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Heroin; Dilly ilfolllllol ll llfl) President. him-Col. W. Chiller l. Iolmre Vice Praident. J. o. our-mu. I. l. l, lecrelsry, Lieu! -Onl l). A. Iaelinluui. I) l. 0- ldltor and Manning Director J. l Burnett. l‘. J. I Associate Editor, Front Walker

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker flio-n the _ lfealrfstfrik."

SATURDAY, OCTOBER ‘l, 19”.

"A Day Of Humble Prayer"

Tomorrow, Oct- 8, has been proclaimed by the Dominion Government “as a day of humble prayer and intercession to God". Churches of practically every denomination in Canada will participate in its observance.

There is no reason why a day of national prayer should not be associated with every Thanksgiving season, both out of gratitude for manifold blessings enjoyed and as an expression of faith and confidence in the future. But on this occasion, with Canada and the Empire in- volved in what threatens to be a long and dev- astating war, \\'c have special need to recall our dependence 0n Divine Providence. It is because we have faith in the justice of our cause that we can approach the supreme Tribunal with assurance, The issue, we believe. is one in which Christianity itself is involved. Yet we, its pro- fessed champions, have reason to feel keenly our own shortcomings and deviations from Chris- tian principles. We feel the need to reconsecrate ourselves and our country to the pursuit of those ideals which have for their object the tip- lift and freedom of humanity. It is hoped that all our citizens will participate in tomorrow's rc- ligiotis obscrvatices, which have this all-impor- tant object ‘in view»

i1 Hitler's Peace Terms

As anticipated, Hitler's “peace offers" amount to this, that he be allowed to keep his ill-gotten gains in Poland, on the promise of being good in future. All he wants now, he says, is to “main- tain the peace of litiropc." The big bad wolves are Etigland and Iirance, whom he has tried so hard to get along with! Poland, it seems, had ruthlessly attacked poor harmless Germany, and it was in self-(lcfeitsc that the Nazi legions marched in, slaughtered the inhabitants, laid \\'arszt\v ivastc, and divided the booty and the country with the cqtially harmless hordes of Mr.

Stalin. “Let us have a conference to ratify what Board that the" l5 "0 dmlg" of a 511K“ fflllllllc is ended. This is only t:ue in slight

has been done. and start again front scratch. Otherwise the pence of Europe, which we have so much at lrsztrt, will continue to be (listurhcd, and wc shall again defend ourselves against intolerable aggression?’

Such a line of argument could, with equal itistice, be taken by every thug and gangster. It is quite logical witltin its own limits, but the lim- its do not cover the facts. Hitler's case history is thc best guide to his future conduct. it runs astonishingly parallel to his own recipe for domination as given in his book Zllrin Kampf, the principal inqrtnlictit of ivliich is “conquest by iustnlliiiciits." tine victim at a time! lrlcre a little, there a little, so that none of the acts of aggression "will in dctziil supply quite enough reason to resort to armed resistance." “The more such cxtortions arc suffered without re sistance. the more tmjtistifiable it comes to seem to pct-pic to mzikc any tiltimate stand against such prcsstircs; uhich nppcar to big now and isolated, f/mlu/li in fut‘! //l(‘i'f' i: ficr/ielital recur- rence of than." Tihcsc are Hitler's o\vn words.

At present he is gorgctl and in a pacific mood. lle ivttnts time to consolidate his gains and hrccd fresh t-xcuscs for trouble making. Tlhcn-Afpthc Allies should be so rash as to take him at his word—thc same story would be re- peatcd. Another victim would be selected. and— again wt‘ have llitlvi"s mvn words fm- it-“nn algivt-n signal bombarded'with a regular drum- firc of lit-s rind caltunnicsf’ this process being kept tip “till the ncrvcs of the other side brolce down, and to regain some peace thev sacrificed the victim of the odium. Oulv"—niark this!- "Illry m‘? rr y/u/ llnii‘ from‘, 11in fools.”

'lih:it is the Nani crccrl, as cxpounthd by its

high priest. 'l'h.'tt is why liritaiu and Fflmtjp can ncvcr niztlw “pvuct” with Ilitler. Forming And Fishing

This lhuniizcv, as il-‘llill, has been bountifully l)l('.\\l'\l in farm int: .1 Qlhlil, 'l'h;- litizirdizin has tibtnmt-l lrtiui ll-ct- \'.. ll. lit-unis, Blinistci‘ oi Agriculturt- .1 brit-i stu-vtjv of the sittiatitin, which app/cur» ('l.~'.'\\'lll"f on this tinge. It will he il'll’.'il lll'll ilvspitc lllll it'll drought, crops gcu- crnlly an: fairly’ .\I\ll~l.lt‘ltil'\‘, and may he rc- gzirdtwl as vxtw-ptioiizillv good from the stand- point of \\'iit‘.ll pfiitlilfll-ill. lhcrc has been n distinct lllt'l't‘.'l~t‘ in ncrczigc of barley which in turn will 1ir~w boii/rficirtl in livestock raising. A bumper out crop has bet-n harvested in \\'cs‘.crn Prince. \\'hilr ti.<- potato crop has suffered from luck of mu sturv. prices have bccu at a lflYtlfllllltf lvvvl. 'l'htrt' is, as i\l'r_ Dennis points out, prospuct of c-mtiuuctl increase in prices of bacon, llillll\ .'m.l t‘ll|‘t'\t‘, and increased produc- tion along thcst- hu-s rah-mid prove profitable (lurmt: iii» coming llimlllis‘. 'l"here is also the nccd 0f iucrvttsiiit; crop acrtutgc to meet war re- quircluvntn which is a reminder of the fact

that our farmers. no loss than our soldiers in training, nrv vital fitctors in the struggle before us.

In tho fishing industry the prospects, as com- P-‘lFPd Willi lll I . ztre also fairly promising. ()_\‘.\lt‘l' ]>l‘tl'l2l"' ~ lu ihc Illztlpctpic and Rich- mond bay areas shows steady improvcint-nt, an iucrt-ztsi-d t-nttb o. rsvlllt‘ 2.000 brirrcls bring an- ticipnu-tl. In Quvt-us (Riuufv the ovstor situation reumins unpruiiiisiiig, with little likelihood of an cnrlv rt-ttirn to productivity. Prices are about the stunt» as Inst yctir.

Mackerel has lll'(‘ll very plentiful, with prices

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The lobster catch was exceptionally good in West Prince, particularly during the first part 0f the season. Prices, which started well, drop- P°d 35°!" fifty cents a case to approximately last year's level.‘ Exports are chiefly to Can- adian and United States centres, and are un- affected by the decline in the British market occasioned by the war ban on luxury goods.

Fire Prevention

is Fire Prevention Week and in this connection a Dontinion pro- claiuation has been issued, recommending that at some time during the week as may be found most practicable—

I. All dwellings and their surroundings be carefully inspected by their occupants and all conditions likely to cause 0r promote the spread of fires removed.

2. All public buildings, stores, warehouses and factories be inspected and cleaned of rubbish.

3. All hotels, theatres, asylums, hospitals and other institutional buildings be inspected and provision made for all changes necessary to pro- tect the occupants from danger in the event of fire. '

4. Fire drills be held for the children in all schools, for the inmates of all institutions and for the employees in all large stores and fac- tories.

5. Special instruction on the subject of firc prevention be given by the teachers and by mun- icipal officials in the schools.

6. Boy Scout leaders give instructiuit to the troops under their control as to the best tilt-tins of co-operating with municipal firedcparttnents.

7. All legislation and regulations enacted or

issued by Dominion, provincial or municipal au- thorities dealing with fire prevention be given publicity by the municipal officials and thrtt by public meetings 0r otherwise, as may to them seem most fit, they endeavour to impress upon the citizens the national importance of safe- guarding life and property from loss by fire, and particularly the safeguarding of the lives of small children from fire» The proclamation quotes authoritative statis- tics to the effect that during the past eighteen years, 771,000 fires in Canada have destroyed insurable property valued at more than $702,- 000,000 and that during the same period 7.463 persons have lost their lives and over 23.000 others have been seriously injured as a result of fire.

Next week, Oct. 8-14,

=- EDITORIAL NOTES —

columnist reminds his fellow Pontius Pilate was the first

An American countrymen that neutral.

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Assurances by the \\'.'trtime Prices and Trade

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in Canada should put a iii l!

to hoarding. k n=

“Bring 'em in alive" is the motto of the French stibmarinc commander who not only cap- tured a German merchant vessel but convtivcd it across a thousand miles of the Atlantic into a French port_ n- iv n- 1r

One of the lcatliug members of the Klaritime Synod of the Prcslrvtcriztn Church, Rev» C. Carlyle Webster of Zion Church, has been ap- pointcd convencr of the Budget Committee in succession to the Rev. Dr. Munro, New Glas- gow, who has retired after many years service.

‘l1 ‘Y ll‘ ll‘ A patriotic example is shown by the \\'onten's Institutes and Catholic \\'on1eti's Leagues in forming Red Cross working units for the knit- ting of socks and sweaters for our gallant troops. Similar efforts plttycd 1t ititttcrizil pztrt in winning the last war.

v n: s w- Chopm's “Funeral March" now has an added poignancy. It was composed as a lament for the death of Poland which has since risen phoenix-like from its ashes, only to bc ovcrrttix (again by the same brutztl neighbors. llut like john Brown's Body, its indomitable spirit goes marching on. F I l!

Hitler has mzldc one more pnptilau" demon- stration as a man of war, while ti! tho stimc time moving heaven and hcll in (irdvr to escape the coitsctpienccs of his wrong (Irving. llc would like the German people to believe he is invinci- ble, yet practicallyt going on his kuccs to tho Allies hcseeching thcm to cry off the hound of war from invading (icrmrutyz

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Special emphasis is ]ll.'lt‘f'(l by .\‘Q'l'l\.'\llllll‘ill hlinistcr (irtrdint-r on the ncctl of nviiiitwiiiiiig and improving hog projuctiou in timznlu. It W215’ for this piirptist‘ that thc l-'il".\‘L".‘lllQ' l'v(‘llilt‘l'i (it)\'(‘1'|llll1‘lll’ obtninctl tlxt- lvtcun tiuoizt in tht.‘ llritish mnrltct tinder thc limpir: ll'.'ltl(‘ pacts, and saved the industty from (‘XlillCllOll during the worst period of the depression.

»i= 4- * >1: One ttdvzinttigc of being a Scntttor is that one can talk out loud rule's lltmcst conv titms. Sen- ator Duff took rtdvantzigt: of this in ntldrcssing the Prcsbytcriztn Synod of the Maritime Pru- vinccs at Sydnov, when he dcclztrcd that con- scription must be and (night to be. introduccd in, (lanzidzt. Non-conscriptioiiists, he s'li(l, were, (should the fortunes of war go zigniitst the Al- lies even for a time in liurtipel, |il<cly' to have no alternative to the ypose step and titttstretclted salute of llt-rr Ilitlcr. s v v n-

P.F..I. Militia units have always mztinttiiiicd a high military record, and today they are second to none. Not only are the incu bt-ttcr drilled, behaved and more soldier-like, but their officers carry off the palm for all-round efficiency. 'l‘his is evident from the demand mrulc tipon I‘. If. I. staff for duty throughout the Rlztritimcs. 'l‘|insu travelling from point to point cannot fail to note that key positons and high military office tire held by Island officers. The pains taken in the past years to train our militia, and bring the men tip to a high standard is bearing ample fruit, Infantry, Medical Army Corps Sign-il- lers and Artillery officers holding leading posi- tions throughout the ilfnritimcs~ The province has a right to fccl proud of its officers and men

better than last y'car. Cod prices also show an imocovement.

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NOTES BY TllE WAY

light: years after his death University College. Oxford, ec- cepted s bust. of Shelley with some reluctance. The poet. had sung Writ sweetly. but he mid also shocked the dons of his own and a later day by his wayward dreams and heretical dramas. Since there had been no portrait or bust done from life, the dons may have hesitated on aesthetic gzounds lest. the bust was as un- like Shelle as Shelley was unlike thcm. An now forty-seven years after Oxford permitted the prodi- gal to return, Eton has allowed her old student admittance again. What Shelley thought of his school tyrants, and what masters and scholars thought of the poet, are well known. The main fact 1s, that. 1t was at Eton Shelley dedi- cated his life to the Muse and to Intellectual Beauty. Suffeflng mellowed him. hnd the funeral pyre on an Italian beach should have cleansed his memory of all

animus. Time does heal. given enough of 1t. - The Canadian Bockman.

Two baby brown Brazilian eagles screamed over the East Bide recently and mot-hers snatched their children in off the streets. One eagle named Tom, although a female with a. wing spread of six feet, was cztptuzed in a tree 1n Tompkins Square Park. The other, a male named Jimmy, from the wilds of the Braziiian jungle, 'ell fluttering at the fret of Mr. Josie Van Ztinchanko, of 2'75 West 10th street. who wasn't impressed by his five-fool. wing spread and shooed him into an embroidery shop. There, Teddy Nalesnik. 14- year-old naturalist, jammed the big bird into a laundry bag 1nd took him home to 269 Elast, 10th street. The birds escaped from the rooftop coop of Arthur Imlner, of 95 Avenue B, proprietor of a bil- liard parlor, who got tliem as a gift from a sailor on the south American run. "I ain't never had no trouble with them before." he said when huge- cro-utds ‘lflbllfirfid in the park to gtitie at the giant bird perched in a txec. Ben John- son, of the A.S.P.C.A. who went up the tree after Tom. had to wear his dog-catching gloves to avoid losing a finger. Neither he nor Bobby Coles. the society's “cat man,” had eve-r handled an eagle before, but they did recall a cock- atoo Last, yenr that gave them a four-hour runaround. Letner said that, the eagles had not yet at- tained their full growth. They are five months old. Tom, the she- eagle, was described bv the owner as "mrrose". Jitrmv rad a. crest of white with brown feathers. Morcsc Tom was pduner. Half of the East, Side was out. calling, "Here, Jimmy," until the second bird was caught later in the day.- From the New York Sim.

It has been said that the era of the locomotive and of the railroads

degree. The event of war appears as a new factor in this question. All judgment will therefore be sus- pended wlfle a body cf exprrts de- termines the advantaces which this system of transportaticn offers and which its competfors do not: have to the some degree of pzactlca-bil? itv. Not only for its strateglcal ef- fectiveness in belltz-ererit. nations. but equally for the hauling of heavy convoys over considerable distances, the railwayfls services are those wh CQITJIOI be dispensed with for t a. duration of the pres- ent conflict. In Eu:op.=, two fac- tors assure the intense utilization of the railroads for stratezlc pur- poses. Those are the abundance and chcapncss of coal. as compar-

li , which has be- rce and expansive. , ..1 land, the competi- tion of the ziutoh-is ltzs been wry greatly zeduced. In_Fr:v"c:=. 1n the subterrztnian tvt els which lead to the fsrtiflcrtti. s on thr- eastern frcnter. 5.11m lccornotiws and electrical traftzrs are used. In Germany, tie rail oafls are tax"d

to thr- maximtim of thc'r ranarit_y' are

and the hichwrtyns deserted. Tlfs p‘ n‘

practically

a re ile for ll‘.."_l“ll\\'l‘. . t lt as; "es n p oa"<'"‘ion of tlvir existerc“. In Cflll"(l'l as 1n the

Unite/l States. rt cn-tiartfliui of an inorense trrffic. the ‘ailrfarw are being t: "ginirtl. th"'r rolin’: stock incl" s-cd and c ed. The Catiadirm m‘ ._ will scan be sclvctl by izovt-rn- menfal intervention. It will prob- ably not concern fus‘on. amalga- mation. or trncral sicifiz-itioii. A new formula 1s calrrl for. which may be tetmei mrbi"za'ion or co- ordination cf trinsportition strv- lots The railway workuts will have the 1c~s obircti l siwre as intense aetlvttv will g rntoc them em- ployment 5rd trtrsctiv“ waxes. This will be tho ("so fcr the dura-

WN GUARDIAN

At this season of the year when our Beloved Sovereign borough his representative has seen fit to set aside Monday, the ninth, as a day of Thanksgiving it behaves us. his dutiful and loyal subjects, to con- sider for a moment the bountles with which we have been blessed during the season.

we find that during the past season our crops, generally speak- ing, have been fairly good though in some sections of thefiiruvince, especially in King's and Queen's County, we had a. drought that interfered to some extent with the growth of all crops in those two counties. Nevertheless, the result. is fairly satisfactory. The drought refezred to sertousl affected our pasture crops whtc in turn af- fected to a ccnsiderable extent our dairy products.

There has been a. tendency dur- ing the season for our farmers to become more interested in hog pro- duction. ‘nus we vtew with sp- prov 1 for it. is generally consider- ed t at. England will be looking for large quantities of ham and bacon. Cheese is another commodity that we will be asked to supply in lsuge quantities.

Our poultry industry is an im- portant phase of our agricultural endeavours in this province and has been maintained at. a fairly high standard though price of feeds ls somewhat. higher than we would wish to see, be bzought about. by proflteering on account of war.

In regard to our meat cro which is exceptionally good th year, we think this, to some ex- tent, lias been broueht about ‘JY the introduction of many cars of

Season's Of 'Harvest And Thanksgiving

By Hon. W. H. Dmnll, Mlnlltts’ of Alfleuiinre.

' ‘drougb t.

Our p0tll0 crop bu been inat- eriatly affected by the lack of sufficient moisture, the market is however at. l favorable level, no that. as our people in the Pro- vince have tiarvested the product of the liuid and of the sea we have indeed many things to be thankful for and above all at this wit-h the turmoil that is in Europe, with the suf- fering, dread and fear that there is especially t the weaker nations, we can reverently thank Heaven that. we are situated under conditions where we have peace at

homo and where our wives and families are safely ted. I cannot help but at this

point that. our responeiblities un- der the present existing circum- stances are very great. and I am asking our farmers thr J ‘ the Province not. only on account of the fact that prices are advancing on account of the demand brough about by the war end it is positive that if the war continues prices of "aaoon, hams, and cheese will be substantially finer ’-, but apart from the profits that our farmers may make from increased production there is the dut/y that we owe to the Empire. that we owe to civilization to roduce as much as possible in or r to assist the Mother Country. With this in mind. I um submitting the pro- position to the farmers of the Pro- vince to look carefully into the future, preparing ground at the present time or creased acreage of crops in order ilo as- sist. in the winning of the war. Our products of this season are estimated as follows:

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By James U). Barton. ITLD. INCREASE IN HEART DISEASE IS AIVIONG OLDER PEOPLE

when you read that cancer is lncnasinu, it is well to remember that cancer 1s most often found between agrs of 40 to 65, and as more people live to these ages than ever before, naturally there will be more who will develop cancer. “We have been told that the number of cases of heaut disease is increasing. This 1s true but it is possible now t1 discover what k" of heart di se are increas- creas-a t5 nmonq tr‘ persons be- cause the size of he older popula- inig. The kind witch is on the 1n- tlon has ctoti-‘Jlecl. The increase in heart disease ls not amonz younre: people who are most like'_v to drvelcp rheumatic heart disease: this variety —rheu- matic heart rllsutse — is actually growing less in number." I rim quztirc from the little booklet "Man and His Health," pub- " ‘ to Am 1n Museum

.., sti-ibiitcd at New York's World's Fat‘. it is the fact

In other uorfis. that people nr" learning to live

b:‘.‘rr ard ionizer that makes the fienrrs rrgirfl“, hc"rt d'seese lock so ta". ‘The rutlook. th-rre-

fo c. is not cvi‘ fYR the imrt-"s" tn nnvbcrs surzrsts." In prcportion

,to the ll"l’ll'lf‘l‘ o‘ DFDH‘. t"e death ‘raft

for t-twrt disses." has not 1n- croassd to any extifnt.

“Nor ls the lnc"case in the death ra‘t- of hrrrt fllSflfiSe amonq the n1id"l~-'t",:d who may devtfop syn. l‘f‘fll‘t disease. fo- this vnrklv is bring brcugbt undtr con- J trol "