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figment of Mr. King's own imagination.

But Mr. King has been, and still is. Oscillat- ing between two well-defined schools of thought. One contains the great British majority of the Canadian people, who demand a one-hundred

President: Lieut. CoL W. Uhuter 8. MeLnre Vice President: ,|. It. Burnett, IJJ. Secretary: Lleut. Col. D- A- Macltinnon 0.8.0.

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TUESDAY. APRIL 7, 1942.

India's Defense

demands for rearrangement of India's

Apropos of the situation in India, the Christ- Isn Science Monitor says that Indian lfiadtfi d0 not understand public opinion in the United Na- tions today if they think they can press extreme defence setup without catisiiig misgivings among many o.’ the most ardent of India's friends. It i5 0Y1 the question of control of lliCIlEifl dcfffllCc that

follow their example. n-

homes, and soon few

per cent war effort, the other the few irrespon- sible separationists who are against sending “a dollar or a man" to assist the Allied cause- This latter group have, however, influenced the King Government's coudiict far beyond anything war- ranted in its numbers or importance. The funda- mental trouble with the King Governments war policy is that it has been appreciably swayed by the apostles of separatism. The result is that what it might or should be, either at home or abroad.

EDITORIAL NOTES —-

It is not strange but nevertheless true no one seems to be worrying over the opening of roads for auto traffic, though long overdue.

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All the leaders of all the parties are to be “yes" men during the current month; movcover. are to appeal to all and sundry of the electorate to

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Now its Don Baker who is among the miss- ing. The war is coming right down there’ll be without vacant chair to which there will be no returning occupant. We may love our enemies, but there is nothing to prevent us hating their aggression. and moving heaven and earth to stop them pur- suing it. Thereby is hate justified.

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NOTES BY TNE WAY

As of December, 1942: "Junior must be home frcm college," mus- ed his puzzled sire. “l can't finu my bike." - Detroit News.

Very few cases o! T.N.'l‘. poison- ing have occurred in ex loslves plants in Canada, an offlcia points our. That. is only one way in which much more effective supervision ls being given industrial o rations that. was the case during i e Great War — Brockville Recorder and Times.

An Independent Belgians News Agency report that has come into the BBC shows that Belgian de- fiance of the Germans is no less stubborn in this war than Ln the last one. Inhabitants of Brussels. it appears, recently awoke one morning to find the tarmac in the main boulevards of the town bear- ing anti-Nazi slogans White im- prints proclaimed: "Down with Hitler! Long llve England! Hurrah for the R.A P‘. Long live de Gaulle." ‘Ihese Inscriptions had been made at night by a ca: equip- ped with cleverly cut-out tires cover-ed in white paint. At midday, before a group of gazing spectators squads of street-sweepers were still trying with brushes and eclda to remove lettering .B.O. Bulletin.

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into our

the Speaking at an alumni dinner

recently, President Bowman 0f the Jchns Hopkins University, said that, a, drop to fifty, or perhaps to thirty. Percent of present enroll- ment. may be expected if the war continues two years longer. ‘This would involve, among other things, n heavy reduction in the income of the university. This problem con- fronts every college in the coun-

PUBLIC FORUM

Ian ‘solemn le one hr I!‘ dugout‘. by IOITIIQIICZDI of donations II Interest. The tihnrlettotown Guardian does III endorse he will"! el correspondents

TEMPERANCE FEDERATION

sir: At variance with you!‘ 9d"- orml note, The Guardian's very fair report of the Temperance Fed- eration meeting reveals that "Th? Federation did not consider it W0 late" to do more than pass a formal protest against the taxation c! liquor for revenue. The r090"- clenr! states that the question wB-s not “ eft at that".

The earnestness of the temper- ance forces of this Province camwt be impugned. 1927 and 1944i were the tests! Unremlttlnglv the Tem- perance Federatlon has defended the liberties of the people. and his insisted on their r181"? '10 b9 "99 from what. is now the nation's greatest fifth columnist. The Guardian can be reassured. The temperance forces here, spurred on by the tragic kncwledge of soar- ing liquor sales‘ in prflvlnves when! liquor is regarded es s legitimate fgiércetgfurevenuetbcggi ‘be (landed

n ve up er pr re- cord or freely given, patriotic, pub- lic, service.

I am, sir. ete., R1. shew, Secretary, P.E.I. Temperance Federation New Glasgow, April, 4, 1942.

(The point we made was that the Federation seemed satisfied with “the doubt." of Mr. D. N. MacKay. M.L.A., that there wfulzl be time to dcul with the matter before the seslon cf the Legislature conclud-

We have less assets in the United States by $71,159,000 than we had a year ago. This re- duction reflects the difficulties Canada has en-

try, and it ls no trifle, even to the richest among them. Almost, no- where do tuition ices cover the en- tire cost of education; but almost everywhere they do cover a large

ed, whereas the Exhibition protest- ers had no such “doubts" and coined what. they went after. —Ed. G.)

the negotiations between Sir Stafford Cripps and Indian leaders seem t0 have stuck. The British argue that they cannot risk so complicated an

tiudcrtaltiilg as the reorganization of the deferice countered in paying for the flood of raw nla- ‘ If I n I _ €______.__ of so hirjqe a territory in a moment of crisis terials arid ruaiiufacturetl goods required from grftzllokiogefenby‘ ‘Qergégtlfctlfx? u?’ Unsung Herfles the United stares {or the Dommlorfs war effort. revenue Ircm fees ————

will result in serious embarrasslnenl, to almost. any institution, for retrenchment cannot possibly kse pace with any such drastic shrin age. Balti- more Sun.

which finds Japan at India's very doors.

It is not clear just what Congress Party lead- ers demand, but from available reportsthey seem to be asking for considerable power in the de- fence setup. British reluctance to intrust a great part of India's defence to Indiansthemselves may b6 Yeadll)’ understood whenllttif: rgaélzed ti“? tqgpoo ivortll of filrcigll ssctirilics from .\incri- to do so would be to place n ias e ence po- a‘ h ‘deft icies partly under the influence of. men who n o e a a s- “llghi faw“: “Omlimlent "swung m place of Our Provincial Government is becoming quite rrrilltaryvaction against attackers. _ reckless in its guarantees of other Pcopjeg

fM" gemhu.’ thlef comeiiipongiijl-polntst bank accounts. l\Iay we draw their attention to re erre to imse as a Ilori- B 15611". the "Mani" f '. " ll (re I

_ _ _, g Q guarantee as gncyli lll le C11 l_l also said that Mr, (laudhis methods may ‘yet issue of The Royal Bank Ahgazlne": l.“ is W‘, ha‘? m. impm-vcd. twfmi: 31'?‘ Céaniljl" that borrowed nioncv has wrecked more friend- se retire. mm active ea crsiip o e ~ QM ‘ _]- ' l b ]~ in ‘ tile . t . . ps flan auytilng ese, iit IllS Vg 0105 i

356515 PM?’ btccbiusfi h? d ieuth h" engi-viqlig" Guarantee. When a man lends his friend a sum i ea s nngit no a ape o e_ pr s n _cris_ . in hard cash he hardly expects to S“ it back. Receml)’ Mr‘ Gandh‘ 590i‘! Iagaimst 39PM???" but when heisigns a Guarantee for the friend's 015a (sicigrchedfiarth pohcy m ndla evcn if n ‘a benefif, he souielloiv gets the illl]7l‘CS>'lt‘|ll that he ‘ ‘m1 e Owrnln’ - has helped him without cost to himself‘ 'liinl<?.

F?" Ngimtwntii; Itiagcqcqmc frozgulladlagnlezs): of course, wrecks the illusion. lutciirliilg (Juar- "5 ° l“ ‘ca c "I. n 3'“ can . - antors should be warned by that sifiiliiiv-"lllt (l0- great giains l§1dlbmlllLt3i§<JSCi1S€ eggn lindllol India: scription of the borrower___the pRjNCjj-rrp

eman s cou e me . r any na ns ' rig D mm, ., Allies today realize that their ownirnwilhngriess e ,, ,, ,,, t to recognize the need of all-out military effort against the Axis is part of the reason for their critical situation. Peoples of the _United Nations are thus unlikely to sympathize with any haggling that might seem to jeopardize such an effort in the East.

More Airmen Needed

(Halifax chronicle)

The menace of German U-boats is nothing new to the hardy fisher- folk of Nova Scotln. In the grim dark day's of the First Great. War the fishing fleets but out to sea amidst Deriis of war as well as wea- ther. Todav the same fishermen and their sons face daily the peril of

Canada removed $58,640,000 in short term bank- ing funds during the year and sold $26.239.000 worth of Linitcd States securities. This was off- set, partially, by an increase 0f 53.375000 in brokerage balances and by repatriation of $10.‘

Murray E. Hill. newspaper broker to us this wcck of an incident when he sold an exclusive county ‘seat weekly l__n a good size town ‘We were going over the books, the usual expense, etc., when the pur- chases called attention that there ‘VH5 no expert-e lrcm for taxes and the owner said: "we duff pay any taxes. We never have snce 1 have been here ' "And to my-inqutrg; how lie got. by with it, Ir said: “Why. when I came ficre, when they scrit mo a tax notice about five years ago, I Just wcnl over to see the county cnurt clerk and asked him if lie trad never hcotd of the free. dOm of the press. That it. wasni. "WP-SENT for a newspaper to pay taxes. and got him_ toagree with me‘ that the ccnstitutou of the tlnitcd Statics was based on Lhc licedonr of the prrss. Since that time 1 have paid no taxes." -Edi'- 101' Mid Publisher iNEW York);

wamrs along the Atlantic coast

To speak of the bravery of these men would sound hollow and emptv indeed. For bravery. the tvillingness to face sudden death without thought of self, ls too much a, part of their daily lives to call for com- ment. On the storm-tossed WHITE-S of the Atlantic Nova Scotla fishermen face death everv hour of the day.

But tales of recent encounters be- tween tlle men of cur fishing fleets and the Nazi U-bonts which hover constantly off our shores reveal the true heroism of our flsherfolk. The stories that they tell-of enemy sub- marines skulkint: around like sharks xivaltinz for their prey of how food and siippllrs demanded. bv one U-boat ccmmaridci‘ were refused althouch refusal meant that a hail of machine-nun bullets might sweep

London parks, g like Landon “M915. are much Hillel‘ than a year ago. when dunuts of saivagcd bricks and ttnber were being constantly dispersed among tire open spaces But i-Je parks continued to afford an effective survey in miniature Dy those contrasts ivhith have long become commonplace in London life. Tile guys, the defence sites. the allotments and the enclics are all among the \'Ell‘.0ll5 little sprig. tacles observed nowadays Willi more “BIC-filly by the visitor to town than the accustomrd Lcndoner. On a. walk through a Londgn pa“; i;

Nova Scotlrfs sturdy fishermen

Thus far no enemy craft has seen fit to destrov fishing vessels nlvlni! along our coasts. But the thought that sur-li might happen has not d’- lri-red the men nf the fishlnc fleet. Thev go on with their Irtb in the race or dancer. ‘They nllt out to s°a in wafers infested "rlth German submarines knowing the dearly risk H10‘. m“ 1mg \1'IIIIt]0' to tnirn "mi risk in order Hv-r "onadtfs food siumlles niav not sufl'r.

\Villiam Godwin, Iiuglish socialist and ilovcl- ist, died this date, r836; hcltl cxircnre, rc- volutiouary views on social affairs; ififlld 0i Horne 'I‘ooke_ and intellectual leader of philosophic Radicals, whose principles he boldly enunciated in his "Enquiry concerning Political Justice”; was prosecuted for his opinions, and narrowly escaped indictment for treason; failed as a bookseller, but latterly bad bestowed upon

Correcting an impression which has

gamed him sinecure government posts which he held is 110i lil-“se things uhich impress lrolmd that fillll-‘mlglli Quotas for Pilots and 0b" till his death; his publications, “ilisiuryr of the gfiéfliflzi?" b",',n5".."“8"pl-‘" bu‘ Ifirvfl’! in ill¢ R- C- A- F- are readily fined Commonwealth," “Caleb Williaius," (a novel): pleasantly slirvia s. “Nrmliriimimig from waiting-lists a commanding officer‘ erri- "He that loves reading has evclvqhh,“ with," 1:231?ltllidkpluyilrg"fields,and 0m... phasizes that more men are necdcd fflr "alnmg l" his reach. He has but to desire, and he may djspiaay ararnifilnghriiigitstliri rieiifiiiiifcrgi these ranks of Canada's fighting airmen. “We posses; himself of ever species of ivisdom to the admiration of sighiseers, and a

Probably depicted, of m.

., _ _ seed more men and need them at once, he stat _ Edinburgh Scolmm-

ed. “A completely wrong idea that we are getting enough recruits for pilots and observers has got around and must be corrected. The need is par- ticularly for those who have the necessary medi- ml and educational qualifications for immediate

FROM: THE VAGABOND

Give to nie the life I love.

Let the love H0 by me.

Give the jolly heaven above

And the byway nluh me.

Bed in the bush with stars to see. Bread I dip in the river-

judge and power to per orm." t i! Iti it

The war-makers In Gennany are b31118 unmasked as the financial supporters of Hitler and the Nazis ever since the party showed signs vi’ setting some place in the Reich. The munitions

The multiplicity of government jobs is all but appalling. however necessary or unnecessary they may be. If necessary, then there should be a cor- responding decrease in peace time government of-

_ . . , _ manufacturers of ' 1; r like me, enlistment, end we are also short of men to en- {ICCS- F" this _¢°""@°"°" the AIWIFQPII G41?“ Geililany have been behind the Si: 11H: QrQIei-Iian roll in Fire-enlistment training classes. Quaiifica- “Y5! Tim" 1! 3 511mg and Hrmvlllfi “chill! “a‘m°"g°"5 i" "WW YP-"KY-i Tilers

rvas money in wars for them. eve; Li’ it meant blood and death to the PEP“? The Krupp fzmi. as One 6x81111110. h“ manesed to remain in Germany and roll up big profits The Krupps sold munitions to Ger. ma"? Eericrations ago and. in spite of the revolution after the last war, the Krupp firm is doing bus- iness at the same old stand and in s. b1: way. Hitler is supposed to have been paid 312900.000 annually by the munitions companies of

Let the blow fall soon or late. Let. what. will be o'er me:

Give the face of earth around And the road before me.

Wealth I seek not. hope nor love. Nor a friend to know me‘.

All I seek. the heaven above And the rood below mo.

-Rnberl'. Louis Steverlspg

they enlisted m the Army“ flint- they would be called r1901! "B9

throughout the country that too much public money, intended by the citizens for use in pro- secuting the war, is going into the maintenance of peace-time departments and services which are not essential and which might well be shut down or discontinued until the war is over. If there are some more or less ancient statutes standing in the way, those statutes can be repealed or their oper- ation suspended The Ottawa Government has

tions for enlistment as pilots or observers are that a candidate must be between the ages of i8 and 3i for pilot, and between l8 and 33 for ob- server; he must be in first-class physical condi- tion, eyesight 20-40 correctible, both eyes at 2o- n0, and able to pass strict medical tests; he must also have had four years of high school, or ‘t: equivalent."

the decks of the lltlle fishiniz vessel Therese _ -reveal the unconscious heroism of ‘Ighcmpsou, equal; 3. Elizabeth Mad- X

d . Grade II fat-l, Antoinette Mad.-

Drawn Two Ways

Before Parliament rose for the Easter recess,

every right to ask the people to economize, but the people have an equal right to ask the same

thing of their Government." a a a e

Germany. They get that back and more through supplyins the Ger- man war machine. when this war ends, the United Nations will not. only have to Wipe out Hitler, but. the Krupps and other missionaries

death slowly on a distant moun- tairi-slde. Yet. they have beaten back, for wreelcr. on end, the best that a resourceful enemy, greatly superior in force, could brim; against them. We at home, rla

Premier King took the opportunity presented by s question from one of the members to outline the war policy to which his government is com- mitted, both at home and overseas. From the beginning of the war, Mr. King asserted, his gov-

must produce the instruments of victory, can Praise them best with deeds that match their spirit of self-sacrifice and the depth of their devotion to their country. ew York Times.

of misery will have to go too. They were allowed to recnaln and lay the groundwork for this o'er, a job they did only too well. Windsor Star.

Mr. john G- McConnell, resident of the ‘Montreal Standard Publishing Company, and of- ficial of the R. A. F. Ferry Command and Queen's Canadian Fund, in an address before

emmem had been “tacked by two extreme the Advertising and Sales‘ Executives Club swede“, on, u; 111,1»; rqnam. "h0g1, of political thought A, the one end were Montreal declared: "There is no complacency glimicilffetlgfnllsziyin éclififrlccplfi Limfllllgciéig

The gorilla has an extremely limited habitat range of three de- gzees or latitude near the equator.

abroad in Britain today. As far as the out-look for our side is concerned, the desperatcness of our position is well realized. Where American eyes are inclined to the Pacific, in Britain all eyes are on Russia. For Britain recognizes that on the Russian-German battlefront the fate of Europe, and inevitably the whole ciyilizcd world, will be settled. We in Canada must not forgot that we stand or fall with Russia. We must not begrudge any aid we can afford and we must guard against any expressions which might prejudice hcr cause, which is vital to our victory." n- o a a

It appears that during the raid on St. Nazairc the British held an entire section of the town, a German eye-witness, greatly praised the “feroci-

herself frcm being drawn into the vortex of the war; so much is this the case that. she is reported to have mobilized her full military strength to resist an expected Nazi drive. Just. why Hltltr should wish to occupy‘ Sweden is not clear since he has not. yet found it necessary to do so but we do know mat it is impossible for any coun- try wltllln his rcacivhrmalrrtafn an independent existence indefin- itely. Possibly Sweden's iron de- llverles are not satisfactory, al- though she seems to have been do- lng her best to make them so, or else the _F‘uehrer is incensed over the decision of the Swedish Courts to release ten Norweigirm ships that have bEen lying at Gothen- burg, to their Norwegian owners in Great. Britain. But whatever

those who “would send every trained man and every available ivcapon overseas," regardless of the fCSllllilIll iiiljrairiucnt of the defences of Can- ada itsclf. At the other end were those who .. . .

would retain-at home every able-bodied man and all available weapons of war," regardless of the resultant risk to the fortunes of Britain and her .'\II|(‘5 rill lllc ficlds of battle abroad. -In either ca-c he pointed out, ilie result would be equally rlpasirous to Canada and the Empire. _ It was nlamfcst, s.'lys an exchange, that in mak- ing this elaborate statement Xir, King's purpose was to plcturetlic Dolriiirion Government under his ivisc lcadrr-"hip as being a moderate, sensible, safe, riiiilillc-uf-illc-roarl iustittiiion, WIlICIi p\ir- sues its plll'[lfi>.£‘flll pace tnidisturbed by the