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THE ISIIARLU TTETUWN GUARDIAN

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President: Lu-ul. Col. W. Chester b‘. hlcbllri vice President; J. R. Burnett, FJ.L gem-nth“; Lieut Col. D A Maclunuuu. 0.8.0.‘ Edii-n and Aluiiiigiu; Director J ll. Burnett. FJ 55.0mm Edllurs: i-riinir inuier and Ian A- "W115"

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DIONDAY. MAY 4. 1942-

Bogus Peace Overlu res

Suggestions of peace negotiations have again km coming from Berlin, and there are in- dicaiions that a peace drive, so called. Wlll be "aged during the coming months. Full warn- ing of these activities was given b)’ Alchlbald bIacLeish, head of the information department at \Vashiiigton, in an address to the Associated Press in New York recently. “An ‘AXIS offen- aivc on the psychological front is in the mak- lug," he said, referring to the short-wave broad- casts from Vichy quoting roundabout reporti from Sxvitzcrlzinil, Turkey and elsewhere that Axis leaders were drafting PYOPOSKlS fol’ a 59F‘ grous peace. The stories are dOl-llllflll. lle 531d. but their purpose isn't. "All fl-Xls ‘Pea-Ce one” aive is in the cards for this next summer- These stories and other: like them are the "straws in the lYlYlCllilrollS winds.’ He \Vflf11@(l mat propaganda attacks upon the American peo- ple would not come mlvflfllied a5 Prollaganda but would come, or would appean to colm. i" American guggcstions originating within the Un- ited States. _ _ _

Dealing \vith the same subject in addressing the Society of Newspaper Editors, MK Ma? Leish said that newspaper prflPflgallda almedf‘) divide American people from the Russian people or the British people at this moment of real danger, was dcfcritist; so was propaganda aimed to create a demand for a purely defen- live war.

"If successful," he said, “this propaganda can have no possible effect but to destroy our will n» figflll, leaving u. llVlClICCIeSS against the ‘peace’ offcilsivc our cucinii-s are certain to launch this $l‘.!'llll1(‘l’ or ni\xt fnll. Indeed, the mOSt 0llvl0ll5 purpose" of this proprigada is precisely to pre- parc us to lose the war by a negotiated peace.’

The oulv kind of pence that will be worth lnT-"iiig is one ihiit is sccurcrl by the freedom- luring nations after the complete defeat and overthrow of the Axis powers.

A Damning Indictment

The \\'inizipcg Free Press, leading Liberal organ, concurs with leading newspapers across Canada in denouncing the King Governmeritfor not making clcar to French-speaking Canadians the real issue involved in the plehlscllt- Tlw lad that Quebec citizens returned such a. large nega- tive vote is evidence, in the opinion of the Free Press, that they do not understand even now that their fate as citizens of a free world hangs lri the balance.

“For this," says the Free Press bluntly, "the whole Government is to blame, but that blame rests with lpecial weight upon the shoulders of Mr. King and his French Canadian colleagues in flqg cabinet since war broke out, with the single rxception of Mr, St. Laurent whose advent iritfl the Government is so recent and whose attitude toward the war has been always so clear that he must be wholly absolved. The responsibility for this lack of understanding in Quebec rests upon Mr. King, upon the late Mr. Lapolflk» tll¢ l3" Senator Daniluraiid and Mr. Cardin.”

It is apparent today, says the Free Press, that not only during the plebiscite campaign itself but for "many, many months before it, indeed ever since the fall of France, no sustained and vigor- ous effort has been made to bring home to the French Canadian citizens of this country as a whole the tragic consequences to them and to us all of defeat."

“Herc obviously,” concludes Prime Minister King's leading party newspaper, "i: a heavy black mark ngztiusi a government which prides itself above all r-l-e upon its efforts to create and to maintain the unity of Canada. The re- sulting situation is one fraught with the gravest dangers to our future as a state. They can be, we hript‘. surmouulcil. but stntcsmanship of the greatest (‘f>lll"'l"l' will be nccilcd if the cffort is to succccd."

Government ls Not Telling

A return tnbiwl in the llnuse of Commons contained this illiimiiizitiiiz evidence of unbusi- ness-likc nucoiiiiiiiig: “\Var expenditures are chargcrl to the (Viu-ivliilzitcd Revenue Fund as are other Govt l‘lllll1‘lll expenditures, while tre- ceipts arc ciwvhril to thc sumo fund. It is, lhcrc- fog-g, iuipn-slilv. cxct-pt by tlic use of Iiighly‘ hypothetical zb-iiiiiplioiis, lo calculate the pro- portion of thc prcscut nct debt attributable di- rectly m- inrlircctlyi to thc last war, the prcscnt war or tiny nthci" spr-itific causes."

Inlclliqcul rill/cits. s:i_vs nu cxclizingc, arc like- ly (r1 ngrcc that zniy organization handling funds, cxccp". .'l llu\‘Cl'illllcill, ivoulrl be ashamed to timkc such [lll .'ulmissioit. .\n ordinary trustee of funds \I(lllI!I bi- cnnsirlcrcd guilty 0f negli- gcticjt‘. In $11)‘ flit‘ lvfirl. if IlC Cmllfi not Flt any mm» giw 1b.; _<l\'lli'("4'\ of rrccipts and explain ex- ppndilurl-g, _\ (ifivffldllllfllf is a trustcc in every wnsc 41f m.» \\'|vl'lI. The mnncy it handles is not its own: ifs nuthtirity is not self-derived. Will’

should ll not hr‘ lr-‘PPIIIYYI "MY-TVS l0 {ccmlllt l" those to whom it is rcspousililc? h ,,.(,l,],1 lr- tuisk-niliiiq in intimate that ac-

counts arc nut kept and printed. They arc is- (n!

sued in detail enough to baffle a regiment _0f experts. Little additional work would be in- volved for the compilers in segregating the figure to show the expenditures and debts attributable to specific catiscs so they would be understand- able.

Certain moneys were raised for the last war and certain co-callcd war taxes were iiiiposed, but if any one attempts t0 balance one against the oth- er the busybotly is promptly sqiiclched with the announcements that tlicre were other exllelldl‘ turcs. Taxation which the public supposed was earmarked for war purposes was continued and increased during the peace years. The assertion may 11mm can be only “highly hypothetical as- sumptions" as to wlicre the money goes after the Government gets hold of it apparently means only that the Government doesn't w_ish to com- pile its accounts so the information is available.

There might be inquiries and criticism if “too much" were known, it is true. But whose busi- ness is it? Some day the question of Govern- ment responsibility for the funds it collects will have to be brought into the open.

EDITORIAL NOTES

A new Victory Bond and \Var Saving Stamp

Campaign is in prospect. I i i

At Salzburg, apparently, two is company— Hitler and I\Iussolini,—three-—tlie Jap Emperor, —is none.

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Looking ahead alright. Every London child orphaned by raids WIlI be given a Christmas toy made from bomb debris by mcnibcrs of the Na- tional Fire Service.

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Evidently the Federal Government are no optimists regarding tourists when they cut the grant for securing thcm from $500,000 to $100, 0r $200,000.

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It has come to this. Instead of a May day message of relief to the toiler, Berlin radio announced the abolition of Sunday as a day of rcst and thc substitution of a seven io-hour-tlay

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week in all industries, irrespective of whether 5

or riot employed in munition production. a a a- v

Figures released at Ottawa reveal that during the past twelve months Canadians have purchas- ed $I,6oo,ooo,oo0 of Victory Loan bonds, $84,- 000,000 of \Var Savings Certificates, and have paid $652,000,000 in Income taxese, a grand total of $2,300,ooo,o0o. This represents a total contribution in savings and taxes ciuiivalcnt to $35,000,000 in the United States. '

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Sales of new and used motor vehicles fin- anced in March totalled 0,403 units with a. fin- anced value of $2,800,753 down 6i per cent in number and 63 per cent in amount of financing from thc 16,208 vehicles financed for $7,500,720 in March, 194i. The number financed in March was 30 per cent greater than in February, I942. The 18,099 motor vehicles financed for $8,262,- 090 in the first quarter of this year were 5i per cent lower in number and 53 per cent lower in dollar volume than the 36,872 vchiclcs financed for $17,570,866 in the corresponding period of last year.

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Sir Edward Benny's continued iudisposition has led to his retirement from the Prcsitlcucy of the C. P. R., but his services and advice will still be available as chairman of the Board of directors ~—the two positions being the equival- ent of Premier {lllCI President of Council. Sir Edward is, and has been long, President of the Boy Scouts Association of Canada. to which he has devoted a great part of his valuable time and energies and has had the satisfaction of seeing the movement growing apace undcr his able per- sonal attention. '

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David Livingstone, missionary and explorer, ditd this (late I873; a doctor of medicine, gradu- ate of Glasgow Faculty of Physicians and Sur- geons, devoted his life and talents to the work of the London Missionary Society in Africa; spent over 30 years in what was then known as “Darkest Africa," travelling north, south, east and went, the first white man ever to be seen by the natives of thc interior; was supposed to have got lost, and an expedition under Henry M. Stank)’. representing the New York Herald was sent out to find him; the expedition met up with the missionary and explorer in i871, when Stanley saluted Livingstone, the only white man in the interior, with the historic salute-“lvlr. Livingstone, I presume." The great explorer did not deny the allegation, but refused to g0 back with his "discoverer," instead proceeded to complete his explorations along the east side of Tanganyika, and dicd at Chitambds Vil- lage, south of Lake Bangweolo; his body was taken to England and buried in Westminster Abbey: “Men are immortal till their work is done."

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‘Farm machinery and equipment have come within range of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board's economy and war conservation program. An order issued by Mr. H. H. Bloom of To- ronto, administrator of farm, road and munici- pal machinery and equipment, provides that wood o_r substitute materials must replace- metal in a wide range of farm machinery —neck, yokcs, doublctrees, rake bars for hay loaders, two-wheel farm trailers, recls for grain binders, outside livestock watering bowls and hog troughs. “Except for wheels, axles and bearings, farm wagons will no longer be made of metal, and the mefalparts of slcighs will be restricted to shoes for the runners," the announcement said. The order bans use of rubber and 14 metals, including war-conscripted copper and aluminum, in an extensive list of farm equipment items. ixcmpt from this provision are rubber for use in cream separators and pumps, copper in the electrical systems of brooders and incubators, and tip as a protective coating for parts in contact with milk in milking machines, cream separators and surface coolers. The board say provision has bccii made Ill ilie order for thc administrator to grant special permission to manufacturers to use "P such processed metals as they have on hand and which ivrrc Originally intcnrlctl for equip- incnt and parts bzinflcrl by thc nciv order. join- "ll! hardware ziuil reinforcing strips oi‘ struts of

metals may still be uscd,

At present ll-rle and mull scale industries inlndla engage barely ten percent. of the pcpulation, and the tendency Ln agrnulture la to absorb not a. smaller but an can; number. While L-i 1891 the propor- tlon or the Pvpulation living on agriculture was sixty-one percent, it Ls today well over severity per- cent. -- Montreal Gazette.

The Ford Motor Company has developed an efficient automobile ire using only a fraction of the amount. of rubber needed for cori- ventlonal tires. Ford engineers have b11115 helped solve a pressing and major prc-blcm. Adversity once more has prtmoted ingenuity. -'Ihe Brantlford Expositor.

The "freezing order" on molasses has been withdrawn, which may be Just as well, for molasses Ls a torpid ccmmodity that. will not be dictated to at. any time. —l-Ia.mil- ton Spectator.

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The Null prided themeelvel. during the early days of the war, on their psychological offensive. Their technique consisted of pro - aganda and keeping the word guessing as to their next. blow. but the war of nerves now seems to be conspicuously absent from Axis war prosecution. On the other hand, the Allies are giving me Axis powers quite a few sleepless nights several factors contribute to AXis insomnia. and give the little Caesars the jitters. Like Banquets ghost, shrouded speetres haunt their feasts. Always present with them Ls the dread of Allied all" might becoming eazh clay o more terrible weapon; the flslllggllllm of great. factories in Britam, the [JTliLed States, and Canada is the wail of the ballihté to the enemy leaders. They know. these 13/1118 leaders, that an awakened world is swinging into stride, and that soon their once-dreaded legions will feel the might 0f retribution. — Saint Jchn Telegraph-Journal.

Let's hope these curries; pants) serve as q pemlnder that. Uh: Quick- er we kick the Japanese out. of the southwest. Pacific, the sooner will we have dcue wit-h abbreviated breechcs arid other abbreviations. The 100900.000 sheep in Australia. upply no small port of the wool we wear. speaking of the possibil- icy o! a. Japanese attack on the Russian back door in Siberia, that Australian wool might be a factor. The plight of the Nazis freezing in their synthetic civercoats in front of Mos-cow is probably not un- known to the tycoons of Tokyo. It ts down to seventy below l:i I011 em Siberia 1n the wintertime. and the summer ls shorter than our ciiffless pants. -- Chicano News.

Publication of a German picture" in a Smyrna newspaper brought. laughter in Ankara, Turkey. The photo showed Nazi soldiers holding a flag bearing the portraits of Lenin and Stalin. The caption said Illa flag had been “won after fierce fighting." Many Turks understand Russian; and they knew the inscription on the flag read: “Prize in excellence. Awarded to the best. primary school of the schrnorski legion".- Belleville Intelligezicer.

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Dlfilllflying a splendid spirit of co- operation and a keen apprcclatlon 0f the needs of the situation, the Canadian Seaman's Uzilon has an- lwlllwed a plan to mnke ‘a genuine contribution to the country's war effort. This has to do with training mcn for the mercantile marine. The fact that the prcgrnm has been announced by a man who only recently was released from internment should not prejudice the consideration of it by the au- thcrities Until proven otherwise, it should be accepted as a bcria flde offer. THC need fci- strips is not, the Olll’ one seriously affecting our prc lem o! maintaining trans- portation to the for parts of the world lri the face of an attempted Axis blockade All the ships we Could build wcuid be useless with- out; sailors to mari them. and these must be trained It ls a specialized occupation whrh ordinarily re. quires years of experience before men are fitted to make up a crew.

e Seamens Unlcri plan pro- P0595 to turn out 1'0 fully trained merchant sailors every six weeks That 15 an ambitious program. but if it can be achieved, ft: should go far toward sclvln one of our most. troublesom prob ems, - Wlxtdsor

The LBSI-fon yacht, Southern Cross, ls ln thc news again. This time the craft has been blackfstcd by the British Government. It. ls owned by Axel Wanner-Gran, the Bwedlah industrialist, whose 5cm.

THQQHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN NUTES BY TIIE WAY p"?

ss Tributes To

(Saturday NIIIIL. Tllnll“)

"aim of Green Gables" bronchi mutant popularity to Lucy Maud “°l‘“°"“i§’i I‘ $5 ‘ifihfflfi

fl e m. “up a p Island. arid of the Islanders, ace-n through

a view of Prlnoe Edward

glasses sll tly tinted but seen was, the record of the

with accurate outline. iinfoldlnlr m

L. M. Montgomery

6.

If.

loveliness of e. youn: clrl‘: Demim- aiity. Best. of all, it. was an uncon- scious self-portrait of a sensible, sensitive and gracious you!!! lady-

The exalted critics o!

this dBY

and age lcok down ti}? nose of. her a

work, because it. de faces, Instead of depths: because it.

rest

hwlth laug- psye o-ana c was lnte in

instead of being a boring essay in abnormal psycholoizv

common llfe

But. all the are

things we see In this surfaces. even

though life Ls never superflclal- And the dream of beauty which lingers

i tl-i background (gmdelg expressed tn surfaces.

of every normal How

else can we account for smiles, emd enlightened eyes and pride of gull. and grace of gesture and sweetness

of voice

They are indications

of

the hidden loveliness of the soul. L, M, Montgomery (in her later

name of Mrs. Ewan Maodona

Id) 118.5

pissed out. of the world. end her mortal frame has Bone to mingle with the beloved dust; of hei- Island. Here ls the spirit, of her work:

"0 children of my love, 1 keep foi- you all your childhood flreams, your gladness and de-

The Joy of days in the sun and

rain, the sleep of nights"

care-free

All the sweet faltlis ye have lost, and sought again, shall be your

Darlings, oome to m

L.

0W1’! ,

I am old, and stil

(The Gazette, Montreal) Mrs. Ewan Macdonald. who as

M. Montgomery

captured

empty heart. and alone."

the

fancy of lovers of simple romance with her Anne of Green Gables and olher Ainfle bcoks. and who dled on Friday, is to be buried to- day at Caveriifsh, Prince Edward Island, where she started her lit-

El": Ty CBTGH‘!

she WR=

only

fllilfi

when she wrote her first poem, for

she was both Is fitting‘ t-lvt

she

poet and author, It-

shculd rest

there. for it was to Cevendflsti she

w

d

as talvn when a-ri lrfrrit eath cf I161‘ mo‘l.i"r. l0 be

, on the IJ"f‘I.l"lll

up by her grandmother. Arid it was there her ancestor. had resided for more than a century and a hirf.

Possessed of a mind of

TB.

1'0

imaginative ca-oacfy. Lucy Maud

Moiitgonie

ry had a fzne gift, of ex-

pression and her dsscrphve pcw-

crs wc-nt into her extraordinary benefit of her

backs

to

the be-

loved Prince Edward Island. Green Gables now sbands in the midst. of a national park, the Island's lode- swne for any number of tcurlsts.

In Anne of th of

the way was

the ccuntzy is d.p.ct:d:

e Island the nature

“The garden was beautiful and

bcautliul. “golden

rocl had kindied its fairy tuches in the coirier and asters dotted lt bluel . The call o-f the brock came

U

p t rcilgh the wcccls frc

m

the

valley of birchcs with all of its old

allui-rimeni;

the mrlicw a

it iv

8S

full cf the purl" of llie sea: bwcnd _ fcitces bleached silvery gnyy 1n the suns of many summers, and long hills scarfcd with the shrdows of aut- umnal clouds; wl‘l1 the blowing of the west wind old drczms l‘€fLII'Z1€Cl ' ' s:ft.ly.

WITC

I ‘iflfll ih

felfs rimmed by

tlitink,’ sad Anne

t: land w cr- dreams ccme

true is ln t‘"e bl e have yonder.“

the cr:

Fifi resiin

G plce suc‘i a spot for atcr of Anna, ‘whom Mark

Twain drscribsd as "lliz- sweetest‘

creation of child li'c yst written." That. was in WCF. ri-d the acterizatfcn still lrlds true.

H

Slgmillei" David L Ford bf

APPY-alai-CNIP"

char-

TO QUEBEC LAD BELFAST. May 2- (GP) —

the

Roval Canadian Navy whose par-

ents live in Chapelle Road. Ville 1a

Salle, Que. drclded to droo in and

see his edest. broth not seen since

1924

er who-n he had

S0 David dropifid in and found a and he

swell party awaiting mm

became the guest of ‘niror. The party hadn't men intended

fcr I- time

was celebratl

anniversary

friends and neighbor; 1n, David left Belfast with the rest

of the faml later movln

‘m but he sure came at a goon because the brother, R, poi-u, m! his 10th wedding and had invited all his

ly to move to Montreal, g into the suburbs.

-—-__._.__ BERLIN REPORTS CASUALTIES

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lllelldb’ Countries. The Sowhern

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