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ANGLO-IRISH PEACE NEARER

EXCHANGING CATTLE FOR BRITISH COAL

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"FAILED IN TIME OF NEED"

EX-MINISTER ATTACKS

EXPERIENCES WAR-TIME

"I know of no case in our kis- tory where a great industry has been so disastrous a failure, in the time of need."

Dr. Christopher Addison, Minis- ter of Munitions from December

1918 to July 1917, made thin state. ment when speaking of the rea- ponse of the arms industry to the emergency of 1914.-

PAINLESS CHILD-BIRTH

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The successful use of a now analathotic to render child birth palhless has been reported to the American.Medical Association-hero by Dr. Ralph T. Knight, asalátant Professor of Surgery at the Uni- versity of Minnesota.

Dr. Knight is also Chief of Staff

in Anaesthesia at the Minneapolis General Hospital.

JULY 15, 1935.

Spider's Venom

Medicine For SWAN, CULBERTSON & FRITZ Heart Ailment

HUMAN BEINGS OFFER FOR EXPERIMENT··

SUBMIT TO POISONING

New York,

for scientific experimentation are So-called "human guinea-pigs"

being recruited on a large scales at The new anaesthesia is known a New York morical college. 72 an Cyclopropane. It is a hydro-man and wmen students have sub- mitted themselves to various pol- He was putting forward a strong plos before the Royal Commission carbon gas, each molecule consist-Mods. on the Private Manufacture of 'anding of three atoms of carbon and Trading in Arms, at Westminster, six of hydrogen. It has a faint, to 600 physicians meeting here who for, the centralisation of the indus-sweet odor.

try,

The experiments were disclosed

also heard that.venom f the deadly

"Existing arrangements," said Dr. Knight revealed that it had black spider has been proved a heart treatment. A new drug, it Dr. Addison, "proved quite inade been used the past eighteen months was revealed, so slows down bodily quate to meet the demanda of the

at both Minneapolis General process that a man treated with it. firat ten months of the war. There

and the University needs to shave only once a week. was a most alarming deficiency of Hospital

It The now drug, made of dessicated. high explosive shells, and the troops Hospital for General Burgery.

thyroid, ls for chronic heart disenso. in France had to be rationed to has only recently been tried scanty and nlmost Inadequate child-birth."- allowances.

In

"It cannot be denied that nine He said he was giving to patient months after the late war had be-mixed with orygen, about 10 per gun, and when every effort had cent, of the anaesthetic to 00 per been made to make the system of rellance on private manufacture cent, oxygen. Two Inhalations, he of of each meet the nation's need, the system said, at the onset

sumeiont to had proved to be a tragic and labour pain, are perilous failure....

dispel the pain without retrading "In the case of the chief munt-the labour. Sometimes, he said, tions arms, deliveries were so ter- ribly in arrears that the promises one inhalation was enough. for delivery were a source of dan- ger.

TERRIBLE RISK

The "human guinea pigs", at New York Homeopathic Medical College. have been given sulphur and aluminum poisons and next will be subjected to load poisoning. Dr. Linn J. Boyd, college pharmacolo- gist, described the tests to members of the American Institute of Home- opathy but was unwilling to reveal results. He urged wider use of such "human volunteers in the ser- ylee_of_humanity."

"The time is coming, when no drug will be allowed general use for the delivery before it has had a through test on As the time came, he said, the concentration a selected group of human beings," was increased, the mother then Dr. Boyd said. He added that being put completely under animals were less satisfactory.

Above are shown views of Dublin, capital of the Irish Free State, nggeration to say that defeat was working relationship, and thero heart disease sufferers treated with and end of many bloody riots during Anglo-Irish disturbances.

By THOMAS C. WATSON (Central Press Canadian Correspondent)

London.-Eamon De Valora's expressed hope that he looks forward to the cordial friendship between the English and Irish peoples hus stirred the hopes of the million-odd Irish residents in Great Britain.

Whether

"So, meagre was the allowance of aminunition for the Armies in France that it is probably no ex-

only narrowly averted by the here ism of our soldiers under great disadvantages, and by the success of our national arsenal at Wool- with."

similar scali

dilution

Dr. Milton J. Raisbeck's Andings dessicated thyrold were considered extremely Important. Chronic seemed to have arisen a sort of the drug were found to need only understanding as to the prices to 70 per cent. of the usual amount of be paid for different supplies. As oxygen. Every bodily function, far as he nacertained, there was even to the growth of hair, slowed down. The result was less strain no effective competition between on the heart. these firms as to price.

-zapunsul Apart way to stood each other for so long."

The chief constable recolved the

Dr. Addison submitted that such following reply from De Valera:

"Dear Sir, I have received your difficulties "indicate the need for

The black widow spider's venom, letter and enclosure for which national control on

Dr. Addison maintained that only deadly polson, was first suggested am very grateful. 1, too, look in any emergency."

establishment of "The diflculties and disputes by a system of centralisations & heart treatment 10 years ago, but only recently, he disclosed, forward to the

of "would it be possible to mobilise have hundreds of specialists begun. relations of cordial friendship be- arising out of the tween our two peoples; and 1 am labour during the war were so no- and secure the rapid utilisation of giving it, greatly diluted in a salt it will cause peace glad to have, evidence that thereforious that I confine myself to appropriate manufacturing capa-olution, to vleims of angina pec-

toris. beare Englishmen of the same mind. pointing out that the questions of cities to provide expansion in the opened

"I shall endeavour to. trace Mr. principle, sentiment, and interest case of war. This central depart- Dr. Boyd gets supply of venom, tween the two countries remains

Thomas, Walsh (mentioned in the letter) involved could not conceivably have meat would be responsible in peace enough for thousands of treatments to be Beon. J. H.

was boen faced, let alone settled, by time for the supply and manufac dominion secretary and British to which Heuston's letter

Brazil whose hobby is raising minister responsible, has often addressed, and restore the precious any authority other than the Govture in State-owned factories of every six months from a friend in ernment of the country. If those all productions for war use only, deadly snakes, spiders, and scor- #document to him." aaid that the "door is still upen,'

questions had been left for settle. It would also be prepared with the plons. The supply is a fraction of with Do Valera now making

ment by private employers, with necessary control orders in respect an ounce. United Press. or without support from the Gov- of a number of classified private ernment, the resulting friction and establishments. disturbances would not merely have hindered the output of munitions

negotiations to be

Irish peace conference ought to eventuate during 1985.

large

NEW TRADE AGREEMENT similar stalement, another Anglo- Meanwhile, a gentleman's agree mont has been arrived at between and the De Valera's goodwill offer to the Irish Free State England was made in the course British government, whereby the but would have made it quite im-international trading in arms, Dr. of a letter written to Captain Free State will take à Popkess, chief constable of Not- quantity of British coal in ex-possible to carry on the war at tingham, who served with the change for equivalent imports of all." .army of Ireland during the Irish cattle into Britain. troubles, and who had sent to him It is believed that this agree- the last letter written by one of mont will be an important step for towards the restoration of normal

economic and political relations.

the Sinn Felnora executed their share in the 1916 rising.

In his letter to De Valera at the New Year season, Captain Popkess stated:

"During the post-war troubled -time In Ireland I was there with

my regiment.

The effect of the agreement will be that over a million tons more of British coal, will enter the Irish Free State in foturn for an impor-! tation of 150,000 of cattle over the present quota limita.

ROMANTIC TAHITI.

TO BECOME A FRENCH ·

SEAPLANE BASE .

Asked about the difficulties of

Addison sald:-"I suggest that in any case it would be much casler The experience of the late war,

to deal with the international ques- said Dr. Addison, pointed to the tions that are at stake if the con-

Paris, July 14... the first instance, in the State's of national defence, of the estab necessity, from the point of view trol of the manufacture were, in

Le Matin says that the Minis fshment of a State Department re: hands, and you were not embar- tries of Marine and the Colonies sponsible for the manufacture and rassed by the hundreds of cross-have agreed to the establishment assembly of all articles manufac currents of interest you would have of sea-plane baser in the Pacific. tured only for purposes of war. to pluck at if you were dealing One will be located in Papeete, with it under the present cond-in Tahiti and another, a little ANOTHER CONSIDERATION tions. It is practically impossible later, will be started in Noumea,

to deal fairly with the restriction New Caledonia. "This conclusion,” he added "is

of sale to outside States under the

Others are under consideration. -Reuter.

"Probably the mest repugnant A further outcome of the agree-entirely apart from the grave con-existing scheme." duty of the soldier is the carrying ment will be the cessation of Irish sideration of national policy relat- out of raids upon civilised house-imports of coal from Germany, and ing to the undesirability of manu- factures of this kind being in pri- holds.. During one of these raids Poland.

I came by the last letter of a It is understood that the ex-vate hands for the purpose of patriot written before his execu-change of coal for cattle, will be gain." tion.

Toutside the duties imposed on

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Dr. Addison emphasised the dif- "To-day, when going through Irish Free State produce in con-culties caused early in the war by an old box discovered it. This nection with the Land Annuities the complete lack of information as Is the senson of peace and good: (dispute, and there will be similar to the respective costs of arma- will, Mr. President, and I return arrangements

By the original practice of plac- Heuston's letter in that spirit for duties on coal entering Ireland. disposal as you may see at.

British exports of coal to the ing contracts on a basis of tender, "May I also hope that this Free State were formerly about the transactions were limited to a action may help to promote a two and a half million tons an- relatively, small group of manu-. exports facturers, with whom there neces- better feeling between races who, nually, but the present

sarily came to be established a close though secretly admiring each are. half that amount.

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