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TllE _ GIIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

.\loiiiii.g Daily (Founded in 1887)

hesidi-iii: Lteut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure \" ' sltllfllll .|. ll. Burnett. F-J-I- Secret: l.it'lll_ (‘o|. D, A. lllzicKinnon- 0.5.0.

Elder anil Managing Director: J. R. Burnett. F-J-l- Afflllflilll‘ lijiiiiois: Frank Walker and lan A. Burnett

Sl'lli.\'(:lill"f‘l0N RATES By Mail Iii t’. L |., £4.00 pcr year: 52.50 for 5 month! $1.113 fr! 3 months; 50c for one month

City nl‘ll\'('l’)'! " (Ill pcr year; $3.00 for 6 months for 3 months B; i\l.lll in (i! i and l'.S..\. :$5.00 per year

i) pi-r year: $1.00 for 6 inoiitns.

Bat-inlay “cl-Liv . ur 3 months.

_"The Strongest’ Memory is Weaker than the

wlilltlfil, ll>.lllll.llii\' 2i. ion. Calls lilll" A Showdown l

'l‘li'.- l of Federal Aircraft, l.td., a giwei-wiiic i.vl‘.';(l ii-poration, to deal with the vi |_\ iiiipiiriant problem of air- criilt 111i) "in has been the subject ofl iepzni c-zl ci ~vm iii such leading Liberal, newspapers in; (he Winnipeg Free Press.

oi-itativc. independent Jourm.

and sash out: _

' -- 1‘i..’.".'.‘('.ftf ("oil and Canadian , i! i.- llill surprising. therefore, that non. ll. ti. lltiizson. leader of the QD-l position. Slfdlllll lllrlil on his right to bring ‘hi,- ,,,;-. -. b attention of the House U," tji . ‘ll lite statement he liilfl prepared w i- ruled out of order .\'95l91'daY on a technI _v. and the Speaker refused to accept l .\ iiiiitlzm to ll(l_]0lll‘ll for dis- cussion of "ii lllillllfl‘ of urgent public im- ])i‘l‘lI|llL‘(‘., .‘»l". ilziiisoii released his state- ment to the lli‘ll.‘lllfll)t‘l'.‘i. ll llPl>9'-\1'_5_'n w‘ diivis (.‘iiiii'ii'.’rii. and reveals a condition of ilffilirs which. to say’ the least. calls for vcrv full unil frank explanation by the (invent " i1. liiiit is all that Mr. Hanson ,,,.-|,-<; Zliltl -( (hi-rc- are circumstances that nulkc pllllllC cxplzination undesirable, he Sllflqcsls‘ that a secret session be held.

Premier Kine once before scuttled Par- liament and sprunyg an election rather than afford to the then Opposition leader. Dr. Manion. the opportunity of discussing the Government's wai- activities. The country is in no mood for another exhibition of such tactics. Mr. King's plain course, and that of his cabinet colleagues. is to welcome constructive criticism and give 9V9?!’ P95‘ sihle opportunity for discussion and in- quiry.

\Vartiine Financing

There is point also to Mr. Hanson's

CYlllClslll that the hing Government should 5c’. a bciicr cxuiilple in the way of war- time economy. Finance Minister llsley

has [iresemcd a war builgct for the coming fiscal )ciir for the UllUYlllUllS sum of $i30,000,0o0,000, and has warned that ilie costs probably will cx- ci-eil this‘ iigltltf by "a considerable amount." The ltl.\'1)i't_\C1‘5 ll ' ciiiiinieint the Lioverniticnt for this cxpciidiiiirir if ll. is spent on vital war require- iiiciiis. ihc‘ i. l1!) ilifii-iciicc of UpllilUll on that point. \\i Cililslllg ills-satisfaction is the Gov- erinn '" LU economize in other directions

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-——a f lilo, in iiirge part, to its reten- tion of pa . "\\c io- lll .\lr. llslcy, “the fact that

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the most criiical year in the, history of Ci\‘1l‘.

on.“ ls it conceivable that a tiovcriiiiirni, r iizing this illl-llllpOfiillll fact, should spuiii l 1 ll‘ nczirly three million dol- lai"s—i‘ c prrcc of iivi-i‘ l!\tZl' one hundred of ilic " iici‘ ' in taking a census of the’ cinly (triplicate, so far as are concerned, the national an lllri, year? point. out that the reduction in_ o, for non-war purposes of $15,“

the iiiiifzi (-

zocrooo .'-..~ a i<i;.i.>oo.ooo C. X. R. deficit vvliiqh v. - n in-c-rulinzi because of incrcasrd raiiluriv - ijis due lo war conditions. 'l‘l".e nsi lTiiitl oi rniiii-eii rcoiioiiiy is a saving 0f allUjlfll" 4th ' Ivlr, llanson, "most

iuill i-nough." llc cited, . c hue-c expenditures incur-

chip iuiii~i., i~ii i1

11ml h," i" l|\)\\l iiiiiirs publicity organizations as ilil ili::iccr..>:ii'v' mine of pUlJliC fUIKlS-

.\n<ii'iii.i' maucr zilinut which the Opposition l(.'l'l<‘l‘ 1- Willi‘ ‘rti-‘d i. llll‘ (io\'Ci'iiii1@i1l'$ ii¢li5klllll5 ciiiuixi 1-." lii- l; g plircd it scrics of illiCatiuili on llll‘ ii: l r p, pi r on lllln subject, and is coni- lll’ mli-il ilii- i‘ lit: o. l»; ilic llalifax Chroniclql (lulu-fail: Viilkil .\' 1--

'“l'lii--i' arc cozii is unilcr which the (inverti- mom i>i l. \‘~iil' lllIli\'l'l.'ll from a inanufactiii'crl ;._-, ;, [._-i»,-_ phi. 111i; cii~i of production. Such a l "ti; ill l of l-‘ldi. "in; illlcftol. to our furthers. lt lw lilc'll' lmur (i pizrnnce, ioo often, to be com-'

proilucris at less than cost.

pcllcd to s ll lllfli‘ ,4 llopc is the prospect of

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immediate outlet for

against Salonika.

British offensive more intolerable.

y In Europe Nazi pressure is directed toward al those icountries which stand between the lteich and tl.e

,l'L‘2l(ljli$llllL'lli of (lei-man relations with [vital interests of her great enemy, Britain. In ‘the Far East it is directed toward prodding and li-ucouraging Germany's Japanese confederate. If flliisso-japancse differences should be composed, (and Russia were to lend herself to Japanese pur- iposes with the same coniplacence as she showed tiermany, the whole Pacific area would become ‘a war zone.

The possibility of successful Japanese aggres- sion against the lizist Indies is causing acute

alarm in Australia, which might find her shippingI

routes menaced, hcr mandated islands threatened and her, very shores in danger. The United States might be roused to such a state of alarm

that the normal shipment of war materials to Bri-l

lflill would be suspended in a fever of preparation for .'lCli0il against lapzin.

At no time has Canada's role appeared more vital. nor her responsibilities more onerous. As Australia turns hcr head toward the east and prepares herself to meet whatever may come from that direction. as the United States prepares to guard hcr PilClllC empire and bases, we in tlrs coiintuv become more and more obliged to swcll the stream of weapons and supplies.

— EDIIURIAL NUIES - Markcts are slim these days. n- : i: w

A nickel a day keeps the Gestapo away, IF * ll‘ 3

Cause and effect? Since the order was given to arm the city police, the City Police Court has been slimly patronized.

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The Germans are said to tic constructing a sec- ond concrete line of defences in Poland against Russia. The first line runs along present Ucr- inan-ltussian frontier and is icii lllllCs deep. The new lines are built more westward with great haste. Some of thc Alziginot line's equipment has been transported from France for use in ihcsc new defences.

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To save the salary of an official rzitcatchei" ilie 'l‘own Council of Caistor in the iigrictilturzil district of Lincolnshirc two years ago offered to pay two pence each for rat tails brought into the council offices. '.t‘he 1,500 townspeople had earn- ed £217, 6s 8d up to the first 0i this month by taking in 26,080 tails.

$10K‘!!!

john Henry Newman, English Cardinal and litterateur, born this dine 180i; excelled as a preacher; as a Christian poet he ranks high; his “Lyra Apostalica" and his “Dream of Gerontius” are perfect in expression; while his hymn, “Lead Kindly Light" has attained iiinncnce popularity in all denominations.

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The first woman physician to be sworn in as a soldier, Dr. Agnes Bonnet. has arrived in litig- land from .\'c\v Zcaliiinl. She travelled to l.§g_v|,t to offer licr scrv cs in thc last war and was sign- ed on with the rank 0f a captain in the Royal New Zcaland Army Medical Corps. At thé present time Dr. Bennct will study conditions in the women's services with the object of advising the authorities at home about sending New Zciiland women over to England to hclp.

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Enough aluminum to make 500 airplanes has been collected from the kitchens aml stores of the British Army and turned ovci" to the hlinistry of Aircraft Production. It was in the form of pots and pans, for which block tin utensils have been substituted. More than half of the huge quan- tiiy of aluminum ware contributed by housewives in response to an appeal has iilrcadv been train»- formed into fighter planes and bombers.

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The Church of St. Olave's, where Samuel Pepys, the iliarist, worshipped, was one, of the seven churches of London that escaped the Great liirc of i000. li lllso escaped ihai 0f Dcccnibir 1i), i940, caused by Hitler's barbarians. Since the start of the blitzkrieg, watchers have awaizeil the descent of fire bombs on its flat roof. An incendiary fell on the belfry from which the alarm for the Grczit Fire was tolled. It was sniotlicrcd iii a fcw minutes. l‘cp_vs himself helped to save St. Olave's in 1666. l-le brought men from the docks to blow up the surrounding houses and to stay the fire’s progress.

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The question of further shipments of American tobacco to Britain is to be takcicup by Mr. A. l-l. Maxwell, British government tobacco controller, who is en route to the United States. The British Board of Trade announces that manufacturers have complained against the virtual ban agaimt

military action, except The longer she is thus con- fined, the greater becomes the pressure of econ-i ‘omic and political stresses gcnerated within lltl’ ‘s )llL‘l'l3 of influence. .\nd the longer this pressure us continued, the greater is the danger from out- side as American help becomes effective and the

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NOTES BY TIIE WAY

What lites up must come down is an ol-ri saying but. it. has no up- plicailoii to Albert-a gzvernnient taxation. — Calgary Herold. '

Th! turning over of French stores of gas liie in Tunisia to the hard- pressed Italians L; taken ln scme quarters as a sign that. Marital Petain is weakening from h‘; l adamant. stand that he will stick by | the armistcc terms and that he

may make furt-hcr ccncusions to the Axis. — Suult Dally Star.

How seriously labour trouble can ‘interfere with production in muni- l tion plants is graphically prtraycd‘ .111 Steel. A recent. issue of thisl

publication Show: a huge two- enzinc bomber alongside o strike lplckcg parade. and says: “This bomber requzres 24.000 man-hours to build. One strike like this. affect.- l ing 8000 workers and laztimz only 12 days. results in loss if 768.000 yman-hours. This means 82 bimb- Iem. vital to our defense and that? \ of Elngland, won't he built."

General llertzog, former Premier of South Africa, who cpl? sed south I African entry into the war. and later

resigned his seal; ln Parliaments, has been granted a i2 000 pension for life by the Gavernmint oif Premier Smuts. That, is a generous recognition of past services to the Union. and also a recognition of the democratic right of General Hertmg to hold t; his own opinion. In szme quarters of the world, he would have been liqllldflfid fcr his opposition. _ St. Catharincs Stan- dard.

A waiter stood beside the table at which a man and woman were lulilliifu; in Lcndcn ysterday. “Pardon me. sir." lie said. "An unexploded bonvb ls being moved along in» road within a few min- utes. Perhaps you would like t) seek shelter?“ The man waved his C-Eilféliie idly. “All right. waitzr," he said — and stayed. Rzund the tables moved the oiaitrr. Ncibmly moved. shcp assistants were dress- ing windows. The pclice warned t-aciri. They wen; on dnssiiig win- dows. Outside in the street, mm. dfEd-‘i Oi p‘: pl? stcczl three deep along the pavements speculating on what the-v were to see. _ Lindon Mail.

Pffhflns the condemnation of the mcd-crn age uttered by Professor A. S. Orton, f Eilllflllllllihl College, T)- , ranto. would be lTiCYe effective "if he founded it cu sounder premises. He contrasts the sinking of the Titanic, with. the playing and sinmng c: "Nearer. My G.d to Thie", with U? liliiy bellownng by childish IUIISS of "Roll Out the Barrel" as the City cf Bsriarc; sank beneath the waves. Wc clo nzt know whe- ther these little refugees did scig this hczirtenng song, We do lmow_ that, the “Nearer My Gocl to Thee" story about the Tltzanic was lng ago authoritatively branded as pure fable. — Windsor St-ar.

After the sudden collapse of the Ottawa Csnference called lo deal with the Siro.s Report proposals hecauso cf the unyielding c9051- ~tion of the Prcmlc-i-s of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, Premier Pat-tullo cf the latter prov- ince found he lmd business to do in N€w York, and s) has n t: yet returned tic-me. It may have been a" 5°?- Cil DPl-lflfinc: on his part, for m"? appears to be a viist volume off indignation developing in the coast province c ncerning the pm; he plai-"ed in wrccking the Cqnfer- ‘end. He may have ccnsidcicd that. tlrs storm of protest wieiilii sognl die out. but he seems to have made a. mistake. He has been warned by; a. Vancouver newspaper which gem‘ erally supp rts his G "vl rnmcnl, tliatl on his return he will ‘- ~> a pygv- ince which dtlllllllils a m wluwn on this mater. - Calgary Herald.

The pubfc have a great deal to learn from tlioe War Office gen- erals whom. throughout ms war, n has bein fasliiczizibla t-o assail. F l‘ the War Office generals have plain- , l)’ learned them lessons and prof. ecl by the kncwledgc of their own mistakes. In Ncrth Afizca tin», Bril- lSh firm-es. abandoning their old tactws, and applying nevi met); 415 of warfare are driving beiftre them Mussolini: armies in a. series or triumphant. engagements whim are bound to slurten the war. The rulers of the RAF, are striving all the time t0 improve their technique. ‘A5 i1 N-Wlt of this sipirit of non- lvomiplavenvv the mas-n iii the any. have, saved civil‘ ation and are winning daily srccesses which will take their place in history. what must. the rest .f us do now? we must concentrate day and nlghflp 1118M and _day, on the shipping sit.- l uation. Shippmg, shipping.

A Minister with supreme powers w build new ships more swiftly to turn the old ships and battered ships‘ to sea mare quickly, must, be appointed now. — Sunda Ex (Londm). y puss

An ‘experimental health con- servahon plan undertaken recently by a Minneapolis machine manu- facturing company _calls fol- the daily issuance of vitiimln ills to the workers. The firm hope t. e pills will build up resistance to colds and l other winter ills and thus keep the,

lant’; mimpmvei- close to g m“-

um. Industrial production l; ma-I terlally impaired by lilness, and any health Pfokramme which effective-l

ml i; i\ i. P“ mun. .\ contract which 11550195 , new American purchases effective since early last l d m“ L llll‘ | do». r o. la. you, .-iii.l somciliiiig more lw- year. Tobacco from empire SlOCks and Turkish y "’,“,§§§,,c,;,§§‘,, vgélmbgn“ ‘fig: sills . iiiiil» ‘w ii-c fiilillri‘ 1111")‘ "lullll ill"? a 51$!" and Greek “products mixed with Virginian leaf able manpower Ls needed to opeied of ihc nnlli-iiiiiiiiii." _ has not satisfied the demand. Citing October’: mrftlfla-lg‘? ‘Piaf; 3&9 ‘GIN!!- Tlii- t (Ilifili ldlivlllttfii are receiving the 1100's imports, the board said the 33,000,000 pounds of by we ,,,,,,,,°,,,“§l ‘farm angnwfgig, .\ll‘tlv til lil('~(' \‘*>lii!';|L‘l\, \\‘illl the rtiiiiiiiitlvl‘ HWlAnicrican tobacco arriving in Britain amounted defense cfficfll-i- — 365L111 501169»? i111; in l.i';:v p-ri l‘! illl‘ \\ csicrn Provinces, by to about one-tenth of the annual total, most all?“- “illllll llinl. .\ll', ilarilziici- boasts that lie is TC’ this bought and paid for prior to the war_ These 5|,- chrhtnphfl- Wu," “yum.

gzirilcd a. a Nona t lzius.

(inc 0i llll‘ principal duties of Parliament this sc~siiin will lii- tn scrutinize all contracts, as wclli as (Jlllt'l' t'.\lii‘lllllllll".'.\', with a view to getting full‘ value fin" (‘l/thy ilolliir of the taxpayers’ money (ll‘\‘()i('(l to uni" purposes, and 0f reducing ail other cxpcniliturcs l0 the minimum.

Tili- liiillll most strongly urged by Mr. Hanson \\';l\ iii: llt't‘ll of a uar caliinct composer! of the ill‘ilt'.~l iiilmiiii-iiuiiiii-s, iinil frcc of any partisan

lingo, lhfillflllg it was ilic duty of the Opposi- liriii ll] \\:ii lll liclp, and not t0 Obstfiifl. the Gm" erimiciii. in liffrrcil llls suggestion “in the name

of ilic L-iill~l‘l‘\‘(!ll\'C pziriy. and of evcry Liberal “hi, piiis llln country first."

FeverTsli Nazi Efforts

(Ti-rni:iii_\'< ion-rid] diplomatic activity in tlte

Tiilllvfllls‘ flllll ('l~(’\\'lll'l'(‘ has crcalcil apprcliensinii. l (Fiflfllll-‘lii. fml" Ofllflfl". lmW l0 be 3 309d can"

ll Jpiulil not tlffilslilll surprise. tii-rinsiny. 0* ll" i-vi-iiaiiei- lrillll- will. i< now ii great force con- fined within a limited space which Ill/QB 11°11 11°

stocks must now be replenished, hence reopening negotiations with U. S. A. n 4r a o

It appears that Quebec's Premier has been giv-

ing Ontario's Premier a lesson in good marmers.'

Responsibility for the failure of the Sirois con- ference was placed squarely on Premier Mitchell Hepburn, by Mr. Brooke Claxton, K.C., M.l’., .n an address Zlt a hlontrczil Reform Club. “Hepburn came there with a deliberate design to sabotage the conference to torpedo it," declared Mr_ Clax- ton. “And he did it, because the people here were not willing to talk on his terms or in his kind of language.” other hand, was applauded by Mr. Claxton, and

the audience. “Mr. Godbout," said Mr. Claxton,

“created a tremendous impression among Ill ti"! people there. His spcech was not only a lesson in manners. but it also tried to teach another

ailian." Fnlnckilv it failed of ‘its fil)j9L‘li\’_¢‘-*. wliilc “.\litcli” continues to make his fellow Lib- erals’ flesh creep-

Premier Godboufs attitude, on the

church, that. of St. James’, Picca- dilly, i-uticd by German vimdiiiuiic! will rise again after tho war, High] explosive and incendiary bombs de- BYJOYN part of the roof and made he north wall and pan or m; gust , wall unsafe. But. much of tho delic- ate interior doc rate work which Wren put into iii-the gilt at the top o! the wooden

which rise from the gallery to the] roof, tho carved mural ante on the supporting beams, anu the

molding; :21 the rwf-csca-ped dum- nge. "It is riot Benet-ally known," rays the rector, " at. our trove: leans four feet out the perpendi- cular - a sort, of London T wer of

rm. Bu; even the German bombs

I could not further undo Wren’: mag- nificent work, and the tower today in u’ sturdy and strong u it ever was.‘

l l ' IIATIONING BEER

BRUSIJLB -(CP) -Even Ger- man soldiers here are rationed in their beer bs-ciuse of the shortage ‘of grain for bzead thicuglicut occ-

upledBeldium. .

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PUBLIC FORUM

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q‘ n. of Ch luttetovivn Gunilla duel III nceuurlly undone tho oflllkl‘ of correspondent»

IMPORTED FEED C0318

Slrz-J-liivlng read most _of the contnbuticns offered on tar-S im- portant issue 1 believe that t-hesfl dscusslons are Qlllw Vl-llwbh l“ bringing cut the many different ggpgct; o: mo problem. Sumo writi- ers seem more interested in D11‘- smai literary combat. but the more consiwent contributors to this WP- lc have invariably given o»! the fruits o: sinner; th- usht and N-

search.

Although our fomu produce abundantly we purchase heavily °l-' imported feeds orf various kinds 101' our hos-S. poultrry (thousands rais- ed yearly) and oxes. And if these tceds culd be obtained at. a more reasonable price not only would our profits compare more favor- ably with our labor but ll. would re- sult in a greatly increased consump- tion thraighoui the Island.

I know that our neiihiboru who do not buy heavily of these feeds would use them extensively if they were sold at. a. rile encwnzlns w intelligent purchasers. For we know that thrzugh this medium much morn stock oould be handled. the increased profit. from such raising the low standard ol’ Evin? and i105 only maintaining but. ncrcaslng the fertility oif the soil.

These beneficial results would re- flect on almost all activities peculiar ti ~ our Island but especially .021 bus- iness dealers and l1’ our merchants rcalized new mncli greater their own profit would be if the purchas- ing pc-wer cf the agiicultural pro- ducer was lnrreased they would ap- preciate more the problems of the farmer and his struggles amidst increasingly adverse circumstances.