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PEACE CONFERENCE WiLL NOT PATE

It now appears that the misunderstanding between
Italy and the other Allies at the Peace Conierence over
the Fiume question is about to be settled amicably,
and that Italy will be one of the Signatories to the
final peace pact. Im spite of the somewhat discourag-
ing appearance on the surface of aitairs at the con-
ference, the en ae of Great Britain, France,
the United States and the lesser powers represented
have not ceased in their efforts for the re-establish-
ment of harmony, and the Italian plenipatentiaries have
manifested a disposition to be Teasonable. ~

Tenis a significant fact that never before in the his-
tory of the world has a conference been held between
nations at which the word “righteousness” has figursd,
or at which there has been an attitude of recognition
of the truism that no condition is just which is not
just to all nations eoncerned. It is true that no abso-
lute good is attainable in human affairs, but it may be
confidently éxpected that from a conference of the
representatives ef mations which is imbued with the

_ desire to do what is right and just, vastly impreved
conditions will result.

Although the war is over, Armageddon does uot
appear to have been concluded. Autoeracy, which has
been crushed in its most pernicious form, is Still strug-
gling for existence and trying to assert itself. through
ehannels which camouilage its insidiousness. An au-),

os tocracy of the working Glasses 1s no more desirable—

or perhaps even” less desirable—than an autocracy o£

the class which has been overthrown in the central
European nations. The world-wide unrest which is
being manifested among-the producing and middle
classes in all nations may be regarded merely as the
froth resultant of the overturning of old ideas going
on in human ‘ CODSCIOUSHESS, and may be taken as aD
indication that the world is entering upon an era such
us it has never known before. :

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“SOLUTION LIES IN INCORPORATION.

The durability of the ditch question mm Sidney has
wearied the eitizens who have exerted strenuous efrorts
to dispose of rt. For several years the Boapd of Trade
has dragged it over the rocks, buried it*or cast it into
the deep, but it will not wear out, stay interred or be
drowned. It now appears more robust than ever, and
there is little or no doubt that at every Rew obsequies

held for it, it will rise phoonis-tike from the ashes of}

its funeral pote,
"Phe difficulty seems to lie in the fact that any at-
tempt to combat the ditch evil thus far has been in-
- Sugurated from the standnoint that this question is a
, cause rather than an effect. <A little analysis of the
*utoblem will, however, reveal the error of this assump-
tion.- Upon due reflection there can be no donbt that
the eondition of public ditches in Sidhey is a result
rather than a cause; that 4t i4 yesultant of the inade-
quate machiners is the hands of the community to
eieut necessary civic improvements.

There is a disposition on the part of those offteials
of the Provincial Government to whom appeal has been
mnade for anjamelioration of local msanitary conditions,
to regar( Sidney 45 4 community amply able to do for
jtselé what it is asking the Government to do. While
it is deplorable that no action has been taken by the
Government for the betterment of conditions here, even
temporarily, the fact that such action has not been
‘taken should be only added evidence to the citizens of
Sidney that no relief is fo be found in this quarter. It
is quite apparent that there is hut one gure read to iIm-
proved conditions, aud that is through the creation of
4 municipal government, which would give the district

the power td do on its own initiative the things it is
now ‘asking the Goyernment to do for it.
It is patent that the only telief from the ditch evil
lies in the installation of a Modern and adequate
Tt has been suggested by Premier John
Oliver, who has heen appealed to in the watter, that
—each householder might be required ue put in a sonic
fank. Byt this hardly offers a solution ce We Gus
nity. The majvidual expense 1g [RE CLNPERS of Sidney

would dountiess he ereater than in the cas of the in-

sewer system.

| Europe, has-disclosed nothing of a constructive and

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forces of the Reds has brought to the conquered terri-

need. “The district is now taxed amply to pay for bet-
ter roads, better schools, sanitary drainage, and many
other needful improvements, but if is not getting them:
Tt would be far better to inaugurate a system of local
government whereby the peoples’ money may be util-
ized for the purposes for which the people wish it ex-
pended. %

There is a field in Sidney for a creamery or a milk
condensary, or both. A very large percentage of the
farmers of North Saanich keep mileh cows and do a
dairy business, and the principal part of the milk pro-
duced is now shipped to Victoria. The country is ideal
for the ‘raising of dairy cattle, and fhe continued high
price of butter is ample assurance that either a cream-
ary or a condensary, managed with any reasonable
degree of business effieiency, would bé a prosperous in-
stitution. Not only would it proves a substantial source
of revenue to its owners; it would increase the already
healthy payroll of the community, bring to the mer-
chants of Sidney added business from the farmers who
Sold milk to it, and materially increase the amount of
money in local circulation. 4

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One might search long before finding another spot
where occurs such*an ideal combination of conditions
as is to be found in Sidney and its environs. Nature
and the hand of man have done much to make the dis-
trict rich jm assets, both natural and artificial. To fer-
tile soil, equable climate and beautiful scenic sur-
Toundings human intelligence has added prosperous
industrial conditions. There is still much room for
improvement in matters educational and Civic) but the
necessary changes will come as a factor in the growth
of the community. . -

How many residents of Sidney are in the habit of
spending a half-hour in the enjoyment of the wonders
of the sunset these beautiful spring evenings? From
the end of the town wharf is obtainable a view calcu-
lated to furnish stimulus to the pen of a poet or the
brush of an artist. Snow-robed Mt. Baker, palely pink
in the eastern distance, and at times scarce distinguish-
able from the clouds that float about its head; the
Tugged, snow-covered pyles of the purple Olympics
leagues to the south; the faint outlines of the far main-
land, amethyst and opalescent; and all petween the
sapphire water interspersed with  timber-covered
islands; or westward and landward the glory of the
retiring sun’ cast in concentric aureoles upon the sky,
or shading from brilliant gold to deepest purple upon
the huge soft forms of the hills, constitute a scene the
exqtisite beauty and consummate grandeur of which
is easier to imagine than to describe, and the contem-
plation of which brings admiration to the mind and
peace to the spirit. : es ae

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Edueation received amid beautiful surroundings
tends toward the development of men and women of
finer ideals and higher purposes. And in a district
Where the beautiful is present to the marzxed degree’
that it is on the Saanich Peninsula, it is of perhaps
even greater importance’ than elsewhere that educa-
tional facilities should be modern and of sufficient am-
plitude to meet the requirements of the young idea. Lat-

moral qualities which go to make a well rounded man
or woman, aud a good citizen. And these qualities
may be brought out and developed by ‘combining edu-
cationally the practical and the ideal.

The rezime of Bolsheyism—the autocracy of the
working classes—wherever it has assumed control in

very much of a destructive nature. As with the ad-
Vanee of the Teutonie armies during the late war for
the preservation of democracy, the advance of the

tory murder? rapine and destruction. It is a significant
fact that periodicals but recently openly enthusiastic in
their utterances regarding Bolshevism have grown
lukewarm in their tone. Hyidently they are awakening
to the fact that the new form of autocracy is no more
desirable than the old. :

Bxtraordinarily ahead of schedule, the sockeye
salmon has made its appearance in American waters at
Lopez Island, two of them having been caught there on
Sunday last week. Whether the sockeye runs on the
Fraser and Skeena Rivers will be ahead of time this
season is impossible to predict, but simultaneously
with the appearance of the fish may be expected the
usual harvest of newspaper \buncombe throughout the
Province advoeating that aleteietions be piaced upon
the small fisherman, and blissfully ignorant (2) of
the fact that it is the-big operator with his seines and
fish traps who is depleting the ranks of the king of
fishes.

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To support the newspaper which is doing its utmost
to boost the community in which it is published is not
only a duty but a privilege of the citizen. Some people
expect their local paper to go to the bat every time the
publie weal is at stake, but never expect to do anything
toward putting a paper in a condition prosperous
enough so that it can be a power for good in the com-
munity. (Sidneyites always excepted.)

BASEBALL AND PROFANITY.

(Christian Science Monitor.)
One hassball team in the United States will take
the diamond this summer under a form: of prohibition |
which the manager believes will make the players more
efficient. Whatever happens, they are forbidden to
use profanity. “Ball games can be won,” says the
manager, “without resort to the unrestricted use of
imprecations. In fact, I firmly believe that many con-
tests are lost because the players, hurling imprecations|
at each other, or engaging in heated discussions with
the umpires, permit themselves to become so wrought
up that their effectiveness in the field and at the bat
is seriously impaired.’ The experiment will be in-
teresting, and the national game bettered when it
proves successful and other managers follow the same
example. The more one thinks of it the more it seems
as if a national sport, frequently interrupted while the
participants hurl imprecations, leayes something to be
desired. t

: statlatied Bf a sewer System and the degree af service
would pe jess. PRS Everiiow fF the tanks, still con
| ining & percentage OF ROMOUS matter, would have t9
tain," z zwough the ditches, which weld ¢on-
be carried Off ti. a ie Se, ae
tinue in their present condit.on, choked with VeBe~
tion. The water would stand in pools to stagnate, an
the community would sts] maintain a large number of
ineubation spots for mosquitoes und WOFSE:

When Sidney and North Saanich get together a2
incorporate a big, healthy municipality it will be DOS
sible for the people of the district to obtain what a
want ip civic affairs. And until such time, they will
not obtain any more than the ministers of

give them, which does not appear to be much.
sooner the people awake to this
will be able to secure the many improvements

q|has not succeeded is no final proof that the thing can-

d|a considerabl

the various elusively

departments of the Provincial Government wyant to
TUE can do practically
fact the quicker they|men that enterprises Udertaken simply to keep on
they |wroving it se

NEWSPAPERS BY WOMEN.
€Ths ‘Christian Science Monitor.)

That the first attempt to establish a daily news-
paper edited, managed and printed entirely by women

One wonders, however. if there jg nab an
it the fagt that such a newspaper
uilecessary. Women have already
, the makine af the regular daily
paper, and, as {Hi TES BOW soa, it will probably before
ong be quite aceurée to say that newspapers are
edited, managed and Pinted by men and women for
men and women. A peyspaper of general mterest -
by and Sher women adipears
liable to Dofitable-yenture. More than
Wal shas SO suerally proyed that women
auy Med of work hitherto done by

not be done. |
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seems inherently

for men or

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that, the

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buy less of it and yet do more with it.

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Apri] Examination Resulst

IN BEXAMINATIONS
FOR APRIL
DIVISION I
Year 1, High School
Jean McNaught 54,
derson 52.
Year I, Heh School
Blizabeth Maxwell 84, Alice fair-
clough 80, Clarence Creighton 72,
Grace Simister 68,

Irene Frost 64,
Nellie Cottin 38.
Entrance
Winnie Williams 71, Margaret
Cochran 67, Edna Blackburn 65,
Gertrude Watts 57, Harry Curry 52,
James Anderson 43, Jessie MceKulli-

STANDING

George An-

ean 42, Alicea Corfield 40, Willie
Bowman 35, Phyllis Whiting 34,
Andrew Bowman 24.
DIVISION I
Junior Third Reader

Lilah Pohl 77, Leonard Cottin 74,
Lizette Watts 67, Doris Cavill 65,
Tionel Crossley 64, Sidney Williams
62, Gladys MeKim 59, Thomas Wy-
lic 58. Gordon Reid 54, Jack Cross-
ley 53, Gyril Letts 53, Lizzie Logan
51, John Lopthien 42, Fred Clanton
31, Verna Clanton *, Clyde Paul-
Son *-

Those starred were not present
for the examinations.

Senior Third Reader

Colin Campbell

Ruby Lopthien 75.

Merenzie 81,
2
Lawrence Geern-

Alice Jackson 64, Gladys Daniets 53
William Wilson && HEazel

59 5-7, Gordon Bowcott 53,
Blackburn 47 4-7, John Jackson
examinations.

Junior Fourth Reader

em rather ailess.
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71, Nancy Simister 67, Walter Bavis

aert ¥2, Mabel Crooks T1%, Kitty
Williams 70, Ella Blackburn 69,
Agnes Williams 67, Victor Poh\)
66 1-7, Florence Thompson at

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Walter Lind 74, Muriel Thompson|
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63, Doris Boweott 59, Hileen Bow-
eott 58, Grace Thompson 57, Layin-

ja Mcllmoyl 56, Stewart Hill 46,
Herman Lind 38.
Absent more than ten days: Joe
Crooks, Pearl Lopthien.
DIVISION Tit

Junior First Reader

Annie Miller 95, Helen Cochran
94, Kathleen Taylor 94, Hazel Way
93, Hva Stephenson 92, Flora lo-
fan 91, Ivy Hill 90, Frances Me-
Donald 90, Theodore Trage 89, Mar-
jan Goehran 88, Stanley Coward $87.

Asnes Craig $5, Harold Way 84,
May Lee 75, Maxine Clanton 75,
Bertie Boweott +45.

Senior FPivst Reader

Myrtle Wilson 98, Annie Peterson
97, Kathleen Watts 97, Florence
Hambley 95, William Murrell 95,
Ernest Jackson 94, Francis Thomas
92.

. Junior Second Reader

Adeline Crossley 96, Anah Jack-
son 95, Raymond Brethour - 95,
Rhoda Craig 93, Bertie Ward 92,
Melvin Clanton 90, Stanley Williams
$4, Evelyn Stacey 80, Edith Wilson,
absent.

DIVISION EV

Alice Peterson 96, Pat Clanton
§9, Walter Mosedale 88, Austin Wil-
son $8, Gordon HambJey $3, Moran
Brethour 80, Leslie Way 71, Dud-
ley Harvey 69, Victor Lopthien 69,
Silvia Trage 65, Jessie Wilson 64,
George Greoks 59. (First nine pro-
moted to Secomd Primer.)

Class B
Campbell, Freddie Park-

in, Theresa Thomas, Hugs Wylie,

Willie Lee. (Barbara Parkes, Win-
Doris|ifred Taylor absent).
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Hope Crichton, Hattie Morrison,

Louie Lim, Lim Jhong, Stanley

Crossley, George Wylie. (Gladys

Cotton absent).

Just Across

the Desk

There’s a motion-picture
that shows two men—miles
apart—talking wilh each
other by telephone. Finally,
the distance lessens through
some magic of the photogra-
pher, and those two men are
seen sitting on either side of a
desk, chatting, laughing and
gesticulating.

Here is a lesson to be re-
membered when we're rushed
ani impatient, forgetful that
at the other end of the line 1s

a man ready to adopt the same
friendl, cordial attitude we
woul dassume if he entered
at our office door.

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