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TEACHING NORTH CANADA

YOUNG THING'S

ADVENTURE

ARDUOUS TASK

By ESTHER LYNTON

being wanted for other things than teaching spelling and the rudi- ments of geography to the young- aters. She seems to have learnt the right treatment for a frost- bite, and the best way of dealing with scurvy, Qulaine, lemon ex- tract aspirin, cotton-wool, swabs and fint theso she always carries about with hor. Also a Bible and prayer-book and these not more- ly for the youngstars' use either. The older folks like to listen to her reading.

She has a trapper's widow with her fa the shack. "Such a very nleo woman, and she would be quite a passable cook, if she had any thing to ecok with." As things are, It is largely a tlet of pemmican, tinned stuffa, and biscuits. Some times game comes as a gift, from one or other of the parents.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY: MARCH

GANGSTER

METHODS

IN CUBA

POLICE HANDS ARE TIED

BOMBS IN POLITICS

Havana, Feb. 27. High Army and Police officials complained to-day that their hands to eradicate are tied in efforts gangsterism from Cuban politica and restore order to the Island re- public.

Terrorists continue to toss bombs at publie omcinis and into buildings in and around Havana, putting government lenders "on the spot, defying the authorities to catch

Harely two years ago that very young thing used to play a good The people are nice. I would deal of tennis, pay most careful not call them wonderful-this attention to her powder-puff and might sound too cheap. Dorred Upstick, grumble at the mild res-and unemotional. You feel so near trictions of college routine which to the real things in life when you obliged her to get up at a reason-talk to them. And their sense of able hour and ba

Intensely Ingratitude is staggering. After all, terested in such matters as clothes, I am only doing what I am meant motoring, dancing, and, very large to do, but they accept nothing for ly, "having good time."

granted, and are always only too ready to shower gifts on me which I have not deserved in the alight-arrested 17 students, said to include cut."

Then, her college days behind her, she heard of an opportunity of a job. "A difficult job. Not to say im- Dossible. All those scattered settle- in the North of British

there are

NO CLOTHES PROBLEM

to

thein,

Strikes and new subversive move.. monta plagued the Rovernment now, Troops at Pinar del Rio

"militant Communists" accused of revolutionary plotting. The Pro-

Trouble also broke out in the Labour Department, where between 400 and 600 workers in Havana struck, demanding re-employment of four discharged men and better treatment of all employes.

With Antonio Guiteras and many of his gang at large, to say nothing of the majority of those planting and throwing bombs in Havana In recent months, the Army and Police officers declare they are un- able to check the terrorism these gangsters spread:

Columbia, you know. Oh yes, At the moment her clothes prob-vincial Agricultural College was to two or three schools, lem (no terribly important when have been seized by the students But you've no idea of distance out she was in England) does not seem for a headquarters. there. Besides, a car is often noto trouble her. A fur cap with use at all. What would be wanted comfortable ear flaps, fur coat down 187

to the walat, fur breeches and And that very young and rather leggings she does not have sophisticated thing listened and spend an hour searching in her bided her time a little, and then wardrobe every time she sets out. announced her staggering decision: When the winter will be left be Why shouldn't she go out and just hind, she will slip into leather ns the summer gets things and, lond a helping hand? It would be rather fun. The latter being a nearer, she will probably be glad wrong word use in connection of a cool linen coat and breeches with the job, nobody took her and a shady hat. seriously at the time. But, dogged- She works with a map, and ly, she went on nursing the idea. covers the whole of her circuit in She had perfect physical health. a month, sometimes three weeks. Tennis had made her so fil. She'd She hopes that the time will be never had a day's. Illness in her narrowed down to a fortnight or life. And British Columbia had even ten days when the summer Of course, the mail day is such a thrill. This again putcomes. averybody's backs against her,very much the red letter day in People did not go out thinking of her life-once a month, sometimes thrills." They went out to work once in six weeks--but on occasion In the teeth of numberless ob- she had to miss the mail coming. stacles.

THE FIRST WINTER

when she happened to be far away from her perch, and this meana that either she has to prepare all her letters beforehand or else to lve them a miss for a whole month.

NÉVER DULL

Yet in the end that young thing did go. Barely two years ngo. Hor frat winter must have been terribly difficult, though her lettera suggest that she had enjoyed it.

The evenings when she does find Sho's got "a definite perch" in the shape of a sturdily-built timber herself at home, are never dull. shack. When the weather gets There is such a lot to do. She better, a few of the roads might keeps up her reading, and there be usable for motoring. So far are always odds and ends of mend. she has managed to cover the areng, &c. One thing she has given on horne-back. The winter is soup altogether, and that is smoking, first partly because she could not always severe that frequently her duty on getting up would be to partly because, her environment keep herself well supplied, and anatch a knife, and cut off chunks being what it is, she was afcald it of lea off her horse's hoofs. Then might become an absolute habit to turn a little more ice into water with her, "I was terrified to get for washing purposes, and finally into a condition when I'd either fill her kettle with bits of ice for have to light a cigarette or elec breakingt.

The weather out there to her die-you know that feeling." This argues atrength of will which worst enemy. Frequent blizzards occasionally make it impossible for peaks well for the development of her to keep in touch with the farth-her work among the settlements.

"Time never seems to hang ou est corners of the vast area. On

hands. my

I had wondered several occasions ahe found herself whether the hours, apont on horse completely cut off from her own back, getting from one place to an- perch." There came a description other, might prove wearisome. of a night spent in a disused well, I was mistaken. The whole trapper's hut, when her chief con-country seems to get hold of you cern accms to have been her horse's in a queer way. comfort.

KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE

Sho never travels light. Her teaching paraphernalia is only one

You can never look long enough at anything. Every ride of mine In a thrill from beginning to end."

Col. Fulgencio Batista, Chief-of- Staff, and Lieut. Col. Jose Pedraza, his Chief of Police, with other high Army officera, have tried without success for a year to convince the government they must be given a free hand to put down terrorism and political crime. The high com- mand of the Army has been trying to get President Carlos Mendleta and his cabinet to change the pro- visions of the present Provisional Constitution, so the executive may remove judges at will.

This, they maintain, would re- move that privilege from the Supreme Court and give the Presi- dent and the army greater powers to punish criminals.

DIVIDED OPINION

But due to divided political opinion in the cabinet, auch changes remain unmade. Many judges deal leniently with terrorists and other criminals, in part, perhaps, through fear.

The

1935

Here is a typical street in Saarbrucken, almost clouded over · with swastika banners symbolising the region's Nazi alleginnen. Millions of swastikas festooned the builness and residential,

balidings of the Saar basin at the time of the plebiscita.

this picture from Polplug.

two strongest political groups are the ABC and the Cuban Even women learn the gentle art of sword play in Chlan, according to Revolutionary Party, the latter headed by former provisional presi- dent Ramon Grau San Martin. Although the ABC members have been massacred by terrorists and even though leaders of the Grau only occasionally organisation claim to favour law and order and to oppose revolution-both protest in a horrifled manner whenever the police employ "strong-arm" methods on terrorists.

BATISTA HATED The only common bond in any way uniting these groups is a mutual hatred for Colonel Batista, Both Dr. Grau and Dr. Joaquin Saenz, leader of the ABC, have been in voluntary exile in the United States for months, select- ing a place of anfety there whenco they direct their political

And, with the months of hard work behind her, and still more to part of her equipment. For, at come, one feels that the use of any time, on arriving at a settle the word "thrill" is fully justifi-paigns. ment, she may find that aho Is led.

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However, they exercise influence in Cuban politica, demonstrated by Government timidity to deal with terrorist offences. Mendieta stili hopes for conciliation with the. opposition groups order to hold | elections for a Constituent Assemb-|

ly during the first half of 1935,

"If the Government repinocs the antagonistic and timid judges now

on

One of King George's stallions is pictured here at the Royal Agricultural

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the bench with fearless, im- that they will be punished swiftly partial man; if we are given the we can wipe out terrorism in algnal to round up bomb makers short order." says Col. Batista. and throwers, gunmen and other "If the Government would res- such criminals, with the knowledge tore the death penalty for murder-

ers and bombers, we would have peace after the first couple of executions. But politics must be divorced from law enforcement,”- United Press.

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