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TNE BNARLOTTETOWN O IIARO IAN

Morning Dally (Founded In lllfﬁ)

President, Lli-uL-Col. W. Chester S. McLun vltlt-ITCHIUQIII, .I. R- Burnett. F-J-l. Secreiary, Licuu-Cul. l). A. lllacKlnnon, 0.5.0. Editor and .\l;u gm; Director. .I. R. Burnett, FJJ. Associate lfilliur, trunk “kilker and [an A, Burn“!- Sl IISCIIIWTION RATES By Mall In l‘. |-.. i,. $1.00 pi-i- year, $2.541 for 6 months. $1.25 tor 3 muuitis, 50o for one month.

Clty Ui-lni-ry, slut) per year, $3.00 f0!’ 6 lllﬂllulln $175 tor 3 months.

By Mall 1n (‘unada and U. S- A. 35-00 D9!‘ Y5"- Saturday win-nu, $1.00 pcr year. $1.00 for 6 months 50c loi- 3 months.

‘The illcirriiiiiy is Weaker Hull flic Weakest Ink."

'l'l'l~'HI).\Y, HAY 21, 1940.

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years have the shores of ‘mi l. l-ivcu during the last - wire sprisuioilic and incon- Zie purple Of the I\IOll1€f

icril l-i ilircct blows from the

= mailman.

~~uiplisli his purpose.

i . we looked to our part.

Mr complacency? Iouwy-

'l"1 are ready? ~ ' l‘I s? Tanks.’

' f 12.1: blush of shame. liillll are we at war? s h ‘ill bigger peace time

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s t3 be that we are as vet

-i l the imminent menace.

.1 wrath, loose our righte- suifte the enemy with the nbood. Lct us whip our- lllllf will recognize no .- ' iulciislty and singleness let ‘its see action, toil, sacrifice.

gal lo the battlefield knowing us m’ their need. Production ~:< must be multiplied. Air s Iililiili-d for operation in six .'llt.‘ iii as many wccks. Divi- lzilwcr must be mobilized im- y musi be held up because lt czui be made ready.

‘cs committed by the Nazi ss-‘s their action in using \i":lll§c(_l in Dutch uniforms ' ision of the Netherlands. us were picked men who e unsuspecting inhabitants came to strike. llow this came ail-id; is ' V. lll'll4ll'll{ \\'illcm \'an Loon, l lvivyraphcr, in a letter to the Flriliiiiic. . ivzir, the people of the Nether- crirc c? half a million German chil- i"! lll”",l iii thcir homes, fed them, ' llu-m for one, two or four t be restored to normal years later," says Mr. van c nice, iliar children, speaking, of lluzrli (had they not been full- crs of a Dutch household for many years?) r d to the land of their hospitality, garbcd in o: . of those 50,000 Dutch uniforms (about v; h our correspondents have been cab- ling for three mouths), and again nobody would believe tlicm, arr-l thusly disguised those grate- ful little (iermaus, now completely contaminated with the Nazi v s, burned down the houses that had been their homes and struck down the hands that had fed them and saved their lives." There is scarccly- anything in the whole record of human (i":l_'<'\‘-'ll_\' that surpasses this incident. It revcrils :11»- .\' i creed for what it is, a perver- sion of al' l'lf'fll5 of common decency and hu-

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manityr. ll": awnilling thing is that the youth of (iorrra. p.- .- . tween brought up to worshipthc mo w l: iuillactrinatcd them with such

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The Sirofs Report

It is doubtful, comment! the Montreal Gazette, if the report of the Commission on DOmlfllMT Provi~ ' ' cis, can have more than an

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ilcadcm -=: for governments or legislatures or citizen, T cf ilzcm preoccupied with the wai- and ll" l“ “=- of carrying that war to), suc- cessful '1; e (foiuiriissioners think other- wise. ln 'r up‘ I n the financial and legisla- tive TCZl1llll‘~"‘"' w which they recommend should be acted up n‘, iuv, although framed originally tn 1110c: p "uv- conditions. Against this propr- ' i- i< the fact that financial and euustili l -: ~-< of so sweeping a char- acter, . ' the foundations of Con- ICIlCFIllI , ., szuily, if attempted under exisiiut; c~ luv-flute a major disturbance of tllc s'-' 1i i" "'lll"ii of taxation which arc ilic lwl l =' l. - ' llllll system of war fin-

"If. tlzi- prugrriulme offered by -'l h silvli .'l far-reaching char-

acter ruii . w ~ - a- uirli from so many an- glcs, ruid Ill’ i ii ill lriilon and possible revision of furﬂw- ‘ml w»?! ﬂrutiuual relationships, that in niiv f‘\l ll i’ 1.1!‘ i rwluirc vcry prolonged con- 5i.l.-,-_-,l‘~¢1 i" fiuul Ilflllllllf)", if it is to be.

czm rcccivc adequate consider- rv iyliosc iulrrrcsts are centre-l

adv-lit: d. aliliu by a i

and m-ut iluriiil w iuri-rl in a supreme effort to win a war 17m lws of which would render this ..,< any lull 1' iwwut cumplclcly useless, seems loo Illl‘t'll ti» <~._ il-

.\s tn th~ i. ‘lilHlllCllllJlllFlllS themselves, the (;,,,. u,- c-tv. tlli- u-udvucy- is undoubtedly toward .-,-utl~;|ll_-i.i~li_ nizlmugh tlic Commissioners claim ,,, up, ,.". - l ,1 lrilsiucl- livhvccu cclllrzillza- 15,,“ -,,,,l ,1 ‘l |ll./.'l'fllll, such balance being

p, l ,. '1.» 1"-‘l‘ll\‘l‘ of a genuine fcilcinil [ll ii-ihrc the bcst assurance of na- llifiicull tn scc how llic trend of mp l» i l wiiyiuiznlilm could be other- “xv _ --.l 1., ii-iliral supremacy from

a taxing mil lUcllllC-CUllCCllllg point 9f vicwi

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indeed the Commission's plan is a recognition of that supremacy, a confirmation and an extension of it. This is apparent in the proposal that thi: Dominion assume the dcbts 0f the provinces and the responsibility of servicing them, also that full responsibility for meeting the uccds of eni- ployable unemployed persons and their depend- ents be accepted by the Dominion. It is apparent also in the suggested transfer from the provinces '.0 the Dominion of the definitely provincial right to impose personal income taxes and corpora- tion and inheritance taxes, and to discontinue the subsidies payable to the provinces under the Con- federation pact and subsequently revised in some instances. That the provinces will he willing to accept these changes and to accept, in lieu of their present revenues, a new form of subsidy, described as an annual National Adjustment Grant proportionate to their budgetary require- ments, is at lCllSl problematical, notwithstanding the economies which the report envisages. The Commissioners offer the provinces the consola- tion of a statement that the interests of their auto- nomy ara being served. but it looks like auto- nomy on a remittance basis.

EDITORIAL NOTES —

We may expect developments along the water

front soon in connection with war industries, u n- o 1r

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of liosebery, the silvcr-tongued orator and Premier, died this date, I929. "It is beginning to be hinted abroad that we are a nation of amateurs."

Ill I‘ N‘ * There seems to be no immediate reaction any- where to the Sirois report and recommendations those intervicivecl like "Brcr Rabbit”, preferring to lie low. Perhaps when Parliament has spoken and given a lead, the local politicians will be ready to have their say. hlcanwhile, the develop- ment of the War situation is the all engrossing subject. n n- o n- Kaiscr Bill is to remain at Doom undisturbed by his late army iiow directed by Fuhrer llitler. Army commanders were ordcrctl to avoid any action that might prejudice his personal status as a guest of the Netherlands. That would in- dicatc that Hitler contemplates only a temporary occupancy of Holland and an early restoration of Queen \Villicmina’s government. ~1- w- u- n-

The Allies have ordered an additional $150,- 000,000 of fighting planes and engines from the United States since April 25, Mr. Rene Plevin, French member of the Allied Purchasing Board, announces. This brings the dollar volume of orders placed in the new Allied buying program to $350,000,000 since President Roosevelt agreed to release the latest arluy and navy typcs to the foreign buyers about scvcu weeks ago. N‘ ll i

Appearance of a glass necktie, wom by Games Slaytcr, inventor of the process of turning glass into tlircad~like fibres which caau be woven iutc- fabrics, was a feature of the opening of the semi-annual convention at Buffalo of the Amor- icaii institute 0f Chemical liugiuccrs. Mr. Slaytcr told the 500 dclcgates that with the glass neckwcar, which he dcscrihcil as soft as silk and strong as steel, men nccd not fcair spilling soup on their tics because the uiiitcrial was easily washable. Klorccivcr, he said, thc tics wcrc burii- proof and wrinklcproof.

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Agricultural output in Turkey has been in- creased under governmental encouragement to a point where that country is now supplying sub- stantial quantities 0f foodstuffs to neighboring markets. Great advances have been achieved also in the technique of agricultural production. As a result Turkey is now fully self-sufficient in all essential agricultural products except rub- ber, tea and coffee. The total area under cul- tivation has been doubled in the past ten years and the country has been changed from a wheat- importing to a wheat-exporting nation. Cotton production and exports are now double those of 19x3. In addition larger quantities of tobacco, other cereals, dried friiils and nuts are being produced for the export market together with increasing quantities of other foodstuffs.

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This speaks for itself: “The other day a pal of mine received l parcel from Canada. 1n- eluded in it were four numbers of Maclean’: and I uw an article in the February 15 number to the effect that a grandson of Louis Riel wanted to enlist in the army to serve his country. Well, sir, I myself happen to be a distant relative 0t the ‘Red River rebel.’ I do not know exactly how distant, but my father told me he was a direct descendant of Louis. I enlisted in Petrol Park, R.C.A.S.C., at Lansdownc Park in Ot- tawa, the eleventh of January. I write to show you that, regardless of the nationality of a man, if he il right, the Ricls will always fight for his cause. That is why I am in the army, because I know I am fighting for the right.——Dollard Louis Riel, Somewhere in Iingland."

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Another disillusionment! One after another our cherished beliefs are being rudely shattered. Yesterday it was bees we were advised were not all that they were believed to be in the mat- ter of industry, and now it is the ant-that in- sect to whose attention sluggards for ages have been directed. It now transpires from scientific investigations that, instead of proviidiug for to- morrow and tomorrow's morroiv, ants are the poorest foragers imaginable. They quit their work in starts and spurts in a manner which jobs on the slightest provocation or none. They would drive any good foreman to despair. An rlhscrvcr rcccutly \V-'llCll(‘(l ants at work outside a hill among some rocks. Que of them got hold of what sccmcd to be a fairly grind-sized piece of fluff but might have been the remains of an insect wing. It was ncar the entrance of the ant hill and, strong as an ox for its size, the ant push- cd it into the entrance and tllcu ran off to play. Another ant frum inside the hill immcilialcly pusllvd il out. l1 would lii- lllliolls in list the mils lllilf puslicll lllt‘ lill of fluff zirliilull; llivrc may have bccti huullrc-il-z, though it is liiird 10 distinguish auls iudividuallyz llut in two hours of fraulic effort by all rouci-rucil. tllis treasure lrﬂvc hadn't iii-um] zuly l.'|l'lll("', For (‘\('l'\’ inch it \\:i< llrziggcil forward it was dragged balck uu

equal inch. _ .

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TNE WAY

The poor Germans, 1t appears. have been humbly petitioning the Propaganda Ministry of our old friend Dr. ‘rrurliful Joe Goebbels for more music on their wireless wuve-lzlgths and less eyewash. Then‘ iequest has been sternly declined; they must take the medicine the Doctor ordered. More music 1s verboten: “The Gennazi wireless has s nussmn to perform vrlthln the borders of the Refm as wall as abroad." It has indeed. 'l‘he Doctor's prescription 1s for soothing syrup about. Gennanyb pro pacts 1n the war. and that 1s officially supposed to be much more of a sedatlve than any musrc that was ever vmtten. ‘Ilhe risks of a rude anvakenlng are 1n the future, but even for the present ap- parently some Germans think that muse WOlIld be a pleasant. change -Mlanchester Guardian.

The same cook stove has been 1n use L1 a Petei-bcirough hotel for 60 _\'€M‘5, and allowing three meals a day it has had something to do with the DTQIMITGMOH of 65,895 of them. Hon. Oliver Mcwat was Pre- mier of Oinltarlo when that; cook- stove began lts days of active ser- vice. ‘Iliat stove has seen the coming of the auto and the clls- appearance of t-lie hitching post, and the passing of the lively barn and the church clued. lakewzse the arrival of fiIIQ safety bicycle and the electric light, the vacuum cleaner and the electric motor for driving the sewlng machine. Travel by ali- has come and also the building of permanent high- ways. However we are talking of a stove and perhaps lt docs not de- serve too much notice. But 6U years 1n a hot corner 1s somethlng worth natlcing and we are lncllnod to believe the mcn who made the t-hlng mu t have turned 1n a rath- er good day's work. __ Pcterborcugh Examiner

The distinction of having twice won the Governor GeneraP-s award for the best novel of the year has fallen to Laura Goodman Salvcr- son, fcrmvr Calgarlan. No other Catiaclian author has thus far bcrn aible to equal this record. ‘The Dark Weaver" was the title of Mrs. Salversonls first wrnner 1n 1937; she repeated in 1939 with "Con- fessions of an Immigrants Daugh- ter," th‘s being a bit of bloarrapiiv ln which the writer was herzclf the chfcf character. If painstaking rare in the assembly and verifica- tlon of material used 1n the orn- struction of a story ls to be ne- garded as a mark of izoccl lttcrarv craftsmanship. Mrs. Salverson ls ceitaiitly’ a pfC-ipCl‘ candidate for award recognition. For few auth- ors are more fnsrtcnt than this daughter of Ireland in that rc- garvl. Nor does she lack flhose oth- er essentials so vitally ncccsfarv for the hall-marking of high class literature. - Calgary Herald.

I! would be nice If this year's httcrmovinczal CODNTBHCE on highway mailers could make at lea-t some progress towards its avowed objective cl’ attaining unl- fonnlty 1:1 traffic and drying regu- lations. Eu l-llllf‘ the tourist. cros- ses a prov. .cial ~c~ ztlary, he has to adapt himself 1o a new spved limit. He sails tlirou-zrh Ontario at. 50 miles an hour. enters a little village on tlic Quebec boundary and emerges at the other side to ﬁnd that, frcm there on, he has to creep a1 30, What is 1110K‘, lie has to familiarize himself with a s tom of road signs which are aim a entirely different. 1mm those which have been guiding hlm tor the last few hundred mlles. As to the driv- ing regulations in mllHJCllX-ITIUCS, they arc- a hopeless Jumble. The traveller 1n one city hn-lts dutiuliy at a red light, waltr, for mull: to clear, and makes a right-hand turn agalnst the light. in the very next 01L)’, he does the some thing and is promptly hauled up by the law for making any movement at all against the red. To make confus- ion worse confounded, he maly land 1n Ottawa and find a street Where he can make a left, turn only on t-he red llglit. - Windsor Stnr.

The Financial Times of Mont- real was moot. unfair tc Eldnionton 1n a recent editorial comparison of the gencma-l municipal debts of thls city and Calgary.....At no time has Iékllincimoii thought of b;- puclziatmg the dcibls in. has ccii- tiracfed, many of them during a real estate boom. Calgary began 1w expanston before Edm-cnton did. One result. 1.5 than many of 1m earlier debentures have matured and been paid off. mlgary, as the Montreal publication admits, 1s u. smaller city-today 1n population as well u in urea. Because 1t cov- ered less ground and has not had to contend with the englneerlng problems that. have faced Edmon- ton, Gallium? has spent between three and flve mflltcn dollars less on its streets and sewers than Edmonton has. Calgary h s not followed n. "pay -as - yov - go" policy 1n regard to public works for muoh longer than has Edmon- ton. Edmonton has been no punc-

tlillous ln payment clf its obliga- tions that. even when current fl- mnclng was most difficult and its tax mile highest, it refused to skimp on required annual pay- ments to the sinking fund. — Ed- monton Journal.

Tho Guelph Transportation Commdsolcri has just announced n. monthly net profit, the first sfnce the lncelptlon oif the stmet. railway system, and the shomng has been made possible only by virtue of llhe fact, that the Guelph system, like the one ln Brantford, has been nwtorlzed. In many 1r pects, particularly the financial one. the Guelph- and Bmntfcrd situations are pumllcll. The city-owned trans- pclrtatton system in Guelph was ac- quired from the man who financed its construction and who Incidental- l_v lost a lalrge amount of money ln the enserprrso. It was a losing proposition from the start. 'I‘ht':i came the change to buses. ‘Plus ~r- suited ln a noticeable lrnpmve- ment. and last year salw a steadily increasing revenue. Now the f1- nanolal report fcr the month of Maircli shown n net nroflt of more than $300 and the pmsp-ct 1s for continued betterment. Thus the experience of Guelph rolziirldi-s with tho cxnerfcnce of Brnrllnrd, PX.- cerpt for the fnct that thls ‘ne'e- phone Cit-y will have to carry a mum heavier wfilte elephant for rmm‘ veors. the lczacy loft 1w the ("f'.'Yl"f slrcct Hll\\"’\'. Even so,

1v Wlmhlnlz up ci-t. of the red,

the local system ls slmvﬂv hut Kurt‘ Blmntfomd Eixpomor.

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Nazi Propaganda Gas

(Globe and Mall)

If the Germans used some myster- loua new weapon to capture the Belgian fort of Eben Emael and 1L4 garrison of 1.000 men, tho Allled High Command by this time should know something about 1t. But there has been no evldenoe of even mild anxiety on their part, let alone frantic groping for men-m of de- fense.

According to the Geyinan offlclul account, a. picked n11" detachment quickly rendered the Belgians "un- able to fight." Resistance lasted only a "few minutes." With elucl- dation lacking. speculation centred on gas. The supposition arose that 1t. paralyzed the nerves of the troops and reduced them to lner- tla. Or, as another guess, the sec- ret weapon perhaps took the form of an electro-magnetic wave that jammed firearms and artillery.

The Nazis have shown that, they will sto at nothing. Any kind of frlghtfu new that the sclentlflc mlnd can devise may be expected, espec- ially when the tlcle of war begins to turn against them. It may be they are already testing certain "expe- dients," and Eben Einael perhaps afforded as good an active sci-viva laboratory as any.

According to Howard W. Blokes- lec. Assoclated Press science writer, such a. thing as "nerve gas" ls ufte conceivable. He cites acetvlcl-iolne. a compound which qulcklv over- comes the senses. But 1n this case contact with a scratch or wound 1s necessary. The Nazi chemists may have improved upon this or they may have adapted a gas technically described as cl-ilorvfnyldlchlorarslne, terrifylnq enoueh In lts very name. More simply identified as Iewlslte. after its discoverer. this gas has bllsterlxia qualities. but ls also able to paralyze both the heart and the nervous system of the human body.

Another virulent compound which chemists say could achieve the ef- fects claimed by the Nazfs at Eben Emael ls vlnccnnite. It has for its base hvclrocyiinic acid, the deadliest of all poisons. Again, (‘rermnn and Rumanlan military piibllcatlons re- cently referred to experiments with a mustard gas powder, suitable for SpTRYlIIIZ from aircraft.

But. until some substantiation of the German claim of success 1n chemical warfare at Eben Emael comes from Allied headquarters, 1t. can bi- shelved. for the time lxrlnz at least. as just another instance of Nazi psychological terrorism. Slnce the effect of such a weapon larizelv depends on surprise. American mllltnry experts doubt that the Germans would rlsl: exposure of any Important secret at this stage of the proceedings.

Distinction In Medals

(Manchester Guardian)

GaJlant/ry under flre 1s the same whatever the rank of the man who shows it: the lives bravely risked alfow of no distinction 1n value. But. ln our awards for gallantry this principle ls not observed. An officer and a sergeant may Dor- form the samg font. face the 16m. llljﬂl dﬂngfr, and vet, have their Joint action recognized by differ- ent medals.

It. ls a small t-hlniz. probably causing fcw rescntmeuts, but it seems a lltlle out. or place 1n this struggle of a. free maple, we do not follow the more excellent ex- ample of France. whose Crolx de GIIOTTI‘ 1s open to a'l ranks. It ls true that the Legion cvl-fonneur 1s mainly reserved for officers. but. 'n exceptional cases It ls given to o'h9r ranks. and thr- Mcdallle Mlllt3lrg_ usually awarded to the troops". was borne as a special distinction bv

high officers like the Marsha]; Jcffrc. Fbcli and Petaln. Our first award. the Victoria.

Cross. 1s granted to officers and men fllll-C-P. but thLs rccnznltion of the classlcssness of a body of brave mm l5 matched by onlv one other modal. that of tho Order of the Flrltlsh Empire, Mllltary Dlvlslon, for Gallantry.

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Shaking the from its

All living things, the Mammoth rued the scone.

But yet the mighty hulk has dls-

appeare ,

Leaving behind 1h nothing but 11a bones,

To testlf lta failure to survive

'I‘he llmlibtlons of lts own estate.

And after brainless flesh, soulless thought Would dominate and rule the unl-

sround and smashing way

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verse;

But. yet by every evidence and mark

That's known to soul and mind and heart combined.

‘Ilo that tiue symmetry 1n which alone

I! understanding and Intelligence,

The soulless thought stlll follows brainless beast

Out to the realm of freak and excrescence

Wltlh other useless '-' its q! fate"

To non-existence all alike 0on- demn ,

Ev that which nurtures and sttunes mankind

To hartrionlze with new envlron-

ment

Along ihe way. and where up“. lng on

We move to "Some far-off dlvlqz event"

‘I10 which all purpose and gll

hopes must. turn Or l; dlscarded by the moi-eh or me, _

What wlld commotion, what con- vulsive rage

Can igold Crentlon’; law or set n. s e

The sentence and fnevftablo doom

Imposed on that whlch tramples

underfoot

T718 rllllils and liberty of land or ‘I

race

Whathldylng beast or what dlctlwr- I P

were changing one lots of that Law

‘Phat. yet condemns from llvlng

destiny All detrimental and tin-natural To liumlru progress and securlty? What can condone or what can save a race Reverting back to bafoarlsin now. In thmurht and act, that ever deep- er sin s Into the mire of inhumanity‘?

—James Mlclenn.

Vancouver, B. C, lily 1

PUBLIC FORUM

lilo ulna: b upon In Ibo IIIII C Itrltclponlnlll o! quuslou o0 lulu-nut. It: Uln- lostatorn Guardian (on not l0- uouully oudnno the cnlnlon o! lorrolnlnlnlh

PUBLIC OPINION AND PROHIBITION

QrI-It 15 apparent that. Public gglnIOn 1s soon again to be put to e mt on the questwn M W whether or not oin- nrvhlbltbn 111W shall be sustalned with a larger majority than has ever before been rolled up ln 1ts behalf. It should not be necessary to say Y-hﬂl- m! church professionally ls ever the potentla custodian of the moral graces that should enm- lnto the general make-up 0t sound P1151"? opinion, What, practical common sense 1n combination with ones personal likes and dislikes, ls .0 the lndlvldual who would wlsh W make a wholesome contribution W the well-being of our Province or nation, so 1s a well-taught public qplnlon 1n the same direction. No. long ago the editor of a. leading Upper Canada newspaper was all- pealed to 1n protest against. the advertising of lntoxlcatlnit “QUOTE ln hls rnaer returned the follow- 111g reply—“HUmBn equation in the area covered by our piper b6- lug what 1t 1s we have no 91m"-

natlve but continue as we Bre-

I am Sir. etc.

S. M. MARTm-

LIQUOR LEGISLATION

Sin-I noticed 1n your column! two letters slgnccl by tsmlmﬂnce cranks. We will see lots of them be- fore the 25th of June. They are get- ting organized. What about» U19 other slde of the question? Are they going to put up a fight? Forty-five years ago we niwl open bars. and there were no bootleggers. I am not advocating that today, but I would like to see some liberty. Our fathers stumped this llt-tle province when you could swim 1n booze. A man would take out agaflon of ruin. set 1t behind a stump and bciforﬂ night he would have two or three acres of land cleared M111 a bunch of his neighbors. That gallon cost. one dollar and a half. We had 0n this Island 108,000 people then. Was 1t booze that lowered it. to 85,000? I presume not. No cars tlhen, no airplanes, no relief, no going to a. doctor for a scrip to get. ii bottle of beer. I congraulate the Campbell Government for trying to make a change, also Mr. Mustard. l-le framed the Bill, but there 1s always somebody to block a good thing. Dr. Baxter was not afrald of losing his government when he put l‘. to s. vote ln New Brunswick. 'I‘\vo_ of his own members voted agsuust 1t and 1t carried two years after. He went. to the country and came back stronger than ever. Now let, us llne up with the other elzht Provinces. It will help to give a revenue to tthe Government. The Americans col- lected two billion and n qunrler dollars ln taxes ln seven years. bought, six million dollars worth of farm produce. and nald one luind- red million dollars for labour. l-loiv 1s that. for sensible 1111110!‘ 19815"!-

tlon? I am. Sir. etc. RICHARD BUTLER. 11-1 Kent Street. Charlottetown.

THE EXAMPLE or bums

Stu-The ground, the good earth from which God expects all lo ob- taln n llvllhood for themselves and families. I cannot help but think. of t-he waste 1n this province. I have read and believe 1t to be true that 1n China, where land ls scarce, and the population so dense, ln many cases the laud ls suiwoyt- lng 600 people to the square mlle.

Along the banks of the mighty rivers which wash down from the higher ground logs and trees, the natives take trhose ‘logs and bind Lire-m together with fibre wtuch they get, along the rlver. Those logs are chlnked together. t-hcu over those the grass ls strewn and 1s covered with silt which they take out of the rlver and on this they grow a crop of rice. If our people land to go to the same trouble 1n order to. increase food supply, I fear mniiv woul" starve. The qucsfirzn. therefore. with us Ls. hoiv much land ls lvlnz in waste that might be utlllzed for garden plots or to grow something.

The people of China have such u. love for thr- hnd that ln mimv cases their small farm holdings have b:en 1n the same family for a thousand years and they will w’- fer hardships, hunger and often dearth before they will sol! lhuf, land which must be passed on to the next aenrrrwnn. Arc iva ut‘l‘v.- lug every available plot of land 1n order to increase our food .~up- plies?

I am, Sir. etc. W. H. DENNIS. Minister of Azrlculture

The Americas Awakening

(Monctbn Transcript)

The downward trend 1n the s°ock exchsnlzes was halted yesterday when President Roosevelt asked a joint session of Conn’!!! for nearly

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twelve hundred mllllons of dollars for military implements “to meet any lightning offmsiva against our American interest." As 1n the case of his first remarks to "all uhe Americas" at the Pan-American Science Congress on the evening of the day when the Lowlands were invaded, the President, whlle not specificiiily naming the country. went to no pains to disguise the

country he had ln mind.

On the first occasion, he told the Americas that they vrcre llvlng 1n a fool's paradise 1f they imagined that llllfl‘? lhoilsaud miles of ocean isolated them from the destruction that ravaqcs Europe.

It. is lmprobiiblc that the stock markrts rose yesterday merely be- cause of the pcsslbilltv of new war orders. ’I'hcrc ls n fccllnz that the Prcsldcnt is looking further oven than his words would siigzcst when lie says that Americans must be prepared to protect their form of novcrnmcnt wllh thcir llvrs lf ne- cessary. He hoped that American plane production would reach 50."- 00o a _vc:ir. but he made 1t plain that American needs should not hamucr commitments to the Al- llcs.

If 1s a nllv that this 1s election your. Pcrtiucntlv Walter Llpp mann says: "ff the offensive which Hltlrlr has TIQW launched silccceds. we shall know no pence ln our llfctivn". If it succeed; and as if surcr-"ds, wc shall b!‘ confront- (*(l-ncl at soul" morn cwnvonk-nt. moment aft-er thr» clrc-Hon ln N0.

vcmbﬂr, but 1n the next months. weeks, dnvs, and hours-wllh choices of fllf‘ irri-ntr-st mtlflflibllflﬂ."

There have been cvcn more def]. nltr reactions 1n South Amgﬂﬂp The sutzwr-sllcn of Uruguay and Panama for a joint American urn. to Gcrmnnv pa; bsm fopnwrd bv a more drnsltlr plan from Arnf-‘n- t-lna. which ls nlmost the fﬂrthost of Amcrlcnn countries from tl-p. menace but ncar PflOllvrh p, (My 9w the horror of 1h" llnnTOVﬂknd 9p "IPk-s unan the ncutrnl Lowland; Fmm Dllvllflf Aircs. thrciwh Ihp Pnrclou Miuisfci‘. cnmcs ﬂip fly-q, offlclwl prawns-at q,»- a 01mm”, in the slnllls "if NW’ Wfvlrl countries from I‘l""ll'ﬂll'V ta non_\-,.1ip_..,r,.n,lv “l” Anwlllllln silokcsman do. clarrd that ncutriilltv to be "ugly... which must be renlnrorl Mtmn me‘ reality o! fht‘ moment we m“ “w Mussolini first, “wrung,”

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