Rights Of War

Prisoners ]

(Paul Reading In the Ottawa) ‘ Cl lien)

Precautions against. the esca German wer prisoners iue ins general] t htened up. but the] ‘l..‘§“‘°‘ll°t. l‘i’""$fllf'§.“’ifal.ll““ ——- 1 W 9 00 V6 ey . O III ' ' SIDEWALKS AND OTHER wALKs i. prisoner 0f war 1-5 e. name cf wits. wipe??? mwefk m‘ dc” Iwlth strict flll€s laid down in [-119 viewed with the caiculatlnz eye pgsonei-s IMIOIII‘. He is m hon.ut o; one oumde 1

j und as a soldier to try. and kcep 1w But when fast bound in the chill b0 loom

__VPAGE rook _______=__fi_ ____ THE - GIIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN '

llonung Daily (Founded i.n I887) -__ _.__ -_._ _.._ fl . _.._.-

‘resldent: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice-President: J. B. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary: Llclll. (Jul. l). A. itlacklnnon, 0.8.0. Editor and Malllllgllig Director: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. late Editors; l-‘ranli WalkeLaniflnn A. Burnett SUBSCRIPTION RATES: I; Mall in P. l~.‘.i., $1.00 per year; 52.50 for {L25 for 3 mouths; 50c for one mun

_ THE CHARLOTTETOYYN GUARDlAl§l___v iNOTES er THE win l l

The hardest things to find In a News yer these days are iepJts of Iolililan wctai-les against. Greece and a revival c! I118 "SW31 616ml" pizmscs w par twenty-five dollars a “mm, f, every one. Lde c.t zen. -Calgary Herald.

_;.__ .-lé1‘LUA.RY 31. 1941,

the stronger. I tcll you ttuinltly that l tliiilk your new world has bccn slow to wake up and there are a lot of people who are still asleep. li the folk on this side of the .\ililllllC ztrc to help Britain clfcctivély, llicy nuist do it now lit oiicc bcforc, those potindiug blows on the liczirt of tiigiitly bombing raids sap the resistance of those SlCPp- less harried, homeless but still clicerftil people of liuglaiitl, beforc the dczidly submarine has takcit Isuch toll of our shipping that rationing will lic- 8 months lCUlllC rcgtilatcd starvation ziiid hcforc, as was the "1 lcase in France, SUITCHLlCI‘ with all its sliuinc zip-

DUBLIC FORUM

of

KNOWS no COMPROMIS!

- t _ In th @- Afiblgfii; lhitsuiiahiifsxrialiiil pisiftutipigg Sirz-In Y0"! 155119 °T 31km“?- mould be 116KB on the list-Ottawa 25th Inst». there appeared l- 111181

10mm“ somber" Amen, i; m letter by Mr. Joseph P. O'Brien. . to 3st away. Hie guard: are

City Delivery; $5.00 per year; $3.00 for 6 months $1.75 tor 3 months. By Mall in Canada and 1.1.3. A.: $5.00 per yen

50c for 3 months.

‘The Strongest the Weakest Ink."

FRIDAY, JANUARY ai. 194i. Civic Accounts

A COlll|)l'L’llCll:l\'c rcvicw of civic affairs isl lffordcd in the rcports of llis Worship Mayor‘ lloliiniu, the Yllfltlll; cuniulittce chairmen and dcpartnicntztl oiliclzils, subinillctl at lust night's annual mcctiitg of ihc Lily council. \\e rccoui- tiiciid a carclul rcddmg of lhcse rcports to all our citizens.

'l'ablctl alsi) lztsi t-vt-uiitg was the printed state- ment of Accounts 0f tht- tity for his: ycar, with the auditor's comiiiciils tllclljltll. ln the zibsciicc of .\lr. l). l‘, .\i"chib:lld t-u military duty, .\l0rrcll lll(l Company subnilitcd the report which had been prepzirctlby tliclr rcprcscututive, Mr. E. P. Coliti.

The uct dcht of the City is shown to be, at Dcc. 3i, $z,i5.:,3;.s'.i,', compared \\'illl $2,107,915.40 at ]an_ i5, 19.10, \\'llL'tl the new sci-up in bookkeep- lug wcut into cficci. This is an improvement in net debt of $55.53, .>_;, .1 very stibstantiztl rcduc- tion.

tjuftirtuituit-lv the zludiior docs not report a etirpltis. lle silys '-

“Reveutic and xpcittliture shows the actual revenue and expenditures for the period, ivhcthcr collected or not, and \\'ll(‘lllt'l' actually paid or not. This shows a dti: Ft for the pcriod of $4,816.75. tnuch lcss than lust scnr, but it should be remem- bered that it includcs one year's revciiuc, but only eleven and one-half month's expenditure. From January 1st to 15th, iht-re would be dcbentnre m- tcrcst due oi $I_1..1_','.5U ziud a half month's sal- lrics mid iucidcitiztls, livcti including those items there is at lztrgc duct-case iii the dcficit over the preceding your," which was $33,305.56- _~‘\ rough estimate of a lllllf month's sztlarics and in- cidcutals plus the dc-bcuttire iutcrcst diic would

indicate that thcre lizts bccn an actual rtitluclitlfl ovcr last ycafs dcticit; of some $15,000-

This is a stcp iu the right direction, and should inspire the Council to further economics next yCi/LY. _ “dill rcglird to the tuiich-tlcbzitcd question of sinking funds, .\li". Colin reports: ‘Sinking l'l.t.'ld Uciicral Account shows li blilziiicc of $350fz9l~g5~ “tn-king from the silt-col ilLlLlll rcport published iii the City Your Bot-k ioi‘ tlic year cnding _]8rt-_15. 195.) (pfigtq, n5 {Hill o4) we compute the require- nicuis to be $415,311.00, a deficit of $02.5'.19-3_1. inn (-15 $10,477.51 of the tjcncrul Account i5 still duc from Ljiiic Account, actually $1o.:,9l)7-32 1S rcquircd to he tlclltlnlltld to briull 1l1¢_1‘1111_d "P l0 ininiittutn rciitiircmt-tiis bnscd on ‘tC1111K-ll11g 5° pcr cent. of all twcnty and iut-iityilivc W31 155115 (and pfQPQfllIJllillU of lcu and tiftccu ycnrs is- Ems) ext-opt rciiiilthilg l>>ll\'5 of i935 21ml illlfe which are to bc l'clll't'tl in full. \\_e ll2i\‘0 llfllhlll- chided any rcquircmcuts for 11140 tssllvfi. >35 ‘$151: glcposit for llltlll will not be Hllidc 1111111 1941-

Ah ry

lpears prc

‘ [ineffective resistance." utiuday Weekly: $2.00 per year: $1.00 for e month-j

_ '"-- lPhilip, "we must incrc Memory l8 Weaker their

Prime Minister Churchill's warning that l\l_tis- eolinTs African empire would be “torn ditto shreds and falters“ is bciug literally fulfillt-tl. The British flfllPlhlhC in Libra has been ihc most spectacular of ztll ihc itpvfillioni 1411111511911 bY 5T Archibald \\'zivcll in Italws widely-separated Af-] rican domain. \\'l:ile uo more important etratem‘ gically than Ethiopia, nevertheless Libya has been] the sings of iuvrq iiitciisivc fighting, because it is the only from to \\ hich Fascist aid can be brouilll! by scat-and skv. .\ud now Dcrua, another forti- fied sea bane in this campaign, has fallen to the British forces. It lies 95 mileswvest of lo- bruk and 175 lliilcs ivcst of the Libyadigyptian froutici". _\s at 55th Barraui, Slllltiui, Bardta, mp] 'l‘nbi'iik thc Royal Xtlvv and the Royal All‘

Forge CQ-Opfiffllfid (losfly with the lflfltl IOTCCS 0f‘

General \\'avcll's army.

DCITIZI occupied a l13.LllI’-]p

“We can wiii. but buforc we \viii,”’ added .\lr. use the tciupo in C\'Cl‘)' form of production. not relying mi anyone else to do what we should do. And when the day of victory dawns let us see to it that we do not fall back into any narrow provincial nationalism, that we avoid confounding our iinturzil love of country and people with a Nazi-like racizd coiiccit that we are thepeople and wisdom shall die with us. Lct us cling to these simple truths, in whatever laud we live, that ‘A man's a man for a’ that’ and that ‘ ‘un homiue est iin hut cu luiuictiic.’ Lct us rcmcm- bcr that thc oiilv stztiidzirtl hv which the grcatncss of any government or anv system of govci-iimciit can he mezisurctl is the iiidividtntl happiness of its

citIzens."

Let those who cannot servo activclv and dir- ectly. do so prttyfffllllv and pnlriotically bv ll(‘l|)- ing financially this cause flint riccds assistance.

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It is an ill-wind, etc. London is to be rebuilt as a self-contained flat city with central heating. ill 1F 1i 1i

Unless you take advantage of the Income Tax Installment plan by today at latest you are out of luck, and probably in for interest.

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Before the meeting of the Legislature in March. the Premier \\'lll make ziuuiiicr visit to Ottaiva in an endeavour t0 gct sonic of our prob- lems straightened out.

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RBCFCHUOH and reception quarters for our Forces will be much appreciated. in charge will organize dances and other cuter- taiiiments, all of ivhich will be duly chztpcroucd ou the lines in vogue in the Old Land. “A home front home,” and a jolly One at that, is lhc ideal set. n: at n: l:

\Ve are slipping On ice iuto the shortest month when we may expect our customary snowfall Only in i913 is it recalled that February escaped without abundantly enhancing its reputation as the snowy mouth. In that year there was no snow at all until February 6th, when slcighs appeared on the streets for the first time that wiutcr. Then the fall was not llCf1\'_\', and bv March strccts wcrc clean and dry for the Irishuiaifs autiuztl parade.

1F >01 1k

Guy ITawkcs, coiispiratoi‘ in tlic Guupoumlcr Plot, executed this dale i600. suited iii the (levisiug of thc Plot, he was eu- trusted with the chief part in its cxcctitioii, was stirpriscd in the vaults 0f thc llonsr 0f Commons in the act of laying lllt‘ trniii. friends Liusucccssfully uttciuptcil t0 do from bc- llow, the Nazis are now- littciujiliug, more or lcss, successfully from abnvc—thc dcstructioii of the

Mother of Parliaments. ' * I“ ill

In Germany they arc now dczitli on profitccrs. The dcath penalty has becn provided as the c.\*- Itreme punishment for illegal price raising and |\\'ltr time protitccriug, according to a dccrce issued lby the Minister of ltisticc on January ti. serious cases of price juggling, it is slnlcd, trials will be held before a special court that passes ordcrs execution, sometimes ivitliiii twenty-four hours. Milder cases of price raising will be punished by long-term penitentiary scutcnccs coupled with liiics and confiscation of goods. ,dccree said, those convicted will he fitrtlici- pun- |iSll€d by the public posting of their naiucs on bill-

senteuccs speedily and

boards.

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Onc of the most profitable ivrlys of bciug pat- riotic is iii buying \\'ar Saving Certificates, 'l‘hcrc is nothing to it, as simple as falling off a log. You ay in by installments for a, Five dollar, Ten

fcrable tothe continued nightmare of

hDIIORIAL NUI ES .___.¢.Ji_. If you have a friend at Court it is wonderful

what a visit to England will do for you. I!

the banana belt. it is true, but the coffee is not. our product; it came from farther north, in the Peace River country. -- mthbrldge Her- aid.

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Taxicab l; one nf our funniest, words. It (Limes frci-n the French] taximetter-ca-bitoiet, which means. ] iteriilly, a cab fitted ivitb. a meter. Cabrioet is a Fnncli wo.d mean-I lug to caper. IL cémzs from the Latin capre lcus, a w.id g:a_t—ap- plied to the lzght Fxench gg be- cause it b-llllCBd along rough rsads like a_ leaping goat. _ Pathfinder.

What will be dune about an Alasklan liigliivny ls problemat cal Tiia-t. it would be svorth many time; its cost in the evtiig c1 hcstle at- tack g es without saying. But, in the event cf war with Japan. des- tru/ctlou of her fleet far_ from Amerloiin shores would be tire most

-E:lmontcn Journal.

Canadian army has been ordered to be sparing in the use f paper. enveh-pes, pins and aper fatteriers; but there 1s no ev deuce of such. econcmy a-t Ottawa where huge quantities of copy printed and mlmergraphed, continue to psitr into the hands of peple who prac- tically all of them merely t-hrcwn them away. without reading. - Niagara Falls Review,

From the strictly military point] of view the creation of a defence against unlimited night bo-nibing! would have the lnsuperable im-1 pcrtance of establshmg a relative-l 1y firm front in air warfare, which - had sremed impo=s bis. The Ger-' man Luftwaffe rai"'ed England by day almrt at will for a f.'me. Then the RAF. created a defensive front. Now a night dcfrnsive front is in prospect. the purpcse being the] same, to make the enemy pay so heavily as to discontinue the prac- tice. If 1t should work tut in that way the effect would be a stale- mate in the air war, perhaps forc- ing resort tn other methods in order to bring the coufl'ct to B. conclusion. It should be kctpt 1n mind, lmvever, that whereas Eng- land presents a concentrated target difficult to d-sfend Hilde!‘ present clrcumstatioes. Germany and the occupitd countries may present a diffuse target. dlffizult to defend later. — Providence J rumal.

The Lad ics

f was e. prisoner in Germany dur- tris the last war. The Israelites of old knew haw to spoil the Egypt- ians. but my comrades in captivity c.u1d have taught; them a fcw tricks. We played many pranks on the enemy, and cari-‘ed on the war in our own fashion. When we were put. to work on a farm, the cabbage: and canllflowers wihich we plant- ed seemed t0 wilt and wither. to the lrawild-enneiif of the farmer. who blamed the dry weather and d.dn't guess that his choicest plants Izod been literally "nipped iii the bud " Similarly, in Winter time, when we were marched brezkftutles; tut oil’ barracks to do navytng, works cn the roads. we med: the halts of cur picks break on impact with the frosty ground—ca iv d:ne. if you know how b: do l and the guards would munch us buck to camp, wli ch was what we wanted, and report that, the frigid weather Xfléldié work impossible. Then, when fellirg timber in the words. uticther of our Jabs, we saw t-o it that the biggest trees foil uncxtwsotedly in the d1. rzctl ii in which cur guaids Wife roposing, causng them to brat a hurried retr-s-at ‘in considerable dis- order and panic. Tlfs gave us a lot of innocent fun and clieercd cur captivity. - W. D. Crccker in The Lmdon Listener.

Tliotigh not cou-

\\'liut hr and his

In zill

_lt ls a curious phi. omenon cf the kitchen that there ls no standard type 0f that luxurious ish which is called New England clam chowd- er. Automobiles, bakery bread, ra- zor blades. and so many anctliei" artcle has been standardizcd tliat Depple srmit/mes like t~ brzg of this “age of standardization." Yet one celebrated seashore inn wll . dispense a clam chowder which is pale as the mocn. another will pr:- duce a brew brown a: autumn, and in its rare mixture a third will sub- nierge crack-sis. Same,» have uscd bits cf raw trilm some ciasply fritd. One chowder will be all milk and another obviously wataed. While savants have not yet rc-

tlicir immediate

Iii all cases, the

effective deftzioe of tlfs contiu-Int. .

calling the attention of the 01W Council and the general public to the fact that recently snow has been allowed to p.le up in ii certain locality along the Kenstngton Road. resulting in con iderable inconven- ience to pedestrians in that local- ity. The pedestrians including the present writer will no doubt ap- preciate Mr. O'Brien! reminder. The present writer would also like to suggest, that the walks leading into and in front of the Provincial In- firmtiry should be kept clear of snow and other nuisances. ‘This work could be done by the patients themselves under a. trusty and c mpetent sup- ervlsor. and would d greatly to the convenience and pleasure of those patients who are allowed to Bo for a daily walk --n0l. forgetting of course the efficient staff and kind- ly visiting public. I am. Sir etc, OBSERVER.

1.01m wrrn roomlu.

GLOUCESTER, England —(CP)- Tommy Bagwcli, associated with Gloucasbe." Rugby Club for 5'1 years as player, commiiteemn-n. coach and baggage nun. ls, at 8i, "still gins strong."

Wheat Kings

(Wlmnlpeg Free Presz)

Canadian wheat continues to stand highest, in international com- petition. For the third consecutive time at the International Grain and Hay Show of the international Live Stock Exposition at Chicago, held this year from November 30 to Dec- ember 7. Franofs Lloyd Rigoy, 22 years old of Weiiibley, Alberta. has won the championship award. This is the fourteenth time the award has gone to Alberta. In 30 con- secutive years the championship ha; been won 23 t-lmes by Coiled- ian wheat. World wheat. cham- pions since 1911 are as follows: 1911 Ssatger Wheeler Saskatchewan. 1912 Henry Holmes. . . . . Alberta 1913 Paul Gerlach ..Sa.skatcliewan. i914 Seager Wheeler Saskatchewan. 19 do . . . Saskatchewan. 1916 do ..Saskatchewan 1917 Sam Larcombe Manitoba. 1918 Seeger Wheeler S2 il-tetcrtevvan. i919 J. C. Mitchell “Saskatchewan. I920 do . . . Saskatchewan 192i _G. W. Kraft Montana. U.S.A. 1922 R. 0. Wyler .. Saskatchewan 1923 Major H.G.L. Strange Alberta. 2924 J. C. Mitchell “Saskatchewan 1925 L. P. Yates “Montana, USA. 1926 Herman Trelle . . . . . .- Alberta. 1927 C. Edson Smith Montana, U.S.A. 1928 do Montana, USA. 1929 Jo‘. HB. Smith 1990 Herman Trelle 1931 do . . 1932 do ‘ 1933 Frank Isaokson Saskatchewan. 1934 John B. Allsotp .....Alb-erta 1985 W. Frelan Wilford . - Alberta. 1936 Herman Trelie . . . . . . Alberta. 1937b€3ordon Gibson British Colum-

a. 1938 F. Floyd Rigby . . . . “Alberta. 1939 do ......Albsrtrt. 1940 do Alberta.

wo:d ls bound up iivltli a. cozy farm kitchen and a savory supper. in broader scope, one instinctively knciws that all work ls g:od whch leads t. peace and lcve arzund a home's hearth. - Christian Sctznce Monitor.

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by agreement u t0 the lengths they may go in preventing

D5 there is no leek of wits. At least three or four of the German officers now held 1n Canada. are trained to organize escape-specially trained. Two of them are members of the Gestapo. A good many others have bzen s eta v educated in the at

s, ; G. Michaltnos. YHOBAULSQ owner end of brea mg out o“ m 1 own’ m one bl‘£.C€ . elect here on liis 74rd birth-

camp alone there are s. score of orb] soners who know enough about. lccks,

left out of Hitler's plans foi- ccn- quest.

Thee are also friends ou side. ("WT-S P80911195 111 801116 991mm with the right under international amps in the last wor- ;A can of fruit may conceal a, com-l Where £11916 life e number 91 Cana-

dian Air Force pristine s. conditions are reported m be even excellent.

law to send tn letters and pare-sis. pass. Clandestine messages go fn with clgarets. Invlsable ink is an old dodge, but still usefull. With 12)] bags of mad arriving in a. single, day. the censors caiznotcount on pckiuit out the i-zttai- where double-dotted "i" may be part of a

indefinitely while the censors scout through it for codes. InteJ-iafitimai law n-ovtdes that. It says that pzi- sonjers of war are entitled to their mall. There is also the handicap 0f common decency.

On a desk in Ottawa lies a. pack- age that look; as if it might con- tain three sea-biscuits. Perhaps that. ls all it does contain; but the au- thorities are searching to locate the man it is addressed to. They would M11191’ iJ-vk cvppci-s out of a bind mans cup than let. that pathetic little pzckage, with its confused au- dicss, go needlesssly astray. Thee are officers in the sexy-toe here who 1141110 been Prisoners of war them- selves. and know what mall from home means.

When Laurcnz Gunther escaped through a tunnel frcm an Omario iiiteznnieut camp. tlizusantis of Canadians wondered Why the 1123p cf earth out of that tunnel had not. been spotted long b3fore if w,“ fin- lshed. 1t sounds simple; ‘and it was A Whftle izang of the pr soiiers had cmi-ied that earth out by the pocketful and soother-ed it down wind. by the pzckeiul, wherzver they got the chance. None of 1r, was left near the tunnel itself; and with that sort of organization to help him. Gunther gct out.

Almost every day the internment. authorities receive a suggesslon f oin scene friendly amatsu , to make $11,611’ M51} easier. Why not shave the prisonos heads? Why not flsiz them foi- attempting to escape? one of ilhe latest was that every prisoner should have s swastika tattooed on h left hand to identify him 1n 0851-: he broke out. There ea three reasons why nothing of nil; 50,‘; can be done.

The treatment to be given prison- ers of war wins laid down in de- 11111 bv the Gcneva Convention of 1926. Canada, subscribed so whole. henrtedlv that since the outbreak °f 11119 Present war she tins 6x encl- ed the generapterms of the treaw to interned aliens. who were not 0.1g nally protccied by it. Futher- more, about one-third of the ninety- thousaiid Bdttsli casualties in the Bettie of the Lowlands are now prisoners in Germany. Tattoo Ger- 111,311 Dnscners? That would invite Hitler to brand British pisouers on the forehead with n. hot. iron. And he "light not hestate.

There is no pampering of win- prisolcrs in Canada, i113 iiutliozi- ties snte: but the provisions of the Geneva. Convention are so llplll0usly observed. Under them, a cqmbafam prisoner is vntitlcd to R5 good food. 115 8°05 quarters. as iwcd sanita- l10n 8s a. soldier of the szme rank gets in the country where lie is 1m. Disoned. Hi5 person and his lioncni- must. be respected and lie must be bintec ed frcm insult or puEll: cu i- °‘1l" "r must b" allrivd to iveer 1118 bfldzes- He cnnnzf b: confined in a penal insiitutian, ot- pisceq m a. dark cell o. in soiitlii-v panting- ment. No harsh punishments are permitted. and specifically, his 1mm must not be shaved. Tim-e are pages of these regulatfons, exact and binding.

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e t"? bB-W definite moons on the German-held prisonvrs of war. Tnere have been complaints on both skies but. only minor ones: nothing up! Drbwhl-ng the maltreatment pm.

IFor that etranle eleen. iwho knows how wtcie its realm may

t ? ‘It; depths. how deep?

all‘? lwlilixihtelllfl d All N w i tlfi 11.2: t W~ °1’1° Hm. 9.9"- Jlmglclitvlbxlgnffdgntoucclai lies iiltftnbelérei W15’ Auilmm c119 W19“ m" l"