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TUESDAY. JAN. 4. iim Empire or Commonwealth

Tho term “liuipire" today, in certain quarters including the United States, says _thc llalifax Chronicle, is in bad odor. It carries a certain tang of Cacsarisni with it, and there is nu doubt that, when the use of t_lie term was extended in the nineteenth century in LtiYOPB b)! "l? 3W3‘ partes, something of that kind 0f meaning was intended. _ , ,

The term “Eiiipire" is still associated iii the minds of niaiiy with the old :\\.lSll‘O-l‘l.\lllg3.l:l£lll Dual Monarchy and the PFe-IQI-l Gelllla" h“? pirc, and crt-n when the British Empire is lllClllltillCtl, these people tend to think ll signi- fies some surt 0i llfllllllill‘ dictatorship. w _

.\ctually the signature of the l\lll;1 0t leng- land—"(ieorge R.I." bears reference t0 the fact that tluccu Victoria was created Empress 0f India IIIY llisracli, and tlizit becomes clear innit 11m llLsQfllillllll which runs around the ltice (ll all our Cziintdiai: coins. But t-‘Yt-‘fybody ltnows that in later wars the term "British Empire" came to he used rather loosely to refer to "all lllg British Doniitiirgns beyond the seas." Vlil thzit use it carrictl a federal sense, but was in- tcnded to bear reiercitcc also to the unity of all British countries under the Crown.

Since the last war, partly because of the dc- vclopment of sovereignty among the Dominions and partly to avoid the old stigma which at- tached to the old tci'iii, the British liiiipii'e he- gan to be referred to as the “British Common- wealth of Nations.” Originally, it is to be doub- ted whether any new concept was being invent- ed, though it was officially admitted hy the Statute of Westminster that the status of the DOllllllimls themselves had materially changed to one 0f absolute equality with the United King- dom. '

Yet, in spite of the fact that .\lr. Churchill appears to use the term "Empire" and “Coin- monwcalth" indiscriminately, there are still those who wish to draw distinctions between them. The latest is Mr. Brooke Claxton, whose position u parliamentary secretary to Mr. King perhaps gives his titterances something of an of,- ficial standing. l-lis definition, which comes to us through the publicity office 0f the Canadian High Commissioner in Australia, i: that the Em- pire consists of Britain and the colonial depend- encies, while the Commonwealth consists of Bri- tain and the self-governing Dominioiis.

"Such a. distinction," concludes the Chronicle, "may have it: practical uses. lt might, for in- Inca, serve to clarify matters for members of flu United States Senate who appear to have difficulties sometimes .in deciding whether or not Canada. possesses independence and sover- eignty. It might also settle the status to be eti- jpyed by Canada at the forthcoming peace con- Jlreiinoc. But it is a distinction which quite dearly tend: to destroy the complete unity of all British peoples, and seems to make two halves of them. For such a. division to become per- maunt would be regrettable. But as a. temporary hhlioctuol expedient it may have point in that I make: a dean-cut classification between self- pvorling Dominion; and the colonies, so long 8 such a til-ting in necessary, and looks forward ch a day when all parts of the Empire become ~ of looking after themselves and so come 1:69 flue Comn-ioi-iwealth. It in essential, how- one, that the idea of the unity of the British peopled should be carefully maintained. No academic adventures into definition and termin- al?! should obscure that fact."

fifolfflnltdy. Empire unity and lOlidarity hover lean to have appealed very strongly to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who certain- ly played his part in bringing the term into “bad odor" for many years before the war.

C.N.R.’S New Record

Still further expansion of business of the Canadian National Railways this year is report- cd by President R. C. Vaughan, and this means greater service to the country during the nat- ional crisis. Freight traffic is 14.2 per cent above that of last year, due t0 the incrcasctl production of the country, the output of inuni- tions being $753,000,000 more than in i942. Pas- senger traffic is up 34 per cent, largely because of movements of men in the armed forces.

The business of the CNR has more than

doubled iii the last four years, with the volunie of freight traffic up iiz per cent, and the pas- lenger increase 3i 5 per cent. The latter ls due, to l considerable extent, to the curtailment of travel by automobile and bus, owing t0 the short- ages of gasoline and rubber. The railway system ivhich was languishing lack of business before the war, is now nraining to curry the load. And instead of de- ficiu, it is recording surpluses. The net earn- ings last year will b_e about $9S~000,o00, and af- ter payment of taxes, fixed charges, ctc.. the cash surplus will exceed the $25,000,000 of last year. Gross revenues for i943 of the publicly owned railway S_\'Sl(‘lll are estimated at the huge total of $440,000,000.

Mr, Vatighait sizitcs that, while every effort has been made to carry on under the restric- tions imposed by the war, the ability of the sys- tem to assume iticreased responsibility "is depen- dent on its tibtaining necessary manpower, equipment and material for maintenance. There are limits to the strain that both men and materials can endure."

The Canadian National Railways is a far- flung system with its rail-roads, air lines and steamships on the Atlantic. the Pacific and the Great Lakes. And it is to the credit of the com- puny and its citiployees that they. together. sub- scribed the fine total of $46,o4i,i50 to the Fourth and Fifth Victory Loam.

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Tlack to business as usual. n Ii U U

The next local excitement, no doubt, will be the Civic Election. ' w a a 'It is rumoured the Legislature will be sunt- tiioned to IIIBCQ earlier than usual this Spring., perhaps to clear the decks for an early Federal election. _ n o n- v A sign- of the titties. Christmas trees were in so little demand in Montreal this year that offers of trees for so low as a dime failed to clear the gutted miarkst. ‘

A rationing officer- received an application for a new ration book. The writer detailed at great length li_ow she had lost the original book and asked to be issued with another. But after the signature this appeared:—“P.S.~—I've iust found it."

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Augustus John, R.A., born this date 1879; the outstanding portrait painter of the present day; member of the Royal Cambrian Academy, the New English Art Club, and the Royal SO- izieti- of’ Portrait Painters; a. Fellow of Uni- \ersily College, London; and a Trustee of the 'l':ite Gallery since i933. -

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The l‘riine'.\liiiister took time by the fore- inck in ziniiotinciiig that the present is the last list of civilian Royal honours for the duration or. until zifter the election. There is no doubt a wliolc host of more or less deserving syco- phants ready to bombard the Prime hlinistefis office for inclusion in stihsequcnt lists, and it would he embarrassing to ttirn a deaf ear with iiu election in the offing.

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The Toronto Transportation Commission and the Gray Coach Lines have applied to the Do- minion Government for permission to use heli- copters and other aircraft for an air service after the war. An official said the two organiza- tions had hundreds of employees now in the Air Force and that after the war they would op- erate the air service. Present Gray Coach term- inals will he used. the application said, adding that it is proposed to make at least one daily trip by air over all routes now served by the coach lines in parts of Ontario and connecting with Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N.Y. A map of the proposed helicopter routes was included in the application.‘ -

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The attitude of the Catholic press with re- gard to the CCF has bees Made quite plain. 'l‘oronto's -archbisliop, lllgr. McGuigan sounded the call, in his recent declaration, for a rally of the clerical anti-socialist elements, who ever since have stepped up their attacks on the CCF party. Le Droit, Le Novelliste and L’Action Catholiqtie have given much space to the defeat of the CCF candidates in the Untario municipal elections: concerning this last item, a paragraph appearing in L'Action Catholique under the signature of Louis-Philippe Roy, is typical of

the stand being taken: “Those who fear the s0- d1’!

icialism of the CCF have the right t0 rejoice in the reverse the party has suffered in Ontario, where it had seemid in recent time: t0 be much in favor. But as it i: by no means a debacle, it would be a wise thing for those who are oppos- ed to go on fighting with vigilance and per- severance.” I i i I

Clive Turnbull, writing in the Melbourne Herald, tells this 0n on the new Commander- in-Chicf of the Mediterranean: I met a man named joe, who showed me sonic walnut trees that he and the gang used to raid when they were boys. around the turn of the century. They had a nit-keeper, of course, to watch out for an irate owner. and this nit-keeper's old home still stands nearby. It is called Bishopscourt because his father was a bishop. This nit-keeper, Mont- gomery, has got to be a General up the Mediter- ranean way, they say. Joe say: Montgomery never took part in the actual sorties, confining himself to his observation post, but when press- ed. Joe admits that Montgomery received a hand- out of walnuts a: prize money. An ' ‘ visiting jurist concur: in my opinion that Monty was equally culpable under the civil code, but I have not had an opportunity of consulting the Ecclesiastical Court on the matter.

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French-Canadian: of other province: have always viewed with alarm the growth in Que- bec of a. separatist movement. Attached to their language, they are vigorously opposed to any idea of a Balkaiiized Canada where they would rapidly be lost in a state of isolation. For them Quebec remains as a magnetic pole, but they believe in a Canada stretching from ocean to ocean as is witnessed by this credo published by the French section in Alberta of the Cana- dian Association for Adult Education: “I ant a Canadian. My ancestors discovered, founded and developed my country the land of my choice. I am heir of this great accomplishment. I be- lieve in the richness of its soil which gives nic food. shelter and raimcnt. I believe in its in- stitutions which ure working for niy spiritual and bodily welfare. It is my duty to make my country a fine place. I will always be mindful that my ancestor: never failed to uphold the Catholic and French ideal. _With God’: help, and that of my parents, teachers and friends. 1 shall succeed. In the muggle, I will be strong, in victory, humble. I am a Canadian. I vow myself to God and Fatherland." It lhould be noted that in the above credo the term "Cana- dian" is used without qualification-without mention 0f either the French or the English language. Le Canada (Moiftreal, Liberal.) bub- lishes the text, adds a comment or two: "These words refer to this country as a. whole, and not merely to the Province of Quebec, whose soil we rightly call our own. Those who have drawn up this credo no doubt had in mind the evil done to them by the partisan: of a French State on the banks of the Saint Lawrence, or of an out- and-out provincialism, an evil which they con- tinue to inflict upon them by their inflammatory

proposals and their ridiculous suggestions." \____M_V yuan“ '

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With tlon: of on earlier victory most of the Canldllu Dro- vlnces have been iii-wanna more or less elaborate Plane for after- war develoflient. wit. such bu been h Prince Edward Ialnnd l: orally known. dllnl from news in the daily as

Reeling that. cf all possible plans none could be of so neat bene- flt to all classes of our lpeople, I; havo recently taken the batty of outlining in your columns the

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con-t]; steam. leading characteristics of an Il~ n a n‘ land Free Port. Judging from the l

whlbslilenyiimln- many people who have spoken to» "—'

- b rred door f the bcotlegxcra then me regarding the project a worth ha‘ have ‘glad mm who sacrific- whlle interest seems to have been ed w much ‘or you dictlvgilighegitesifoiilstihsiig: l-ligivillgwiiiilkd 91”” “mm” mm‘ mums‘ a. Free Port function? By whom ‘lnveiilflu W"! “"3 9° "9 l’ 7°“

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would it be owned and operated? belle," 1n ti" Prohibition l"- Who would select the particular D0115 be “"14 °l Yhlt M“ “ By whom would the Mrs. so and so thinks. Ninety financing be clone? What guaran- percent of the people of Prince tee is there that the Dominion Edward Island know the l"! Government would pass the ne- rotten, so stand on your feet and cessery legislation? Would the repeal. Blunts the children Government of the Province be nlnrt drinking because you can sympathetic? In what way would force the will of a few on lo many. the people of the Island be bene- I Sh‘, eta. fitted? How would the Indent EARL R1668 Houses (the Import iinc Ex rt. Qfimiianten. and tho manufac ur- ers be induced to take an interest. in the Port? What inducement would there bo for shfncwners to send their vessels to the Free Zone? These and many other questions helm: asked have made me realize that this whole mat- ter of a Price Port is of a nature - that merits the careful OOHSldCTn- tlon of a committee of leading business men who would weigh carefully its possibilities, advant- ages and difficulties, and decide whether the Government of tho Province should be asked to use 1t: influence with the Ottawa Gov- ernment to cuss a Free Port Act. I had intended to contribute a few more letters to “the Forum" but shall withhold further- action t"..iir.:*ti:i~~. ~~ to - - o g ve any up - "n" "l" may "9 in my Dower. AND SON I. 0 IUTOIIION 0. I‘

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L?‘ PRORIBITION’. ETC. Sil‘.— The next twelve months

will see the return to their horn. es of a great many who left tn

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Iliave lust refuted fem Charlottetown Where Inspent tiny MCLOOC a 800th! W. I. BENTLEY I "

Christmas leave. 1 saw them con-

dltlcns that would be p, diggrlgg l“ "1"" a. n. neiimn. I. 0. I VIIRUIBI’! nia'aisui....s'--ui-

to any place 1M Prince ltnot

‘How Are Your Eyes ‘I’;

u" Z1342." _'"i.Z'.'lf..i.... eyes or dlnineu — oonnlt meefalln ' At yuni nrvioo with Ital-n: of experience and a tholblllil, ralrmtlm union. :: Call In and dlniilo your: dlffloultlu. Write or phone he! appointment;

Dwple can no longer think flienmelves. l saw men who returned for‘ a few’ day;

nking poaon i-om a. green bottle with a skull and cross-bones on the label while I saw other:

Q r their mothers gave them. Otlieffflirank the lemon that should have Bone into the Christ- mas cake. Are those the condit- fcns which you want your sons to return to, 0r are you wing to up- set the apple cart: of thou who take upon themselves to be their brother's keeper. 1 am not writing this letter as n. tirade against the prohibltloniat but as an appeal to those who have sons and daugh- ters sewing their country and to those at horns who want them to return to a better place.

Th6 problem you at home have to face is. are you going to repeat the prohibition law before the boys return so that. they may carry on normally. For those who left their homes the greatest battle lles ln the readjustment; during that time they will want to spend their time with those they ate. slept, and fought with so recently. During this period will come the trans- fomiation from a soldier, sailor. to a useful citizen, or a hopelci bum. If you drive him behln

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n-ozitnzitoixs Wings are Spreading

In ‘I943 .‘I'.C.A. carried:

141,000 pcuengom over- ogo length of passenger Iouliioy, 57 0 mllu.

3,900,000 pounds of cli- mqll, approximately I56 million lotion. ‘

140,000 pounds of olr oxprou. approximately 58,000 ihlpiiionft.

Iot- informlitlrl. "WU" mag, m. Ooiilnlt 1°" invent Airline office, or any 0. N. I». P119580? representative. t

pioneering work.

T.C.A. links Ocean toiOcean, City to City and- Nation to Nation. its daily flights with men, mails and materials are the equivalent 0f once around the world at the Equator.

Members of Canada's armed forces serving overseas, and in all the outlying territories, are brought nearer home by Trans-Canada A}: Lines. To carry mail to and from our forces in Europe, to transport men on technical and military missions, the Canadian Government has established a trans-Atlantic air service operated by T.C.A.—a. service made possible through T.C.A.’a established facilities and

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n the undeniable prerogative of Biddy tlie Hen to bathe arly Bird”, and that we have ‘a temper-mental apathy to- wards the idea of putting in an appearance before lunrioe we beg to announce that during the first three months of 1944 our office hours for five day: in tho-week will be from 9.45 mm. until 5.46 pm Saturday: m clone at on: o'clock.

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“Iron: Everything which lmii Happened in the Past We may draw Encouragement for the Future.” _

—Churchlll.

Churchill's words, seasoned with prudence, spiced with courage, apply not. only touour Commonwealth's steadfalt. course-through thll prelent. unpleasantnul" but. lllo to our pro- grel: through the strain: and stresses of the peace which ls to follow it. ' ' '

Already upon the horizon, now lighted by a red dawn, w: m strange shapes appearing - old forces ln new forms and power demandlnl "I be adjuoted to iiatlimal and International life. But we in the British Commonwealth of Na- tions need not be dismayed. We are fortunate tn that we can draw upon deep marvel. of ex- perience in uljuatlng tlio- dynamlemof individ- al initiative to furtherance of the common weal. True we face troubled use; but. we do _ no in a utout :hlp well balanced with sound com- iion unse and manned by men of wisdom and

good will.

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