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SUBSCRIPTION names: a, mu lll 11.2.1. $4.00 p» you; aw» M 6 www- l.25 for 4 months; 50c for M19 lllfllll-ll city Dfillveryi $5110 per yell’: $341" l" l ""1"" “'3; "d3 iTodnfsn $500 p» 1w BIMI-ulllclfllq an . i -00 at; $1.00 for 6 months mud!’ weekly 53c m”; glilflthi.

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker ti?! the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY. JANUARY 13. 19.41.

Rising Protests Hefifd

Of chief importance at Ottawa last week, _!i_\)'§ the Financial Post coi"i'€$l111l1(l¢lll. “'35 the nwlg volume of ltrtilc5t again-t the butter I'll“: Pa‘?

. i W -' 3r“ and 'I‘ra e announced b) the \\dllllll8 l ice I B d on Dcc 18- Protests come and are con- r ~ — - . ~ . Pain w m,“ from every section of Canada. gfarm orgaiiiztiiiiiiis, provincial dgoverp- . Xflv - int ~rcste F11‘ l’ menu’ the Umh Him‘ fmliyven Lbcre this) re- except the cousuiiicis. - 11< 1? - . .d Clio“ has LlUlllLill>llLilCLl that a sudden rigl ?yeezing iii priccs will cause iiitollerable hard- ship on 5mm sections of the Cflllllllllllll)‘. ~ kofthe

AS ‘he M‘ “Mm mmdhcadtllsifris difficult Glllclllllwlll lwcmllcs "Wig ‘in ITC and more and the a1,__;C,,¢<-g,,1 co-oiiliuationlii 0P gt writer marked. llicrc is. as Wt. 511.15 1'9 ° . ’

evidence of a clctirlv iliotlglll out lwllcy and’

iiijcantime. different Cllwffi “lll 55660115 are

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c0158 ‘fir tlicre have been three (ICCISIOIIS in this . .

field, affecting two wary large sections of the coiiimiiniiv zuitl one llIllZlCllLlZll class.

Rents in (listricts where an acute sliortall° 9f houses exists have hem Wf-‘Wifl a! 31 lall- 2» 194°‘ \\'ages, on the other bun-l, are to conform to the lggo-iozo level, \\illl bonuses for any iucreasle in living. qnsiS HlliHC the Clllffflgf. lcy e0‘. Now. with butter, tue date for tie ieeziug Prices has been ilccrccd as DEC- 12. 194°- t

The renters wxmtyto know why" rents \\ere no brazed on the rush-ii) bans- llw 111111" Pm‘

. . _ ,_ . _ _ o, ducers ask lllebfllllt? question. Is a faiitpeer figc entitled to receive as #113111 a Tcllll“ as _ l tor," worker? Butter. lllcl’ Poll“ Out- “35 ‘loll: more than _40 cents per lb. over the greater par of the 1930-3‘) Pcllml-

Judging by the number and the tone Ol ll" complaints it scents iloubtful if the present hap- hazard nmhod of Utll-llr-(ll can be continued. The cynic; co“h~lltl that it is too much like subject- lll" lnqc ppm-dries to the whims and chances off-iii blindfold min <‘lt‘l~'l1lfi a Pl“ “ll” a lmce clrirt Tihcre is appurciitlv. a heed for a na- l:<‘Ill-\\'l\lC policv ivhich would Place llle burdens of ihc \\'.'1l' more equiiablv upon all classes of the iiitllllllllllll)’.

Covernient \Var Financing

L. Ilslc_v’s advance “ma. in the 11p“..- of tmiiiiiioiis on Soveuiber

2p [he nnrpviiilftllltlll of the sale of $159 lllll’ lions of llninjipon niiit~< to the banks will oc- casion surpri-c. L'!i~.ii'l.\'~ "K15 llle “mmlwg

Free Pres-s ilibcixil), ii is zui occasion for rais- ed f‘\t'li\'i»\v_<_ .

r11. fiiirt-n lll-illllii the tiovcrliiuellt has BR111- 51 [llfguxll ihr- druliircd wair pohcy_ oi taxing u, {he will; hr-ytmil which production would stiffer through lllCfllClCllC_\' and. Wllll-fl single Qxjeplififl, l1 liiirrii\\'i~il the balance Of llS ll€€tl5 from {he ‘mlyl-Q, frtim {hp nyvllltli (If the PEOpIG.

Jhqrg mi.» iilit- cniiill ‘Kliiit iii the ariti", t6- libcratcli- ailiniiii<ti~rcd. Iluliberatcly iuflationist. But theipolicv ilicii followed was i0 finance by taxation 3,1,1 by hnrroiviug of sayings. ‘the ex- pHlLslUlllSf shot ivas the sale of b.7200 millions of Dominion ii ‘ " n» the banks in Rovcmber, 1939. The rare was l\\'tl per cent. I

On Nor. 2i of this ycar .\Ir. Ilslcy again de- fined policy; llicrc was no change. Inflation nmq he Illtllllfiil. The war must be paid for h- [axfttiqn 3.1.1, liiii'r()\\'lll}_{ from savings. He did =;iv. as \\cll, ihut because of heavv tax pav- nieuts it would lint be practicable to float a loan in the first half of ititf and that some short- term financing early in the New Year would be llPCF5§fll‘\‘_

l; W.“- m-i-r-lop: ih.i: this short term financ- ing at 335p millinn< i< fir!‘ a longer term (2 i-2 yearsl, and for a larger ziiiioiint than the orig- inal “expan-ioiilst" is-"tie. The interest rate is fractionallyi liiivcr.

The. sale of lloiiiiiiiiwii notes to the banks tiieaus, .=impl_v, the si-ttiiig up by the banks of a credit of this Illlllilllll and against this credit the (iovernincnt can write cheques. It does not rc- duce existing purchasing power by a penny. nor does it come out of the people's savings. This sale, although .\lr. ll>l\‘\' ilncs not say so in his aiinoitriccuiciii, is just as “expaiisionisW as the sale of November, 103‘). Iiirlccd, the chief dif- ference is that whereas there was plenty of sur- plus labor and plant which could be stimulated iiito production in toy), we are now said to be ap- prnaching pctik Ellllillrvlllijlll and production. We are, in fact, at the lifilllf where “expaiisioriisW financing, acivirdiiig to .\lr. Ilslcy- and Mr. Ral- strin should be avoided.

Mr. Ilslcy. no doubt. savs the Free Press. will now encounter a good many quotations from his earlier speechcs iii which lie solemnly warn- ed all and sundry against the very act he has now committed. Like the rest of mankind he can disclaim perfection. Indeed, he might look back into the llaiisards of the 188o’s where he would find Sir John A. Alacdouald in a not dis- similar plight. Sir John momentarily bad stray- ed from tlic piiih of strict rectitude. He made liis amends to the llouse of Commons by tell- ing the story of the Jewish lad who went to the butcher shop. Ile was the only customer in the shop and iii a moment of ivcakness he bought I ham. As lie hurried away, the ham toiickcd tightly lll1(lf‘l' his jacket, a black cloud loomed overhead. There was a flash of lightning and a crash of ilnuirler. The boy stopped. Came another flash and another crash of thunder. The lad loqltcil up: “.\ficr all," he said, "it's only a

Hi1: piece of pork.”

Tgll,‘ WCHARLOTTETOWN __G_UARDIAN

EDITORIAL NOIES -_

This will be a busy week at Ottawa with the nine provinces having delegations there in cun- ncctioii with the Sirois report and other busi- ness.

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John Scott. 1st Earl of Eldon, British law- yer and Lord Chancellor, died this date, 1838. \\'as violently reactionary; conducted the un- successful high treason prosecutions against John Horne 'l‘ooke, politician and scholar; opposed un- successfully Catholic emancipation and the aboli- tion of capital punishment for minor offences.

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A new Spitfire fighter plane, to be bought with funds donated by employees of the British postal and telegraph censorship department of the hlinistry of Itiforniation, will carry the “ap- propriate name, Blue Peticil". The employees donated £20,000 (about $98,000) to the Spit- fire fund and stipulated that one plane pur- chased should carry that name.

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Letters are being received from Islanders who have gone to the mainland in search of jobs warning others not to follow them. There is an abundance of labour there already. and the dif- ficulty of finding moderately priced boardings adds to the hardship. One writer says: “Life on the farm may not be ideal but its a hundred times better than waiting for something to tum up here.” (on the mainland.)

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The majority of Canadian advertisers will continue advertising expenditures in 194i at the same or higlicr lcvt-ls than last year, the wceltly newspaper, Marketing, reports following the cir- culation of a questionnaire among advertisers. The paper reported that 34.2 per cent of those replying said they will spend more money on ad- vertising; 45.35 per cent will spend the same as last year; five per cent will spend less, and 15.45 per cent are undecided. \\'liile all the advertis- ers are aware of the uncertainty of the busi- ness situation, the paper continues, they are confident that things in the new year will be satisfactory all round. .~\ number of manufac- turers will increase their selling staffs and uoiie of those reporting will discharge any salesmen, the publication said. m m a

Cash income from the sale of farm products in 1940 has been estimated at $714,685,000 coni- pared with $702,794,000 in 1939. This is tlie highest cash income since i920 when the sale of farm products totalled $922,300,000. The increase in the I940 income resulted from gains in marketings of live stock and live stock pro- ducts. Increases in income were recorded in Prince Edward Island. New Brunswick, Que- bec, Ontario and Alberta. Income in Nova Scolia declined as a result of the heavy damage to the 19.10 apple crop. The lower cash iii- coines iii Manitoba and SLtSkfllCllCWZln in I940 are accounted for by the deferred marketing of the wheat crop, and as a result a greater than usual proportion of the income from wheat will be received during the first half of 194i.

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U.$..-\. Federal Judge Lloyd L. Black at Seattle has signed a settlement decree in a case itivolviiig use of the slgau "Oldest tfiltllllg cor- poration iii the ivorlil," after zittoriicys for both plaintiff and dcfciiilant tiiiiioiiiicccl their clients had reached an agreement. The agreement end- cd a case begun six yczirs ago when the Hud- soifs Bay Company filed suit against the Hud- son Bay Fur Company of Seattle. scckiiig to enjoin use of the phrase. Lfudcr the decree the Seattle organization is enjoined from using the name Hudson flay Fur Company after a two- year period which began January I; that its successors name may not contain the words “HudsoiW or "llay" or the initials "ILB." or a similar name; that it may not use a beaver iii its crest and that a. beaver figure embedded in the floor of the store entrance must be removed by January I, 194}

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\\'e do not alwavs stop to think what a Nazi victory in the present war would itiean. Cer- tain results of a German victory would be the vassalage of Austria, Czeclio-Slovakia, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, occupied France and Great Britain, the end of Poland, rcocciipaiioii of German colonies and seizure of resources in the vassal countries. If Britain were (lcfeateil it would probably mean that unoccupied France, Sweden. Spain, Portugal, Ruinania, Greece, Bul- garia, Turkey, Arabia, Iraq, Persia, Africa, Italy and liire would become vassal States, tlic entire Mediterranean Sea would be controlled by Germany; all European and African peoples, except Germans, would lose their religious, po- litical and economic freedom: culture would bi: destroyed; (Thina irould be (lcfcatcd by Japan; the Dutch, English and French possessions in the Near Asia, lllCllltllllg British India, would be taken over by Japan; Australia and New Zcaland would be occupied by Japan; a sini- ultaneous attack upon Russia would be niade bv Germany and Japan, and the lfltraiiie, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland would fall to Germany.

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That there is a ividesprcatl (lcuiand for adop- tion of the Sirois Commission's findings is llJl to be gainsaiil. Neither is it to be denied, says the Gazette, that very considerable opposition prevails and is not unlikely to increase as the full significance of some of the recommenda- tions becomes more generally known. The Fed- eral Government is acting upon the assumption that implementation of the recommendations will increase the capacity of the country to carry nn the war. The Commission itself submitted this proposition and some of tlic provinces have ac- cepted it. If it can be proved to be sound it will furnish a strong argument for adoption. but tho conference is not likely to lose sight of the fact that this new constitution model which is being proposed is intended to shape the economic, so- cial, educational and. to some extent, the politi- cal future of Canada for generations to come. It will be in operation long after this war has gone into history. If it is indispensable as a war measure, and if the conference is so con- vinced. acceptance may be considered assured, but if it is not proven to be indispensable it will have to stand or fall on its merits as a. peacetime structure

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IIOTES BY TllE WAY

A rather reoondlh explana- tion of why women close tilwir eyes when being kissed ls ad- vanced by the Better Vision Insti- tute, which says their purpose is to bLt out. the every day world _and slip into a make-believe one. ‘Our bet. is that they lower their lids chiefly because they've seen Greta Garbo do so in g similar situation. All of us IIJICQHSCZOUSIY emulate mannerisms of film stars and other public flgura Years ago in the movies time Gislf sisters set. the style. Widely folltwed to this day. of kicking up the left. heel when throwing aims around the hero's neck. The original aim was to give the illusion of height to lea in; men who were not tall enough. to merit a ttptos embrace. But. today practically all men. tall cr short. are greeted t‘ Us in rail- road stations by sweethearts ant wfyes. — Mziziieapalsu Sta; Jour- na.

John Gunther hn pointed out

00000 are engaged fn industries; that; 21 per cent of the population ls illiterate: that. the ountry lacks raw materials, and has no rubber, tin. nickel, tungsten, mica, or chrmniuim; that if i5 dependent on imports from abroad for 99 per

wool, 95 per cent of its coal. 99 per- cent cf its mineral oil. 89 per cent of its iron and steel, 99 per cent of its copper, 15 per cent of its meat, and 20 per cent, of lis Stain. Of these huge import; more than 80 pcr cent come from countries be- yond the Mediterranean. And the Mediterranean ls now the only sea open ta Italian shipping-at its wn risk. It would EGCITI. therefore, that Italy has been, and could have con- tinued to be, of far more use to Hitler as a. non-belligerent ally than as a fighting ally. If this is so. Hitler will not be pleased with Mussolinfs thirst for glory (n the battlefield. -Johannesburgh Times.

We shall be able to sing "Rule, Britannia" a little more loudly than ever when the new

type of rayon fabric the basis of which is seaweed comes into gen- eral uie: Britain's traditional mas- tery or the seas will have been demonstrated in a new d.i"ection. 1111c basis cl the fabric and some of its uses were explained recently by the head of the Leeds Univer- sity textile department at; a meet.- lng in Briidfcrd; apparently it. can be blended with wool or cotton, it. dves and WaShes well, and it is aso non-inflammable. The mighty ocean is singularly prolific of sea.- weed and. apart, from some var- ieties spread on the land as fertiliz- er. nit much use has hitherto been made of it, It sounds a more con- venient source of “ersatz” textiles than wood-pulp or milk, bot-h of which are in high demand for other purposes. There will still be room. of course, far the inevitable Jokes. German textiles 0n a wood-pulp basis are reported to be liable to death-watch beetle in the trouser pants. Seaweed stockings may be immune from fire but may develop barnacles instead of lfldd€1’S-—MBJI' chester Guardian.

Mr. H. R. MacMilIan. chairman of the War Requirements Board. is one of the directing spirits of the Canadian war admin. :n. But while in the inner circle of the ivar effort he does not suffer with com- placency‘. He is free to tell the truth: to say things that may be unpalatable. He said something that needed saying to the Can- adian Club of~Tcronto. Thus: “We don't know what t-he ward ‘fight’ means yet-ire think it means ccasiing." "Amateurs cannot defeat; professionals at, war, and Can- adians are still amateurs. The people must work and fight and save and sacrifice and study the enemyfis methods and then go out and defeat» him." "Mcst of the war.- fare thus far has been conducted bv British p“f‘(ltlf!l.l0n." — Toronto Globe and Mall.

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The strength of‘ the British people ls the strength of a nation that has long raditlm and habits of freedom; its weakness is the stratosphere of lnsularity and the rigidity into which its official or-

cent of its cotton. 80 per cent of its f

A Plea For The Simvler Life

(Montreal Glzette)

There ls much of the philosophy which ls the art and law of life 1n the radio address Mr. B. Mor-

an-Powell delivered in Montreal fist evening. Like n. good ournal- 1st, he summed up his esls in the title he gave to his address:

period o reconstruction which must, inevitably follow the end of the present war," when changes in our economic outlook will be “for- ced upon us by the necessity for more careful expenditures.” Be- cause such a necessity is bel felt. already in our way of socta life we can, perhaps. better iaapreclate the plea for the adop on of n "far more modesfP-mennlng. of course, far more simple-style of livi than the one to which many peope have become accustomed. Even if the war ends sooner than anticipated, the most. fortunate individual may b stem circum- stances be competed to adopt the simpler life, though the probabil- ity does not detract from the re- levancy of the Morgan-Powell Philosophy. which points to the wisdom of’ living according (p the dictates of reason, at the same time offering such consolation as may be found in the fact; that a living has tended to increase living costs, and in the knowled

now th nk necessary are really "unessenilal to an ordered, healthy, happv way of life." Mr. Morgan- Powell’: address conveys many truths which. if pondered in a manner mindful of the duties and sacrifices which extraordinary ex- iizencles demand, will help every thinking person to make self-de- nial a pleasurable process.

Lost, Stolen Or Strayed

(Sydney Post-Record)

Several explanations are offered respecting the dramatic disappear- ance of General Amiibale Bergon- zoli, Italian commander at Biudla, who has been missing since last Satiuday the second clay of the fln- a1 attack which resulted in the fall of that. vital Fascist sea base on Sunday. Early reports said that Borgonzoli. banierlngly nicknamed "General Electric Whiskers" by the ureveient Tommtes because of the alleged flickering mobility of his magnificent beard. had been cap- tured along with fi.e other generals on the fall of the fortress. It now turns out, that three Blackshirt Commanders, Bergonzoli and his two Divisional generals deserted their troops the night before Bar- dia. was taken, leaving the "regular commanders" to carry on while these Fascist heroes weie seeking Safety in flight. under cover of dark-

ess.

One of the thiree refugee Fascist. generals has since loca rounded up in a. desert hide-out, and given his appropriate number in an Egyptian concentration camp. But Bergonzoli and the other div.- sional commander are still a‘ large. “It. l.s possible,” says a Cairo ccm- niunique refeiring to these two fugitives “they decamped by mot- or boat specially reserved for the purpose." 111e,, may. hcivever. yet, be retrieved and brought. in, for the search for them is still going

on.

If is worth remembering that the fugitive ex-Commaudei- at Bliffllfi. is not. a. "regular," but a. Fascist or Blacksliirt, office-i‘ of the special Mussolini brand. Bci-gonzoll led the Italian “voluniccrs" who helped more or less dashlnglv in the Nazi- Fascist invaskin of Soaln during the sic-called civil wiar. Bergcnzoli is an impassioned orator as well as p mill- t-ai-y man. and was Mussolinis elo- quent echo at Batdia, where he steruly admonilicd hi5 soldiers to‘ fight. and die to the last man. rather than flee or surrender.

I-Fs own escape had obviously been plaimcd beforehand with sec- recy and skill. The manner of his exit: the route lie took, whether bv land or sea: whether he is sill lurking in the desert; or whether he has mad: good his get-away to another Fascist stronghold to de- liver future "do or die" oratlons to the rank and file —B.l‘Q mere ques-

ganlzatlons are apt to fall. I! we want to see ourselves at our worst we have only to lrck at the scandal of the treatment of aliens. If we want. to see ourselves at our best, we have only to study the epic of Dunkirk, the splendid romances of the sespwar. with the quiet her- oism of simple seamen and fisher- men. or the superb courage cf the young airmen whose prowess has checked Hitler's career of’ victory iii its most confident. and strident

answered till his members have been

Lions of detail which may never be

published. The "point of real interest

ls that, he has proven himself to be

a genuine Fascist of the Mussolini 8

mo . More will likely be heard of hlni He should go for.

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LONDON —(CPl —L0ndoi1 bus- di-‘vei-s, who are on the job through

hour. The war is ti. people's war. engaging m full strength its pas-i slon for freedcm and its hatred of» cruelty, led by B, man who c311 touch and inspire its imagfnat on. That f5 why there 1s no dismay or despair today. however formidable. the picture that Europe presents to the friends of freedom. -- Man- chester Guardian. y

Dover, a little community nf 700 soul; (l vvn in North Carvlma. i§ gozn to be a place well worth watc trig. And if all goes well it may be a village well wcith match.- lng. For lt has a. ccmpletc feminine government. Not. only Ls the mayor a woman, but the Board of Ald- ermen is ccmpleiely female. the lne man chosen having declined to go on with the Job. Ncw the wsmenfolk have B chance to show what the can do all by themselves. If they o not; balance the budget. get a dollar's worth of supplies for a. dllar expenditure. run the loaf- er; out. of town. and keep the strrets cleaner than they have ever been before, we sadly m’ss our guess. For running ii town is just a brm of good housekeeping -wo- man's specialty. — Victoria Times.‘

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The arrival of the centenary ear of the first making q cigars iii England brings to mind a curi- ous fact about feminine smoking. e general belief about early iid middle Victorian women was that. they not only did not smoke themselves but, that, with a few elventlons. such as ln the filth ll illy, they would not allow men ti smoke in their rooms and de- manded that their husbands and sols. if they must smoke. should winr a special dress for the pur-. poze. But against. this there is Lady Batterses (tn "Led de Rothschild and her Daughters’. with this re- markwble entry of the eighteen- flftlea, when she herself was about. fifteen: "We talked about ladies’ smoking in ernl and about Julia's in part cular. We all agreed flint we did not like s lady to, smoke regularly day after day but. that at times a. chance cigar is

i3 pleamntP-Manctmter Gimm-

all but the worst air raid. were sent bags of white feathes bv 50m" misguided person recently. 'I'hc boys stuck them 1n titer caps.

"The simpler life ahead." Mr. Powell envisages me of change to ace-time economy. the l

THE SANDPIPER

Along the sea-edge. like a gnome

Or ruling pebble in the foam.

As though throbbing.

Runs a piper. bobbing. bobbing.

Now he stlffens. now he Wilts. lI-llke a little boy on‘ sttlisl

,Creatunes burrow. insects hide. -When they see the piper glide.

You would think hlm out. o! Joint. Till his bill begins to point.

You woind doubt if he could fly. Till his straightness arrows by.

iYou would take him for a clown. lTtll he peeps and flutters down. [vigilant among the masses.

Where a fledgling bobs and passes. -—Wif,ter Bynner.

Gog And Magog

(Hamilton Spectator) A subscriber seeks further infor- mation regarding those quaint wooden figures of Gog and Magog, "toppled in debris" during the in- ‘oendamy raid on the Guildhall last lweek. The reference 1n Revelations to the time when Satan shall be "loosed out of his prison, and shall go out. to deceive the nat-lons ivlitcli are 1n the four quarters of the

earth, Gog anti Magog, to gather them together to battle," has an dntrtguing inteiest in this connec- ltiou. The famous efflgies in the Guldhall, however, apparently have no tielaiionsliip with this obscure text Much has been ivritten about the images, but there is still con- siderable doubt as to whom they represented. The researchesof the antiquary, Mr. Fairholt, on the subject are generally accepted as the most. reliable Ile quotes de- scriptions given in the “gigantic history" by Thomas Boreham, a London bookseller, in 1741, in which we are told that “as Corineus and Goeniagog were two brave giants. who nicely valued their honour, and exerted their wliolt- strength and force iii (lCl(?'llCl‘ of their liberty ,and country, so tlic City of Lon- don, by placing these tlzeli" repre- scntativcs iii their Guldlitill, em- blemaiicaily declare that they will, like mighty giants, defend the hon- our of their country and liberties of this their city, which excels all others as iniirli (IS those huge giants exccul iii stature the com-

mon bulk of mankind."

In his book Boreliain also gives an account. of a great battle of giants, in which all were destroy- ed but "Goemagog, the hugest. a- mong than, who. being in height twelve cubits, was reserved alive, that Corlneus might try hisstrengih with him in single combat." Cor-

md’ ineus lirid three of his ribs broken,

but, iiiidauuted and in a fury of rage, seized "Goemagog" and threw him down headlong from a. high rock iiiio the sea. giving his name to the spob-"Lan-Gocmagog, that is to say, the Giant's Leap." “Thus perished Goemiigog, commonly cal- led Gogiiiagog, the last of the giants," concludes the story.

Echoes of this ‘icgeiidry battle of the giants are found in ancient ‘chronicles, .5 tar back as the thir- teenth century. The name of Corineus, though the victor, was forgotten in ilie course of time and Gocniagtig became Gog rind Miigog ino doubt influenced by inc Biblical reference mcutisiietl above) Sor- fneus is Nllil i0 litivc been the com- pimion of Brutus L110 Trojan, where- as Goemagog was l\ native giant. There was a time when the child- ren of London were expected to be- lieve that every time the clock struck 12 the two wooden giants came down to dinner. In 1672 a poet. by the uanic of Thomas J01‘- dan writes of two giants, fifteen feet. liigu, who rode inflseparntc chariots ln it city procession, “talk- ing and taking tobacco," to time delight. of all bcliolders. Alter the parade they ivcrc set up in the Guildhall, he says, “wlicre they may be daily seen all the year. and I hope, never to be demolished by such dismal violence (the Great Fire of 1666) as happened to their predecessors." These giants were made of wicker and pnstcboard, and were succeeded in 1706 by two wooden figures, carved by RLcEiard Saunders, which now, in their turn, have been "ilemolished by the dls- iiial violence" of Nazi vandals.

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Confidence is expressed ln Rome that Mussolini will be victorious ln his Eastern campaign. Ultimately li_t:__w'ill__g_et lll.'~_Llf‘S(‘l‘lS.

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You can be sure of ae- curacy hero because our double check sys- tem proves the accur- ate compounding of l every prescription put up.

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The Fowler Outburst

...._._ (Bums: chronicle)

B. W. Ibwler, one of the sacro- taries of the Howell-Stroll! oom- ,m1ss.1o_n, advocates adoption of the comirusslon’: report. Mr. Fowler made a speech in Toronto which brought an understandable storm of protest. He said that the coin- mksion’; recommendations were not only urgently necessary in wartime, but would avert. s post-war crisis. Rejection of the commission's ideas, he said, would hrfnx a series of events which would have a “villain. ously destructive" effect on the na- tion's wax effort-

The commlssdo a fdeu an em- bodied ln the printed report. ‘mat. report la now the subject of exam- ination. A conference of dominion and provincial representatives con- venes on January 14. w decide whether or not any of the recom- mendations will be Implemented at this time. Under the circumstances, it is best to permit. unprejudfoed examination of the report. Com- missioners and members of the commission's staff will behave most becomingly if they withhou com. inenf or advocacy of the report. Let it spfilik for Itself.

B111? wart front the propriety of PHONE 176 gem-gecrretnryk: performaiécewsome emar were ex m tn- ,

. advised. Mr. Fowler told hlseligten- ers that "WW!!! 01' Qllhl." of Can- ads/s ovirices face the prospect of

‘defaul ng their bonds. That is ii. ktatemeni. of considerable gravity.

l It would have been better for Mr Fowler to have remained silent: but lmvlns spoken, ii; said too little 0r too much. His remarks cast an -- ginofuair reflection on many prorv- '

Premier MacMlllsn has been Prompt to point; out. that. Mr , Fowler certainly did not Mei- to , Nova Scotla, but in 1 other provinces, Mr. Fowler is honor bound to name the "seven or i eight’ he meant. That. fs the only igcsiuto play fair with solvent prov-