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McNeil! of Tyne Valley and M155 Elizabeth Thelma McKay, daugh- er of Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. McKay, Tyne Valley, were united in mar- riage. Flt-Lt. Howell, Alrpgrt Chaplain, was the officiating Clefflymlcn. The bride who was given in marriage by hér father, liooked charming in her wedding ress of pale Dink bunny wool. The bridesmaid ivas Miss June Sharpe and the best man was Mr. Hilton |McNeiil. brother of the groom. The 3979mm!’ W85 Performed in the Dresertce of immediate relatives and friends of the bnlde and Brat-VIII. ‘Ltater. the newly married 00 De e on a honeymoon trl through the Maritimes. p

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_','lSl’l‘.\‘ lloall-I - Pilot Officer \11i is visiting his .ll anti Mrs. Wesley Mil- - _ ‘ynre Valley, on furlough. lle rcct. .y received his pilots mg; at doc .llli'e, Ont-S.

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Ayn‘ [IVINGS STAMPS — lilrive lo increase the sale of War grvlngs Stamps is being made in suininerside by the woman's branch ll i122 National War Finance Com- irlitlcc. Several women's organ- lntlnns in the town are sponsor- ln; ilic o for a week each. A1- ireldy the Catholic Women's Lea- gue and tlic Red Cross Corps have realized substantial amounts fr m iliesalcs in their respective wee s Tilt latiios of these organizations lie to bc congratulated on the wrccss of their efforts. Other. rrganizations will have ilrivrs in latcr 'c tlilii, special . B 0011- hc Miss Canada Girls’

Receives Welcome Message From Son interned In Tokyo

. Mr Charles W. Clarke of Old ently _ _.' Harry, Magdalen Islands, received the, with .\li<‘s Charlotte Thonip- o. message from m; sun Hem)“ who loii as rliiinin and Miss Anna- has been a Prisoner - of - War in lieiis Allen as assistant captain. Tokio, Japan. ‘Ilie message was The lill<s Clillflflfl Girls with their picked up by short - wave in Cal. miirt uniforms lire very keen to lfornia, and sentio the father by play an effective part in the war airmail letter. It read: eilori by 59111111! R8 many stamps “Hello, Mom and Dad. Am fee. is llflSillllt‘, ll is hoped that they ling flnc. Hope you are all well. .00‘. with a courteous nncl Don't worry about inc would bc i-c llllFi‘ from all that they swell to be home. How’ is Grand. total amount of these ma and everyone else around home? It will be a happy day when we can be together again. Love, Henry." Mr. Clarke, the father, thought that it would be well to give pub- licity to this message, as it might cheer the hearts of those who have sons in the prison camps in Jap- an.

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m! WI! filulllll for Meade». King said he had made e war-in IDPeal to his cabinet colleagues for unity in support of ills con- scription order-in-council. He told them the alternative was inform- ing the House the government could not carry on.

5. Unless the House could unite to support an administration that could carry on at this time of war “we have to face the possibility of anarchy in Canada while our men are fighting overseas. giving their lives that We may maintain our free institutions and that we may have a continuation in pgflca and accord‘ through the years to come.

6. Milite-ry advisers had assured that the measure of conscription “'11s necessary. In view of what might follow if the step were not taken it ‘was advisable. He had pledged himself always to support; the men at the front and would continue to honor that pledge.

‘l. The government was notseek- lug an expression of confidence in time administration of all its poll- cies but in respect to that on over- seas conscription.

Wants Liberal Support

8. He would not attempt to carry on the leadership with the support of opposition groups. He wanted a sufficient group within his own party to allow him to continue. l-lc mold gladly step aside for any one of his cabinet colleagues if the House had greater confidence in Bill’ One of them.

r Crowded Galleries

Mr. King spoke before crowded galleries in which spectators re- mulncd as motionless as the mem- bers on the floor below.

Mr. King began by tracing the history of the since the South African war and said this source of division made the present question “the most serious one with which this Par- liament, I believe, has been faced at any time."

The National Resources Mobili- zation Act was passed in 1940, with provision for conscription for scr- vice within Canada. The sevvru- merit sought to avoid anything in the nature of adopting the prin- ciple of conscription for overseas service. The government always had the legal power to impose such conscription but had a moral obligation assumed by some of its members.

“Not A Mandate"

The "yes" majority in the plebi- scite ivlis not a mandate to carry out conscription as had been sug- gested by organizations such as the Canadian Legion. Later the Government was given authority, Lllitlor Bill 811 passed in I942,

“t. impose‘ conscription for ovcrseaslf

considered necessary. At the Quebec Conference in September thrrc liacl been up men-

stafi of the possible need of rein- forcements such as to liiake over- seas conscription necessary.

“I mention all this in order that the House nrriy realize the impact of the shock that came upon tile Government a little later on. lust as honorable members themselves must have felt the impact of the

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Sometimes speaking with smut. ion but usually in his normal low voiced. precise manner. Mr. King reviewed tiic development of the cabinet (“T151011 0n conscrlpflgn 1n detail, recalling discussions in i942 when eight provinces voted insup- port of freeing the government 110m Dad. pledges not to use con- scription for overseas.

Points In Specch

As his spcecli went on he said;

1. 'l'li.-it lic had considered dis- solving Parlinliieiit and calling on election biit had not done so be- cause it ivoulrl have done nothing to lielgi the men in the front line who needed reinforcements.

2. An election would have led to two months of biiterpollticalstrife in the midst of ivnr. although he mi ht swept Quebec and gannd scllts elsewhere. He had wondered. too, who he could call on v0 form on alternative govern- merit if he retired.

3. He was convinced the appeal led by Gen. McNnugliton for vol- unteers to meet the overseas need would have succeeded if the gw- ernment had received the co-oper- ailion of the opposition, its leaders and its press. They now would

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shock which has conic to ilwm iii the last few days when they were told that they would have to con- sider this question of sending men this stage of the war." said Mr. King

Aitcr the Quebec Conference "persons in this country" had made representations ilhit men in the army wont into battle insuffi- cicntly trained. Cal. Ralston had visited the battlefronts in Europe and sent back word he did not think such statements justified.

On Oct. 18, Col. Raiston told the Prime Minister that unless men were obtained quickly by the vol- untary method it would be neces- sary to send mcn overseas by compulsion. but had assured him the situation which might become critical would not arise until the new year. The discussion which had taken place since did not 91'0- judice the security of men over- seas.

Mr. King said he had to face the fact that if Col. Ralston resigned he would be followed by other ministers. and he. as Prime Minis- tor, would be le lUTld of responsibility of carrying on the war. Wlicn he knew it was only a matter of linurs beforc Col. Ralston would tender his resigna- tion Mr. Kin thought of “one man" wvho lnlzglit help save the sitllailom-Gcn. McNaulZhl-‘Jn-

The latter thought that the vol- untary appeal still might succeed in raising the required men. When the Prime Minister told the cabl- nnt Gcti. McNaughton was prelim‘- ed to become defence minister "rid that if an appeal for volunteer! were to be made it should be made at once Col. Ralston resigned.

If he had not bccn able to 0b- taln Gen. McNaughton and other m had resigned, Canada would have been in a P05lfl°11 where there was no government.

"I took great care to ask c110 colleague after thr- other, would he trike trlegresricngibillty at 31138 I

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"It ls very easy. may I say. to [criticize the government and in out up Opposite policy. but unless back these

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that disso ving Parliament would help the men at the front, but Col. Ralston had not been out Q1 office e. day when the papers ask- ed if the prime minister was think- ing of an election.

‘Yes. I could have swept the

every seat in it. I could have c". ried seats from one of th country to the other and I have not the least doubt that I could have come back to this parliament as prime minister as the result of an appeal 1n circumstances such as these."

But the» would have been two months of political warfare, while the international war was raging. He had to consider who he would call on to form an alternative cab- inet. His cabinet colleagues were _ not ready to take the . sponslbll- lty and "I do not know whether any gentlemen opposite would havo been repared to take it. I wonder if t ey would?"

issolutlon Would Follow

Resignation would almost cer- tainly be followed by dissolution and as a prime minister could not hold office without supporters Gen. McNaughton appealed for Vvlllfliery enlistments at once and plans for further efforts were made by the cabinet.

But the appeal was not sup- ported by the opposition. Instead of the appeal reaching the people they were dinned by the efforts “D11?- forth by those who were de- termined they were going to have conscription no matter what the cost might be."

In this situation Mr. King said he decided to call Parliament s0 members could share the respons- y of accepting the govern- ment's stand or rejecting it.

Until the House met on Wednes- day Mr. King felt the public ap- peal for volunteers would succeed. Those who had been responsible for organized opposition t0 the v0 ilntary method now had on their heads the responsibility for what might follow.

On Wednesday Gen. McNaugh- ton and his staff had come to the conclusion immediate action to ob- tain men was necessary. Mr. King said he made a "passionate ap- peal" to his ministers not to press for any extreme position and yield up any extreme position whether it was for all-out conscription or for no conscription. Unless they could be united he would have to tell parliament the government could not carry on.

The cabinet agreed on passage of the order-in-ccuncil granting the number of men needed for re- inforcements overseas—16.000.

Mr. King quoted statements by Sir John A. Mocdonald in i865 when he sew the danger of anar- chy develo ing in Canada. Mr. g said too warned against the possibility of anarchy.

The government had carried out. lis obligation to impose con- scription for overseas when that lbccziliie necessary. Military auth- Iorlties had declared the step liec- essary. -The House now had to ex- press its views on whether it was ready to support the present min- islry iii carrying out provisions of the order-in-councii passed.

The order authorized minister to send il maximum of 16.000 men overseas and in calcu- lating’ the number so dispatched menwill be counted as

out converting t0 general service.

“All N. R. M.A. personnel who convert to general service before cmbarkation will be excluded from this 16,000."

The House was assembled to u- sist the men overseas, some of whom had been away from their homes five years. It would not help to defeat the government and possibly force a general election as it was agreed the army could not wait for reinforcements for two or‘ three months while the method| was decided at the polls. |

A new government would cause dislocations and delay! Whlflh would be serious at this stage of the war. It would be even more serious if, after the present gov- ernment was defeated. the various elements which combined to des- troy it were incapable of agreeing on an effective government to le- plnce it. An election would be ln- vitable

Mr. King said he had been llfflid to have an election after his re- tum from a conference of empire prime ministers irrMay. But he had held the question of the mo- ment was not the success of a i101‘ ltical party, but of what was D85’- for Canada and the men oversees.

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24. 1944, to M1" and Mrs. William Griffin of North Willshire a son- Wllii Everett.

iii-rains cnlmrcnKEL-mfat Eiliotvalo on Sunday, Novembc N. 1944. D- J~ Carmichael aged 7'7 years. Funeral wednwday morninz November 29th to St. Joachim! Church. V91‘- non River, Mass at 10 oclock.

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