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Morning Daily (Founded in I887)

Pr: ldent, LieuL-Col. W. Chester 8. Mclmra Vice-President. J. R. Burnett, IJJ. Secretary, Llt-uL-Cul D. A. “flCKlIllNWl, 0.5.0. Idllor and ltlanagin- Director. .I. R. Burnett. FJJ t soolate Editor. Frank Walker.

SUBSCIFPTION RATES 85.00 per year (in advance) tellver-" k City “.00 per _,ear t . advance) mailed to P ll Island 15.1!) oer vear tin advance) mailed to Canada and U.S Mcmhcrs Audit Bureau of Circulation:

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1940.

British \Var Finance

Taxation of rich autl poor to the liiitit, in- creasing tln- 11-1111111111; ilnlll the people by rc- stricttnq ;1ll :11. :1" t~\1-111.l1tt11'cs through a wide- spread s_1-=_11;1 111 1'.".1:1111t11;§ 111111, 1111 top of that, 11;1_\ 11g 111111 1 f tit. w-t 111 the \\';1t' by CuliliUllLKi lllflllllttll in ~11":1- .11 tiu: scrzotis disadvantages of that 1111-1111111, ..1"1- "10 11111111 fcalltrcs of war fin- ance whirlt 111.1 1-1- form-ll upon tireat llritain, iii the 1-11511-1111 11' .\l1-, til-uffrcy1 tirtnvlhcr, edi- tor of tlic 1.11.1 11 l..'1utunlfsf, in an Oxford 11at1111hl1‘t r11 I. i-sttt-il.

The 11c 1 c ..i tin-zit llritain now know tltat this \\ 11 1!. is t-rutv ounce of strength that the 111111.111 111 . --111 11:11 into it and that it will mule.- a 1:. 11 1 1~:1 tln-tr resources. lt will

‘ .11. 1Y11~ l:1<t war bccatise the

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ftp-lung; :1; _-. l11_;hly lllCClllllllZCtl, and the of11111j1yy .- 1.1‘ pnvci-tiittctit i5 higher be- cause of 11 c t \1 .111 <11‘ social services.

\\'hat :1 t1’ 1 wir means on the home front :3.- 1111- -‘ 1.1 11 11y .\lr. Crowther, The .-,\-,~.-..i\~.~ .11 11111 1l1.- I'\‘\'t11'I to inflation will r11 1 - 1.1 .1 11t a lower standard of livi ,3. . 1, 11:51 wt-ll what they are fighting 1X1r, 11 11.111 1.111 complain 11inch, and tltev will 11.1 - 1" ns-ditlioit in the filCf 111111 ilu-i- will 511111. l.» 111.111 ihc tmpulation of Nazi (iCYlilltlbV.

At 11;.» p.111,» .11 r11: 111:: war, the British Gov- grnntont “n. 1.1K half the national income re-

ccivcil from ail lnction and services. The nzuibrtnl i11.-1:111- now six lnllion potinds, and .\lr. Crow-Mr s it mav go to scvcn billion rlurinq th<- -. U1 this, 11c suggests that the Gov-rrnuw-iit w..l l1.'1.\e m talce four billion pounds. leaving 1111-1»: lull-on for private expenditure. lint the. l:11.:1-1- 11 11v nniottuts to four billion eight hundred n1.'..-111, tin-l would have to be reduced by more 111.111 \1l1<‘—lllll‘1l. This would be (lone bv

taking iiulnvy from the people through hcavv taxation and lllCfCflfilllg loans.

The Real Showdown Begins

Cabling from Paris, Anne O'Hara McCor- mick, ablest of the New York Tinte’: correspon- dents in Europe, tolls of increasing confidence among the llritish people. 'I‘ltu5‘.

“In s. week the British changed gear, changed their conception of the war and their View of m; pence, Alinos; overnight they acquired the conviction that their economic power plus Al- lied military force after s six months’ speed-up was more than a mzizch for the armed might 05 Germany 1g three months spent. in watching the sh behind both fronts in war- time Europe, this reporter has seen nothing more striking than nu, stidden revival of self-confid- ence 1n Britain."

Miss McCormick draws this significant con- trast betwccn mood and feeling in Germany and England:

“The Germans are sure they are going to win. They tell you so tn a loud volce. bull 311110611 1n‘ variably they much your expressions t0 s60 110W you take their 11:.a.~.f. They are painfully anxious to see how the outside world estimate their chances. Tho British simply assume that in the end they will prevail. From the Foreign Sec- retary down to the hotel porter they are keen y, hear the reports of the rare traveller who comes with direct news from Germany, but they (tony, (are a rap for ouzslders oplnlon of British

prospects."

Miss McMorniick concludes:

"T116 impression one curios away from DM- lsnd is that the British believe tho war in lhl West, is postponctl and have thBFMOIfO Yfl-Wlwd to fight. l1 all our littropc. The campaign Churc- hill and, Rcgrnaud-nnennlng Britain and 131M166 --are preparing cannot. be photographed, report.- ed, or seen in action. but 1t. can be deadly and declslvsflrhe real showdown now begins.‘

Military expert; have all along declared that a turn of the uar title 11 ould cutue when Ger- many, presscd beyond endurance by the Allled blockade, would attempt to fight licr way out. That, tlicv have argutxd. wottld break the Gel’- nian “t-iug", 11111111311; the front, enabhnguhr 3111mm 141-1 .111 th1-i1- II1Q_ Germany, anxious though she 111.111 be to dominate all of Enrolle- and ‘V111, 11.11 1,», tiltiutate aim. has not seized this precise n1» to strike at NOYWEIY 311d

Dentnztrlr 111111»: 111 1l1~<11crate poillffifl. Cl¢ilYlV~ 11p. 511m . .111 1.1‘ lmt‘ 1.1-1» <npplics from Sweden was n \- 1114-11,‘. t-ninpt-lling hcr to fight hcr way out lPllll :1..- l1l1t-l.:11l<-. to try t0 avoid 51y;111g111;1g{r11t, ll turn" well hf‘, therefore, sug- grsi. 1111- 11;1.1~.1..-1 l-~~ .-..-1l. that this \\'Il1 prove to be lli‘lcr\ 1.1-1, .i..p<1-.11¢ gauiblc, (nth-trio's [Example

An cxauinh- 11. 111111-1- provinces is afforded in the anuurtl 1.1.. 1-1 t 1' 11111 Ontario Department of l\lttni1-ip:1l .\1.'.111-., wl11cl1 >ll'I\\'S that the 11¢! total debt of tit.- ll1il.!l'lt1 municipalities was rc-

dugtgr] frnlli $_l;.'__1_1.‘s‘,110t) in 1938 to $342,62t,- 000 in 1113'). 11-11511: 1111- net total per capita debt

was (1111-11-41-11-11 1111111 $123.22 to $101.03 in the Siilllf‘ perv-ll, 'l'l1-'. 1-1111- t-uts a reversal of tlic 511011111111; 11 tin-y which |II't‘\.'ll1Ci'l during the 1W0- cviliitg th-t-zulv. 1111.11 th1~ ut-t total rlcbt itirrczisetl from 51113411111114111 111 $.l72.0o0.ooo and the pcr capitzt not 111ml dvbt iurrt-tisctl from b74106 i0 $143.21. Tht- 111\\tI<, villages and townships

111d bcllt-r in 1111- 111711101‘ nf rcouomy 111-111 the ~- which. wlrlv <ll<1\\'111;_Y a reduction tn per

-t;1 n1~1 1111111, t.‘*_1i_s‘lt'l'('tl a slight increase in 11,111 111-1 .11111l.

.\i11.1 11f 1111- thirty-fntir Otitario municipnlitin wl1it-h‘kl7-T‘111‘11-1l tn11l~r tltc strain iinposerl by tli-r ecotiniuic tli-prhfl-u are‘ now either completely restored 111 ll(‘.'lllll or WIIIVIIIPSCCIII. blot-cover,

than has bcctl sonic iinproictitctit from tlic muni-

cipal taxpayers‘ point of view. The levy in i938 was less by $1,370,000 than the comparable fig- ure of 19.38. The gross municipal debt is the lowest since 11721). 131x collections have been better. 'l‘l1t- ("11y 11f Woodstock got all but 7.5 p01‘ cunt 111' wltat was owing by the property owners. TXu-onto did not do so well, with taxes outstutitling tutullng about 13 per cent. Six cutintics in ol-l Llutiirio are now entirely free from tlrlit.

Caitada’; Real Problem

Cotttniciiting oti the rrstilt of the recent Fed- cral election, the tYln-istittn Science Monitor of- fcrs the following 11crlil1ct1t atlvicc:

"the innnethtitt- issue has been resolved: Can- ada has girtled itself for its wartime task as an Allied arsenal. Yet the significant national 1111111111111 of bzilzinciitg the political forces within the llontiuiuti is still to he faced. The question 11f placing tlte li1t\'t‘l'illllk'tll on an even broader lt(lSl~'1—b'1\'lllf_f ft‘1>l'\‘<(‘lll-'l1ll‘rll to the minority par- ties 21S is :1lr<-.-11l_v1 living done in France and as 1111111 W111i he aucinpu-d in liritain—still lics ahead for Cntrula."

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The Iltum-h-lilt-c weather continues while the Lcgislzttttre sits

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Matthew Arnold died this date, 1888:—“Tlie seeds of (foil-like pmvcrs are in its still; Gods are we, bards, saints, lterocs. if we will."

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Pai-liaiuent resumes this week where it was cut off last 1111111111. l‘-tit the changes in that short tiiue, the 1i<~\'t3l'li0l‘-1i(‘ll€l'fll dead without a reply to his atltlt-t-ss, the Leader of the Opposi- tion among the fallen, and the Prime Minister not woi-ryiiig about 1)t‘(‘—Cl0Ci.l0l1 promises now he is szifi-lr established with an tmcomfortable tttajorirv hcltitld ltittt.

a a 4 a Another new remedy for pneumonia, ivliich in its first trials on about 1,500 human beings in the 111st few months has proved better than any- thing 11ruv1r1tt<ly1 known, was described to the American College of Physicians at Los Angeles. Its greatest benefit is in causing much less nattsca than other remedies, but it also has shown :1. definitely lower death rate. The drug is sul- fathiaznlc, a "relative" of the recently discover- ed “wntulcr nictlicitie" sitlfanilamide, and is the second such “rclzitiv-c" to prove good for pneu- monia. The first was sulfapyridine, made by adding to sulfanilzittiitle a form of nicotinic acid. The sulfathiztzole is made by adding, instead of iticotiuic acid, a _\‘t'llil\\’ oil called thiazol which is a broltt-n-tloivn form of Vitamin B-one.

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Lord Nuffield, motor magnate and philan- thropist, financed the recruiting of volunteers in llritztin for Finland. This was disclosed by the l-‘intiish Aid llureatt w-hiclt previously said that every wiluuteer who spent six months in Finland would cost £200 apart from the cost to the Finnish Government. The bureau then said that 3.000 wiluutccrs had enrolled for ser- vice in Finland but that the cigv ones who got there were 250 members of the advance guard who were to prepare the way for the others un- dcr Colonel Kermit Roosevelt. But for Lord Nuf- field it would have been impossible to launch the recruiting, let alone carry it on progressively. .\l:1ny hutitlrcds of pcotilc followed Lord Nuf- field's lciirl and bvfurc peace was declared suf- ficient money had been raised by public sub- scription to tttaitltaitt 50o volunteers in the field for an indefinite period.

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A Frencli-Canadiztn subjectof the Queen, who expressed his opinion on the royal visit here last May as he watched the procession pass, prob- ably nevcr expected l-lcr Majesty to hear any echo of his words. She did, however, and has expressed her "great pleasure" at being remind- ed of “the minty frictids" which she made dur- ing her visit to Canada. Mrs. R. j. Spencer- Phillips, a resident of Notre Dame de Grace, heard a llahitartt say "Me, Jacques, I saw her, she so lovely I jus‘ cry—s0 I go to the square to see them again. The priest, he say to cheer, but me, Jacques, I jus ‘cry. I try again here at the station but I still cry. I go to Sherbrooke-this time I cheer or bust." She wrote to a sister in England ivho forwarded her letter to the Queen. Mrs. Spciicer-Phillips has received the following letter from lluclt-itigham Palace, forwarded by her sister. “l have received and shown to the Queen the letter from your friend in Canada. Her Majesty greatly appreciated your kind thought in sending it and was much touched by the reference to herself. It is, as you may sup- pose, : great pleasure to the Queen, to be re- minded of the many friends which she made dur- ing her visit to Canada last year, whether they are known to her personally or whether, as in this case, she has not that good fortune. Your: faithfully, (signed) Arthur Penn, Acting Pri- vate Secretary to the Queen."

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The Heinkel III K standard long-range bomb- cr has been tiscd by the Germans in several of tlicir rccctit utisticct-ssfttl raids on Britain, Like most of the l)()llil)L'l‘S of the Luftwaffe, the Hein- kcl is an “cvatlr-r" type, as opposed to the fight- ing types of bmnbcr developed by the Royal Air Force. Iiast, but lightly armed, it relics on clouds and escape tactics for protection when engagctl by llritisli aircraft. Favourite tricks are the stccp climb or dive into clouds, or skim- 111111;; just above the sitrfacc of the sea where the 1iurstti11g llritish fighter is tinable to make full use 11f its Sll11t‘.l'l11l' niatioctivniliilfty. One Hein- krl which \\':1s shut dowtt 11y llritisli fighters some tintc ago, has bccit examined by British ex- perts. Some new details of its construction have been learned. Powered with two Junkers r1r llai11tl<~1=lletiz engines of about I050 li.p. each, tltc ll('llll\('l lll 1111s a rcpttlctl speed of about 275 111.1111. lt is .11-1111-<l with llll't'fC niachiitc-gutis and Carries a (T(‘\\' of four. lt has a range consider- ably less than the more ltcavily armed British “\\1'clli1igt<1t1" l)'1lllllt‘l'. Sclf-scalitig non-metal fuel tunlvs are fitted. Despite this a number have been shot down in combat with Royal All‘ Fort-c aircraft. Others are believed to have failed to rent-b their hotnc bases through loss of fttcl, tl11~ir iattlts riddled by llritislt 8131111 fight- crs. lt wits a llt-inlu-l lll WlllCh intercepted by a Royal .-\ir Fort-c aircraft came down with rid- rllt-tl furl lillllfS last n-cr-k in Denmark, where its (‘rt-w was lllltfiiktl, immediately preceding

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llOTES BY TIIE WAY

There is some talk of calling the veteran Welsh wizard, David Lloyd George, into the British War Cab- inet. Inclusion of this Elder States- man would probably cause I-Ltler to fly into another tantrum. — Brantford Expositor.

The growing popularity of youth hostels in the Province of Quebec since their inauguration three years ago detnonstrat/es that. these institutions fulfil a need. They ar- rived Juat. in time to satisfy a long- ing for roaming shared by a great. many oi’ our young compatriots and offer chem an easy way oi gettzng to know the picturesque beatttles o! their native Quebec. Let. us nope that this hostel movement will spread. It: appears to be based on solid foundations and given some encouragement, it will exercise a salutary influence on the moral and physical wellbelng of new generations. - La. Pres=e (Mon- tr

Defoe’: Robinson Crusoe is as popular with German schoolhoys as Shakespeare ls with Ci-erman lntel- lectuals but: while the Brit sn dramatist ls hailed as a good Ger- man Daniel Defoe is under stis- picion. The Danzlcr Vorpostcn gives warning that Crusoe is a typical British imperialist who steals from Friday his rightful Ilebensra-um. This Briton. it says, was wrecked on a desert island very tragic indeed but, observe, he immediately feels himself its ruler. He is at once the pole on which tihe Whole life of the island mun tum and up the po‘e he figurative- 1y runs the Union Jack. Whcn nat- lvas reach the island. fcr age-old celebrations, the-y are in CXUSOCS

eyes as they would be to n-iy Englishman's eyes, objectionable gatecrashers. Better aimed. he

drives them off and free: a pris- oner, who by decision of Crusoe only, 1s named Friday. Friday

might have preferred to be causal Saturday. Where then is the inucn vaunted British rig-lit of self- determination? He makes Friday his servant and his slave. Thus he is able to take life easy and let 1.11:.- savage work for him. Soon he finds more, He becomes Govemor of the Isle. He saves a ship from mutiny. He leaves the muttziecrs behind on the island and plously gives them apart from food and seeds, the Blble._l-Iow else asks the paper. would a Briton act? Tlieie is first; helplessness. Then the gradual iri- crease in confidence. Then the be- ginning of megalomanzn and in the end consummate pertidy. ‘This Danzlcr Vorposten article should debght Britons as a typical ex- ample of German erudite nonsense. The author apparently Plmisrd into the meat of the story. dis- regarding the trimming. If he hsd read the first paragraph of the book in which Defoe says that Cfll- soe's real name was Krautznaer of a family from Bremen Germany, tie would have had a. mcre balanc- ed meal. When he feels another outburst coming on, he shoufd sit dovm on hl-s chest: as Crusoe did.- Moncmn Transcript.

Allied oncirclement of Germany on vmloh The Star commented a. few days ago, tghtened perccpcbly as Mr. (fihamberlaln spoke to the rte-assembled House of Commons at. West-minister yesterday. The revel- ation which the Prime Minister made are among the most import.- ant that have yet been given to the world. 'I‘hey contribute 1n fact. the most hopeful word that has been given to the British people since the world began. Calmly and pre- cisely, Mr. Chamberlain snowed that tfhe Allies are not. bluffng tn the economic warfare on which they pin so many of their hopes for ultimate victory. White still de- pending on the British and French mvies to maintain the blockade about Germany, they nave made spectacular advances in the field of diplomacy. The extent of those advances as revealed by the B111.- ish Prime Minister must have come as a dizzying shock to Hitler and his henchmen. What Mr. Cham- berlain told the House, reduced tn its simplm language, was that: Britain had already advanced tn the point of effectually shutting off sttrpplles to Germany from six nations on which the Nazi danced. and was already in the act. of dri- ing the same with two other coun- tries, The series of trade agree- ments of which he told Vlffllifllly leaves Germany with no one to whom she can tum for 51117171115 except her very doubtful and trav- ering nib’. Russia. - Windsor Star.

Croculea and snowdrops, "the firstlinb of spring," as the pus-t said, are with us. The first-named, as all know. come in a glorrous carpet of white, purple and yellow. All too short is the visit of tbs brilliant little spring flower that dazzles and gladclens winter-weary eyes. As one stocps to pick a few he Ls amazed at the exquisite color- ing, intensified by raindrops cling- lng, gem-like, to the sweet-scented ptotneer. If one is charmed with he coming of the crocus, what are hia thoughts Its he picks a bunch of demure, pearly-white snow-drops under the shade of the

privet hedge nearby? There they stand with little bowed heads. shyly peeping. ‘This time he kneels and carefully selects a. lovely posy, forgetful of wet knees when Dre".- sing to his face these emblems of innocence and purity. The arming oi’ these flowers seems to dlspvll austerity. The sunttt blue sky 1s seen with fearles eyes, bright wltm the mysterious light pervading a spring garden. So come in thought and see thousands of daffodils growing on either side of the leafy avenue that lends towards the on castle. whose towers rise above ancient elm and beech trees a!- most a mile away. On the tctt larch trees raise their lofty heads from a carpet of wild prlmroses and blue hyacintzhs; and a great bank of pink and white rhododen- drons line me path to the chapel. A little further on the road bends to the right. Here is an tiritnrgct- table Sight. For a distance of sev- eeral hundred yards and about 70 feet wide there is a yellow blaze. daffodils growing on a bank lead- ing to the park, where highland cattle gram and nearby a small

grass wntchfullv. A noble setting for the old grey building with its round turrets rising higih above the trees. The stinbeams cast en- chanting xhudows nmonvst the trees rising from amidst the never tome-forgotten dlsplnv. A slight lireeu sways the yellow trumpet flowers in a manner wonderful m behold. Down the yew tree walk. actoinpanlcd by the srft cool ng of

the pigeons this war-stricken world

rue MCl-IARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

herd of timid roe-deer nibble-tare —

PUBLIC FORUM

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TENDER PUB CITY TRUCK

Sl_r,-~-Your Forum had s. letter April 13th from Barbour a Mac- Uotiald about. not receiving the tender for the City ‘Truck. This was a very timely letter and one that. should receive the attention of the citizens too. I happened to be one of the few who attended that Council meeting (and that. brings up the old subject of advertlzlng the nights of those meetings) I heard one Councillor ask was this the lowest. tender and one of the members of the ‘render Committee Nmied that it was. then this Councillor stated it was his inten- tion to vote for the lowest tenders in all things providing they lived up to the specifications sent. out. If as suited in the Patriot. that the extras Barbour & MacDonald put on their tender wer- $28 00 that. would oriiy make their tender read s73“ =0 which is ridiculous as the tender was for $752.50 therefore the bundling tender Committee st. $32.50 to the citizens in their first 1iurrlia=e. I intend to bring up fur- tlicr thlntzs of interest to the citizens that is going on tn this City under ottr ncw Council.

I am. Sir. etc, ONE WHO WAS PRESENT.

A Lesson To Neutrals

(Saint John Telegraph-Joumal)

There vans s. group of Baltic states. They made‘ a treaty of friendship but. stipulated that on no account. would they fight for one another. In the end only Fin- land fought. for herself and ut up 105 dnvs of gallant defence. The rest, gave in with barely a. whlmper. United those states could have given Russia far more than the bargained for; separately they fell and all but one fell inglorlously.

When Finland bled, Norvtray and Sweden raised not a flnger to he!p imer. The League called upon its ntombers to render all assistance they could to the Finns. ‘out. Ger- many threatened Scandinavia and it. relapsed. It dared not even 11110;] others to go to help Fin- im .

Now Russia can reach Norway and Sweden with next to no trottble and Germany demands that they bow to her. Denmark, the natural 0111110.". of the Scandinavian ooun- tries. lists gone the way of the Baltic states. Norway is now re- ported fighting, and Sweden crin- ees. What do these small neutrals