Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-04-21
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

gszss 2sa2
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
NEW YORK.-This summers ses-
sion of the Institute of Pacific
Relations will have many new fac
tors and policies to consider, as
Worlds Eye las and equations
NoU Turned are being drawn.
on Pacific The Philippines
have h n 6 d
their mind about cutting their Unit
ed States toWline. Japan and Ger
many make a joint survey of So
mile, low-lying canal route across
the upper neck of Siam, which will
bring Japan four days nearer Aus
tralia and perhaps five days nearer
India. Englands Singapore naval
base isn't what it used to be. Aus
tralia announces big new rearma-
ment program.
Ian Mackenzie, Canada's
handsome and versatile defense
minister, breaks the news that
Canada will rely on the United
States fleet, voicing reasonable
assumption" rather than def
mite commitments
And Paul V. McNutt, commission
err of the Philippines, says we
should carry elderly and peace" to
the Far East.
Mr.. Mackenzie, Vancouver law
yer, is one of Canada's most famous
sch o | ars who
Gaelic Ace writes fuently and
Is Canada's publishes articles
Top Scholar in Gaelic. In his
native Scotland,
he was the most illustrious prize
scholar of his generation, virtually
monopolizing all the medals and
garlands of the University of Edin-
burgh, for attainment in the clas-
sizes.
He later won Carnegie research
fellowship, gathering more honors
in his work on old Irish manu-
scripts. He later attended the Roy
al academy at Dublin, wrote songs
and stories in the ancient Celtic
language and picked up a law de-
gree as a sort of afterthought.
He went to Vancouver in 1914,
returned for the war, and
romped through grades to the
rank Of captain, fighting in all
the major engagements.
He, kept his stride in his later
success in law and politics in Van
couver, becoming national defense
minister in 1885. He is regarded as
Canada's most eligible bachelor. He
says his favorite recreation is study.
JOSEPH A. LYONS, Australian
- prime minister who announces
rearmament program of approx
mately $215,000,000, has no such gift
of tongues n d
Rearn1ament reached eminence
FeUer Hits by longer and
Australia harder road.
He rose to pow
er in the labor movement and, in
1881, like the late Ramsay Mac
Donald, broke with his party and
entered coalition government. His
shift to the right brought him under
vigorous assault, but he was re-
elected by a large majority last Oc-
tober.
He is sixty years old, gray
and tOusle-haired, the father of
V IL children, and walks with
limp as the result of railroad
accident IL years ago.
He began his working career as
a country school teacher in Tas-
mania. Insularity and "home rule"
marked his attitude a few years
ago. Now he recommends as
commonwealth slogan, "Keep in
tune with England"
Everywhere, the little nations are
calling, ''Wait for baby"
TAKING arms against this sea of
L troubles is the Countess Alain
Dedons de Pierrefeu, formerly Elsa
Tudor Of the Boston social register.
VIZ >, Under impressive
WoIio our patronage, which
of Youth Is includes faculty
Peace Moue members of lead
ing universities,
scholars, diplomats and sociologists,
she organizes "world youth tour"
with a fervor comparable to that
of Peter the Hermit leading the
children's crusade.
She is recruiting young persons
from all nations, including Ger
many, Italy and Russia, on world
tour to fiux animosities and foster
good will and understanding.
"World peace through world trade"
is their slogan.
Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd is among those who give