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rvusnav, JANIlARY7tV2ALA1939. What Did He Hean?

aicnator Raoul Danduraud, Government Lead- er i11 the Senate, and a member of .\lr. King's Cabinet, 5li1l('.\ that (Ianatltt cannot co-operatc with Ljrcxtt llrttaitt i11 defence titeasttrcs, that she must 1J1'cpart* hcr tleicnccs singly, because “Can- adians do llul know with \\'l1n111 they are going to be ztllit-tl". \\'hc11 this statr-mcitt was ntadc in the Senate Chamber, Senator Mcighctt, dumb- founded, asletl: "Docs anyone doubt that if we fi11d ourselves at war tireat Britain will be on our side?" Scnatot- [Jzuuluratid replied: "Not necessarily“.

“\\'h:1t arc we ltcztritig i11 llll) llottse P" Senator Xleighcn.

commenting. tht: Ottawa journal says: It is all wcll and good to ltave acatlt-tnic (liscussions about “ttetttralitv”; but 1111s it come to this, that a int-tuber of the (iabittt-t, one whg know; all about collective cabinet rc-pottsibility, can tell us that the iit\\'L’l'l1I11Q11fi i< preparing defence tneas- urcs on the busi» of belief that this country tnigltt fight a war without Great llritaiti-fight it with some other "ally"?

Is this rcallv the Govt-rntncnfs mind? If it is. then Prime .\lini.<t<-r King ought to say so plain- ly. And if .\Ir. King has no such thing in mind, thcn he rtugltt tn lost- no time in repudiat- i r thc views of Senator Dantlurantl. .\lr. King knows very well what collective cabinet respon- sibility 111t‘;tt1.=_

Senator Datidttratnbs talk is, of course, non- sense. llc, as wcll as all of us, must know that Senator Mcighcit st. kc thc absolute truth when he said:

“The moment we arc at war, we know who our ally is. .\'ot our ally. hut our friend and progenitor through ltistorv, will he on our side, That is why l say that we should prepare ottr rlcfcttcc in coopcration so that the defence of one will be thc dcfcnce of all."

The Toroptt) Globe and .\lail endorses this viewpoint when it says: "The issue raised by Senator Dandurantks admission that thc gov- ernment ‘docs not know in advance with whom it would ltave to co-opcratc’ in event of war is not to be settled hv prontisés that Parliament will decide after the bomb has burst-not after last September. The issue is too closely allied with national defense. and the factors compelling its erection are much too clear for such theoretical dodgers to suffice any longer. The academic ‘era’ is over.

“Senator Arthur Mcighcn staked out the foundations of our foreign policy thc previous dav when he asserted that we are not capable of defending ourselves. Not a member of thc gov- ernment who is honest with ltintself can argue differently. \\'hatcvcr thc circumstances ttttder which war ntigltt come, the position of this Do- minion is perfectly clear. There is only one threat of direct attack. either from east or west. which we nccd fear. lt grows out 0f the defeat of Great Piritain. She is our first line of dc- fcrtse. Anything we might do to add to the security she provider, to be effective, must he done in err-operation with her. It is political sham, of the cheapest sort to pretend anything else.’

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ATFaIaI Step

A New York foreign language paper tells of a Hollander travelling on a German train. Asked to cry “Hell Hitler", he‘ refused.

“Soon you, too, will have our Fuehrer,” said e waiter.

“That is quite possible," answered the Hol- lander. “We already have your Kaiser.”

Hitler sccms to be heading in that direction. His latest movc has been to dismiss thc brain- iest financier in the Nazi party, Hjalnor Schacht, from the presidency of the Reichbartk. It was Schacht who took hold of Germany's finances after the period of post-war collapse and rebuilt them on a foundation that effected temporary stabilization. It was he who directed the fin- lncial policy of the Reich after Hitler came into power; it was he who invented and set to work the barter system which has enabled Germany to prevent currency from leaving the country in large amounts, since all who bought from her under that system were paid in blocked marks and compelled to spend the amount of her pur- chases from them in Germany itself.

Before the Kaiser embarked on the mad policies which brought about the World War and ultimately landed him a refugee in Hol- land, he dismissedllismarck from office. Bis- marck was the one stable element in the Ger- many of that day, as Schacht seems to be of the present regime. Only titne can show what the consequences will be. but a safe guess is that in "dropping the pilot” Hitler is just another step nearer the post now occupied by his ill-fated ex- Emperor.

More Liberal "Harmony"

It having been announced that the Hon. C. G. Power, Minister of Pensions, was to re-introduce the measure, defeated last session, to regulate campaign funds and political expenditures, a cross section of Liberal opinion was thus ex-

tiessed: “Virtue cannot belcgislated," one Mem-

r declared, adding tliat Liberals in general did not believe in the bill. "Elections are not won with prayers,” said another. In fact, private predictions were that it was hardly likely the egislation would bc adopted it’ it came be- fore the House, but it was not even believed it would be reintroduced-Ant least in its present form. "And if it is reintroduced," said :1 Lib- erhl M11, “it will be so revised, it will hardly be-rbcognihble." The mall who did not believe

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in prayers to win an electon felt that only “puri- tanical hyprocritcs" would be ashamed of ad- mitting that therc were such things as election funds. "The idea that the world can be made holy by legislation," he declared, “is a delusion, entertained only by fools, hypocrites or those plainly ignorant. There are election funds. thc-re always will bc—and they are necessary.” The funds were necessary, he explained, because cer- tain expenses must be incurred in an election whether one waittcd to or not. Committees had to be paid for, publicity had to be paid for, lit- erature for the electors cost ntoncy, meeting halls did too, and workers had to be organized for election work and had to be paid. "if you dont do it, the other fellow will," was thc philosophy. This same member declared that everybody was against. the measure from thc start, and it \\‘l1< al- lowed to stand without anyone pressing for ac- tion. His intpressiott was that the "vast tuajor- ity" of Iiulcmbcrs felt the bill to be a "ridiculous llllfllilllie.

J‘ Editorial Notes 1

It rarely fails—-a Burns anniversary storm. * 1F l i Charles James Fox, champion of Colonial self- governntcnt, born this date, 1741). v it >t< r _Long distance passenger air service is still a risky undertaking, and tituny lives will have to be sacrificed heft-re the airplane hner (ltiminntug its clctncut as the Atlantic liner docs the sea. >9 1K ‘i According to thc Montreal Star there i5 the probability of a Provincial election here this year, but 1t 1s ltardly possible i11 view of thc l\'u\'3l \1s1t and Confederation cclebratiorkg wt s l- =1 \\'e are always learning, am] this will be “cw to ntost of us._ Mr. George ltobev, the popular Lngltslt cotttcdtztn, sprang this at a Rtililflfill din- ner 1n lltrttttttghztttt the other day: “Laughter is the ‘synchronised coordination of tieurttpsycli- ologtcal reflexes, with a semi-atttotitatic int- pulse of tuztss-itilteritttl sttggcstivistn." i Y 5i‘ 3‘

The first native reindeer ltcrtl to be establish- ed i11 the Northtvcst 'l'crritorics is moving east- ward to thc .'\11tlC1'>u11 River arca. 'l‘l1is 150,- milc ovcrlattd drive of about S00 rcintlccr at y fr0111 tl1e govcrnntcnt herd near the Mackenzie delta 's being carried out under the direction of the chief hcrder at the govcrntncnt reindeer sta- tion, and marks attothcr forward step i11 Can- ada's plan to cstahlislt rt-indccr ranching antuttg the native population. i i‘

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Here is something our fruit and potato grow- ers should know as it has to do with thc cffccts of frost on early fruit flowering and 011 sprottt- ing of potatoes. If Spring arrives too late the farmer can titakc his fruit lrccs wait to l)l05,501t1 until the danger of frost is uvcr. This can he done with potassium napthalctte tiitratc, by a method of spraying discovcrctl at thc lldvce Thompson Institute for plant research. It was reported to the Antericatt Association for thc .\d- vanccmcttt of Scicnccrcccntly by Dr. John D. Guthrie. The spray (lclays the ltlossottiittg a week or ntore. It has worked with peach, plum and cherry trees ,whicl1 Dr. Guthrie, said tctttl to “come out" too early i11 Spring. The saute chcntical, he said, will rctattl sprouting of pota- tocs, so that storage is casicr. ' l

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The number of vouths receiving training in the eight mouths ended November 3o, by pro- vittccs was: Prince Edward Island, 73 men, 49 women; Nova Scotitt, 293 111211, 12o wotttcn; New Brunswick, 599 mcn, (>58 women; Quebec I l6 men, 94 wotticn; Ontario, 331) men, 498 wo- men; Manitoba, 1,024 men, 559 women; Sas- katchmvan, 1,315 men, 974 women Alberta, 2,- 527 men, 4.411 women; British Columbia, 3.- 604 men. 5,168 women, or a total of 9,800 men and 12,531 women. Of those enrolled 961 men and 567 women’ were taken off relief rolls. The great majority were enrolled in courses not de- sign d for employment, such as physical train- ing, totals being 5.493 men and 10,313 women. Employment was found for 1,277 men and 1,-

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The City Council of Moncton. for the year ended December 31, showed a surplus of $17,- 419.60 and the Mayor apologised for its not be- ing larger. It was revealed in thc lengthy aud- itor’s report that the bonded indebtedness of the city had decreased some $40,000 since Dec. 31, I936; that the sinking fund contained an amount approximately 43 per cent of the total indebted- ness of the city, and further that the sinking fund earnings were about 4.4 per cent, which in the opinion of the auditor was an exceptionally good return in the present money market. The report pointed out that the sinking fund now amounts to, at cost: Treasury department, $894,358.26; and water and light (lcparttnent, $7oo,93346, making a total of $1,595,291.72, while the de- benture indcbtedness amounts to: Treasury de- partment, $2,483,600, and water and light de- partment, $1,185,500‘

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A reader says were the Provincial Govern- ment and City Police to adopt the following plan under the Prohibition Act, bootlegging would be a thing of the past before next election. In Buffalo the police disclosed that they had started “picketing" as the latest move in their drive against bookmaking, which has resulted in 300 raids and 336 arrests. Thc labor tactic was borrowed for its “psychologicaP effect by Police Commissioner Glenn H. McClellan to combat bookmaking in places which have been impregn- able to raiders. The “picketing" consists of plac- ing a uniformed patrolman on duty directly in front of the entranci- to a suspected bookmaking establishment. The “picket" docs not try to in- terfere with persons moving in and out of the place, but is there for the psychological effect that his unifonn has ,on prospective bcttors. Captain Thomas W. Ryan reported that the par- ronage of one place had dwindled to almost 110111 ing after an officer was placed in front of the entrance several days ago. Although Buffalo police have been staging almost daily raids in their fight against gambling, steel doors, look- outs and buzzer systems have thwarted them from obtaining evidence in several cases. By the time they had battered their wav into the betting rooms all evidence had been tit-strayed and they were unable to make arrests. The "picket plan” is designed tn starve out the bookmakers who have avoided arrest. .

THE (JHARLOTTETUWN GUARDIAN

‘NOTES BY TIIE WAY

“The avenge detective rtor! ls not. nearly so exciting as the health report-s of this country." said Lleut. Col. A. J. H. Public Health Commlssxo r wun 1.11s Government of India, 1n a re- cent. broadcast talk. “we epldzm- lologlsts," he declared. ‘are con- stantly following up clues leading to detection of the agents causing sickness and death and of the methods these agents adopt. In some cases they may be virulent. germs like those of cholera or plague, in other murderous fe- male insects like the einopheles. able to spread yellow fever malaria. Each has its own speclal plan of attack." During 1938. he sald, nearly 10,000,000 babies were born 1n India, while the records show 6.250.000 deaths, lncludinz more than 1,500,000 among 1n- fants less than one year of age mainly from preventable diseases. Lleut. Col. Russell then referred to the difficulties of tackling ma-

l.500.000 lives. Much progress had been made 1n dealing with epidemic diseases but new prob- lems were cropping uD. —Ind1an Press Union. .

famous prisoner for more than 22 years, has been pardoned by Gov- emor Olson and 1s now both a free man and a citizen of the state That the masses, both inside and oulslde the limits of California. approve of the pardon ls almost. certain. It ls probable that. prac- tically evety vote received by Mr. O1. .n 111 his recent campaign for the Governcrshtp was cast by a person who believed 1n the inno- cence of the man who has spent tnare than a third of the‘ normal span of human life behind the bars of durance, and 1t. ls almost equally probable that thousands who voted for Governor Merriam were of the same opinion. It. is a rentarkable fact, and we recall no other like 1t, that the judrze who tried Tom l\fo:ney‘s case, and the Jurors who voted to convict. 111m of murdcr 1n the first de- gree, eventually changed their minds, and urged his pardon on the ground that he was convicted by the evidence o1 pcrsons them- selves guilty of subornatlon of per- juryz-l-‘rout the San Francisco Argonaut.

Herr Wilhelm Roddc, Ger- man consul for Vlestern Can- ada, 1s reported tn a press despatch lo have written to the president of the Alberta command of the Canadian Legion. saying that re- ports of Nazi activities tn Alberta are “untrue and fictitious," and denying the charge that. a Nazi agent was inducing German par- ents 1n the Trochu district to send their children to Germany to be “educatccP 111 Nazi doctrine and practice. It. would be equally grati- fying if an equally official but less partial authority would publicly affirm or deny the truth nf con- tinuing rumors that foreign agents are scdulously gathering lntelliz- ence 111 Canada for purposes that can only be supposed to be tnlmical to the national and patriotic wel- fare. It. 1s true, for lnstance. that peremptory restralnt was imposed on a foretgn person who came through the United States lnto western Canada, and on a seem- ingly innocent pretext took a series of aerial photographs of military areas and essential utlll- ties that 1n European Countrlcs are forbidden subjects either to be photographed or examined _b.v foreign agents. —From the Win- nlpeg Free Press.

Japanese forces completed the occupation of the Shanghai area wlth the capture of Nantes on November 12. 1937. More than a year, therefore. has elapsed since the last Chinese troops were driven out of the dlstrlct, time, one would have thought, for a re- version to complete nonnallity wlthin the International Settle- ment. the French Concession. and the extra-Settlement roads within the French, British, and Italian Defence perlmeter. Conditions. however, remain far from normal. as a most. casual inspection w111 reveal. Shanghai 1s still llcklng its wounds. still struggling to over- come the partial paralysis which resulted from the local Sinn- Japanese hostilities, stlll virtually isolated from the hinterland, and dependent upon devious and hitherto unexplored avenues for carrying on what remains import and export. trade. As months go by without any substantial improvement 1n condi- tlons North of the Creek, foreign and Chinese tndustrlals and others show increasing impatience. It ls dlfflcult 1f not. impossible to con- vlnce them that. there 1s any real necessity, military or other-wlse, for obstructtng the recovery of Shanghai, and perpetuating the congestion 1n the areas which are not. under dlrect. Japanese control. —Or1ental Affalrs.

Application by an Ontario- eoncern for a license to trans-

rt motor cars on a. tractor- raller to Quebec distribution points has been op used before the Quebec Public Serv ce Commission by counsel for the railway sys- tems, which contend that the winding nature of the highway leading into the Province of Que- bec from Ontario makes such trailer-carriers, from 42 to 45 feel; long. a danger to other traffic. It may be doubted 1f that. 1s the real reason for the opposition pre- sented by the railways but 1 1a, nevertheless. a very nod one. There ha: been n. she y increase 1n the length of the commercial vehicles whtch are permitted lo travel oyer the highways until to- day many of them bear a resem- blance to miniature Many a private motorist his breath when ‘he sees one of these monsters abpruachlnt! be- cause there 1s no dottbt whatever that their introduction has added to the dangers of flue roade, many of whteh, moreover. were never built for thetr accommodation and are ill-adapted to their use. ‘Th:- hutze. lumberfntz crrrtars which r011 pver the highways w-re not forseen when most of our hlqhwava were built. Th» effect of their '1 troductlon hes been to delnv traffic, thus. nddlnz to the perils of the road. and especially at curves. to force private pars-n- ger vehicles into positions of 1n-

rentI-d 1n opposition of the lssueof the tin-m». 1n nueattort. the applica- tion wilt b- trrmfed. hMelIu ww-

enueJrmn the raids. show little rllspnstthn f.» 01a» this ale-r of traffic under onntrr-i or to itrnll the. Mza- of lh- vet-fates 1n usegm the hlehwavn. The time must. mvnc

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‘Ihla column ll Inn for the dleeuuion by eorrupundentl of t qnentlonn of internal. The Cher- 1 lattetcwn Guardian don not Io- l eeulrlly endorse the onlnlonn of l enrrelcondlentu.

THE "HOME BUILDING”

Sun-I notloe 11110108151: citing the money squand- ered on “home building" as a re- lief to unemployment. In what. re-

e may I ask has it helped the out-ofwark class? Instead. I claim 1t a gigantic fraud, helping

practically 11p one, and certainly not. the great mass of unem toyed, yet dealing ruln to many w 0 are taxed to pay the costs wasted 1n 11s administration.

The unempclyed 1s not. eligible as a “home builder." He must. own or have money to buy h1s land. He must. be able to pay 20 per cent of the cost- of his "heme" 1f 1t exceeds $2500- and 10 per cent 1f 1t. costs less. He must fur- ther be 1n reoelpt of an income sufflclent to pay hLs installments and must have a rcputatton fcr paying hls bills.

The persom; who can do this are not. found amongst the unem- ployed. With this backing tt~ev have no need of government atd.

"investors are only 1.00 glad to f1n-

anoe such undertakings. Most cer- tainly these are not amongst the

needy. We are told that with abcut $60000. lcatts 135 ncw hom=s are

built. 0f that sixty thousand how much was spent to help the poor unskilled laborer 1n need of work? How much cf 1t went to the blg interests. ever nrescnt wtth open mouth to fatten on the cream? Was there an average of $1000 per year, durin? its continuance scant. amongst neefv laborers? And what a shameful mess where $60.- 000. must he squandered to provide a‘; ‘vest. $5.000. of employment.

Then comes the damage and ruin. 135 paying tenants. enticed by government. lEBV-P 135 hcu=es vacant. the owners of which are compelled to pav the faves to maintain this government wate. Th» owners of those houses. whlnh thev can nclthcr rent nor sell, are further levled noon to help tlt-e unemployed Thaw uuetnnloved. Wllg can 111w their rent. 1~11e nro- fesslonal rent mums-r. the indgent pauper who pleads nltcottsly not to be elected, t1" hclnles. resort- lnv to every pretense and ex- perilenl- to get lntn a vacant house. are handed over to the unfortun- ate house owner. who, 1f he re- fuses to give what Ls left to hlm 1n which to ltottse the derellcts of government. 1s hounded us an enemy to the welfare of the pub-

The “f-louslng" plan was n. Tommy Church lad. It was twice introduced and rejected by parlia- ment. It ftnallv squeezed through. (a nap to lumber and bullcer 1n- terestst. and now the Liberal brass offer the ocfonus as a contribution to help the unemployed. Save the

mark. And the City swallowed the bait.

1f they had expended the same money, or half the amount, re- modeltng the vacant houses all

over the city. purchaseable at half value, providing cheap homes for the unemployed. those 1n Bsb" solute need, threatened with 011t- dcor living. for ruined landlords cannot possibly house them. t-hcre would be something to show for tJt-smoney spew-t and buslr-ss and commerce would be benefit-ed 1n- stcad of blasted. I am. Str. etc., LEWIS P. TANTON