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The Overseas Yole

A matter of serious complaint in the last provincial election \vas the disfranchisement by the Jones Government of ‘our service forces overseas. No attempt waslmade to take their vote, notwithstanding that it was taken in the preceding temperance plebiscite, and also in the lsst Dominion general election. It has been pointed out, as an excuse for this neglect, that Ontario did little better. In 1942 the Ontario Legislature, under the leadership of Premier Hepburn, passed an Active Service Election Act which failed to give the, men overseas the direct ballot. They were supposed to vote by proxy; and the system was so unpopular that comparatively few overseas voters availed them- selves of the privilege. This injustice has now been remedied. Last week the Ontario Legis- lature passed a new Election Act at the instance of the Drew Government, in which the direct ballot is provided for all active service per- sonnel. They are also given an opportunity to vote for the candidate in their own home cou- stituency.

There is no immediate indication of a gen- eral election in Ontario, and it is to be hoped the war in Europe will he over before the new Act becomes applicable. The point, however, is that it is on the statute books. Similar legisla- tion should be enacted in every Province. We don't want a repetition of what happened here, and the best way to safeguard against that is to have the proper legislation in force. Our Isl- and Legislature is shortly to meet, and it might not be n bad idea for the Government, if it has truly repented of its previotis neglect of our soldier voters, to introduce an Act which will make it impossible for it to do so again.

Parliament And Congress

Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt have botli reported, in masterly speeclirs, on tiie results of the Crimean Confer- encc-tlie former to the British House of Com- iuons, the latter to the U. S. Congress. The democratic processes thus honored by both statesmen were, iii principle, the same. But, as the Otlazco Journal points out, the inethods—— and effects-were very different.

Mr. Cliurcltiil reported to a House of which he is a itieniber, to which he and his Govern- ment arr directly responsible. He had to sub- mit his report to immediate debate and criti- cisin——;ind to an amendment; in the end secured for it approval by a vote of confidence. Within two days Mr. Churchill knew, where hc and his Goiernment stood with the British Parlia- nieiit-and Russia and the United States and a“ ‘h? 9W5!) Unlifid, Nations, knew where they stood with the British Government.

Different with .\lr, Roosevelt. Mr. Roose- vclt is not a member of Congress. lile could not remain there to explain and defend his report, had no members of his Cabinet who could re- main tizcre to (lcfend it, posscsstvl no prucctltire under which he could ask the Ccfiigrcss for 1t vote of confidence. In the net result Wr. Roose- velt docs not know, the American people do not know, and what is more vital, the irorld does not know, what Congress itiay do zihotit Yalta. or about the consequences of Yaltzt.

flhar, in truth, is the question marl: hang- ing over all these international conferences. Mr. Churchill may tell the British House that the Ilnited States is “committed ilceply” to the sal- vatiou of litiropc, and i\lr. Roosevelt may rx- liort “responsibility for world collaboration", aii-"i former isolationists like Senator Vandenberg may agree, but until the hour comes when a two-thirds majority of the Senate votes for some Sptilllfl’? form of collaboration tltc world will nJt know with certainty the United States position.

Hands Off The C. B. C.

Quoted in these columns recently was Jlfoutrwnl tinsel/e editorial charging Ccncral La- Fleche, Minider of National War Services, With having ordered, on political grounds, the cancellation of a talk scheduled to be broad- cast over CBC. Reviewing the (Jasclfc state- ment, and the excuse offered by Dr. Frigon, who says that the broadcast had already been cancelled by him before General LaFlechc had expressed his opinion, the Winnipeg Free Press (Liberal) finds grave 6111156 for concern. It says:

Cancellation of the talk, however, is securiti- lry to the obvious fact that the Gazelle was substantially right in its statements. 'l‘liere ivzis interference by General LaFleclie and his posi- tion as a cabinet minister makes it “political" interference. It is both outrageous and ititoler- lble that this’ kind of thing is gong on; It has happen d at least once before, to this news-

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_ paper's knowledge, and tlte fact that there has i‘ been exposure of a second occasion makes it elsy to believe that there has been a score of

other incidents which failed to reach the public.

This type of interference is precisely what the Broadcasting Act of 1936 was framed to prevent. The CBC was set tip with an incle- pendent board of governors, and officials re.- sponsible to the board, and to the board only. BuLGeneral LaFleche apparently believes that. st sny moment and as he sees fit, he can inter- vene; The effect on the CBC organization can

oii-"u bad. How can a staff do its job com-l

petently when it knows that, at any moment and to serve his own purposes, the minister of national war services is going to move in and issue directives?

If General LaFleche does not approve the performance of the CBC be can go to his col- leagues in the cabinet and argue for the ap- pointment of a new board and a new general itianagcr. The one thing he must not do, if the CBC is to have healthy life, is to do what he has done in this case. He should take his hands off the CBC and keep them off.

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-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Khaki serge walking-out uniforms, introduc- ed in the Canadian Army in 1942 and never popular with the men, are being withdrawn from service, packeted and sent as mutual aid to arln- ies of liberated countries. It is understood the uniforms will go to France, Greece or Yugo-

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> I Recently in Britain a new development of penicillin, known as Hypholiu, has been used with marked success in cases of meningitis. pneumonia, septicaemia, and air-raid casualties. This drug is cheaper to produce than penicillin and will soon be available on a large scale for the treatment of civilian patients. a a- e s-

Continuation of shipbuilding at Saint John has been assured by an Ottawa announcement advising that contracts have been let for the construction of additional vessels at the yards of the St. John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Full particulars have not been disclosed

‘but it is understood that the contract covers

three coastal cargo ships of smaller tonnage than those now under construction there. ‘I i‘ l‘ 1F

The problems confronting the returning ser- vicemen will be numerous because of absence from the Canadian scene for so long; and, being out of touch with affairs at home, many a vet- eran will be in need of financial guidance. As will be noted from an advertisement in today's issue, the Batik of Montreal has taken cogniz- ance of this situation. The Batik announces that its managers have tiiidertakeit a useful service to returning veterans by providing sound counsel on money matters, particularly in respect to pitfalls p be avoided, and in giving advice on financial matters‘ generally.

William III of Orange, King of Great Brit- ain and Ireland, died this date 1702 ; son of William II of Orange and Mary, daughter of Charles I of England; married daughter of James II of England, and was invited to deliver Britain front the Stewarts, with whom the Eng- lish were at loggerheads, iii 1683; Pffxlfllfllfll King in I639; won the battle of the Boyne itt i690; a naval victory off Cape la Hague itt 169.2; utter European war, agreed to peace of Ryswick in 1697, after which he got into trouble over the Spanish Succession, btit died before the outbreak of war: “Every bullet has its bil-

let. . . There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin: I will die in the last ditch."

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Mr. C. P. McTague, chairman of the Pro- gressive Conservative party, says no political party can get itself elected without “taking full cognizance of the women's vote and cultivating it,” Addressing the \Vomen's Committee of the Progressive Conservative Association of Cau- ada, he. said the party wished women to take tlicir plztttcin Canadian politics not only as party stipporters and members of the House of Com-

bers o." the Senate. Here is a chance and eti- cottrageiticut for out‘ women's organizations to train and qualify for the ruling of Canada. No longer does the hand that rocks the cradle rule the world, it is the hand that rocks tlic community out of sleep into action. It I U i

Tllrt first Canadian meeting of bench and bsir to discuss peace plans and a proposed world cottrt was held in Halifax Saturday, with 3o members of barristers societies throughout the Maritimes attending. Discussion leaders at the meeting were Mr. John Read of the department of external affairs in Ottawa, and Hon. C. Robiiisiiii of Pfirflilllll. Mew lePrfiellllllll ‘h’: Ainericait liar Association. Decisions of the regional committee will not be made public until the report is presented to the External Af- fairs ilepartinetit. J. MacGrcgor Stewart. K-C». of llalifax, is chairman of the Maritime coin- inittecl Other members ittcltide Chief Justice Thane Campbell of Prince Edward Island, Mr. Justice W. H. Harrison of Saint John, N. 13-. of the New Brunswick Supreme Court, and J. .'\. llaitwzty, K.C., of Halifax. president of the Nova Scotia Barristers‘ Society.

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On the eve of March l, the date beyond which no new belligerents can gain admittance to the San Francisco world scctirity conference, 46 Allied countries had paid the price of ad- niission-they had declared war against either Germany or Japan. They were: Australia, Bcl‘ giuiti, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China. Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba. Clfillffilllvakla- Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Sal- vador, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, GrwW-y Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, N051"

erlahds, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway. Pan‘ aina, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rus- sia, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela anti Yugoslavia. On a nebulous verge were Iceland, considered

v . ‘ 5 an “aggnttfltCi country, and IDcnmark, “lllCll

has no government in exile, which has made no declaration of war but ivliich has been consid- ered one of the United Nations. Neutral were Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Argentina. In between W016 five 501m" A!“ allies-Jiinland, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria. 811d Romania-mow in varyipg stages of ffllcnlall“, and all at war with Axis countries.

Notes By TheiWay or filo around

A way f get laatette shortage 1s to qult the heblt as having become too offemlnate-Buffalo News.

The Knoxville Journal uys that there will be a war every 26 ears until the U.B.A. buys Eng and. Scotland and Wales and transports their entlre population to Can- ada. The Insurance of peace. we assume, llea 1n leavlng the Irish behlnd-Peterborough Examiner.

III the Arab country llnokln ls deemed sinful. 8o Prime Minster Ohurchlll while there for two days did not smoke his usual cigar. No, he didn't have a puff on the side. ‘That's not the manner of man he ls. e Arabs appreciated hfs thoughtfulness and ave full ex-

ninns btit also as cabinet ministers and iiieitt- H

esslon to their feel gs. — From stern Chronicle.

New offleial bles of llfe expect- tatlon based on the 19+! census, show that Canadlan girls at the age of one year can look forward to liv-

Equality 0f

Sacrifice (Text of cred by lion. leader of lh

. Jrd Annual Meetln Association 1n 0t 2, 1045.)

III I oome now to another phase of this matter. The other day General McNaughton. otlll holdlntl on to a post the people have said lie must relinquish, referred to a challenge I made to h1.|n tn Grey North as a “diabolical untruth.‘

l; nor do I propose to try to ms h b11- lingsgate with one who was so soundly rebuked by the voters he appealed to for election. But the pegple must not be

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an average of 3.00 ears long- er thun one-year-old girls at the time of the previous census lit 1931. How many of them will ever admit; to those extra years when they at- taln them 1s another question. - Montreal Gazette.

The Bllllngs Gazette, after men- onlng the current drought 1n Aus- tralia in whlch 2.000.000 sheep have perished, says all calculations of zllftary and clvlllnn needs for food, cased on 1945 farm production 1n the United States, should include a tnargln of safety to allow for the possibility that weather may not be as favorable to such production this year as 1t has been in the last four. That might well apply 1n Canada, foo-Lethbrldge Herald.

One of the proud boasts of tho Brltlsh railways is that. although thelrpropertles have been sub- jected to no fewer than 10,000 at- tacks from the alr, track repairs have been generally completed with- in twelve hours. That; proves how dlfflcult 1t 1s to knock out a rall- way from the alr and the Germans, unfortunately, have become almost equally expert 1n the art of restor- ing trafflc. -- Brockvllle Recorder and Times.

Research today ls no mere lux- ury. In this Allce-in-Wonderland world, where it. ls necessary to run as hard as one can to avoid full- lng behind. we must. continue to progress lf we hope to retain our present place. Canada has achiev- ed much during the war. But we cannot afford to indulge in com- placency. We must continue to push back the frontiers of scientific knowledge if we are to keep Can- ada abreast of the times. - Lon- don Free Press.

The gals will be wearing fewer and sklmpler clothes this summer,

The man who gave the answer to my challenges has proved by his record that both his policies and his announcements are unre- liable. Let me refresh your mem- cries.

General McNaughton is the man who took the Defence portfolio frotn Colonel Ralston, whose only offence-and for which dismissed by Mr. Klng—-was that he risked that trained reinforce- ments be sent from the only avail- able source. Mr. King's Home Draft Army. ' General McNaughton Ls the mar. whomlsled the nation when he told the people that the District Officers Commanding h

the so-called

would work.

So clearly showed.

General McNaughton 1s the man who, on November 22nd. said the principle of the draft for over- seas was no good and who. on Nov- ember 23rd. supported 1t. He 1s the man who went into the Cabinet to prevent the sending of drafted men overseas and who stasis 1n office to carry out a policy o1 sending some of them overseas- a trolley he has said time and attain lie doesn't agree with and 1s bash:- ally wrong.

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General McNaughton is the maxi who, at Camp Borden, on January’ 10th said his concern was not so much for men as for sup- plies. Yet at that very time he knew that more than 6.000 draft- ees. on being warned that

were to be sent overseas.

sent without leave. At the very moment General McNaughton made the statement that rein-

experts attending the Chicago Fash- ion Industries Show report. Re- calling what the gals d1d—or did not-wear last summer, a. mere male finds 1t difficult to conceive how the irreducible mlulmum can further be reduced-difficult, but, at the same time. a‘ subject that calls for first-hand investigation. blnture, 1t has been observed, moves .1 marvelous ways to temper the wind to the shorn lamb. There 1s a shortage of males, but Nature thoughtfully pruvldes u compensat-

forcements did not concern hlm, but supplies did - at that very . 1n the hands of edltors across the nation was a censor- slilp directive respecting the mat- ter of men absent. without leave. There had been disorders and men had deserted, but the Govern- ment's orders were that the facts must not be published! That cen- sorshlp directive was Issued on January 2nd. The censors issued 1t at. the request of the Depart.-

lng shortage of fabrics so as to make it easier for the gals to ut- tract such males as remain 1n clr- oulatlon. The shortage, 1t 1s said, will be acute, but not a cuticle short- age.-—Ch1cago News.

, Another scrap has been added to the mounting evidence of Nazi du- plicity by Mr. Louis P. Lochners finding that Hitler concealed art of Field Marshal Paul van Hfn en- burgfls will. The Field Marshal fav- ored ti restoration of the monarchy, the story goes. and did not. want. Hitler as his successor. So that por- tion of his Will wits suppressed. This can be accepted wlt-hottt any great, strain on ones credttlityi. The mun who ordered burned, as one of the first 1n n long series of outrages, ivould not hesi- tate to suppress a document. that threatened his ambitions. The von lndenburg will, however. 1s not a matter of great moment. The world has had enough experience with the German monarchy to know that 1t holds no hop: for fu- ture peace. Germany got Hitler lnstend of the Hohenzollerits after the World Wnr, but followed pre- cisely the same road its royal cl one g-éanld have travelled. _ Windsor ar.

The Allies llre'bombs and the flame-throwers hum what ls known as Jellled gasoline. n secret pro- cess which ls far more terrible than what the Germans use, says the

. Thomas Times-Journal. It looks like it raspberry 0r orange jelly, but 1t ls the most. deadly commodity used 1n the war. Jelliccl gasoline is not. mode in factories and shipped to the front. but 1s made at the a1r station, or behind the lines, by stirring a secret white powder into ordinary motor fuel. It maintains an intense flame for about ten minutes, and will ignite substances that wlll not burn 1n the ordinary way. That 1s why: German factories and entire cltles have burned so fiercely, defying the efforts of firemen to extinguish It is this jelly, shot out from flame-throwers, which have a range ‘of 750 feet. and can veer the flame around corners. that. make concrete pill-boxes crumble to dust” bumtng the Germans inside to a crisp, and almost melts tanks when 1t hits them.

We suggest that n number of memorial forests would be both beautiful and useful tnemorlals 1n the provinces of Ontario and Que- bec. We do not suggest that 1m- mense tracts of land should be wooded. We mean, rather, that vll- lages, townships, towns and cltlcs might. undertake to plant or re- clntm a few acres of woodland to be malntalned 1n perpetuity as a. memorial to the dead. Such forests would eventually become beautiful, those which have added so much orderly, "managed" those whlch has added so much so the beauty of Norway and Swe-

en, w

the flames.

utsk of alto settle-

mitaglt. Such {gemoignlls at? ielf- ua n , e e ee

ilie rntnfallg 1n thii dlstilct normal’. s revent soil erosion. go

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ates 0l8 awake to btlltles of memorial forests.

00000 squat-e miles o1’ new forests miter. e war, ea a measure of protec- on for loll and n control o rain- fall. ’l‘here ls no reason why wo should not have memorial forests 1n

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ment of National Defence, Gen- eral McNaughtorYs Department. Yet, eight days later. with the facts hidden from the public by the eensorfls orders, General Mc- Naughton told the press at Camp Borden that. men were not his concern but only supplies were. General McNaughton the mun who. to get himself elected. told people of Grey North that; ships, svere_ being. tonpedoed. .“da.v by day". and so unnecessarily gave anguish to the Parents of troops who were about to go overseas. Hts own colleague. the Minister Naval Affairs, reqpudlated statement by a flat. contradic-

n. And that. 1s the man who tells you that what 1 said tit Meafoi-d, during the Grey North by-electlon. 1s it “diabolical un-truth". Let. us look tit the facts.

At Meaford I did make certain statements. I shall repeat them here. I said that General lVlc- Nuughton employed the dictatorial powers of censorshlp to hide the truth from the Canadian people. I said 1t was only thanks to the freedom-loving press of Canada that the truth was forced into the open. I said you would not have known the truth even today 1f the freedom of the press had not, been asserted.

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Then I went on to say-wand l quote from that speech, because there 1s no excuse for the mie- representatlon 1i; has been given. This 1s W113i. I said:

"You know jliat more than 0.000 draftees deserted on beln! @0111 they would proceed overseas. Let General McNaughton tell you about those who were sent. over Le‘. hlm tell you what. hll-‘lliwnfll Let hlm tell you the whole sordid story. Let hlm tell you why some of those men arrived In Brl ivlthont. their rifles whlch . are expected to have. Let hlm tell you about. how they threw their rifles overboard. Let hlm ll you how they threw their rnunltlon overboard. Let hlm tell you the truth. which 1s n condemn- ation of the complacency, the lack of leadershlp. the inept. mishand- ling of the entire ‘manpower