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President Llelll. tol Vtee-Prenlrl t, J. IL. Burnett. I. J L l. u A. Afar-literati. U.

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Editor ulld llunuglng Director l It Burnett. I‘. J. l Quin-lute ttdltuin. l-‘rnnli Wm-er up! ll K. (‘Into

___._.____i._i Morning Dull; tlnundrit iltlt?) $5.00 per In: ll" ltlflll"! delivered n Pity “.00 prr yam iln advance! mulled t0

Prim-a lhllvuril lnlunil. ‘Q00 per you tln odvnnco) Hailed tn Claudio and United Shire SATURDAY. DIARC" 6. 1937 l-liinix Uumlullerotc1l

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in 111111101110 11111111 1111-111 l1_1- 1110 lil'l1'N.< 170111111-

ti1111. l\i1111111'u1.1-l.. 'l'l10 i113,‘ issut‘. ju~1 101-1-11-

011, t-ouhiin. 1i1.-11|_1- 0x00110111 :11'li1-11-.~, 1111111114

1111-111 11110 1-ll1i1i1-11 ".\ 1'11-gt i111‘ 1111- 'l‘ru0 l'0xl".'

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The c.1114 -—s- 11111111 111' 51.11110 has established 11101

c11~tn111 of Jhc-i-iii; 1111- form of the word to ' -' 'l'l11-1-1- 1s 11 111111-11 s1»11101i1110~ 111' >111‘-

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:~ 111111 1111- 0h1'11-11< is sung 11s

1r Auld Lang Sync‘ some 111101- 1110111 o‘ AuId Lung Sync."

' 111111 tl10 “rirht ‘1111-11.

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31.1111; 1.. 1.111 1111-111 t';11111111ii1111 (11111. 111 \\'ll(l.\(“ ;_'-'11-.;-~ 111. 11111111111101.1101] 1-0r~i1.11i is sung; i1....1i..l-1., 1

.\:1111i111- H1111. 11v. \\'.111-1-1111111l11i11s. 11111011 is? r.11---'1- snug > 10 i11 a 15111-111011 form. i.»- 111111 41-1111111- 1-1-11111-01-11 —- '

“O‘ a‘ tl1e mrts the wind can blaw

I £1’Lll'1_\' lo'0 tl10 ivcst."

l’.1-1:.\.~ 111-1110:

"O1 11' 111v airts the wind can blaw

I 111111-‘11- like the w-est.“

"11111- 0.111 0:1.~11_1' >00." ivritt-s lJR. \\'.-‘1'l"l‘, "1111111

his 11111111111 lll>llll1‘l 1.1 >11l0 1\'oul1l 1101101‘ 11111-01

11111 1111- 1-1-11011111111 111' “lo'c" into t\1-o of the four 11...». 111 Sll\'t'('.\\l\tI 011iti11ns, 11111-1, 1'. 11111110 111111111111 111' 1'.11'1'11'1i1111.~ is given. 111..- 10x11 11:15 11111-1- 11-.11 1111111111: slilllllls‘, 111111 lhi-sc, 1111' c1111r-0, 0\11.111~t 1110 11111110 1110111111‘. 1.1111 1111-11-1‘ 11-1-0 1111-111-11111-111011 into 1110 sou_4—o1‘ rather t11g-' 141-11 1.11 11. 11 10111111111 :11111l111;_1-~1.11l101' {our 11111111101 .~'_.1-/.1~, 111111 >11lllC li110~ 1111>s1111ly good loi- 111' nfuor 11-1-111-1, 11111, i11 1111- iuziin, sickly senti-

'11-, 1111- 1'111l11~ri11g 111' 11-hi0l1 n11 llt-uxs i. 1111111111. "

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‘Cm, 11:11-11 to me a pint o" wii10"—

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1111 11111111111111: 1111-11 1. 11111- 111 11111111 1111, 1Z1 11:» 1-1111111~1:1-1~ 11111 ~111-1-l1 1141-01-1 “1110 11-11-1; i. 0111111011 111 '11-.- 111-1111-1-11-11 g 111st 1111111154 1111151 1.1111011 1111 11. 111111. hi. >l'(llt‘1lllt'\~; l1rought 11111111 111' v111;..1- 11101., 111. 11-0.-1~11r0s 01101111011011 into 1111011111; suniil 011111113: 111' 101-1110 131111- {lightened

l'~>r1v11:1t 110111.10 might .~.-1_1- 111111111 1110111 111-re they s1 11' the ~1111'~ 11s 111-. szinr 1111-111. 111111 1101-11

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f0.1r1-1l 1110 1111-0111 1111111.’

A Scathing Indictment

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e11, 111111 110011 l1it|01-l_1- t-iilicizcrl l'111- raising the, 5.1110.- 1;1_\- 111 six prr 00111., for 111111051111; 1111 c.\'-,- c111; 11.x 111' 1111-00 111-r 01-111. 11ml |'11r putting a1

tax

sugar.

lJlXl'\ 111111 111-011 1-1-11110011. "lt l\ rath1-1- 1111111111111." 110 saitl, "to

(‘111101-111110111 111111-11 i11 Uppositioii s11 loudly 1110-1 111111111-1111 1110 1--.\- 1111 sugar. s11 loudly declapn- 1-11 against .111 increase i11 the 5.110s tax 111111 im-1 p11>i1i11n oi 1111 1x0is0 111x of three per c0111., 11011- |'11 its s00-1n1l hiulgi-t nirihing tl10 ilcclarntioii that ‘ fig Q 1m pqousc to make any changes with stamp was on the bottle or not.

Now. tl10 sali-s tax 111211 1100111 r:11'~01l 111 0111111 111-r 01-111.. and 1111110 of 1111- other;

iiinl a:

respect to ivays and means for raising the rev-

enue of the country." liarking back to thc UL-‘NNINU b111lg0t of 1950

11c recalled that the sales tax ivas reduced from This was done iii lhc

111-o to one per cent. face of 11 drop of $24,000,000 iii revenue 11111 :1 rlivindling ivorld trade,

“\\'h_1- 1\-.'1s it 110110?" 110 11011111111101]. 11111-11110 suggest it 1011s done to balance the b1111-

gctl Mm, ‘.1 dcl-im-t was know" to be 1,101,131,101; record is concerneu.—rcterboro Ex- 1

\\'11.~ it for 1111_v purpose othcr than political pur- past-r‘. 111111111111; 'th11t 1111 0100111111 1v11s 11111 1'11r 1111'." \\'l11-11 1. 110111‘ 1111- rl(-1-l11r11lio11 11111110 111:1‘ 11-0 11111 11111110 no concussion to 1111: t:1.\'p11_1-1-1-, 1 11-011111-1- if the sanic idca is i11 the mind of tl10 .\li11i.<t1-r and the Government 11-hi0l1 110111111011 1111011- uiiinls i" i930. 111111 that i11 1lu0 season. 11111-11 .'lll ot-1‘1i.~it1ii offers, ihcy will 11111110 .-1 gn-ut gesture lu the 110111110 11-itli t-t-spcct to :1 11011110111111 i11 1;1.\-:11i1111, as 1h1-_v 1li1l i11 1930.

"l1 iuiist be the opinion 111' 111o~t lllCIl1l.lt‘i'5 that 1110 eight per cent. sales tax 1111s u-orkcd a great hardship upon many people i11 Canada 111111 111111 1111111101] 11s it is by \1-l1olc<11l0rs 111111 utiliz- 1-11 11s- 1'1 is by the retailcix i11 tl10 sum 1111111 111' tl10 price on 11-liicli he 111111105 111's lllflflt-llp, it

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notes 11y ilie flay

' Plymouth has- bun awarded m. tllJhJlCIiJll 1.11 1.01113 inc soon-zen .ow1i H] pllbihll Allan ycur “Hill OIL, ' 60' cost-s o1 QKUnLLlu-cpfi tcpicsciiv- in; .411 per 1.0.10 o1 tne pupumuon. It only tflifCS one New Ieurs Eve c-ciwratioitnerc to knock Pmerboro out 0t the running so tar as 1.111s

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What might lie called the aerial 01111111 U1‘1\\'\'_ll 1111s counii-y- uiio 111. Puullii: coast lb 110111,; forged link ‘u,

‘link. Experiments lil [l‘8ll5'Al.lBll1., lliylng are to be undertaken 1n 1111. fNaw Year. lmanwhlle, Canada 1 lpushing ahead W111i the air ira; 11-0111 the Atlantic coast to the Pael- fic. Airports on the route are being limproved, clii-ection-iiiidiiig station.» and beacons established and thc - dramatic leap over the Rockies 1's being brought to the standard of: 1 arm-chair comfort. The lnflal ser- I vice will be opened i11 July. The 1 route ncross the Continent runs fmm Vancouver to Lollibrldgc, across the Cro1v‘s Nest Poss, thence to Winnipeg, and Elm..dale, where

11111111111ts to more nearly 12 p01 c0111. 11-11011 it l‘ divides “*1” i'“'°- m" bfllllc“

r0:i1h1-s the c1111sumcr than tl10 i-ight per cent. as 011 - "d by Parliament.

"'l'his is .1 stupendous tax. it is .-1 strain which l do nut believe tl10 people can long e11~ ilurc. When I recall M11. R.-1i..-1'o.\-'s vigorous tltf_llllllt‘l.'lil'Oll 01' the raising of the salts l six 111-1- 01-111.. l 0:111 readily 111i1lcr>l1in1i 11-111- so 111r1n_1' complaints 111-e hcziril from various parts, 111' 1110 011iilltr_\- i-oiiccriiing 1110 ilk-reuse to cightf 111-1' 01-111."

11111. l11-:.\.\1-;'r'1' \1-.'1s 0111111111- 0l'l'1-0ti1-0 i11 1101119 111g 11 i111 tl10 11111011 Kingdom 11-11111- 1101-01-1110111. 11111- ~111110 i11 |11'i111_-i11l0 11s llll‘ 1113.- 11; 101110111 l1ilt0i'l_\- 111111011011 h_v l.il11-1':1l>) 111111 11-1111 tht- 11111 s01 up 111' tl10 ljileiiiployinent C0111-

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Editorial Notes

I I Britain's 1111- 11111101- r1-1|i1ir0s iuunetlizitely 15;. 00o 01111111i01-1-i11l 110i'opl11110.-, 111111 15,00 lighting‘ 11111110» W‘

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This is tl10 .'11i11i1-0rsar_v 11f 111i artist 111111 to-l 111111-1-1111- that 11f a sci1-111ist--~.\li1-l10l Angelo 11-1-1.<' 11111-11 I\l:1r1-l1 6, 1.17.1 111111 Sir llirscht-l 1111 .\I.'11-1-l1 f, 17);.

Ill 1k 1k

l1 is 111'-t 1111111101111 hankruptt-y- 111111 \'1'll.~lll‘> 111-11111111-1- but th1- risc i11 the cost oi lii-ing.

:1n1l 111111 is 1111.11 11-0 111-1- 111111- e.\-110ri0n1-i11§ uucl"1 tl10 Mackenzie King 11111-1-1-111110111. 1K 1F 1K

ltussian ('11111111u11is111 i11.'1_1- 110 effective as 1i 1111111in11ti114 1111-00, hut 01-011 1111- 11111st 1lis>11tisli01l 1101111101111 1101-0. lllll>l 111111111 it 1111s its 1l1-1111-l1n1tl1.~1,1 so far 11s i1111i1-i1luz1l [1-001111111 111111 salt-iv 111-c 01111-1 001-11011, ' s. 1=

The 11.1.5. is r1110 of our most successful or-' g.-inizations 111 1101110, 111111 is 111 he CUllgfilltlllllCtll on 1110 splendid reports stilniiittcrl zit its 112th 1innual meeting. Not many institutions here 0:111 lay 1-l11ir11 to 5111-11 vent-i-ablc age and 1-011111- ful activitty.

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liven 11011101- nods. \\'0 regret to (lisappoint, tl10 judiciary hut 11-c noiv learn that 1110 $30K O00 i11 the s11p11l01nc11t1ii-y 0stin11it0s is not for the rr-paii- 111' tl10 l.:11\- Courts. l1 is uutlc-rstoiurl- the estimates sent in for that work, $40,000, 1li1l’ not 111001 with the approval 01' the p0\v0l‘s~1l111t- 11c 111111 hence 1111110111011 on neither tl10 1'11'<li1111r_\' estimates iiur sitppleinontni-ics,

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1.0111 l‘..'11l0n-l‘1111-0ll, of 111111-011. founder of tl10 l'.0_1.- $011111 11101-01110111 and Chief Scout 01' tl10 \\'orhl, i11 his hii-thtlaiy message si-nt to 111(- z._-',1).=.b’_;z Scouts i11 s1:\'011t_\‘—tli1'0c lands told 1111111 111111 they 1-oi1l1l 111al<0 a success 01' their ll\'('a 11)‘ 11I\v11_vs cziri-ying out thc Scout oath. 'll11

1111111 o1- promise 111' the Boy Scouts is: “On 11111-1

111111111‘, I will 11o my best to 110 my duty to (i011 111111 111v 011111111‘): 111111 111 011011 the $011111 111w; to 110111 ulht-r 110111110 11f 1111 times; lo 1100p lll_\'$(‘il ph_\-~i1-.-1ll_1- strong, 111011111111 1111-11110, 111111 1111111111)- straight." 1 i 1 'll1c 0111 111' 1111111111111 1101111111011 its 111101111 1111-1111-1111 1m 1-i1-i1: 110i10i1tu1-1-s- 111111 sinking i11111is 1111- 1113,’, 11110 .\l11n1l.-1_v. 17111111101111 iliiiicultics of thc 0111' 11-01-1- 1lisc11~s01l :11 11 1110011111,; 111 tl10 .\l11i1it1111;1 .\llllllCl])1’ll 111111 l'u1,>lic Utility 111111111. .-it which 0it1- 1-r111n0iI 111111 school hoziril i110i1il11-1-s 11-1-1-1- 111-0s1-1it. 'l'l10 31111110111111 l’.011r1l 1111111111011 .\l1‘. .\l1-l’h01-s1.11's (‘-1llll1’ll(‘\' niinus interest t'llZll'j\'t‘~ 11111-1- :1 r1-1i1-\\- 111' civir Colnlitioiis h_\' 1l11- $ll11('l'\'l,\1I1'_ 11-1111 saw i11 1l0f1iult tl10 111111- \1-.-1_\ 11111-111-11 the 01011111111 solution. .\l1'. .\lcl’l101‘so11, KAI, is 1-it_1- supervisor, 111111111111011 11-itl1 11 vicu- 111 stitiighlcning 11111 lil'.'ll1(lt)l'l'< 1111111101111 ililiicnl- ill-a. n- llamilton jelfcrsoii, lineal dcsccnilaut of the llllftl I-‘i-csitlcnt of the USU-X laments 1110 1lic1.1- tnri1il policy being pursued l1_v President Roose- vcll, shou-ing that it pzir1i1l01s 111111 111' hltissohui 111111 llitlcr. The 0111101-111111111 he s.'i_vs, is 1110 chaotic s110i11l 111111 0011111111110 011111litions, the 0x- cus0-the 110011 to save the c1111ntry from rc-

fi tr

f 1-11111111111, 111111 the eslnhlisl11110nt 11f 11- strong 11:1-

111111111 government. 'l'l10 syst0n1—--h11g0 1-111pul11r majority 111-1-0111011 11s :1 imimlate to substitute a

11011- 110111 for tl10 11111 sysu-m of gov0r1111101it. 'l'h0 1

11r<1c01l1ir0—111:il1-i111_1 C1111gr1-ss a Illl)l1(‘l' stziinp oi tl10 Ailniinisti-niion. 'l'l1e result 111- 1-xpr1-s1-0s thus I‘ f’ ? I’ i’ ? a .\t :1 r1111)- oi tl10 "11110111-1: League .\g:ii11~t Al- i-oliolisni" 110v. l)r. _|ohn Qohurn 1l01-lzir0d tl10 13111011 (.'l1u1'cl1 of (fanatla 1v1is firmly against zilt-oliolisni 11ml evmsitleretl the only solution to tln: 111-01110111 lay i11 an intrusive ctlucntitmril 011111- paign teaching 110111110, and particularly youth, tl10 r0111 facts. Alcohol, c1111l1-a1-_v 111 gt-iierril 11c- 1j¢f a (p11- years 3111., was tlCilIlli(‘l_\' 1111i a stim- 111:i1it 111111 low-cred inslcail oi raised 0t'1'i0i0110_1-. l-Iilucation should 11c the basis for any lcgi-la- tivc programme, ‘Dr, Colnirn 111111 the gather- ing, (invert-uncut control of li1111c1r_sal0s 111111 definitely not solved the 111111110111, sun-e 11011;...- 11-1111111 ¢gnti1111e to drink whether tl10 govci-iiinciii

i 1F

going to Toronto, the other to Mon- treal. from which 0l1y the route continues to the Maritime Prov- lnceL-Empire Review tLOlldDlI.)

It‘ an many people got killed in a 1 war as get killed on our streets, we 1-

;“ 11., would be erecting new cenotaphs1

and memorlals- Yet because the 1' auto, not the bullet, takes them off we look 1111 these fa 11 llles without the horroi- with w-hlch weregurrll 1111,- battlcllelii-I-Iamllton Specta- or.

Our legislatrrs in Ottawa may well 111L201 note of the plain fact that the British GOVCIIIIIIEIIL is "fighting llkcl the devil“ a-gainst-Alghting. It is seeking peace pacts-not ivar al-' iinnces. There is a big difference. It W215 an alliance that curried us into the last war. Then 11 was Justified because it was u matter of life or death fo1- the Empire. It was a der- nlcr ressort. The hungry Powers ma-i/ ClflVfllliS into one again; but the Baldwin Government is striv- ing to make us so strong that we cannot again be frightened-Mon- ircnl Star.

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A woman had a ticket to Ilali- builon, one cent a 1111c, as adver- t‘sc1.1 at Toronto for Saturday last. The. train stopped at Fenelon Fails, all got. otit exec-p. the 11-01111111. She insisted on the railway taking her to destination, a trlp of so miles tin-re and back. The rzniuay curried out it contract. (‘llCilplT 1p have done so than to haie faced a suit 1n court for failure. Geiting a pri- vife train at one cent a mile does 1191 happen every day-St. 0111114 ci-ines Standard.

In brief, though Mr. Chamberlain lacks many of the gifts of Mr. Bald- win-his superb electloneerlng skill, his reputation as a man of good-

- will with Left Wing thought, his

Capacity to rise to the height of a crisis-he will bring to the task many qualities that Mr. Baldwin does not possess. He has immense Bowers of industry, an ability to infuse into the whole of his adn-iin- lstrotion his own high standards oil efficiency, and, above all, a cour-' age that expresses itself in plain' 1811811850 followed by firm action- The Fortnightiy 1London.)

The old Prince of Wales‘ Theatre, said to be the first London theatre to have a telephone for seat book- lng. gins passed from the entertain- mcn woi- d. At a "farewell" per- Iflrfgltifltie recently, the same safety. cu1- a 1i was used which 111115 in-. sta led for the opening perform- ance. This was claimed to be the first flre curtain to be installed in the West End. and lied been in constant use for 52 years. A new theatre twice as large as the old building is to be erected on the site.

1 -Chrlstian Science Monitor. Fifty years ago it would have I seemed a 1osrfectly natural thing to ‘speak erg‘ Clgks-tlrinEwcsttras ODPO-W 0 1c " agiin ns..' o- day there is hardly anyone who would not feel the lncongriiity of 1 the distinction. The Great War had ,snmr-lhin:: to rlo with 111111. The 1l1111-ts 111111. hntl 11111111011011 1.1110"- I1.-11-- (l(‘.'»|l'U_\'(‘ll 1111- $111111: 00111111111:- iencj: of calling this ivt-stcm civil- lnatlon Cl‘li‘lS'l8ll. booking at what is going on in Spain and Ethiopia, viewing the Magiiiot Line betvi-ecri 1 finance Land 605111111151, fcoiilgldeglng .1e vas expen tires or m ers, lbattlt-ships. tanks, poison gas and other infernal eontrlvanccs by which one nation 11101101.- tn impose its will 1111011 another. tl10 word Christian does not seem to fll. With 1 nationalism being exifted into a. icult. and Fascism and Communism 1 1 inking on moods of religion. albeit |rellgions of hate and intolcrance,1 1

|"Th0 Jungle West“ seems a more

1111101: dr<rrlp11nn of western civ- , llizntion than "The Christian West. ' E11

make the British pubilc conscious of their colonies? It must be done. W111i: 1111c our col- » ehiul defenders doing? Arc they telling the story of British lmpei-lnl nchicvemcnt? They nre not. ef- ' fectively. We shoud use the press,‘ the radio. the fllm. Go 11nd see the ; picture "The Great Bari-fer.“ show- in; now in London. It leils nf the building of the 01111111111111 Pacific Rnilwayx '11 slot-y repented 1i hund- red limes in the epic of empire. It expresses 1hr- imnglnatlon and tl10 imconqucrable courage of this race in fighting and defeating Nature. It dwarfs the puny struggle. also shown. of one nion against another. -bondon Dally Express. -.

How can we

One must not be surprised lf those u-I-n 1111:1150 the ublic figure in the fir". rank of those with the

largest incomes in the Unit/ad states. It ir. n vn n: the times that; the lntr-ller‘ - the sat-ants. the.’

,cnl'lvat0d people. maize less mon-. ev than the boxr-x 1. the dancers.‘ screen stars. clowns and show

111-h. It is often repeated that never 1 has a period been as highly civfired

1m ours. Never, not even that of the 1 Later Empire. when actors and cir-

~15 churioleors held nut-h promln-I ' mt place. Inna live the Bvzanvnel 1 1

civilization of the twentieth cen- tiiryl-Ie Devoir, Montreal.

THE CHARLOTTETOVYN ouérgaiku

- rordance with facts".

‘ and the farmers and fishermen, 11..

1

_ eunuc FORUM l

1 Thin column In open for the

dlnounilon by corruponrlenln 0| quutlonn of lute-rent. The Charlottetown Guurdlln doemmfl

of oorroopoldentl.

CORRECTION

‘ Sin-In my letter of yesterday. utliei- by my own or coinposnton. 11-01’, 25 cents was inserted as Dfli-i‘ . tbc rooster purchased by Mr. J. .-'. Mitchell.

As this unintentional mistake sould appear as an ungentlemanl; light upon a respected correspond- ent, which if made knowingly would command an apology. I hast- en 10 correct lt. It was intended and should have read,-“paylng $25.(‘0 for a rooster, which is commend- ab c" In my opinion it was o wise

investment.

I am. Sir, etc.. OBSERVER

—-—-______ MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

‘ Sire-There ls a vest waste of big 1 deadline and heavy print ado over- hc supplementary estimates grants 1o the Island. ,1 I11 the main they are little more than the ordinary repair and Up. keep allowances voted annually for maintenance of public buildings and ' public works. 1 The Wood Islands grant, is n01 loubt a. substitute relief help, and "9?!’ Small l" Proportion to that paid other provinces. And it is in. “nlteslmfllly Small compared with the mllions of dollars secured for ~ us when McLure and Myers were at (Lian-a. It is still small enough to P365 1111011311 the needles evn when ive count it as a small refund of 11c half million dollars or more of extra taxes filched from the pockets 0T m" P001130 since the K‘ng party crime into powgf, I am, Sir, etc, TAXPAYER

___________ WELLS ‘AND REL]G[QN

1

Sin-Perhaps I a; 11.111 1 _ ceptlon but I honestly caniiot p591 that your stand is much clarified by the note appended to my 1e11,“- FBAXl/ells‘ "Outline of History."

‘of the references mentioned ,

are g he found in the index of- Tiev i 31 edition and I believe that 1 such material 1s to be 11111119111111 uh-to-date source should be eri-._ Plored. . Mr. Wells, as I stated, uses one_ i-ightb of the book to trace 111,; °"‘_'5‘“5 and growth of the various Ffllslons as fully as can be expect- 0d. in a work of this magnitude. It this is not what is meant by "Waving the great spiritual move- ments which give meaning m ex- istence" I am sincere‘): mistaken and should be glad to have its lot-Mina explained. if any.

I am certainly not aware of _a.ny confusion in my mind regarding We fwanlnzf of “tabulation of facts and revelation of truth". MY dlcliwnflry elves. as the mean- l"! 0f “faetfl-“u thing known to be true". and of “truth"—-"ln 11e- I know that the compiling 111111 tabulation of facts must inevitably prccgdg 11m revelation of truth, and any M- tempt to reverse this order ls suf- ficient’ evidence, to my mind, of confusion of thought.