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Show ' t & 1 WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON XJEW YORK. This summer's ses-sion ses-sion of the Institute ol Pacific Relations will have many new factors fac-tors and policies to consider, as new power formu-World formu-World s Eye ias and equations Now Turned are being drawn. on Pacific The Philippines have changed their mind about cutting their United Unit-ed States towline. Japan and Germany Ger-many make a joint survey of a 50-mile, 50-mile, low-lying canal route across the upper neck of Siam, which will bring Japan four days nearer Australia Aus-tralia and perhaps five days nearer India. England's Singapore naval base isn't what It used to be. Australia Aus-tralia announces a big new rearmament 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 definite defi-nite "commitments." And Paul V. McNutt, commissioner commission-er of the Philippines, says we should carry "liberty and peace" to the Far East Mr. Mackenzie, a Vancouver lawyer, law-yer, is one of Canada's most famous . scholars who Gaelic Ace writes fluently and Is Canada's publishes articles Top Scholar 111 Gaelic. In his native Scotland, he was the most Illustrious prize scholar of hi3 generation, virtually monopolizing all the medals and garlands of the University of Edinburgh, Edin-burgh, for attainment in the classics. clas-sics. He later won a Carnegie research fellowship, gathering more honors in his work on old Irish manuscripts. manu-scripts. 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 Vancouver, Van-couver, becoming national defense minister in 1935. He is regarded as Canada's most eligible bachelor. He says his favorite recreation is study. |