' we. perchéd ourselves atop a species: _

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Ad ournalist. Travels to” ~ _
_ Many’ Press. Conferences °

clety 1 gave a atnnen, i at which Sit “Ed:
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is jn that name, what, flood of mem- Glasgow Herald) was tha’:
orles does it evoke? LT had seen it own 2 picture-telegraph set ond was
before. with the henther blooming, on. now- able..to send -news ‘and ' pietures |
“the. hills, This: ‘time | “simply emphas- simultaneously ovér. the same wire.
‘ized the advigability of seeing Scot-. We got back-to business next mor.
land's “hills “and* glens -and : lakes ‘he- ning, . dealing with improved Empire |.
fore living in that Scotland on ‘the communication’ at on. session at Edin-
grand scale - which is. ‘British - Colum- burgh University, We ‘Iunched on~ thi
bia, i train. and. arrived at Gleneagles’ be-
As. scenery ‘the ‘Prossaths | ‘country fore tea...This hotel is in: Perthshire
does ‘not impress'a- British' Columbian’ and’ ig owned. by the London. .“Mid -
He has ‘hundreds of similar lakes ond’ land ‘and Scottish | Railway. It ‘Is ap:
mountains,-most; of -them unnamed. ecies of our’ Banff with, golf as — th.
For nll thet, benuty does dwell here- big attraction: There are three. cour-
ond more. Every stone and hilt has: ses, two of 18 and one of nine holes:
its story. A romance that,is known ~ This was Suturday, June 21st, bu’
and has been stirringly sung hovers the atmosphere. was not too” wi
about hill and water. - . Boys, from. the. Queen Victoria Schoo:
We Bad real Scotch catmenl por- Dunblane, brought - their pipe.’ band.
vidge, ‘served by real: fresh-faced and played ° on the lawns during div
Scotch waitresses, at that early brea- her, in the “ballroom Inter delighted
Kfist on the steamer which, zigzagg- ed us with ‘series of “Scottish. “‘nat-

Ing across “Loch Lomond (22 miles onal ..danees, - ‘They’ are~ all : “ebilds
long), landed us at Inversnaid. Thar’ ‘of. soldiers... ren

Next day one might enjoy the de-
of coach drawn by four horses and ligiits of the links or accept -the inrl-
climbed the hill, passing the “trail’™ tation | of Lord Strathmore to “visi
to Rob Roy’s. cave and the site of the Glamis Castle. Wea chose Glamis. We
ald fort of Inversnaid which for a motored by ceach for over tio ‘hours
time was commanded by Gen. Wplfe, halting for a delighful piente lunch

‘pe-|+ —
“Lech Lomond! What magle there lated how a Scottish. newspaper tthe) . etd
“firs tic!

A drive of abont an ‘hour brings.
us to Stronachlacher where we em--
bark of Loch Katrine (10 miles loug
and so come: to Trossachs pier and
lunch at the :Trossachs ‘hotel. We

motored to Callander and on again
though Stirling and so to Edinburg
before sunset, ;

Our one whole. day in Scotin’s cap-
ital was a little spoiled by rain in the
afternoon so that we did not visit
Arthur's seat but we revelled in the
antiquities of Holyrood, Our morn-
ing sped: at St, Giles Cathedral ‘and
_ the Castle, within whose walls and
* crowning the top, of. the. great ‘hist-
orie rock, there rises Scotland's mem
orial to her.:sons. :

This glorious . building . is indeed a.
place <6f" “magnificent ° solemnity’ and
‘Inajestic simplicity” . It. iis mich m+
ore,.-Bvery,-nnit. is comnmemorated in
stone of ‘svondrdus ; carving and color-
ing. Everything has | begn remem-
bered in a manner for which “impr-
essive” is toopoor a word. Within
the inner .shrine there rises through
the smooth floor the rough granite
of the rock: itself ‘and ‘set in it is thr
wrought steel’. pedestal and casket.

_ containing . the :names. of the fallen.

by the roadside. ‘The castle has since
added to its renown ‘by being the
birthplace of the second daughter of
the Duke and’ Duchess: of York. It
is -a very solid -placc,- with walls‘ ab-
out eight feet.- -thick, winding stone
staircases and treasures of many Ii-|;
nds.and lands. Over a chair hung the
leather coat of Eonnie Dundee, We
had tea and drove back, thro’ Perth
and showers to  Glenengies,

That. night two special trains bore.
the, slumbering delegates back:-to Lo-
ndon. Our. journeying did mot halt
for long. Within four hours: we: were
motoring to Oxford to lunch with the
‘Rhodes - Trustees in Rhodes ' House,
a. -fine new: ‘pullding which, sdid Mr,
Geoffiey Dawson, who presided, has |;
become a centre for the -study of the
politics. economics and history of
English speaking people, It is. the
meeting place on formal _ occasions
of the Rhodes Scholars. — .
We were received by, Mr. - - Dawson
who is one of the ‘trustees, Lard Grey.
Chancellor of the University, and. Lor

’ Hore .is ‘a, place. of memories, of pride
of humility, . of thanksgiving, ‘of sort |
ow and, ‘hot: ledst,: of comf rt.

Lothian, secretary of the. Trust, The
‘First Imperial press 'Conferenee -Was

{condition ‘to fan’

‘ of the myriad folk of Seéttigh blood . ,He thought. of the.

“Our-wredth was Jal “at this shrine | ‘addressed. by Sir Edward - Grey, as
We::say. crown.iJewels-'and: -banquet he then. was, and it was a great. pri-

T nll ff iW
open: and oan va ours, thought ‘vilege to hear this famous British

were: not of "Kings’ or “claymores but Statesman,
pire, as a Com-
“montwealth of Nations in which “the
good will of the whole is the bulwark
outward’ gi
remembetéd. that 1 her. mm dead, ,are - for the Hberty of each park of it.”
We “were, entertained . at~ Imetion E® caxerted mate the Imperial Pre:
‘by.’ the Corporation, ‘Mr. B. ©. Nich- ence is a most ' important }

or birth, scattered the world“ over.
who may never: see’ thelr . country’:

‘clas, Victoria, B. G./in a memorabli thing in the maintenance of the Bri- |
. Speech, said ‘that in the past’ 10 yea tish Empire.”
- the CP.R, had -placed.orders ‘for ‘ship

. Divided into small parties, we wWe-
8, : totalling .$100.000,000-in’ “Scottish re guided by. members of the Vict-

yards. If shipbuilding ‘could ‘thus ey

tablish supremacy in Dominion mar- oria Lengue, ‘by “Mrs, Haldane’s arr,

kets why could not makers, of other angement, so that w@ saw some

British produats | do: the. same? ‘ter ond Baliiol—before the
‘The Beobtish “Daily” Newspaper So at New. College: or

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" aaieeliatoe? ett ber ineb month
‘ifiie ab Ee fe

Mr. Bennett ott Came West.

* Sheaixbig ta “the’ West “ast” June
Premier Bennett gave his* . Bromilse
tha, it’ given’ power, he. ‘would . care
unemploymént, . “ ees
“He Was. given, power “ang | “alrectiy
through his” ‘legislative: efforts
712; people had . been - given: work | ap
to the end of the. first week in Dee.
That ig’ ‘83.8 result ‘of his. ‘emergency
toriff niessures. ‘and: neither - Jnelud:
es' the figures for. Quetiec, ‘nor. ‘figur.
es ‘covering incréased’ employment: ‘in
industries.” Nor’ does it. take’. ‘account,
of \nehiployment Which was “averted
by beds. polities,” a

- Stile ‘wiemployiicat is not ended,

could hhave_ done mere,’ ‘or. have, done]
it more: ‘quickly ' than’ ‘Mr:
but the problem is: universal and, ‘In
sofar as Canada ig concerned, 06 -pr-
ovision had been’ made in’ the ° days
of ‘plenty to provide for it. ‘Mr... Bemn..

‘There are unreasoning ‘people’ and.
unreasonable people, who mostly
from . partisanship insist: he~ _Shouia"
They. are not hesitating. ta. use a very
|erave external ag. well. “as. domestic
angerous ha: 7
Only" threé weeks ago prominent } .
iticians in Ottawa . declared Mr. :Ben-
nett ‘dare. not. go" into
On December -20 he went:-inio the
West. Speaking” at’ Regina: ~on’. ‘that
date he. gave chapter and verse | for}
what; he has. _done,. for what. he. ig <"
ing ° and. what he proposes todo, Sev:
en - thousand people” cheered’ them-

omplishment. and hundreds of thous-
ands: heard with intedise | satisfaction
his address over the: radio, .
Mr. Bennett afraid .“to -go-into the
West?” Why -.should he he? Perhaps
the: great problems; of. the ‘day. Have
given him the -gppoxtunity: : but the.
truth. is. he has put moré ‘energy, mos
re: industry, : “greater — knowledge | of
conditions | and greliter . sympathy, in
to .the. Premiership ° dn + five*-mor |
than- the -prevlous ‘Government. aid,
in* ‘more than : ‘elght years. .

doing’

things, useful, ‘constructive things! |

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omné ‘Piovitivtal “ Government “aya |"
open: tts ‘third. pesston’ ‘under : ,Prem- |
fer’ Tolmiie ina short ‘time. Since’ ‘the |)
last: ‘session there Have been a- numb- |:
er ‘of changes in the cabinet. and “algo
some changes -in- the louse, The gov}
éinment has: done & ‘Tot of work and |:
good: work too, ‘and yet: the program
is .not: finished.-But” “the ‘general. Con
ditions - throughout. ‘the: Province,‘ ‘and:
throughout ° ‘the. world; will’ not. ‘per-.
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Benriett |

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is. “no. part of Canada -which _is. “not :
proud to receive. him. ,-He is

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Tt As: wonderful” ‘how’ ‘mich: peopite;
corporations, com._panies, — govern-
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ty, ond’ the power of the’ press, -but.
what: they belleve in ‘most is the free
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‘ese people and -organizations if the
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Will’ dwarf ‘any prosperity of the
past, Coming from ‘the’ finanéteal
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