recreate . 1. THE

ation that they had to find a scapegoat some- where. So they honored the Progressive Con- servative opposition by trying to pile their own scarlet sins on its back.

Morning Daily (Founded in i887)

President: Lieut. Col. W“. Chester S. McLnre Vice-President: .I. It. Burnett, F. .I. l. Secretary: Lieut. (Jul. D. 1L MacKinnnu, 0.5.0.

lditor and ltianuging Director; .I. it. Burnett. l"..l.l. Licut. Ian

Associate Editors: i-‘ruuk Walker A. Bll-rllcii, it. ‘..\'.V.li.

and 1011 Active Service)

‘The Strongest illeliwry iTsTWeaker Tluui

the Weakest Ink.” iiioxtuvf Dl-Itzt-Jilliiiltmll. 11m

Bright Farm Prospects lv ______ __ Barring $11111,» cala111i11it1< rrup failures, pre- dicts the /".ii1111'1'i'11/ l'1i.rl, t’ .1,.t-li;111 fflrlllmfls will

conic out of lillr \v.1r in . strongest financial position they lzavt 1'11"" 11.11111]. 'l'ht-rc 111:1)’ he

some cxccptin ‘ in .1 ft-w qivci: 11' areas, htit, getierallv spun] . i1. tllc ii11111l fztriitrr 1111 good soil is prospcrou» llt- . i vciir]. li.'1r1]. handi-

capped l>‘\' i11cr_1‘, bu: he

-'ifficit*ut mach- ". l a'111 prices were

higher, \crv ~‘ £11 the boom davs of die First l‘ eat \\ . lntt so were the prices rif the 1:1‘ -' :l11*r things that

i ‘il .111il l l ‘ today ceilings ap- ply on fcctl. ' i1ii'-.i111t>i1fs and family items ;1"] " ‘ ' i ~ that

wcrc hi . 1~1l prices by farmers .11 tii1--1i1 _~ ole,

Net 1'11 " ':- 11);]; totalled $074 tttilliii: 1! >3.) uiillittu; iu

19.10 r1111] 1i. Cllff€lil _\1'.'ll'

ciiirpilcd for the l lllttl§i will he

recorded. 1' 1 the sale of farm products _i111111it-. 1'1. - 51111 ]111\-1-f$31\‘3.5 fllillltlili in l-i_;.r i 1ii=~ $14011 itiillitms last

year. . f; ti l>]‘..\' iwtiitnitc of farnt purchasing tiiiuci 1'»,- i:11i1".\ rose from I165 when war lirolte iiut to 1111b‘ last lune (I935- 39-100),

\\'hcre ]:'1< tlii= 111111- Largely iitz-i 1] ‘tt- i s: ]ii|1iii.l;11it,111 of ntortgzigcs and 1- 1~r tit pttrchascs of victory bonds and more 1 1 laud.

"-11 incimte gone?

Because of 1 1- 11:1 iiiztntifacture atid distribution of 11' 111: “c uiilitls. farmers have hct-n tuialft- to :1 . v of 1h1- pur-

chases they would

they had the lll1*ll1‘_\'. been unable to rtuilxict- stead, they have barn

hut- liiitg zigii had

]11 11:11: zft-‘c- they have -'11_1 cipiipuicut. In- g 1'i1ir1*\11;111'vc111ie

into victory bonds : ~-] 1lvl1t ltlll'l‘lllClll. Over half the fatuis 1-1 3\.13.1'1"l11~1,.,111 are 110w free of tlcbt and alnio-z t'11c,i 111l.i]'l1'l'.§ 11f those in Manitoba.

After the 11:11‘ the-c =1\i11g< and this im- proved credit standing \‘.'Ill li1- .11:1il.'1]1lt* for tre- mendous purclta-"cs 11f bttilly nrvilcd farm equipment, for the ittsrtllttzon of hathrooins Ind model kitchens, for new ii"iitill-ll)llc§, f1.ir11i- ture and the huutlrt-ik 11f iitizci" uecc-sitics and

luxuries that far11:i\1-~. 11l1111 ahlc. are just as mxious to bu)‘ as city

Booming wartiuu; r111 will he tlte means of opctiiug the lf'lf_ft‘ 1111111 lilfifhfii to Canadian itiatiiifacttircr: 1111i] imprirtcrs who are ready to supply i1. ].:tr_»__i1- l1L‘l'll'11'llli'lll farni ex- ports after tlic pctct‘ sliiiiilil loop that market

open if we are wi<e enough to rt-Jtlize that for- eign trade is vital to our gcitt-rzi] prosperity.

chrisTtiiitiséDEarly Mailing

A critical Cltii-tsuzis 11' i111]

will soon confront th1~ lui-t 11f c1 ii \\'i1h Christmas falling on :1 .\lii1:i];1v this ycar it is essential that llll-lillfi of l1in1] 1111i] hc coiiiplctcr] by Dec. I9'—‘(I'1ll~i'lt‘ plan-s pmportioiiatcly ‘trlicr.

Rcspottsiliilit_v fin" "1l1':r1~r_v 1111 tiuic" of Christmas tjrertiuqs ziui] g" s’ in a litrgc tneas- ure rests with iniliviiliixi] 1x. .211». '|‘]111 post of- fice cannot coutzl lCt‘ il- 11in 11111:] 1h1: greet- ings and gifts liar.- beer inriilw] l: is in 0111' own iiitt-r1 <ts 111:1: 111- 111;i.il .\ 1i uittlv in ad-

vance of ("hristitits llrrr iii cuztlilc the tiostal service to handle the ll‘t‘!lll']l1lltllS volume and complete deliveries biif-irc llri‘. 25.

H UII ting For A i, i Scat pegont

An utiforttuiatt- Cltll.~(‘llllk‘llt't' 11f the coils” - Ion crisis is that it llfltl 1h.- iiiict iit‘ ilvfcrriuq for several 11 wks the 1lt~~1 111111 iii rt-iufiii-cciiiciits i0 the (‘aitzttliatt force; in lliillztni]. li1'l'lll.'lll_\l, and Italy. |'r11u1- 11-111- liirii" and ltis sup- porters realize that, Jls 1K 1‘\'f1l!lll frotu their departure Zlilblliltls 111 Jiiif: 1111» 1-1-~pr>11.<i]11']it_v

for this failure 1111 the i z l lzi to ltccp Canada's pl1~1 111 111-1- l? -11.

“\\'itl1 a s] ~~ thut - ‘llii 1 dipper)‘ and a ili-liiini .1/~ 1 s 1-1'1'rii11t<'r_\,' says the lliutvu ' /'/1i: i"... they arc try- ing to mal it ftltpta" 12111 t§11 rc-pousibility for tho 1'1 ]' 1i-1 111t- -',ii11lil1-1~~ of 1111- Pro- gressive Lion-t 1111i‘. l1 is tltc 11111.1 itrraiit nonsense, 1>f c1i111'.~1-, 111 suggii-t 1111)" such thing. We have l'(‘\l)1'lll$lllll‘ Qiiwr111111111 in Canada, Ind, iuidtt‘ i'1'.~p1111~il1‘1~ giivciaiitiriit, it is the

party in gioircr that i< chitrqi-i] 111th tltc duty of admiuistratiriti."

EDI IURIAI. NU I [:8

This is pro-Christmas week. ll l! ll! l?

The Government has made a. poor job of Santa Clausitig 13o of Bruce Stewart S: Co.'s employees and the estimated 500 left without visible means ofstipport.

l i I

The crew of H. M. C. S. Charlottetown arc to be remembered at Christmas whether or not their frigate succeeds in reaching this port for the event.

in a a e

All will join in congratulations to Co]. I. D. Stewart on the D.S.O. lioitour conferred upoti l1in1 at the battle front. Under date of Nov. 3O the Colonel writes: "Back 011 the job again after a short spell in hospital."

1i A‘ * iii

In one month 3,438 aircraft were received from Britain at an RAJ’. TransportCommand airfield somewhere in Belgium; in the same per- iod more than 7,000 tons of freight was handled, 4,280 passengers received and dcspatched and 7,200 casualties evacuated to England.

i Ill i i Two hundred Canadian soldiers from the Western European theatre with the equivalent of five years’ overseas service to their credit will spend Christmas at home in Canada. The first draft, chosen by luck of the draw, left their tmits last week for England whence they will sail for Canada. Another 200 will come home front the Italian theatre and 50 from the United King- dom. The-troops will have 30 days at home. Further drafts will leave monthly if shipping is available. U U l l

The Rt. Hon. Hugh Dalton, President of the British Board of Trade, and as such a port- folio holder in Mr. Churchill's Goveruinent, thinks there should be a quid pro qua in the matter of political honours in Britain and Can- ada. Addressing a Canadian Chamber of Coni- mcrce luncheon at which Viscount Bennett was a guest, .\'Ir. Dalton referred to the way the former Canadian Conservative Prime Minis- ter “has joined us here, been absorbed into the fabric of otir country, and obtained a seat in Par- liament so secure that no election can ever 1111- scat him." “My seat in the Commons is not that kind,” he said, amid latighter. "When the fatal day comes, I give you warning I shall go across to Canada and ask to he admitted to your equivalent of our llotise. of Lords.“

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One of the nation's great problems is to find a system of education a11d economic organization that will give back life to small communities rob- bed of their leaders for economic reasons, Dr. I1]. M. Coady, president of the St. Francis Xavier University extension department of A11- tigouisli, N. S., said in an address at the Victoria Theatre, Montreal. Education had been founded too much on the escape idea that through it people could lcave their birthplace and rise, job by job, in society, Dr. Coady said “There is little thought of those left behind on farms and in fishing villages. 1f the day ever comes when Pl1.D,’s from the universities go back to the farms and fishing villages t0 e11- joy their education, then democracy will he here. “Rural life and labor cannot coutitttic 1 1-755 their best brains and prosper," Dr. Coady

date i936; 0n Dec. 3 the nation had heeii in- formed of a grave constitutional crisis; King Edward VIII saw his brother the Duke of York, his ntother, Quccit hlary, Prime hlinistcr llaldwiu, who conferred with Dominion rcp- rtxcittativtfi next day Mrs. Ernest Simpson left England for Iirancc‘: on the 7th the lluke of Yorlc visited his brother; iit a statement read h_v Lord Brownlow at Cannes, .\lrs. Siuipsoti declared she had invariably wished to avoid any action which would hurt or (lamage the King or the throne, and expressed her willingness to withdraw from a situation rendered both 1111- happy 11111] untenable; on Dcc. 10, in a llotisc crowded to its utmost capacity, Prime .\linistcr llaldtvin announced that King lidwarr] Vlll lWl decided to ahdicate. and that he would be stic- cecdcd by the Duke of York as Kl"?! (Icnlfle Y]; amid tense silence the speaker read a iiics- sagc frotu King i7.(lWE1i'(l rciiotiucing the thronc aitd referring to it as his final and irrevocable decision; he thereupon ceased to he King. and next day, Dec. II, King George VI began his reign, his predecessor broadcasting a message

King lcft for Portsmouth and boarded the des- lroycr Furv for France; the new King there- upon ZISCCiKlEd the throne as (icorge VI.

a- 111 =11 =11

Mr. \V. ‘l. Haley, director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation, reports that the BBC plans to ptit United Kingdom ffltlll! fans "ahead of any other listener in the world," but declared at the same time that the power of the world's press tnust never he weakened. "The spoken word can supplcinctit the ivrittcu ivord; it cannot supplant the writvtctt- word," -\ll'- llalcy told the Radtodutlustries Club. Mr. Haley, fornterly a Joint general itianagcr of Reuters news agency, announced also flint after the war BBC, 1vl1icl1 carries no commercials or advertising, planned to operate three separate

lengths. On the genera] subject of Press and radio. he declared: “Auytliing which weaken- ed the iitiportance of the Press ill "ll" "Plllmlfll lif¢ would be. against the. public interest. l do tint believe aivvthing could happen to “Pflllffl the importance of the Press. . . . The Pres! is one of our most enduring and vital herit- ages. Broadcasting has come to stay. I11 0i" different ways we tnust both help each Other i0

'l']'tc 111.111 who liftrllfJlll lllti cri-is to a hcad was, of CUUrrC. tfolimtil llal-tiin who hail come to the c111icli1=i1>11 that i‘. \'.‘l~ 111» lnugci‘ pos- liblc to plact- 111w crinfwlin 1 $11 tl11~ l‘ri111e .\liii— istcr's [ironiisc 11» p111 1-ii1i riiption into cifcct when CtlllSCfilllittll l1t‘t'.'|]il1‘ l‘l'l'l ..,.11_1' .1111] who refused to riiiitiiuit- ill l11~ :1 p.111)" 111 a policy which hold fit and 11“? -1l :11ii..:1r_v [lPliYlllliCl cooling their hct-ls in l: '-il:t tihilt- the fight- ing (llVlSiUlls ll\'(]'o\‘1'(\ ]...'.1ii] ailt-ipiittt- rciu- forceiiieitts.

Colonel halstuii liriiugjiii 1hr crisis to a head by his protest atid l‘('~iQll1'llilll'|. llc allayct] it by his flilllfilillfcllltlll 111' his i111<~111io11 to sup- port the govcriuiirut :1f11r 1l11~ lITlllIC Kliuistcr had eaten his quota 111' 141-1» uni] l1.11l told l‘ar- liament 111' hi. 1111111111-111 111 11111-01111 111 the policy he had dqg|11>111111_-1l .1111] 11|ip1i-;-il for fitc years. cOlonel Ralstoirs 11111111-1n in il~i11g bolli these things were above rcprrm-tlt.

The apolitgii-ts 11f tlw giwi-iw-iriicttt could at- tach no blame \\'ll1'lll"1l" 1ii 1' ttririiig uiiu- But such was thc 111111111 111' their ]111111ili-

J

M. P.,

said. To the common people also must Q0 a we Vancouver Provmm Moscow’ larger share of the national income. 11E 511T}; W115 llle Only Olly lu the ‘ ,,. ,1. ,1. .1. world to tnake fundamental doci-

_ n _ _ , slons about the population and The kings Accession to the throne this area needed for an effective plan

_ . . . _ - _ Socialist. Soviet ristoer c , th declaring his allegiance to the 1_1e1v_ sovereign, would have an“: {low}? y“) nil; after dining with the Royal ltamily the cx- courthouse and torn the case

I Hf git-lip. 'I‘pe lcdxam 1e oi Fain axnd -' t i crt-nt wave u r~v siou cenn up can ns smmltancous programs on ‘rec ( morals. The it-lcn of aristocracy

I'I-I_i£ QHARIA HTETOWN GUARDIAN

iiiotes l By The Way

pound of butter?-(w'

1 sell-l b on: Q Q l-sslsl II d What does one new hear of the *3“, I lflllle 8811111! Who succeeded in making a suit of clothes of mi1k.— T-"Z-a-t.

PUBLIC FORUM '

and bow about measuring us for s 1 '1?

bune.)

l" Tflllyf In emerxeney n1-

check their tiara-kart daggers at "is dWh-(Wlnntpea Tribune.)

There is still some mystery over gie visit. 11f 5111mm; go the whim °ll>°~ 01w theory 1s that Fala mistook him for a bone and drag- ged lllm ln. We doubt that this is finflabllgbncFflJfihwpuld mttirely sniff o __

(Ottawa. Citizen.) m“ on m 0M member of th 1| g Representatives has cigrriediuti) ‘C. PEA-t his determined fight, w see l ll lldfiquate amounts of clothing are made for outsize men and wo- Fefli '_I‘he New York Sun reports. up; credentials as a. dlamplgn u; _s cause, the congregsman sub. ’?é’.;‘1§1‘2‘if§.sl;‘1‘1“’3.“1‘ 1.“ £51, s“ h“ i EB s pounds

and takes s. 44-long gulp

Fashion designers in Lo d

say that the average Woman 2111'; llle lyflr Will have luscious curves from balanced wartime diets, broad shoulders from performing war W011i. and big feet from walking so muc . The trouble will be that most, wOmens postwar project, W111 be to look as different as possible from the average. But how do you reduce broad shoulders and big feet? - (Montreal Gazette)

Th! history of warfare bu p315. iellled Vrry few examples of me renaissance of a nation enzbseti 1n 21h life-aud-death struggle before p m. struggle has reached its 911d- mc. Yet 1n the case 0f France the miracle stands clear for s11 the World to see. It is not; yet c.1111- Dlets; its conception will deyend llPOn the leadership and vision o; those who will have to handle the government of France during the early postwar period. But given sktlful leadership and 11151011, ma; miracle will see 11-11111°n__.(Munt_ real Star.)

Bears. fut. from n summgr of stuffing themselves, are now retir-

ing into riil d , 1

hollow treese. rtliigifs pilrels cgfieifforldig 005F181 says Science Service. There llley will doze off into the death. lke sleep called hibernation. Hib- ernation is not: always an uninterc runted slumber. On warm, sunny days 111 \Vlnte1', bears are apt. to emeige for a_sl1ort. lnok-arotiitd; and it there 1_s anything tn sight to eat they Wlll eat. it. But most; of the time they will be fast asleep, slowly sinking the banked are, s1 llfe Wllh their body stores of fat.

Th0 JIIPS at an advanced New Guinea base must. remember their childhood love of catching light- ning bugs, because meyve bun catching them in wholesale uan_ titles, Says The Army O S_ome_of our patrols reported that llklitning bugs were performing n1ystcr1otis_ gyrations along the Jllilgle’ trails. They seemed no he signalling. Investigation disclosed lllal Jill? patrol leaders had mash- ed 11b the tall lights of the light- Illnil buss. had smeared the phos- porescent stibstntice on their fin.

gersnud were niaitittiitiing cotttact. between members of their titgltt patrols by signalling vrith their

glowing fingertips. Sir Ernest Simon. nessman. former Manchester and

noted busi- Lord Mayor of former Liberal "Drilling a conference of landscape artists in London re- Ccnl-ly. conuiarcd tnwn-plzinnltig in the Soviet Union with town-pinn- ntng in Britain-greatly to the disadvantage of the latter, notes

before developing n great city. Moscow decided that the popula- tion of 3.600.000 should be allowed to increase to 5.1130000 but never beyond that number. Any obstruc- tive private interests were ruth- lessly swept away. "Moscow." sud Slr Ernest. "ls the paradise of the planner. and ttie planners were determined to make Moscow the flncst; capital in the world."

At 1t convert. at Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow I took note of the shabby clothes of the audience, \V. L. Wliitc writes in Reader's Digest. They are ill-ntltitg. poorly cut, of- ten flashy but always of tawdry materials. Yr-s. I know tlicrels a war 011. The British also are shab- by. but. lou can tell that. at. one time their \VCll-\\'Crii clothes were 800d, ivliile these never were. This is the concert. hall where seats usually p.11 to high officials or to crack Stakhnnovite workers WHO get fiigli Wartitue Wngcs. But. the audience can't eoitipure with a tnectlng nf the Workers’ Alliance iii my 1101111: town of Etitia-Crizt, Kas, at, the bottom of the dnprr- SiCIii. Before our W.P.A. home re- lief cases would have appeared in public as shabbily dressed as this

workers llmb from llmb.

My favorite newspaper informs me that. Fain. President Roose- velt's Scottie. is tn have what it. coyly calls "n bride", and that what 1t. nlso inaccurately calls "the lucky dog" is Rubev. a child of Tclek, the Scottie wliclh Winston Churchill gnve to General Eisen- hower! Whaf an event in interna- tional society! But the paper does not say whether Rubev ltns decid- ed upon n church wedding, or a clvll affair. with Mayor La Guar- dla officiating. . .'l'ltls business of choosing “br1des“ for dogs B peels to me strongly; all the dogs n my neighborhood are painfully lax 1n this respect, and although I am assured by their owners that. they nrc of human intelligence. or bet- ter. 11m notions of monogamy and privacy have not yet occurred ".0

among human beings has now fallen into rilsrepiite, but it. is ris- ing sharply 111 the animal world, wlirre a mesnlltant-e is regarded with horror. To mix n metaphor. mankind is now m1 all fours. while the do: is mounting his high horse- tMarchbanks in Peterbor- ough Examiner.) .

VIRTUAL MONOPOLY

council ts called t id - tn Sin-The following is a ques- snd details. As tnfttiihniofhvusf tlon naked on page 110 in our -ion Ls past. the boys will pleas, Grade X nritbmeic book. I am

fcer. dugtr

PAGING LEWIS CABEOLL

told that. it is vsinnble as n. mind trainer: “A dealer in watches imports a number of cases at. $15. The duty on this kind of goods is B0 er

could lie make in the rice of a watch and still make 2 per cent profit tn case there was no duty?" The question does not state whether the reduction is be made on the coat price or on the selling price; but as it is more usual to make reductions on the selling price, one must assume 11f one is to get the answer in the book) that his selling price, when he pays duty, gives him no profit whatever. 1s that considered good bust- ness? Then when he escapes the duty p‘: wishes to make 20 per cent pro-

ifowever it is cases he buys but watches he sells. Does he sell mpty cases without the works

he throw in the works for noth- ing? If it is the latter, how is ever going to nuke 20 per cent profit‘? ihe dealer surely is an

usinm man. If this Ls mind training. like Alice in Wonderland. I feel things are getting "curlouser and curious- er”. Cnn anyone enlighten me?

, Sir, e . MUDDLED MOTHER.

Hats Off To Britain

(World-Telegram, New York) Historians of the next century will try to figure out. how little England-before Russia. and the United States went. fn-was able to stand off the mighty Germany that. had conquered Europe. They cln find some of the answers In a remarkable report just made to Parliament entitled, “Statistics re- lating to the wnr effort of the Un- ited Kingdom."

Not. of course, that statistics can tell the whole story. But; they re- fleet. in tangible form what the nnconquerable spirit. of a great people produced for the em- ergency defense of Britain and of civilization.

Here are some of the figures: Britain's nrmed forces now ex- ceed 5.000.000 out. of a 41,000,000 population. More than one-third of all her men between the nues

and sea casualties up to inst. SEP- tember were about 600.000.

The statistics for women are even more astounding. Almost. half the women between the atzes of 14 and 59 are tn the armed set-vices. in full-time civil defense or in in- Y.

Home front sacrifices have been lteavy. Civilian casualties, even before the recent Nazi V-2 bombs, totalled more than 136,000. One out of every three houses has been destroyed or damaged.

Under these conditions of death and destruction, of blackout and short rations, the women 11nd the men 0n the production front. doub- led the groin yield and built. 722 major warships. more than 100.000 planes. more than 25.000 tanks and 4,010,000 machine guns.

And Britain has paid for half her war expenditures by taxes and other revenues-compared with our one-third.

No nation in this war has given so much from s0 little with such miraculous results. Overall con- tributions of Russia and the United States have been larger in many ways in an absolute sense. but not relative to their size and resources. In this later phase of the war the Russian and American contribu- tions nnd sacrifices Will incréflsfi more rapidly.