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“Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker than 1M

Weakest Ink.” TUESDAY, JUNE 9.1942

Tomorrow NighUS Meeting

Dr Jfihn Crotcau V5 FllZmV St-v who with _ l i 1. - . ‘l-Ir V A ..~\§ns\vtirtli, hri< becll aYT-"lllglng for theivisit of Sir Norman llirlv-ett. Yesterda-v m‘ ceived the _ followiupltclcgram from the dis- ti uished urlsl fllll “Cllwcri nlfgDecplv J di_;[r(-:§(\(l cannot conic Charlotte- " -- - ' c t 5 [own \\ cdncsdziy bciaust ot .uddc11 alteration in return to linuliind iuralluclllcllls- 5llb5lmlic arranged. Coiivcy" lll)‘ Plolmmd ‘iegrels and promise to comc as first cllgfigflnel“ o" “xi visit. . Norman Birkett." The natiic of Sir Nfilllllllllv-S substitute is .\Ir. Edwin \\'_ tiordon, \li>‘.lll'4lll$ll(‘(l l‘0r<3lgl1 C01“ respondent and trawllt-r iii the Near. Middle and Far East, who will SlJPfik on “Glimpses of the Eastern Battlefront."

Vichy Shadow At Otlawa

With the closing of the French consulates in Canada, and the severance of diplomatic rela- tions between Vichy and Washington, the con- tinuance of thc Yiclly- QmlnCCliOn in Ottawa takes on a new aspect. Ottawa, notes the I701!- nighlly Law Journal, llglg ZllmIldOflEd [I16 allllliflfi that the Vichy connection was maintained at the request of the British LTovcrnmcnt. "We do llOf believe that any one in their senses gave rlltlcll credence to that,” it says. “The wcll known isola- tionist sentiments of the present Prime Minister gave the lie direct to that one. But now the con- sulates are closed lcst they be sources through which information of value to the enemy might be relayed to the Nazi masters of the quislirig re- gime, more quisling than ever since the chief boot-licker Laval regained power. But the new excuse is offered that the consulates were much more dangerous as sources of what in plaincr language would be callcd espionage than the le- gatiori in Ottawa. If this is so we may be pardon- ed for wondering why for two long years since the treachery of the Vichy clement in France almost brought disaster upon the heart of the Empire, why for those two lung )'(’Z\I'S those coll- lulates were allowed to CIITF)’ on tlicir stibversivl: activities under the protection of diplomatic pri- vilege. We may also be pardoned for wondering why the consulates that must necessarily trans- mit their damaging information through the le- gation in Ottawa are so much more dangerous than that lcgation which can still spy upon Can- ads’: war effort and transmit its subversive re- ports through Vichy to Berlin. It simply doesn't make sense." The Law journal adds.‘ "Incident- ally was there any connection between the sub~ marine in the St_ Lawrence and those consulates or the lcgation in Ottawa?" The question seems pertinent.

Another P. E. I. Record

Prince Edward Island has the distinction 0f being the only part of Canada in which the Anglo-Saxon elements are holding their own numerically with the other racial elements. This is the finding of Miss Enid Charlcs, One 0i the leading British authorities on population prob- lems, in an article in the May issue of the Cana- dian journal of Economic and Political Science which is reviewed editorially in the Globe and Mail. Miss Charles, with financial help provided by the Carnegie Corporation, is devoting her abilities to research work upon population ques- tions in Canada. At intervals she has been pub- dishing the fruits of her labor, and in the article referred to, which is clltitletl “The Trend of Fertility in Prince lidward Island", she offers a variety of illuminating statistical information, reaching conclusions from which certain lessons can profitably be drawn

Miss Charles notes that Prince Edward Is- land's population by the census of 194i, (93,913) was virtually the same as was recorded for it by the census of 1871, the first aftcr Confederation, when it was placed at 94,021. It had risen by progressive increases to a peak figure of 109,07 in 1891, but thereafter a dcclinc set in, and dc- creases were rccordcd by the ncxt four censuses until it reached the low figure of 88,038 in 193i. At this point the dccliiic was halted, and in the decade 1931-41 the total pOplllFlllOfl increased by nearly 6,000. For half a century there has been practically no immigration into the Island. but there has bccn a substantial emigration every year to other parts of Canada and the United States, and this cxrirlus has operated to obscure the facts rcvralvrl by Miss Charles.

She shows that liuiil about 1890 Prince Ed- ward Island liad ilic SIIIHC dccliric in the fertility 0f its population as was visible in the rest of the western world, and that it continued at a slowing pace up to i907. In that ycar it was checked, and lodav tlic total fertility of the population of the 'sland is about on the Sillllf‘ lcvcl as in i890.

Her findings rcvral that in 1930 the gross re- mdticiion ratc, which moans tlu- replacement if population by births. for the whole of Canada, ivhich bad been 1.65 in 19:6, Iind fallcn to 1.29. and flint thcrc wcrc great variations in the rates for the different Provincrs.

The two Provinces with tlic largest propor- tion of French-Canadian inhabitants, New

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Brunswick and Quebec, hid b)’ l“ ‘he hlghat reproduction rates, respectively 1.66 and 1.54. and on the other hand British Columbia, where the proportion of people of Allgwsax” smck '5 larger than in any other Provinccnhad fl" l°w reproduction rate of .97, and Onlflfw- _“"lh 196- did not make a much butter showing; Indeed ll" record of its Anglo-Saxon populatipn W3! Pwb‘ ably belQ“r _97_ By comparison with these two latter Provinces, Prince Edward ISlfllld COl-lld show the creditable reproduction rate _0I I53- and the proportion of its population which l! 0f French origin, 14.7 per cent, 1s not much higher than the parallel proportion in Ontario-

Miss Charles points out that the percentage of our Island population classified as rural remained in i931, 77 per cent, as compared with 92 per cent in i871, whereas for the whole of Canada in this period this percentage had fallen from about 8o to 47 per cent. Her conclusion is that the chief contributory factors to the encouraging situation in Prince Edward Island are "a self- sufficient and prosperous rural economy, an ab- sence of social inequalities and psychological isolation from patterns of social behavior pre- vailing elsewhere."

- EDITORIAL NOTES-

Now we may continue at work till Dominion

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Saint John, N. B., are giving those interested an opportunity to hear Sir Norman Birkett in the Iligh School Auditorium. Here it will be in the P. “l. C. Hall

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On Sunday the grave closed over the remains of an ideal citizen in the person of Mr. Alan For- syth who had lived to a green old age. It may bc said of him what has been previously said of another of our citizens, “he wfint to church on Sunday, paid his just and lawful debts, minded his own business, and did not care a continental for zu1_vb0d_\"s undeserved criticisms." In this way he won the respect and esteem of the com- munity at large and a host of friends in particu-

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The laps have made a “sample” air raid on thc West Coast, and the Nazis might quite con- ceivably make one on the East Coast via Green- land. Should they attempt to shower poison gas as they allegedly did on the Russian front it is well to be prepared: For exposure to blister

"agents among poison gases. like mustard gas or

lewisite, authorities now recommend prompt washing of the eyes, nose and throat with a solu- tion of baking soda-one teaspoonful to a glass of uiater-and prompt soaping of all exposed skin.

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Immunization is getting a good adverlisflmeflf from the experience of the Air Force. Sqdm-Ldr. A.H_ Sellers, R.C.A.F. Medical Branch, Ottawa, told delegates to the Canadian Public Health As- sociation Convention in Toronto that the immun- ization program for scarlet fever and diptheria started a year ago by the air force had shown im- pressive results. Hegsaitl that civilian case iiici- dence of scarlct fcver in the first quarter of 1942 was more than twice that of the same period in 1941, while air force case incidciicc had bccn rc- duccd by half. This was due to introduction of toxoid treatment for every recruit, he explain- ed. "In contrast to previous years there was no significant interruption of the training program in Canada during the past ycar as a result of scarlet fever," said Sqdn.-Lclr. Sellers, who add- ed the diptheria picture was even brighter, with only nine cases occurring since the program started.

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Napoleoii Bonaparte having been, by a 0011p ifefat, made First Consul of France on Nov. 9, 1799, on this date 1800, in order to restore France's fortunes in war he led his army across the Alps to march upon the Emperor of Austria at Vienna; won the great but lucky victory of Mar- engo (June 14, 1800) upon which the Emperor of Austria signed the Peace of Luneville; Na.- poleon now hoped to be able to isolate England, and to form a great coalition (Russia, Prussia, Sweden and Denmark) against her; but the British Government acted with great determin- ation; at the battle of Copenhagen, Nelson forced the Crown Prince to make an armistice; and the murder of Tsar Paul brought the brief Franco- Russian entente to an end,’ after this there was nothing for it but for France to make terms with Britain, and on March 27, i802, the Peace of Amiens was signed.

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Living costs for Canadian farm families ad- vanced 2.1 per cent between the fall of 1941 and the spring of 1942, according to an index com- piled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. For the latest period the index on the base 1935-1939- ioo stood at 118.4 as compared with 116.7 in the fall of 1941. Compared with pre-warlevelsthcre has been an increase of 19.4 per cent. The east- ern rcgional index moved up 2.0 per cent to 119.0 between August 1941 and April, 1942, while in the same period there was an increase of 2.3 per cent to 117.5 for the western series. The 2.1 per cent increase in farm family living costs over the past six months compared with one of 1.9 per cent in urban living costs. Advan- ces in the index on farm living costs continued to reflect increases in foods, notable among which were tea, prunes, cheese and lard. At 126.5 for the spring of 1942 the food index showed an ad- varicc of 2.7 per cent above the fall level. The eastern food index at 129.0 for April was up 3.1 per cent, while the western series gained 2.0 per ccnt to 122.7. Comparcd with pre-war levels, food prices have risen 32.2 per cent_ Clothing prices have advanced onlv fractionally since the fall as indicated by an increase of less than one P" Cclll to 124.6 in the clothing index. As against a prc-ivar index lcvcl of 100.3, however, advan- ccs in clothing ltavc been substantial, amounting l" 94-2 nor cent. Eastern and \\’(‘.<l€ffl spring in- dcxcs of 125.2 and 123.7 respectively compared with fall lcvcls of 124.0 and 122.8, respectively. The lucl price indcx lcvg-l of 111.7 ivas 3.6 per rout liiiglicr than lllf‘ precciling fall level. Regional lll(l(‘.\'(‘s n! 113.7 for Ill!‘ eastern series and 108.7 for the wcstcrn scrics wcrc 4.2 per cent and 2.7 per cent respectively above fall levels.

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nuns a1 1111-: wlll Editorial By Prime Minister King

The war would be won more ensll)’ t1 some PBOPN were as 800d

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ufliilllii u schemes t0 beat. uie nii- (From The Canadian Proaa report o! n radio addrafl d6 ' p "1 do not believe m viiiua Nations m aolna to l" 4;- feated if each and all o! them put forth their utmost effor . But I do believe it is possible for themnlo be defenteg un- less they put forth their utmost effort, he declard. I do not believe I am exaggerating. If I did not believe it to be true what possible motive could I have for saying that d ivorld-encircllng danger may yet jeopardize the very exist- ence of our country?”

emy as uiey are schemes w__ bfllll L110 goverunieul. -4.'0r0111-0 018-1"-

Looklng at. Mr. King in the iiouse you would never know that he klllll _. care iii we worm. . . -bllCli u man is utterly baliung L0 an 0p- posluou and impossible 101' an e11- emy 1o get. his nand-s on. — Bruce auwiiison in Victoria Times.

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Cumin’: shipbuilding expansion has been one oi the wouuers or Lno world. size is now launching one ten - thou-sand - um merchant. vessel every tour days, and that period in inter to time; this is addition to her war- snip and small boar. programs. - rqronto Star.

In Ottawa as in Washington the war program nus tesuiteu in the luring o1. bil0li$lllid§ oi PIOVIIIJIBI girls, I110 they usually find time nanguig iicavy on viieir tinnus at the enu Oi me day's work, since they outnumber uie men many tmes ovei". we've beard about. one ingenious lime mmg W110, after several mourns of Sibling alone Iii be: room of evenings, few cryptic hints about wmcn could be interpreted as ni- dlcating that. she was in contact with spies or saboieuis or such. in no time a1 an n INPSOUEOA: member o1 tne Royal Canadian Mount-ed Police nau struck up an acquaintance witti tier. i-ie hasn't been able to report to ms supeiiors yet on any subversive activiues, but.

meanwhile the two have been o-niil; "9117

the bown pretty thoroughly, 1.1a the young lacy has been tiavmg a fine time. —-'i‘he New Yorker.

By order of the gasoline controller, tourist-s entering Canada. are only

m be allowed 20 gallons ot gasu- tinent and l0 help

tine. II Lucy use up mat quantity nelore ieaciulig the American boi-

....B|i‘5ci1i€iil.s to stiip their cai buck by train or some otiivi method. This, of cottrsc, kills one uUUIISL truue until alter the war . During the past. iew nioiiuls Ltie uomiiuoii uovcriimeiit. uiiti llic untario Government. have spirit. large amounts ot money on pro- niouiig tourist, traltio during the coming summer and fall. They did not foresee present conditions and they are not. to be blamed tor uiar expenditure, wiiicli would have served u valuable purpose. but illc usefulness of tncse departments .s as dead as the dodo until 1101111111 c: zillions ieturii. Tney snouul be closed and the statis transferred 1o other work. —-SL. ‘lnomas Times- Journal.

It is not. without gratification that one observes tiow mud Byron has iecentiy come-iuaoverteutiy, as 1t were-mm his own. ‘the siiiali private garden separating Hamil- ton Place from the i-‘Brk has lx-en . stripped 0t iLS railings, aiiu mus the memorial erected 11i this garden to Byron and his dogs by privaze subscription has been uepnvea, eq- ua.1_/ of any semblance of privacy. Now that ttils pal-cu of grass 1111c. slirubbery has been mergcu 111w the wlder expenses of Hyde Pant! it may suiciy be said that LOIILIOI) 1111s at last. nchieveo a public mom.‘ merit to her expaLi-iave poet: a no» Linfilliiig Lrlb-ule to

sympathy and flfllllifliliOll wiiicii

tie us iiisepeiably to the patriot Greelzsx~ Mi". Robert Luty-eiis 1n London Times.

. A friend v11“- ‘E211; us that lic-

1111s enrolled in flit: {To-IR Guard. 8% fought, tlifliugii ‘mi: 15st wzii" Su w"lll not be entirely n novice. “Next time you sce me I may Dc in uni- rorm," Etc s':l.‘,'s

"1 ca tn c; ‘." v-2, i - - Jon e u 1 flZZ(1\Y.'C1CIi]i(I f’ “tyiotdalb desplt? "be we!) imagine wiii p: '0 fl very use- l’_ l" . he impression 1s

Iul NCTlLu. “The Home Guulki", u nfllitbry tfxuerl; rc n1" “d t0 us re- CCITOIV: iiiuiciiv 1111112 a train- ed aimy. V/Tien ‘is 1 rlfZifTornico 1E Was only a raLoa: 11ml. vwulti Have been of precious little use agaaiis» serious mvaéA/J‘. If. is m, auiercm. now.’ rroin wont. we nave seen 01 inein We can wen ueneve ulllm- Sneinmu ieicgrapn.

American naval officials are to supervise the immobilization ‘i-rcnch warships at. Mliliililqlifi. The veueis include tile alrcrai: carrlci DEB-I'll, iI-lil-i we mussels mine net'- tnn and uemuie uluc. A nuniuei" ol some: siups, uiciuuuig submarines,

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1e: clrop a asking for a “No" u“ “u” voice is the voice of Hitler.”

some United Nations.

fhe Axis power

strong enough to defeat us. d“ “gum may w“, “an, ,_,v Mk6 notliuzg to do with the questi

understand the needs of better than they are un will be saying that you how Canada should be defended.

eminent of your own count i/nzuzself elected, to make the right decisions for the pro- tection of your homes and families.

nnstmtiorz of national unit ‘Yes’, I am appealing to m mid all (‘reeds in all parts

low Canadians of Canada 1s unbreakable. I

you are capable of making any sacrifice which is necessary in preserve our united national existence.

Iiution to the icimzin

Iicln’ n! bay and fin all Um l/niled Nations, should rim/re it perfectly c

conic 1 liuvt; will serve to make

towards the

Those who claimed that i

ited States could not keep the enemy from Canada tlten this country could not defend itself were, in effect, saymn b, “mm w that other nations should win the war for Canada.

"Let me ask what the fate of Canada would be if the people of Russia, England and the United States adopted the attilude which those who advise you to vole ‘No’ aug- gest Canada should adopt?"

"At a time of war is it r

tions of the enemy rather than those of the freely elected government of your own country?” he asked.

He asked the people not

young boys carrying banners and shouting “down with con- scription”, nor to be influenced by a radio voice in Paris vote "when you are well aware that the

It ivas a delusion to talk

Another delusion was to

sources of strength," he “TIie Canadian Army is

same reason as the troops of tralia.

“They are there to keep the enemy away from this con-

defeat th

“By voting ‘No’, as I see i

know

"You uiill be saying that

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"The plebiscite affords a

of

"I am appealing to you all to demonstrate to your fel- and to the rest of

“Without unity, Canada

we bonus o, ii-orld. A free Canada can only survive in a free world.

“Todflll, ilie enemy is so

“An oz-crivhelming affirmative vote on Monday next that perfectly clear. magnificence

winning b! the

"I want that injustice to

low-countrymen-every one country complete effort both in Y 0u can do this by voting '

freedom its own eyes,

are bo be aaiecvcri. '.l.'il‘ uinilonitiza- i818)‘ b ' 1.1011 i5 One pnase Oi bile ugrceiiicii» [h I e It "oiled uevwecn wnsiiiiigyon uiiu wnuevei T” "my "lull?

15 iitflouslivuig I01‘ Iviflruliiiqlie. An- wllcr b01111. in be WflLCiltu is uiai i-uo enemy Goes 11Gb muse use o1 Muwllqw is a subuiuruie or on; ocner 11.11111 01 base. 1H8 ivreiicn ls- lanu is wo close w ma. raiiania Uflllal I-o permit, the uniteu braves ID Luke any 641811805. Viciny is uegui- 11mg w inn uie piexstire 1mm me unmet marinas. when LEVEL swpp. 9G iiib0 POWEI, D6 H.150 sbepped Vicily into a mess 01' trouble. KJIOWAH; L-Bvlli no‘ l1 Nazi accomplice, our side ms to make sure ne noes no, pun any tricks. —Wili(l50l‘ 512.1".

It was a powerful impulse "m, drew a. innuoii and u quarter peou-e, IP66 men, women aiiu children, lo ventral ran: on Sunday afternoon 1o glory in Lne tact. LIIBL ttiey were Americans. A year ago Lne ‘.351, crowd Bfliib wronged lliLO me park for "i. Am an American Day" was Il-lfilflillli In its size and enlhu» tum; mvcr that occasion, and m view of me decisive events that. nave occurred smce May, i941, a mere repetition 0t last year's Colg- brallon‘ would have been 11111..‘- cumacuc. instead, me pflrlicllibhlls in Sunday's meeting reached such numbers as w be positively iivly. lll-iylllfllll- A demonstration lm-"lcw lcyallv 1n me X806 perll. I0

of ll Wlle us crustuii 5 iemlg the skeptics as could well ‘b; glnem- New York Herald '13-»

bune. --___ Mr. Dalton. Prealdent of the Board of irade, bold the press that no expects to save four mil- lllm WW" Yards oi shining ima the labor o1 a thousand workers by the order which induces mens shirts by two inches and elim- lnntes the double cuff. Mr. Dalton not only welcomed the tax re.- mission for utility clothes, 126 ex- pects to sec us all ln utility clothes in the long run. Su far two-uzirus of the cloth produced ls going 111.. ulllllv clothes. and the Board ls aiming at having it all so used teanwhlle it. ls glad to see the P711308 l." "luxury" clothes rise In a. Jrdance with uovcriicniut policy. Mr. Dalton stud of the Bonrdm concentration of industry plmi thct it. 11nd released 55,000.00’) square feet of factory space 1nd 270.000 workers, and would rclcasc a further 30,000 soon-Manchester Guardian