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“The Strongt-Tit Alemory is Weaker than the IVcakes-f lurk."

MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1940.

Who Elects Governments’?

Great minds think alike. Addressingthe Legislature on Wednesday, Hon. Dr. McMillan stressed the fact that unfortunately it was not the best elcnictns \\llo rcturncd governments, but largely the utuhitik-itig, those who did not give a. though: to the true interests of the country. At the satire time Chief justice Grccnshields was addressing a gztzlttiriitg in Montreal, and this is what he said: “.\path_v, itidifference, prc-occupa- tion with absorption in their own selfish inter- ests are the marks of the indifferent citizen. Ir- responsible agnators are bad enough in all con- science when titisgttided, but they are far pre- ferable, in my opinion, at least, to the man who never thinks abi-ttt anything saving what touches his own little itcrs-ntnlirv; who lives in a littlc world of his own contiort, and who regards earth-shaking cvcnts merely as disturbing ele- mgntg in his own peace and pleasure." These people the Chief justice coittinued, “largely, if not contplctelit, detrrtitine the destiny of the world, and save fut‘ ille brief time in the excite- ment of an clfiCllttll~—\\‘lll'll the emotions are at their floodtitle and contmon scusc, reason and judgment are at their lowest ebb——do they give thought to the right and wrong of a government polio-y, No: a 11:1 tight do they give to the obliga- tion and task of citzzcusltip." A foolish, selfish, unthinking (lcntocrztry maybe as dangerous to the public wcal as any oligarchy, the Chicf jus- tice said, lie lantcmcd that though the \vorld’s granaries are fi with food thousands are faced with star Seeds time and harvest have ncvcr fa: (l yet pctutry and want stalk through the hurl. The world, His Lordship continued, is [tasslng front an old order, known and definite, to a ncw order dim and uncertain. Loud speak-rug rcarairuiarics and subtle masters in compromise receive more attention than ac- credited leaders in whont the aspirations of man- kind find expression.

The C. D. Menace

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In his speech on the budge/t, Hon. Dr. Mac- Millan touched briefly on the CD. menace.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the import- ance of the Srnstttiottal announcement that at least early syphilis can be cured in five days by slowly dripping massive doses of arscniczll com- pounds into the vciits, says New York Times. Front the last annual report of the Surgeon Gen- eral it appears that from July I, I938, to June 30, 1939. State dcpztrtiticnts of health reported 485,90; cases of syphilis, which means that the actual number catniot be far from 600,000. Ap- palling as the figures may be, they give no true icture of the actual problem because of an un- own number oi old cases. Easily lulled into a false sense of wcll-bcittg and apparent cure, far too many syphilitics abandon a tedious course of periodic injections which last: from eighteen month: to twenty-four. Confined to a hospital, while into the blood there trickles the enormous quanttiy of 12 1-2 quarts of liquid containing more arsenical compounds than are usually atl- ministered in thrcc or four months, there is no eecape from complete treatment under the new method. Discharged, the :yphilitics are no longer centres from which infection may spread. Though the treatment can be given as yet only in hospitals, and thcn only by physicians and nurses trained in l. new technique, and though no tests have a: yet been made on late :nd congenital asu of syphilis, there is no doubt of the ad- vance that ha: been made. Moreover, there i: marked reduction in cost. Even at this experi- mental nage about $82 is spent on a patient instead of the usual $250 to $500. Much more than :yphili: i: involved in thi: :ucces:. A whole new system of therapy i: revealed. Drugs which are therapeutically potent but poisonous can now be trickled into the blood in great quantities with safety. Syphilis is merely one of a score of dis- ease: that are likely to yield to thi: new therapy.

The War In Norway,

The extraordinary success of Britain’: first counter-drive by sea and air against the Nazi invader: of Norway has, perhaps, tended to raise undue expectations of an early and complete Allied victory. Yrt thcre has been nothing in the official British broadcasts or news despatches to warrant this fl$~lili11‘tll0ll_ \Ve are all prone to do too much “wiz-ltfttl thinking", to magnify victories and minintize rcpulscs. From the start, the British liovcritiucut envisaged a war of at least thrce ycars‘ duration. Thcre has ncvcr been any drntbt, cxprt-ssctl or implied, as to the tilti- mate outcome. llut thcrc has been repeated cm- phagis (m the fallacy of intagining that a country so well prcpztrctl and equipped as Germany could be dcfcaml by attytltiitg short of protract- ed hostilitics.

It is in this mood that we must study the day- to-day accounts of fighting in Scandinavia. We must bcar in tniml that the Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway was prcmcditfltfll. lllfll preparations wcrc going on itrobably for months before {hg blow was struck‘. \V1th the best of n]f||];1g(‘|‘|)(‘nt mil] giifltl fOflllflC, it Will lillit! 58V- eral wccks for the Allies to land sufficicnttroops in Norway to make an offensive campaign the success cvcrvrnte bclicvcs it is ultimately destin- ell to lic. Military cxpcrts insist that at least a three in one Hiijlvfiltflly is necessary on the side latmchittg ihc offensive .'tg.'titt.st a strongly "1" trcittlictl ('il1lil_\'. \\liilt- thcrc is no dcpctttlablc estimate of the tttttttltcr of German forces now in Norway, thcrc can be hardly fewer than 50.‘ 000 or (10,000. Such bcittg lhc case, and ltcarmg

that will carry it to success.

The Allies, of course, ltave the advantage of being in practically contplctc control of the sea, whereas the enemy has to rely mainly on atr- craft for the transport of men and war ma- terials. But the necessary superiority in ntcn and war ntachinery can only be obtained by the Allies at great cost, by relatively slow degrees, through a process of cottvoycd surface trans- ports which will certainly take weeks, and may even take months of incessant and methodical effort. Meanwhile, as the Sydney Post-Record suggests, occasional setbacks are inevitable. But equally certain will be the tiltimate deliverance of Norway from the Nazi invader. \Vtth that deliverance, the Allies, in full possession of Nor- way and its resources, will be in an immensely stronger position than Gcrtttany to dominate

Scattdittavia, and will be wcll away to their final

stride to victory in the war.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Shirley Brooks, famous Editor of “Punch". born this date, 1816. llis satires of Parliament bcgttn in i870, have remained a feature of that weekly till the present day. A novelist and poet as well: “But never be a tear-drop shed for them, the pure, enfrattcltised dead."

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Hon. Vincent Massey, spoke as representative of the senior Dominion at the annual luncheon in London at which Mr. Alfred Duff Cooper was principal speaker. With a smile the High Commissioner offcrcd the greetings of the so- ciety of St_ George iii Toronto, tnore than a century older, to the “youthful and prontisitig

branch in London."

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An indicator of the dangers of war at sea is the instirance rate, which at present is on the as- ccndattt, nolwithstatitlitig that half the German flcct is supposed to be out of action. The Insti- tute of London Uttderwritcrs have raised war risk insurance rates IO shillings for each i1o0— or $2.22 for each $l45~of cargo for all ships tottcltittg ports in the Mcditcrraitcatt or Black Sea. This rise is equivalent to 1-2 per ccnt of the value of a shipment. The rate previously was four per cent. It now becomes 4 1-2 pcr cent. The new rate between the Americas and the Mcditcrrattcnn and lllaclc Sca has bcctt set at 4o shillings for £100 uttdcr the Allied ‘flag and 3o shillings undcr a nctttral flag. These rates are equivalent to two per cent, and 1 1-2 per

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Our farmer mrntbers of the Legislature have not nmch use for compulsory co-operation, as was evidenced in the discussion on the measure before the House. Co-opcration to be a suc- cess must “produce the goods," and, alas, up till now attempts to do so hcrc ltave failed. \\'ith the outstanding examples of not how to do it, of the late lamented Farmers’ Co-ottcrative, headed by Senator Sinclair and Mr. Lester Douglas, the Potato Growers’ Association, by Mr. Wilfred Boultcr, and the Egg and Poultry Association by Mr. L. Macdonald, all good and splendid in- dividualists, ntakitig a succcss of their own in- lercsts, the average farmer has become a little shy of placing all his eggs and potatoes in one

co-opcrative basket.

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This can be said for President de Valera of Eire, he has the courage of his convictions and shows a determination to have his policy 10o per cent effective. Sometime ago six Irish Repub- lican Army men were convicted of plotting against the government and scntcttccd to long tcrms of imprisonment. They immctlizttcly wcnt on a hunger strike, dentanding to be treated as mili- tary prisoners, and in spite of appeals from all quarters to reach a compromise, de Valera de- clared no surrender. Fiftyr-five days later, the httnger strike ended in the death of two prison- ers and the submission of the other four. 'I'ltc President commenting 0n this said: “It is quite clear that the hunger strikers dcmand that all prisoners belonging to their organization, no matter what offense they commit, should be held in military custody and recognized as a military force entitled to be treated as men engaged in legitimate warfare." To concede the strikers’ demands, he added, would be to admit the right of persons outside government control to carry on a. second army within the State, a condition no executive could survive.

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The promotion of the Hon. Cyrus MacMillan at McGill i: of greater importance than the brief news bulletin received here implied. He has been made Dean of the Faculty of the Arts. 'I'he division of the Arts and Science Faculty into four groups, each with its chairman is also an- nounced. This is with the idea of bringing about a new :ystem of educational administration, and Dean hlaclllillan will be Chairman of the Coun- cil. Thc changes may be classified as follows: I. Hon. Cyrus MacMillan, Molson Professor of English Language and Literature—membcr of Parliament for Queen's, Prince Edward Island— becomes Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science succeeding Professor (jharlcs W. IICIKICI. 2. A new cotmcil will be fortncd with Dr. Mac- I\Iillan presiding, this council made up of four chairman of grottps into which the faculty has bccn divided and will be responsible for "review- ing courses of instruction and the curriculum and rccrmnucittlitig ntodification thcrc of to the faculty.”

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“I have lost my hotel in Bergen, destroyed by Nazi bombs. If Germany! Norwegian invasion is successful, I will lose my country. But here in Canada I have lost my son attd I want to go home.” This is the tragedy one Norwegian wo- man confesscd in Montreal. She is l\lrs. Anna Nordstrom of Bergen. “If I could swim home, I woult," she said. "I want to ltclp out, now that my country needs me. I am no better than the men and wontcn who are in Norway in all that trouble. My place is ltcsitlc thcm—besidc my husband, whose hotel was hombctl to smith- ercens last wcclt." Six wccks ago friends in Canada cabled to l\lrs. Nortlstrom to lntrry ltcrc. Hcr son, who hzvl scttlctl in Urttztrio, was grave- ly ill. Shc rushctl across the Atlantic to his sick‘. but ltc died soon aftcr she HI'l‘lV('tl——0II hcr own fifty-sccotitl birthday. She was about to rcturn

when news of thc invasion of Norway was flash- Q1] on the world. Thctt tltrottglt short radio

in mind that tlit: (ivrittati forccs in Norway P111‘ 111¢§~""ls"‘§ "lllfl "““"'l‘i‘l"'l' ""l""'l-‘~ Si" llciml of being slotvly but stcatlily augmented, it becomes the destruction of hcr family hotcl.

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It wasn't till I joined my first ship that. I encountered something that. had the status of a ship's pet. This was a turkey. It. was before the days of refrigerators and we carried a certain amount of llve- stock ln coops on the booms, The ‘turkey was bought by the Admir- al’: steward and destined for the table. But for some unfathomable reason the sailors were moved to ransom tum and he was adopted by the ship's company. His diet as far as my observation went, t.- ‘ted ohiefly of biscuit pellets soaked in rum. and he liven in a. perpetual state of inebriation. Few things can look more disre- putable than a. tipsy turkey - largely due to his wattle, which dangled raklshly over one eye. However, he appeared to thrive on his strange met and ‘was the llfe and soul of the fo'c'sle until one day at sea he mounted on the rail In a pot-valiant mood and tell overboard. There was nearly a mutiny because trhe officer of the watch refused to call away the life-boat's crew. - By "Barttme-us" in the London fastener.

Baseball language creeping into the vocabularies of political people. From President Roosevelt on down, they frequently talk of "getting to first base," or keeping am ‘eye on the ball." 13a describing Progressive stra- tegy in the 1940 elections, Score- tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes recently indicated the pos- sibllllty of a "sacrifice hit,” but; now believes that won't be necessary because of the New Dears "home run" in Wisconsin. Only when a reporter wactmcl to know what. John L Lewis is "holding out" for, In his third parity threat, was Mr. Ickes stumped for a baseball coine- $35k. - Oiiutstlan Science Moni-

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NOW. mention Europe to Anthony Etic-n. and a look cf pOlllf.‘ but quite genuine lack of lllll‘l'B‘l, CIZXIIJS 11l- to 111s eves. But speak to tum of a by-electtoti in Attritralta, or on economic pmblcm in Alberta, or the acliic-vetnents of an airman from the Domlnions and he i5 like a hound ivho has picked up the scent. No gathering of Catiaclzztris or Australians ls sale from him, however simoll, and, needless to say. his presence lends signif- icance arnd pleasure wherever he f-WFS- H15 flying trip to the Ncztr East to welcome tit: new Anzac-s was a triumphant success, and it would sitir your blood to ltcar his desorlption of the men who have come from “down tinder." -Att1cus m Financial Post

But. along comes "the first boat" and Spring is hare; t-lte hurdles-t pessimist dare ttdt repudiate the fact. The Bay may look railher bleak and wintry with the ice from six inches to a $003 thlfik. and the expanse of open water not more than a few acres. and quite likely to be frozen again overnight. But "the first. boot" settles rill that. With its blunt noe bucking into the white barrier, it wins its way to the tlock, where a. cargo aamiis it. The tele- graph clangs in the engine-room, now full-speed altcari. again half- specti astems. A voice on the bridge calls out: “Will you tnka cttr forward lines, there?" And a dozen willing ltantls arc eager for the task. Navigation 1s open a/nd spflng. the fickle damsel. makes her otutsy. - Hamilton Spectator‘.

The talk about. the banned area of Scotland ir. being o good deal overdone, vnhicrh is u p Ly just vuhen people are beginning to con- alder their Summer ltoliclays (:f any). ‘Ilicre is, in fact. no ban in any ordinary sense. What the authorities want, for very l:tt..l- llgible reasons. ls to keep any suspicious person out of the cou- séitlemble siren oonceimcd, The only way to do that is to make every- one wanting to enter the arcn gct permission first. But. no rcmonztble application will bc rvfttsed, nnd there is no desire to brzng disustrr on holiday resorts north of the specified line. All that is necsrsnry ls to apply in the right. quarter a reasonable time in ndva1tce- and to avoid being a, susipctlctts person. -I.nndon Spectator.

A short and inconspicuous. but not uninteresting, news dcspatcn came up from Oorsncana. Texas, t/he other f/ay. It dealt with Texas winds and said: The wind blows hand hare. An ext-ta. strong pnlf overturned a truck loaded with fourteen men. Five necdcd hospital treatment. The winds do blow hard in the lone Star State, and what would be called s tornado or a hurricane or a cyclone in any other state is called, modestly. "an extra strong puff" in Texns. Texas winds are as fatnous and its furious as Texan Jackrabbits. Both dcal a tcr- rlfic wallop. Can the occupants of tlhe truck be sure that a Texas Jackrabbit didn't kick tit. over? -- New York sun.

An Increase has been made of 15 percent. in the price to fac- tories and slhctps of trite output of all Now Zeriland woollen mills. It was stated that this increase had been approved by the Price Tri- bunal after representations by the mills of sithstantul advances in the cosit. of the New Zcalanri clip. Smot- last season wool prices to the mil-ls had flit-roused by well over 30 rtctuesit. Under the Gov- emmentfs scheme of appraisal the runner received an average price of 12 1-4 pct- pound over a. wide range of grades and the cost to mills ‘had gone up very consider- nbly, especially for some of the finor quality wools-Jti-was also ex- plained that in the frnrshcd fac- otry artlicie the increase would be on the wccilllcn material used in manufacture. It would not be bas- ed on the labor cost. - New Zea- iand Puss Union.

This calls to mind an old-time wrap-making that was enlivened by tlho sudden appearance of a btg motmor bcar with e. cub on either slide of her. She had apparently been attracted by the swcet smell of Ilhe syrup. fcr it was straight to n cooling punfui of It. that site leri her cubs. From the shelter of neighboring t-ree trunks the scat- tered svrtm-mnkcm watched a fond mother introduce her babies to the Joys cf moiple syrup. One of the men present afterwurdr. said it; was the funniest and most tn- torest-ing fight he ever snrw. The way the mother bear herself mnrie sure the stuff won all right before permitting her cube to help the-m- mivcs was as gcorl n1: n. play. he saTd. And bite picture cf the three

cf i-ltcm u‘h*‘t1. nfilrr marrying the pan, they lelcwely took themselves

treatacrously seized Couenhalen and ‘Oslo and when we were all u-aiung with bateu breath for news of the great naval battle in the North Sea, J. R. Murphy. a nabob in the American Legion, elt the urge. as he was beaming a lane m New York en route m Florida. to ex- plan why his country was neutral. According to lvlr. Murphy, 1t was be- cause of the non-payment: ot war debts — a. sin ularly unconvtncaig reason for a urpny give for staying out o! any 115m. We can just picture Mr. Murphy sitting 1n the utrntier, comfortably coglt-anmg upon these unpaid debts as he looked down upon the pleasant countrysloe b. MS SHYCd IYOIH L112 IIOXTOIB Of WM‘. We doubt whether he realized that once beyond the state or Virginia all that; lie saw below him lay Ill states which had repudiated their debts to British bondholders nearly a. hund- red years ago, and when he landed- we trust, ‘happily-in Florida. he then was in ti state whion had two repudiation; to its discredit.

ui tms connection. consider the unhappy position of Senator Lun- ueen ot Minnesota, who heads the "Make Europe Pay wru- Debts" com- nttue-e. tiotwtthstatttnng the shame- ful repudiation by his stave in 188i. or titty uer cent. of the principal and interest of bonded obligations ln- curred in 185i. There is a big Scan- dinavian element in the population oi Allnttesota. In the last. war. the Scandinavian countries did a tic- mt-tir-ous neutral trade with Ger- many. and were regarded by the Al- lies as decidedly pro-German. U; tIZl the time Germany seized Den- mark and Oslo, the Scandinavian countries seemed to be still WIRLID the German orbit, and it. was prob- ably considered smart 9011MB; for Senator Lundeen to head this anti- Br1tash_ pay-Lhe-war-debts commit- toc. tl/ltli the British and the Scan- dinavians now fighting side by side against the common foe. however. senator Lundeetfs contmittee must have sunk in the estimation of the Minnesota Scandinavians no some- tlitttg like a Nazi Fifth column ac- tivity. when noor old Gordon Con- ant, the Attorney-General of On- tatto went; off tne deep end in a. speech to some farmers at Canning- tott a couple of days before Hitler's lnlcsi. grab. Senator Lundeen wired i IS its follows; “Why not. urge your government to pay back five billion dollars borrowed from the United States government two decades ago instead of disregarding past". obit..- aLotis and calling for new sacrifices of lives and treasure?‘ Well. Sena- tor, (itsregardttii; your inaccuracies, the debt repud ations and scallngs- down of twelve of vour states, made itcarlv n hundred veurs ago, and re- ferred to by Theodore Roosevelt as n, painful and shameful chapter Iii your country's history. will. at com- nottnd interest. amount. to almost iivc billion dollars by the end of this yeanand largely owed in Great Britain. That ls not a "tu quo be" artunncnt. Britain aeknow‘. ges her debts and will make settlement 1n llfllfl, regardless of what the de- faulting states mav do.