r.0L rwo "THE DAILY NEWS. PRIXCE RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon. Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Dally News,. Limited. Third Avenue H. F. PUIXEN - - - Managing-Editor subsch Editor anil Reporters' Telephone Advertising and Circulation Telephone ... Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations DAILY EDITION ..Jf0 Monday. April . 1932 CAN WE BE BRITISH? The question was recently asked if Canada can ever be-j come really British. Today she is a part of the British Em-j pire politically and the conference that is to take place at Ottawa this summer will endeavor to make her a Dart of i her consciousness, her ideals and her asnirations. In Knife a of the rather feeble efforts of late to build up British sen- Victoria. rnr n NEWS Monday, Apri! ; 1M? Itiment, the average native son or foreign born citizen j 'knows nothing of such men as Lloyd George, Kam'say iMacDonalri. Stanfev Baldwin, the Chamlwrlnins or Chiir- j chill. He knows little of the literature, the music, the social life or the trend of thought of England but he knows all I about Hip affairs nf Hnllvwnod. the social ovpnts of Hip T, ?zr uwhu-asvintiinc tho ' ' " - iCRIRI'ldx RATES- 7?'. - I. City denary, by mall or carrier' yearly period, paid in advance ..... 5.00 xlww . ,n For lesser periods, paid in advanw . ark 10c! SHALL ANYTHING BE DONE? ' ! ' Cntrm,Brttbh Iumbla: 3M Is anything to be done about this? Do we really wish to By mail to ah other parts of British Colombia, the British im- ' get closer to the other countries of the Empire or shall we aire and uajted state paid in adraee, per year ., $s w drift along 6 until the next generation decides to go its own By mail to all other countries, per year o.M. . f invrBTicivr ITrc wa' irrespective of what their fathers thought. Is it dp classified advertising, per insertion, per ord m stable to keep up the Empire connection for all time or Local readers, per insertion, per line shall it be only until Canadians have forgotten that they Legal notices, each insertion, per agate line is ; Ilr:ish and have discovered that thev Vmeriean? lir,Usn ana nae QifcCOtirea mat mcy are are American. Tranaiet display advertising, per inch, per Insertion 1.40 ; contract rates on appieattoo. ; These questions have to be decided, and the longer we wait the more difficult it will be to take action if action is de-j sired. Today, in spite of the little Empire flurry of the jpast few years, we are bound in one direction and that is i direct into assimilation with our good neighbors to the IcntttK If 4lii? Se to4 Pfinirtiqnc iron! i-ti 1 1 - 1 -1 A Week's Doings at Parliament By Tom Itcid, MJ. the Empire economically, that Dositlon not h "I 'if l m tt a ww it mn r " " uaision is uruicai oi unoaes, ms reuow lownsman attained ..uninnA as et. V wu here she has i failed r, , . is in . not ... being a part , Dritish Columbians in Gallery-Olof Hanson Urges of the Empire at heart. Greater Use of Prince Rupert Shipyard Canada is a strip of country clinging to the northern I boundary of a great nation of something like one hundred 1 Monday, April 11 A great deal of intwest was mani- and twenty million people. In that strip there are ten mil- in the t"t sih in. "P to the Nlifet address on . . Monday as evidenced by the large attendance both In the linn npnnlpiicfpntn.r h. ion people listening m to the other nn hundred and one twen- Hon? House and in the galleries. J. L. Raltfon had been t million. The expression listening in is very modern , given the task of chief financial critic for the Liberal but the fact is old. Canada listened in to the United States jwrty and, in his speech of over two and a half hours, cov-long before the invention of radio. She was such a near'red ewy of tog f0,loTe1 VM actively by on grain and fktr movisg from the neighbor that it could scarcely Hp nthprui Will, nnk- i uwt iiufciiuur u could SCarcei De omerwise. W ltn onI an an; everyone in the House. Mr. Ralston prairies to the Pacific Coast. imaginary line imaginary except when crossed without ; the faculty of speaking in a bud w permission dividing them, there was bound to be an as- ry "Hd manner and without thta retUffid awi lasted mtu similation of ideas and ideals, a growing-together and aiSSSTS. consequent tendency to break the old ties stretching across ;Hon E N Rhodes- nier of fin- Mme waa not maniie,. the ocean. The ties were gradually becoming less strong iKiS" Kt 2 as the younger generation grew up under the influence of and closed ttto uie pJa thai what lhe onTST the moat wt-the larger mass to the south. 'we to,c"ad? were ittertnf from eillU8 specehm ka4 mad Mr Then came the war, and it revived all the old memories. 'iS-pVS STu Canada responded splendidly and the reluctance of theifln b2f" bro"ght aboutby oUier twng. the taxing of the v. United Sla.es ,o join .ended to snap .he Sttlg 2 SSSTSff&X tics and to re-form a British sentiment in this countrv.;ment me laU otik. one apt re- a wb-amendaient adweat-Theyounger men fearned for the first time that they wlRi. SJKiSS 7SrSZ SS really British and not American. Those of other than Bri-ied a. the poor mans income ux. IT tmi tish extraction also learned that they were in a British ! Betol ntlng1 dow" he moved an offered by uvTubeimi party advo-country and they too responded in large numbers to the SSfS SSocTZl a U j call from overseas and many of them fought and fell for1001 forwlird to evening sa- Advocate Peace Army i the country of their adontion i00 m eeount of fct t Wednesday-Four speakers eeei-; tL lie if T . , ! Hon. H. 11. Stevens Intended to pied the time of the House on Wed- ine JCSSOn OI r i the war has not been forgotten. Since that 'peak. he having adjourned the d- neaday. namely Mr. Weodaworth, time an effort has been made to keep the communications i11 ,uat " clock 8trtKk Mf- Edwards. Mr. Howard and Mr., nnrn open lipfu-non between rDM.,,i Canada and the i, other t.n countries 4 . of r the T) Bn-, . Private bills being on the agenda Bonrassa. Mr. Woodsworth sugaes- for int lt wag 8:45 pjn. t uiat a peace nny shoukibVre-: tish Commonwealth and British Ideas and ideals have be'" Stevens rose to speak cniited. giving to every unemployed l)cen fostered through more frequent visits of leaders of and.h! a!S0,WM luterve1 to wtm a man a chance u earn $uo a day; , "t deal of attention, his address, with everytfcina found and advo- Ihrunrht inougllt irom f. either uu Side i and j e from greater efforts rr on the not quite as long as that of the Hon. cated that this peace amy go into part of the preiS to cultivate an Empire Consciousness. " Mr Rtn. lasting Just over as the north country to clear bush, to! , hour. A part of his address was ta- make highways and to beautify our i bTILL L1S1 EN ING IN 1 ken up to discuss the debt and the parks and other areas. jsut Canada Is still listening in" to the United States, i DeJpw on speaker bo never fails u The radio has extended its scope and is still extending and jSSS "JTS 52 TJZ today Canadians can hear almost any evening about the abroad- Re rcoa4 that some- u a very interesting and fluent de polillo,. problem. Uf California, .he civie .rouble, of Se..LZWPS: tic, the collosal efforts of the nation to cope with unem- teans had to be paid back at i Mt Dltk,e IT e ! "eard ,,1,4 4t. i..ii.. a ... .f.. ,!tenunt Thursday-Th budget debate uii uiKt iu luyauy to ineniars ana airipes anui sun continued wttb Mr. Dtakic the pleas that the memories or those who fought for Am. erica in the Great War should be revered. The radio is almost silent in regard to Canadian problems. We are developing no national consciousness as the Soviet in Russia is doing. We all know how to "reach for a lucky but we know nothing in the west about Nova Scotia, about the port problems of St. John, N.B., the wonderful manner in which the habitants are carrying on in Quebec unconscious of the depression which afflicts the rest of us. No broadcast is heard in regard to the new factories in Ontario, the mines of Northern Manitoba, the peculiar problems of the prairie provinces or the outlook of the western frontier. As long as Rolph is elected governor of California, that Is all we need to know. Why worry about the political outlook in Saskatchewan? ' " rr 01 member for Nanafaao. being the and, in Ms speech, recretted that I,.. ... ... .TT'. ZJT deprecating te the ; 7 pe unempleyment, po- ney of palliatives and rigid eoon-my at a time when there mueh unempleyment and dlatresa. Mr. Brubn There Tuesday Among the many vial-tors noted in the galleries was the minister of public works from British Columbia. Hon, Rolf Bruhn. who was here lor the conference of provincial representatives who met at Ottawa to discuss with the Prime Minister and his- cabinet matters affecting unemployment and direct miej. it must have been aulte a of the committee which has been fltung in Victoria tnveattgatlng charges In connection wltb the handling of unemployment relief and rtltef accounts. It was inter esting to note that he seteed the opportunity of plating this report j in uie jtouse at Ottawa baore It had ben placed in the House at There was a break in the day's oaoxeetiinf when the Gentleman Irtber of the Black Rod waa admitted to the House and In for mad the Bpaakar that the deputy of the Governor General desired the pre- nce Of V'UK the Saekr ouruK" "a nrl chance for him h, a L.t.,,; . 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Bfelnsurance Jfonrice One of a $erie$ cf me$$agt$ (pontortd fcj life Iniuranct Ctmynnitt it being generally understood that objected to the baHdlng of boats In I thus we adjourned far the w 7 " v 1 tne east, tor use in northern waters. we weanw as we ler " pay evening next, leadlnc to a . . . . . rirui v ... change of proceedings in the House"11 W nM' m rw' on FTlday. tproraUed to keep In mind the ship! Estimates !icuued JfaeiliUes at Prince Rupert In the Friday Practically the whole day f"ture etthw tor teiln or t9r 1 passed discussing estimates, the Mln 01 ne boal-estimates for trade and taking up the greater cart of the the first hour was devotM tn nri. time. It is during the passing of vate bills and it so happened that these items that the various mem- the bill In connection with the re- bers ajr, any grievances they have dueUon of freight rates to British regarding Dartleular nhaxt nf th Columbia was lntnvnH tv i. , - J - - v... 1 1 v ill HI- expenditures affecting their ridings later of railways said he could not Mid it It some times a difficult mat- we his way to support the bill and ter for the chairman of the commit- that he was against the principle tee to keep the members within the entirely and he asked the member scope of the Item under discussion, for New Westminster to withdraw Tne nrst item which came un ine 011 t another year at least or So far as Northern British Columbia is concerned, there nd -on. Other visitors Vnate Ch.mber wSeS waslf B? W?11 regarding the u"' h Ume as the eemmlssten railway" . c ewen to Mmt MM.dr.i 'i.f, i&vit: . " ",c wnm .... ....cws.ung raU. is no Canadian radio except on certain privileged eve- ZtTaZ'. ZT?hmi ningj when the weak voice of the C. N. R. station?, or the!" John and Kajief df-.TXSSSSSL weaker voices of the lesser broadcasts, may be picked up I tCfpe,r' "P.vm ocSTuVe of Se for a brief period. In fact, no effort is being made to coun-! lorTe ZTSSJl , tcract the insidious propaganda of the south which con-'1 me miuioo dollars'. umllent"? tinues day and night, year In and year out, without inter- rwLT mubrtiWdtfAin hnvlw n "riv" mission, reforming Canada and making her American inibn made for their commitf ;!l XLV voie wai mtroduoed by the writ- ment introduced by Mr. Gardiner. .m0.01 u,kh WM U 8,ve """W introduced by Mr. to Dritlsh n Columbia reduced rate Ralston and on the budget address brought nearty-an the Nova Bcotla, road brirH a report in the mat- and New fcrnfowfcfcTnelnbert'lnto me arena. Bach and every one of them, of course, eomlne to the res cue of Halifax and Balnt John as ports which should be encouraged for the shipment of export grain. Hanson on Dry Dock The member far ntrn nint ttnr Hanson, urged uoon the ter. The bill was adjourned for an- uwirr wees ai wbieh time it will Man in the Moon It looks to me as If by the I've paid my taxes therell be Vlir ing left for the arocer. I ft a cheery ouUook. Nothlnt i" pay but city taxes, provincial U" ' federal taxes and dog taxes. The best way to raise money would be to put a tax on wi r ' looks. Illegal I - M i i What a relief It would be to move XirJVVJ "d a wuntry where Uxation will no doubt be finally decided bv " " m noi tne writer Intention to withdraw this. beHevInc that nothlne will b irain . 1 1 . , o-"-vu IUI L1 1- Uih Columbia except by consistent WllS " Pretty Voung Thing: "Are yen ure Uite cur&lni won't shrink i want them for my bedroom wii dows.' candid Clerk; "Lady, with your figure, you should worry whether Uiey shrink or not."