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Burnett, ILU.N.V.B. 10h Act-Iva Sorvtnol

“The Strongest Memorl i! weak" Th“ the Weakest Ink.

l-‘RlDA-Y. JAN. ‘I. 11m

The Nazi Strategy

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111-111. sl\l.l1l] |.11-p.1g.in11.1 ii1.1cui.ic tlic “Q1111 “= (’\Ql' s1‘ t1 The tierniun strategy 1S 10 hold '11 1-11- lit-ti]. 111 111-111 011 t]£'=]‘@1'i‘1l91."- 311mg U1‘ g1-1_111111]1~11]_\ 11 htii 1111 piicoof >l111l(l1llg1>i§l£~11\] ,;,;.\,, p“. pgu. .,1 >111“ 111111111-111111]. illlt.u\\lll 111111 111111.111 >11'.1t1g\' 111 till] stint". 1-1 111-11111" 111 1\c1'_\ inc-ans znurltiblc- to 11-1-11111-111111- iii-sui- l11"1> of tiic g1-1-;1t ct-zilition n-hicli £L-llll'0ll‘>l]lClll<

l1‘_ ,1. their 1' 1.--i1i11g runs, we c1111 ]i--l1l ~11: l...“ flrrul-ii. 1li\ _i\1‘ 11nd 1l('11(ll_\' n111\t‘111¢1t1> Vi" 11.111191’ 111-11111 i-i 1111- 111111111 .\llli1llt’t‘. l~\..-$. ti,“ \'l\ 11: 111- ior1-1-1l so 111.11 1hr) \\I11 11111 “til a-noufl tl-1-.-.--~1-].1-.~. 1111111‘ 11H‘ <'-\I~“1]l\“-‘ “"111

vyhich ilici- prnpiigzite for i11s1d1ic1- 1111- 1111111101- pr1.-]1]1‘n".~ 1-f l\‘llF\ii\ 11111] P11111111], 1l11-v_l'1'1‘i1c]i (yjglll-Zllidfl of the Lebanon, 21111] publicize 111c- 1-1-11011111111. $llitl1\ 111' L11]. 111111011 Klckorinick. 'l'1ici1- hopes 1.111] plans cxtcrtd llcllnlf] ‘he 5111' ring 11p 111' strife hctwc-cn nation's". They wait-.]- -,-1,1_,, i111- signs 11f mtzirint-ss. 1111:1111).-

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c1111] t] ion ii1si1]1- t‘.'11"l1 (‘I-U‘1i]‘l' \'l‘l>*"“°]] 7"’ |-,1-;11_ 111-1111» their ilcliglit as they f1,1t'L‘>('C 111.: 11 ----~1ic 111111111-1 that will 1111111; v1.1.1 iii 111c- lkiitc-l Fruits. the presidential war. 1161K“

their tit-light a1 titr- ]l€‘\\_\,0l “pi-k st0r-PB2P> 1" 11.1, 1'11‘.l1ll]'\' 11111] 11f 1111- gr-iu-th 11f pr-i-pzigutt-1l ' 111111‘ 11111] 1ll\'l.~lt1ll.\. lf c\1‘r_v one of 111c- ;= .. l 11:1Ii-~1i~ 1":i1i nnlv 11c 111111111111 11> i]!!! point 111-1 rr‘ 1111-11 l\ (11l]t.'(‘\'ll€(l inure \\"it]1 (lUIllCS- , tic l\.~1lL’- 11' -l c1] “111-1-1; hv :1 dcft 111o\-1- by thr- Nazis o1 1111- gmccssrnw 111 111111-01‘ iii (icriiizniy, sonic- coni- proiiiisc l-cucc c1111 11c “"1111: 11nd thc ricl- ficlds 111.1, >1; “lute 11. 1111; llil1'\'L‘:1 b: lcft unrcnpcd. 'i'liis is 1111- tit-i-niriii lit-pc. Twice in 11 tltlill".‘.‘t' of 11 ccnturv 1111:)" have 1lll‘1)\\ll 111c dicc 1111' world 111-11111111111111: 'l']11-_\- ]-1.~i 1111- fit-st 1111-11“- iu 111-.- fiilil. bu; ‘ -:1n111l 111111-11 of lll('ll' li-sst-s ]1_v in ?f“1l];ll 1l1\ lls ;111<l \\i.lll(ll'i1\\111.\ 11111011‘: 1111- \i1:- lht‘ szi-iii: cnticiiig pruspt-ct opens bcii-ir- 1-in. 1hr" stun-l 1111 1111- cdgi: of iiiili»

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151111- 11111-1111-1 :1 gcucrution. 111" ‘ 1111.1 hencc. The)‘ arc long-sighted -- '.~ 111111 111111“- “1-1] 111-11 11 stistziiut-d purin-sc. 111-11]. st11111ls c-vcry chance 111' over-coin- 1Q --.1p11-i1-1- ~1rci1gth 11f forci-s onhj tt-iinioi- 11-1111-1]. 'l'lic vvcar 11110111111; “ill ltil 1111- 11111] 111-, in 1x11111111, c1111 31111111 hiiiilcr

b10111 . or 111-1111)" liclp, the Nazi ambition

Rosseltik Birthplace

\\ 111-11 1111- 1..ui1c 1-f tliu littlc ltzilizni town of] ' .1 11|-1-1;11-1‘1] in I111‘. \\I11‘ iicws ihc 1111111 1151).

w» 111111113; 1191-11 111111-11 l-_v 1111- l-Iighth .\l'1ll_\'. >11_\'.\ .1 “:-11ci' ll] 51111111111) Night. crutlilt- porn-us \\-1‘1'1: 11-111111-1111 tlizit in 13:1, 31111111115 1111111111 111-1] 1111111 1111-11- 111 1Z1; 121111]. H1- “zis “ell known as a lib-

ft1ti>1 i111‘ Ilk- Xziplcs 117111111, but 11:11] iakcn par: .11 .-1 11.111; l'(‘ll(_‘]llIlll 11111] 1111s 111-1151111111] 11a a rc- \I-l1i1lt\]l.ll \.

11- 11111-111111] lli‘ ~1-t1]1‘1] 1]11\\i1. 111111-1111]. 11111] 111111 1111- 1§11l.lr1--1 “ii-.- “ct-1- to l1cco1111- 1111111111». 'l'li1-_-,- -..P|1- 11111111- tinl-ricl .1111] Christina Rrv-srtti. T111- f-iiiit-X ,1:1i11r- “1i~ liz-l-rirlr‘ li-isst-tti. lt ]\ stair] 1.11 1l~.1 ]11»11~1- 1-1 ]]l\ birth in \'.-1»1-1 l11--.11'> =1 ‘11-1 111 hi» nir-nruiwwii :11i_\t]1ii1g 11f 111111-1- 111111»: 11!" 11111111 still r1-iii1iiiis.

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Planes Some fifteen months or so ago Peter biase- 11111111 1-1111111- of 1hr- Lmidon 511111111- '1"ii111~. ilrlfll 1111111 “x-rc, 111 his 111111111111, the \\-.-rl-l's ]l['>l airplanes iii 1.: classifiurlions. Sci-nil .\i1|1-1-ic:-.n |']r'l1l1‘.~ “r11: on that list-tlic North .\ii11-1-i1-1111 Klusiuiig. the Consulidaltd Coronado. 111:: Dt-tiglzis l)L.'-4. ilic [lacing Clipper. the \'-'1iig]1t-5il1'.'11'>]1_v Corsair. tlic Grumman .‘.\'1.-ii- git and the Cnltiss l-lc-lldivcr. Mr. hlascficl-l has i.->1l\3(l a ncw list on a dilfc-rciit hatsis.

ll1- 1111s rzucd the airplanes by u CtllllllllCillfKl slsicni lll\0l\'lll_L',' 1111- ix-rcciitagc r11 idea] per- fmfllldllCt’ “itli rcspcct to spccd, range, 11r1n11~ mcnt, maiior-nvrnbilitv and so on. On this basis the North .'\11lC1’iC-'lll Mustang single-senior fighter nlaiic, 1hr. Dc llnvilhind Xlosqnito fight- er-l-r-nihcr. rind 1111- Consolidated Liberator bonil» Pl‘ ciiicrgc as the thi-cc hrs-t airplanes in the n-orlrt. ln the current issut- 0f "Flying", i\lr. Masc- liiflfl rules lhc Mustang at 75 pcr ccnt o] llw idcal performance as a low altitude fighter and at 9t pcr cent of ideal performance as a high altitude fighter. The Mosquito. which is built m1 this continent by dc llarilland Aircraft 11f

Canada, Ltd.. iii a plant outside tlic city of Toronto, excels both as a homb- er and o fighter ; it has also been uscd

with greater success as a reconnaissance plane. The Liberator is called ‘more thoroughly defend- od than anv other day bomber‘ in tlic world,

111.111 “ith the “:11, the point 1i111_v 1W1

‘Li-ttt-r l\'1-\'ic\\'.

with a slight advantage in speed and load over tho Flying Fortress - "-

In 1942 Mr. Mascficld put the German D0-i7 at the top of the class 0f medium bombers and the Italian Sar-oia-lllarchczti at the top 0f the land-based torpedo bombers. No enemy plane gets top billing f1"oni him this year. Another fact of great significance is that some of the planes which llc considered the best in the world only fifteen months ago are now gcircrally con- sidcrct] to lie operationally obsolcte and in most instances have been replaced by improved nludg-ls rir new designs.

- EDITORIAL

stores -'

The Week of Prayer concludes this evening. j l I l

'l'hcre are now :0 vacancies in the Senate,

waiting 1111 clcction to be filled, largely by mcm- bcrs of [llc I-Ionsc, who rczilizr- there is little prospect of the prcsent GOYCFIHIICIII being rc- turncd zit the election. I I I U ll is understood that Conn. _l. F. Blanchard \1-ill 11c 11 candidate for the .\l11_\'oralty in tlic forthcoming ciric t-lcctioii. \\'h1‘ii questioned “lictlici- lic intended running ughin, Mayor l-lol- iiiaii said h1- liad not yct reached 11 decision. 3 U * I’

Dali-s pcrceptibly s1rclching—so1i1e business i111-ii didn't lizirc to put on clcctric light 110101": cit-sing at 5.30 y-cstci-dny. T111‘ inildnt-ss 0f ihc \\'C£l[llL']’ is gem-rally being remark-011 upon -— though this is customarily c1-iisi1lcrc1l 1111i‘ 21-1-11 111111-111, i1 has been more like 1'\l;1rc]1 thzni iiiidn-intcr.

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5-1. Distaff Day; distaff since early time,‘ has l11-en uscd to signzilizc wouieifs work; thus the "tlistziff" or spindle side 0f a family rcfL-rs to the ft-iiiulc branch as opposed t0 the "spear" or 111,111‘ llruilcli; the 7th of _l:111111ir_\'. tlic day aftcr lipiphzniy, is 1111111111 11s St. Distaffs Dziy, 11s \\'Ulll("l then ar¢ supposa-d to lit-gin ordinary l1r-usel1t1l1l clinics after Christmas holidays.

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']“]11- Lily Council lias 1111-11‘ succcssors with rcfcrciicc to 1-l1il1lr1-11's plzilgrotiii1ls. l1 is 110w ul- 11- 1'11i1<]i1l11l1"~. i1i~ cludiug prcscnt niciubci-s, to suhiiiit to thi- 1-l1‘c~ tors :1 |Il‘§l_1l(‘.\~.l\'(‘. pliflftlflll “l-iich will p111 111111 lu-cp Cliarlottctoii-n in tllc forefront of \\'Ol'lll- while cities. The Service Clubs should kci-p :11- tcr tlieni.

pus-sod 1111- 11111-11" to

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The pensions department reports that.‘ (luring .\'0\'t'1i1]>1-i- (1,207 incuibcrs 11f the armed force.- discliargc-d from sc-ri-icc in this wur wt-rc placed in t'il1l1]O\'l‘1‘l('ll]1 by selective service n-ith co-ogi- eration of the departments l9 welfare officers across Canada, bringing to 78,936 the total plac~ c1‘ sit-c: Avril. 1042. 1111-01110 district lcd 1111 1-1-i1t1-cs in l)lZl.CClll(']ll$ (luring November, with I‘ 11.11211 of 11177 veterans of this war givcn c111- l'1]u\'lll1‘]1l. Montreal was second “ith 1,01%, and Vancouver third with 588. Other 111-1113;. 11]] for those discharged front tlic sci-vices in 1111s war, follow “lnnipcg, 353; Oil-aim, 319; l.c-1i1]1'>i1,-2S3; l-lulifnx. 283; l-lniniltoii, .._ $111111 john, 243; Quebec, 214; Calgary, 19o; 12111110111011. 1S9: “iiudsor. 18.1: Susinitoon, 1.1);

i] r1111 llotas By The Way

London mllllnwl. we been making women‘: hats out of discarded tennis balls- This is obviously some kind of a racket. L-Sudbury Dally Star.

1 Confidence lir "l0 "l8 thlfll 131"‘ ‘Ldfl needs 11B the present time 1111a tn the future. Canada's opportuni- ties ar; greater than those of uny other country in the world. — Guelph Mercury.

Ward from Italy 511's that. some of the Canadian. AlI-Bflcln ind hnpgrlgl troops are learning Ital- ian quickly. Many of the boys have learned the Italian for such wrxpresf-ion; as: No. I havejm fl- ‘inioe buck home. No. I have no tbamblnos. I tun a private ln the "army, but; I am :1 millionaire 1n ctvlltnn life It's the same old army- -W. L. Clark 1n Windsor Star

One of the first. uses n! Bulo ,Engll5l1 wlll be in connection with ah- travel. says D1‘ IVOI‘ A. R1011- ztlds. director of the Commislonon English Language studies at. Har- vnrd University. who has confined his choice of words to the 850 con- tained in the vocabulary of the simplified language. Credited with being 011g of the dcvlcers of ‘B8510 English. he has expressed two thoughts; One 1s that nu place on earth is now farthci- away fi'om New Ycrk than sixty ll-JWS by air- plane. Th1: outcome is ttiLs; Men and women from all parts 0f The world will be dropping down :1- tnong us everywhere The other idea is: English _ in one fern.- or another 1s certainly going to be- come the common second language of the airways —Exchange.

01:1; of the most. determined at- ‘oiipts to conquer seastckncss which Canadian scientists are re-‘ poi-ted to have sticceeded in doing nt last -was made by an Amer]- nnn millionaire numczl Winuns. The Manchester‘ Guardian recalls. Coming 1.0 Etigland 1111 11 holiday vtsti in 1870, no suffered s11 badly from #81 sickncss that his doctors wariir-d 111111 the rrturn voyage might. prove fatal. For n 100 11er- ccnt. ..1l'.£‘I'lC£11l this wns r1 sentence almost ivorse than dcnth itself, 11nd- Wtnans a once set: to work. with a staff of engineers and droughts- inen. ta design a. vessel that would neither pitch not‘ roll and 1n ivhtch he might hope to maki- the cross- ing without fear of the dreaded nriusc-a- Many queer models were devised. but. nonc ever got beyond the expsrimcnt stage, 11nd after twenty-sewn years Wtnans riled r1111 1n exile. I

What we arc witnessing is not only the defeat. nf an army but thr- dcstrucflon of a leg-end --ihe legend of German military genius. The Germans are being overcome not. simply by the weight. of super- ior numbers and cqtilpinent. though to create this 1s a measure of professiciisil superiority -b11t by better gcnei-Jlshlp. On a modest fcnle Alexander and Montgomery showed in North Africa that. they could master the nrt of u-az‘ more quickly and not less wcll than the pic-k of the German crmnx-nndei-s. On a generals are outmanosuvrlng

Victoria, 107; Rcflilltt. 104; Charlottetown. 47. l‘ 1K l‘ It

111111‘ rcftrcncc to the ]’1'11\"1]zi-\\'illl1ic inc-it]- 1111. hnssiu is cibvionslv 11011111.] to play ilic dc~ v1- put-t iuvsctthng affairs in Cciitral l-lnn-ipc ——.1]t]ioug]1 this docs not lllCall that the \\'1-stc1-i1 Allics should lic lllfllff8ffilli. or sliouhl fail p) 11111111- 1111-11‘ \\‘l51l(‘$ as clczii‘ 11s lmssiblc- szivs U11 tlic otlit-r 1111111]. thCrc c1111 111- 111i thought of this “"111- bciug snccccdcd 11y 0111‘ bciu-ccn the Allies, 1o settle the Post-udr \\'01']1l. 1:111] thc lllfltlfllCe usCd on Hos-cow will 11111-1‘ 1o tzc moral. With this in iniiid, it is p05. silllc- 111 sac that 1111111 kussiu thinks zibout Gcr~ 111.1111 s 1111c lS 1111-51 111111111-111111. and it 10111.5 vcry 111111-11 11s though Marsha] 5111lin hrid in 1111111] 1Q 11121110 frcrinauy an appendage of the Russian swtcin-“iltli 11 Russian gzttilciii-r in charge, l-tW-l-zil-ly dzsguisrr] as 1111- Cliziiicclh-r of (irr- 11151111‘. (1111 iutc-rt-st 111 this slit-tilt] be to do “111111-11-1- IS possible t1» sec that Polish interests ziro 1101 sacrificed. Beyond that, wlml file Rub. sizins do tri the (lei-mails might rcusonzibly lcavt: us 11i11i11-vc1],

ll >1< ‘it h . ]]“"- .]- (1- THtIcai-Fs >11111"111:-i1i 111111 two ]1il- llu" hounds of Canadian bacon had bccu dc» 1111-11-1] to ‘Briton sun-g 1931;, a1 a mm W,“ a, Citllfltlliltl 1101-ts of $4011 million, 11f which $317 iiull-(iiiui-(‘iit t0 1111: fzirnicrs, $3.1 million 1,, ,1“. l-FOPR-sstiig plants. $30 inillioii to the transporta- tion cr-inpzniics. and $5 million to marketing agencies rllfllllfl be fullv appreciated by 11105.. cr-iiccriicrl. It is impossible tn concciveiof any 1111111‘ clficiriu inctliud 11f ¢U|l¢¢1ing_ Pym-Cid“: 11111] >llllllllllg llOgs 11111-11111] than thcsc figures rc- pi-cscnt. lVlien it is remembered “hat a large share" of the payments to the processing plant, and tn the trau-nortatirm companies “jfnt to p111‘ labour, it is a iiltlc difficult to src 110w .1111»- onc can go 011 firg11iug.tliat tlic czipitallist 9):- [U]! takes too grcatfi 10]] between the farmer .1111] thc consumer. fhe consumer may not p11. enough, and the farmer undoubtedly 1111gl~1 111 £1‘! tilt-rt‘. but the margin hctwccn for labour and scrvicc l5 by no 111021115 cxccssivc. 11 >11 =1 11

Indian public men and Press are not taking the appointment of Atlstraliari R. (i. Casey, 3;, troveriior of Brngu] enthusiastically. Pundit llirday Natli Kuiizrn, a prominent Liberal 111C111" hcr of the council of state. said Casey's 11111111111!- incnt wzis an "insult to ludia." llc said 111- riiaiis, who were not considered fit for Austra- lizuncitizeiisliip. could not but take strong t-x- ccption to the aupointinciit. liowevcr Cllllllfllli llr. Casey might b1‘. "\\'hci1 Australian 11f- frccrs were zippointc-d to important positions. 111 1111- Inrlizui Army enabling tlieni to cr-ininanrl luiian lfOfll-S tlic country strongly protested," 11¢ Baifl- "Yet the British Government has a11- pointcd an Australian to exercise authority ovcr 601100.000 Indians.” The first. press comments n-cro critical. The Delhi Hindustan Times said: “We don't irantthc boundaries of Indian sub- jection widened to include the white dominions.

and iheti- troops are outfigl-itlng tlis- best that the Germans t-an prest-n. Before this win" no Brislsh oi‘ ‘American general had handled moi-c than a division of troops and the Russians had to rebuild entire their army from the detritus of chaos and defeat. Nothing so Ill-I spires soldiers to victory as the consciousness of superiority in, their leaders 11nd themselves. Tliiit consciousness had ltness-d iron‘. the Gemnins to the Allies. and the change announces 132-.- hour of de- clsion- ~—l\fanchestei‘ Guardian.

Surprisingly —ln vlcw of the great difficulty in buying food for them c111 kinds of dogs are tn dc- iiiimd at the niumcnt. and dog shops are enjoying a major boom, rr-lntcs. Th: London Star Prlccs seem to be least. double thcse bcfore the wu in mine cases flve oi- six tiincs as 11inch. Thousands of ting ou-nvi-s luiri int-h- pets dc- stroycd at. the beglnnii», of the war and (luring the air rnlds because of 111w food stint-tag:- and the risk of their animals being subject to bombing. Now, lioivcvcr. dog lovers are buying again. Even aiongrcls nre selling for £1 to 35s. Bcfcre the i-i-zu- a good specimen could be found for half a crown or flvc shillings Small dogs are now coining into their own Wbeconse their feedtniz problem 1s not so acute. Spaniel pups being sold in London today for £10 each, Scot- ttes £12. Pckcs £12 12s.. rind fox terriers for £10 to £15. Large dogs are llPlllg bred in small numbers. l‘ll.l‘l resulting high pricqs. The Alsatian l. easily the most popular of the 1913-, - broods. and lJ\l\‘(.‘l'$ W111 Qivc 1111 lo £30 for x1 puppy- IJxc-hangc.

Princess Elizabeth's training for her future llfe-ivork as Queen of Great Brtaln 111 obviously far from narrow. observers a New York Times columnist. Her education consists on the one hand in at- tending sessions of the Council of State and. on the other hand, in faking the namo r011.- ln ‘Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. being the most popular of 111] Chrstmas pan- tomimos- When the heiress pre- sumptive to thr- British throne acts in Aliiddin why does one call lt cducntlon instead of recreation’! Th; reason is that. the» Christmas pantomime is an ancient. British f-olkn-ayt. At. the very time that Princess Elizabeth as Aladdin was noppfnir out of a laundry basket tn| long white silk trousers and a kimono. thousands of her youthful] future stiblects wen: having very much the some kind of time of‘ their lives its amateur actors. Hundreds of thqtisund: cf British children ln inc Christmas season will have si-en the Al-vddlns. All Babns. rt-fintaloons and

professional hark-Quins. comic policemen the theatrc. and perhaps on the screen In 111111 country we know nothing of the pantomime as n Christmas institution. but the eminent English wrtbers of oin- own day are alwayn talking about this permanent feature of British ltfc. One of Chester-tom's cni-lv Father Brown stories. "The Flyfnn stars." ls about iin amateur Christmas

Indians are not wanted in Australia»... ." The Dcllii Statesman, admitting Mr. Casey's ribil-l ity. said “Generally he aeems t'o have attained

eminence through diplomatic gifts rather ‘than

administrative. Moreover he entirely lacks

know-ledge of India."

performanoe H]! favorttr- coin- parlson for a scene full of color and excitement fr the transforma- lion scone in the PSHtODZlITHK‘ In HIQJUJSGHN of our Mr. Brooks Atkinson tn Clinnnkinaz W9 1m- not tn n position to any lust iis what 1n c Christina; pantomime

nu! have New H

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i New Geography (Dr. Trcvuz Liloyd. Professor of‘ own-P” 11 fir?“ $11111... $1131‘!

r era-dug Mercator wen iillve todayche would be clamor-tn! 1°!‘ I‘ chance to draw new maPB 01 @119 ‘world. l-lls old map WM fir"!!! $0

‘show how ships my tfflvll- It assumed that. the Polar capo were lrnposslble to cross The airplane his chanced must of the ruin-l that. nude: 111m, four centurlel ago. <

i» T11; pllour who know that. the flzmperature at 30.000 19¢! l! "16 rams over tho Pole or the untol-

-aud who fly aircraft tb l

cruising range of 1111105 find upwards-have thrown we! Mer- cater’; old sea maps and are mob in: their courses on charts that use the North Pole for thn centre of the world.

These maps of the a11- would show some startling facts thlt Mercatorb old chin-ts concealed. 1 Klska, which American and {Canadian troops took over from the Japanese. isn't lust a lost island falling off the top of the map. It ls the halfway point and f: the short/est. airline between Tokyo imd Vancouver. Bafflnlnnd is a half- way maker on the straight. line ‘route from San Francisco to Lon- don.

A glance at. a globe or at an air map shows iii. ance that every di- rect; route between North America and Europe or Auto crosses the Dominion. Abvur. a quarter of the iancl surrounding the Arctic Ocean 1s Canadtan- Most of the rem-etud- ei- is Russian. One end of the air Irvldge spanning the North Atlan- .lc is on the Lawoi- 5t. Lawrence and the Marlticnas. The Yukon Territory and Mutter-Jae valley ‘stand aslride the northwest route to the Orient.

Canadians in a strategic location in peace or war. second only to the U S. S .R. In practice. every plane from Europe or Asia. rPnc-h- i ing the United States by Circle courses will cross the

ion.

This strategic lmzizn 1s al-l ready being put to 80011 use. Mont» , real Ls the headquarter-s of the, Atlantic Ferry. by n-hich the fleets] of nciv aircraft Iron.- North America 1 iii-e rem-nun: Europe. Similarly. Edmonton 1s the terminus for planes being ferried to the v-ar- front. by the Northwest airway a- cross the Yukon.

One other factor 1s very unpert- ant in considering Canada's strate- gic position In the future of air ‘travel; the Northern Hemisphere is not. just half the travel is not merely the shortest distance around the world; it is 1111- shortest distance between cen- tres of population.

And the Northern l-fetnisphere not only contains three-quarters of the land surface of the g1“:- but con- ‘nlns the world's l0 largest. cities and nine-tenths of the world's population»