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THE CHARLOTTETQVN GUARDIAN

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Morning Dally (Founded in 1887)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chat-er 5- Mel-ll" Vice President: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. MacKInnon, 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett. F..|.l. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 19. 194l-

The War News

fhere is rcasstiriiig ticws in the report from

‘he Bring, “illtllt; hast Coinniantl that the i - “ .

- ~ ,. .. ~ - , tn Axis tront has bttn coriiplcttly shattered if eastern I.ll)_\‘Li, and that the arnlOfvd _f°F<-<?5_ 9 the C:L'l‘lll'lll5 with their sitrvivitig Italian assoc- iqlqs are in full rt-trcat. Rcasstiring too is the News of Wmiliuoil Iillsfiltlll _ sitccesscs orutiilei ‘fluscotv lroilt, uuli llitlcr s lllhlSlOil armies o the run Bu: let us no: indulge in too much olltinii-nt The litpariese are still striking with faitaticnl iiitrnsity 11' Illmfl $011?» ‘Slllgaporc My u... l>;,;i;,,,,l-,,.~._ '|".i<_- Axis timetable clsc- whcrt- has bccn upwi, lllll “'0 ISIWW from Pa“ experience that the ciieniv forces work in close co-ordinntion and strike with devastating sud- deness. l‘ians niav lie even now under way for a drive throuch 'I'iti"kcv into the Near East. T01‘ extension of ihc war to Spztitt and Portugal and the opening of the Yicltyi-lrttcticlt ports to Nazi naval operations on the Atlantic, or even for an- other desperate effort to crush Bfllitln by in- vasion. Hitler must regain the offensive Some- where at all costs. Ile will stop at nothing to achieve tlrat tiurpose, llcnrc the attitude of grim alertness in Britain, where Parliament, has voted to cut its Christmas recess in half and has rc- ceived assurance front the Government that it would be recalled immediately in case of impor- taut developments.

Mr. Henry Smith

Few of our citizens enjoyed a wider circle of friends and actlttziintzinccs of all ages, classes and creeds, than did the late Mr. Henry Smith. Few were more appreciative of the value of friendship, or more worthy of inspiring it. Hi5 unfailing kindness and courtesy were proverbial. Ilc scented incapalilc of refusing any appeal t0 Iris good nature, as cvcry reporter can testify who cvcr approached him for news in connec- tion with his duties as Clerk of the County Court. No mzitici- hon" Illl$_\' .\lr. Smith was, or how iticiitivttiitjiit the ticvasion, he had always a smile and a kind word for the ncwsnicn.

The tnany offices of trust and responsibility which he held during the coitrse of a long life were discharged with characteristic competency. diligence and courtcsyn Ile took a keen interest in the moral welfare of the community, as well as in its civic and religious history. A gifted writer, he coittribtilcd many valuable articles to the press in connection with early days in Char- lottetown. Though retired from active affairs for some years, he retained, until his recent ill- ness, remarkable phvsical and mental vigor. One ii reminded, by his passing, of these lines of the poet Robert Blair:

"Sure the last end

Of the good man ls peace! How calm his exltl. . ..

Behold him! in the evening tide of life.

A llfe well spent, whose early care it was

His rlper years should not upbraid his green;

By unperceived degrees he wears away; Yet, 1i e the sun, seems larger at his setting."

Sir Clifford Siflon Quoted

Let those who occupy positions of trust, says the Globe and Hail, rcad what a great Canadian leader and patriot sziid during the dark days of the Great War. IIis words are to be found in a. book called “Clifford Sifton in Relation to His Times,” by Dr. john W. Dafoe, the cdi- or of the Winnipeg Iii-cc Press. The volume, curiously enough, is Il(J(II(‘lllC(I to lion. Thomas A. Crcrar, one oi thc Ctihiitet Ministers who clings to outmoded nicthuds of prosecuting a war. Here is what Sir Clifford Sifton wrote to Hon. Hewitt Bostock, Leader of the Liberals in the Senate, in July, 19x7:

“We have to face facts. not theories. The issue is simple. Either (i) We put our whole strength into the war; or (2) we abandon our men at the front and dishonor our solemn ob- ligation.

“I will go further. The decision of this is- lue will (lctcritiinc once for all whether Canada in a nation, dottiiitatcti and held together by a national will and national scusc of honor, or is a helpless aggregation of sectional communities, held together only by the tithe-serving consider- ations of sectional intcrcsr

“If anything in this troubled world can be absolutely cicar, it is clear today that we can grapple with this sittiation in one way, and one way only, by the formation of a union war Gov- eminent. ndminisfcrcrl ott iron-party lines, who \\'III straightwav appeal for a mandate to tlic people of Canada. and can consistently be sup- ported by cvcry clement in the population that is loyal to the cause.

"Germany is fighting desperately to wear out the fortitude of her opponents. If she succeeds. the peace ntill be IIICHIICIIIRIVC. It will be no pcacc for us. but the bcginnirtg of an intolerable strain of [ncpnrctlticss for war.

"We are not fighting for sentiment, for Eng- land. for imperialism; we are fighting for the rights of ourselves and our children to live as a free community.

“Shall Canada be the first of all the allied na-

tions to slink from the field? Let us realize the position now. 1t will be no use to wake up when it is too late."

After firing this shot, Sir Clifford left for Western (mada, where he delivered addresses in rapid succession to the Canadian Clubs in Winnipeg, Regina rind Moose law. One state- rncnt he tnade in his Winnipeg speech is par- ticularly opposite in view of the present attitude of .\Ir. Mackenzie King:

“I do not think the people of Canada have had any cause to find fault, until the day when the conscription policy was announced in IIarIIa- nicnt, with Sir Wilfrid Lauricfls attitude toward the war. But now he says hc is tinabie to en- dorse the policy of conscription. This attitude is taken because lie believes that that is the atti- tude of the people of the Provlnce of Quebec. In other words, Sir Wilfrid Laurier abrogates his position of icadcrship. He docs not lead the people of the Province of Qut-bcc; he submits that they shall lead him-and lead Irini to the rear instead of to the front.”

Obviously, if the defense of Canada is not made secure by success in the Atlantic and in the Pacific we are in (langcr of invasion. And if our defense is bound up with our success in Britain and in the Orient, it is our bounden dtity to send our troops there for our defensE. It would be madness to wait until the Hints are in the St. Lawrence and the laps arc in Vancou- VI.

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r- tDllURlAL NOTES —

The real advantage of being a $1 a year man with $25 a day expenses, is that you have not t0 pay Income 'I‘a.\: on the expenses.

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Qucbcc Government have given instructions to collect registration certificates at time of not- ification of deaths, thus preventing their unau- horized use.

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The new British Columbia premier is a native Irishman, having bccn born at Lcitriin, Ireland. He is the only premier who was not born in Canada.

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Private automobiles being banned in Be:- muda horses and bicycles provide the most com- mon forms of transportation. As a result of this, the Government has advised carriage drivers t0 “uuhitclt your horses and tie them up" if an emergency should arise.

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U.S.A_ admiral: and generals in the Philip- pines are being made to suffer the consequen- ces of the Isolationisfs policy in Congress and of Prime Minister King's uurcarlyt policy in Par- liament——"\\'liyr spend money in dcfcncc—cle- fence against whom?"

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Sir \Villiatn Edward Parry, English explorer, born this dale I790; accompanied Capt. john Rosa's first expedition for discovery of the North West Passage in 1818; commanded the second successful expedition the following year. winning the British Government reward of $25,000; after three more expeditions became controller of the steam ship (I-‘PZITIIIICIII of the navy; governor of Greenwich Hospital in i853 till Ilis death two years latcr; wrote “Narrative of my attempt to reach the North Pole.” Parryls Sound is named after him, and Itc was the grandfather of two bishops of the Church of England.

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In connection with the changes in the Govern- ment at ‘Ottawa, it is anticipated that the eighty-ytcar-oltl Hon. Raoul Dandurnnri, leader in the Senate, will shortly retire rind that lion. A. K_. Hugessen, a Montreal lawyer, will succeed him, and his selection as government leader, carrying with it admission to the ministerial Clfdei might be regarded as a move to provide more EngIish-Spcaking representation in the cabinet from Quebec province. Btit Senator Hus- esscn is also Iicad of the National Liberal Fed- eration, having been appointed to that position after the resignation of Senator Lambert, and party demands may necessitate his remaining in control of the organization. In that event prob- ably Hon. W.D. Euler may succeed Senator Dandurand.

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An important development is the startling an- nouncement from the “lartime Prices and Trade Board that a general license is being issued to all dealers in all commodities and that in the mean- time antl until further notice sellers of food- stuffs and articles of ‘ivcaring apparel, including footwear, who were licensed under the order of October 20 are no longer required to enter on Sales slips the buyer's license number or to see that‘ buyers are licensed. Two important ex- ccptions to the board's interim order are the coal administrator and the hides and leather ad- ministrator. The fuel and the leather business \VlII continue under the licensing system that has been 1n operation since these controls were estab- ltshed.

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Quebec Dairy Industry Society has adopted certain amendments governing the society which would permit it to urge all dairy interests in the province to group themselves undcr the society's plans, to educate members of the industry in the province and tn smooth out various difficulties which formerly were out of its jurisdiction. “An lndllslfy WIIOSc capital is more than $1,000,000, 000 and which embraces 140,000 farmers, 60 per ccnt. of ivliose annual revenues come from milk production,” said S. I. Chagiion, director 0f the St. Ilyaciittltc, Quca, Dairy School, "should have a strif-stiyiportirig professional association cap- able of taking its own initiative. An industry which produces $60,000,000 annually . . .5l1ouItl be able. tinder these conditions, to increase an- ntial production to $100,000,000." Resolution; adopted included the petitioning of the Federal Ministry of Agrciulttirc to kccp a strict watch on the weight and quantity of bittlcr boxes, the petitioning of the Provincial and Federal Min- istries of Agriculture to continue the payment of premiums on quality cheese production, and the cuirtinuanrc 0f the sanitary control of dairy pro- ducts to increase thei; quality.

lllITES BY TllE WAY

A German ntrernft we: recently shot. down by German anti-aircraft fire aimed at British bombers on their way to the Rhinelnnd, writes a Dutch conespondeiit. 1n the early morning hours a. couple of Dutch painters from s neighbor- ln-g town were ordered to cover up the German markings on the wreck- ed‘ airplane wit-h those of the R.A.F. The painters did their Work with obvious reluctance, but thought o1 a. clever way to spoil the German game. ‘Ihey left a prominently dis- played notice: "Wet. paint." — London Times,

Successful airmen must be ob- tained from the youth of the na- tion. "Only youth is capable of withstanding the physical and mental stresses inseparable from the warlike activities of aviation". It is to ttie youth cf Canada, therefore, that Canadians must look for the creation of llll over- whelming air force. The can- clinn air cadets are serving their apprenticeship for the day when they shall be ready to endure their part in the war, Canadian airmen will fotin the spearhead" of the striking force rvliicli L". designed to be VICbOIIOIIS. Canadians make en- terprising and resolute airmen. - Air Commodore Raymond C0111- shnm 1n “Air Cadet."

War demands for textiles have brought, the hnndloom industry more prominently to the public notice. The recent textile con- ference in Bombay, presided over by sir Hcml Mody, devoted a con- sldereble Part. of its time to the question of securltig adequate sup-

iies of cotton yarn for the hnnd_ 00m trade. Deficient supplies, which sent yarn prices soaring, have crested bonclitiozis of distress Ln the industry and one of the problems which the ‘ccming Price Control Conference in Delhi will hove to consider is how best to en. $111? Adequate supplies of cotton yarn at economic prices. To the iiaridloom weavers as to the mills the war has brought. benefits which l1 properly capitalized may as much to safeguard the future cf some of India's cottage industries. It is interesting in this connection to note Mr Gandhi's attitude to the action of certain local branches of the All-lndiri spinners’ Association in Sind which, have accepted and "e eXWul-llll orders for the sup- ply of blankets to troops, The Congress leader confesses that ‘ s a. matter of abstract. principle it will have to be coitcedcd that the action was n breach", but he goes on to say that. he secs no objec- $1011 l? 59111118 “innocuous articles even to soldiers ” The implications of this statement are obviously for- "flclllllg- To the ordinary nran the distinct-ion which Mr. Gandhi seeks to draw between business and political co-operation with Gov. ernmerit in the war effort may seem umewhnt strained. - Times of India (Bombay),

Goebbels did not know that he was doing Britain a good tum when he broadcast. the’ recent, result of Gennnnys principal horse raoe. For the winner was a son of Coron. uh. who won the Derby and the St. Leger for Lord Wooltivington in 1926, has brought in £68,225 in Prizes. and‘ has sired the winners of 1'10 races valued 68,104 The colts dflm. Nllgflrll. atliough bred in France, comes from pure English Slbvk. and was the best two-year- Oid in 1930, winning the Italian 1.000 guineas. Before going to Germany. the victorious three- year-old colt carried off the prin- cipal racingcvents in Italy. He is owned by Signor Teslo. the Italian breeder. vilio normally buys most of his blood-stock from England. Further British victories in Ger. many and Italy may be expected, for Ncgara. the cows diam, has slnoc had another colt by Coronaeh, and also one by Cameraman, the famous English Derby and Two Thousand Guineas winner which was shipped to Argentina during the summer. Camewnlan has won races to the value of {$1,287, and tins sired the winners of seventy- seven races, valued at. £52,000. Ho was the fourth Derby winner to he sold abroad since war broke out.“ By Robert Williamson.

A child of three and one-half l8 léfimlll! to walk again on an artl-flclel leg made foi- him by me people who have been malmig a new pair for the legless air ace, Wing-Commander Bnder. He ls 5 small b0? named Ronnie Osmond, who lost. s, leg only a year or two after he first learned to walk. It was found difficult at. first to get. Rennie to out his iieitrt into learn- 1118 to walk all over again. Then someone in the works had the idea of tying him n miniature walking- stic made of duraliimln. Ronnie was fascinated with his little tub- ular stick and at, once wanted to tr?‘ it. Now his nurses notice that. w en walking by himself he will Sfimeilmfs change the stick from one hnnd to the other. sure proof that. he can walk without, it, The makers of the tiny leg are as pleased es he Ls. They build and fit. 5.000 artificial legs a year. and Bader, their most famous patient, WhO-‘e legs have been supplied and repaired by t-hem since 1934, visit- ed their fitting room only n fort- nlaht before he hid to bBlC out of his machine over Occupied France. I'll-B 11W ill-Ir of legs have now been handed over by the maker; to the British ministry 0f pensions who have flown thcm to Lisbon for de- livery through the International Red Cross at Geneva. It will be re- called thnt when Bader landed tn France lie broke one of his artf- flclal legs and t-i spare one was flown over the Channel by his R-AJ“. comrades. Since then he has escaped for four days frcm the prison hospital in which he Ls held. - By Robert Williamson.

Mr. lliixhnui struck a note nf candid questioning in his broadcast talk recently. "Some people will say." he as d, “Does it matter so much to Ceyloziese. bnrtlmilnrly the poor. whether the Empire wins the wnr or not? Would a. victory for Hitler mean very much to Ceylon? No doubt he would Impose n IBI- rlble indemnity on Great. Britain, and parts of the Empire would have to be handed over to hlm and his

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DAIQGEROUS SIDEWALKS

Sir:—Can you give me any rea- son why the spreading of sand on our slippery sidewalks has been discontinued? Are not citizens who pay taxes entitled to some protec- tion cn our streets?

Surely our "City Fathers" have lcnrncri before new the licpiless- ness cf elvpcctlng lantllcrds or ten- ants to remove snow from side- wnlks-when they can "get away with it."

If they cannot enforce that 1m- portant section of the By-law how arc tihev gsing to cciiipcl careless householders t0 make wfllklllg 5M0 for more conacientious citizens?

This may sccm El trifling matter to mention in times of stress but one doesn't need mucli imagination to picture results of an emergency blackout. when daylight does mt. afford safety to pedestrians.

Perhaps our sure-footed. and alert. police oillflcers. who take this sort of thing “in their stride," so to speak. may classify the writer a5 another crank, but I feel sure first. l am sneaking for the great- er number of cur citizens.

I am, Sir, etc.

AN OLDER WOMAN

. The Dilemma Of . Vichy (New York Nation)

Like Pctaln, Weyganti 15 n prison- er of his mistakes, of that monstrous blunder of June, 1940, when he and Pctaln and the others asked for all armistice and ttot- it. “They asked for it. for t-lirec retisons: First, becaus- tliey thought Great Britain ivtis lick- ed and they could safely bctrav itt second, because they “ranted to keep the army intact to put down ‘social troubles" — in other words, thy were more afraid of their own D60- ple than of the Nazis: and, third. because they tlictitznt that the tri- uniph of l-lltlcns New Order in Eur- ope meant the trltimpli of bI‘l_L‘l1‘ own brand of rezictionziry fascism in France. The British weren't licked The “social troubles," when they come, will be such that. even 1f there were rtn army. It 601115 1W5 hope to put them down. Anri the tri- uirtpli of the New Order has meant the triumph in Occupied France of French Nazis like Deal. The mm of Vichy now see that a German vic- tory would mean the destruction cf their France. while a British victory -a “Judco - Miisoiiic-plutotlcmcc- ratio" victory - would ntctin that they. if they survived. would be call- ed to account. So they pray that the war will g0 on forever or end in a negotiated peace. which would find them still fresh and strong.

‘Guards’ Return To Russia

113v Walter Duranly)

The Russians have just. done a curious thing. They have restored the title "guards" to nine of their best: divisions on account of clzsting- ulslied service and granted 50 ptr cent». extra pay for officers and double pay. loi- men. Arid. they have created special “guards banners.

iIt. is really strange how the wheel of history turns. The Bolsheviks ab- olished tlic word “BQPPTQI {mil army titles and "tlllflflls- 711W lillfd to abolish money and ntarriatze and frtlth in God, But. now their divorce laws are not: much different from one of the more liberal American states-say Nevada—antl they have adopted a system of stain capitallsin and tropic are frcc to worshl i: although the ruling Communs Party deitmiics that its nlelllbflls b0 frre-thiitkers.

'I'liey have generals and major- gcnertils and marshals and mnlolrs and captains. Cossack troop! 5S?“ wear Cossack dress-black flonlfllf coats with cartridge pouches onhyllfi breast, knife In the belt and . black boots. Last of all tliev have restored the guards. There ls lust one word they won't: restore. That. is gendarme. soviet policemen are call- ed mllltlamgibolmd the Weld Be“-

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