PAGE TWC The Daily News PRINCE RUPERT .'BRITISH C01.UMHIA. Published Every Afternoon, except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited, Third Avenue. H. F. 1'ULLEN - - Manuring Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES rrr a City Delivery,, by mail or carrier, per month ..-.. Byjnail toll parts of the British Empire and the United if States, 'in advance, per year . . . , .......... . To all other couritries, in advance, per year Advertising and Circulation Telephone Editor and Reporters Telephone 98 86 The annual flitting of the parsons would make a for an interesting speculative essay. 11.00 JG.OOf $7.50 All advertising should be in The Daily News Office before 2 p.m. on day preceding publication. All advertising received subject j to approval. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY EDITION. Tuesday, May 17, 1927 CITY TAX RATE HARD NUT TO CRACK The payment of a fifty mill rate is going to be a hard nut for some people to crack, but it seems as if it has to be done this year. Happily there is promise of better times ahead when some of the outstanding bonds are retired. It is to be Tioped that fifty mills is the peak in local taxation and that from now on there will be a gradual reduction. There is a limit to everything and the local tax rate' has certainly got there today. However, we today have roads where we formerly had none and our city looks all the better for the work done. Personality is the quality that makes It possible for a city official to look dignified when taking a ridiculous attitude. THE RAL ISSUE IN CHINA A great many people have been anxious for some time past to lea.rn what is the real issue in China. A little booklet se'nt out from Shanghai called the Constitutionalist aims to give the issue as follows: The many minor aspects of the Chineseproblem are of such great, personal interest to those who live, in China tha the one large and important issue involved has, by many, been entirely overlooked. The less important events may be summed up in a few sentences. Some hundreds of peaceful foreign residents of China have been forcibly driven from their homes, their property destroyed and themselves compelled to flee for their lives. For every foreigner who has suffered, a thousand Chinese have suffered. Certain legally es- t'ltilfaliH fnroitrn innr0aiinnfl Yigv-o Kaon nvarrnn K mnlia qnrl ft-.ikti' ... , ' ., , . . ' ., ' Uty would be appreciated by Ms people seized. In a few days the orderly government of these areas wa!.nd ,.ould prove t3 hlm M nothlng utfnLiTji ru mill ifuiuLfii u 1111 uuf uuiiiK hmiikiilhih. limit? iiinv ;t ' few spots controlled by foreigner have been affected, there ar hundreds of Chinese cities, towns and villages which for centuries prospered under their own fmi-autonomous government which today find themselves under a rule alien and hateful. Many foreign firms which In the conduct of their business have contributed' to the industrial development of China, given employment to thousands of Chinese and have raised the standards of living are now facing ruin and an even greater number of Chinese firms are facing ruin as complete and inevitable. It is almost unbelievable that so complete a wreck of established things could be brought about so quickly CHUX OK SITUATION But these are really trivial matters. If the foreign residents never return to their homes in China, if the mission schools and hospitals remain in ruins, if China's foreign trade' is cut in half or destroyed entirely, if all the treaties are scrapped and not replaced, the world will still move on much as before and the suffering and hardship involved will be individual and local. What is important in the China situation today is the fact that it is a struggle between civilization which humanity has been building up for centuries and forces which would destroy that civilization. The destruction of lives and property, the mob violences, the callous disregard for legal rights, the many individual Instances of suffering and injustice all these are only Incidents ithe patter of rain drops that may precede a tempest. It is the avowed aim of the communist plotters of Moscow to make a Soviet state of China and all of the disturbing events of the past few years have contributed directly or indirectly toward that end. They have been as alert in taking advantage of spontaneous events as they have been clever in creating situations. No one can deny that they have made great progress. Let us assume that this progress is not arrested and that in the course of a few years all of China is communistic as now a large part of it undoubtedly is. Russia contains one-tenth of the world's population China one-fifth. Together thetwo countries embrace a total population of six hundred I million or, about one-fourth pf the earth s total. Russia and China have more than six thousand miles of contiguous border. As one political uriit the area would stretch from the Arctic circle to the tropics, from the Pacific to. the, JHack Sea, It would be In population, area and potential wealth, the greatest political unit the world has ever seen. One of the modern political axioms is: Don't elect anyone to public office who makes a success of his own business. HAMl'EIlHI) BY NO SCRUPLES And this great unit would be dominated by a political idea, whose avowed aim is to destroy the present world civilization. It This is the front battle line of the conflict between communism! .l .1.1 l III. ..! It ,l.. !,.. 41,.. V,.ttl 1 I emu nuiiu VI lll&miuil 11 luilllliuiliaill ,,iua iicic,' liiv iamc line moves forward with new resources, greater courage and enhanced prestige to aid the enemyr Defeat communism here and the battle front moves back with the enemy defeated and' a world struggle possibly averted. J nn nr1Waha'c been .wpndqring how Canada got along.nljv ' , I llUPfwVwflwiiliout: haying a jubilee celebration.,? iNo if. : ' '" wonder 'she Is only a second class nation. f ' . INSTITUTION OF SCHOLARSHIP One or two scholarships arc needed to aid in sending boys and girls to the university who cannot otherwise go there. Here is a chance for those who wish to make n name for themselves. A few. hundred dollars would do the trick and the donor would feel jVhat he was making it poMe for a young person to make a mark Jn the world. Now, the next Job we have to face is how to get rid of those fifty-two millstones that hang around our necks. INFORMATION IS NEEDED ON PEACE RIVER A CASK OK WAITIMS It Is .quite evident, Mr. Chard polnu out. that the government's program In connection with the Hudson Bay Railway Is having something to do with the reluctance to tackle the Pacific outlet problem. To that project the government Is already committed, which la taken to mean that other schemes must wait. i So far as Alberta Is concerned, with a good piece of the west side of Sas katchewan, the logical outlet tor the grain crop and the only one ln which that part of the wheat country Is greatly Interested, Mr. Chard told the people at Ottawa, Is the Pacific coast routes via either Vancouver or Prince Rupert. but the Hudson. Bay scheme Is going on and the Peace River, scheme must wait. A good Impression was made at Ottawa by the presentations of the Alberta case by Premier Brownlee and John Calla-ghsn, says Mr. Chard, and the facts furnished by both will yet bear fruit. But for the present it will be a waiting game. KMHAUAHSIMI HIVOKANCK Orlggs You didn't seem to enjoy your wife's muslcale. BrtggsNo; I got confused, as usual. I never can remember that a cello Isn't would, be hampered by no scruples pf conscience In carrying out its , nomething you play. program, no regard for establishea rights, customs, usages. The world revolution. The dictatorship of the proletariat The destruction of religion. These are only a few of the catch tphriites with which the Moscow dictators describe the program which they are tirelessly plotting to put into effect. That is the real significance of the situation of China and it is a consideration 'so important ihat other issues dwarf into Inconsequence beside it Was So Nervous The Least Noise Made Her Jump Mr. VT. n. Yates, Ashern, Matf, write i "I TfM bothered verv much with my heart and wrvt, and tU least noise would make me jump and almost stop my heart brating. I told my mother about it one day, and she said that she had been bothered the some way and told me to got a box of MTien I had taken th one bot I felt quit a lot better and by the tlm I had taken thre bote I got relief. l'rie 50e, a box at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of prie by Th T. Uilturn Co., UuiUd, TertatflL THE DAILY NEWS ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL IS NOW BEING BUILT AT THE B.C. CAPITAL VICTORIA, May 17 The new Anglican CathedraJ Is now under way here. The contrast was let, a few days ago - to Parhit Brothers and work has already KTKI's WILL UK T.tKKN MMIX TO lf cornmenced. 'Xjnder thla conjract the rwve CIliK ON hkst KlH'TE TO UK : without the ; western tower, will be TO CO !sT t bum at a- cost of approximately 300.- - .COO. RUPERT IS MENTIONED j The naw,ill be constructed of con- - Crete, reinforced and faced with local EDMONTON, May 16. Steps are to be ,nastone. Practically the only wood-taken, presumably In the near future, to jn ulidlng wm be the nonsecure further and exact. Information ,joak doors, and furnishings. about the alternative routes lor a new; ' thii UOrk to completed the railway line that will serve as, an ouOetyiniv, , .gating capacity of for the Peace River country to the i te'mp.orary chancel will be Pacific coast. Assurance to thla effect trettd at he" ea,t end until the re-was given by Hon. C. A. Dunning, fed- maInder of the building is completed, eral minister of railways, to A. Chard, -j, tne cathedral la finished the nave supervisor of freight traffic for the Al- wm a seating capacity of 1,400. berta gtvernment. who has returned The tOTWrs at the west end of the from a' prolonged trop to Ottawa In cjkthedral will net be censtrueted untc connection with the railway freight funds m aT,uab!e: the central tower, rates case. '. transept and east end of the church Mr. Chard had an Interview with the wll, bul,t ajtM lhe necessary money minister just before leaving Ottawa, and hls i)etn raUed. learned from him that while the Dsmln-! u j, the lntenUon ultimately to Join ion government will positively not ccm-; tne catnedraI wltn tae Memorial Hall mlt ltfelf at the present time to any , so that there wll, one continuous further undertaking In the north, nor culwIng ,tretchlng from Vancouver to the purchase of existing lines. It Is ! rtreet Quadra street, having a length proposing to make a thorough survey of j 570 feet , ; the situation, with a view to asrer- j Plana for tne new atone cathedral were .talnlng whether the Pine Pass or some j g0UgM- ln ,8jj rrom architects In Can-cther route Is the most suitable for the ; an(1 rlit Rrit,in. sir Arthur purpose. It Is not yet certain whether these surveys will be made this summer or left over to another year, but .Mr. Dunning stated definitely that attention wUl be given to the matter and that the exact farts wUl be obtained as a step toward whatever action may be taken later. The Interview In which Bfomfleld. a, famous English architect, was appointed adjudicator, and to him all drawings 'were submitted. The design of J. C. M. Keith wa given first place, that of a Ixmdon architect second, and that of a Olasgow architect third. From that time to the this assurance, waa given Is the latest Ws thought and ,tud, to improve word ln the case, coming after the re cent conference with the Dominion authorities by Premier Brownlee. lUNNlMi MAV COME The federal minister of railways may himself make a visit to the Peace I River country. Mr. Chard, ln behalf cf the province at large. Invited hlm to do so, suggesting that a trip Into the Alberta northland in his official capac- else could, the Importance of giving this vast new region the better transportation service it Is now seeking. Mr. Dunning intimated that he might find it possible to make such a visit. In the meantime there Is positively no ground for believing that there Is anything In the sentiment at Ottawa favoring early construction of a new railway ln the north, says Mr. Chard. Whether from lack of Information about the country and Its possibilities or from a reeling mat, tnere ore enougn railways on the map already, there la a pronounced apathy In the air back east cn the question of providing the much desired coast outlet, and It may be U'&sn aa, definite and certain that It in't going to be built In the very near future. The most that will be done this year or next will be to survey the mountain routes and perhaps Mr. Dunnlng's official trip to Peace River. present. Mr. Keith has continued to be; i a resident of Victoria, and nas given lng the plana and preparing them for the work of erecting the cathedral. SHRINERS AND WIVES HAVE DINNER-DANCE' i Klfty I'tTMin Present at Kiijoynltlei ' I'll nit inn In CnnimiKlore Cabaret The regular monthly meeting of the i Prince Rupert Shrine Club took the' form" of a dinner-dance In the Commo- : dcre Cafe last night at which fifty j ncbles and their wives were present as i well as the entertainers. The event was i presided over by R. V. O, LePine. president of the Shrine Club. Music fcr dancing between the courses : aifd after the dinner was furnished by Mrs. R. P. Ponder and Dave Eastman. Contributing , to a program of vocal 1 solos w ere Mrs. P. W. Allen, Morris ' Blott, Frank Moore and Mrs. J. P. McMillan, all being accompanied by Mrs. I Blott except Frank Moore for whom Mrs. Pender played. The function opened at ISO and i i closed at midnight. DAILY TRAIN SERVICE TO START NEXT WEEK Srhednle IVIII lie Mmllitr to l-u-t I loth for Train anil MaUi Year I Effective at the first of next week, dally train service on the Canadian Na tional Railways will be resumed to and ' from Prince Rupert. Trains wUl arrive every day at 320 pjn. except Tuesday and will leave for the East every day at 11.30 a.m. except Sunday. Pending the adjustment of the schedule, there will be no train under the new schedule next Monday or Tuesday. Receipt of malla but not deapatch will be changed with the Inauguration of the new train service. Malls will arrive Ml Xfnh1flV WwlhMfla, miiA PrM.tr. Hi argument weren't disputed.-,, .. J dtKas.teh.A , nrM.nt' on Mondays, Wednesday and Saturdays, SURPLUSES REPORTED FOR CITY UTILITIES DURING MONTH APRIL The electric light and telephone departments of the city showed respective net surpluses of I1.256.H and Sl.181.80 during the mouth of April according to report presented to the council laat night by the superintendent of utlltlles, J. J. Little. The total revenue of the something yau eat and a meringue Isn't electric light department was 902.67 and the telephone department, 13,633.10. OFFICIAL OPENING ESQUIMAU1 DRYDOCK VICTORIA, May 17. The Songhees drydock at Skinner Cove,, Esqulmalf Harbor, built for the Dominion government at a cost of S6.000.000, Is to be officially opened on Bsturday, July 2. The opening will fee part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration. , The ceremony 1 to be held at the Instructon of the Dominion government. J, P. Porde, district engineer of the Pamlnlon Public Work Department here,. I representing the government In this matter. It I proposed to hold the .oeremony on Saturday morning, A vessel' will be secured to enter the dock so that the public can witness the huge graving toyla In operation. The Songhrea drydock. J the largest In the British Empire and thf second largest in the world. The Commonwealth drydock ut Boston Is the only one of greater size. The drydock to already In use, several vessels having already been docked there for repair or overhaul, Brighten your home at little expense Why not introduce a new colour note to "off-colour" rooms' this Spring? And at the same time put an, end to the most tiresome of all household duties, dusty beating and sweeping. Congoleum Gold Seal Art-Rugs in the new brightly coloured patterns are just the thing ! There are many gay, colourful patterns in .Oriental, Persian, Floral or Tile effects to choose from. ft tnttM f Mr tuum u F3 MM! MM! (tut PJ Ctnutnt CoagoUum U con. JuloatliTf iurutd Iy tki CoU t.l, ffe ,d to th (urc"roiJ tiMppohuins ImiMtinat br Inurt. lng it pun Mcfng th Cold SJ on the fltforovcringt fuu buv NOTICE. IN THE MATTER of an application for the Issue of a Provisional Certificate of Title for Lot one hundred and sixty 160), Queen Charlotte District, aald to contain one hundred and sixty (160) acres, more or less, excepting thereout twenty-one (21) acre and five (9) seres thereof. Satisfactory proof of the loss of the Certificate of Title covering the above land having been produced to me, It n ray Intention to Issue, after the expiration of one month from the first publication hereof, a Provisional Certificate of Title to the above land In the name of: Pacific Mills Limited, the original Certificate of Title Is dated the 6th April, 1922. and la numbered 143921. Land Registry Office. Prince Rupert. B.C.. Sth May, 1927. II. T. MACLEOD, Registrar of Titles. LAND ACT NOTICE OF INTKNTION TO APPLY TO l.i:SK LAM). In Range 4. Coast Land District. Land Recording District of Prince Hupcrt, and situate-In vicinity of Captain's Cove, Pitt Island, -B.C. TAKE NOTICE that Oosse Packing Co. Ltd, of 339 Howe 8t, Vancouver, B.C, occupation Fish Packers, Intends to apply for a lease of the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted about !i mue aisiam in a nortneriy direction from Lot 12S3, Radge 4; thence north t chains: thence east 20 chain; thence south to shore; thence weit along ahore to point of commencement, and containing 10 acres, more or less. OOS8E PACKING CO. LTD., Applicant. Per Cha. L. Robert, Agent, Dated April 7. 1037, LAND ACT NOTICE OK INTKNTION TO APPLY TO LEAKE LAND. In Range 3, Coast Land District, Land Recording District of Prince Rupert, and situate on the south ahore of Ln-Bouchere Channel, B.C. TAKE NOTICE that Oonse Packing Co. Ltd, of 325 Howe St., Vancouver B.C, occupation Fish Packers, Intends to apply for a lease of the following described land: Commencing at a post planted at the southeast corner T.L. 1039O, Ranee 3, Coast Lnd District; thence south 8 chains: thence west 10 chain; thence north 5 chain to shore; tbence easterly along shore to point of commencement, and containing 5 acre, more or less OOSSE PACKINO CO. LTD., , . Applicant, Per Cha. L. Robeit. Agent. 8 Dated Apm 7. 1827. B0VRIL is a Great Body Builder Give the Kiddies Same frffSI . jig 0g f tx 111 Saul the coupon hclaw for it free coy of the latest uiticnt booklei See for yourself how unusually attractive these Congoleum Qold Seal Art-Rug patterns really are. V GOLD SEAL WRT-RUGS Motlc in Canada lyy Cfiiwidums for Canadians Conoolfum Canada Limited Montreal k NEW "With m EVEHYm At the PrcSent da. 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