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alumni; Daily tI-uunded tn I881)

President: Lieut. Col W (Thule! 5- M1114!" Vic. President: .l. IL Burnett. F-J-l- Secretary: lucul. Col D A blﬂ¢l$il1ﬂ0ll~ 9-541 Q|.u| an“ "Jlluﬂlllg Ulreclur" J. R. Burnell- F-JJ A-suemle Ltluuis. Ftuitk Walker and Ian A. Burns“

hil-BSLIIIFHUN BATES By Mall 111 r. L 1.. sum rm were 52-5" "I 5 mtt-Itlh 51.25 {i-r 3 uiutitns; 50c for one mouth

city uetuu) s.1.uii pei year; $3.01. for b month:

$1.75 for .1 munllu

B) Mall 1n cuff-ma and L.S.A. $5.00 per yell ﬂatuiuuy llccfsn. v4.00 per year, 51.0010: 5 munlnu

' 501 loi if muffins.

The Lliurfiiiit-toivui uuimliuu may on shunned cl Mount-i,- Aunl Jglilrj, lltllcl squuru, bun lurk; 01a buiitu Aru- .\gi-111_y_ Lorne: Milk uni: ll unliiuulun, Bulluli llsllrnvlllllzlll \,,-.-11.y_ m»: Peel st. Iluulroali 4 line, .151 Bu; 51., ion-uni, Mm- f-lninl, (hulunu liinur or. Ouuwu, \\iillv*n m-u- \1.u|t|, Slltllllll’), 0111; Ilub Iuhwnnc sin-p, Munrlun, .\. n; l.lli~i1 “ullvflllll. Aiulisrn. N. a

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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker than In:

Weakest Ink." 153i:- .-ll,\\'. SEFIEAII-ll-Zlli £1941.

CdlltllIIiHlS Al Spilzbergen

'I'l1c c-i a ll:ll on. llllr war hits l1. llll: liuxn \\t'il -_ i; '

5w piirt which Can- c iicrct-ifiire played in 11 no fault of theirs. .\s 'll'c‘ rcigzirilctl as among liri-iit lirrtniii, and are ‘ tint-d iliirc as the bulwark 3.1 "i-i izivftsicin Dllflllfl "11 Xoriviv, ll nuinlxri" of Yniii i:i l'".'1ttllll<.‘>5 for cin- ziiiil <ll‘l\(_-l‘ the iuvzisioii

ii.\'_\' were held in L"l'l|1tl'l\'l\llOll ports. b ~ 1 l- Idivlsiuli

r \';iiriili:iii ' ~t hcfore the cap- .. \ll almost iiiiincd-

11111." ,li"1 \"._"-.- \\..' iairly.

X iw 111'" troops. Q1‘. l l

liilillllLf of Czinzitlian "‘ 1 \"" ~ ‘

1 i1 ZIIK A f7I\\Lgl[IIl Itlll-ilt‘

t: tic‘ " archipelago of \i~iizl1i1 t .‘. :1". ilic nortlierniiitist 1.11 of '1.» f‘c1"ni;i11~. it is intimated. u-re i-l o ~ ' Zlil ilic coal resources there i3 u-s, 'l'lii-_v seem to have

been _' by surprisve, offering no llllcffil‘: i-i 11n- lzinliii: of the Allicil troops, n ho >'lll_\ ‘~ 11nd s<"ei'c:l_v" uiidcr com- nizinil of :1 '1 lli"i-g:i<l"'r~r. Our troops have

" .il\‘lll('ill< and are no doubt

i-niurqcncy" that niay arise.

\ CllOcflllLf to (Tzinadizins, as cvi- dence of iiiitii- f1ri-p:ii'.'itions which may prove to h~ o: iwtiiir izupoittiiicc in the war illlllvfjt’ of tli‘ .\llii s.

Example The lBesl Argument

Premier l'*":'s .\l:-_i1-:ioi1 House speech, made iii-i lit-fora lift l‘. Lflltllfl on return to Can- atl1i. has 1'1.‘ icil \~,:1li\ publicity and has been

as the finest effort of iiiieil the need of a more - <iiuiil l)_\‘ the ljiiitctl States, the whole resources, the l'l1.'ll I‘lI\'l"_'_'\ of rue world is thrown into the struggle. inc war 1 fling on for years. carry- ing in its ll'f'.1ll iYiniiiic, irstilcnce and horrors

l'i'iiicrl, iirr his c:u"it"i'. ciniiplctc 1.1, zitldiiiq that

SLlll Lllltlfiﬁllllcl oi." -~ li'llt5 there can be no dis- ould have particular signifi- sizitcsinztn of a country .- rilictl by Prime hlinister 1:1»: lzuchpin of the English-speak-

Churchill tis ing world," 1,1111" geographical position enables us to plity the of interpreter between the

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llriiztin and the other na- msh Coinnioinvcaltli. The ques- tion is lion‘ 1h" roll can best be played.

I11 one p11 ii-nlrir, suggests the Globe and Illiiil, .\lr. King's spccCll presented something of an anoiiiziln". .\llll'll‘,{ the first things United States piili is iisl; about when they come here is the sircnt, 1 of our active army, and the means of rvcrtiiiiifg. llztve we conscrpition? If not, whv? l‘1"i~.~i1lci1t hoosevelt introduced con- scription 111111 (‘Yltdlllcll it, although his nation is ncutrril, .\lr. Churchill lllltl said that in the Far East l,li"i"..iiu would stand by the United States, and _\1r_ £21151, in his Mansion House speech, asked the IH-wsiilciii for‘ “a similar declaration 0,, the pan of the lfnitcd States as against‘ Nazi (ici"iii;iirr." .\i~p:ii"<'iiil_v he saw nothing iiic0n— 11g; thi- Yniicd States to use

ljllliQfl 5i tioiis of the l‘-

sisiciit in rcipv p _ c,,,,<¢,-;,,1;.,1 fort-p; to ziid llritain although tiii- willini; to 01111111111 (‘iinzulzi to the same policy. \Ve have ‘q.,111p1d>-11"\' service only to defend the lit-p; 111d pi-opirii" of our own people. (Hi1 Ml’. king i”. i,,,,,,..-_ “hi, ]1I|]]\(‘lf when he ‘Sflys mo“. i,“ Hf hf-lp is 1l('<‘t‘<s2ll"\' to defend ISritain but stops short oi -\[1I'l,\"lll llle ml” Brlmm l” aim“, m can for millions more men under her c,,,,,p,,ic,,,-y .i-|'\'it'f‘ plzin. (Em Canada claim that 511v is ciiiiiiiliiiiiiig licr full quota?

\lr K111" il 1S iiwiniil. has to contend with I"lt‘l'll and i><»liiii~:1l olisiiiclcs. llut Mr. RooSQVell

also has nmny such problems. They are of ‘p0 significnnct- roiiiiutrvil \\'llll the issues atvsta C. and flit: sicniiiv 11l‘t‘llt‘ll to meet tlicin. \\e can- not m]; 1i“. 1~,,,~,..,1 511m; to do what we dodge f0,- pnliiicitl f'X]lt‘lll(‘l'|C_\'. \\l1:it we do in the pm, of qriion i< il1t- 111o=t effective way of 1n- flticiiciiig our lll‘l'.'_llli4i1'_ _

Ti“. \|1,1~io11 llitlht! speech has reopened thts. q,,,._.,,,,,,, ,\,-,. “ti, giving the right leadership to gain ‘vim; i; gfnfglif fronr Washington, lthﬁ leadership that stops at nothillfl to accomllls the iiizixiiiiiun Fcﬂillil ‘Nllll the knowledge gziiucfl in his confirrenccs and inspections allllﬁilld. (gtimiitfl(‘llyIiIl1'-lllll’l(lBd P0090 1e privilege of asking this question.

L11}; In Britain

Properi y

, ropri-iv lot-s E11 llriinin through air raids in 1],.- firci 1m, yvrirs of the war is estimated at $,p\’i1_iiiv1,t1i>ii h) ililii- limoiiulltiSl, BrlllSh Im- aiiciil jiiiiriizil.

'l'h1- thslilllillf‘ is l)2l\'(‘(l on figures provdied by :1 [iffillllllUlll i11<11r:111ci' Cﬁlitpilll)‘. which revealed {is 1,15%»,- io 11¢ 3 i-z pci" cent r111 extensive real estate holdings in Greater London. Since damage

in London had been more extensive than else- where, The Economist set the percentage for the entire country at 2 per cent of the estimated real estate values of $24,00o,0o0,000.

Insurance is compulsory for manufacturers and traders iii Britain, The Economist pointed oitt, for all property valued at more than $4,000. Insurance is obtainable, but not mandatory, on property of a value of less than $4,000. The rate

was $6 foi each $400 for the two-year period Sept. 3, i939 to Sept. 3o, 1942. Insurance also is mandatory for farmers, a

minimum of $1.200 to be carried. It is.,yoliiiitary on furniture, clothing and other personal chattels of private citizens, with a maximum of $40,000 allowed.

In aildition, the government has a provision for free compensation to householders for loss of personal effects up to a inaxiiutim of S600 for single persons, $1,200 for lllﬂl'l‘lt‘(l couples and Sioo (ltlilllliilllll for each child undci" i6. This free insurniict", however, is not twatyahle until after the \\".'ir unless hardship can he shown 0r replacement would be in the‘ national interest.

— EDHURIAL NUIIIS .—_

Two young Men's Christian Association of- ficials in the Central “Y,” Montreal have been sentenced to two years and one year rescpectively for systematically looting niomers of personal property to the estimated value of $700. =11 1i

The governments of Great Britain. Australia and the Soviet Union are considering plans whereby Russian ships troultl be tisctl to zissist British shipping in the 1"c1iii'i\"nl of surplus pro- duce front Australian piwts. The produce zilreaily has been purchased by Britain. 1v if -1< m The .\i1_-‘tr:ili:i1i aircraft industry has laid pro- duction plans for 111.12 which will ilouble the output of the first thirty months‘ opt-rations of the new ll':tlllSll'_\'_ ly the end of i041 aircraft valued at $30,000,000 will have been hiiilt. 'I‘he industry’ expects to turn otit its tliotisiuiilth plane by (,)CltiliCl‘, 194i. n- : >11 1r Distribution of nearly $29,250,000 has been made to Australian woolgrowers for wool piir- chased hy the United Kingdom, ."\t the average price of just over 24c per pound. In spite of the war, Australia's wool still provides an iinutizil incong of more thtm $ii)5,ooo.ooo, fin .1 the Aus- tralian slieep population of I23 millions is still easily the highest in the world. 1r m s< =1. Lloyd's of London has discontinued writing houilaing insurance for outpost of the Ullilcd States Pacific (lcfcnscs. I\li". \V. B. irtuiilt of San Iinincisco, Lloyd's Iktcific Coast representa- tive, said new insurance was being rcfiisctl “not bccziuse of fear of war but because of possible sabotage.” Rates on bomb iiisuritnce in Ilono- htlii have risen from i0 to 50 ccnts for $100 pro- ectioii. Policies totril more than $10,000,000, .\Ir. Ilrzindt said. 1r a i: v

The Earl of Ilartnvootl, husband of the Prin- cess Royal, sister of Ilis Klajcsty, born this tltite i882. Ile is a cousin of the Duke of llucclrsuch, whose daughter, Lady Alice Moiitzigtic Scott, is married to his Royal brotlier-iii-lzin" the Duke of Gloucester. IIc was a (i1't‘llIl(llL‘l' Giitirdsiiittii, but stibscquciitly became Ilontirtiry Attache zit Rome, A. D. C. to the (i0vernor-Licneral of Canada, 1907-11; served and wountli-d in litiro- pean \\‘;ir. lrlis heir is V" ount Lzisccllcs, old est cousin of PFlIICCSSCS ll ztibeth and hltirgtirct Rose.

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A metropolis is the capital or chief city of u kingdom, cottiitry or province and may, or may not be a comparatively small agricultural coin- inunity. Everything possible should be done to uphold its dignity", maintain its status and to de- velop its potentialities. Instead some people, by design or otherwise, are doing their level best to minimise the importance and standing of the inc- ropolis of Prince Edward Island, and it is thc duty of our citizens to see that they do not get away with it. a is n- u

Exports of coal to the French islands of St. Pierre and hliquelon between Ncivfoiindlziiitl and Cape Breton has been prohibited. A govern- merit spokesman said shortage of coal because 0f the slo\v-do\vn policy of miners in some Cape Breton coal pits was responsible. 'I‘lic slow down in Cape Breton pits, it has been estimated, lirts resulted in loss of production of more than 50o,- 000 tons of coal.

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They are yll doing it, doing it now. Mr. Fen- wick Paul Cole has left his fiosition as editor in \Vcst I‘alin lleaeh, Fla“ and (rnlisii-il in the Can- ziilian Army because “Ilitlcrisni is a world proli- leiu just as iiiucli ours as it is _\'OLIl'5 " I 1e is now a trooper in the Ontario tank regiment and is stationed at No. 2o Canadian army basic train- ing centre, Braiitford. I\lr. Cole is a former member of the staffs of the Téllllpfl lliiilv diiiiies, the Miami Ilcrald and Palm Beach Publications, Inc.

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In Ontario, Premier Hepburn has promised to have a “showdo\vn" in the Department of Education to find out whether it is correct that changes in schools textbooks are forcing parents to buy books for their children to replace those in use lnst year. "I am thoroughly in sympathy with Ontario parents ivlio object to these changes in textbooks,” said the Premier. “It is iii di- rect contradiction to the policy of the Govern- ment of keeping the cost of education low for parents during warfime.”

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Automatic starters or otherwise are no re- spccters of persons as H- R. H. the Duke of Kent realized in Ilalifax. He had finished his inspection of Sandwich Battery at the ntotith of the harbor and stepped into his car. But when ,tl1e driver stepped on the starter nothing of a definite nature happened. The engine- would not

stepped in. Officers quickly had a gun crew pushing the recalcitrant vehicle into activity and the Duke rolled on his way looking as 11inch im- conccrncd as thmighit all were part of the of- ficial programmes

, United states

start. Then the manpower of the Canadian Army,

lNOTES BY THE vniv

Since the wit: beran, In Sep- tember, 1939 over 50000 inventions have been submitted to we Min. istry of Supply. Each month there ~13"? bee“ m3"? than 1000, and In most moutm the total has been higher than for the whole of any

ear in the pre-war rlod when nventions were sent. lrect to the War Office. Ii. ls found that. about one in every 400 of the Inventions Is useful and worth developing. ._ Londcn Times.

Two night fighter pllofs, re- turning to their base after a mostl- 11811!» imlfﬂl. spoke to each other by radio telephone. This was part of the conversation: "Any luck?" “Yes, a couple of Heliikels. What

about. you?" "I got a Ju.88." “What did you d: with It?" “It wasn't. worth keeping. so I

threw it back in the Nottiiiglin,“ Evening Post,

sea". —

Japan lives by ‘importing ma.- tcrlais working them up into man- ufactured goods and selling these abroad. It has depended upon the and the Brltl~h countries to buy the bulk of Llwse gords, anti t; supply the greater part of the materials. The freezing orders hit this lmport-ex-port bus- iness at both ends. The results are predictable. The anti-Ans coun- tries can get along without. Ja- panese trade. Cari Japan get along without their materials and their markets? — Edmonton Bulletin.

M the door of St. Peter's church, Hzilswx-rth DCVOIISIIIIT‘, the rector and clitireh-tvziiwleus will present a purse of 50s to the voting Hols- woi-thy gtri, unniarilcd and under 3t). "who shall be the must comely. and field in general esteem for her quietness and regul-ir attendance at church". The conditions are those of the Rev. ‘Iiiociins fifleyrick, one- time vk-ai‘ of N rili Petherxv ii wh.» over 10o years ago left. tuouey foi" the prize for this quaint old beauty contest. - Noitiiiglietn Post.

The generous act. of :1 soldier ln a bits 0n a Black Country road had a poor l‘(‘l~'])OllC-.‘ the other day. The inside saloon was nearly full when several pziscnccrs boarded the bits among them a woman iriclcu with parcels. All the men streimetl seats. and a soldier. who vrirclied tfuein with cikdeiit. clz. wvor, at. once got tip and offered l' scat to the wctnau who was llfl\'.ll"l difficulty with her sitopping handbag and other arti- cles. S; the bu< prvcceded for near- ly ten nillrs. At tlte end of that distauc-e some passengers alighted. The irzimtin then said to the sol- dier: "You can have your scat back. I‘ll join my husband." She went over and sat beside one of the men who had so grc lvistralrbcd a seat tit the start 01' l‘ JOUTIWY- - Bumiiighiim P

Those Londoners who disre- garded the Gcverinuent‘: wishes by going €l'1\\'l110 Brighton last week-emf fottn-l the bench barred to visitcis On one stretch " bnrbetl wire scnne was had pinned a notice: "INVIDFIIS ONLY". — Manchester Guardian.

It ls an amusing story, whether or not it has any foundation, which, an American iinws cmnieritiiior sponszrs cinecriﬂiig Hitler and hli ziiiilition to wear an ctiipernfs crown. ACCCFllllg to this allege-l source or information. Hitler still hoping for ultimate wctory plans t-o create an empire to be kntnvii as United Eurcqie. with the varlotis monarch.» of 1'1" nations wlrch "se s monarcl ~ restorctl t.“ tlic-‘r tliioiies as vri 11 rulers subject to hi,“ as Eirnp n. some of the monarchs nwv under his ctntrol are said to have consented flllllOlllfﬂ those boron-d his reach, when an- pi": ache-cl by hi. agents lntliguiintly refused. so Lu" have his pltins gone, the story goes that. he already as selected the place foi" his corona- tion, the great cathedral 1n Vienna, where he would" (Ln the crown of Charles the Great one of Ger- many's most powerful rulers, It Is a long step fer a painter-corporal to take and a long 510p from Na- tional Scclilisiii. but iinothei" Little Corpuvl wh n1 Hitler greatly afl- mire. set the precedent which Def" Eaieltrcr wcu‘cl follow. Meanwhile there are more than a fcw ob- stacles that ivniild have to be over- come before Hit-Zens dream of im- perial grancleiii" could mtilcriallzc There are a lot of much less peas- niit. things that are much more likely to happen to the Beast of Berlin. - Moncton Transcript.

In the economic field Anglo- Anterlcan reitillatlon can be made deadly. A recent Japanese envoy extraordinary to Latin America pleaded that access to petroleum was imperative for Japans ivar on China. Ninety per cmt of l-he oil Japan burns must come from abroad, and two-thirds of lit. has been coming from the United States. with the rest. from British Malaya and the Dutch East. Indies. Co-oiwratlvc retaliatory measures could tlicrefire leave Japan with

l0 sustain the clilnese war and supnly the frees she ls smdlng to Irwin-Chino and fur fleet. From the ITnilNI Stair-S mid the British Fm-

smic foiir-fif-ihs of fie tron and steel and" rubber essential to modern warfare. Drastic enforcement of sanctions on her imports Wﬁllld not. have to be 1on1: stistnlned to bring hvr Industries to a standstill. It remains to be seen whether the mllliarlsls of Tokln have cqtimed the cost of Nnllengiifg the greatest produclmz and the greatest indus- lflﬂl States of the world. - Dally xxlsf-lfﬂiih and Mornlriﬂ Post iLQn-

Illtlcr. foo. has born the cause of the savlfl, ccnsoldstlon nf Anglo- Amr-rlcan pobcies to which mimv of u; have so lon<2 aspired. Hitler has niercerl tho vr-‘l rf distrust which for years obscured the rclwllon. ships of Rrltfﬁn aw! Rllﬁsly guin- bv challenging all freedom, has

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Because llloy how llul liullhy Kidneys union from Ilia blood the vmh nutter —lh| ucsu acid: and poisons, formed by Ibo svu-clllnginl human body u i1 deny: Ind rebuild: Hull. Bu! ll lbs Kidneys hi], illness surely follows. Buck- sche, Rheumatic Pains, Ilnpua Blood, Lacli oi Energy, Too I-‘nqtiuit Upinniqn, Sleepleunenn, Headaches-all may ruull from faulty liitlnsym A: l health ulquml -n I win precaution-u ht; m kidney: Fremont? with d’: Kidney Pills-fur our fty yeltl lln hurl“ Kidney remedy-nsn-lisb“ ' ‘

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THE CHARLOTTET OWN p, GIIARDIAN

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vVhen Gen. Wavell was transfer- ed to the Eastern command there was a lot of loose talk that. he was being demoted. n is very evident now that. he was Sent. East with the strategic move 1n Iran ln mind. It was a “tell-planned and carefully executed coup and strengthens fm-

Imensely the position of the British 1n the Elast. '

First and perhaps most Import- ant ff protects the rich of] fields of Iran and ensures a constant: supply

‘for the British Navy. It also pre- vent-s the Germans securing control of these fields whlch they sorely need.

Second, Iran faces on the Persian Gulf and the Indian Sea. With the ‘British and Russians In control it w"l give a short route whereby ald can be sent to Russla. Without. Iran the only way help could be sent is through Vladivostok and lhe long overland route through Siberia. It will place the British in a position to reinforce with alr power and land armies the Russian defence of the Baku oll fields.

Third, by seizing Iran and the ports of Iran the last, hole in the blockade of occupied Europe ls nlitgtzed. There was probably not Many goods reaching Germany through Iran, but. now 1t will be tmpostblc. There is not a. place by sea where the Germans can obtain g00ds from the rest 0f’ the world without running the blockade. The last. outlet 1s blocked.

Fourth, Iran on the East borders ion India. If the Germans control-

led Iran they would be able easily |to march into the British possess- .l0n of tre Far East. Now there is I, a buffer state tn the way. The vital dand rotite to India is ln the hands lot the British.

Fifth. 'I‘ui"kcy'.= land frontiers are lllow encircled by the British. ‘Should the Germans attempt. to use pressure on Turkey and lnvatie that country the British wlll beable to brine ald, The British can assist: Turks-v amninsf aecrcsslon.

A whole flock 0f birds were killed 1t! en the British took the initiative and lnvadcl Iran.

BULWARK S OF HEALTH

Qtiarantuie stations are maintain- ed at Halifax. Saint John. N. B, Quebec and Wllllam Head, B. C.. near Victoria.

{ii proved at last to our British isola- tionlsts how wrong they were to view with cold detachment the struggles of other nations against Nazi menaces and aggression, They understuid as they never tinder- stocd before the spirit of time Czechs and the Ch nese the Abyssinlans and the Greeks. Urg- ing no more that. Britain should turn ll?!‘ hick ll‘70l'l the world. thev Fntl waivn comftrt in the comrade- shio of all the nations, great and small which are stnirzgling for limrtv. Shall we succeed ln pre- servuig this closer understanding a-mnra men and am"ng nations wlvn peace iicrnrns‘? Or, once the common ener-iv has been vanquish- ed, will the old rlvalictes and suspic- ions reas crt. themselves 1n the ranks cf the victors? That (IIPS-

t‘on 1s as vit-n] as the result of the ndmr ltsc-‘f. - Daily Herald on.

(Lon-

wlnnlng the War.

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