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THE CHARLIYITETOWN GUARDIAN

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I“ ' ent: Llent». Col. W. Chute: S. “SLIM Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. P. J. l. Secretary: Llent. Col. D. A. fllulltnnon. 0.8.0. ldltor and Mnnnllng Dlreetm. J. I. Burnett, PJJ. Insulate Editors: Frank Waller nnd Hens. Inn A. Burnett, B.C.N.V.R. 10b Abllve Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Th! the Weakest Ink.’

THURSDAY. NOVEMBER m. 1K4]

The Slippery Prime Minister

“Mr. King docs not believe in telling the truth, when it is embarrassing," says The. Let- ter Reriezv. “He always takes refuge in the argument that we should be good children and trust mother. She knows best."

Evidently the Prime Minister is living up to this reputation in the latest crisis he has cre- ated. lle practically dismissed his Minister of Defence, a statesman of reputation and distinc- ticn, replacing him by a itew Minister, with a military reputation but tio experience in states- manshi . To bolster up this action and have it endorsed by a vote of confidence he made Mr. Speaker summon the House for the 22nd. Evi- rlently he In; since found the reaction utipopu- lar, and now he lets it he known that he will not submit his policy to a formal confidence vote, but leave the llouse to take such action as it may choose. In other words, the Prime Min- 1511-1- 1135 1-05011011 n) his old, time-worn prac- tice of evading the issue, and throwing the onus on others. \\'ill he get away with it again, or will the bogus conscription issue prove his political Waterloo?

Stalin's Humor

Cntil Marshal Stalin made his Revolution Day speech a few tiztys ago. there were not a fen rnthu-izi-tic Llviiimtinists who were fond of saying that it was the Soviets who made the .i\nglo-.»\mtirican success in France on D- Day possible. 5o many Nazi divisions, it was said, were held on the Russian front that Hit- ler was not :tble Lo scnd cnotigh troops t0 put up a "real fight" in France. This argument implied that the reconqticst of France, Belgium and Holland was nothing for the Western Allies to get chcsty about. The Red Army, according to this point of \'l€\\', was the authentic liber- ator of France, because it opened the way for the British and American forces to walk iti.

lltit in his speech of last week Marshal Stalin himself pulverized this interesting theory

invasion of France the Russian armies could mm,- hgtvg (Irivgn the (‘rermaiis from Russian

11,51 to vote, according to an Ottawa report. Sas- katchewan service personnel in the Mediter- ranean area have elected Lt.-Col. A. \V. Em- bury, Progressive-Conservative of Saskatoon, to the Legislature in the first test of the active service vote overseas. The newly-elected mem- ber is a son of the late Judge . F. L, Enibnry. of Regina, and outran 13 other candidates. He polled over 800 votes and the runner-tip, a

"COL 11315.0“ Phil“). feels ma, the Prime CCF. candidate, had only about 5o per cent Minister has not only misrepresented his recom- of the ‘lllmber’ colflhnfbury will the {Hist Progressive-Conservative to take his seat in deceived him through several years (says t1“ °pp°sitl°n under the leadershlp of Rupert Mon/real (incrllc). For Col. Ralston says that U- Ramsay-

Comnienting on this incident, an exchange suggests that $taliti was in reality adminis- tering a humorous rcbttltc to those who had been in the habit of stating the converse pro- position for the glorification of the Red Army.

Mr.“ King The Deceiver

mendatioiis in his radio speech, but that he has

he had understood (as indeed the public has understood) that the policy of the Government called for the overseas service of the draftees if there should ever be need for reinforce- ments and if sufficient volunteers should not be available. "Fhis is what I had 13km 11-0111

Col. Ralstoti. ‘It was in effect what I, as Minister, had repeatedly said in the House

"Col. ltalsmn has discovered, however, that the Prime Minister has been practising de- ception not only upon the electors but upon members of his own Cabinet. On his overseas tour Col. Ralston had found that a situation had arisen in which reinforcements are indeed

relieved by the volunteers now in training. Nor can it be relieved by enlisting untrained

men; for an tnitrained man, enlisted now, would to be much the same as any other since 1940 for not be ready for battle before next June. British children, for although the Board of

“i1 lell 11181 1 1W1 "0 flllflllilllvf.’ says Col. Trade has announced the trebliiig of the sea- RQISIOI], ‘but t0 recommend that N.R.l\1.A. per- 501-1’; quota 0f toys, manufacturers say that there will be fewer than ever. The reason giv- en by manufacturers is that although the earth-Malian Exrresn 0"? Plellll" l0 0111' llflllilllg mlll- M)’ 79mm‘ treble quota lasts until January 3t, few-peo- ple require toys after Christmas live and the Board has not given them enough time to supply retailers with as many toys and games as they need. The quality also will be poor, as, although the maximum price of a finished 10y ig set at $6, the price of ra\v materials is not. and such things as wooden toys, "cuddly" and stuffed dolls will be manufactured from odd pieces of timber collected from \var factories and waste dumps, cardboard, paper and rag ggclmgyloglflloilgétilnsedesgpcealgl. m: brought about. the flooding of Wal- cheren wfll no doubt he appreciat- Two new London electric power stations, ed by m“ mh“‘b"'““'5' but l‘ l‘ three hundred miles of pipes_buried beneath the refine croplands t" ooner m“ between Prime .\lilllSlCl' King and Col. Ralston. pavements are envisaged m a $443'OOO'OOO a n

‘ , - scheme to supply hot water on tap in the way Tor Col. Ralston ntaltcs it clear that he was that gas and ekctricity are now kupplied, to London housewives. The scheme, which is the work of a panel of heating engineers, has been

- i - - described by one of the principals of the scheme unduly apprehensive of possible happenings. the Landon Dam’ Sketch industrial com} £159,858 me flooded “M! Wm be enemy and to the sum of previous enemy Jnundatlons to be squared when the time comes. Years of toll wfll be required to drlv? the waters off’ the fields of Roland.

soimel (the draftces) be sent overseas as rein- fox-cements. I felt this was necessary to fulfil

mendatioii was not accepted, nor could I get as- surance that the (im-ernnicnt as a whole con- sidered that the Prime .\linistcr‘s speeches cont- iitted the Government to this course.’

"Col. Ralston then went on to disclose that Prinic .\linister King has not only deceived and misrepresented him, but has practically dis- missed him from office. "Utider these circuni- stances." he says, “and a: rcqitcsfed by the Prime lllllfliflfr, I at once tendered my resigna- tion as Minister of National Defence.’

"But the nation will lose the whole signifi- scraps’ n a o

caiicc of these developments if it sees in them no more than the differences between two men in public life. It is much more than a dispute

not merely recommending to the Cabinet what he, in his own private judgment, thought ought to be done. He was not merely the alarmist,

‘The anticipated castialties,’ lie says, ‘were l”

estimated on the basis of experience already Slmndm" If m”, Sdfeme ‘.5 allpfoveci ‘and, the gained and on the probable intensity of activity llfliessill’ illllllml)" l5 ‘Jblallled m" lklc A211‘ up to January 1945, as indicated by our com- 11°" CWMY qllllllcll. 15.1fm "lfll- W01‘ "l8 °l' manders in the field and concurred in by the fl" Y9"! Wlll be Teqlllffid l° mmlllel" ll"

. . . h h Schemc and ‘hm 4'00‘, men to ‘nalntaln n‘ Nxdiiheil:nde(irfitifioméiigtgloriiueoiecoinE

pense has already been made known.

British Higher Command in each theatre.’

"T1115 5m11-mcn1 of C01 123151011’; places in Electricity from two new mammoth generating I new and very striking light another relevant Stfltlom. 0H9 f0 l>¢ "T9194 °" 111° 5°lllll “fl ‘he passage in Mr. King's recent radio address. other on the north bank of the Thames _will be F91- Mr, King took the nation into his confi- used for heating the water and stipplymgthe deuce. as lie explained why he had turned from current needed to maintain the temperatures

this meant that personnel from Eastern Can- ada and stationed on the \Vest Coast could not possibly get home during the holiday season. The same applied to Westerners stationed in the East. However, some personnel would be taking their annual leave during the season and this would give them sufficient time. Lucky by declaring that had it not been for the Allied personnel!

Press reports that the Saskatchewan Presby- teries of the United Church have asked thc_ Premier, Rev. Mr. Douglas, to take over the ')-I _ . _ _ ‘ brewing industry in that Province. Think of it, the liime Nliittsters speeches in 1942, says “blood money"! The 5111191111 reads; “A Imr posal that the Province of Saskatchewan take . . over the brev/ing industry is being considered mice‘ there, Rev. J. R. Mutchmor, general secretary of the Department of Evangelism and Social Service of the United Church, said in Toronto. He just returned from a trip through the prairie provinces. Dr. Mutchmor said Sask- atchewan Presbyteries have asked Prctnier needed. This situation cannot be adequately Douglas to take this action}

McNaughton.’

tion.

to take chances on either of these uncertainties.

advantage, he risks a military disaster."

EDI IURIAL NUI t)

11th election.

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i i i F John Walter, English tiewspaper publisher, died this date I812; founded the Daily Uni- versal Register in I785, which he renamed The Titties in I785; ,recognized as the first live- wire newspaperman in journalism both as news gatherer and views expounder; under him The Tints: firmly established itself in the forefront of European public opinion, a position it has continued to hold clown to the present. U l! ll i

Personnel of the three armed forces in Canada will not be allowed any travelling time in addition to the five days leave they get either at Christmas or New Years, Defence Headquarters announces. Headquarters said

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This is how the soldiers are evidently going

less Col. Ralston’: recommendations were ac- cepted by the Cabinet, his resignation would follow, I felt it to be my duty as Prime Min- ister to seek the most expert advice I believed "' “unto”, to be available. I accordingly consulted Gen. peaslalgmgfllglllatlargll; all: keg: millalttestlmffirnegsifgplg Writer)

_ g when find be content to accept what of Japan as an age essor “We “Accordingly Mr. King consulted Lien. spendlns money some men doles brougn; renew“ specfuatflqn [Qdgy McNaughton, who had not been overseas for “m” a year, who had commanded the Army in the Research h 1950mm, days before the casualty stream had really be- §°°m envug In a. woman's hand- of the Pacific-Asiatic wag". . . . 8 for b ll ' . h gun. who had tio close official touch with te- pljefig hint-gab"? féimke“ m‘ mm This ma‘; {Qnge a“ ‘he way ‘mm 't' ' d" ' C d cl h )€lll W °lmd 22:23:. i2:.".::"t.';:, .?.i‘.?.3;.“.’l...l'

“Col. Ralston has made the issue clear. "nlmmmml Plainly Mr. King is determined to give political gflfifl)’ advised its r

f- d . T, n eds_ In this e eve rumors. Rely 0n c, an quarters that Mr. Stalin has com- - -

a ' _ . .

two unknown quantities. One is the possibility -_- . of the war ending stitltleiily and the other is usvzf: "famlgg! 1:111:13"! neltletrig gilzulfnltlllorlfffleu be men PM“? that the castialties may be less than forecast. pacziiilght qpoflfraiécs apiece at. F0 m Sc a mLi . . . - on o e or 111 - - r me respec ss a's But I considered that if we were to be fair to meé-lhytc agebnvge Ipcsmon m normal,“ Asia is even rayat. for M more vulnerable than Japan's. Her .. - - - - - W 16h will satisfy all Prime Minister King, however, is prepared ~

_ _ requirements 1n 1h n kw 11 9 to take the chances. Hoping for a political —'I‘lmmlns Press. e ec ear “e

our fighting men,’ he says, ‘we could not afford 011G190 10,. a new c

Mayor Adhemar Raynanlt of Montreal has announced he will run again at the December

It would be something dreadful were Brighton by-the-sea to be contaminated by the erection there of Canadian Navy hcadtpiarters.

cute-Victoria

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shots effects. Now ' Laval-a little model

torts. Times.

the Thames at the same sv0t-— London Dally Telesrflpll-

now fn the belief that the war ls as good ns won has no conception of the scope and toughness of the fighting yet to be done. The will’ in Ashi is exltnctig do ltilisetlyfcbn? long tine yc- I1 5 -’ must be an optimist Indeed if he sees any present 518115 01 69km“ collapse. Certainly lf our mllitafl/ leaders cannot fix the time when the Germans, not. to mention the Jgpg, will be defeated, it. ls pre- sumptuous for any ctvlllan tn this country to leave his Wm‘ 10b 011 111° theory that he 1s no longer flefllf-‘d- 11 W111 be time to make that per- sonal decision when Germany and Japan surrender. — PTOVIdCHCI! Journal.

The German; among other things. They were wrong. Some of us

counted upon the Germans belnz braEBurts who vrould only fight

I14:

Well, well and again well! The Canadian

n- »: e n- Christmas in the "victory year" is going

l

mlgrant up imd down the western seaboard or both Europe and Africa. From this it has been lti-

a distance, lii all. of about 2],- 000 miles. or almost equivalent to the total circumference of the

to the Netherlanders on the island of Walchcren to evacuate their homes and remove themselves to safety. NOW has come the reason for the warning 1n the flooding of the island by the R..A.F. ln breach- ing the island's dykes to let 111 me North Sea. 'I'hus the German de- fences 0n the island are put: out of production and n prodigious amount of highly skilled engineering on the part of generations of industrious

safe to say that the ravaged fields of France wlll be brought, back to

the flooded polders of Holland. The flooding 0f the island of Wel- cheren wfll be accepted. as Pre- mler Gerbrandy told his fellow countrymen by broadcast from

an easy war against weak nations. Others among us have held to the idea that the preponderari‘, ma- jority of Germans dlsflbrccd V191‘ entiy with Hltler and only await.- ed our "liberating" fnvaslon to rise and throw the Nazis off. We. too. were wrong. Developments at Aachen that we stop try- ing to see the German problem as we wish it were and endeavor to see what ft really ls.--M1nne- apolls Star-Journal.

The champion traveller of the blrd world ls probably the Arctic tern. s. small, white, gull-like bird. Metal bands have been attached to the legs of nestlfngs 1n Labra- dor and the grown birds recap- tured a few months later at the mouth of the Niger River in West: Africa and in Natal on the In- dian Ocean coast of South Africa. —nearly 9.000 miles from Labra- dor. And the Arctic tern Is found fn the Antarctic during our W111- ter. It ls well known as a seasonal

the use at: the bottom. - patlon. But. that help will be

Germans sometimes display u, Stalin's direct reference to the

sense of hwnozu A Paclffe enemy was lntenpreted. ln Berlin “newspaper, so called, 1e. that light. eaders: “Don't There Ls no evidence in any

,1“ turely.

A chemistry professor elalmei that radio commercials are 1135- trflymg Canadas faith in nutri- llon- We wfll go a step further. We also think they are ruining the IIBMOIIHI digestion and rats- lng the general blood pressure through listeners‘ frustrated vexa- tion. And the singing varieties have certainly set back the Cana- dian love bf musle 20 years. -Vic-

The swim most .decldedly In favor of abolition of the Home Guards are women with husbands or sweethearts who are members. They firmly believe that the calls on their men's time which the Home Guards make are now 1m- riecessnry. This group's views were “Dressed somewhat tartly when a hvuseivlie said to our interviewer: "Then they will have to think up some other excuse to stay out; at. nlsht." -— London News Chronicle.

A Dutch captain bringing his 5111B HP the Thames fell foul of a boom at Cliatam. He lmtnediately signalled his apology; to the Brit- ish senior naval officer and re- ceived the reply. "What, again"? He reported the incident to hLs Ad- miral. and said he could not under- stand lt. because it was the first time he had hlt the boom. Hts knowledge of history. was riot- quite 50 good as the British S.N.O.‘.= In the Dutch war of 1652 a captain 0t exactly the same name crashed through one of our booms across

Anyone who quits hls wai- job

reckoned that We were decadent.

not" By "n w” ‘Stalin's Statement On

Japan Significant

By John H.

that. at the strategic moment the

ses I to full particl- forth-

coming has long been assumed by informed persons here and Mr.

Japan to Washlngto but Allied buthorttle, and par- Washlngton hope

territories 1n the Maritime Prov- IXIICC; and Kamchatka peninsula apparently could be difficult, to defend ln even-t the Japanese were in iz-osltlott to react strongly. ./~

The Russians are kncwn to have kept substantial forces of troops in Siberia throughout the war, In turn they fled up at least com- vparatble Japanese forces. The Jap- anese are reported to have used the Russian front. as a breaking-In ground for new troops as well an a station for some 0r their best; units. The Russians probably have followed the some tiolicgv.

‘Shocked’ ‘And ‘Delighted’

On Friday morning The Canad- ian Press carried from Ross Miln-

--— . Bovfet Union wfll make available, has nhown there l: acme of its to the A1116!

n and London, ,

me, ivar correspondent ivlth the Canadian Army in Holland. this:

“Over field wireless on this cold and men of the 1st Canadian Army

tonight heard lite news that; their old chief, General MacNaughton,

a number of Canadian tiewspaviers)

adlan Anny in Holland:

sosxsr I said l splendidly loved vou: It's

not tiuc.

Such lone swift tides stlr not; a land-lucked sea.

On nods or fools the hlzh risk falls

—oii sou

The clean clear bitter-swat, that's

for me.

Love soars from earth to ecstnsies utiwist.

Love is thine Lucifer-like from Heaven to Hell.

Bub-there are wandcl rs in the mid e mist.

Who crv for shadows, clutch. and catiriot tell

Whether tliev love st all. or. 10v. n

l! whom: An olu

For love of Love. or from heart's

loneliness.

Plcasurt‘ is not theirs. not‘ pain. lhcy dntrLn. and sigh

And do not. love at all. 1).‘ tlicse 11m I.

__f _ -—Ruofert_Brooke.

The warning recently went out

Col. Ralston to Gen. McNaughton. in

‘When I realized,’ said Mr. King, ‘that un- hot water to Londoners’ homes. ___________, .00“; 0mm;

London. ea the only way to achieve the main objective, that of drlvlng the Germans from Holland. Never-

cqulvalenf area of German arable land and pasture. The Waters of t - the fnwlanda have figured fn mll-

ltary strategy ln past centuries. t.‘.’itl

They have never wroumht such the 500 miles of pipes which will carry the agmlwllml l“ "l" 01115911 “"1"”-

ded to the account against the

ey wfll demand and take nn

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