement. Canadian foreign policy is surely based on similar principles to those Adum rated above and should be ready to support or. Chamberlain provided that he carries on logically the application of those principles e.g., the finding of Means for economic and political appease ment. The Anglo american Trade treaty must be pressed through. Ways and Means must be explored to wean the dictatorial regimes from their Auta Chical nationalistic policies by facilitating their Access to raw materials by relieving currency and other economic strip agencies and the lowering of Trade barriers. Repellent As Many of the aspects of Hitler s regime May be an. Effort should be made to bring Germany into a big five Power pact. A determined and enlightened drive should be made to ensure the rights of minorities in the spirit and letter of recommendations made by the league of nations. The world has been on the very Brink of catastrophe. Will nations and individuals comprising nations not learn from the Shock of danger and adjust their actions accordingly perhaps our perilous balance is already Dis Turbed and we Are indeed falling into the abyss of War. If so the verdict will be that the Liberal democracies have gone far indeed in the eleventh hour attempts to placate the insatiable War makers and peace Breakers. Our reluctant sword will be burnished by reached Between and Italy but this government i that Effort and acquire a Keener has seen the conclusion of an cutting . Establishment of a Merit system improvement of the training sys tem for Young offenders and most important of All the thorough modernization of the ancient buildings which provide most of our Penitentiary it has been said and we be Lieve with remarks Satur Day night that not even the Best possible official with the Best pos sible training in the prison system of. Great Britain now probably the most civilized in the world could administer the Canadian penal system or any part of it with Suc Cess if he were obliged to do so in the buildings which Canada pro Vides under the instructions that have survived from the Middle is that speak eth. Like the piercings of a sword but the Tongue of the Wise the lip of truth shall be established for Ever but a lying Tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil but to counsellors of peace is Joy. There shall no evil happen to the just. Birthdays h. A. Whidden d.d., Hamilton ont. Born. Antl Gonion n.s., july 12, 1871. Robert s. Ramsay. Winnipeg Bora Quappelle sask., july 12, ;