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Post-Celebration Comment

‘One of the ittost significant events in our‘ history was the organized pilgrimage. during the sitnnncr of 103i), of Canadians to their na- tional shrine in Prince Edward Island to com- meniorate the sC\‘t‘ll[_V'flllll anniversary of the CllZll‘lUl[t'lu\\'ll Lliiifi-ixnicc," writes Prof- D. C. Harvcy, in an article in the September Canadian (jt-tigrttpltic jottrtiztl. “'l'ltt- celebration," says this tlistiuguisltctl lslzindcr who is now archivist for the Province of _\'o\'a Scotia, “differed front the origIttal coufcrt-uc: iit tnaiw ways, apart from its purpose which was pllfCly commemorative. In this lllrlilllfC the initiative came from Prince lidwtird Island and all arrangctnetits were made bv Islanders. thottglt with the financial assist- aiicc of thc l‘ lc-ral (iovcrittticnt. In this in- stance, also, tltc attitude of the Islanders towards Cotifctlcrzttiatt prcscitted a marked contrast to their pvYsl-‘lvlll opposition between 1864 and 1873-"

Prof. llztrrtys article is entitled "The Char- lottctowtt (litticrcitcc Rttvivcd", and it giVES i1 concise stumuittg up both of the history of the Coufcri-ticc and its Iircscnt-day significance. Tlicrc art- siitr: cxccllcttt illitstrations-

"It is t-ttc-utraging to think,” Prof. Harvey writes, “in thc-c days of uncertainty and dis- union both national and international, that an idea 011cc ctuhtitlictl in itistittttiotis, however re- luctatulv. has such tenacious vitality, and that a fuit fIUUt/lll/‘ff can be idealized t0 appear as if it had :il\\‘:i_\'s hccn thc thing most ardently desir- ed. Certainly a constitution which has had a history of thrt-c-qttartcrs of a century tends to persist by the law of inertia and cannot be dis- ruptctl uulcss 0pcl';ltt‘(l upon by a much stronger force than that which first brought it into being. Certainly, too, on this seventy-fifth anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference there was no suggestion of criticism of the Fathers of Con- federation, nor hint of defective workmanship which they cotthl have hccncxpectcd to forsee or which could not he rcmctlietl now if the same ability and t-artitrstttcss should be manifested by contctttporary statcsmctt. On the contrary, all the representatives of the various provinces of the Dominion €lllPfC(l iitto the spirit of com- memoration with zcal, while the Islanders ex- celled thcnisclvcs'in ltospitality."

Two exrunplcs of “the influence of geography upon thc mcntalit_y' of an island people" are cit- ed in (i) “the carly aloofncss of the Islanders from itnion with the people 0f the mainland," and (2) “their subscqucttt description of their capital as the Cradle of Confederation.” But in either case is apology or explanation required? Our hesitancy in etitcrittg Confederation was justified by the nature of the terms offered, and was shared in by Nova Scotia; otir subsequent claim to being the cradle of its origin there is none to dispute. Nor is it so remarkable that Lord Dtiffcrin found, on july 1, 1873, the Is- land celebrating Dominion Day "in a high state of jubilation and quite under the impression that it is the Ilominion that has been annexed Prince lTdw-ard Island.” In a sense that is what happened. Our titajor export to the other Prov- uiccs continues to be brains.

Prussianism The Enemy

One of the problems of the Europe of the fu- ture will be to dispose of the Prussians. They have, in the words of a titainland commentator, to be “<lcotlorizt~d," if Europe is ever to be at pcacc. In the last 75 ycars they have precipitated five wars with a cost, it is estimated, of at least twelve ittilliott livcs. .-\s long as Prnssigng are Prussians it S'.'('lllS likcly they will present the satire sort of difficulties for their neighbours which thcy ltavc done in the past.

Many good lwoplo think the Prussians should be sitbjcctod to rcligiotts influences, but it is difficult to swc what sort of religious influence could be cffwtivt‘ with a Prussian. They have cvcn turnt-tl their idea of God into something to suit thvir own psychology. He is their own God and with this proprietary claim He can

evidcntly lw no one t-lst-‘s. When a race 0r na- tion sets out to contrive a god that will match all their own iniirtttitics. all their own vices, all thcir own flllllllllltlls and other dcfeqts, i; i5 m5), to scc that ill(‘ll' Hlurill cannot be readily ac- complished. '

It catinot l-c wotnlvrt-d at that Britain hat,- dcclztrctl no quartct" for llitlcristn, which is the concentrated cssi-nct- of all that Prussia means to Gcrmatiy, and (icrmatiy in her insaner moods means to the world_

Stalin's Ambitipn Interesting light oti the Russian policy is sued

tions with the rcprcsctitativcs of States in which Moscow has always taken particular interest. For example, “Augur" in the New York Times quotes a report that Stalin warned a Bulgarian delegation that visited him in Moscow just be- fore the signing of the Russo-German treaty to beware of being drawn into war on the side of Germany because she was fated to defeat. The impression formed is that Mr- Stalin's policy is based on the idea that Britain finally must win, but that it is to the interest of Russia to prevent

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it is held. According to this view,

completely, onl complete the discomfiture of Germany."

has taken Von Moscow at this juncture. When the wliy Stalin sees the inevitable trend on the Western front, where Germany is being subject to a slow but inexorable process of blood-letting, he may find the time ripe for another r/olfe face. In any event, it is safe to assume that his present and future plans are a matter of grave anxiety tc the Nazi leaders, who are themselves too prac- ticed in treachery to be ntislcd by the excuse he has given for grabbing the lion's share of the spoils in Poland.

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i-.» EDITORIAL

Earl of Ypres born this date, 1856. 1F l? 1i! l‘

Imports 0f Canadian goods into Hongkong f.or the first six months of 1939 amounted to $2,849,413, a decrease of 3o per cent from those of the similar period of i938. I l‘ 1i l! Mr. Francis James Gavin, who is the latest successful Islander abroad to attain front page publicity by being appointed President of _the U.S.A. Great Northern Railway Company, is a nephew of the late Mrs. Charles Dalton and a cousin of Mrs. Paul Murray. His father, Mr. Peter Gavin, was Mrs Dalt0n's youngest brother. i: m a m

A link with the last Union War Government has been broken by the death of Mrs. Sifton in

Ottawa. Her husband, the Hon. Arthur L. Sif- ton, brother of Sir Clifford Sifton, was one of

the leading Liberals who entered the Borden Union Government in I916 as Secretary of State

During Mr. Sifton’s career in the west he serv- ed as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, chief justice of the Su- prcme Court of Alberta and Premier of Al-

berta. '

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The Liberals in their anxiety to obtain the radical

and Communistic vote at last election promised,

and subsequently kept their promise, to repeal

the famous section 98 of the Criminal Code.

This resulted in Quebec passing legislation of its

own to deal with the situation. Now comes the

Liberal Attorney General of Ontario, Mr. Gor- don D. Conant, calling upon the Prime Minister and Minister of justice to re-enact that section, which he says, would give the Ontario Govern-

ment the power to: I, deal with utilawful as-

sociations; 2, take care of situations which have

arisen in the form-of drilling by members of

organizations whose loyalty is doubtful; 3, pro-

secute and punish for certain defined spoken

statements; 4, compel all foreign language news-

papers to carry an English translation alongside

all matters except news items from recognized

sources; and 5, prohibit the publication of any

statements or drawings likely to hold the King,

or any member of the royal family up to ridicule.

I I U i The Commonwealth Government has appoint- ed a,committee to control a compulsory federal wheat pool for acquisition of all Australian wheat, which will be sold at ruling prices when opportunity offers and shipping space is avail- able. Thc return for the whole harvest is to be equalized among farmers to yield an average price for the season, payments being made in instalments throughout the selling season. At a price equivalent to 38 cents per bushel f-o.b. Australian ports, fixed by the British Govern- mettt, wheat is unobtainable in Australia. A tribunal is to be appointed to which farmers may appeal for examination of contracts made since the outbreak of war, to prevent the undue ex- ploitation of farmers. Exports of flour to China ceased prior to the formation of the wheat pool as no freights were available and currency is in a choatic condition. The British Government will fix a price for flour, with buying for the United Kingdom conducted through the Aus- tralian wheat pool. No vessels are being offered for chartering. New crop prospects continue favourable, and the unofficial estimate of pro- dtiction is 193,ooo.ooo bushels. i l I i

This is the anniversary of the battle of Kut- cl-Amara one of the most expensive victories in the last Great War. General Townsend cap- ‘lurcd it on his advance toward Bagdad, was surrounded by Turkish troops, and bombarded

on three sides. The garrison of the 2nd Dorset and Indian troops successfully repulsed art at- tack and attempted breach of the parapet on Christmas Eve, the enemy losing 4,000 dead. The besicgers then left hunger to do its work- Occasionally airplanes dropped certain requisites and on the night of April 24-25, the steamship julnar made a gallant attempt to break through the Turkish cordon and bring relief. By this time the garrison (2,970 British and 6,000 In- dians) was so reduced byfamine and disease that Townsend reluctantly surrendered, (April 27, 1916). In the course of a military trial in Aug, r919 terrible revelations were made as to the treatment of Kut prisoners in Turkish hands. The main causes of the failure to relieve Kut were premature attacks, inadequate transport, and insufficient superiority over a strongly en- trenched enemy. Every general who gave evi- deuce said that the expedition was badly equip- ped. The Commission held that the advance to- wards Bagdad was “based upon political and military miscalcttlations, and was attempted with fired and insufficient forces and inadequate pre- parations.” Hence it is that in the present war Prime Minister Chamberlain insists that military

the British from winning cheaply, as this, in the Russian view, would lead to the establishment of

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» lie-dangerous to plans for future Russian development. , Further, it is asserted that Stalin is influenc- ed by a desire to mrry on the work of imperial construction initiated by Peter the Great, con- tinued by his successors and endangered by the weaknessof Czarist Russia in the World War. Stalin's relations with Hitler are based on con- sideratioiis of momentary usefulness exclusively, the Russo- German pact was a forced sale from Hitler to Stalin, in reality representing “a grave German defeat, the dimensions of which will be seen when military defeat comes to

Russia ,can, if she will, as a direct result of that bargain, block Hitler's way completely into Rumania and the Balkans. That may bewhat Ribbcntrop unexpectedly to

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mid. be a good time to developing the mill 0! Canada. With tlclle Foreign 5081' our t0 Preserve Canadian money at; a 1118b rate on foreign excl-tan a markets. the Dominion would do well to think of getting camnlm coal to the consumers in Ontario and Quebec. with tens of millions of dollars going our of she country 6W1‘? year t0 buy American coal, it ls obvious that this money gr. fects the exchange rate of m; Canadian dollar. . that. cash were diverted to (lan-ldian pockets to pay for mining Canadian cml, we could serve a doubic purpose. we could provide employment for Canadian miners. ratlwaymen and others and we could atop the rend. in of so man millions of Gan- a an funds oitslde the country. We recoznize there have glwgy; been difficulties getting the A]- berta and Nova scotia. coal to On- tario and Quebec. But. when we are faced with the much greater difficulty of regulating foreign ex- chflnxe. it“ . s possible that. Canadian coal might provo a. boon to the general situation. That is a matter to which we commeni the earnest though of those in charge of affairs at Ottawa. - Windsor Star. ‘Inere nave been bwo weeks o! warfare without anything of a transcendant. or decisive nature eventuatlrig. The result is a cum- plete resignation throughout. the British Eznplre that this war is o- ing to be of conslderablewlurat on measured in years and not in months. It is something that the Nazi rulers do not like to contemp- late. evidence of which was given yesterday. For some reason the Nazis had the four British fliers who fell into the sea utter their at» tack on the Kiel Canal led to the microphone yesterday for a broad- cast, which wus later interpreted into German and relayed through- out Germany. These gallant memb- ers of the Royal Air Force stated that they were being well - treated —is that an exception which the Nazis wanted to be noted down?- ancl among other amenities be- tween captors and prisoners of war, the hope was expressed by one of the prisoners that he could spend his months or years of captivity with some profit. When the broad- cast went out in Germany in Ger- man, the reference to ears was eliminated and was conf ueri to a possible war of months. ‘The imp- lication is plain. - St. Catharines Standard.

‘The people of Canada will not long be wlllln to pay an addi- tional ten oen a pound on their tea and coffee in order that. patron- age lists may well and truly honored by the party 1n power. The exercise these days of stron- age ishould be made a mater of public report quite as much as should be cases of proflteering. In

both directions, there is a. lack of patriotism." - St. Gatbarlnes Standard

From Mrs. Roosevelt's “My Day" we quote: After lunch yesterday my brother wanted-to R0 0V6!‘ 011d look at a barn which the Pres- ident is interested tn changing into a. house. As usual, the Presi- dent thinks it can be done far more economically than the rest of us do. I wafi ttlad to have ml! brother bear me out. but our com- bined arguments had no effect on the President, who said cheerfully: "Well, we will wait and see," with t-he cairn conviction that he could perform miracles. For e. good many years now various men have been seeking to sum up the econo- mic beliefs and practices of “the President." Now. at last. MP5- Roosevelt writes. either literally or allegorically, the definitive char- acterization. No one can know a man as well as his Wife knows htn. —Baltirnore Sun,

A recent press dispatch indicated that a. total of 90.000900 persons in Greater Germany are now op- posed by a total of 505,000.000 persons on the side of the Allies. We think this calculation, re-

Germany is, and has completely mllltarlmd. country ls reported to be an armed camp. Every element in the popu- lation ls integrated in some man- ner into the war macnltic. The army is large, well trained and well equipped. On the other hand, Canada, New Zealancl and Aus- tralia are not military nations and it. will be some time before they can furnish much aid in Europe. With the conquest of Poland, Gennan is now practically ready to em oy its maximum fighting streng against France. The point ls that it’ the war continues. the superiority of the Allies in poten- tial mun-power, in resources, in productivity and in sea-power should be n to tell and eventually give a dec sive victory to Germany's opponents. — Le Petlt Journal. Montreal.

The pcrpgrations of an 0N3!" tionary corps for overseas service will surprise only those who wish to keep their eyes closed. How- ever, we did not believe that. the Government would announce it so soon. Since the end of the special war session, their has, it. ls true, been an important; campaign in the Anglo-Canadian press to force

the Government nronoiutce upon it. The speech which the Prime Minister made in the course

of the special session left it to be understood clearly that. the Gov- ernment. would wait I01’ BBVEPM lmtmtns be"'i"e discussing it wit. l8 clear that. the government nas retried u.» policy As ls plain from the first. part of the Government's general rogramme, the defence of Can a is far from oetrig organ- ized However, it has already been officially decided to prepare two divisions for overseas service. Nothing can more clearly show that. the theoretical distinction, established in peace time. belrwem the defence of Canada and the: of the Dnpire does not. at all exist in the mind of the Government in

time of war. - 14a Droit, mtawa.

lt ll an intcrctmn, observation that the three major upheavals

from which the world's well-being ls suffering today are all mani- festations of the some disorder, and ct in their origins, at least. they ave awed noth n; to mutual contagion, Tlhey have been in- dependent outbursts of the will to conquest, and if they have since deve oped a close connection, that 1s due to the confluent tendency of the dtsease._ The active policies of Ital of Gennany, and of Japan had no primary connection. In eed, the Japanese invasion of China at. first. aroused profound misgivfng in Germany, just as Germany's growing menscea ral- lied Italy to the aide of Greet. Britain and France in the Stress front. What the t-liree aggressore had moat in common was the 0‘)- poaitlon of the wane Powers

- BUJgI|_g_llP.lafen.m-D._ A“ 1s nueuuarrsu neiumnanr

Moot of us a: inc smile when an indiildualulfzlle u‘: that he has inherited his rheum- atism from one or other or n]; parents. He may ive you the names and their rehtlon to mm gr various relatives. all of whom

ave bad some form ofa-heumatlam. P53411318!“ l" lfleed that infec- tloplnfroun teeth, tonsils. or in. W8 v. causes most cases of rheumatism. Is there ablsm 1s lnh

E.M. 'Read, m9 Journal of Clinical Investigation, record their studies of the large number of cases of rheumatic disease in the families of ninety- slrHheumatlcmcl-illdren. m

e percen 8e or sons wi a history of rheimiafispg who had parents who had rheumattsm which was found to run tn Lwg generations — parents and grand- parents -- was about four times as high as in a. similar number of persons who had no history of rheumatism.

When one or both arents bad

a history of rheumatsm (rheu- mat-fc fever, heart disease, St. Vitus Dance) q, greater percent- age of the of spring was rheumatic than was found in the families of a similar number who had no hia- tory of rheumatism, The percentage of symptoms was found to be almost twice as h in female offspring of rheumatc mothers as in the male offspring of these mothers. A greater per entuge of persons with rheumatl disease WM found among the mother's relatives — uncles, aunts than among the father's relatives. The above evidence "suggests" that a hereditary constitution may be a, factor in causing rheumatism. 'I‘hi's evidence does not, however, rule out. infection as an important purl; 1n causing rheumatism, nor that exposure is not also an im- portant factor.

The lesson is very plain. Where there is a history of rheumatism in the family, early removal of all infection and the prevention of exposure to cold and dampness. should be good insurance against

the "tendency" towards rheumatism, Jmt you can prevent the ‘.lghi<ing” of the match that starts the prepared pile of wood.

FROM

PTRUE GREATNESS"

Vifliut is true greatness? Is 1t to lead Your arm-ed hlrellngs on to bleed, Ami move a terrible god indeed, An hour?

To state your lust. of gold, or greed Of despot power?

What lsttrue greatness? Question no _

But go to yon secluded spot.

And enter yonder humble cot,

And find

A husbcndman who never fought. Nor wronged his kind:

For W510!!! the lips o! war are

um - Who lémves far more than beat of rum The settles low. the insect‘; hum

I fr; Aria; finds true greatness in its sum And total therel

What is true greatness? Is it. to clear