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IIIIARLOTTETOWII GUARDIAN

Monthly Dally tFo_unu_ed 1111887)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLurc Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. FJJ. Secretary; Lleut. Col. l). A. Mnclflnnon, 0.5.9. Editor and Managing Director: .I. B. Burnett. i-JJ. lssociau: Editors: Frank Walker and Ian A. Barge"

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ly Mall in r.r..1.. $4.0" P" year; $2.50 fur 6 mwlhl $1.25 for 3 months; 50c for one mun Clty Delivery; $5.00 per year; $3.00 for O monlhl $1.75 for 3 month; n; Mall In Uunnda and u.s. A: 85-00 w fur lnturday Weekly: 52.00 per year; $1.00 for 6 months 50c for 3 m011_l.I_zA.

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‘The Strongest {Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

arussnav. usually 21,1941. \Vl1y Import Furs’!

The liitig tiovcrtuucut, l1tI\'illgv(.l‘€CldCd‘fll3I llllllwfllllitlll ttf furs from the Liuted bit-IRIS Sllituhl M >_,H1,,,,.,|/i1, order to husband Lntted bums txvluutgi- for \\.1r purposes-Alas t1o\v dc‘- ;i.1t-.1 n, pt-rntit the imporuttitnt of $2,000,000 \\f)flh_ 'l']1i, ggtittn prompts the following c0111- mvttt in tltc Winttipcg lfrcc Press (Libefﬂui

“\\'l1:tt kuul of policy" is thlS? AYE.‘ Uﬂllcd States furs a luxury ur a necessity? Most Can- mliuyw will lit- ready’ to believe that they can keep unrm iu Cnuzttlunt furs for the duration of the war. \\'l1_v should the Government relax a. restriction that is obviously a sensible 0116?

"Nine the 'uttnfficiztl' reasons giVBﬂ. if Yo}! [\l(.‘£l>t’. (ll tinuzttla cxpnrts ntorc fur than ‘ll intports. llt-ttcz- lllf'l't' are ‘fur dollars’ avail- llllit’ fur l)1]l'('l],l~t',\ of llnitcd States furs.

"This is an E1l1>tIl'(l reason. The very reason whv the H" "ctiuti \\'.'l>1 imposed was to create jug} gnoh f;1\1>l'.'tl'lL‘ l_tZll.’lll(‘\'§. Pleasure travel bv (Tauztdinu. in tht- lltitctl States was stopped for thztt wry tk-ztwill and in spite of protests. But ‘plcrtsure- !r:1v<-l' (lOllZlfS are l0 be conserved 1nd not ‘fur’ tlilllflfs. Why? (2) Th6 DCPEIIY- nicnt iirrtptisc- to give ‘close attention’ to the cf- fcvt of \\:lt' u iurol on our fur export business.’

"'l'hc i-rltl wav the Department chooses of doing this is to rcmove the war control. Also gh-ttrrl.

"lt is fziirlv obvious that the excellent and sensible rc-triction on fur imports was rcmovir-rl bccatne of pro-sure on the Government. It would he intcrc-"tittg to know by whom and for what TPJlwtIlK

"Dotthtlcss the pressure was applied by some grottp that is all in favor of war control, so long as the war control does not hit it.

“This is a curious and singularly ineffective way of being in favor of the war effort and the Covcrnmcitt has made a very stupid blunder in pertuittitig the importation of $2,000,000 of luxuries at a time when its whole policy is di- rcctt-rl to cutting them down."

_.____________ Unemployment Insurance

Plans are afoot to bring the Unemployment In-ttrzmce Act into force in Canada on July I. The act will affect about half a million cm- pldvees in Canada and will involve the collec- tion of weekly or monthly sums from employ- ers and cmployces throughout the country_ The Dominion Governmcnt will also make contri- butions.

The head of the commission which will have charge of tinemploy-ment insurance was the late Dr. ‘loseph Firois, chairman of the Sirois Commission whose report on Dominion-pr"- vincial relations was turned down at last week's Ottawa. conference. It is likely that a new chair man will be appointed very shortly. Th: executive director is Dr. Allort Peebles, a native of British Columbia.

The lfnemplovment Insurance Act is unique In Canadian legislation in that the way for it had to be cleared by a special amendment to the British North America Act, enlarging the pow- on of the Dominion Parliament.

The Bren Gun Contract

Commenting on the cancellation of the notori- ens Bren gun contract, the Financial Post says:

Considering that it had virtually naked its very political life upon the original contract, the Government shouted some courage in abandon- ing it. Yet it could do little else, for the original deal it made was one of the most costly and blundering transactions in the whole history of Canadian government buying.

It is C\ll'l0tl5 that having set out to clear this exceedingly had contract off its books Ottawa showed some diffidencc about admitting the fact. Parliament was kept in dark about the matter when it mct last November. The new: came out almost by accident. As a result, the political fat is now in the fire again.

The one direct recommendation made by Jus- Uce Davis, after examining the Bren gun con- tract, was that the letting of munitions con- tracts he removed from the Department of Na- tional Defense and put under a. more competent organization. From his recommendation there developed, in tum, the Defense Purchasing Board, the War Stipply Board and now the Dc- partment of hlitnitions and Supply. The first of these ltorlics was set up, as a direct result of justice Davis's rccotnitiettdations, well before the war started. The others were later exten- sions of the idea.

Had Canada eittercd the war with no more competent dt-fetisc buying organization than ex- istcd in the llcpartittcut of National Defense at the time this contract was signed, the confusion. waste, inefficiency and graft would have been colossal.

The rewriting of the terms of the Bren con- tract. is important; but it is I. trifling matter compared with thc establishment of an impmy- ed s_v~to1n of ilcfvitso purchasing. from which Cauarlzt must already have saved scores of mil- lions of dollars.

Another constructive tlevcloptncnt was the rc- tircutcnt front thv llcpnrttttcnt of National De- fense of the two nwn chiefly responsible for this contrztct-—.\lc.~srs. Alztckcnzic and LaFlecltc. Both got olltt-r jobs hut the ntain thing was t0 strcugthctt the vital war rlcpartmcnt by rcmov- ing them from its svcttc.

Tllosc who cx|msctl this contract, and the sys- tem that tirade it possible, may look upon that

achievement with some pride.

And they will weigh its significance against the abuse and bad temper of those who spoke of the exposure as a “dastardly betrayal of Caitada”; who called tltc critics tucn who had "sold 011t (Qauatla 11ml the (lcfettscs of the l-Itttpirc"; who claimed that those who exposed their incontinence lwd "hounded and humiliated" and “dangerously hampered" the work of the department.

The criticism did ltzuupet‘ a certain kind of work. not of the \v.'1r-\vittui11g kind. But it en- abled Cattutla to enter the wzlr with a_ defense. buying organization that was a vast_ unprove- nlcnt upon forntcr ntuddling and political fav- oritism. cvcn if it “'21s far front perfect.

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Ras Mongasha is the name of the commander who is organizing llaile Sclassic's IIIFCCS 1" litltioyiia. u: The street crossings badly need attention; it is not enough the ploughs should clear the strectS for auto traffic, the crossings must be made passable for the average taxpayer who needs must walk.

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What about the Greek Help Fund? Tihiﬁ province has fallen down badly on the jOb. Half- a-tnilliott is the stun aimed at for the Dominion. and all tho provinces are contributing generously with the exception of this province, which st‘- far has paid in only S142.

Louis XVI, King of France, beheaded this date, I793. Started his reign as a reformer but cattle tinder reactionary influence of his Wife Marie Antoinette and her satellites which pre- cipitated the Revolution of I789; Bxtravagancﬁ of the court and governttlcltt immediate cause. Louis was seized and imprisoned by the revolutionaries and tiltimntcly executed; well intentioned but wcak and a tool in the hzuttls

0f strong-ivillctl ntiscrcants. a-

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Prime Minister King can blame no one but ltintst-lf for the failure of the Federal-Provincial Conference. \\'itlt thc exception of Premier Aberhart who is a radical, and Premier Bracken, a coztlitionisl. all the Premiers are Liberal, and it was Mr. King's claim that if the country re» turned provincial legislatures in sympathy with the Federal (Tovernment all would he well and Cztmtdzt would go ahead in strength and unity. Neither he nor his Press can now blame the col- lapse on his political opponents, and that being so the only alternative is defective leadership- the country, neither of Liberal, Conservative, nor C.C.F. opinion is behind him.

>l¢ n- a- a: Although Premiers Hepburn and Abel-hart left for home immediately after the abortive Federal-Provincial Conference, a number of other Prctuiers stayed over to interview the llliuistcl" of Labour and othcr portfolio holders. Various problems affecting social services and labor matters were discussed. A meeting was behind closed doors, but ,l\'lr. McLarty plan- ned to issue a statement on it later. “If the conference (Dominion-Provincial conference) had got down to lztllciilg things over as we did today it might have got somewhere," said Hon. Errick Willis, lllatiitoba Conservative leader and Nfinistcr 0f Public \\'ot'lcs in the ‘Manitoba coal- ition Government, as he left the meeting.

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In Chicago the-markets are rising. Choice hog on the livestock ntarllet brought $8.25 a hun- dred pounds, an increase of l5 cents, the high- cst price paid since Sept. 1o, I039, soon after the outbreak of the war in Europe. The whole- sale price on choice fresh pork loins, which jumped 1-2 cent a pound advanced a full cent to 18 cents. The principal cause for the high- cr prices, livestock men said, was the sharply reduced shipments from producers, coupled with a better consumer demand, attributed in part to greater employment owing to the defense pro- gram. There were also reports of curtailed hog suppliel for r941.

n: w Ir w Mayor La Guardia knows his own deficlences. He disposed effectively of a rumour that he might become U.S.A. Ambassador to Great Bri- tain by laying that his physical structure was not suited to formal appearances at the Court of St. James. “I have cowboy legs," the Tllayor said when he was asked about the rumor. "I don't believe I would look good in knee pants and silver-buckled pumps.” The Ambassador- shiphwas the latest in a crop of reports con- cerning the Mayor. During the last few months he has been mentioned as a possible Secretary of Labor, Secretary of War, Coordinator of De- fense in the Roosevelt Cabinet and special envoy to Latin America.

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A Barred Rock hen raised on the poultry farm of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Day has won the current Dominion egg-laying contest with a total 9f 339 eggs averaging 27.1 ounces to the dozen, 1t was disclosed recently in performance records received from Ottawa. The contest ended Octo- bcr 30 last year and left the Day hen, known as _No. X1335t, the best egg layer in Canada during I940. She still fell short however of the world and Canadian record of 357 eggs es- tablished by No Drone Drone I0-H at the Do- minion experimental farm at Agassiz, B.C., in 1930. No Drone I)r0ne's record was equalled three years later by Doreen 5-L, a Leghorn which became known as "Dauntless Dereen." Experimental Farm officials said the 357-egg record still stands as far as they kn0w_

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Some people see German troops crossing Bul- garia attd attacking Greece almost any day. Oth- ers think the attack cannot come until Spring because of Winter in the mountains. Some are not so sure about a (icrman move in the Balkans. But about one thing all must agree. It is now getting on toward a year and a half nf war in Iiurojie. lf the German assault is delivered by the end of the present tuouth it will be scventccm months since Hitler fell upon Poland. If it is to be a Spring campaign it will hi: twenty months The slow agony of the World War endured for something more than four ycztrs. Hitler's Blitz- krieg is hcgittning to take on comparable dimen- stons in time as wcll as in space. In April, 1915, the British landcd at Gallipoli, Om- cnn only wonder if thc historic name will appear again

in the dcspatcltcs of April, I941,

THE ._ CHARI-UTTETQEN_GUARD,IAN

NOTES BY TllE WAY

The sllppllls of trol necessary

t keep tanks an aercplane; In action convey an idea of the mag- nltude of the consumptcon ln the conduct. of the war. A light tank consumes one gallon per mile, while the rate for heavy tanks ls five gallons per mile. It. has been esti- mated that for each hcur cf flight an aeroplane of the type ccnunonly entplcyed ln warfare consumes fifty gallons of petrol. Wharf hun- dred; of these weapon; are brought lnto actLn and are In flight for many hours, countless millions of allons of petrol must be required o keep up these continuous large- scale operations. - Irish Independ-

ent (Dublin) .

If Eamon do Valera had hoped t.» win any sympathy with his Christmas broadcast, he was sure- ly barking up the wrong tree. The first, version of it, as received by

olumbla broadcasting system, contained this amazing stattment: “The overshadowing anxiety at. the moment scents. however, to be today's possibility of inclement. which w.uld force our people once more to battle against Britain and the British." somebody must have told the Eire Premier that he had committed a lﬁfflblg faux pas, how- ever, because an official text of the speech, Je-broadcast from Dub- lin ln Elrann after the first broad- cast, eliminated the words “against Brltaln and the Brlt..sl1," and re- placed them with "desperately tor their liberty". _ Montreal Star.

The latest emanation from the

United States Ls a peace move, sponsorcd by Senator Wheeler of Montana. All the leading New York morning newspapers today give it a scorching. And they ask, what could a negotiated peace with Hitler possibly be? It. would be a half free Belgium" a Norway tak- ing orders fram Galautler, it would be entrenchment. ‘m power of treachery. But more to the point, it would be a tern oral-y peace, something no be bro en when the right time came for Hitler, whose one aim l5 the carving up cf the British Empire, It would give him time, using the resources of the pféLelli, stricken ccuntrles, to build up a navy the like of which could not be cnuntered by Britain. It. would mean a feverish period of years of armament building. There is no mistake abzut that. But this peace move In the United States will not. get to first base. It. wlll

foul itself out, because lt Ls a foul

idea. 1f this war means anything at all it means "never again." And no honorable treat. can be made with a mau like Illtler, who has declared that treaties are made to be born up. A negotiated peace would be a bad thing Ll- the Unitcd States. It would mean a condition of uncertainty and 1:1- security which would force the ILS A. to double its present de- fence efforts and possibly go It alone. - St. Catharine Standard.

The adoption of reprlsals means the adoption of a policy of unqual- ified hatred 11nd revenge. For our part; at least, we have no desire to see mankind committed in its dealings to any such pestllential principles. Force must, indeed, be met. with force, but. barbarlsm wit-ll chivalry. Tin; Allied natiins are dedicated to the cause of Christian civilization. The triumph of that cause is the only triumph worth ﬁghting for, and lt cannot be “You unless their dedication ls persistently maintained. There are some steps they cannot take with- out. abandoning the standards for Which they are fighting... In the 0.11759 of this war great. injuries are being done to the lnnocmt and unarmed, and many live; are be- lng lost. But. lt. ls for us. the liv- lng, as Abraham Lincoln said, to dedicate ourselves to the unfinish- ed work to which those ILVes have betn given, and from these hon- ored dead t: take increased devo- tion to that. cans; for which they gave flu; last; full measure off de- votion. - Church Times, Londtm.

Mayfalr has more or less moved out of its luxurious munitry rest- dences, but ll. still maintains It; traditions of elegance. London's ex- clusive dressmaking salons are c1- most. u busy u they were ln peace- tlme, while the “bllta" has ap- parently made little or no differ- ence to the even tenor of their lives. Tweed: and wo-lens are much in favor. Both Molyneux and Hart- nell use these fabrlca unrestrained- ly ln their latest creation. Molyneux stresses belted woolen Jersey Jumper blouses. These are worn with skirts cut lightly on the bias. Some go under topcoat-c. other: l-ré 00m- pleted by straight. hip-length Jack- eta. The Duchess of Kent, wore just such an outfit at. c recent official appearance. Hers was in black W001 with deep beaver cuffs and scarf.

Importance of the Canadian NI!- ional Railways, and certainly, boo that. of the Canadian Pacific. n the scene of nattfznal war effort. and economy. should not. bg lost sight of by the studious citizen. with a. net revenue estimated for this year 01 942000.000, the Canadian Natloztal may not. be quite paying its way, but the rstem ls get/ting close to

. it. The ln ormatlcn comes that. lhe

C. N. R. had to add 2,760 new box cars, 500 new flat, cars, I00 refrlger- ator cars, 30 mall and express cars, 150 ballast cars and 25 heavy new Sitam locomotives to its organiza- tion. What a vast production that means alone. And President Hunge- ford ln his report says: "Less L1 the public eye. but extremely lm- pntant has been the task of moving thousands of trnlnlcads of con- struzbion materials, machinery and equipment to the new manu- facturing plants. As these plants are ccmpleted, there comes the work of transporting to them large tin- nages of many kinds of rww mater- ials, and carrying to ocean shipping points the production of war mater- ial and equipment. Besides meet.- ing the transportation requirements of Canada's fast-growing munltlcm industry. the countrya railway transportation facilities must. maln- taln the flow of the United King- dom and other counlrlea of tlmbcr, metals, grain. meat, etc." - St. Catharine: Standard.

Th; ||l ptltude o! Mussolini’: reply to Wlnst/n Churchill‘; ma“. cast to the Italian people to quit the war and overthrow their dlc- tawr, and the angry nature of the ccmmmt of the controlled Italian §css denounclnlz the British Prime

lnlstcrs speech ln stereotyped terms. bear testimony tn we fact that Mr. Churchill's "shafts" went home to acute tn the odlclnl mind tn Rome n real fear that the tnlth will seq) lnto the m/nds of the

pconle an!‘ crevte u tnpular d3- can-tent wider than l; known to

Cacology On The Air (sydpey Poet. Record)

Not the least of the trlbtlla- tlons the war has brought to a suffering world ls a deluge of new place names for radio announcers to nuspronounce In the Ira-I0- Greek war u» muse“ P0118 BS- lnorum was Arglro-castro an 110B- est. uncorrupted derivative from the two Greeks words $801‘ fylng "sllver"_ and "camP m’ "fort." respectively. It requires con- siderable resourcefulness to mis- pronounce this word. lts two ina- Jor accentuatlons fallln! as they d0 with natural rybhm on the first and fourth syllables. But; lt has been mlspronounced ln at least six ways by various announcers and commentators, ‘the most signal teat. in cacology being achieved by ‘the chlef CBC announcer, who strives to glve lt. onlys one accent, wnlch he aims, pers tently and nearly successfully, to land on the vowl "o" in the middle of the word.

And now comes Bardla, surely a simple enough word to pronounce, but nevertheless more often wronll- ly than rightly accentuated by news broadcasters, the central CBC an- nouncer being again the greatest slnner. Admlttmg that ortltoelty on the air Ls an unattainable ideal. why cannot all radio announcers m the employ of the CBC at least agree upon a uniform mlspro- nunclatlon of these places _ntnues of most. frequent occurrence 1n the broadcastlng of war news?

Bathtub Ballads

(St. Thomas Times-Journal) Nelson Eddy ls quite a. singer, and he Ls probably right 1n saying that. one thing the world needs plenty of just now ls good songs —partlcularly for bathtub use. I-le has compiled a list. of ten beast songs for bathroom bellowing. Here It Ls; In the order selected: "The Road to Mandalay," “Sweet Adellxte," "I am the Captain of the Pinafore," "Vestl la Giubba" from Berdfs opera, "Pagllaccl," or “Flgaro" from Rosslnks “Barber of Seville,” the second verse of "The Star Spangled Banner." (for Can- adians we would suggest the sec- ond verse of “God Save the King" which probably not. one Britlshei- in 100.000 knows), any good col- leze song, "Drink Lo Me Only With ‘Thine Eyes," "The Prisoner's Song," “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Idle." and "I'll See You Again" from “Bitter- sweet," which ls, however, a “plug" for his next picture. ' That Isn't a bad Ilst. but for the average man "Vestl la Giubbu" is not familiar enough, although the sob In the voice that comes in the last. line would be handy for the man who got. soap in his eyes.

A good deal would dependuhow- ever, on whether the bllfllﬂ‘ was In a. hurry or had plenty of leisure. For the man who has to catch an 8.50 bus or a train, or who knows there Ls s. lineup outside the bath- room door, the tempo would have to be pretty fast. The "Figaro" number, whlch ls sung at breath- less speed would suit, but that. too is not wlthln the compass of most men, and we would suggest as sub- stitute a la, 1a, la, la hum in taratclla tlme, or Denzaﬁs “Funl- cult, Funlcula.” both of which make for rapid soaplng and rub- bing of the more accessible parts of the body. For the leisurely bather, or for dealing with the soot between the shoulder blades and the

small of the back, "Drink to Me

Only" Ls admirable.

For a, good vigorous rub, how- ever, we cast. a vote for "'I'ne1c'1l Always Be An England" sung Wlfll appropriate fervor.

Bathtub vocalism must be a dif- flcult achievement in Germany and Italy these clays. For one thing the AxLs people haven't. much to encourage them to lively and cheerful singing. And another ln- superable handicap is that each person ls only allowed one cake or soap per month for all ablutlon pur- 905%.

_____.____________ _ A hllite ieservlor of airplane gaso- line for _ rmanv exploded and spread a serious fl"e ovcr Roman.

Ian oll fields near Ploesti.

TO THE FOUR COURTS. PLEASE

The driver rubbed at his nettly cliln

With a hum. loose forefinger. crooked and black.

And his wobbly. violet. lips sucked in

And buffed out. again and hung down slack:

Ono fang shone]; through his lop-

sided amt e, In his little Dollolilfd eve flickered u e

years of g .

And me horse. poor beast. ft. WRS ribbed and forked, and its

And lts ears hum: down, eves were old.

And lts kges were knucklv. and as we

It. swumz the stlﬂ’ neck that. could scarcely hold

Its blg. skinny head. urr-tlten I stepped in.

And the driver climbed to his scat with a irrln.

God help the horse and the driver

And the people and beasts who have never a frfend.

For the driver easily mlmht have been you,

And the horse be me by a different e .

And nobcdv knows how their days

wlll cease. And the poor, when they're old.

have little of peace. —Ja.mes Stephens.

prevail already In Italy. The vlgor with which the forthright. Church- lll challenge Ls being met ls a tribute to the Influence It may wleld UIIwIIﬂSlZ those to whim ft was addressed. -~ Montreal Gazette.

now to 90mm i heumattc Pains

hlh Budd's Kldney Pills

Senator Hughes And Eire Bases

(Letter to The Ottawa Journal)

Sir,—l agree ltenrtlly with the main idea cxpresed in Dr. Manlnns letter in your Lssue of the 6th In- stant, though differing from him ln some minor respects. For instance. I would cordially lnvlte every mm and woman of Irish descent In Can- ada. regardless of creed, to Join 1n the suggested movement. because we all tnve our comm’ and 88m in litany other 1.1111185 55 Weu- of course, everybody would know that the large majority of those faking part 1n the movement. were of the Catholic faith, but I would not cm- pllazie that point.

My ntcthocl of procedure would be as follows: Intmediately after the senate rcconvenes on March 4. I would suggest that the members of both Houses of Parliament of Irish descent. meet and pass a Joint tumultuous resolutlon appealmg b0 inc Government and people of Eire to help its mot Great Britain alone) in cvcry possible way they could. and I would respectfully suggest that in our opinion, the best way that help could be given would be by throwing open the ports and ltnrbors of their country to the Brit- isll Govcrlnncnt, to be used as they deemed P1131191‘, for the duration of the titanic struggle ln which we are all cltgtlgctl, for God and humanity.

I would ask the members of Irish descent. in the several Provincial Legislatures to take similar action. and I would ask every man and vvolnau of Irish descent in every city, town and village of Canada m take part in the movement, at or about the time the Members of Pa:- llamcnt acted.

I think the Members of Parlla- meiu. should act first ln order to make the nfoveincnt nationwide and official. And, of course. I would ask our brethren In the United States to llfll]? ln every way that seemed proper to Lhetnselvcs. Possibly ..hey might cutisidct- our procedure sult- able to their clrctunstttnces. In the meantime I would suggest that every person in Canada of Irish de- scctil. who felt. so disposed. would write to the newspapers on behalf of the movement. This would surely help lo tnobllizc public oplnlon.

Scvue 111115" tltink the procedure I hnvr- stiggrstcd would be too slow, but 1 don't. think effective steps could lx: tnk l to make the move- mcttt, tlic s11 as lt ought to be In loss tltzru two tilontlts, altd. ln any event, I believe the Members of Parlliinneilt. should be given the 0p- portuni to take the lead.

In a: p; the Goycrntnent and people ol Eire. to act; as suggested we must not be unmindftll of the fact that we are asking them to take the risk of being bombed and shelled by the Huns. But when did the people of Ireland refuse to face personal (longer when they thought; duty f-nti honor culled? Never, so fat" as I know, and I hope they never will.

1'11 tnalzlttg our aPPPEJ to the Gov- ernment and people of Eire we could, and I think we should. as- sure them that when victory would crown our united efforts we would gladly co-opcrate with them In evt-tjv honorable effort they would make to achieve what must be dear to the ltettrts of more than 90 per cent, of the race, namely, the unity of government and political con- tc-tttment of the home land.

l ant ciicltttitig this letter from a very sick bed and it may well lic the last one I will write, but I catmot help ivrlting ft, and I re- spectfully ask every newsivrtotir .n the Dominion that. approves lo pub. llsh if,

tSt-nnlorl J. .7. HUGHES.

Souris,

Prince Edward Island.

January 9, 1941.

Svbstitutc materials are being us- cd instead of wcorl and metal in nnnufactltrlttg toys In Blli/Llln.

FOX MEAT

Boneless Horse Meat 50's 5c Lb.

Ground Meut 50's - — 5c lb. Beef Tripe 50's — — 4 l-Zc lb Calf Tripe 50's — - 3 l-Zc lb.

ABOVE MEATS ALL NEW PACK. Island Gold Storage Company

Invasion Anyway

(Halifax Chronicle)

One of the reasons which llfiimlli- ed provincial governments to be wary of the Rowell-Slrola report was are Invasion 0f Provincial 118M! which lt would Dmﬁuw- A “m”! statement. by the minister of fln- gnoe yesterday lndcatea that the Dominion government contemplate: an tnvaslon of provincial autonomy and revenues anyway, 1n an effort to gather moro money for war pur-

poses.

Doom wu alrew wrltton on the conference when . Daley spoke. His remarks sounded Ilka a. daw- atc attempt. to prevent the inevit- able. Although he assuredl-he‘ dele- gates that he had no desire to threaten. hls assurance had a hol- low ring. I'm‘ Mr. Ilsley drew u dire picture of the awful consequences which would visit the provinces un- less they approved the Howell- Strola recommendations.

In effect, he said: “Do as we say or take the consequences."

That was an unhappy approach and merely increased the opposition to the report. Mr. Ilsley told the provinces that the Domlrtlon government may have to seek money in a way which will curtail the receipts of the prov- incial governments. I-lle lndlcamed that. the Dominion, b0 raise money for the war, effort, would Invade

rovlnclal tax fields, increase the

coma tax, ration gasoline, end re- lief payments. and leave provinces with debt difficulties to flnd their own solution.

At one stroke, he c t.h whole complexion of the conference. The conference 0n the Rnwell-Slmla report had been represented as an effort to help the war effort and to l-tel the provinces out of their dlfflc flee. Mr. Ilsleyls statement indicated that. the scheme was merely b0 raise more money for the federal treasury; that. lf the federal government: failed to get. the money one way, it would get. It mother.

The suggestion of rationing gaso- line was especially significant. Pre- mler Pattullo asked If the minister could guarantees t/hat gasoline would not be rationed if the report were adopted. Mr. Ilsley sold there would be compensations.

But delegates recalled that un- der the Rowell-Slrols plan. the two clflef tax sources left to the prov- lnoes would be gasoline and llquor. With gasoline rationed, under the plan, llquor would be the sole lm- portant tax source remaining.

Nobody wants to see a. province living on llquor taxes and federal handouts. Prince Edward Island, which has a prohibition law, pre- sumwbly would exist almost entire- ly on handouts from the federal treasury.

All ln all, Mr. Ilsley’: statement served merely to annoy and alarm itpe delegates and to promote disun-

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