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HO CTHE‘ ciiiniorrrrowii GUARDIAN

Momln| Dally (Founded in I887)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice-President: J. It. Burnett. FJJ. Secretary: lleut. Col D. A. MacKlnnon- 0.8.0. lilffor and Managing Director: .l. R. Burnett, FJJ. lssoclati: Editors: Frank Walker and lan A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall in P. I. l., $4.00 per year; $2.50 for d mouths $1.25 li-r 3 months; 50c for one month City Delivery: 55.00 per year; $3.00 for 8 monihe $1.75 for 3 months 8y Mall in Canada and U.S.A. 285.00 per year ‘fluidly Wflrllll‘! $2.00 per year; $1.00 for ll months, 50c lor 3 months.

{The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

FRIDAY. MARCH 2B. 1941

Balkan Picture Changes

Still serious {ts is the zlllllllltlli in the Balkans, it may be radicitlly" clriiigctl as a restilt 01' the I't'\t.)lULlUl1 in Yugoslavia and the installation of a new government sworn to defend the country's independence.

llritziin, it is rirportril, will back the new gov- ernment with licr naty, army and air force to lay open the right flank iii the threatened German thrust into tirccce. \\ llll his genius for speaking precisely at the right time, Prime .\linister Llitircliill lillllUllllCUll llltf news that "carly this morning the Yugoslav n ion found its soul,” pre- dicted that the pact ivlizch the Nazis had forced upon the counir_v would be repudiated, arid gave Britain's pledge to make "common cause" with the new regime zigainst aggression.

i-‘roni \\ llslllllQlttll, too, has come prompt re-

consider making a. statement informing the Uni- ted States of Canada's actual position in relation to stipplics to Great Britain, he said: "I think‘ such a statement might inost appropriately be made by Canada's minister at Washington, and I

such a statement and do so within the course of the next few days." Yet this week he made in the House of Com- mons the statement which on March I9 he de- clared “might most appropriately be made" by our minister at Washington! Here is a sad example of “missing the bus" so far as obtaining the ear of our American neigh- bors is concerned. They will not hear Mr. King at Ottawa. Few American papers carry exten- sive reports of our parliamentary proceedings. Why Mr. McCarthy, whose qualifications as am- bassador have been so highly lauded, was unable to discuss Canada's war effort at his‘ first and most important press conference, is a mystery. He shoud have been primed by Mr. King before he went to Washington, and not left the unfortunate impression that he was either in- competent, or tinwilling, to give the facts.

— EDITORIAL NOTES n Having ‘disposed of the Speech from the Throne, written not in Customary King's English, our legislators have adjourned till Tuesday.

1 i- 1k - Look-outl Your cigarette is going to cost you more. The Provincial Government need more money for health purposes, and think they can help to cure two diseases with one tax, reduce cigarette smoking and the spread of T. B. u u n- e

The honourable and medical leader of the Op- position takes some credit for preventing the local

action. The American niiuisicr in Belgrade has been instructed to inform the new governmeiiti that the change in power has been “widely wel- comed in the United Statics," and that in accord- ance with the u-rius of the Lease-lend .~\ct effec- tive material :1..i-tance will be rendered "to na- tions which are seeking tu prescrve their inde- pendence.” Yugoslavian assets in the United States which w-ere frozen after the former Bel- grade government joined the Axis, will likely be released.

The ruihlessness and treachery of the Nazi leaders, which W011 them early successes in the war, are now bearing different fruit. No nation can afford to take Hitler at his word. The Yugo- slav people realize, as do the valiant Greeks, that their only salvation is to resist. The chances look good for Britain ginning a new and powerful ally, and of German machinations in the Balkans being completely frustrated.

Active Service Enlistments

From time to time good people are heard to say that “so and so”, Willltfid to enlist immediately in the active force but was advised by the recruiting officer to delay. This really cannot actually happen now otherwise the recruiting officer in

uestion is failing in the discharge of his duty.

efence Minister Ralston told the House of Com- mons the other day that a call has been sent out for 6,000 recruits to rcinforce units in the active army. Under the quota system, each military idistrict has been zislurrl to stipply a number of re- inforcements but all districts would not be asked to furnish recruits for all services. In turn, the districts would ask their reserve units to furnish quotas. For the present call 1,576 of tlic 6,000 required ivt-re for the artillery’. Artillery reserve units would be asked to contribute to these. Others would be for the signals corps, for the armored corps, the ordnance, and nriny service corps. A small number of the total would be for infantry units. "Probably one-third of these men will be obtained front the reserve army units," said Col. Ralston. "The other: toil! be obtained by dircct enlistment: n! flit’ tiirrrict depots, from men ‘iv/m mute In the drfiofr." The Miiliiler Said district officers crinuuaiuling tisunlly had a good idea of tlic number" of lll(‘ll in each‘ reserve army unit who were ready to volunteer for active ser- vice. Thus they kiicw in advance where to look for the nirii to fill their ilistrict quotas. it was the duty of the officers in charge of reserve tlllll5 to kccp sniiiciciit men on strength to meet calls for reiniorcciiieiits from the active army

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Belated Explanation I“ 111C llou-e in‘ tkiiiiiiioiis this week Prime

hliiiistcr .\l;icl\cu'/.ii; king gave facts and figures relative to kfzmtitlzfis u Jli‘ effort which, on the ex-

penditure sidc zit li-tisi, .'ll'C quite impressive. .\liiiost 44 pt r cunt ill our lllllltillill income, he said, hits lit-cu tilcilgrtl to ilircct and llHllFCCl. sup- port of the .‘\lllt'<l cause in the ivrir. llie liliJsli estimate of kiillllttlile ;_‘_l‘\)~s national income for the, iicw fiscal \'t'1tl‘ i.- $5.w5ti.1>titi.0ti0, Taking the floor, just as the t$i,‘;oo,o~<>o.ooo war appropriation b'll appeared about to puss its third and final reading,

l\lr. King 511 out "to ;ill>\\\'l' criticism raised in the United Stzitcs to tlic effect that this country was not making any contribution to brcat Britain

‘Minister of Public Works By the same token, if

Government losing one of its members viz. the

truth were told, he deserves credit in s. large measure likewise for keeping the Premier head of the Government. w- e i- i-

Hoarders and those of a niiserly disposition take heed of this. A Montrealer named Barthe of Messier St., when war broke out exchanged his wealth in bank notes for silver coin because of advice that while the bills would decline in value the silver coinage would remain steady. He locked his fortune away in trunk in his bedroom, where it would practically be always under his eye. In his absence the other afternoon two young men called for him, and his I3 year old daughter in- tilted them into wait for his return. entered one struck her over the head with his fist rendering her unconscious. When she came to her senses she found herself bound and tied to the bed, while the trunk, with the fortune of $140, had been broken open, and the contents stolen.

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Lord Rawlinson, British general, born this date 1864; fought in the Soudan and South African wars; led the famous, but ill-fated 17th Division to| Belgium in I914 in pursuance of the scheme {or holding back the Germans on the line of the bcheldt; he remained in high command during the whole of the war, his crowning exploit being the British offensive in I918, when, with the 4th Army, lie carried British Arms across the old battlefield of the Somme and the lslindcnburg Line which was instrumental in effecting the Ger- man collapse. For his distinguished services he was awarded a peerage and a grant of $I50,000,l Subsequently after successfully withdrawing the British forces from Northern Russia, he was made Coininander-in-cliicf in India. for the pur- pose of effecting Army Reforms, which he also successfully carried out, and it is largely due to these that the Indian Army is one of the most ef- ficient units in fighting the Nazis today.

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When s. maximum wholesale price of 35 cents for butter was fixed on December 12 last by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board it was found that there was a definite differential as between Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal. Now Winnipeg is quoting the f. o. b. Montreal price of 35 cehts; so that when Montreal dealers

ay the price for Winnipeg supplies there is no profit for them because they cannot sell to the retail trade above the niaximunt of 35 cents. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board, it is believed, will make inquiry to learn what was the actual dif- ferential between Winnipeg and Montreal when the maximum was fixed on December 12, and it is likely that maintenance of that differential will be preserved while the pegged price is effective. if it were not for present butter shortage in Mon- treal this problem would not have arisen, but it is known that the board is not prepared to allow one market to take advantage of another because of a} temporary disparity in supplies. When the price was pegged on December I2 Winnipeg was pre- pared to sell to Montreal and take a normal profit based on its differential, but today witha shortage in Montreal it is known that Winnipeg is charging Alontrcal the maximum, that is 35 ccnts i. o. b. .\lonfrczil_

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The census is to be tiikcit this year after all,

comparable p» that aiiiticipaitcil under the ljnitcd States Luise-Lend .\ct." llc liztil no tllllilCllliy in pujming out tlizit (itmulzfls \\'2ll' cotltflblliltill l0!‘ tlic coming lisczil vvnr, in lLTllis of mom-y, ivould be equivalent to §§§,ll()(),()()().OO() out of a total ljltitctl States initioinil inciintc $30.IXX>.KXX).OOO. lli addition, 250,000 Llinzulizius were on active sci-

notwitlistaiitliug its cost of $2,700,000, might have| bccn saved by tlcliiy for another Io ycars. lt is understood the list of ailministrators is already completed along with other census arrangements and that only word to go is awaited. So the fob‘ lowing arugincnts for taking the 19.11 census have been put forward:

vice this bciiig equivalent, priiptirtioinitely to our . ~ _ _ _ . population, to 1m .\lllt'l'lt'itll‘ttftlly 1>t‘_’._s0_0,000 ill relation tn the population Hi the Lmicil btatcs. Sing; the purpose of .\lr. King's sl£ll(‘ill(‘lll was t‘, Cm-rpcl an Ql‘l't)ll('l)ll> impression in the lfnitctl

States as to tlic cxti-nt of our war clltlfl. ll in. atiou rt-qiiirctl by governments. doubly “nfortiintitt- that it ivas not given at the} __g

1. Failure to lake tlic cciistis would impair tlic, inn-king of the principle of representation by pop- ulatiou. lt is used to determine provincial subsid- ies, and is otherwise essential in obtaining inforni-

The census assembles essential information

first llrcss conft-rt-nct- livid in \\'1l>ltllll~!“"' ll)’ IlWN-u viral statistics and (lctvriuines the rate of as-

lloii. Leighton .\lc(':irtli_v, our new hlllllslvfdl) ghe ljititt-t] States. .\lr. King tlt-fciulctl tlic .\liii- mcr for not answering tlu~ qutrsfioiis iiskcil liim b). the L", 5, pres- r<~|ircsciitsitivcs. _burcl_v, how- tliat was tlu- idval occasion for obtaining

ever. publicity in the zhnrricim ‘press as to our war‘ 4. tictivities. Tlu- l'riuu- .\liiiistci"s stzitcnient iu

similzition of immigrants into the Canadian popu-

latinn, providing a guide for immigration policy, 3. Lcnsus survey of Lzinziiliin agriculture in

tlic factual basis of zigrictilttiral policies of Doin-

iiiion and provincial governments.

The census of wholesale rind retail trading

legislative prn-

(‘Sltllilifilllllvlllfi is iinpiirliiiit i0

ltqrliarm-nt will not receive anything like tlu- ill- grziitisj

teiitimi which a stiiit-ini-nt from .\lr. llvc-“lrllly would have received on that occasion.

Mr, King llllllSPli sc-etns to be aw-aire that he bungled in the instructions given to .\lr. Mc- Carthy, “filth asked on March 19 if he would

5. 'l'oi:il cost of tlic census is less than $l 9f every $1.000 of the national income of the census year, and its vnluc extends over i0 years. Unless the census is taken this year other statistical in- vcstigatioris will be required, l

will with pleasure instruct the minister to make 5

As they s

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

J. B. Priestly put it neatly when be said that Hitler wu lust a Gen-

nls Khan in an Armored car. - lildmonwn Journal. "Italy." any: Mussolini. “will

matron with Germany to the end." But to whose end he doesn't say- tluiigh probably he sees _ it oom- ini. — Owen Sound Bun-Times.

lg he‘ been claimed that Gen- era Wavell was born on the Lsle 0! W123“. sOn 0i’ a family which has resided there for centuries. But the Glasgow Sunday Post. says: "He's a Soot by birth and began his soldlering with the Black Watch. his father's regiment and his son's Over 40 years ago tile father was officer oomman lng the Bltwk Watch at Perth depct. He resided at. Kinmouth House, Rhynd, near Bridge of Earn, where Arable spent most of his youthful years. John Rennie, of Cragigan Looveamhead. who was gamekeeper of. Klnmoiith, recalls that he taught. young Wav- elt to shoot." This, cf course, does not affect the assertion that. the Waveil family oorne from the Isle of Wlsbt. - Tcronto Stair.

Four men and a girl were secul-

ea under the Defence Regulations °°

at Easteleigh, Hampshire, o! flying a glider without the requisite authzrlty. Superintendent Pragriell said that a. glider was seen 1n the sky by hundreds of pie, with. the result that a certain amount. of eon- cern was ca. . Ronald Edward Clear, Purbrook. one of the de- fendants, said that he was a pilot. A firm had made inquiries about. the, glider for overseas sale and he gllecidedttowcagigtfi, revious fault.

e wen er together with his Iflelldl, who had no idea that what he proposed to do was Illegal. Unfortunately rising air cur- rents. caused the ider to rise. He oould have landed immediately, but the speed would have risen beyond tn; safe limit. The only alternative was to fly away from the lift, which he cud, and landed e; soon es pos- sfble. He was fined i5 and the others were bound over for two years. — London Times.

The gnnlversnry of Finland's rice with Soviet Russia tuu rought report-I of the country's recovery which. show that the Hans in adversity continue to manifest. tho same fine qualities that were their; in prosperity. Although no one would have expected anything else of a pie which has given no man evi ecices c! its devotion to liar work, thrift. and integrity it Ls encouraging

adjusted themselves to limits. The report-s speak of thousands of- new fanms cleared for refugees. Plane are being de- veloped for new power plants and factcries and for roads, railroads and port. facilities. - From the New York Herald Tribune.

Goerlng will have bo think oi’ something new. The elderly mindset-vent. of a friend o! mine said the other day: “Rio novelty of the raids having now passed, I shall not. take any mire notice of them." - Manchester Guardian.

Ari important shift in Amer- ican attitude toward Japan bu occurred 1n the last. month. ac- cording to the Gallu poll. Whereas in February the pr ominant senti- ment. was against; risking war with Japan, today that. is not. the case. Today the group willixl8 to risk war is slightly greater numerical-

ly than the grcup opposed to

gambling on a. war in the Orient..-

Minneapoiis Stai- Journal.

On her ninety-ninth birth- day Mrs. Lilian Hallo heard an in- cendla bomb crash through the root o her house in Chesterton Road, Ladbroke Grove. Though alcno she cam-ted sand and water to the top of the house acid ut them on the bomb. She kept. he flames in check and sought help only when a. ceiling fell on her. "Had it. not been for the old lady's bravery", a. neighbor said, “the whtle place would have been burned down". Mrs. Hiille, who was a. friend of Florence Nightin- gale, has been three times round the world in her husband's ship and ha; crossed part of the Sa- hara on a camel. She has now gar bombed three times. —bondon

es.

Like the voice o! one crying in the wlldemeas comes an appeal made in Jaffria to eradicate the

evil of bribery and corruption "so The

rampant in Ceylon." It l-l by no means s. lone cry, but like many another m before, it. seem; des- tined to was e its force m the desert. air. This is not to take an unnecessarily pessimistic view of public life. It is rather a. frank recognition of certain crude facts. An illustration of the causes which prompt social evils was afforded in th last; municipal elections in CoLmbo, Reviewlnc the elections. municipal councillors now candidly admit. that personatton of voters has come to stay. They are convinc- ed that it cannot. be eliminated. On the contrary, they feel that. it a candidate wants to win, he must. not. merely use persimmon. but. also perfect the system and extend it. over e. wide field, the ideal being to make the slme lot of persoriamrs vote for qvery candidate o! the party. — Times of (Ieylon (Colom- o.

“The Ottawa Board of Control has unanimously decided that. mos- quito operations around that. city shall be carried on this year as usual." - Wtzinlipez ‘Pribune. ‘Ito which. Lne Ottawa Citizen added: "l1 they have granted any such permit as that, we'll all be et alive before the middle of June.”

A aha-Inge in social habits brought. abut by war-time condi- [long l; given by the Chzef 0on- stable of Cardiff (Mr. J. A. Wil- son) as the principal reason tor e substantial decline in the number of oases of drunkenness in the city last, year. In his annual report to the licensing justices he said that the Ion hours worked by munitton wzr ers. and m, desire to be at home during hours of dark- ness for tha safety and comforter wives and children, find altered the habits or many persons who. before the "black-out" conditions, spent their evenings in the twn centre and also in suburban public- liouses. An alert, invariably renited in the atrone or pirblichoiises leav- ing) e! er for their homes or for pu ll: shelters. and many llcenseu nlosed their businesses to take shelter themselves. -I..ondon Times.

Italy lii I severe economic bar'- deu to Germany should, not be

l Officllil I

London hoe Press) filums from Ottawa show tbs the production of crude net-ro- leuni tar Canada set ii new moordin 1910 with the output estimated at 7.709.000 barrels as cemblred with 7.820.301 barrels 1n 1039. Most ofttho Canadian output today comes from the Turney Valley m Alberta. Eastern Canaalans ill-It'll)’ realise the sine and importance of the oil development in Alberta. For yea-rs oil had been f Western vlnoe. but it was not im- 198 the first lane flow o! blah quality oil was struck in the Turn Valle

impetus to industry and well after well has been struck since the Turner Valley. There are now 131 wells in production, no less than 36 of which came in last Year. Another 25 wellsaie now belnz drilled.

The importance of the develop-

WORDS 0F CHALLENGE

A‘ THOUGHT A DAY I0! A PIOILI AT WAR

"First and foiumoet. let all pon

sentiment we may have with other lands, Comb must claim our first. allegiance. This will make it more disfi- ciilt for undesirable elunenta to establish

ment of these oii fields. which soon be the largest in the British empire, cannot " onomically it is vital not only to

the West. but. to the Empire. Canada. in the best lind- been wholly dependent. anon foreizn" sources for pii. If we can Drodiioe our own oil It. will kep the Canadian‘

With oil the most essential rel--

be increas- . Already re is talk of a as line from Alberta to British Colum- bia to pipe oil to the Pacific for the Canadian navy.

Inspiration For Youth

(Globe and Mall)

In some cases it is given to youth to have a clearer conception of a national peril than have their eld- en. A Toronto ziri, 10 years cld tn- xormi "rm Globe ma Mail but tucked awiiv in one of her school- books she found e. piece of VOISQ by the English poetess, Adelaide Anne Proctcr, so applzciible to present conditions that she thought it should be republished. and Wit-h that we agree. Sh; says: “I thought that this would make young men realize that they ought to join the iii-my, air tore; or navy, and make more people buy war savinke oer- tuicates. D;n't you ~ k I am right, after having read the poem?

are not. thinking about others." Th, verse. entitled "Rise! for the Day I; Passing," follows: Rise! for the day is ssina, And you lie drea rig on; ‘Illw other; have buckled their armour And forth to the fight are lone. A lace in thq ranks awaits you, ch man has some par to

play: The ‘gash and the fiiturq an noth- K In the face of the stern today. Rise! from’ your dreams 0t the

ure

OIflEIgl-flltlg some hard-fought e .