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Qevrvlary: Llvut. Col, D. A. lliwlflnnon. 0.9.0, sum.- llllll Alullllll u lllralitur. J- ll Burns“. I-I-l- llnu-Iula linlllurin: Frank Walk", Ind Llnul, Ill l. llllrtlrll. ILCKNJI-ll. (On Anllvu llcrvlfl)

SIIIINCBIPTION BATE! E. l. HM: per yuan 82.60 lor I mouth! l Iur a nmullll; 61h: for um manila Clly I - wr; $0.00 per your; $3.00 luv ll luulllhl

“.7; [or ‘.4 uinnthl; 60c for one month w: null 0.8 . 84.00 vol- you l .00 for 0 manual.

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lly Mull to olln-r l'ru fillurllil! “uni-IQ: $1.91‘ P!" 19373 50¢: (or 3 month!

Thu (‘liuilottntunii Guflrnllln m; m ublnlnod a liulniliuig‘; M-u-t Again-g lmu Square. New Yuri; Ulu South Ne“: Agi-ney, Conn-r Milli unil \vltlllllllflllll lluuuni Malrupulllail Menu Akvnry, IZHN Peel Ill. Montreal: J. Fill! 354 lmy fit, IH-mum; Nrwu rltunil Chateau Lnurlari

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“The bliohgest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1943-

Rubber Supplies

.\lr. .\. ll. Williamson. Rubber Controller for t Jlllntlll, givcs iiziritiiig that the rubber short- ujgi‘ is more acint- now than at any time since the bvgiiining of tlit~ war. The strictest tncasurcs t-f run-x union are called fin‘ in tltc next few iiu-iii'i< Jtllil llliilwfls lllZl\' look for IIO early rc- licf from iii ‘r pruilicaiiiciit. .\Ii'. \\'illi;iiiisiiii_ .~]i-.tiv~ of :h<- ili-ticratc racc to [irodiice syn- tltctic Flllllifil’ in Zltlt't|llI\lt.' tittaiititics before the stockpile of t'l'llllt' i. t'.\'ll£ttt\l(‘(l. adding: “It looks as tlioiiglt the Qiiclipili- might lose the race be- fore ~\ii:‘i<:ti~ vinic~ into large-scale prnduciioii diniiij Ila" wiirth quarter" of this year." lf tlic most ' ' 2w pri-iliriions are realized, and grcat ~ of zirtificial rubbcr cniiie hill! the ii w: - the _vcar is tint, it will still bu

IICCt‘~\lT'\' u» pit-w,

Wliwzi tfti- nilwiiiitvs arc tinder full-scale pro- (Iugtiinp (ti; Ulliltl}: \\ill prribably be sufficient t0 take rzirc of aIl (‘lvlililll and military needs on ' ' States Rubber Director

rate lllc bulk of it for war ptir-

tliis Ciilllltt‘ l lll \\','tti,-H,, j » ~- 5 llllll within a year thi- sifngrtini] wit] ltw \.'li.-l'.'l(‘lt>l‘\' and that C\'Clllll£lll_\'

5\'Illllt"Ii(‘S will lllt't'l till demands. The outlook is not so retraining hi lhiitcrl Kingdom interests as it is tri cmistiiiii-rs on this side. Prior to the war the United Stair; bought about two hun- drctl million difilars’ worth of rubber front pro- ducing twaimrit-g Ill'lll.\ll Ilalaya providing an iinpiwrtzini re of it. Netherlands India was aitntltcr con which profited greatly frotn fhc trade. Should it be tiossible to dispense with thcse initiorts, the ilislocation of international trade will be sevcrclv felt. It is suggested that Britain nviv herself be forced to undertake the IIIIIIIIIIIIVIIIFK‘ nf synthetic rubber, though such an eiitcrpria- would be rcluctantlv undertaken.

In Cheese-

v

Agriculture Minister Gardiner, says the Globe and Mail, was asking for trouble when he an- noiiiicuil terms of the new cheese agreement with Britain without giving reasons for the price t0 1K; paid for i943 make. Probably no amount of explaining will reconcile producers, who had every reason to expect something better, but at

it the ' )0

‘Northwest China. The nucleus of Free China is a block of nine provinces still f rec from enemv occupation and under the authority of the Cen- tral Government at Chungking. These provinces have a population of slightly less than I00 mil- lion people. In addition, various adjacent sec- tions of other provinces which are only partlv occupied by the Japanese are estimated to have in the areas free from their control. somewhat over 60 million people. It may thus be taken roughly that the population of Free China is I60 million. The population of all China priur . to the Japanese invasion was 450 million. 'l'ltese areas of Northwest and Southwest China are the centre of co-ordinatr-d resistance, but ilirotiglinut the occupied areas, _ even in the eastern parts of the country, are sections which still resist the invuller. 1n these areas the ja- panese control only certain towns, railway lincs and highways, and the country areas are still really part of Free China although not in close economic contact therewith. Here the coitquer- in, power is continually harassed by specially- trained irregular troops or guerillas. It is esti- mated tliat in these largely unoccupied areas 120 iiilIlion people are to a considerable extent inaiii- taiiiing their iiidcpeittlence.

The withdrawal of the Chinese Government step by step and the transfer to the interior of large iiuitibcrs of workers and machines is one of the most amazing stories tliatthe war has yet b. nlQlll forth. We have heard of the transfer of Russian factories behind the llrals, but pro- ptirtioiiatcly the Chinese have done an cvcii greater task in removing their industries from cnastzil cities to the itiouiinaiitoiis interior. Prior to tlic outbreak 0f the war China's industries. largely financed bv foreign capital, were con- centrated iii thc eastern coastal sections, prin- cipally in the larae cities. China had 3.349 pri- -vate factories before the war, of which one- tliird were in Shanghai alone, and only 279 iii interior. The present Free China (lid not ‘ s more than oiic-tciith of the industrial _t.t[lll])lll0l1l of the whole country.

- EDITORIAL NOTES-

5.x

It is the approach to Easter though indica- tions are more like thrisc of (ihristmas. =I< 4f ‘d: it Thanks to llon. Mr, llanson. the necessity for an immediate delegation to Ottawa re Ca! Ferry has been obviated. * i I i Should Preitiier Campbell g0 to Ottawa, tltcn Hon. .\lark ‘McGuigaii. the new Attoriicy-Geti- cral would be in the running for the local Stl~ prenie Court bench. x

>I= 4r 1k The Second Narvik raid took place this (late

P? i

i940; the first battle of Na "as fought on April IO, I940 in which British (lestrovcrs en- gaged supcrior forces, .\I.H.S. Hunter being stink and H.M.S, Hardy run aground; one German destroyer sunk and three set on fire; the Second battle of Narvik gave glorious vic- tory to the British flotilla; I'I..\I.S. Warspite and strong force of destroyers, sank seven German destroyers, three British (ICSIFOYCFS being dam- aged but not seriously. m >1: >i= *

Canada and the United States have to a large extent been sharing the enormous iob of keeping Britain and some of the other United Nations adequately fed, but the growing short-

least some attempt should have been made. It was hardly a fair way t0 treat Ne" who have made a rcal effort to meet every quota asked of them.

.\Ir. tiardiner simply told the House he’ ex- pected to conclude an agreement with Britain for 15o million pounds and that the prltefvflllld be 2Q Cent; at fzictprv shipping point, instead of 2o cents at Montreal as ivas the case last year. This means only a fraction of a cent increass to producers, not sufficient, according to good authority, to compensate for increases in farm labor wages, factory wages or increased cost of materials. In most cases it will mean less net return to producers than was the case last year.

At this price it is not likely that last ysars record of [iroduction can be maintained although to do so i: part of the I943 agflfilllillfabPfW grant. Butter prices have gone up, £11611 1S m" creased (lemaitd for milk for the fluid trade 111d for manufacturing, all of which will draw_ sup- plies from the cheese factories. There is n0 evidence that less cheese will b; wanted. The Pritish qttritit is as large as total exports for last year. and. with ntcat rationing here, the domestic demand tlw rlicv-"e will certainly increase.

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(“hinal strngglc. against Axis aggression has gntlc till for iivarlv six years. The peoples of North .\mcrit most of whom have so far felt 1h.- dir " ' a of war only through minor in- i"tlll\'t'lll"'llt‘t'\, llJl\'<' little conception of the mill,’- lllilltlt‘ of thv t-ftU-rt and the sacrifice which (‘him tn..- ma-lir, in the economic as well as the military Stilltgrt‘. Although unprepared for war_, tht- \\'t~~t<-rii tli‘t]t4It’l'.'lCll‘$ ltzld a fine basis OI i1|(ltt~li'.l l‘||ttl|Il‘lt'lll which only required re- inifiing to y-rti litr- lllillt'l'i.'lli of war. China has llfltl ho: will)‘ to fight liattlc-s upon hcr own soil, tmi, ilttlfllt]: ttt~~~ battles, to improvise economic lllI'.'l\lll'\\ to lli'lltll'llll hrr armies and her civil ltttlllliilll-tlt ltllil t-r provide weapons 0f war.

llif " ic- of mininintticzitiriii make it hard to zlic course 0f cvents in China. :i|'tri* fivc vcars of war" which w York, It was transmit- llltIS c-ntircl_v by short-svavc

tml to lllt‘ l'iiit<

radio lln- nrit"ri:il was prepared in Chung- ltlllll llllth r lll(‘ :iii:-i»icr:< of the blIlitSlfy 0f Ill- fiiftllllllttll. .\ii vxvcllt-iit snitiniary of the story is

given in lllt‘ hlniithlv Lcltcr of the Royal Bank (if Ciiiiatla.

'l'<-i;lniiv:ill.v inferior f0 her enemy, China callsrl ttpnn I\\‘n a<scts to enable her to stand against la ' and to dclav and exhaust the l-i- panc-t- in: . . lhrsc two assets were vast space and vast inaiipoivi-r. 'l'hcv have permitted China m employ the flivtirs which Russia has since ' liwttul ‘l!(' Illlxltfplltlll of cncmy armies by rc- t itil-u-v- in rlcptli while maintaining lichitid

and

age of many foodstuffs in the United States has compelled that country to temporarily lower Britain considerably in its list of priorities. That means Canada must take over a heavier load. This load can be carried, federal officials be- lieve, if the country is favored with cvcn normal ‘weather conditions this year. If there is an average of weather and other favorable condi- tions the food outlook for Canadians and for those who are relying on Canadian supplies ‘will be fairly bright, but if they are below nor- -mal the situation is bound to become tight. m x m n:

In answer to a question concerning CBC sal- aries, Maj. General LaFlcche, said that the 'CBC felt that to give this information would not be iii the interest of the CBC. This is, of course, the end of responsible Government, for it is not possible to claim that anything resetti- bling free Government exists, when a Goverii- ment Department may decide how much money it will pay an employs, and the Parliament of Canada cannot get the figure. It started, some years ago, with the C.N.R., and, unless the sys- tem is corrected, will continue to spread through- out tlie public service. llerc is a first-class chance for the Opposition parties to combine and demand information, which is in the public in- ICTCSILWIICIIICI‘ in ‘tliejntcrcst of CBC or not.

I I

end of the \var. A correspondent in North Africa writes: “Italian soldiers kccp cliargingl the Americans in 'l‘uiiisia--to give themselves up._ A couple of Americans had a group of Italian prisoners in a truck driving them to a reception camp. The truck motor failed and they were caught by a German barrage. The Americans hiked out for tln- ncxt town, leaving the prisoners to fend for themselves. A half hour later the Italians canto along iii the truck. They had repaired it themselves. .-\ signal corps photographer, ordered to take pictures of t8 Italian prisoners locked up the night before, found 26 in the coiiitmttiiils. Xoliodyi knctv lI0\V they got there."

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Still at heart with the R. .~\. F. The Royal Air Force Benevolent Flllltl. whose patron is The Iiing. was the recipient of a large gift from an American when .\ll:in Miller, who had scr- vcd with the R. .\. If. in the last war. sciit in his contribution of £2o.00o —nornially the equivalent of ncarlv $100,000. In his lcttcr ac- companying the gift .\Ir, .\lillcr said “In coiti- mnn with the people of this country, and of my own. tlic United States of .\iticrica. I have bccu conscious of the great .\'(‘t'\‘i(‘(‘< the nicn of the Royal Air Force have l't‘lllII'l'."(l its all. I should sav. continue to render us. for we scc daily cvi'l— cncc nf the coittiiiitaticc of that spirit which tnatle possible Ilic llattl" of llritziin." llt- mldcrl ".\lv In-"tiv Ilssficifllifiiis with this rniiiitrv iivcr a pcr- iorl of ‘roars. lllfltltllllf! my service with the Rnval :\ir Force during the last war, makes it doubly gratifying to inc tn be nblc In contribute iii some ll1"<'lSIII‘(‘ to thr- >lllClltllfl ivork of the Royal Air Force llciicvolcnt liuiitl.

a. gt-i-tlri v v the Japanese liti ‘.< tin- I vii-st" advanced from the coastal :n"<~::~ of I'i'l\lt'I'II China. the CllIIlC~'" arniirw and jtfllltlt‘ withdrew t0 the IVcst and Cliiiicsu rt- niri- is now centred in the moun- (fl 1 rcgioi" and platcaux of Suntlnvcst and

Tl It l" ' l] , ' ' pot ned until the war ends, the ie aians mdnidua y are fcd up with their ‘lflhftellstlonsn or we Dream govenh

Notes By Th Way

We an above such puns _ll alluding to horse steak as the filly mlgnon 1f 65 others thought of It first. -Detrolt News.

Prime Mlnlster Churchill never has lulled to give full credit to the armed forces for victories achieved. but he never haslalled l0 Couple with the praise a warning to the people at; home against over-optim- ism. His comment on the successes achieved so fur lii Tunisia 1s typical. -Moncton Transcript.

That shuttle service method of air attack by the Allies In Tunisia. must be annoying to the enemy. If ls_ln- cessant from dawn to ntghnall,

are getllnlz warfare In the air now that. they never dreamed of two years ago. Rounc; the clock tit-tacks have been resumed across the Chan- nel. -St. Catharines Standard.

Best fish story of the war comes, from Scotland. Scientists of a great,- chemlcal corporation at Edinburgh. are working iii a small loch West Scotland on the theory that sen fish can be multiplied by nitro- gen and phosporus vitamins. Fl0und-; ers have already been booster. ten tint-es in stature and weight. It is officially added that the special food is introduced through a mix- titre of oatmeal. -vancouver Sun“ i‘ I Harvard University recently own-' ed up to art faking. says Time. Ecl- ward W. Forbes. director of 1/1511‘- vard‘s Fogg Art Museum, admitted that: ostensibly bronze German statues stored ln Harvard's Ger- manic Museum are really plaster of Parts painted. The confession was provoked by the Catnlirlcge City Council. Councilman Michael A. Sullivan 124d persuaded from the council an order t0 compel the unl-

vcrsity overseer; to surrender the statues as scrap metal. “We must remember that, as

Stalin himself has declared. the Nazi war machine Is far from being ivrccked. Still to be feared are Hit- ler's submarines, nir iimvei" and land strength. As the Tunisian battle shows, his troops have lost tiettliei‘ punch nor morale, and as shipping losses make clear. his ability to strike hard blows at sea is perhaps greater than it has ever been, Add to this the fact that we cannot be sure of just what the Luftwaffe has been doing in recent months and there 15 all the reason in the worid to take to heart. the warning voiced by both Premier Stalin and Presl- dent Roosevelt that complacency at this time is $6llS9I€SS."— Providence Journal.

A glance through the directory of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board is convicing proof of the care with which cirectors and administrators are chosen for the various divisions Mr. Short and Mr. Close are in the rationing sections, as Ls quite fitting Gallup is hacked up with farm machinery, imturally. Mr. Schythe however. is no: with the farm section but cutting down waste lii Cotton Waste tinder the textiles heading. Mr Weaver is closely connected with full fashion- ed hosiery and Mr. Shoemaker in the leather division. There's a Stoker in the coal cepartment, and Dr. Finn Is In Fisheries. Mr Oive be- longs to the Food Administration as cloes Dr. Planta, urging greater victory gardens. There's an ec- clesiastical tcuch to the Board too, which has an Ab:ey and a Dea- con. And it. might be added that Mr. Atkins is tn the ranks also. —Tlie Printer; Word.

Some confusion seems Io exist in the minds of many people over the spelling and the difference iii mcan- ing if any. between the two words fuzc and fuse. Iti general modern usage fum indicates a precise and somewhat complicated mechanical device usec; for initiating the ex- plOSlVe charge in a high-explosive shell, mine, grenade, etc., while a fuse Is a device. usually in 'he form of a string or cord with a core of slow burning powder. used for communicating fire or the safety device used in im electric circult. Fuze, therefore, becomes almost en- tirely a military term while fuse indicates commercial or industrial usage, as In setting off a charge of dynamite. -—C. I L. Oval.

Our own government declares Its Intentions; our own government ls making preparations, But the Unit- ec‘; Nations are not vet. in council on these issues —issus which must be resolved well in advance of the amtlsllce l1‘ the peace is to be more than a pause. The time Ls already over-ripe for urgent consideration by the Unit/ed Nations about the eco- nomic problems of the pence. Dele- gates frcm each nation should even now be sitting in conference to plan the post-war worid, If that task 1s

ments will become dissolved in a vast. confusion. New riatlonaltsms wlll have sprouted from the rubble-heap. Future I-Iltlcrs will have darted from the unfilled soil. The soil must be tilled loclay. The pence crop‘ must. be sown at once. -l.ondon Daily Herald.

A useful and timely piece of real-

ism comes frcm Lionel Gelber. Unl- verslty of Toronto history staff. ln his latest boot-r. Are Empires Doom- ed? Ever since Versailles this zen- eratton has been drenched in the moonshine of uniformed and other worldly ldenllsts. These same dreamers are busy again piniirilng n world orcer. To them. and to us. MI‘. Gelber speaks wisely; "The people's war ls a. war for power — to deny power to the enemies of mankind, tn preserve it In the hands of the five Welfare policies alone will neither make nor keep the peace. For they can have no power other than the power of the nations who beltr-ve In them and promote them. After a century of effort . where is Eitropes so- cial prozress today? It I18: vanished and it has done so to some extent because the central problems of power -as thev affected the issues of war nnc‘. pence, of empire and national freedom -were one; which soelnl reformers Itznored and of which they have been Ignorant . Sn the tripe social reformer may not. be the om- who dents tn resoundlniz phrases. but one ‘who beseeches that what vnu do tomorrow be not un- done the day after . . For realism tn th= service of Idealism Ls n wen- pon freedom must either ‘earn to use or perlshfh- Financial Post.

THE Clililil-QTTEEWN evolving“...

PUBLIC FORUM

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' MUSINGS 0N MORTALITY

Bin-One Wednesday nfternwfl I short. time ago I walked out to our beautiful cemetery» N"! "w" 8mm an hour visiting the graves of friends.

True, many of them I had never meet tn life. yet cold tn death they were my flrenos.

Among that; {crest of headstones I wandered reading the different names men and women, great and small. little boys and girls.

Some graves were still quite fresh

one attack after another. and corn- while otheramere worn down by the lng from all directions. The Germans marchmg gee; of Mme,

In a far corner rested two young men who had paid the supreme pen- nlty for their mistake?

People from all walks of life, people o1 different religious beliefs, side by side in death. ‘

No matter who they were In life. no matter what position they held. the same amount of clay covered them now

During that hour thevseemed to speak from behind every tomb stone:

"We are all the same now.

"Great or little as we were 1n life, many of us who Ignored the poor, ignored the aged.

“Many of us who stood alone In .1 class all our own as master minds. big shots, we lived In luxury while

‘others with large families starved

or scraped along on relief’,

"Today the same amount of clay covers uq all."

Yes they speak to us an. and strange it is we seem to hear their voices ln the murmur of the wlnd at night as l1’ seeking once more the door of life that ls closed to them for ever. t

Strange the creepy feeling we have when passing one of those resting places late at night. especially walking. we seem to hear voices ivhispertng to us remember the shal- owness o} this life. remember life IS too shon, and eternity too long. to llve in pride. at the end the same amount of clav covers us all

I am. Sir etc. WALTER A. O'BRIEN, Bristol, P E. Island.

FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION

$l1‘.—May I ask for space in your correspondece column to comment. on the Fish and Game Association meeting ivhicli was held in Prince of Wales College a few days ago. '1 wish to commend the Associa- tion for presenting a fine program of pictures and a speaker who gave a very complete account of game conditions in Nova Scotta. Quite DP-iilbly we may take some bene- iit fromythe experiences of our sis- ter province.

Inm one whfl considers that an active Fish and Game Agsoclatlon is most, important and valu- able to our Province. During the meeting I was asked to joln it. For the present I have refuged m do so and n4; I know that a good many others are of the same mind 11,5 myself. I would like to men- tion my reasons and ask some questions. I feel that, the lntere=t of the Association would be well served if the public was berm- in. formed about the Association and I cannot help but’, mention that. I was diiflpllolnted that some official did not make the most of splendid meeting offered, m tell us more about it. I think that tf this had been done a great many sportsmen would have responded by Joining.

In the past it has been the 1m- presslon among the great majority of sportsmen that the Association was controlled and run by but a feiv men. It was felt; that; they did not. represent. the great body of the ordinary sportsmen. I would ask if this condition ls to continue or if the Association is to reflect the oplnlon of the majority? Very few Inf-Clings of the Association are held. I5 this to be continued? Changes ln seasons, bag limits and other matters of great. importance to all of as have been recommend- ed by the Association at; various times when the meeting which asked for the changes was barely a quorum. Is this to continue?

These are but a. few of the ques- tions in the minds of many sports- men. We would like to know what; the future llctes of the Associa- tion 8T9 E0118 to be. We welcome the rejuvenation that has taken Dlflce and once we know some- thing of the ideas of those In charge we will likely wish to oln. The Association should not; tde its tight under a bushel. It has n real job to do. Iietfs hear how 1t is going to do It.

I am. Sir, etc" P. E. I. SPORTSMAN.

Gordoni Highlanders

[The Printed Word)

A glance through the directory of the Wartime rrices and Trade board ls convincing proof of the care with WIIICII directors and ad- ministrators are ctiosen for me various divisions,

Mr. Short and Mr. Close are In the rationing section as 1s quite flt- ting. Gallup 1s hooked up with farm machinery, naturally. Mr. Scythe. however, L; not. with the farm sec- tion. but; cutting down waste ln cot,- ton waste under the texlles heading.

Mr. Weaver 1s closely connected with fulll-fashtoned hosiery and Mr. Shoemaker ls In the leather div- ision. There's a Stoker In the coal department, and Dr. Finn ts In fish- eries. Mr. Olive belongs to the food administration as does Dr. Plants, urging greater victory gardens.

There's an ecclesiastical touch b0 the Bonrd, too, which has an Ab- boy and a Deacon. And It. might be added that. Mr. Atkins ls In the ranks also.

Absent Members

(Calgary Albertina)

Members of Parliament appar- cntly haven't yet realized the grav- _ of the situation faclng Agricul- ture, for, when estlmatna were under flscusslo In the Common! this week there were at, one time onl 2B members In their seats. 1n- clu Ina three ministers. Twelve of those on hand were western M.P.'s who attacked the Government with crltlclsm of Its farm administra-

on.

As there are 245 rn bera of the House this looks like case of ab- senteeism In war work. Perhaps If

Butter a gmciotti-tedtwl knife when

cutting n meringue pie. This paling?”

make a clean cut.

the honorable members were lven y wage they would pay a lttle attention m their job.

the opportunity. which the"

Foundations

(Globe and Mall)

This In the awry of ii. mm W310 unknowingly and all his life. W85 being tmtned to be worthy 0f the cause, MIG‘ ready for it when lt arose.

In a Cape Breton home, one of a settlement of seventeen Scottish famillea who emlzrated t0 a IHIHN home whl h they called Loch Lo- mond, a ad was born. The 0.9M‘- of the Hebrides wag ln his veins. and until he was six years old the Gaelic was his only tongue. He. was reared In a God-fearing atmosphere In which the example of the 800t- tish Covenanters made an impres- slon on hlm as vlvlc and strong as the morning sun. There was much of hard work and little of luxury ln- his early years, but he looks back today and smtlingly says

Life, Accident, and factor.

Premium savings add

and the Guardian of thou

NYNIIMAN 8t

ha would not change one circum- stance of thistl-

Thc wall to minister to the souls

of men was strong, and when he finished his schooling at Ptctou Academy and McCltil University he went to an old ant. tradition-filled charge near Cornwall. During his long and Illustrious caicer In the Presbyterian Church he has minist- ered to many large congregations, though to hlm they have been no more important than the much smaller charge for which he cares today. His fellow-clergy lmve hon- ored hlm bv elevating hlm to the highest posltlon tn hi5 Church _ Moderator or the General Assembly of the Prasbyterlan Church of Can- ada. Men address hlm as the Right Reverend Norman L. Mel-cod. The honor sits llghtiy on hlm, and he wears 1t as the badge of service. By tradition, by birth, and by In- clination, Dr. McLeod .15 representa- tive of the history that: has made the Presbyterian Church tn Canada a. proud monument to Its Scottish martyrs -men and women whose strength through bitter persecution, whose steadfastness to their faith. -aave been a lasting Inspiration and a power for good wherever Scottish sons settled In this new land. Under Dr. McLeocfs moderutorshlp the Presbyterian Church in Can- ada has this year embarked on a treat and worzhy cause. that of re- moving the debt which has encumb- ered lt since 1925. when It remain- ccl apart in its traditional way of worship. Known as the “Foundation Fund," the campaign seeks special contribution from every member and adherent: of 10 cents for each year of life Scottish thrift realizes that great: objectives can be reached I)!’ many small contributions. Scots’ gratitude to a Church which has sheltered them and sent: forth lead. ers In every walk of life will see this Foundation Fund triumphant- ly over the top. The recent death of Sir Edward Beatty, one of Dr. Mclseodi; oldest and cosest friends, recalls that one of his last acts was to become a member of the Honorary Advisory Ccmmtttee of the Foundation Fund. one of a number of distinguished Canadians. Because of his nation- ally known adherence to truth and sincerity. the very usoclation of his name with any cause invariably lent lt value and an honorable status. Hls wish that the Founda- tion Fund might achieve full suc- cess during the moderatorshlp of his friend Dr. McLeod wlll assured- 1.'~' be fulfilled hv the contributions of all friends of Presbyterlanlsm In every corner of the Dominion.

That Pig Mussolini

(Richard Mower cabling from the Brltlsh ElghthArmy In Tunisia to the Ottawa Journal)

The Italians‘ morale ls low, the Germans’ morale Is steady and un- shaken. Such is this correspond- BHVS opinion. based upon observa- tion during fighting In southern

Tunisia.

The most recent. and impressive indication of the Italians‘ low mor- ale ls the institution by the Italian high command of money prizes for thecapturo or destruction of Allled equipment. planes. tanks and jeeps. The Italian command, further- more. has deemed it worthwhile to circulate a questionnaire to com- mimdlng officers regarding the morale of the troops. From this questionnaire, it appears In the words of one report that “morale among our troops ls unsatisfactory because of first, the recent with- drawal; cecond. physical exhaus- tion: third, length of service abroad; fourth, prolonged separa- tion from families and nu chance of making use of leaves; fifth, absol- ute lack of news of what is going on In the world."

The bulk of Italian troops In Africa are, from the German point of vlew, undependable. They are definitely tired of the war.

“So many mothers‘ sons are being killed for than pig, Mussolini!" one Italian prisoner exclaimed to this correspondent.

hen you go among a group ot newly ca tured Italians-not. offl- oers—ai1 ask them if they are glad the war ls over for them, they as- sent with grins and vigorous nods. Not so the Germans. They are still tough. silent and often sullen prisoners. who think that the Ger- mans wlll wln the battle for Africa In the end-“Il/s a seesaw wnr In Africa and soon we will be push- ln you back again."

veloped a great respect for the Brit- Bh artillery. however. Often the Germans say- "If we had had more guns and more planes, you wouldn't ave taken us prisoners."

Most; German prisoners were ex- hausted when captured. They had been days without; slfep owing to Allied bombings and shelllngs and had been on short. water rations.

The Omls Of Proving Economy

Opposition minder Gordon Gray- don. speaking tn the House of Commons last week. said private Members of Parliament were un- able, “no matter how conscientious they may It. or how anxious they may be to do so. b0 find out, whe- ther or not war economies are being practised." He did not blame the Government for the ph steal diffi- culty, but. he did ask t e Govern- ment; to assume the burden of proof, and show the House "just what has been done slnce the close of the last session of Parliament, to effect ec- onomies in peacetime operations of the yarlous departments of govem- en _..

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Provincial

Offices: Charlottetown

Earle H. Jelley-ltqneaenutlvo

Attention Farmers

day, April 14th.

the roads reopen.

$500 each had been bought for the Department of Public Works. The purchases ought: to have been sub- mitted for Col. Thompson's ap rov- al, and they were not so subm ttsed. Col. Thompson resigned.

Here was a. case where the amount was "very, very small" by wartime standards. What's $1,000 In a budget of 51.‘.- bllllons? A mere drop. a grain of sand. Yet to the citizen trying to support; a wlfe and two children on what's left o! a. {M00 salary, the amount Ls not s0 rlvlal It represents almost. his whole income tax of one year. Few B80916. making the sacrifices re- quired to meet today's taxation lev- el, like to think of their whole year's contribution beln spent; on two {xiligxsltfor the Pub] c Works Depart-

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This was an exam 1e of e ensn which could have bgen pregnted. and was not. Mr. llsley would eat- ly strengthen the Governments case 1f he could produce specific ex- flmpleg of slmllar expenditures, even very. yery small" ones, which he succeedeu In blocking.

Make Boners, Too

(New Glasgow Evenln Ne

Private citizens need nil: bewzdh- 11111811 1f they foritet at times about; ‘he new DOSIHEe rates and force their friends to pay up double the balance for the prlvlleige of getting their letters. We rece ved a. letter yesterday from a government de-

Mackenzle Kim's smllln ance. and it cost us ln the sum of’ four cents. We are try- ing hard to resist the temptation to forward to somebody 1n the govern- ment a wrapped-up brick-collect, of course,

counten- ue postage

PRAIRIE SAILORS Strong with the vIm of the prairie

sun, They muster to man the ships, Watch them swinging along the

quay, Broad of shoulder, slender of hips. The quest of the unknown trail In their e And cowboy

The prairie

wave Of the virgin buffalo grass. And left In its wake a sen of izold To the rim of the sky, when: cloud- fleets mass. These were the oceans the plains-

men knew: To mightier sens they pass.

V93. Songs on their lips. schooner broke the

To mightier sens they have pledged» that ord

r w Till the trails of these are free; The grey destroyers plow the foam For n harvest of peace and liberty. Your sons. O Canada! shall reap The Prairie and the Sea!

-Murgaret Mlnaker In Voices of Victory.

KNITTING HINT

It ls an excellent Idea to leave about: a yard o: wool before be- lnnlng to knit This is then ready to use when sewing up the seams.

Excellent milk for cooking may be made Ill this way: Boll 2 quarts water, remove from fire. let: cool and add one can of evaporated mllk, one teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoon sugar. Keep In reflgeratnr until you wish to use It.

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In the battle against Fear and Want, adequate Health Insurance is a major

Thrift ls vital to the war effort.

fighting dollars that is helping to win the war. The Great-West Life is the Champion of Thrift

Conserve theI-Iome and stabilize the Nation.

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We expect to operate the plant for a short time after

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