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President: Ueut. Col. W. Chester S. MeLuro Vleo-Pruldenl: l. B. Burnett. FJJ. ' A. Mlclflnnou, 0.8.0. in; Director: J. H. Burnett. ltJJ. Aloelnte Editors: Frank Walker and Lleul. ha A Burnett, B-(LNJIJL (On Aetlve Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker TM! the Weakest Ink.’

sarummv, nan. 29. um Mr. Howe Makes

Progress

Munitions Minister Howe has at least one qualification for a. philosopher: he considers that a politician, like a woman, should have the privilege of changing his mind. He quoted an illustrious namesake in the House of Commons this week in support of his coiricnlroir. "l think it was Hon. joseph llnwe who said there was nothing he Villtlfifl so lrille as his lJ\\'ll opinion of yesterday,” he stated. “I think that is a very sound position to take.”

It is well that .\lr. llowe is of this opinion. otherwise our war effort would not be ucarlv as far advanced as it is in many directions. One case in point was his refusal, in the early days of the war, to believe that Canada could cou- struct tanks. llou. llr. llruce and other Con- servative menrbcrs urged that a tank program be tindcrtakcn, and .\lr. lll3\\'\"5 reply \\'£\S that we could not produce or obtain the kind oi xleCl ilating required. There was also some alibi advanced about tank designs not being obtain- able front the British (loverninent. Rut the logic of events forced .\lr. IlOwe to charlgc his mind on this subject; and there was no one proudcr than the Munitions Minister when he had his picture taken alongside the first Cair- adian tank as it rolled off the assembly lines. Many other Opposition suggestions. at first treated with scorn by .\lr. llowe, have since been adopted, \\'itl1 beneficial results.

If all our politicians would follow .\Ir. Howe's example in this respect, we would get ahead faster with the things that itiaiter. As limer- son said, there is nothing to be ashamed of in admitting that one is wiser today than 11c was yesterday.

Two Strong Recruits

The reaction throughout Canada has been highly favourable to the announcement that llon. Charles P. .\lcTaguc, noted jurist and former chairman of the National \\i'ar Labor Board, has become national chairman of the Progressive Conservative party and that .\lr. Henry‘ llortlcn, K.C., former Director of Controls, Department 0f Munitions and Supply, and nephew of the late Sir Robert Borden, has been nniued to act for the party in an advisory capacity.

Vitally important to more than a single party Ire appOillillleilts such as thesc, says the Ot- tawa journal. They bring to Progressive Con- servative ranks two men of outslairding prestige, and they reveal Mr. Bracltt-rfs high conception of politics; but more than ilrzu, what these ap- pointments tell, in tho largcr- iniiionzll scnsc, is a new hope for dcmilrrzilic govcrniuciit in this country.

Mr. Bracken has been criticized for failure to take a scat in Parliament. llut if .\lr. llraclcen, deciding to fulfill his pubhc trust in his own way, has been able to Il('\'llll‘ liiinsclf lo inducing the best brains of the country‘ to take part in public affairs-a. thing he plainly is doing-the criticism fails badly. Only recently he was able to announce that one of the leading economists of Canada, an outstanding authoritv on agricul- ture, had become one of his advisers; still latcr he was able to tell that P. I), .\lc;\rthtrr, former president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, had become president of the Progressive Conserva- tive Association; and now comes the-appoint- ments of Messrs. McTague and Borden.

And it is nOt merely in the matter of advisers lind chiefs of staff that .\lr. Bracken is introduc- ing this new, healthy note into our politics. All over Canada he has been scctrring candidates oi the highest calibre; men ivho, successful in their various walks of life, have bccn induced to sec the challenge to democratic government and to freedom and have determined to play their part in practical politics.

Japanese Population

The Tokyo radio recently comforted the ja- pancse with the thought that “no matter ivhar stormy winds may blow, japan will hzrvc power and standing as a nation bcczursc of hcr increas- ing birth rate." Prof. jcsse l’. Slciircr in The American journal of SOCiol0gv takes issue ivitli this optimism and presents an analysis which shows that the population trend in japan is no different than in the \\'cst.

Though japan doubled her population from X880 to 1940, the rate was not ilnprcttctlcntccl. Between I811 and i871. for example, the pop- ulation of England and Wales increased 125 per cent. The United States and java showed com- parable increases. After having failctl to expand numerically in the first three quarters of the nineteenth century — a period when many coun- tries recorded remarkable increases -— the ja- panese abandoned feudalism, which enlarged their opportunities and encouraged the large fam- ily system. Commentators have been misled by the fact that japan thus began to increase hcr "population at a time when European countries were entering on a decline. According to Pro- fessor Steiner, the crude birth rate of japan has been slipping since, the latter part of the ninetwn twenties. Only falling mortality rates have made it possible for her to maintain her rate of population growth.

A report of the official Institute for Research of Population Problems indicates the concern of the japancsc Government. War tends to lcceleraic the (lcclinc in the birth rate and thus makfs it difficult to overrtrmr losses caused by war deaths. The author of the report is disturb-

‘good business at this moment.

and Wadham College, Oxford; daughter of Dr. Charles S. Welles, New York.

disease will not be enough to ltop e decline that has already set in. Hence the official concern with population problems and the measures that have been taken to encourage early marriage, lighten the tax for large families and the pro- vision of better hospitals. The Japanese Gov- ernment faces the same economic problem that has engrossed the nations of the West.

EDITORIAL NOTES -.

_Col. Hooper reminds us that Professor Wat- kll. long Organist and choir director of St. james Church, Charlottetown, was piano ac- companist for Mdc. Laura Tetrazzini, Italian soprano, on her world tour, after her visit to London in r907.

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France’: most recent bluebeard, Dr. Marcel Pctiot, has been captured in Spain towhich he fled on the discovery of his morgue at 21 Rue Leseur, Paris, at which he consigned to a lime pit more than a score of persons whom he had poisoned and partially dissected. ‘He has been returned to the French police‘ at Bordeux.

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It may seem passing strange but is neverthe- less a fact that though we have the Minister of Defence representing us in the Cabinet, and liltentise the Assistant Minister of Air, who has as his Assistant Deputy Minister another ls- landcr, and also as Intelligence Officer still an- other brilliant Islander, yct, notwithstanding the lwholc gang of them, we are tinable even lu get ‘an additional 100 yards added to Charloiictoivn runway. Suppose its a case of too manv cooks spoiling the broth. For Quebec, the Minister of justice got $2,500,000 to improve a wharf

just for the asking. 1k Ii U i There is no investment in the world as good as Canadian Government Bonds —— assuming that

we have reasonably gOOd government, says- the Letter-Review In any event, not only is the purchase of Sixth Victory Loan an imperative duty for every citizen, it is also the simplest com- nron sense for every citizen, remembering that taxation to meet the service of the National Debt will be a. first charge on his affairs, to make sure that he holds his share of this Debt. To buy Victory Bonds and to hold them, uniil such time as the War is over and peacetime pros- perity has returned, is both good patriotism and To secure a lasting value of those Bonds by insisting on el- licicnt, economical and common sense (lovem- rnent, both during the \\’ar and afterwards, is equally both patriotic and wise. m a u v

Saving of 25 minutes in the esatbound run of the Maritime Express between ‘Montreal-blah- fax is announced in the list of timetable changes of the Canadian National Railways, effective Sun- day, tomorrow, according to Mr. C. W. johnston, general passenger traffic manager. Leaving at l2 o'clock noon. daily, except Saturday, from the Central Station, the Maritime Express, pre- sently arriving at; Halifax at 7.55 p.m. will, al- tcr April 3o, arrive at the eastern seaport at 7.30 pm. No changes are contemplated in the ar- rival and departure times of either The Ocean Limited or The Scotian in the ‘Montreal to Ilali- fax service or in other main line trains. Sca- sonal connecting trains for Prince Edward ls- land, effective Sunday, May 21, are also an- notinced. At present, connection with the Is- land is made only from the Maritime Express, eastbound, and The Ocean Limited, westbound. After May 21, travellers to and from Prince Edward Island will be able to make connections

married a

by ivhom he has two sons; his father became a millionaire in the pill manufacturing business, but Sir Thomas never showed the slightest 1n-

cliestral director in the world, conducting all the famous orchestras at times in both Europe and America; has a poor opinion of the professional concert organizers who “are in it for what money they can get out of it," and not for the love of music and ilrc development of nursical taste; he himself sacrificed a fortune and life of ease to “follow the beam” inherited through his mother; cannot stand the lack of apprecia- tion of the average audience which buys tickets and attends "bcratisc it is the right thing to do" but lacks true appreciation of what is provider‘.

for them by the musicians. i it i i

The days of individual airplanes must almost be round the corner judging by the following letter just received from an Ontario firm: _ “We intend to offer for sale, a Canadian built Personal Aeroplane in the very near future. Our proposed plane, the "Noury", is a fully approved high wing monoplane, with two side by side seats, a luggage compartment, and a sr-t of flight instruments. Powered by a. 65 11.1’. motor and cruising at 95 hLlTI-I. itlwill prove to be a very economical plane for either business or pleasure. “Should a plane of this type flt into your sales or service program, let us know, and we will do everything in our power to assist you in making your decision as to how best to utilize aircraft. "There is another possible use for aircraft in your organization, if you maintain branches In other cities, and that is, for expediting all liaison work. Flying from one point to another will reduce costs, save time, and create a closer con- tact. “Then there is also another point worth men- tioning, in these days of Company-sponsored entertainment for leisure time of the personnel -—a Flying Association would definitely arouse

ed by the greater fertility of other Asiatic peo- ples. The Government has established a goal of one hundred million, which mcans that the average annual rate of increase in japan be- tween i940 and i060 cannot fall bclmv 1.8 pcr

to assist in the organizing, and whether the Club is formed by the Company or by private per- sons, we would supply the aeroplanes as cheap- ly as would be possible. “Regardless of the

conditions 0r circum-

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MUIOR BUS TRAFFIC - u BlIr-"OIHOOKBP." 1n I letter l0- oeei-lnl 1n the Guardian of April 27, agrees that the upaseengers of A motor buses cause q te a conges- tlon and hulbbub on Queen Street.

tn a. nnrruw contested area the buses endanger the llves or auto drivers and base era. Surely this should be suffl ent reason for removlnz the buses. If the bus owners are allowed the prl- vlleize of occunylntz the east side of the Library and are able to rent the rest room ln the Market building- whlch is much better equipped 1n every DflTflOUlflT-Jhé amount de- rlvcd from such rental wlll help to finance the City. On the other hand, on no consideration should the Cltv allow the bus owners the use of this position on the Market

911 coloured bare

About t. The moment, the

notes Of a laughing

‘they my! eune 111a 1i 11d

wn ll.” 6.. $.91‘. mam 151F114 of things Flutter: and splnl and drlfta, Like mu lo rang pine needles seeing agaln 1| never Nufllilf;

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awn . And only the thought remains. A tune recalled the Can you hear them Voices rlalng lrl the late night alr, A moon, a fire, and the hlgn thin

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ung harmonica- Burnt marahma lows. mustard. Andhthe smoky satisfaction of a

at dos. Can you hear them sing?-

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mualc gone. too ?

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April ZS-Tlgnlsh

April 28-Hunter River May 1—Murray Harbour May l-.-York I - May Z-Murray Rive;-

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IMPORTANT , LOAN ‘MEETINGS

May 2—Vernon River May 3—Morell

May 3-New Glasgow May 4-St. Peters

May 5-Eldo

Prominent speakers, Including men with Overseas Ser- vice in this war, will be present.

An entirely new sci-leg of W“ Loan films wlll be shown

Everyone who can possibly do so ls urgently reqllellled to attend these extremely important meetings-

THE NATIONAL WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE

APRILLZB, 1944

We Have the Proper

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We have lust received a ms.

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"III cue '1 tn In Ill h ‘P Doe; an " d Stomach Mixture

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Ever ,~ i, ~ _ led wrlr.‘"’f.‘.°'l..”ti.". ‘Ztalilllll.

Square without rocelvlng reason- able revenue from the bus owners.

I am, Str, etc. TAXPAYER.

TIIE POTATO IIOLDUP

Sin-Why is it that nothing L! being said about the great loss the farmers are making 1n potatoes this spring? Today the dealers will take the potatoes at the sta- tlon but will not. quot-c a prlo!‘ to the farmer. The dealers say that they cannot net any market for the potatoes The reason ls that the Government. let ln Maine otntoe: and flooded the markets nille the car ferry was not running this winter. Why not. investigate this matter and let the farmers know the reason they cannot sell their potatoes. Seconds will be worth- less and the cron this year was more than half seconds.

The explanation was izliten in our yesterday's lssue.—Ed. G.

Notes By The Way

Llienusts have devised a paint that won t, burn. lvow let uicin get u...» uuuhuie us a paint that. won't. peen~rutcliezier lvowra,

llltler is reported to he fielding trims iviui ltelcli leaders. uoooncs. Alli/us trio-y have plenty of things to 1.11.1.5. uooub-ueieats. olsasters. cat- astrounles, lulu me promise o1 worse to some. — Ottawa. Journal.

The Chinese think they should be allowed w take over toe uurpq uilese navy at. me conclusion of llUSlsUli-llfx. Ii. sounds like an excel- lent. lucu, but. we doubt 1f will be much left.—.vfontreal Gaz- ette.

speed M. any Lime. Respect the rights ol others. Do not. practice cutting in. Where there are child- ren playing or irralklniz on the road- way, think of them. At all tlmcs urrve Wlill yotu cur uncer control." -Niaguru bulls Review.

Arrangements having been made to buv part of the Algerian crop oi peanuts, Canadians are assured that. tlicv will have at. their dis- posal a much larqcr quantity of peanut. butbcr than has been avail- able tor- ilie last two years. The Ctinntiian consuimtzl‘ won't. care a.

I um, Slr, etc., ,, _. _ FARM , H4; is not here any more. R1chrn0nd\R(‘)l§T"A-‘l I“ A song is left, and the memory

there Ech 1n

" here the graceful white swan oes gliding along Like a maid ln l

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0131i the songs. the dearest. ll.

The heart's melody, and a wan- derer‘: word.s— The history of loneliness brenthr

tng 10w In a solitary llne: "O give me I. home."

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The ways diverge, inevitably, And our way la thus.

And his la .

But yet he says we ltve Within his mind,

whereto he can withdraw

To seek the old communion. "Believe the heart." be Cried- So now. believing it.

We turn to new strange faces. And answer when they ask, "No, he is gone HWW HOW-

of a 5011B.‘ Can you hear hlrn slng ll: still. When the blackblrds winged for

home And the trout curled 1n the pan? "Life with its sorrow.

Life with its fear,

Fades into dreams

when I feel you are near, I. For I love you truly. truly deli!‘

Now drums beat and engines roar. From this hell's symphony of

Godlgrarfi. he may return to sing again.

III The twisted yellow

slowy

In the mfndk October;

Andi ditays creep past on crippled ee

leaves fall

We wall: and work and watt. Hearln their songs and their dear los stnglng,

o iz echolng Dlstantly and far away

In the labyrinthine bra n.

And the golden corn. dipped 1n 1h, golden butter?

Thlisr song, ‘a natlorrsmgaflgyef.

A eam o peace, so

From the Pole Star to the South- ern Cross, I

On the wlngs of hearts desire. “No matter where I roam. On land or sea or foam.

You wlll always he“ me fllnslns

this song.

Show me the way l0 1Z0 hOmB-n Show me the W81’ Y0 B0 110mg-

-—John MacEwen.

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and Edith, Mrs. Herbert Coles. all once of Milton but now deceased: and surviving members» Mrs. Henry Coles: and T. Ambrose Rodd of Mllton and John Ambrose Rodd of Edmonton, Al 3. Jarnu Rodd who was - born September 9, 1038 at Brackley Point Road, dled in Nanulmo, 8.0., on the izathuflbiluaiyét “i? a a n"... marred aro e B11116, an -

was the father of four chldrent James Wnttell Rodd. Sarah Jane Kennedy Rodd, Minnie Rodd, and John Thomas Rodd. Jr

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1834 and dled September

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ents from Annan in 1821. ‘me chll- gls director of fish culture for PA‘ Mt R ‘s “Asl-AM dren of Thomas Rodd and his wife Canada, and the younger, Robert; A. J. HASLAM, B, A,’ LL n. Margaret Bell were:— Thompson Rodd, or Victoria, n.0, BARRISTE "c,

. sax-an Rodd, born 13th Feb. who upheld the Rodd military trl- “Ill 0| Nov: 8w Chambers 1882 married John MecGougan dltlon by vervlng 1n France dur- Charlottetown I. 5.1 (1817-1906) and died Nth Mbmh in; the last. Great War, w“ a MONEY. 1'0 LOAN legs without issue, former anemi- of flaherles m BIL." P-Oflorlj