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Dr. Manion’: Protest

Loyal Canadians fromcoast to coast will in- "dorse Hon. Dr- Manion’; statement that if Can- ada is to make a united war effort it is high . time that the pernicious system of party patron- ;age and favoritism should be eliminated. The Lcountry now has Dr. Maniorfs assurance- ybascd on a steady stream of complaints received by him front every part of Canada,—that party iiuolitics has nof been eliminated, notwithstand- ing the Prime Minister's admin pledge given ?i.n Parliament. ‘l Mr. King, in reply, challenges publication of . iihe details and promises to investigate any -;“spccific charges." But surely the place for Drflhflg such matters is in PQIIIEIIICHL Dr. hlaiiion forestallctl the Prime Minister's re- joinder on this point by suggesting that the House of Commons be called ‘early ii; January 1n ordcr to obtain an accounting of_ all war activities, with the accompanynig parliamentary privilege of cxltmiiiativan, inquiry and discus- iioii- _ The loyal support given by the Conservative leader and yiarty to the Government's war pro-

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5:2‘ ii gramme at the lzrt session is a guafafllfifi. ll “i! ucli were needed. ofdhe sinccrlly of D“ Man‘ l 'on's motives in this instance. _ l pla Circumstances have transpired l0_ mill“! Ill ‘. 1E '| neces=ary to emphasize that tile official Opposl- i l’... ll tion “has not abdicated its duty as constructive g: 3 zritic in the interests of Canada and the Em- gei. pire," and that if the Government is to continue

10 receive the wholeheartcd support of the people, it must show a better realization of its very grave responsibilities.

C. N. R. Improves lls Position

F A gratifying feature in the news the other

day was the latest financial statement on the ti.‘ operations of the Canadian National Railways- flu, revcaigng as i; did a greatly improved posltloii over the same period last year. For the month nil. of September last the total operating revenues Inf-i ' were $22,645,303 as compared with $17.349-529 gifi for the same month last year, giving a net bal- gtf iince of $6.3o4,6426(-)wver operating e)rtrplf.flsts_ a:

' él vl-izh $2, 1,439 in I93 ~ l5 81" i ioflllllzagrailt of $3,643,203 for the one month- glef; Then, for the nine months period 0f the pre-

lent year the total operating revenues W8"! $142.- 245937 as compared with $130. 7.434 J01’ the lame period in 1938. The tota operating ex- “ penses for the nine months of I939 were $135.- . 593,583, leaving a net revenue of $6.652.3_54- This compares with a deficit for the same period of last year of $2.455.254- _ ' \\'hile this does not meQn that the Canadian i National is out of financial difficulties as yet. it does show that increased business is one 0f the solution of the deficit record, and that if the system were working to full capacity, such as may be anticipated for the next year at_ least. there would not he any excuse for the criticism '. of government control as has been heard so “frequently tvitliin recent years-

A Lesson From The Past

.15 Remembrance Day draws near it is fitting u, recall, in some detail, the magnificent record of Canada and hcr army in the years between 1914-18, As set down in statistics, it is even more impressive than when gathered from pa- . "triotic addresses. At this particular time it ' should prove not only a mailer Qf Prldf? but P‘

inspiration to still greater effort, if necessary,_ln

the struggle that lies ahead. The facts and fig-

urcs cited below are from a review by J. V. ...l\lc.*\rcc in the (ijlohe and Mail based on an of-

ficial pamphlet issued in 1919 by the Department .of Public Information. ‘ Canada's enlistment during the last war

amounted to 595,441: and tlielt comes one 0t the most significant figures in the whole record.

No fewer than 465,934 enlisted voluntarily. Of

the total enlistment, those who actually proceed- - ed overseas numhend 418,052; and on Septs30, ' i9i8, 160,000 were iii France. This is exclusive- ,,.ly, of course, of those who were under French

soil or who had bet-n ivuutidcd or were on leave.

The total CibllItlllCS of thc Canadian Army were "Mgi4_433_ (‘if lhcsc 35,684 had been killed_in

action; 12,437 dicd of wounds, and 4.057 dled . of disc-use. The number of Canadians taken prisoner 3,041», is significantly stiiall. _

i Fiftv-thrlru Canadians won thc Victoria Cross and 5.5501) (l1S(l'\'C(l it. Six thousand six hutldrtfl l "and iiincly-sevcii won thc Military Medal, and ' ' "1882 officers were awardcrl the Military Cross. Other tnilitary dt-coi-atiiiiis amounted to thous- ands.

Ciiilztrban railwily units were attached ‘to all the llritish armies, and the record reads: ‘Can- adian railway troops WTTC responsible for the whole of the construction of light railways and of 60 per cciit of the standard-gauge railways

l in the arm ngqiipicrl by the British forces."

Most readers Will he astonished to hear that

f in {he (ii-eat \\':ir Canada built sgubmarinesano i .f‘e\vcr than cightccmof them. Still more im- l. pressive and solemn is the fact that thc net debt l l

uf Canada stood nt about $336-°°°-°°° befo" the war, and when the war ended it was $1.3°7-' 429.661. _ _

One of the most astounding chapters m the book l. that which reveals Canada s verfvrgflatis" in the matter of munitions. From Ilflllmlmg to end she produced and exported munitions an'd war materials to the value of more than it bi.- "Qn donafg. Thc valug 0f QXPOHS IJCIWCCD Aug-

" but and December, 1914, was only $3.164 ind

in i917 this

lad leaped to $388,213.55; r...‘-

the only kind made in this country, was suitable for shells. The Imperial Munitions Board was

were purchased and passed on from one con-

for his labor. _ Canada also built in the course 0f the war

poses and also bombi planes for the United States Navy. She buit forty-three steel ships and fifty-eight wooden ones, having a total ton- nage of 360,000. as part of her war effort. In 1917 the Imperial War Cabinet issued a report in which it said: "Canada's contribution during the past year has been very striking. Fifteen per cent of the total expenditure of the Ministry of Munitions in the last six months of the year were incurred in that country. She has manufactur- ed nearly every type of shell from the 18- pounder to the 9.2-inch. In the case of the 18- pounder no less than 55 per cent of the output of shrapnel shells in the lust six months came from Canada, and most of these were complete rounds of ammunition which went direct to France. Canada also contributed 42 per cent of the total 4.5-inch shells, 27 per cent of the 6- inch shells. 20 per cent of the 60-pounder I-LE. shells, l5 per cent of the 8-inch and 16 per cent of the 92-inch."

But all these exports may be said to have been exotic. Canada is not an armament-making na- tion. ‘Submarines do not naturally thrive and come to full flower here, nor was Canada ac- customed to shipping armies overseas. \Vheni it came to her natural products she fairly pour- ed them out. In 1918 she even exported more than a million dollars’ worth of tobacco, com- pared with a little more than $100,000 worth on an average in 1912-13-14. Her total exports of foodstuffs, metals, leather and other normal domestic products amounted in value to $833.- 389,o47, compared with $188,958,091, which was the average for the three years immediately pre- ceding the war. It was indeed a gigantic effort which nobody could have expected and which in manpower, munitions and food had a tremen- dous effect upon tlie war.

= EDITORIAL NOTES =

Acre, Syria, captured froiii Ibrahim Pasha this date, 1840, occupied by Allenby's troops in 1918. o iv u u Nothing is to be gained by a controversy on ‘what might have been". The resurrection of the potato price dispute is not going to put a cent in, or take a cent out, of either the producers’ or the exporters’ pockets- a- a

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It is reported that new orders for mine sweepers and anti-submarine craft will increase shipbuilding activity in Canada practically to the limit of its capacity. A decision as to exactly what design of mine-sweepers will be needed will probably be made shortly. The cost of mine- sweepers varies between$2oo,o00 and $500,000. i: n- a n- General Beith, better known as Ian Hay, has been appointed head of the public relations de- partment of the British \Var Office, and is ar- ranging for war correspondents to take up their; posts on the \Vestern Froiit- It was General Beith who wrote the graphic account of the early days of the last war in a book entitled “The

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Col. Wilfrid Bovcy has been appointed chair- man of the educational branch of the Canadian Legion War Services. He will serve without remuneration. \Vork of the department which will be undertaken by the Canadian Legion war services in collaboration with the Canadian As- sociation for Adult Education, is to provide fa- cilities for supplementary education for soldiers to prepare them fOr their return to civil life when the war is over.

a a n a Mr. Crerar has taken an executive staff with him to London, combining business with patriot- ism. They are Mr. George McIvor, chief com- missioner of the Canadian Wheat Board, Mr. A. M. Shaw, head of the Agriculture Depart- ment's department of marketing and Mr. L. D. hVilgress, chief of the Trade and Commerce De- partment's commercial intelligence bureau. Af- ter the conference proper discusses the European situation, and the inter-dominion economic prob- lems, which is calculated to take two or three weeks, the military and economic experts will remain in London to continue the work, a w a n

The uncertainty of obtaining New Zealand cold storage butter in Trinidad has created a close interest in Canadian sources of supply with the result that during the past two or three weeks there has been an increasing sale of Can- adian cold storage butter in one pound and two pound prints at aboubgl cents per pound f.o.b. While the overnpient, through its Committee of Supply, exercises control ovcr the importation of foodstuffs and may refuse permits for non- essential foodstuffs, Canadian harrelled apples and chocolate confectionery are the only two items which have been refused permits to date for Trinidad. u u ii- n:

When Bernard \V. Russell. Police Magistrate for district No. I of Nova Scotia was charged with drunken driving, Jlidge Alan MacDonald of Antigonisli dismissed the case as not proved. “Being under the influence of liquor and being intoxicated are two different things," Judge MacDonald declared. “That is a matter of com- mon sense. To be intoxicated a driver must be a menace and I am not satisfied that the ac- cused was incapable of driving his car." In the same issue in which this report appears, Hali- fax Chronicle remarks apropos 0f nothing in particular: “Prosecutions and judgments must apply fairly to all, clse liberty is vanished. If influence were permitted to bear upon the con- duct of our courts, no one would be safe. Any- one who won the disfavor of the existing auth- orities would be in danger of imprisonment. Such a state of affairs would open the way to a dread system of ‘frame-up’ which would be in- tolerable in a democracy- These traditions and principles which are ours, surely are worth safe- guarding. We are at war abroad for the pre- scrvation of such |il’illCipl(‘s. Let us not forget to safeguard them at home."

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VADOINATIOI AGAINST TUIIIOUIJOSIS

1!! ttvely stupid coon-lea than we infants developed tn France chief- wouldbnve beenimderrulerau tytbroughtbetutluenaeofubers clever u Napoleon. um Charles Cab-belle, u distin- lpiaiiy bu Its own solid virtues. gulslaedbucterlolollstmdflpbonsb Perbapsllnsofll-thbtlneat Guerln, anemia lurtebmlill German writer was thinking when called 8.0.0. one "B" hobald:"A¢ntnst. ytbetbnttbeoontainedbecllltispon nods lbflnlelven ligli." in vuln.” on btlo ivmle the other two letter: | flu sod-I cannot- prevail aznlnbt serve to perpetuate the names o: ‘it. n may be sure the Germans thetnventlon. The vaccine consists annot went! exams: 1t. - Y3. ofitvtngeitlturesofbovlm taibnnlb 1n London New Salesman llflflillflllll tblt have been grown over Nil-lob. In period of many years on glycer- ‘tmted o: btle some: their virul- IVIP! nimble method of vnr- enbo bu been greatly reduced. winning deserves pitbliclty and Th1! vaccine t: given by mouth. prune. Ben l: one. tn tlie form of More man 10 years ego the an official notice: “'f‘o....1 notice Swedish National AIIOCIIIIOD that them ls n practice of vmir- undertook a oampflsn of vaccina- lnl somewhat unorthodox clotnes tton of the new-born against by the women members of this tuberculosis with this vaccine. By luff. I lhould be glad lf you will the end 0f I937, 13.100 babies had discontinue thls habit es I pre- been given 3.6.6 , at btrtb, fer that the women members wtnlwberens title parents of 34,845 bab- come on duty in what can be re-'les had declined treatment. The gurded us normal women's clotli- work was 1n the hands of Professor lnl. (Signature illegible). Al: Raid Carl Naeslund of Stockholm. Precautions Controrer.” The sb- l Two matters of significance ‘ version's cloflnng in ques- were noted, first that there was tton was. 1 understand, stacks — an obvious fall in the general tn whlch no war could be won. — mortality among the vaccinated London Spectator. and that llhe decline tn the tube:- citlosts deamrnte among thew was remarkable. The tuberculosis mor- tality for the B.C.G. children was 1.5 ped 1000 and that of the nnn- vncclnated was 8 3 per 1000, the actual number of tuberculosis deaths being 18 and 199 respective- Lv. 1n all of the children observed, during a ten-year period. there were 754 deaths or 8.10 oer cent. from all causes among the vac- cinated and 3,501 or 11.17 per cent. among the non-vaccinated. 'I‘tie results of this experiment foml a very strong argument for

In Innllon comment on the sniff much of events since the fateful decision, a. tribute ls pald to the speed and efftctency with which the economic system has been adapted to war conditions What has been done ls described as a mixture of control and the main- tenance, so far as possible, of extsz- tng conditions. At the same time l; ts obvious there ls none of that spirit of "business as usual" wtilcn marked the opening stages of the war in 19ft. ‘Hie slogan may have

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been admirable then as a sygri that the nation was not cast down into despair by the ordeal at hand. Bu! lt. was open to misunderstanding, and on the testimony of some wit- nescss, it. was sadly misunderstood abroad. In France, particularly. tr. was said to have done great harm. Many factors-notably the enor- mous financial and economic strain

the use of B C.G. ln the preven- ' tton of tuberculosis. The remedy ls sald to be entirely safe for use. 1t is largely employed ln France The Swedish experlmen: 1s the first serious one to be tried tn ariyl other country. l

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of modern war, and the submarine campaign-proved that business as usual was not possible. Wrti the lemon still remembered it ls not now being suggested. In Itself tnl: ls a favorable sign. - Auckland News.

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The Mark 0f The Beast

(Montreal Star) l The horrible revelations contained In the new British Whfte PHD“ dealing with conditions ill 097ml!"

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WAREHAM England -(CP) rmimberit figure of '1'. 1:. mwmT. —Lawrenoe of Arabia-has ha" presented to the Church of slum Martin here by Lawrence's brother, A. Lawre

must be wiped out as a source of evil-doing and as a holder of tyran- nical we: wielded with a barbar- ism a the more abominable be- cause it ls direct/ed by intelligence and Ls not. the outcome of 181101- ance.

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dent of the Automotive Safety Foundation. Thanks to the co- operative efforts of national or- ganlzatlons whose total niemfger- ship is more man 9,000,000. 1:1 support of the work of public officials. the fatality rate for each 1111000900 vehicle miles was brollzht clown ln the first six months of this year to 10.9. In R35. when the Safety Foun- dation was started, it had been hoped that ln four years the rate might. be reduced to l3. The re- repre- sents a reduction of 37 8 netcent. ln the fatality rate within four years. 1111s means that 29.000 fewer persons have been killed ln traffic would have lost their lives but the earlier rate been main- tained. In addition, there has been an estimated saving of LOCO.- 000 lnlurles and of 32.000.000.000 tn property damage. _ New York Times.

Current edition of Llberly Mag- azine brings to mind the dying words of Madame Rolland: “O Liberty, what things are done in

ls tilie advice that Liberty Magazine gives to its readers. It, quotes s. number of American overseas cor- respondents on the question of getting into the war. One by one they warn the United States not to be "charmed" tnto the war by England and France; not to be- come I "sucker" tn power poll- tics. One of the writers Jeers at the very idea of Etiglann and fiance being regarded as de- mocracies or liuvtng any high motives at. Another one brings up the wur debts as evi- denoe of Allied double-dealing

to “expose" British prcpanganua that dragged the United states into the lust war. In an article headed: "How Foreign Nations Poison Our Minds", 1t. seeks to demonstrate that the British fed the American people on fiction. This ls. the kind of calumiiy to which Llbetty sinks. But Ltli- erty publlbhea a Canadian edition. From lti all such poison ls drain- ed. For Canadian readers Llb- ertty sheds its anti-British policy and disguises Itself as Canadian. It tells of the menacing shadow of Hltlerlsm. "It is indeed un- Alilnkable that. Canada should not. ‘face this challenge. Canada is tn this struggle until the world has been freed from this bandage of fear," ti: says. Could there he greater hypocrisy than a maga- zlne telling one awry to its American readers and another to its Canadian readers? - From the Financial Post.

1r rlln alum. return mm taken

reports, they would dry up ln 3,000 years. l-iere, at last, ls t-he solu- tion to the submarine problem. - Bherbrooke Record.

A united states senator wants to bring not only Canada but Australia and New Zealand until-r the Monroe Doctrine. Nobody tn these Brltlnh domlnlonb will ob- loct to tine pltm. so long u the

An encouraging report has beenl made by Paul G. Hoffman, prelil-, I

thy name?” "Stay out. America":

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