Sherbrooke daily record, 26 mars 1936, jeudi 26 mars 1936

[" I iterbrooke latlg îRprnrù Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936.Fortieth Year.EDEN ISSUES BLUNT WARNING TO FRANCE AND GERMANY ON CRISIS Tells France that Peace Cannot Be Ensured Unless French Government is Ready to Approach with Open Mind Problems Over which She Differs with Germany\u2014Reich Advised Any Hopes for Success of Negotiations Rest on Move to Allay Anxieties Created in Europe by Re-Occupation of Rhineland\u2014Britain to Back Up Locarno Terms.! «- London, March 26.\u2014Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, spoke his mind today.Ho had frank and unmistakable words for German}', France and his own countrymen alike.And as he sat down after a speech of an hour\u2014a packed House of Commons gave him generously of its applause.To France he declared that peace could not be ensured unless the French Government was ready to approach with open minds the problems over which she differed from Germany, \u201cI would like to' say to Germany: How can we hope to enter negotiations with any possibility of success unless you are prepared to do something to allay the anxieties in Europe which you have created?'\u2019 SAYS REICH ORIGINATOR OF DEMILITARIZED ZONE London, March 26.\u2014-Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons today that the British Government would back up the Locarno pact.Some of the members of the House of Commons, which Eden was addressing in a debate on European crisis, sought assurances that Great ,\u2019Britain contemiplated no further commitments on the continent.Eden pointed out to them that Great Britain was obligated under the Locarno treaty to guarantee that there be no aggression between Ger many, France, and Belgium.\u201cI am not prepared,\u201d be said, \u201cto he the first British Foreign Secretary to go back on a British signature.\u201cI believe it to be the judgment of this country, even if we think Germany has a strong case, that we deprecate the fact that she has chosen to present it by force and not reason.\u201cWe must distinguish between\t.\t, \u2022what might be national sentiment i Secretary or Agriculture Wallace ami what are our national obliga- | lions.\u201d\t^\t! Eden continued: \u201cIt is likely j enough that there may be people in : this country who say to themselves j now.in our judgment, the territories j of France and Germany should be treated on exactly equal terms.\tI \u201cIt might be that the people feel ; that, but these are not the terms of the Treaty of Locarno and these are not the terms of the treaty under which we are guarantors and the treaty which has formed the main element in the security of western Europe in the last ten years.\u201d The Foreign Secretary reviewed the origin of the demilitarized zone Rhineland, .t0'!0 Y1'! farmers co-operated in the new con-(Ireat War, and\tfifteen | plan a)\u2018 .^hi{tc{1 raillion3 of years occupation by m.f\tlucres from commercial crop laud ; to grass.If the new programme' proved FEARS GLUT OF WHEAT MARKETS BY U.S.EXCESS Fears that New Crop Restriction Programme Has Come Too Late to Prevent Excessive Carryover.CALIFORiNlA FRUIT CROP RUINED BY SEVERE FROST MORE FAME IFURTHER CLASH ARE FORCED TO Billows oî Black Smoke Hung Over Orchards of Northern i \u201c : cKeriF™:; ABANDON HOIESl Damage by Use of Smudge Fires.San Francisco, March 26.\u2014Billows of black smoke hung over the orchards of Northern California today after a return visit by Jack Frost.Throughout the night long rows of red hot smudge pots, or burning piles of brush generated smoko for MAY INTERFERE WITH FARMS Many Communities in Ohio and Soviets Claim Japanese Forces West Virginia Today Prepared, Attacked Russian Border Post for New Invasions of Muddy Water \u2014 End of Deluge in Sight in Pennsylvania.Pittsburgh, March 26.\u2014Protracted i flood conditions in West Virginia the protection of budding fruit trees!and Ohio today forced hundreds of against freezing temperatures, In the Marville district discarded mo-1 tor car tires were used for fuel, one rancher laying in a supply of 10,000.Orchardists had made preparations to combat temperatures as low as the twenty-six degrees which inflicted damage Tuesday night.A.E.Morrison, Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner, expressed fear today damage already done by the cold waves indicates the apricot, almond, peach and early plum crops in the lower foothill regions of the Sacramento Valley will be \u2018\u2018practically wiped out.\u201d EMPLOYMENT i CANADA SHOWS BETTER TREND amities from their homes, while in Pennsylvania the end of the deluge iwas in sight.The Monongahcla and Allegheny rivers poured their excass waters into the Ohio River, but Pittsburgh, hardest hit by last week\u2019s flood, was not alïeeted.At Wheeling, W.Va., however, residents digging out of the debris deposited last week encountered a second crest that arrived there today.Though falling far below the former level, the new rise was expected to inundate part of Wheeling Island and to halt trolley service in downtown Wheeling.Bivermen said the new crest would Washington, March 26.\u2014 Expressing the belief that the new crop restriction programme had come too late to have any effect on the 1936 wheat crop, since winter wheat is in the ground in large quantities and spring planting is now underway, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace yesterday declared that saleable surpluses of wheat and 0f price stabilization of these Great Britain\u2019s ratification of\t_____________H .plan had depended on the United important commodities through States' action.\t.\t! medium of the ever-norma) granary He then put ihe responsibility j plan.In no event would he np-tipon Germany for the original de- ! prove a return to the Farm Board, maud for such a zone.\ti i practice of buying up supplies with- \u201cThis demand for a demilitarized ; out controlling production.Sccre-zone,\u201d raid Eden, \u201cfigured in thejtary Wallace said, original demand put forward by I Whatever happened to the size \u2022 f Germany, which initiated the con- ! the wheat crop this year would versation'a which led to the signa-| depend upon the killing of winter Lure of the Locarno treaty.\u201d\tj\tvarieties already in the ground and The Locarno powers\u2019 proposals to j the attitude of spring-wheat farm-s'ettlo the Rhineland, crisis allayed I ers toward the new programme, it the immediate prospect of war j wa_s explained, moves, Eden said.| If normal yields obtained on the The'recent proposals coming \u201cat j winter crop and the usual acreage \u201e moment of crisis,\u201d he said, allay- j were planted in spring wheat, a cd h \u201cimmediate prospect of steps i crop of 750 0.00,0M to «00 000 009 being taken which might have led to ! bushels of wheat was likely, the bee war.retary said.¦ As for corn, Mr.Wallace added that \u201ccheap hogs,\u201d priced around So a hundredweight, were a cer-! tainty for 1938, regardless of the Eden said he felt the \u201clatent dangers\" of the situation had not yet been \u201cwholly appreciated.\u201d \"We must have a C0^L'\tI effect of the soil conservation pro- from Germany tovntd e.smg c , grammei jf little or no co-opcra-situation, he declared.\ttion were obtained from corn-hog \u201cSo far none has been forilco,n~ i farmers, tj,orc was no telling how ing save the Chanceiior s linden.ik- | far pr;cc,s might drop, bo asserted, ing not to increase the number oi Tlle Secretary declared that a troops which originally entered the | fuu whoat crop would produce a zone.\u201d\t\u2022in- Isumlus for export of about 175,- Parliamentary sources said r'mc ( OOO.MH) bushels and that, with total Minister Baldwin hoped the\t1 exports for the season at about.50,- would \u201cconsiderably allay public, 000,000 bushels, a total carryover anxiety over the London negoria-j on july 1937, 0f ofiOJHMMWO lions in the.Rhineland oonfcroversy i,US!j,els' might result.The present and stamp out disquieting rumors, carryover is in the neighborhood of of secret continental military alh-j 130,000,000 bushels, ancce.\t,\t.\t| A.9'8,000,0'00-acre corn planting Baldwin and Joaclbim Von Ribbon-, arl{j a (TOp of about fl.flOO.O'tTO.OOl) -op, Adolf Hitler\u2019s special Ambas-( |Hlshcls was foreseen by the Secrc- -102.6; -38.1; -82.9: Southwest of Vladivostok \u2014 Chinese Warned Against Com-munist Aggression.Moscow, March 26.\u2014A fresh outbreak of border fighting dealt a rude shock today to Soviet-Japan-ese negotiations for settlement of the troubled far-Eastern situation, j Both sides suffered loss of life in fen engagement which lasted for pours yesterday and which resulted, Soviet advices said, form a Japanese attack on a Soviet border post near Khundjun, southwest of Vladivostok.The Kremlin, immediately upon receipt of the news, instructed Ambassador Constantine Youreneff at Tokyo to present a strong protest to the Japanese Government.The Soviet communique issued late last night, reporting the encounter, did not mention the effect it might have on negotiations for tXSaeStstrapidly; twers near breaking point as Estimated $201,000,000 Spent by Tourists in Canada Last Year Compared with $130,-\t_______ 000,000 in I9j4 Canadians gitter Exchanges Follow Demand of Opposition Leader that HOUSE DEBATED WHEAT SUBSIDIES Expenditure Abroad Also Increased.Greatest Improvement Recorded in Manufacturing, Additions to Staffs in Leather, Textile and Iran and Steel Factories Being Outstanding.Ottawa, March 26, \u2014 Moderate improvement was shown in the em-! ployment situation in Canada on March 1 compared with February 1, and a considerable gain was recorded over the corresponding date last year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today.A total of 9.411 employers showed an aggregate rtayrol! of 931,359 on March 1 against 926,888 the previous month.On the corresponding date last year 9,062 firms reported a working force of 902,301 persons.The index on March 1, on the base 1926 equals 100, was slightly below the average for the past^ fifteen years at 103.7, but was considerably higher than March 1, 1935, when it was 96.4.The index of March 1, for previous veers follows: 1934\u201492.7; 1933-76.9-\" 1932\u201488.7; 1931\u2014100.2; 1930 __110 2- 1929\u2014111.4;\t1928\u2014 l7.97.5;\t1926\u201492.6; 1925- 1924\u201491.8; 1923\u201481;\t1222 1921\u201489.1.Greatest improvement on March 1 over February 1, was sliown in.manufacturing, the additions ^ to staffs in leather, textile and iron j and steel factories being outstanding.Among non-manufacturing industries advances were reported in metallic ore mining, steam railway transportation, highway and railway construction and maintenance, service and trade.On the other hand, the report said, logging showed a seasonal contraction which exceeded the average loss on March 1 fer the past fifteen years.Mining of coal and other non-mcln !!ic minerals also reported curtailment.Employment in Quebec showed a small decrease and compared unfavorably with the increase recorded at March 1, 1935, and also with the small gain which is the average change between February and March in the last fifteen years.Substantial improvement occurred in tuning and railway Leather, lumber, textile, tobacco and beverage and iron and steel plants were more active.Logging recorded pronounced losses as the active season drew to a close and there was also curtailment in mining, transportation and trade.Statements were received from 2,235 firms which payrolls aggregated 262,617 employees, as against 263,-198 at the beginning of February.I appointment of a mixed commission be from ten to twenty feet below i