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SATURDAY, APRIL ‘I, 1N5

Where Will He Run’?

As reported elsewhere, Prime Minister tMockenzie King will pass up the Liberal jnomination for Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, ,'which he has represented for thc past 20 years land will seek an Otttario seat i11 the coming lDominion election. This -rcpor1 was publish- ‘ed first by the Ollntm Citizen, s newspaper which is gcncrally close to (ioverntncnt circles and is Liberal rather than Conservative i11 its attitude toward public affairs. ~

It may very well be believed, comments the tSydney Post-Record, that Mr, King is losing ‘interest in Prince Albert which went over- ‘whclntingly Socialist itt the recent Saskatche- wan election. What ntigltt surprise sonic per- sons is the tiredictioti that he uill contest an Ontario constituency, but when the riding of ‘Russell is named as his probable place of refuge all becomes clear as a pikcstaff. The Ciotttity‘ of Russell, which so far as its popuation is cott- ccrned may be regarded as an overflow con- stituency frotn the Province of Quebec, has not returned a catididate of any othcr than the Liberal party for exactly 62 years. Rarely in- deed ltaie the (ionscrvatives cvcn at the peak of their political fortunes done much better than save their election deposits in Russell. It ought therefore to be a tolerably safe seat for Mr. King.

lf as scents probable .\lr. King declines tn contest Prince .-\lbcrt again. the significance of this change of political venue will not be hard to read. It will nteau that ltiglt ranlcng Liberals n Ottawa have written off the entire west as a total loss and look for no comfort front that part of Canada when the long-deferred ap- peal to the constituencies at last takes place. Not long ago the organizer of the Progressive Conservative party on his return from a west- ern four made the forecast that every Mittister of the King Cabinet bctwccn the Ottawa River and the Pacific Coast was faced with inevitable defeat at the coming battle of the ballots. This scents like a broad statement but an analysis of the ll_\"PlECll0fl and provincial election results of the past two years bcavs it out to the last word. '

Nor is the prospect for Mr. King's .\li11is- terial colleagues any more radiant in the Prov- ince of Otttario. which is now represented in tlte Covcrnntcnt by six .\li11istc1's of the Crown. lion. .'\11gus l.. hlacdottaltl has already an- nounced he will not be a cattditlate for the normally Conservative constituency of Kingston. which he has represented since going to Ottawa. lion. Humphrey Xlitcltcll. Minister of Labor. who now represents \\'elland by virtue of a minority vote in a three-cornered contest, seems headed for certain defeat in that constituency, in which the Liberals obtained-—barely—28 per cent of the popular vote in the recent Provincial election. A similar fate is predicted for the lion. Norman .\lcl.artv in lisscx \\'cst, lion- C. W. Gibson in llaniilton West, lion. C. l7- llowe in Port Arthur, and the llott.‘ \V. l’. Mulock in .\'orth York. all these f0ll5lllllfill¢lc5 having rolled up crushing anti-Liberal tnajor- flies in the Provincial general election of Aug- USi. 1943- l

There promises to be an tinprecedented toll of Ministerial lteads in the coming Dominion election, bttt .\lr. King has evidently made up his mind to get a scat in the ncxt lfouse what- ever the fate of his colleagues may be.

New Hydro Rafe

‘ One way Ontario far111e1s get ahead. Re- 'uction of the rural hydro rate from four cents lo three and a half cents per kilowatt-hour, and plans for a five-year, $63,000,000 electrifica- tion program i11 the PUsl-\ r in (lntario, were announced today by llou. f}. ll. Challies, vice- chairman of the. Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission. The new rate is on the first block of energy and is effective May 1. Second attd third rates rentaiticd unchanged. The reduc- ' tion resulted from a program of new services lest year. Mr. Challies said, when uniform rates for rttral areas were introduced. This had brought an estimated saving of $500,000, and the additional reduction would save nearly $300,000 anttttally: The electrification P10111111". t_o be started as soon as labor and materials be- come available after the war, entails construction of 7.329 additional miles of rural primary lines which vvill serve 57000 new customers. Mr. Challigg said 31.000 of this number will be farm- ers and completion of the plan would bring hydro to 85 per cent of the farms that will ultimately be scrvcd by the commission.

CanadaiuS-guld Help

The llritish people after five years of slim rations addcd to their other war sufferings were hoping for an early improvement in the food

itttatinn. instead they face the possibility that

heir ration of about 30 cents ivorth of tncat her person per week will ltavr to be reduced. Trime hlinister Churchill in a hluttt answer to amcrican criticism warns that Britain's food ‘locks are low, as thousands of tons ltave been lent to Europe to feed the libcrntcrl peoples. bu the same day that his food ntinistcr said he 'cot1ld not prontisc that the meat ration would blot be reduced Canada's Price Board chair-

an, Donald Gordon. said the Dominiotfs rrnest supplies were adequate and he saw no rea-

son for reimposing the. ration unless there were increased exports overseas.

Here is an opportunity for Canada to give quick help to the Mother Country. We should not wait to be asked. The British people have gone short all through the war and despite their own scarcity continue to send food to the Con- tinent to feed those in greater need.

It is claimed in Ottawa that Canada is ship- ping all the surplus meat she has undertaken to supply u11der terms of the contract with Bri- tain. But that is not sufficient. Australia. al- ready on a meat ration, is planning to reduce that ration so that she can do more for Britain.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Attention may be drawn to Mr. l-Iemminfs letter in today's Public Forum, as it dcals cf- fectively with a matter with which lsltttttlcrs should make themselves familiar.

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The C. C. F.'s are already fairly wcll "tuzgan- ized in Prince County, with more than one as- pirant for selection as candidate. 'l‘l1c_v arc now busy in Queen's, and hope to tackle Kings by the time June is here.

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Cash income per farm in the U. S. A. ad- vanccd from a low of $7.16 in 1932 to $3.577 i11 19.13 atul farm wages increased 15o pcr cent since war broke out in Europe.‘ The four years 1940-1944 witnessed the largest movement of people from American farms ever recorded in a comparable period, with 1.5 million ntcn join- ing the armed forces and 3 1-2 tn 5 1-2 mil- lion civilians moving into cities from farm

areas. u A total of 303.738 acres of land has been purchased by the government for veteran land settlement in small ltoldings and permanent farm units, it was disclosed in reply to a question by P. E. \\'rigl1t (C.C.F., Melfort). By provinces thc purchases are: British Columbia, 10.074; Albert, 03,034; Saskatchewan, 71.510; .\lani- toba, 71.177; Ontario, 17,591: Quebec, 2.824. and Mafllllllfl!’ 27.628. l i I U

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The tribute paid Dr. H. I-I. Shaw on his rc- tireittettt was well deserved, lle ltas been long an able and tnost efficient public servant, first in the capacity of Provincial engineer, a11d latterly as Director of Education. Kindly and human in disposition, he has ever been courte- ous attd considerate in his relations with offi- cials attd teachers and to the public with whom his duties brought him in contact. Highly cul- tured, with a keen sense of humour, he is a delightful companion, and it is the hope of his ntany friends he will be long spared to enjoy his

dolce far niente.

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\\'illiam \\’ordsworth, English poet. born this date, 1770; protesting against artificial poetic diction, he held that there was no essen- tial difference bctweeu the latigttage of poetry and prose; at its best his poetry combincs sttb- li111ity and purity; his published works i11- clude An EvcningdVaIk 11nd Dcrcripliriz Sire!- clirs, Lyrical Ballads, The E.t'f‘lll'Si0lI, Th: Prelude:

Not in Utopia, subterranean fields,

Or some secreted island, Heaven knows

5y world, whichwis the world Of all of us,-—the place where in the end \\'e find our happiness. or not at all!

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5o Printe Minister King is seckiitg pastures new! Ottawa (jitiscn learned from authorita- tive sources" that he may be invited to be a candidate in Russell County, adjoining Ollflwfl. in the forthcoming Federal election, noting that Mr. Alfred Goulet, present member for Rus-

sell, will not seek re-election. .\lr. Anton- in Lalonde, president of the L'nion_ of French-speaking Farmers of Ontario, an-

nounces that he will contest Russell riding in the Federal election as an independent be- cause he had heard the Liberal organization planned to have an English-speaking member 11f the Federal cabinet rttn there. ltusst-ll riding has been considered Frenclt-speaking for many years.

I Doctors will in future be able to diagnose chest ailments more efficiently owing to a rc- cent development by the United Kingdom plas- tics industry. This is a new kind of stethoscope chest-piece, described by the technical journal, Plastics, as “an excellent example of precision moulding." It is moulded of Distrene—one of the new plastics materials, which is made by British Resin Products-An two parts with a diaphragm of celluloid. Principal advantages nver previous types of stethoscope are claimed to be, warmth when placed in contact with the patient, lightness, and—most important-the in- sulation of the desired sound from extraneous noises which are introduced in the case of metal instruments.

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Despite the fact that from the earliest times in the history of Canada the males have out- numbered the females, more women than 111en reach and exceed the age 0f 9° Y=3T5~ lccfml‘ ing to records maintained by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The increase in the popu- lation over 9O years of age since 1901 WEIS 110-4 per cent, or from 3,371 to 8.145- wmm" 9V“ 9o ycars of age increased from 2,092 in 1901 m 4,809 in 1941, and men i11 the saute ‘age group from 1,779 m 3,330, the percentage 111- crcase amongst those of the “weaker sex" over 9o years of age since 11101 having been 130, and amongst the men, 88. Since the tttrn of the ccn- tttry to 1941, the population of Canada increas- ed 114.2 per cent, or from 5.371.315 lo ll»- 506655. lt thus is revealed that the \\'0|1lct1 in the “over 90" group have, during thc 4o years sittce the census of 1901, increased their 1111111- bcrs at a faster rate than the general population, u-here as in the same respect, the mcn have

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‘THE (‘il-IARLQXITETOWN GUARDIAN

NoteslBy The Way

Nazis are rushing ln concertlna dl- visions so they can fold up more Woodstock Sentinel-Re-

If consents-at ’ vitamins are so essential to health ll. ls flnazlng that the world's population sur- vlved through the centuries tlll they were discovered-St. Thomas Times-Journal.

If the squeeze keeps up s lltflo longer, that sickening “skush!" Wlll be Germany, collapsing like a. dozen of 8118s ln a paper bag. sat noon by a hefty lady bouncing Into the back seat of a motor car. - Ottaws. Cltlzen.

Conferences on child welfare can't. do mush more than put a new coat of paint on n11 old tene- ment. Instead of youth being confronted with philanthropy or a negative goal. llke trying to pre- vent crime, 1t should be confront.- cd with the fundamental unfinish- ed business of American democracy. _D1-. Robert C. I-ynd, Columbia University sociologlst.

Only known now, If ll remarkable to note that British salvage men have lifted from the bottom of the sea, where they had been sent b_v_ enemy actlon. 2.500.000 tons of sh11:s—250 shins of 10,000 tons each. Now those ships are as good as new and ltclpitig to battle the cncmy nnd to brine‘ stmplies to the tieonle and the armies which use Britain as a. base-Niagara Falls Review.

After Lord Wright. Chairman of thr- War Crimes Commission. had old the British House of Lords that Hitler 11nd others would be treated as "murderers, assassins, thieves. turturcrs and the like." Dr. Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, added that when caught and con- victed. these criminals “should he but to death on the snot." His Grace can clle ample Biblical and legal precedent, too. - Brantforcl Expositor.

Gennan fire warden at Muene- hen Glndbach sald to the Allies: "Our people left by the thousands after each of your alr rnlds.' But, those still ltvrr- want to stay. There are about. 20.000. Word has just come un from Aachen that your army does not mtstreet clvlllatis- that ls why so many remained

here." Armarctttly the truth ls sinking i11to the German mlnd. They are

understand justice from atty -n1s- lion-Toronto Globe and Mall.

Gandhi

Mohandas K. plans to live 125 rears, he told the Home Spinners Itcague today. He ls '75

now. Gandhis secret is simple hus- bandmg of as much energy as nos- ble. “My experiments tn non- vlolence and truth tautzhl me thi- value of putting a brake upon lm- netuosltyt," he snld. “But I co11- fess I've succeeded only partially —I could not regulate my pace suf- ficiently," I-Ils nlati for Ionizer llfe includes an abundance of humor; r balanced diet; avoidance of stim- ulants; r-arly to bed 11nd early to rise: deliberate refusal to be an- noyed. disturbed, angered or up- set: and above all. a resignation to the wlll rf God and prayers twice daily-Bombay Cable.

In April. 1851, Garibaldi. oom- mandinrz the shin Commonwealth, Dill. ln to Tvneside to take 1n coal. When lt was known that. the Com- monwealth had anchored ‘at Tyne- mouth, a public subscription was ortzanlzcd ‘to present her com- niadcr with a sword and a telescope. and s deputation was appointed to make the presentation on board the vessel. Writing on Aorll 12, to Mr. Joseph Cowen. chairman of the deputation. Garibaldi used these words: "Eticland ls a great nnd powerful nation. ltidepenclent of nuxillrtryt 111d. foremost 111 hu- man progress, enemy to despotism, the only safe refuge of the exile. the friend of the oppressed; but if ever England. your native coun- try, should be so clrcumstnnced 11s to require the help of an allv. curs- ed be that Italian who would not step forward with me ln her de- fencefl-Leeds Yorkshire Post.

The command "Ilnlfl” ls prac- tically the same ln several lan- guages. which ls the point of the story of the descent of Lieutenant Harry C. King, avlntor, shot down near the Rhine the other day. But the story ls s perfect one of its kind. to he treasured by those who delight. ln authentic Americana. even when 1t ls n blt too hlzhlv spiced to be told in Stmdny school. and therefore ls worthy of being repeated from Everett Walker's dis- patch to the Herald Tribune. Un- nware that the 83rd Dlvlslon had reached the Rhine, Lieutenant. Klnz assumed that he was over German territory when he ballet! out. Landing safely, he had taken but a ston or two when a voice shouted "Halt"! and, fancylnz that he heard n German intonation, he thought that. all was lost. Bu when he took another step and the volce hawlcd “hi1: vou blank-blan- kcty-blank-blank!" his heart leaped up 1n joy and lhankstzlvlnz. for he knew he was among friends. — From N. Y. Herald Tribune.

No people have suffered so much at the hattrls of the Nazis as the Jews. Their persecution was not engendered by the war. It began even before Hitler's rise to ower. in the days of beer-cellar potting and rioting by arty Storm Troop- ers. However urlng the succeed,- lng years ersecutlon mountedun- t1! 1t reac ed the scale of a dull program. With the advent of war. lt knew no bounds, and those Jews who had been able to flee to neigh- bouring countries once more fell lnto the Nazi clutches as the Wehr- macht rolled along. In all the Al- llen fighting forces, Jews have been doing their full share n; nationals of the countries to which they be- long. They are ln all branches nf service, ln all ranks. In addi- tion, technical skills of thousands of refugees from the lch Itself have been put to use by Allled tn- dustry. But. Jewish leaders have wanted to do more. They wanted the creation of a symbolic Jewish unlt. one fn which refugees from any nations might flnd com- mon ground 1n their quest for van- geance. At last that unlt has been formed and ls in action with the 8th Army ln Italy. Under Hitler's bloody hand, the Jews were forc- ed to wear the Star of David 11s a slgn that they were ottlcnsts. Tn- dny. as the Jewish brlqnde holds its place ln the line. the Star nf Dnvdls worn as a mark of proud distinction. It. 111, moreover. a mark which wlll strike terror into the hearts of any 8.8. formations who

fallen short 0f the mark.

There's no truth In reports that

we stlll call a railway. with which

so used to oppression ness to be saddled, from the Nazis that they cannot Island government hoped that the

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largely increased po ulatlnn of the

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This column Is open for ~ the discussion by oorre-l spondents of question of Interest. The Chlrlolhtown G rllu does not use».

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THAT CHALLENGE

51f. - Now that the gladsome Easter season ls over our thoughts H18? Perhaps be allowed to turn m l-nllss mundane, Island economic cllhdlllf-YIIS. as our lady friends of the School Improvement. Lgagug llke to _c11ll ‘them. Luck o! 5 33g prevented my telling the w ole story of confederation duy| in my last letter. Since then I have been reading 1.115 first. chapter of n firles being published by Mr, Frank BCKIIIIIOII on the life of that ex- Wedlllsly clever man Sir Louis Davies. It ls. of course. easier to have hlnd‘ sense than fore pause.“ but I fancy that most Is- anders wlll admit that nothwlth- sltlandlnz his ability sir Louis, in l-vfie early days 11 hls life, lack. the exoerletice of hls com. patriots, forvwhlle the Conserva- tive party then 1n ower were hesiliflllm! l0 accept t e terms of unlon offered by Ottawa, Sir Louis. wno was ln the opposition told the Government to sto barge nlng and accent whatever tey could get which advice coming from the npl Position they apparently were wlll- lm! to accept. Lord Dufferln, evidently with n wink from Westminster. had told Sir John Macdonald that the Can- adian Government could do what the British Government was un- Wllllnll l0 Perform. namely the absentee landlords of Island farms to sell their holdings sub- ject to arbitration. The Island Government had already purchas- ed quite a few rights and Ottawa offered to lend the Island $800,000 or 3900.000 at 5 per cent interest. That debt. still holds good 11nd we are still paying Interest al 5 per cent. attnually, amounting to the nice little figure to date of al- most three million dollars. so far ns the farmers of the Island were concerned Sir Louis and his friends were on safe ground 11nd little thought was given by them to the future of the Island. The business men 1n those days were quaklng In their shoes over the thought of having to pay the cost of that serpentine thing that

Ottawa had expressed a 111111111112- Posslbly the

Federal authorities would see the need for scrapping the whole out- flt before mafly years. Be that as It may t-he Island ls still suffering and so ls the C.N.R. for that mat- ter frotn the lack of foresight attd inefficiency of the orlglnal sur- vey. These apparently were the only two thoughts that the ro- Canadians of the Island ha tn their rnlnds. Not n word was 11p- parently said about ocean trans- portation. although at the time British steamshlus were already threatening to bring the Island's sailing vessels to 11 standstill. Not only that but full possession was lziven to Ottawa of all the har- bours and water lots without any condition as to their future use. For seventy-two years the many wltarves and docks built by the Island government prior- tn Con- federation have been allowed to rot instead of being used tn ship Island products and manufactur- ers to the outside world 11s 11nd been done for a century before 1873. Nor was that all, for 1n pre- paring the document binding the Island to Canada not n word was said about the Island's right to withdraw from the contract, to un- scramble the egg ln case st u later date when breaking the shell its contents proved to be unssvoury. There ls no clause in our B.N.A. Act telling of how secession could be effected. Another point that apparently was never considered was what steps the Island could take ln the event that Canada fall- ed to abide by the terms of the contract and not keep to her many suppose-c‘..- surrred promises.

I suppose that there 1s not an Islander who wlll not admit that of all the Federal governments that have been In power slnce 1873 not

to Investigate why this Island so quickly turned. from belng the richest per eaplta, and the most: prosperous of all the British Col- onles. to a condition so unsatis- factory that no fewer than 83,000 of its people. according to Ottawa. figures, found 1t necessary to emf- rcrate ln order to earn a living.

ln 1871 and of these and their children there was a steady stream of migration for years.

It has not been because the Is- landers have not on man occas- ions sought redress from {he sev- eral federal governments but there are stronz reasons to susllhct that the representatives in Parliament of the two central large provinces of Quebec 11nd Ontario have made it a practice to veto fn caucus al- most every demand nr reguest made

Another great pnlnt of injus- tice was the fact. that when Ot- tawa found it, necessary to obtain lodttl government for the large areas to the north and west they frat, established the three Prairie Provinces from the Hudson's Bay territory 11m! later extended enor- mously to the North Quebec, On- tario. the Prairies 11nd British Col- umbia. without so much as a "by your leave", from the Marltlmes. the original partners ln Confedera- tion. simply expressing n regret that the three Maritime Provinces were surrounded by war-er and could not be enlarged. Such. of course. was the case but no con- sideration was giving to the fact that all our taxes have been 11p- lled to the eneral government of anode, Inc udlng that of the

other provinces. an that nn dol- lars and cents compen tfon has been made to us with the exception of a small sum obtained by the ex-Chlef Justice Mnthleson when he was Premier of the province. Nor must. it be forgotten that. be- cause Ontnrlo and Quebec. prior tn Confederation, had been ouar- relllntr over education, instead of the cont of education being made a matter ln the 1864 11nd 1005 conference at Quebec, the fin- ancing of Education was left to the provinces, which simply has meant that. all the smaller provinces have had to be content wlth a third and fourth rate education for their children while many mil- lions of dollars have been spent for that purpose 1n Ontario and Que- bec. This serious discrepancy ls perhaps coming home more forcibly than usual at the present time be- cause our Premier realizes the

Our population was about 94.000 4

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There ls s still more lm ortsnt p..ase of this injustice smaller provinces, and from wltlch Prince Edward Island suffers more than the others, namely that. ln all provincial governments" there ls a_n Inevitable overhead of govern- ment expenses that has to borne altogether out of proportion to the population which s the btisls of the annual subsidies re- ceived from Ottawa.

No matter which way the gov- ernment and the people of Prince Edward Island may turn the need ls seen for s radical change ln the original terms of our Confedera- tion compact and particularly ln placing the Island farmers, flsh- ermen. and business men ln a position to deal directly with the outside world, which can be done only by deepening and improving at, least some of our harbours to accommodate ocean vessels. Un- tll that has been accomplished we shall continue as we are today. simply l1ewcrs of wood nnd draw- ers of water- for our fellow Can- adians, while ln a few years we would under improved conditions give them a load that would be nothing short of a revelation.

nm, Sir. etc... '

II. K. S. IIEMMING.

boomers-Enos- ru-"rn COLUMNISTS

51r.—-What. ls the use of sending our soldiers overseas to fight. for democracy. 1f thcv are going to come back to fight against ll: on the home front? Some quote Scripture to justify drinking. There 1s more Scripture against it than for 1t. Jesus said the last time He drank it, before His cruclflxlon:

of the vine. until I flrlnk new with you in my Fathers King- dom."

Pattl said: "If meat make my brother to offcttd, I wlll eat no meat." How much more to abstain from wine or strong drink. Jesus said. "If thy hnnd or foot offend thee, cut 1t off, and cast lt from than."

They dld not. have motor cars. nr aeroplanes. or railway trams ln Bible times. A drinking driver ls a potential killer, or liable to be. Those bootlctzgers and moonshlncrs who belong to the Church. or Sons of Temperance, we should call them sabotcurs. or fifth column- ists. I thltik Jesus would call them whlted sepulchres.

I am Slr, m, PRO BONO PUILICO REPLY T0 MR. WRIGHT

Sir,--Hon_ Horace Wright ln hls reply to my letter of March 31st evaded the issue which was boot- legtzlng 1n l1ls dlstrlct (4th Prince) and our alm to represent. the soldiers overseas. but he drifted into W.C.T.U. notes, definitions of Temperance. 11nd Prohibition.

The following figures on the 1940 Pleblsclte support nur claims of representing Islanders overseas. Tlpare were four questions on the

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one of them has taken the trouble b lot.

1. Are you In favour of the sale of bee,- and wine ln Government controlled stores? "Yes", 1198.

2. Are you ln favour of the pre- sent system of sale of beer and wlne? "Yes". 34.

3. Are you ln favour of the Isle of alcoholic liquors ln Govemmenlt. controlled stores? "Yes". 1192. ‘No 6

4. Are you in favour of the re- striction of 50 prescriptions per month to the medical practition- ers? "Yes", 75. "No". 1158. I submit 1t. 1s reasonable on the part of the Legion tn nsk to have the law changed before the boys come home, as after llvlng under fair and sane laws regarding alco- holic llquors they wlll not. submit. to a tyrannical law kept. on the statutes by n noisy minority who are riot the representatives of true Temperance. .

I maintain. Mr. Wright, to the contrary. that. the Provincial Com- mand and other branches of the Canadian Legion have n right to speak for the men. f only for the simple reason. (which per- haps Mr. Wright ls not aware ch that all members of the armed forces irrespective of what branch to which they may belong. are as- sociate members of the Canadian Letzlnn whether they are associated with any particular branch or not. And. therefore, who has s better right to speak for the men 1n unl- form than the Canadian Legion, of which, 11s stated above, they are members.

If Prohibition was such an ef- fective measure as It's advocates claim, we might assume that. con- victions for drunken driving nf motor vehicles in our Province would be almost negligible. Such ls not the case however; our Is- land lends Canada ln this respect. figures based on 100.000 population. We are not proud of this condi- llon as compared to Victory Iioahs. Red Cross drives, enllstments. etc. Again ln the amount of beer. wash or wort, seized in Canada based on 100,000 population. Prince Edward Island lent-ls all Canada by 11 very

large mar ln.

Mr. Wr tzht apparently did ‘not. understand my allusion to Field Mnrsltall Montttomery. It hnd rc- ference to n photograph which sp- pmred in the newspapers a day or so before I wrote my letter. show- ll‘ Prime Minister Churchill, two American Gt-itcrals and some stuff ofllccrs hnvlnz a drink of llnunr under 11 shelter while Field Mar- shlll Montgomery sits outside. The caption of the photo was "Field Marshal Montgomery slls outside

great need for improving our school s stem and presumably as

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will: the boys hoist one." I wlll adult that the distinguished Field

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liquor and tobacco, (not 11s the use of shells) and ll possibly ha; u- ed him some In planning hls drives. But on the other hand. has the use of tobacco and liquor by the greatest warrior of them all, grime Minister- Churchill. lessened he hls travelled over fought off a severe attack of pneu- monia. But I have no doubt hls brand of "Scotch" ls superior to our Island brand of "Screech". Mr. Wright also asks me 1f den- kerous s should not be ruhfb- lted. Go liquor 1| not s anger- drug. I never saw s label on lt statln "Shake Well," sl- one. or "Take so much before or after meals," or "Three or four times o day". The purchase of narcotics and dan- gerous drugs are by doctors’ pre- scriptions and they are used u directed by the doctors, which has to be ln a temperate manner. ' I know they are bootlegged tn larger centres but they are not in the same category as alcohol. I sllll maintain that Prohlbltlon and Temperance are diametrically op- posite and that the Temperance Federation In this Province ls not the true voice of Temperance. I am, Slr, elm. LEO BRADLEY. President, Charlottetown Branch Canadian Legion.

A PROIIIBITION AMEND MINT

Slr.+Durlng the 11st week. while the "Battle of the one" raged in the press, two citizens of our little town, one of the stole philosophy. the other of the eplcurean, dis- tlngtttlshen themselves on the home IOII .

The first gentleman achieved fame by giving to the scientific world-and to the medical profes- s1on—hls boyhood observations tn

ls physical or mental powers, u, almost all! the world, front. lines u well. end-

lrel. ole, ‘iitinllllusiiuisu w‘ u medlately. _ _ m"

» Inns Stomach nut

I very elective mans 3.1111’: t1":l."'.r"tt.'="~ “en-

e . on allergic! imiilfi,‘ ‘time? all

sake. heu-tbnrrhhosln n

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an vou- r-nounum win! Ltmiuoo on son no: 1

1f n. we have one of the but remedies to offer nimely

Back-Rite Tablets

L nomad for Bpckulclilne " union slat-y no , Nelrfllmilolnt Muscular a: ‘other forms of Rhenumlnn Jvhleh ordinary treatments full to reach. __

Price 5O ....1."... Bu.

TllE 2 MACS .

I40 Great Goon-n Strut Moll Orion Given haunt Attention.

SHELLEY Ill DEAD

Come. let us murder Beauty rm- our mln .

Shelley ls dead; and In the quick- sand menrry

Lies with his love; deeper 1.11m m can see.

lo l! the low moon list-kl, dnw

down the blinds And mutter kpxptpthe stun and

lgest o1d' thins; retain:

p .

Ibr- yeater-yms. and lod nlnttl run free .

‘lb from tn um what. he p“! lilndl. ‘

Ofm f0

And with her. Grief. 6110f, with her from p,

And Love her fellow that makes 1 slave-

the City of Winnipeg, to wit: as early as forty years ago he had the (privilege of witnessing at first han what has since become “the most alarming “ nomena of mod- ern times" in P. EI-that ls, the persistence of the Island stomac“ to reject such wholesome foods as shoe polish. shaving lotion. and embalmlng fluld.

The scene of the Winnipeg cruc- fatlons was a hotel bar, and the gentleman from our little town was an "on the spot" witness. Whether his presence was a fsejo 1n pre-

s .

Bu; Beauty first. to; Beams ‘tans fonzove

01n- slns when Gt-fel forgot snl Love let slip

Her sightless eyes." Be bravo: Q10 amok

wave While we bear outtour children h the grave. t.

—J_hnld fhevt. nrnns _' o

r11 flu mute Isliixidl 111m m 11111111 more numerous than mun-

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elpltstlng such reverberation with- ln the poor man's " trout. we are not free to so! ‘ e knowledge of the pulenrltude of our gsstrlnomlool expert ln those far-off days.

The scenes of these gastrle erup- tions on P. E. I. (now reaching epi- demic proportions) are mantfol — and may range anywhere from the corner of the village street. to the corner of the wheat field. Semi- dlgested particles of green as and French frtr-s, llver and on on preserved by rubbing alcohol, may adorn the slsle of n railway coach or clog the urban sewersue system.

At s on the very morning that the bove lentlemkn oylng the limelight ln orum, citizens were rut ened by the violent ring- nrs bell. Investigation revealed that this was no ordinary blue that. the firemen were culled u 11 to cope with. It could be c ed

s ‘ 1 cnmblllflfll resulting

l from- the consumption, b

o fellow citizen. of vs lng bran s of pro- hlbltlon extrsc s. Now, It ls-o w l known fact, the copious tuantltles of H3O are consumed b

e alcoholic addict. the day after he night before. ls often

humorously referred to n “putting he flre out". 5o, to our know- edge. this la the first time ln re- corded history where a flre de- partment hsd to be culled out to erforrn such n service. Hull to lhele, O drouthy goddess Prohibit-

on I would ncnr like to mike o sus- irestlon arregards extracts. 111st they are beln freely used as sl- cohollo stimulants is commonly nown. The retext or. for shipments to J2. I. ls their lelgil- kin; eekee. w.

mate use In ms if we can outlsw ‘this luxury- cokes-qaerhsps the manufacturers will cease further shipments of these flavoring entrants ' to . the province.‘ 5o. to. that end, I

the Leglslsture to pus the follo -

south UMILfiVIII

G the Eritrea.

Sea. port. of Museum.

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1A1: _amendmer1t to the Prohibition

Clause (X) "It shall be users-ted an offence against the ud A00 for anyone, male or female, o mlit stir, make or bake that proiruct o cullnaa art. commonly culled cake -whe e1- lt the over. sponge, ribbon, date. crumb, fruit, or rev. For an infraction of this cause the culorlt must spend 9Q days eating hls. or her, own baking." I am. Slr, etc"

DUMPLING IIATII».

This War-Four. Years Ago ~ _

By The Canadian Press .. . AP '1, tflt-mrttstn‘ severed‘ diplomatic relations with one: 'I‘he German lrmy broke to the Aegean see In western T e. Berna reported Yugoslav nrmos 11nd fallen hock from the north to more defenwlu‘ mountain positions.

APRIL s. tutvfimsm 11- l withdrew 1n southern Barbie “d: posing the left flank of the Greek

tlhr undo-fended |

uuof

forces. Greek-Y oslsv communic- ations wen outuby s f‘ 00l-

G. I-'. lluteltsssn 81 S011

_o1-'r0s|11'r1us'rs l

“Spoelallstojn the flt- tlng of glasses for the eorreellon of ocular de- fects.‘ . ,

'- 58 Grafton Street