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President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester 8. MeLnre Vice President: J. R. Burnett, F..I.l. V Qecrelary: Llcul. (.‘ol. l). A. MacKlnnilu, 0.8.0. Editor and blanrging Director J. R. Burnett. F.J.I. Assol-mtn l-Lilitors: l-‘riltlll Walker and lau A. Burnett

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The Strongest illcmory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink." 'I‘l{l.'RSD.-\Y, SEPTEMBER. 25. 1941.

Allies Now. Not Foreigners who would llZlVt‘ imagined in I938, when Mt‘. King l'ili\i"l sticll a furore about the proposal to tr:i' ‘ill; ~ Lllfllli ll in (jzinzlila tinder their ‘own oificcrs rm l ;i<lulFnistixttion, that we should today have not only llli‘ It. .\. If. with us as welcome gllvsh, bu; uni: of foreign legions as wcll—Nor- wcgitins, lit-lg“ is, Xetherlandcrs and Poles-all allies fl-MV, but financed by their own refugee govcrtltileuts and with their own military es- l£lltll$llIllClll$ and rcgtllzltions. These fro-ups l‘clll‘t'.~f‘lll all branches of the service, air, urlny and tiavy, are under their own officers, in ilicir u\\'ll uniforms and with their

own 8(llll‘,lll'lvlll_ lnuczld of causing consternation in Czltiudl. thicriieltitlg "national unity“ and whztt not. flit-Tr [it'll-CULT hirre is a nlntter of

pride and "lilllfl-Ilkllltlll.

First comers, and in POlllf of numbers still the strongest, were the Norwegians. lVithin six months of thc Gcrluzln invasion of their country tllcy hzirl established an air training camp in T0- ronto, now known fzlr and wide as Little Nor- wayz The land has bccil turned over to them for as long as thcy need. They financed the construc- tion of the CJllllI) themselves and purchase their own supplies, out of the earnings of Norway's vast nlcrchatlt luzirinc, still lcft largely intact and operating tinder chatter of the British govern- nlerit.

\Vith the Netherlands Crown Princess a tem- porary rcsidcilt in Canada, and with ample funds zivzlilllbk: from their still ilnconquercd overseas empire, there was little difficulty in recruiting tcfilgce l'lOllZlll(lCi'S and new Canadians of Hol- land (lcsccnt. S0 a camp has been established at Strzlifoi-d in Wcstcrti Ontario and army training has bccn uurlcrtnkcn.

.\s French is nuc of the two national languages of Ilclgiunl it was natural that the refugee gov- ernment of the llclgians ili London should estab- li<h its tiz-iiuiiig centre in Quebec. It is located at jolicttc rind French spcaking Canadian troops an: staiioiivd with thc Ifrr-nch speaking Belgians. The litgitus weal" almost the same uniforms as those of Canadian soldiers and are issued the same crpiipmciu. all of which is paid for by the Bel- gian li<'l\'(‘l‘l]lllClli. .»\ (‘altlldian officer is attach- ed to the unit as a liaison marl bctwccn the two armies.

In the last few ivcelcs arrangements have been completed for the training of a Polish army in (‘zln.'l<l.'t_ Two camps have been opened, one at \\'iml_=.or 11nd thc other at Owen Sound.

Perhaps Mr. King had these units in mind when he referred recently to the nerd of the world’s fri-c forces acting "increasingly as one in every aspect of the common cause." lVould that wc all llllll realized that nccd sooner.

Nova Scolio Preliminaries

Nova Fciltizl nclvsinlpcts are "warming up" editori;lll_v in prcpzlrzililiil for the exchange of vcrbnl llritlfllllts ill the forthcoming provincial c-lcciiiiil Qillllllillgll. The Government press is al- ready on the ili-fi-nsivv, zlrgiling tllzlt since the tcrlli of the prl-scnl lcgislrlltlrc is due normally to expiri- llrXl spring, it is bcttcr to hold the coll- tcsl now "zit this lllkillfl of comparative quiet." Tm- llllllllsillllll under .\lr. Fraser have not only exprcsscd till-ii" willingness to have the term of

thl- lltlll-L‘ (‘Xiillilrll to iivoiil a wartime election, but llzive lulyi-il this course. Tllc (iovcrlttncnf has (li-l-iilld \>ll'iL'l'\\'i.-l‘, and ill this altitude uc- I cording to its liilfll‘ ]ll‘\'.\.~I

“lilt- tilvblic iilight \\'t'll nsll by what right .\lr.

Ifr:l~ci' and .\lr. .\|.'lc.\lill:ln could nlakc a deal to tlcfcl‘ all tdcvii-iii? Tlll- right of the general pllb- lic to elect their rcprcssiuzltivea every five years at least is .'t llflsic principle of our frccdont, By adhering lo that principle .\lr. Machlillan fol-

lows the propcl- cilursc. .\lr. Ifrasers sugges- tion that lllc principle be ignored, is undemo- cratic 1nd sclfislt."

lligh-silunding words; but the Opposition

press mzllvcs n ncrlt rejoinder. It recalls that in the last wur tho lifc of the British Parliament

Tunis cxtcildcil from five to eight yours. and that to avoid the turmoil and ilistractilms of political I

elections in wzirtilnc the life of the present Parliament in (Trout llritaitl has been extended. The last llritish gcticrnl election‘ was held in November, 1035. and no one in the Old County is worrying about the ucxt one.

\\’.'lrtime procedure which is good enough for the Mother of Pnrlizuncilts ought to be good cn- ough for the Nova Sci-till Lcgislature.

The Responsible Persons

The Rydncy Post Record (independent) pre- sumnblv sprrlks from first-hand knowledge when it charges tbrlt the mcn most directly responsible for the cmifiitirlticc of tllc slruv-rlmvii sabotage

in the ("ripi- llrcirln coalficlils arc llon. Norman I

\lcl'.nrty'. Ilomittiiln lJlllOf‘ Nlinistrr. ll0fl. L. D. Currie, Nova §rotin Minister of Mines and Ixibor, and llon. l. ll. MacQuarrie. Nova Sco- tia Attorney-General. Collectively the federal

lresponsibility ‘for the loss of approximately l,- 'ooo,0o0 tons of coal in the past five months, which should have been produced iavailable ior Canada's war effort. The alleged grievances of the miners, says the Post-Record, should have been investigated promptly and impartially. If found to be well- bascd, in whole or in part, they should have been remedied by governmental order, without hesit- ation or delay. At the same time, the Ministers in authority, federal and provincial, should have ltaken equally prompt and firm steps to end the l

and made

lawless obstruction of operations lll so essential a wartime industry.

Both these Ministers, the Post-Record charges, did none of these things. They failed to intake an intelligent effort to restore la\v and en- |force work in the Cape Breton coal fields. As a ,consequence of their default, aggravated as it monscquence of their default, aggravated as it ‘was by “ a series of foolish statements by Mr. ,M<:Larty and a sorry show of shadow boxing all round,” the situation has become progressively worse. Cape Breton has received much bad public- ity and, worse than that, incalculable disservice has been done to Canada's war effort in the pro- duction of a. material that is essential to the prosecution of- the war.

Newspapers in other provinces where strikes and lockouts are holding up war production are equally outspoken in condemning governmental inaction. The fact is that the King Government has no consistent policy with respect to labor roilbles, except that of following the line of least resistence. The impression is unfortunately growing throughout the country that the admin- istration is more concerned about losing votes than losing the war.

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Good weather favours farmers and race fans alike. I a a n- a- Is Mr. A. R. Brennan. Sitminersitle, now the likeliest prospect for tlie Senate vacancy? a a >i< It is too bad when a Canadian Premier finds it necessary to go to New York to air his po- litical views over radio. w w n: m Hitler seems anxious to make his way to India. He should worry! Already in India the total number of Nazi prisoners is 7,500 offic- ers and 32,000 men. m a n- We may be charged by some good reader with irreverence, still we cannot help publicly wond- ering how it is Colonel MacKintlons plans and good weather always secln to happen to coin- cide? I It II i Pictou, American tourists are being told, was founded in June, I767 by families from llfary- land and Pennsylvania sent there by the Phila- delphia Company. Later Scots lrlighlandcrs set- ,tled there in numbers. It might have been ad- ded all trace of their predecessors has been eli- minated, to use President Rciosevelfs expression. I I The monthly police report for Verdun munici- pality shows that 27 arrests were made in Aug-- ust for infraction of a civic by-law making two on a bicycle illegal. In addition to being against the law, the practice of riding two on a. pedal bicycle is dangerous, police point out and more often than not if police officers do not put a stop to the ride an accident does. ' a n- u 1

Siege of Paris commenced this date, I870 under Crown Prince Frederick, and lasted to January 28 following. Napoleon III had opposed a Hohenzollern Prince occupying the tllrorlt If Spain and this afforded Bismarck an opportull- ' f inflamin the Prussians to make war on ity 0 . g _ _ France, manipulating a royal telegram for this purpose. The war was short and sharp, the first phase being over within a month leading to the overthrow of the French Enlplre. King “lillianl of Prussia was proclaimed German Em- pcror at Versailes on January 13, I37I_

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There is a scarcity of clorine because the U.

S. A. army are practically monopolizlng lt for

the production of war gases for its steadily ‘growing army. A score of big industries depend- ent on it for pCZlCC-illlle as wcll as llcfcnce pro- lduction have been growing more and lnorc \vor- tried about their supplies. L7niil the chief of the chemical warfare service. blaj-Gencral William ‘N. Porter, made a speech a fcw days ago before the éhnericzin Chemical $ocicly zind revealed of- ficially that poison gas is being produced by lllv. army in quantity, the chemical industry could

not discuss the mutter. 4 a i- a

Beauce County, Quebec, has adopted the Scott‘ Act by 9,158 votes to 2,458. The referendum was taken after residents of the county asked the Dominion Government to put the iluestion to a vote. Beauce county has had no provincial gov- ,erntneilt liquor store for almost 20 years, but ,hotels have been allowed to sell hard liquor and grocery stores to sell beer under provincial gov- iernmcnt licence. The lone government-operated, ‘store in llle county was opened in i921 and lcloseil the following year because of lack of cus-

tontcrs. Under the Scott Law, each municipality i will decide whether any liquor at all may be sold within its boundaries.

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Unscttlcd wczltllcr has prevailed throughout the Prairie Provinces and harvesting has made poor progress. with the greatest delays in Manitoba, ‘says the Bank of Montreal's telegraphic crop report. Wheat-cutting is nearing completion and ‘threshing is estimated to be 55 per cent, finish- |cd. Harvesting of coarse grains is slightly behind wheat operations. Wheat ilcliverics by farmers since Atlgust f are only about one-half of those ‘of the corresponding period a year ago. Early [flirt-shed wheat has graded satisfactorily, burwet weather over large areas has substantially low- ‘cred grrlilcs of lalcr threthrll wheat and wheat still in thrstock. The protein content is high. Sugar beets in Alberta and lllanitoba continue promising and harvesting will commence short-

The youn; of the present generation are doing not. too badly, perhaps, on dehydrated and dea- ccated and canned apples, but. ob boy! what t-heyae missing when l they don't Bet a blg dish of dried J-Plrle sauce with real cream cn lit.

Jsuoll as used to deliguit, palate and

stomach in all rural czmmunltles Ylgglés ago. — Kingston Wing-Stan-

Young, attractive Dorothy Dlx beca-nte the first woman 1n Eng-

THE (3HARLQTIEIQWIATLGHABQEE land provincial governments share the ultimate ' i

WORDS OF t LTIALLENGF

A THOUGHT A DAY FOB A PEOPLE AT WAR

"We cannot stand idly b t enjoy today, and leave ltn some more convenient time the response which mllnct- lvely, we feel the challenge to demandF-D. F. James, prlncl l and vice-chancellor of M University.

I»OvvOOQOOOQOOO'O

land to carry the whole ’ '

in a murder trial. she m; brieqed to plead for a youth ca! l7. One of the younger wcmen barrtitiers Dractlslng in London, Lawyer Dix has written several legal text. books and specializes _ln crlmlng] law. Young and attractive, she was called to the Bar ln 1934. — News Review.

British soldier: are learning to play baseball and they are get- tmg assistance from celmuim troops who coach them for a while and then play against them. The scores in taese games are not wholly replesentatlve of tzhe play, at least so say the Canadian plgy- ers who claim molly of the 31-13151; soldiers can field and but smartly bl" hit-Vent 80v W the point where they can Instantly take advantage of the breaks. -- Saskatoon Star Phoenix.

Thflf Tummy Al-klng consume; less beer and more candy ma,“ m; Pwdeccssor of the first World War, according to a survey just, unused {REY be because something 15 wk. mg the place o! tllefpub" 1n m5 Off-duty hours. During 1914-1913 the British canteen till, it l5 m. ported. filled up to the extent. at 98 per cent on the proceeds from beer, while today's beer sales “mmml l0 031V 5 Der cent of the total. The British soldier, 1t ls said Prefers all kinds of sweet food w’ heel A number of causes doubtless make their contribution. Manufam £10101! (luring the past two decades

ave mt restrained themselves 1n the use of advet-taslng argument, 1n an effort to break clown the old- fashioned prejudice against the generous cz-nsunlption of sweet; The evidence gives 0011514613115 support to these temperance work- "5 l" England who aver that, 9, suitable substitute would rflduce the sale of ‘alcohollc beverages in many working-class districts. If, "WY bellffllv. abundant. nourishing and tasty. fooci were fed u, 1,11 British workmen, the craving for liquor would be noticeably dlmin. lshed. If cheerful home conditions. ‘Vim DIEM)’ of fuel for the hearth and some of the amenities enjoy- ed only by more fortunate famll. les» 001110 Drevail in humble cot- @0865. the lccal “pub" would the believe. lose much of in patron. aile- It may not be possible Ohle $1M t» inst-all suioh eulmtlitiiltes, but, there is no harm in thinking B00110 lhem. for future ‘ Christian Science Mommy;

Germ f f l the Nemerliilfiid; oareocfiilpdtliigncllilila‘ Dutch a determined peqpm m, L; “v EWRMdl-Wvvery. The Spaniards In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries found them so, and the Dutch have not. cuanged, A new conquest of their lands has left them uncoriquered in spirit. Haw steadfastly and ‘Lwcessfully theyl are resst-lng their German rulers can be learned from a fortnightly bulletin issued by the Netherlands Infcrmtitlon Bureau, established 1n NEW YOYR by the Government-in 9x119. Sflbfllage is constant and‘ gwfillfl- Ill the first three months

l5 en 139 3 _ {tummy Yuskd aperson were of drowned in the Dutch canals. This was four times as many as last Year. so the increase was attribut- ed to blackouts; but it l5 51mg- icant that most of the drowned

than the

N5 wreck German pots. When supplies are mcved to at tooled-

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and bomb; ows at once the largest hospital in Amsterdam untill then unscathed, was Lpkgyi Pvcr as a German barracks, Brit- ish fliers scored a direct hlt. on it a few nights attterward. Nnzl Symhatltlzers cannot keep their Wlndml/S Wlwle; the children smash them after dark. Holland, in fact remains recalcitrant. allke to Cfl_ lolerv and to repression 1 a1 n; its Qvsen in exile and waltng to acclaim her return. - New York Times.

Prof. Gnodwln Watson, 0f‘TQlOll- 9T8 CollPge. Columbia University, has lnfmned the American Psychological Association that mar- ried men stand up better under economic Stress. at. least as for as morale l5 concerned. than single men do. Probably this L; because they have more cxpelnenoe with it. T0 the man who has given hostag- es to fortune the wcli at the door, is an old pal. Situations which- locm_ large as occasions for punlg‘ to his bachelor frlcnds are c:m-, monplace to him. Dickens pointed this out when he drew the ClllPllC-l, fer of Mica-whet‘ - the eternal optimist -- always waiting for something to turn up, and seldoml dlsappomted except in the charac- ter of what did turn up. Msst mar- ried men, especially those with children, have scmethlng of the Mlca-wber in their make-up. They have to. Perhaps it ls Nature's wily

ing ad ltlonal burdens. 0r it may be a lure to keep them going long after more rational feelin would cause them to give up. e pro. lessor didn't sa- how the morale of the fair sex ares in matrimony. It ll probably still true that. "ml the road to Heaven or Avernus, he travels faster who travles alone". mitts wit.“ r

e p c n; q 9g qg l2.°...‘°..'.'°l'l.° i “°i...“l°“"‘ 19km“

a an 8'8 rs which should stand his? hi stead ln the race of life. - - don Ree Pleas.

rt o r n, to u ' time? wlio ‘will uilhliertak: these borne

fi-ls (war workers) feel it Fertile. make them

whose company is with work and ls dolly refusing or- ders, said "What's you people down there? aslee shou ? There's no trou le tn all you want in 0t for they are spending money like water up dl flc

seems to be to fl d

Y minds may go

having been u

must have a. "De

were Germans, or tzh f 1). Ietiernal spirit or Nazis, who are hate; 932,1] 33L‘ which so mixed the primal elemcn’:

G _ . l! emmm “lfligfifieilee. and nothlngness; the

pro e suc the new 511ml" whdll rodlo-nctlvl y, and tell ue why l-he electrons dance in every atom of hydro-ran and heliumllmffhe _Cht1s_-l

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of ccmtpensatlng them for asstlm- B

PUBLIC FORUM

Ibis eolnmn la epna In: lne dlleuallol by Iorrelpendeata of dlutlona or lllterelt. The Charlottetown Guardian don not noeellarlly endorse the oplnlona 0| eerrolpoldentl.

PERI. EMPLOYMENT FIGURES

Slr.—'l'he employment figures eli- ed by (you ln your editorial lrl Tues- day's uardllm. ln which Prince Ed- ward Island was shown to be the only province ln Camida suffering from a decline during the past two years. while all the other provinces showed a material un ovement one o! them as m h as an, certain- ly coll for ser one consideration by alldwho Ere interested 1n the Isl- an ’s we are.

In Montr aal lost week l discussed Island condmlous with a lumber o! leading buaness men and was met with an atttude 0t criticism rather than of- sympathy. |

In each case s lse was ex resa-

ecl that we have not been en oylng, equal prosperlt bec and entire IfiIIlOXO-IIOG of what ls happen-

wlth that of Que- Onta o, thus showing an

is end of Canada. all business man over-burdened

the matter with Are you, or have you for otten how to‘ getting tawa. these days

‘Their ulty n people wlllln their orders. Bu

there. and able to flll

you must do the running yourselvcsJ You couldn't. expect he

Ottawa, to run after you, hat. til hand.

one . loose somewhere ln

etc’: a screw

you: machine. Get your screw driver

out and tighten lt up." What about it Mr. Editor? I am lr, etc, u. K. s. HEMMING

Sept. 24, 1941.

THIS TIUNG WE GALL “LIFE”

Sln-"Everv particle o! sclennflc evidence vlbrates with the truth ofi evolution." Regarding our llfe_ and“ the living universe about us. our with Omar Khayatnk “About lt and about"; with keen and versatile 1m lnatlon the may turn the cosmos lde out; f they dig deep eno h they will like Carlyle,

uie. -p‘flnd muse everywhere". Under-

neath the learnl of the nooks,’ both the Holy Blbe and Darwin's "Origin of S lea", they will rend, the record o the . the stared the flowers and animals. But do we spoil the beauty of the great truth so revealed bv denying the goe truth of all, the postulate of all scientific thought, vlz:

thing mode implies the pre-exlst- m

ence of its maker?

‘rllere ls need. for more light to shine on this darkness. A certain n tact,

atheist: alle s as "a. prove that llfe ls eflnltely and purely the result of chemical combinations." It that were true then any clever chemist. could create llfe. But ‘ne cannot; and even 1f he could who can ex lain the existence of’ the prlnelpe of

sed?

It matters not what; we call it, we us ex machlnu."

"Some of us call it ‘Natural LB.\V'—I

some of us call lt ‘God?’ Both Nut.-

demand an llfe

ure and “The Book" principle of

bring law and order out n1’ point to some cosmic catalyst whlc stirr- ed the alemblc, and set free the rties of matter, Without some‘ assum tlon, how explain its