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..- -:11itl1111‘it:1tl\'c iivws to 1, the fzir: must he furcd that :1 tmjor \11;1111ic is'i1npcnding_

-r1-1l thztt :11 lluukirk thc Fit- ..1v1--.- 111:1“ it is t111l:1\", 111111 that

'll1.l.-y ~hc 11-15 powvrfull

1‘1 -- 11-1 . .1 sttv-i-gth 211111 l'\‘\1llll‘l"(_‘\

1111 (ill 11111 the .\\i»; powers cun mus-

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.1 \"1 1'1 s -1--."-111.1..1 iutt-tntti-tl 1111 vxtrurtzttiitn of v.t'. 11v in 11113, or 111s hopt- of uvt-rtitrg i111‘- thr-r tt-ntporziryv rt-vcrscs. 11.51011 rcvc-rsc 511011111

1111.1 1111111 spttt‘ us to greater effort in mmipovv-cr and \-.":1r p1"11-.]11c1ion, 'l‘hnt ttiirlotihtvdlv will he 1h.» 1-1-11-11111 nverst-zts to the. Nu] ]lll‘t‘.'ll to llri- fish 11.1111] <11p1"1-1n'1r_v.

.\lc:1-.1\vh1l1-. a ncw 111111 stirring chztptct" 1111i been wrif“ in our nir annals. Canadian airmen. int-hpling Sr» 111111 Pilot f‘. \\'. Higgins of (‘hur- ]1*111*-1m\11. ]1.'ll'l1(‘l11.’tlt‘1l in the ntzm-lc r111 tho cs- »: ]11-1-111:111 <1;11:11-]1"~111 11111] 1111] niugnifict-itt v.'1-. 1.‘ “"111 1111- 11---. 1s nt tlu-ir (ll.~[1l>\.'ll. \\'hr-n the 1Z11-1-c1-111vs “111-n 11111‘ .1ir, sen .1111] lrtnrl fort-cs are ahle to meet the rncnfv on equal terms, there is no tyurstioniu-g the stiperior quality. of their 121-1 J-jgr‘ and initiative.

Starting The Campaign

hlontlav secs the opening the cantpaigtl for the Scvond Yictory’ 1.11mi in Liznimlzi. The nvccsiill‘ for this is obvious 11111] rutptircs no citipliztsis 011 0111" 111111, 'l'he aim i," 11,1 111159 ~‘.(10o,ouo,o(1o plus any 5111111115 up to the equal 0f that secured in the first Loan. The quota for this Province 1s £116 same 11s 1:111 ycnr, and it will 1x’. t'CC.'\11€(l 110W kecn the c11111pc-1i1i1111 \\".'1s 11c xvcvn the thrcc (bnntics tn rn-ershont tlu-ii" mark, which cnch of thcm did to a c111n1nc111lul1lc extent.

(711 the present occ: ion the a1"1"ang1-u1<-11ts arc

wcll in 11.1111] for a stn-c-ssfttl campaign, 1v:- llinttillf-I with R Kit-:11 11' _ 1 ' 1111111 111 (hut-lotte- town 11111] Sunni 41,- 1111 .\l1111.]."1vv tight, fczttur-

ctl 11v the lighting 11f hl-ru-oiis \ tich will 11c lulu-n up on successive 11 ‘.1 11111] c:1r1"icd right across Canada to the l’:1-.-"11:t- (oust

lt is n11 11111111111- :1-1-l 11:‘1\.1.-q1- f1-r this llrnv- 111cc to 111- wh-cit-r] to provnlc tht- first of thcst- ht-ztcvitis. 111t- 1"1r1-11111-1_\" i11 1-1111111-1111111 with t11 .. lighting 11x11] 11c 11111-11-11-1‘. 11v t11." l.lt'lll(‘ll\‘]li (lov- 1-‘1111111 1111- 1‘11-:1".- . l nil-its in high zittthoritv.

1- 1111- t‘\'1-lll splcurlir] pro~ . i11-111 1] :11 illt‘ .\1'n1111n'ic< i11 :-:1-] 1111- 111 11-111] i11 31111111111"- 51711111‘ 1111111" 111" vi-rv" l.'11"Q<-1'--

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Burke on Responsible Governmcitl

'l‘I1c lIlLlJlaCllL’ laaUC raised l1)" tho King Liov-

ermncut contlunt-s to hold the spotlight in the ll11us1- 11f t-11111111111.~. The ilutitw 111111 functions (11 1111- 11; 111'-1.-1~.."1t11l tl11-i1'11l1]‘_;:1:i1111s l1- tltt: t-lcc- tors, 1111-, 11.111; 1li~ru-~11l: 11111] i11 llll‘ 1-111111-111111 i111 uyt l|]l"l.tl]-1ll “."1~ 14111-11 11y X11". '1‘. l. Church. lt i- front :1 .\]tl‘k'£"ll h_\- 1111- git-:11 lit'lll>li stain-tint“, l-ltlniunr] llurkv, 1lt-liv-crctl ut a time of grnvt- tlrtngl-r i11 1/"74 111 hi< 1111-1111»; 311.] 111 the slit-riffs of 1'»1'i~t11l whiclt ht- 1"1-p1"1-.<<-11t1-rl i11 l'11r- linnu-nt: I11 rt- is 1111-1111111-1111111:

“(Tt-rtuiiilv, gt-ntl-nit-ti, i! 111115111 to 11c 1111- l1."1p~ [JinI-ss and 111111-1- 111' :1 1"<~prc.~1-11t:1tivc to livc- in lltt‘ strictcst 1111'-11:. 1110 rlowst (‘(1l'i'C>])Oll(l('tl(‘L‘, m1] ghq 11111-1 111111 ~-.-1'v1-<] (11111111111111111i011 \\"itl1 111's con- stitut-nts. 'l'1i1~“i-h1-w1111-11t t11 hzivc git-:11 “"17 t with 111111; ‘ -1"1111-'|1i~-11, 111-411 l'1'.~]>l‘t"l. 1111-11" 111M1- ncss,111111111:"'1*1].11:1-11t:1111. lt is his dntv to sacri- ficc 111K r11--1~1-. his p]-r1-111-1-s, his .~:11i.<fz1ctious. t0 tlwir<i .1111] :1]111v1- .11], t-vt-r, and in all cast-s. 11.: prt-ft-r 1]1 11- 1111-11-4 to his own. llut his 111111111-‘1-1 -11>i11i<111. his tnntnrr: jtnlgnu-nt, his (-11- lighti-tn-l 1-1111~ri1-11t-1-. 11» 11111111] 1111f to sacrifici- t-i von. to st-iv 1111111, 111' 111 :1111- st-t 11f 1111-11 living. '1'111'<1" 111' 11"-<-< not 1L- 1-‘1-1- from vottr pleasure; no nor from tht- ]:1\\- .1111] 1111- t-onstitnlion. 'l'h:-v arc

Fi trti<t from l’rr1vi1]1-11cI.-. for thc zthuso nf which hr is Ilcr-plv :111<\1"<-r."1l1l<-. Your 1'1‘|1]‘(‘~‘1‘lll.'ll1\'(' 0\\'(‘F you, not his intlmtry only. lilll his jnrlgnn-nt: 11ml l1c111'tr."1_v.<, lush-:11] of st-rving you, if ln- sncrificv-s it to vour opinion . . .

"You chortsr- .1 nit-ntlwr, 111111-01]: hut wht-n vnn

have chow-rt him. he is not 1111-1111101- of Bristol,

but heir a member of parliament If the local

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Cullalllllclll allulllkl 11111-1: an inlet-cat, or should 1111-111 .111; ltsty- opinion, cvidctttiy opposite to the rm] good oi the rust of the community, the ntent- 111-r for 111.11 1'l2iC€ ottght to be as far, as any 0th- 11", 1111111 m1)- cmlt-nyonr to give it effect." llnrlvu, in >1lt1l'l, hclicvctl it t0 be the duty 0f 11:11"li.1111c11t;11"iz111s and govctniticttts to give leader- allll) on issues of grave tizltionzn importance, not 111 kccp their curs eternally to the ground for po- litical repercussions. The lotiger they remain in 111:“ tmligiiifictl position, the more repercussions 11:1)" 111-111" and the more hesitant they hccontc.

_- EDITORIAL NOTES -.

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Bureaucracy is ever on the increase in our

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,\l'1.11tl."1‘v, (-\"c1"_vl1o1l_v 1"c:-,1l_\' for thc sccoittl Vii‘- 1..1"y 111111] campaign. 11< >11 1k Tmnorrovr, PFCZICNCYS are expcctctl to rcmintl their heart-rs that it is more blessed t0 lcnd to 1h.- finv-t-rit-1icz1t 1111- nt-ct-ssntjv- funds t0 “111 i111’ “"111", than to l111rrow trouhlc h-y nt-gltrcting to do

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It is a dr-lttslott to think that there can he no g-t-(litqtlnn in priccs, th1_- rt-gttlzttitms provide a ceil- ing 111-t :1 f11t1111l1ti1111. llcncc thc pop11l:1rity' of " ‘i11 s:1l-.<, win-rt‘ ur-rcltitttts xtrc 111114‘ t11 "scr- vi1. 1111- pt1l1lit- i11 :1 wztv which tl11- puhlic nmst ftppffiCllllcfi.

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1n the current issut- nppcurs tht- subscription ll>l for lllt’ l\'iu~n1cn-XIilk-fo1"-Ilrit:1in l-‘und. It is :1 p1-;1i.<t-\\"<11"1l1_v hr-giilning locally for a much 1101-111-1] vffort to hclp the lmhit-s of llritaitt, whose 1111]].- >1111p]_\' is now, z-gnl has hot-n for 11.111.11.111,

:11 ."1 111111111111111.

>11 1< >1- Srlllplillit‘ front :1 witlc circle in the Province

will he extr-nrle-d tn tht- Dalton family in lllt‘

111-nth in Somvrv-illr‘, \l.'1.<~",, 11f 171". llnwnrtl C.

li:1lt-1u_ th» oltlcst $111 of Sir lhztrlt-s lktlton.

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f “l-‘.'1t111-r"of 1111- Silvcr l-“ox lniltfiirv. Dr- llow-

zirtl l1."1< pr.'11"tic:1ll\" 111-cu nwztvv- from the lslzttt-l since his colic-gr- dtvs hut 11p to 111c- lztst rctxtinctl an intcrcst in its affairs. n1 111 w Cnputiti jaunt-s Cook, Etiglislt navigator, died this 11.111.- 1779; cxplurcd the coasts of New Zea- 111111] :n11l l-I.'1st-.-\11str:1li:1, of which he took p0s~ SQnhl-lll i11 the uaiue of Britain, 11111111111; New 51111111 \\'."1les; was the first long-period tmvigator t11 :11l»1pt scnrl-litic mcczttitioiis, which prcvcnted tho u~11."1l l1c;1\'_\' 1 “t11-roll of such cxpcditious; was killed :11 llztwztii 1111 his lnst voyage. i W IF 1‘

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Pcrlinps one of several hardships hlaritimc newspztpl-tws are under at prosent is with regard t11 tl1<- wrztthcr. l-Ivv1"_vl1od_v, scctnitigly, wants to know \\"l1_\' we omit prohs, and fail to describe coiulitinns in the prccczling twcntyz-four hours. The explanntiott is simply this. that such wea- thc-r rcpnrts 1'11 the past have. been hrontlcast by qttislings to 111-:11‘ hy l]. honts, i-in-thling 1110111 to

1'1"" -11‘~l1'11l‘li1111 to t."t11l\1-1"s ztnrl othcr vcsscls along 1111- .\t1:1ntic Coast. u +1 14- o1

Prime Blinister Churchill is so harassed with work of a major nature, that it is 110w proposer] there should he a. new cabinet office, viz. De- puty P111111 hliitister. “Our fortunes have reced- ed so markedly of late," says the Sunday 'l‘imes, “that the uphill road ahead now appears to be long indeed. The Prime Minister must conserve his cucrgy. In the long run it will pay him, and thou-fore us, to carry the stone less."

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The Federal fiovcrmtient intend passing leg- islation to provide farms for returned soldiers who ztrc f."1:-1ncr.<, or (lcsirc to be so, and s11hu1~ l1:1n residences with gnrtlctts for those who are 111-t farmers, hut (lcsirc to follow city vocations. The old SUltllCTSI Scttlcttictit Board is t0 be utilized for putting the schcttie into effect. Farms :11-c to cost 1m 11101-0 111.111 $5.000 am] $1,000 to be 1'lll0\\'(‘fl for stock etc, all to 11(- rt-pnitl in due scu- son 11v the rcttnhc/l soldier out of farm profits. \\'c]], here 1s hoping the plan will he more s11c~ ccssful than its prcrlcccssor.

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'l'l1o llclV Victory 1111111] lafllt! is to be i11 tin-c: 11111111111105, uitc of two-undqt-ltztlf yours at onc 111111 one liulf purccnt; onc- at six years at two- ;111d.-t~1111:11"tcr pt-rccnt, and one of twelve yours at tlircc pcrrt-ut, the luttt-r t11 he 1"c1lccnn1l1lc at lot 11111] t11 ho culluhlc- :11 thut figure (lining 195.: or z.f11-r. 'l'l111s, it 111-111 to maturity thrst- twclvc- ycztr 111111115 will yit-ltl a rctttrn 0f 3.07 percent. All bonds are to he sold at par and issues mat- uring this _v1-."11" nmy he converted into any one of 111c- t11-w issut-s. 'l'l1c long term 1111-1115-1111; rm] 1111111‘ of thc loan-will ht- issttctl i11 dctiottiinn- 1111115 ratigttig us low as $50 and as high as $25,- 000, and instalmen: Pltlfljzltfillizg will be fa¢illt3t¢d_

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I The dirz-ctoi- of 011v of thc otttslttnditig pub~ ]1t.'1l1o11s i11 the Lfnitt-tl Stun-s 1111s writtcn the Pruvttirt- of Qnt-lx-c 'l'11urist 11111-1111, t11 cxprc55 the 01111111111 that his fcllou-t-itizuns will visit that Province in largo 1111111111-1-5 (luring the course o; the coming 51111111101". llc points out that ration- ing of g.-1.<11li11c will not 11c 111-dorm] 111 111g Unju-(j Stain-s znnl 111x11 rc~',r1r'i1111s in fort-1- in (K111211111 will 11111 pruvc any l1."1111lic:1p to thc majority of Americans who mziv 11c conlt-ttiplzttitig :1 vaca- tion in thc Province of Quchcc. llc is also of 111C "P11111111 that a lztrgc proportion of the 3o,- oottotx) p]<-.-1>urc 1111-» in 1111- 111111-11 Stan-S arc 1111"] “llll W“. '1'" I1'.'11'|\ 111-w, tirt-s, 11111! that if the 1111-11 d<--:i1]u 111111 th<y will lmvc to work right 111111111111 .1111] 11111 lillxk‘ any vzu-ntioii, their wotncit- folk .1111] c]1i1<l1"(-n will do 1111- travelling for 1111-111, sinct- they nct-t] more tlivcrsion than ever (hiringwvttriiinc. l*i11."1ll_v, according tn {hi5 gcmic. 1111-11, tzttiatln 1s the f:1v11r¢‘1l p11i111 {m- lhmc “qm u-islt to travt-l (1Ul\‘l'l(‘ tlu-ir 1111-11 Hump.“ and many will not want 1o trztv-t-l :11-mind thclPacific (bust, while 1111110 11f 1111-111 will want to [raw-l l1v n-ntcr. In addition, for 1111- (m. mm, duh 111g the 111st clcvcn yours, practically :11] linitcrl Stair-s cittzr-its who are ahle tn work have {11111111 t'llllllfi_\'lllf'llf 11f some 115111], and this nit-nits tlmt thrrr- is more tnrmcv in rricnlrttinn. llurinq the last lcn \'1‘."1r.~1. thcrc wl-rc ntort- than 111110011011 1tt1c|11|1l11'\~t'1l in the 1.1111101] Slz-ti-s, and this is more men than are in uniform to-day._.

NOTES BY TllE WAY

Sin-A friend of mtno tn Eire recently sent her daughter tn Ezmlano sum; egg... The latter. in ner leaner 0f thanks. sum: wish you would sena me a cc-w.’ t1. was, however, remixed to her by the EtiglL-Ji censor “‘Allh the remark: ‘hllpfirl. 0f cattle lnw

Ettgland frctn Eire by private Ji- alvlduals 1s not pezuntwo. TILLS letter, tueretcre, which asks tor

I. prohibited arucle. is reunited 1.0 sender ” Alter ths wno can mom- taizt that uxe ccnsorg do not. earn their pay? I had wrlticn this much when it QGZIXITEQ to me 111111 POSSIDIY they may prohibit. the 11n- OIL of this letter also into Eng- ancl. bet us hope that. its ex- aminaticn will fall lo a censor with a, sense 0t humor. - Letter to London Tlmes.

To be born on Christmas Day ls not on unmixed blcsstttg, since 1t welds the two prlnclDJl l)l"€.~.€l't-t--l‘(.‘{,l.‘l\'lllg occnsimts of the year into one. Perhaps Nature has been k1111d enough to take that little difficulty into COILSIGEYBJADII. 1t. has been simply gllcula-ted that in the ordinary csune at least. one person in evcly 365 should l1.".ve a Gnrisunas birthday, but. actually the proportion is much lovver. some veins ago, when the Soczetv of NOClli£5 offered to adopt every child 1n Dr. Borrtardoks Homes who was born on December 25. only one out, of the 6,000‘ children then on 1111c charity's lists was fcund 1o be ellglblc. _ Manchest- 1-1" Guiudlan.

Siva-dent's strange position in the war continues t0 be a tnatler of wonrlerincnt. It is gencraLy agreed that she has bceu compelled t/o follow 11 careful oourse ln order t0 keep out. of the actual ccnfkct. Yer. at the present tme a gocd percentage of the reports which reach this country telling of the strife among the German lead-ers and low tum-ale 1n the German rank.- hnve their origin in the Swullsli capital. It ls for that rta- son that. many observers put. time stock in these iepcrts saying they are being circulated through the world by the Germans Uliemst-lves, tislng Sweden as 11 clearing 110W!!- w-gucd, that. Swcdui would tile Nnzl- he by sending on: suzu 510151135 u.1 :2. Bet-Ln had atmprovrri This may be true but it. is difficult to sce what the Nazis would gain by having such un- favorable reports circulated. - Bost/sn Post. -

Obviously the foundation for an industrial and trade rapproache- men]. between Great. Btutaln and the United States will not. be achieved by a. wave of the wands tn the hands of Roosevelt. and (Ifnirchill There will, almost as- surcdly, be lteztrt, burnings and re- crltnlnatlctis with st-rcng oppcsl- lion on both sides -_ open and under cover - bzfore common ground can be reached. Real hcpes for suocess, however, rest on the fact. that. those interests responsible for orig-tendering and nurturing - for their own selfish ends- the prejudices and jzalotisles between the two great nations have had their powers very materially weak- ened n the past. law-o years. And there are 300d reasons to believe that their wings will be clipped still further before thls cun-Illct ts bwliglll» f0 fln end. Carla-dd can play an important role in cement- i111; the British-U. S friendship, And it ls very much tn her own interests that she should lose no WPOrtunlty of furthering the movement. — Montreal Financial Times.

The other day I came across u W111 0! 77 Wltcm I had not. seen for a year at. least He has white blur and a white beard: the sort. o! serene, ptuiomphical old pam- arch mosg men Secretly hope one day to be, and his livellh-cod 1:1 x1e- cent. yen-rs has been earned by the pen To mention his name would cause a smile of recognition to cross tho faces oi’ hundreds of people. I asked hlm vltiere he had been hiding himself. and what he had been doing. "Oh" he skid, “I'm on a. farm driving a tractor!" at. the Post Office smile vrhen I go to collect my petrol coupons," he confessed “Ifhey seem 1,0 think there's a mistake some- where. Tliey break lnto grins when I say I'm an agricultural worker driving a tractor, “But they ought. to see me at wcrkl There's more tn plowing up rough land than you LlILIlIlC You flx your eye on a tree or something at. the ouher end o! the field and keep 1n as straight a line as you can towards it, I1 you don't keep straight the farmer ls very angry and says a few words.” The old man locked a picmte of ltcalth and fitness - yet a. few months ago he locked feeble. Btzcnlngham Mali.

Up to now no one has ever really enjoyed being taxed. For thous- ands of y-sars, taxation and tribute were so nearly synonymous that. today it. is hard fcr the average man to realize when. his money is buying, for himself and 11's chll- dren, or that, 1n a democracy, ft actually represents one part of his contribution to 6 kmmon cause But. since the Pun-l Harbor vLsita- tlon—- A woman cnstcmer was ex- amining a tray of watches ln a Boston storv. “I'll take that. one," she indicated. "Fifteen dollars, isn't, it?" "Plus the tax.‘ the sales- man reminded her. "Oh," ssld the customer, ‘"1 had almost. forgotten. but. I'm happy to pay it. I'm proud that I can pay it. My son. you are, Ls in the Service." It. ts happening everywhere. Pcople who have already gtven generously. pcOple who have heretofore been reluctant t0 give, people who might not, be able to help tn any other way are coming forward not merely with checrfulnt-ss but with alacrity “Tax us some more, if necessary," the say. “We know what. we shall s paying for. and We can take it They can take it. All of us can. For behind the ma- terial items or guns and planes and equipmrnt. that. must be tyfitigltt. we can nee now. clearer t an ever, the p""e:to11s lntan-ziblz-s of liberty that must. be preserved. And the cost will not be 10o high. —Christ.lan Science Monitor.

Though loci-l soldiers flnd IOIIIQ fault, with the new "walking-cut." uniforms authorized fcr the Cana- dian army, it. is probable that. in the long rim, tlzc advantages will far outweigh the objections, Win11 la in the minds of the men-at the moment, 1s that. t-he extra uniform will add to the welt-mt of the-kit. to b4,- carrlcd. and will also sltate a return to the old Jab of lrutwn-pottshlilc. It will not. take the soldiers long, however. to re- alize the social advantages to be gained, The smarter 3nd more at» tr-ictlva aprx-arnnce n71 1h», gtrcgt, wllt have a d-uvld-sd effect. on‘ morale. and it. will take only one ldmtrtn‘ 31mm tron femlnlno

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By Robert L. Cotton (Special to the Guardian)

OTTAWA. Wednesday. Feb. 11- The Canadian Club c! Ottawa holds luncheon meetings at. the Chat/emu Laurier frcm time to time 11s some outstunc-lrg speaker hap- pens to be available. Today its members had speaking to them Mr. Clark M. Elchz-lbtrger of New York, national thalmian of the committee to Defend America md I was fortunate enough to be pre- sent. Amongst thcse atthe head table I nctlcsd Mr. Justzce J. D. Hyndman “[1059 mother in Char- lottetown rccently oelcbratcd her ninety-sixth bfrthdar. Also Senator Cairlne Wilson and Dr, H. M. ‘rory.

The subject of the address was “Winning the War and Winning the Peace". Suggesting that. the time for mt-ch takng had been super-ceded by the tier-ti for con- tinuous and incessant ivork he be- lieved that wcrcts ccu‘d best be used for the comfort of ore an- othler in tin’.- ire-rind of excessive strain and through as-cc-ldttoti to- gether relieving the t-tnslcn of taut. ncrvcs.

He saFd that the refusal of tlhe United states to join the league of Nations was the greatest tragedy of modc-m time; and emphasized

eloquent-Ky that. now that. the Eng- 11111111; yqu that, 1 would change with +1.

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tlon. Thcre wculrl be iscla the United States—and c-‘se-whez-e -this latter thrust. at verv rficent happening; 1n Ocnzda bzing in no s21 '- m‘"s d by his attdietice. The ' the United .112 by no 11132125 atone in the dclt-nnlnat-ion of the a tcr war reconstruction, w uld bzar a heavy ors billtv. But victory must. first be won by over increasing work and effrrt. All people, men. wcmcn 11rd lIttlS-L be sold cz-s w‘ :21 1n uni- fcrm or not and w- 11st get out

our wasteful wavs. Th- Allies cannot, afford to netdlcssly lose Normundlcs mid no more can they afford to ncerIles-sly vvntsie the smallest. sci-:11) ct‘ neful illillfifl-Jl. The C 101- u!" lltlqg Atlantic had a suczal v .011 1111i] w 11.1 1h:- Declar- ation of the Umttd Nations l5 a good basis for the peace which nas first. to be won.