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“The Strongest Memory in Wanker Thai the Weakest Ills.‘

THURSDAY. APRIL N. 1M4

Post-War Eiiiope

The problems that will face the United Na- tions after the liberation of Europe will prob- ably be raster and more complex than any others in history. They are outlined in a valuable booklet prepared by the Royal Itistitute of Iti- ternutiottal Affairs, “Occupied Europe: German Exploitation and its Post-\\"ar Consequences" (Oxford L'nivci 'ty Press).

The first sctiun of the booklet gives a stnnmary- of (icrtnatrus organization of occupied l-Iurtipc: the vast shifts 0f population; the iiiecllztuism of economic cxploitatioti; and thc food situation resulting front the confiscation of siqiplics iii otfilpictl and satellite countries. 'l'lic intricate syystctit of controls srt up iii the various u-iiiitrics over-run by licrniziny arc clearly otttlincd. 'l‘hcse include coittitries ab- sorbed into the greater tjermati Reich, those anticxed for development as colonies 0r de- pendencies, and others left with a (lcgrec of nominal independence under strict (lcrmau sup- ervision.

.\ distinctly favorable condition for the lotig- term economy of l-Iuropc has been that, as a rcstth of bottibings and other necessities of war. industries outside the belch have acquired a kiioivletlgc of ticrmzni processes and patents. esticciallyi in chemicals and synthetics, botlt of which may play a. large part in European rc~ cuiistrttctitm. (jcriiiairv has been forced by the (langer of aerial zittzick" to bring into production l’!'.‘\\ industries in central littropc.

The problems of immediate needs in liberated liiirotie are considered iii the light of a long drawn-out defence. in wlticli case they‘ \\'ill be tiiagitifietl by a ticrniati policy of itiziximuiti llllltllfillc‘; and ruthless destruction, and a sud- den collapse.

ln the latter case, iii addition to the problem of stipplying food and medical supplies, there will be the ticccssity of controlling the imtiictli- ate flow home of scattered and conscripted pop- ulations. and the unravelling of the entangled economics of the liberated countries. Some idea of the magnitude of the task is conveyed by the estimate. that the immediate minintttm needs for foods, seeds. fuel, clothing. and tiiedical supplies of the eight liuropean cotnitrics to be liberated will amount. for the initial period only, to ntore than 45 million tons, 23 million tons of which will need to be shipped front overseas. This is a phase in which Canada may be expected to play an important part.

In this comiection a statement made in the House of Commons, Ottawa, this week by Mr. Brooke Llaxton, parliamentary assistant to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. is significant. ltefcrriitg t0 the plans of the [Tiiitctl Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture, he saill plans are being made "to bridge the gap be- tween starvation and survival for tens of iiiil- lions of people who have been crushed under

the heel of the enemy’, and to assist in restor- -

ing to their honics nearly 21,000,000 persons in litirope alone who have been displaced by war." Reports from enemy occupied countries showed that actual conditions of destruction, starvation and tinder-ttottrishnietit “exceed our worst itu- aginatioti, and as the war goes on these condi- liunS will get worse." .~\n estimated 30.000000 tons of food would have to be imported into litirope in the first six months after the armis- tice. cxclutling the requirements of Russia; and of this some 14.000000 tons would have to be taken front tncrscas. Some 20,000,000 would lime t0 be ~ torcd to their homes.

E nlistmenti Margin Silim

T.l'i~t week Director of Selective Service Arthur hlacXaiitara sllitl 08.000 recruits will be requir- ed by the thrce ariticd services this year-ZS,- ooo for the air force, 12,000 for the navy and the balance for the army. Mr. MacNamara also admitted that the military call-tip results in ttizniy of the yotttig men volunteering for the air force or tht- navv. tlthers who await draft orders before dotming the uniform go to the army. lf they do not choose to volunteer for OYCYSPZH service they remain iii Canada.

Yule-s the tiorcrtitiietit changes its present poll-qr resizt-ctiitsr thsit" ll.'~(‘ there is no zissur- zincr- that the 48.000 mcn for the active army can be raised this _\cl'1r. Yolutitary enlistmciits in the active arinv for overseas service, a con- tcnipnraijv tiotcg fell steadily month by tiionth. in 1043. ltt Xoventbcr the cnlistmeiits num- hcrctl 3.565 and iti December the estimate was 3.500. The rate of cnlistnients by months since the first of the year ltave not been dis- closed, but it is evident that the Defense De- partment is trzivcllittg oti a very slim margin.

Rilibenfropk Nest Egg

The New York Herald Tributic says in a cnpyriglttrtl article that Joachim Ribbentroti, German Foreign Minister and former cham- pagne salesman. .~(‘Cl'(‘llv operated a wine btisi- ncss in the United States until his venture was seized by the alien property custodian in Sep- tember. i943. ltibbctitrop‘; American venture prospered initially, according tn The lrlerald Tribune, bin the company began to fear its Cler- Itlati cottneetioti would he noted. The company ‘hen took the following steps, The llcrald Tri- bune says, to cover its tracks. Cotitrollittg shares vrvrt- transferred to .\rlolplt llech, vicc president of the firm and ;t ttriluralizcil Antcricati of Cler- man extraction. Later control was transferred to the Combined Investment Corporation of Wlllllillglou. llcl. a Dutch-ownetl firm with (icrniznt comiectirlits. A third exchange, this time through the \'inco Stibsidanv, transferred stock to a firm in Hut-nos dirt-s. called Secur- llll 5- A» Owflfid hy the Swiss bankers for the

Hcnkell company. But Leo T. Crowley, tlileli property custodian, seized the company on Sep- tember 8, i943, and sold it: 235,000 Ribbentrop- owned shares for $350,000 to two American citizens. Samuel Lentz and Malcolm Wolden- bergs 0t’ Newark, N.]. The Isleraltl Tribune says Ribbentrop is reported to have $3,165,000 in foreign currency in Netherlands atid Swiss banks and that Reichsniarshal Goering is said to have $3,575,000 ill cash and securities outside (lermaity, some of it in New York and San Francisco banks.

EDITORIAL NOTES l-

O Clinical trials of Indian-grown penicillin have had very satisfactory results in healing infected wounds and war injuries. It is simply spread in the wound and the results produced are amaz- ing. l: u u u Front Northern Rhodesia comes copper, used for wire in driving bands for shells and (as brass) in cartridge cases. It is the largest producer of copper in the British Empire. Sonic of the labour is supplied by African women volunteers and tiroduction goes 0n for 24 hours a day. U l‘ i

lt still has nine lives. “Fluff", a Persian ginger cat, nervous and emaciated and very much the worse for \\'Clll'——lllll still alivc was rescued front undcr a pile of debris after bc- ing httried for sixteen days after a house had been hit during one of the recent air raids on London. r 4- n- l ilvct" 500.000 volunteer farm workers will be iiccdctl in Britain this year, because farm- ers will have tiiore than 500,000 extra acres to harvest. liroin 150,000 to 200,000 volunteers for agricultural camps will be needed, more than 300,000 school children during holidays; tip to 00,000 nietubcrs of volunteer latid clubs who give regular ltclp to farmers atid ntarket gar- deners will be needed and also itiore nicmbcrs front rural areas to join the l‘illlCl‘g(‘ll\‘_\’ Land Corps. it- l- v 1k .\ silvcrplatetl horseshoe forgistl by a Ytirk- sllire black-sntitlt has been retired after a brief career as a “Little lirowti lite" in the grim game of air war. An R..~\.F. bomber crew carried it as a chariii—ttittil they were shot down over Germany. .'\ Nazi fighter pilot seized it as a good hick piece, and was prompt- ly shot down over southern liiiglaitd. The .»\ir .\Iiiiistr_v confiscated the jiiixcd horseshoe and sent it back to the stiiithy with orders t0 kccti it. I I I I “A boy 0' pairts" will get there sooner or later, whether 0r not he leaves school at an early age. Thomas ll. Raddall, this year's winner of the Guvctaior-Geiterals literary award for fiction with "The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek" lcft school at fifteen, entered the zirmy. and lend a roving life for four years, tlicti took an ac- counting course. The winner of the creative. tion-fiction award was Prof. john l). Ro- bins f0r his "The Incomplete Anglers". lle left school at the age of twelve, and latcr ntixetl work with education, and finally graduated front the University of Toronto. The competition is held annually by that admirable organization, the Catiadian Authors‘ Association. P! W it i‘ Royal Canadian Mounted Police arc holding something original in the way of illicit stills— an "alky" maker in the foriii of a permanent wave machine. The machine, a “vapo-ctirl” type, was seized by the Three RlVCfS detach- ment. Along with the machine, R.C.l\l.l". C0115 stable j. L. T. Desmarziis seized a barrel of tnash and quantities of alcohol, yeast, molasses and other ingredients in a Cap de la Madeleine house. The permanent wave tiizichiite operates along the same lines a5 big metal coffee per- colators seen in restaurants, its curlers being heated by steam. ltt this case, the curlers were disconnected from the electrically heated steam ttiiit and zlistillatioii of alcohol substituted for liziir-ivaving. Daily productive capacity of the still was believed to have bccn iii cxccss of 10

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More than 2,000 British airmen who ltave trained iii Catiadzrhave married Canadian girls. Most 0f them have rctitriicd to Britain, lcziving their wives behind, but they all don't intcnd' to remain there. Hundreds have enquired about Canadian citizenship and the treatment they would be given by the Canadian government should they decide to make their hotitcs in Cati- ada after the war. l\ll'in_v. however,- intend to lake their wives to llritaitt when tirraiigetiieiits can be itiade. Mr. “lalter Herbert, secretary of the Canadian Committee, a Catiadiati organiza- tion established a year ago to answer questions and acquaint British airmen with Canada and Canadian ways, has a sheaf of letters front air- men which indicate they look tipon Cattatltt as a post-war land of opportunity. Part of the work of the committee aitd the British mission is hcltiing Canadian wives join their llllSl)1\ll(l\' who have been posted back to gland.

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Adolf Hitler, German Nazi-Fluehrer, born this date 1889; a soldier of the last war, he or- gaitized the National Socialist I‘art_v, which on his assumption of power in 1933, became the only legal party, the political background of the State; power and responsibility lie with the Chancellor. the Ilcader of the Party, the Reich ltaving delegated its legislative p0\\'t‘l' to the (lovermiicnt, retaining for itself only ronsttlta- tive functions; the National Socialist State is based on the concept of racial purity; iioti- Aryans, with minor exceptions, cati not be

inetnbers of the civil service or serve as journ- alists; jews are particularly (liscrittiinated against, and may not hold any responsible posi- tion iti trade or finance; iii the economic sys- tem, trade and employers ttitioiis arc barrctl, be- ing rcplacctl by an tirganizzilion under Sllllt‘ di- rrrtioti; the foreign policy is aggrcs. rely’ nat- ional, uilh the intention of accontplishitig l'\l'll- tually the itiiioti of all (iernitinic people of the world iii the fleneral State. and the sitbjt-ctinn of I1lI|l~.‘\l'_\'ZlII.-< to them, \\'llrtl|t'l' dotnirilrd at home or abroad; itwas Hitler's ltcedlcss pur- suit of this policy that landed the world in its present liolocaust- wholesale destruction 0n sea,

land and in the air.

Aarms this rear.

rug: tjnliuxrrtirrown GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way

“Slot. luaehlnul" says a dispatch, "are being converted into booby traps tor the enemy." Converted? —Cnlcaizo News.

Guelfs In some hotels are being asked to make their own beds ll they bray more than u day. soon there wul be no point in staying out of the AmiL-Cnlvlstltln o'cl- ence Monitor.

We had better all of Ill open our eyes. We cheat ourselves l! we oer- irut. the posslblllw a suouen German collapse to lhCOIIlfl fixed in our minds as the probaoliiry. ‘mere may be collapse. but. because me more likely alternative is the bil- terest, 8nd most costly nlrhtlliz of all ma war lt._ls tolw m lea our publlc anci private behaviour m. any ur-xree seem to be governed by an unreasonlntz iaersuaston than we are near the end or me war.- Vancouver Province.

This urn of public scandal in tlhe llos Aiuzeles court. room was nothing tn aid of tlie cause or 110cm manners or goou tnorllls. ‘lliere are sins of human conduct. wnicli are not crlmcs at law tnlu wlllCll oullnc not. l0 be made the occasion (-1 o. Roman lioliu-liy. wnai. Wlls wrong with this trial at 1.41s Aiizeles was that. it should never nave come liitc court at all.-—Vuiicouvcl' Plov-

uiec.

All ranks ot‘ the three armed sci-vices wno nave been lnenuoneci in desoatcnes ‘lilll soon be trearlmz a small bronze oak leaf. Alter inc lust. itrul‘. trlose wlio were "men- ttoiieo" wore a_pctmi leal luperlm- posed on the victory lvleaai riooon. l.ii this war. since a silver maple leaf l5 already issued to oenore service ovcrstas. tlic oak leal_is worn beside. no: on. me service rlbbon.—'l'lie LCSKIOIIHYY-

Stephen Leucoek carries wltli hirii the affection ol‘ liuninii beings wno were mace to lliugn vmcli lauvl like bicaa

' ‘cs. llnlviiig a world so

ut it it is all a inaii can tislc that. his icllous slioula be uiiivble to rcmelneei- min williout n smile, that lau.".*1ilei' sliutiiu be the ulti- ul tncir lure. - lzciezicc lvloiiltoi" tlsos-

We warn the enemy tltlll. oil the dav when accounts ale scltLu. tiotliiiig will weulccll our cieteuinll- tltioii to nllnlsn tlio uuilil. lli: lsazl iuvao ‘Ill be palu til lull tor all liis cl" . - lill Dt: ualu icr DZUJUEPAHR ivoiiioil llliu CHHUPLI]. tor cesecratlnt: tlie oiaiiity aria lioitor ui tliosc i-llicnl ltt coil- clemllea to uelitli. allu .01‘ detiliiil-Z their lietull’: lliclilolv ».V lllyllll-l tit:- eusatlons that tnev liau seivetl loi- Clilll nueiizs anal enemas oi rotuir... —rroiti inc ULIlClill ruollcliuon "Poland Plants."

A Brillsli private soldier has snv- ed the liie ol u. lllttl ullsolicl. laltcn on me nulniu border. uy gtilnt; ins bloou. wneii the oar.) \\.ls caplarcu l1 had lain several tlavs \l'llli ll b- 1h‘ damaged 1.1 and uillillit. loo his cctilpallloizs were »..-..u arocliu 11.111. llls n.1,; H115 ttliiigllii- uus. and lie at ins. reiuscu to eat. l-le finally [colt lcod \'t‘llCl\ n Bril- lsn oilic.r titlrceu l.) u. out oi tne same oisn to prove ll was not DUISUIICU. llh.‘ dostoi- salll inlll uni,’ n uiocu trliiisiusion izoula sane him, A lsrltisii uilvnte who liau stormed tnc lino positions ioluii- tecrcct. Uxodav the all)! is on tne way to ccnmlete recovery. - L401}- ooii Dally Mail.

As we got this story. a suburban matron SJHIIIQd 1111.0 ma llJllllnJfE, lute tur an npponitinc-ul witll nu: mule-ans, ivlio litia rtrraiitzuu to take tier to lunch with n. business acquaintance not uiiuizu; min in the looiby. sue made 101' inc alnlniz room. At the entrance. the neatl- wliiter nslcctl if lie t-oillo lielp ner. "No, thanit ,\'0‘l1'. the ntatroii said. “l just want to g0 tiisiuc and look for my nusoaiiu. hes iuiichlng here with a, friend." At this, tne heudwattei" unobtrusively blocked her way and casually inquired. "A lady?" "No a man’. She said "On, that's all rlgiit. then‘. he said. bowing her II1..—ThE New Yorker.

Good sense ls shown in the rule to the effect that only tzirls over sixteen will be uemtiticd to 2o on uticter the plan for TCCYUlLlDK students to help ui the tlelds. 'l‘nis is iio lob tor young- er children. It is no liullday it. lu- volvcs tileiitv of tiara work and lung hours. Girls under sixteen do not. belong in such occupations. Meanwhile. wltli plans itoliiu for- ward tn send the students out. to

he fall-ms, we are still ivaittnlz for q

an official pronouncement. as 1.0 what is to be done lii respect to school reopening iii the fall. ‘liiere ls s1.ll1 need for assuraun- inat the whole student body wl not again suffer a cuntitlinent or educational advantage-s for the sake of the few in the fields-Windsor Star.

The Japanese Invasion nl’ North- east India continues in force. The reassuring statements issued some time ago by General Sir Claude Auclilnleck. tn his capacity as Brit.- lsh comnlmnder-lri-chtet. have not been borne out bv events. On March 22. for example, lie was quoted as "minimizing the serious- ness of tlhe Japanese threat" and at; callintz the cneanyb drive lnto the Mlmlpur dlstrtct of Assan "a diversion." Now that. Japanese col- umns have cut. ‘one lnujor com- munications artery and are en- danizerlm the railroad which hauls sutplles to the Chinese-American nrmv in North Burma, General Auchlnleclvs record as n. military anlalvst looks fillrlv u nrelsstve. Nor ts lt posslble to forlzet. that he was relieved of his command tn North Africa a vear n20 last Aux- ust. after a heavy and totallv un- expected British defeat. A wres- ent we are being told that the Japanese have bald it coilslderable prlce for tllietr achtevtxnent and that. ln any case. they may be caught by the monsoon season if they are not careful. Tlutt ts smrcelv an explanation of why the Japanese. who are everywhere else on the defensive. slioud able to invade a base from which the Allies themselves were supposed to be orevoarlntz to lnunch a. lartze- acale attaelc-Kanlias Cttv Star.

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lIIIVEIIIbE IIELIIIUIIEIIGY

An hllltnrlcal survey of the problem, and of legal men- ures to cope with lt.

By w. u. Bentley, 1m. V. By nuon or the law's excessive lnnl

e upon and 1t; neglect of

weal. law is stem . many to tnlrnlcal to society. A new spirit has URI} GFEBJWO. N0 IODRCI‘ BIB “Olli-

I0 society. treated as "lmportaiit or as matters oi serious concern. A greater need tias arisen. The prts- em. situation ls renamed its tran- sitional. New and Rreflter channels are pe ' . ‘the conunon weal of the nation: the interdependence and common weal. not only of the Brttlllsli nations and peoples. but o! the nations and peoples oi‘ the en- tire world. are beconunt: the cur- rent coui ctt our thoughts iil 17-8115 for the future of‘ the ivorlu. no longer are we tnuuluilz liiulvidilsl- lstleally. N0 longer dare wt: be lso- lanoilists. in me world of vlclllv of this new concept. no individual will suffer deprivation. Every one will have enouizn. liioivlnuall rlgnu will be nierzeu iii the common wealth and rights of nu.

‘lne tCtHCllblUlI ivnlcn confronts martluna. Wlill theuutv of maalrlll t1 decision upon this new and tun- uamenr-lil problem. oiu not alts-e aurlniz tlie present war. lt. iarcw strong lone: uetore the ivar. ‘llie teritlenzv tins been given buts-od- ed momentum by the exigencies of the war.

The

Lest there be am‘ possible dOUlJl or questioning or any IULCCOHCED- ttoii regarding the iiioveiiietir FLEX‘.- tioiied, it niav be well to refer to its extent. 'lne iiiovluieiii. ls not a political one; it is social and sbirl- tunl.

Most. important have been mace Conference ol the Churencs on Church. Cottiniuiinv tnitl plate." which met. at. Oxford lii 1931. _

"the council rl. Cierav mitt Min- lsters for Common U\\‘ll.l‘Sl'lll)". re- ferred to as tCClVlCOl is nii organ- ization CLLlIJt-Jéflil cxcluslvelv _ol Clfffilfiillflll ana Ministers 0t tlellil- lon. It was fUflIlCd at Leicester 1n May. 1942. Its President. tlie bishop of Bradford. has declared:

“Our uresciit cconolnlepsyszcm ls immoral and un-olirlstlaii. 12:02:11 ls Ilhlifdll‘ ta self-interest; its technique is ceonoirii: conzpell- tlon It. leads to the exploitation o! the weak by the strong. it Bro- nio;:s class-selfishness. class-utvl- slnii and international war. It ts a vcorsfnp of Muirlmoii. aiia, as such. ls a moral outrage." he CCMCO itsclf declares:

"We believe that. tlie private ownership 0f the tirear prouuetlve resources of the co iiiunitv is coil- trarv to Divine 0.19.111‘. and iiiL-vl- tablv involves min in l sell-cen- tcrrct wztv ot lite. We believe that the common ownerslilu of tliete resources. with uue l'(£,l'..l'(l ior tn.- trcsdcin of the individual. nlore iicarlv expresses the trill of God tor man's lite on t-...lli l.l icvctileu bv Jesus Christ. We pledge our- selves. as an =s iiiial 1.111. ut’ cur Chrlstiuil duty. 1o wort; ioi- tnls end."

Social Ferment

declarations b": "The World

‘ltie “Ccliimiss ii of the church- es for Illlilfllflllllllllil rrletldsliiu tilld Social ltscrlonsioillrv‘ is an ornclii- iizaltuii COHSISLlUj-‘l oi i-...l slut-lilacs of all the chief Chris a com- niiuilons in clrent rsritzuil except the Roman Catholic. ‘llie Arcti- bisliop o1 Consortium’ is its chair- maii. "Ifliere are various GtflEl‘ ur- Ranlzations lu Enzlaiid.

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