The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Country Still Suffering
From War to Which 1t
Gave Manhood.
DEVELOPMENT ARRESTED
Depression of Trade More Seri-
GUS Than i'm Western
United States.
BY SIR PHrLIP GIBBs.

ny SIR PHILIP GIBBS.
I have just come back to the United
States from a journey to Canada with
many vivid impressions OF the life and
problems Of the great Dominion, and
as they have bearing on the general
world situation they may not be with
out interest to my readers.
1t Is important that my most def
mite impression OF the things I have
seen and heard in Canada is rather
sad. 1t is impossible for an English
man not to observe that this immense
country. with its small population Of
100000 and it's vast natural re-
sources, is still suffering severely from
the consequences Of a war into which
1t poured its manhood with supreme
self-sacriflcc
Tho wounds Of war are not yet
healed in the soul OF the people or in
tho bodies OF many OF its finest men.
Sitting one evening in the Vancouver
Hotel, where a crowd OF people had
assembled to listen to concert, was
reminded by lady at my side OF the
price OF heroism paid by the Cana
dams. Most OF the women there had
lost husband, brother or son.
Hardly one among the middle aged
men had not lost a boy who had been
the hope and promise OF the years to
como, and indeed, as / listened to tho
music. saw look in the faces Of
the company which / have seen 80
often In England since the war. 1t
was . look OF people who have not
como unscathed through asonizing
years.
In the hospitals met numbers OF
men who were still unlneaie6 from
their wounds which laid them low in
day1 when I saw them carried back on
strctchers across the fields of the
Sonlnc. the boys Of Flanders, tho up
hewed Ridge Of vimy. the ruined sub
urbs OF Lens. With immense patience
they are still keeping cheerful as in
the old casualty stations in time OF
war. The same nurses were with
them, teaching them Knitting and
necdleworlS and basket making.
II other places I met veterans Of
the great war and was made one OF
them by membership and little gold
badge, and in a workshop OF Van
couvcr ! found company OF crafts
men, all crippled, making furniture
and doing cabinet work with admir-
able industry and skill on a business
basis which had no clement of charity
except that they were subsidized in a
way that made up the difference be-
tween the hours OF work possible to
men not quite up to the strength Of
the physically fit.
Canada Looks After Her 1Ien.
Canada is looking after her former
service men and her mutilated men
with fair reward, and they have not
much cause for grievance. l believe.
though, there are still hard cases
among them as in every country after
the wreckage OF war. But Canada her.
self has not recovered from all that
loss OF life and limb. II arrested her
development just at tho time when
she was beginning to build for the fu-
ture with confidence in the promise
OF tho future, and it seems to me now
that her cities like Victoria and VAN
couver. Calgary and Edmonton and
Winnipeg, with their superb hotels.
their great banks and commercial
buildings, are in advance OF the needs
and prosperity Of their present popu-
lation.
They are still waiting for the full
fllment OF the promise. The rapid de-
yelopmcnt they expected. the uten.
avc industry. the growing population.
were arrested by the exhaustion of
vnr service and remain stagnant be-
cause OF the general decay of world
trade. The depression OF trade in
Canada at the present time is more
serious than in the Wcsetrn States OF
America, where it is serious enough
for All branches OF agriculture and
industry because OF the downfall OF the
foreign markets.
have heard a great deal of political
discussion. many accusations by prom
incnt business men against the lacl;
OF national leadership in Canada, and
although II is difficult for an outsider
10 form any Judgment l carry away
tilC lIUpEGSSloh hiitAS - fAoh hA+tS-
cohesion in the life OF the great do
minion which Is essential for national
srnity and policy. The cities Of the
cast seem widely separated in interest
from the great prairies Of the west.
Racial Differences.
The French Canadians seem 10 be-
long to a different country as we'll az
to n different race from the English
and Scottish stock OF the other
provinces. British Columbia Is stiil ir-
clincd 10 regard itself as distinct fror.
the rest ot Canada. and as a far og.-
rcst OF the old country, fl sentiment.
In tradition. in ways OF speech and
social habits. In the cities there are
political and religious and racial differ
ences jenlously preserved between
C,rarlycmeu and Catholic irish between