PAGE FOUR TllE CHARLOTTETUWN GUARDIAN

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Pre ldeut. LleuL-Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice President, J. it. BurneL, F..I.l. Secretary. LleuL-Col D. A. Alaclilunoia, 0.5.0. Editor and lllanagln, Director. J. R. Burnett. FJJ. f soriirte Editor. Frank Walker.

STYBSFIFPTIUN RATES $5.00 m=r veur iln advance) ‘oliverr tr Cit- $l.llll per mar 1 ndvanrcl mailed to P E Island 5.3.1111 per venr tin advance] mailed tn Canada and (LS Mrruliors Amlit Bureau o! Circulation!

"The Strongest Memory 1's Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

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A btagnificeiit Meeting

's 1111:5114 in the Strand Tiheatre q 1l:'1l1'-ll>'l1'.lllll1l of Coiifidicncc

,-‘.1‘. 1-.1 the part of the s11pp111'tcrs 11f

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li-cusawl, frankly and iulurniztl- . s . .11: tfitnzirla at the present ‘ l'\.'l~'\*1‘1$ why it was necessary to get r111 111' the present 21(llllllll.:1f2lllOl1 at Ottatva.

‘i ~1- thvrcforc a government which 1'1';1ru< 111 the people in the 111111111211-

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1111111113 assurance that similar ' 1s have been held all ovcr . :-.i-.-.~ts of National kjoverniiieitt 1<\.

'1"i.11 lllmllli only one thing: a sweeping vic- tory a1 tire 1.1.1114, 111111 exit tl1e King lin\'(‘i‘ll~ meat!

hudTTbTt. King-

\'1':-1"1~.11:o'1\~i,,§ ]',¢_'l1l‘€.\'€l'll(lll\'CS of ottr armed ' ‘ Jed inarcliinj; in the van of a

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lcirgfivv pr-11v.><~i 111 of 111.1111 sexes and all occup- mj, ,,1_ 1, a ,1.~\v,p;1p1ri‘ advertisement issued 11y the _\ ural Liberal Iictleratitm of Canada.

Ifii/l-t" this stirring picture is the caption: "For- ward \\'ilh Mackenzie King!" The problem is in find .\l1'_ King. There is no sign of him in the l1f1‘c‘1'<-l1‘1l and it is. of course, useless look- ing for hint in pictures of patriotic processions r,-1‘.,-1-1i rltiring the last war, because as every- bodv l~1ll11\\'>‘, .\lr. King was then residing across the 1'. S. bouurlary line.

'l‘l1c liberal advertisement is headed: “Unityfi N111 an .~\1‘ci1lettt btit an Achievement." There would be no fault to find with this statement if it were not for the attempt, in the context. to ermli: the Kiinq (joveriiuicut with this achieve- riicut. It will be recalled that E1 ycilr flg0, I15 8 dirt-ct consequence of the maladmitiistration of the King Government, national disunity was never more noticeable. Then came the visit 0t Their Majcsties, who captivated all hearts. \\'lien the war clouds gathered it was the Con- servative leader, Dr. Manion, who took the lead for “national utiity" by offering fullest cooperation with the Government in its war preparations-an offer which lllr, King never 011cc tr1ok advantage of. Not “national unitv" but political advantage has been Mr. King's oh- jcctive; his failure to achieve any kind of “unity” being particularly noticeable in his dealings with the Premier and Government of his own party stripe in Ontario.

The Liberal advertisement is a conglomer- ation of misstatements, one of the most glaring being the assertion that the Conservatives have “worked assiduously for the destruction” of

the (Izuvrirlian National Railways system. Ono

need only note the antagonism shown towards Dr. Vanion by certain "big interest" papers which are seeking CITR. control throttgh rail- wav amiilgaitiziiiv1i1 to conclude that the shoe is m, 1'11,- (ylllflf foot, The Kitig (iovernmcnt has persistently 11111111111111 the fence on the railway issue: 1111: ijonservzilives tinder Dr. Maniou are the champions of the Canadian National Rail- \\1.'1\'s sv~11wn and outspoken opponents of amiflgwiiiritioii.

( edit i< taken in the advertisement for trade treaties negotiated by the King (iovcfllllwllf. resulting lll “lowering ('.'1it.'1rla's tariff barriers." Our faiinvr. know all abotit that! \\"itl\ puta- to ]11'l(".‘;§ 1l1pi~essed as a result of the diunping of Inigo import,‘ of U. S. pfilfllOCS 011 the Cflllil‘ dint, |]i,'||‘1{rl_ and millions 0f pounds of cheap Anlpfitjin poi-k selling in competition with the home product, what prospect is there for a re- myu 11,1 11;, ivultural prosperity tinder the pres- ent filitfldlllllllll?

'l'l1e advertisement also rcfcrs to a nou- existcnt “National Agricultural Policy" which it credits the King administration with having established. We shall have to wait for the rc- ttirn of the llaniou National Govcrninriit before ieeing any vflt-rtivc action along this line.

Empire Defence

'l111- 1ft .1: :1. 11-1 11v 111'. liyriix ‘.\l:1vti1i1i;1i1 to cuiiti-ist p11- »1nt \\.1r vixpciuliluics with defense ¢xp¢ii1li‘,ur<-< under the Bennett Government, as reported in Friday's Liberal organ, is hardly a creditable pcrf11riiiaiicc_ Dr. Rlaciuillaii kitotvs full w1-ll that during the years in which the Ilciiiu-tt (ioicrnuient was in power there was a ,;,-;,.-,»;,l 11111111-1110111, led bv (treat Britain, iu the direction of (llsIlTlllfllliClll. Even had the llciziiett tiiiwriimcnt lmrn able lo forsec the failure 11f that policy in litirope, it would still b.1111» f11u111l it impossible, owing to the pacifist S\‘l,1llll11l1 prvvailiug in Canada atul especially a1111.111- llppiislllrill ltirtnbcrs of Parliament. to havi- put through any silhstaiiliitl vole for de- feiiw purposes.

1J1: .\l::1-iiiill:iii seems to be unaware- of the record 11f hi- on 1i 111a i1~r and party in this r1111-

nection. The record goes all the way back to Mr, 9f 1939. d

- Alavkeiizie King's rlccliull tu power after hi.-

sojourn, 11111-111; the \\ ur years. iii the United States. The first achievement of which he boasted was the obtaining of Canada's “indep- eiitlcnt status" and freedom from further par- ticipation in Empire defense problems.

Then came the Empire Conference of I932, and .\lr. King's denunciation of it as a step in the direction of “economic Imperialism", and his declaration that Canada “should refuse to be a unit in an Empire holding company." He and his followers, with one solitary exception, voted against the Empire agreements in 1933.

.'\ year later, .\lr. King was still denouncing Ilrid=l1 Imperialism and hearing, without protest, one of his followers declaim in Parliament zigzvlust the "extravagance" of Canada main- taiizitig four destroyers for coastal defense. It was urged from the Liberal benches that these destroyers should be “sold for ruhalever they 1111111111 bring" and that naval manoeuvres be dis- continued altogether. (Islansard, March 16, 193i). ‘

1\t the same parliamentary session another of .\lr. King's supporters strongly protested zigaiust sending Canadian officers to the Im- perial Defense ("11111 ;1~ iu l511;_~l;1111l to be irt- structed in the higher elements of military, naval and aerial atlairs. \\l1y.’ Because, for- sooth, they might be “laugh! Imperialism in London or elscfvlt-err." (Hansard, same issue.)

In I935, when the Federal election cam- paign was on and the Conservatives were the recognized champions of Empire defense, the local Liberal organ appealed to the women of Canada to "vote Liberal if they wish to have peace and do not want the bones of their folk to be lying iii some foreign country."

Later, .\lr. King had the opportunity of tell-

ing the l.r:1_:_uc of Nations Council at Geneva 11111 rv ('.1u:1-l.1 11-11111 1111 11111 I|l1('>llUll 11f limpirv. 111f1'i:~-1'. lit-l ll." 1111 :-11i' \'1_1; lir- 113-111 Ilium ;| lecture on his 1111111111; t111'1111~—Canatlian aut- ->no11i_v, independence and irresponsibility to- war-ls the other parts of the Empire. ‘ll later, in 1937, a distinguished English statesman visited Canada and warned the Gov- ernment of the need of participating lll liinpire defense measures. The reply of the Defense Minister, lloii. lan Illaclceitzie, was that Cati- ada didn't want advice or visitations front “peregrinatiiig imperialists.” That statement provoked scathing retorts in lending Liberal i).'1[>1'l'$ on both sides of the Atlantic. as Dr. llacitzillan no 111111111 recalls.

ll was only after patriotic public opinion in Canada became thoroughly aroused that the King Government took any action in the way of defense preparation. And it is notorious that even at the outbreak of war there was evidence on every ltand of laxity and tmrcatlincss. l\lr. King's 11.15151 scuttliiig of l'arliaineut to prevent a ftill and proper inquiry is the most damning :i1l1nissi0n as to his awareness of the true state of affairs.

— EDITORIAL NOTES —

The original armour clad Nlonitor, designed by john Ericsson. fought the lllcrriuiac iii Hampton Roads, this date, i862,

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Tiherc was no doubt about the enthusiasm for National Government at last night's magnificant demonstration in the Strand Theatre.

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The hold-up in our "continuous" communica- tion both by air and water must have impress- Pd llr. llaiiiori on his present visit. The Prime llinider took good care not to come and see for himself.

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The United Kingdom has arranged to pur- chase 1500.000 tons of this season's wheat and 150.000 tons of flour, representing in all 63,- ooonoo bushels of wheat from Australia, states Frederic-l: Palmer, Canadian Trade Commis- zinnvfr in blelbotirne in a report to the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce. Delivery of the first half of the wheat is to be taken by July i5, 11nd payment is to be made on that date for any llll(lCll\'Ci'C(l balance. The second half 1t the wheat is to be taken by January 15, i941, and the flour is to be delivered throughout 1940. .\lr_ Palmer cabled the Department on February i6, that the latest estimate of wheat production in Australia is 210000000 bushels, making the exportablc surplus. approximately 153,000,000 luishels.

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In Ottawa today the Government is “of the people, by the party machine, for the profiteer," .\lr. j. S. Woodsworth, leader of the Co-opcra- live Commonwealth Federation, told a political iticeting at Fort \Villiatn. Mr. Woodsworth sflhl administration in Canada had drifted a long way frotn Abraham Lincoln's conception of government "of the people, by the people, for the people.” 1n Ottawa the hotels \verc crowd- ed by men there seeking jobs and contracts from the Government, he said. After five years in office the Liberal Government had done “nothing real" to meet the tmeniployineiit prob- lem. “Mr. Bennett did better when he was in office. At least he tried but his efforts were found unconstitutional."

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Dr. Cyrus lllaclllillan was misleading when he made comparison between the attitude and action of the Borden Government and the King Government at the outset of the wars of 1914 and 1939 respectively. In I914 when it was realized 111.11 then- was :1 ]lt).~'.~llJlll1y of war, evcn lwfrirv v.~:1r was dirvlztrrd, the 11111111111 (iuvcru inent, 2141111111! 11111111115; lo In: tit/cud, placed Cau- ada and its entire resources at the service of the Crown. 1n proof of which, not only were 32,- ooo men ready for action within a month, btit a gift was made of 1,000,000 bags of flour, the first. instalment of which reached Great Britain less than a mouth after the declaration of war. liven we ltere, under the patriotic inspiration of Premier lllathieson, (whose only son is now at the front) gave 100,000 bushels of oats. The Premier at the same time asked whether the British Government would like any cheese and hay, both of which were at its disposal. If the blackenzic King supporters wish tn make coin- parison. they will find they are all in favour of

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the Borden and Afrttliiesnn Governments of 1914, .1n1l not of the King and Campbell Governments

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"THE CHAR LQTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TllE WA!

A 45-year-old munher travelled 600 HLlLS across the wlnd-swept 1L8 0f James Bay u 1m enumerawr to record the names of sbfny-fotu‘ voters in Fort Albany. It ts to be hoped the men of Fort Albany will turn out and vote after all that effort. — Rtectfrew Mercury.

Than been: to be It!!! lomo In- oertainty as tn where Mr. Aber- nart will be a. candidate at the 001111118 election. A notable absen- tee from the list of natmuenclel mentioned Ls Okotoks-Htgh River, which the Premier represented in the last. legislature and in wnleh recall prooeedmgw against him were instituted only to be set at naught. by the repeal of the Recall Act.—Edmonton Journal.

The proposal to us! German prisoners to man dredgee, light- shlis and similar non-military object: being attacked by Nazi avzattora, has been quite properly rejected by the British foreign under-secretary. The prtstonen couldn't be trusted not to scuttle the ships; they have formed the habit of doing that. — FTee Press.

The peoples of the West are fast learning. from thelr own bit- ter experience, that in the world as 1t is constituted today, violence 1's the arbiter or the destiny of states. and that, whatever ls the goal of the fight, whether the sordid gain of imperialist: aggression, or ma preservation of national indepen- derwe. or even the extension of a philosophy that strives to banfsn violence forever. force ls the only argument that. can be tised as a grunter to force. — Hang Bong

ress.

There's a. reason why the Social Crediters’ ncminatlon meetings so

far have barn "dud Back tn 111115 Serial Cl" (111. was n crusade with all 11K‘ l“ll!l(‘1l tctver that.

g11f'\ iiliiitg wllli a (‘|‘l1.~.1(l(‘. 'L'1I(lll}' social Credit is ft imuticrl racket. run by the few for the few wtn the public putting up t-lie money in the any or mllllcns of dollar-r. of new taxes. It‘; hard for the aver- aas vcter to get. rntlius‘ast'c about $2.000 indemnltv for a sevfn-day session of the Social Credit legslzt- tors. -- Ietlibridze Herald.

When the movie, “Abe Lin- coln in Illinois," opened tn Wain- tngtc-ri recently t-ha Washington Nc-tv termed un uuth the theatre in wh‘ h the 111m was tn be shcwn to stri a :1 tvitical llllbLCLLY stunt. A suite-l was flllll0llllt‘.‘il to (lis- ccvcr the national capital's 1'35.- (lcnt mcst. cloaegv rescmb rg Lin- Phcttgrapns shorered on the new: 1er. After tlffllbfffl- tlon. the _i'utl<es aw: ttfd the prize to T'll0Il‘l8-1 Brmar. s trry of the Natonal Alliance oi‘ Postal 1m- pioyes. Whether Mr. Ecmar looks much lke Llnzcln w: don't know, but Variety calls hm “a dead- ringw for Raymond Massey," star of the film. Mr. Bcmar and has wife were given choice seats for the film's opc-zrng nieht, at, which thry were to be pres. ttfcl with the $25 prize offered the tvnner of the contest. They attended, enterng the theatre through a line of pick- ets whcse placards protested the tact that. 1n Washington nrgrces cannot. enter "white" theatres even when the flint being shown honors the memory of the Great Emaucipator. But t-hzre was no public prcsentattcn of the pnze. The newspaper I3ll€f1 to print. any of the itmume-ra-ble pictures which it had taken or the prlz-e-vaniier. ‘Why? Well, you've probably gues - ed by this tme that Mr. Bcmar, although lleiht skinned. hacl been discovered to be a negro. —l;1hr1st- ism Century.

City .Councll at last leenu to have found on effective way w get. rid of sl-"t machines, pin ball 1311111195, ptincn-bzzaidi and otuu- quzst.enab'e devices of the kind. A bylaw was passed. under whzch holders of such corporation licen- ses a-s those for lunch ocuniers, restaurants, poolrooms, bflfbcf‘ shops. the sale of cigarettes and the sale of milk. would face auto- matic suspension of license lf a slot machine or pin ball game we're found upon their prem ses. A bylaw of this nature has been tn effect Ln Ottawa and several other cities for several years and has worked out satisfactorily. — Cornwall Standard-Weoliolder.

Phlliitclists hope to celebrate the centenary of the introduction of postage stam» s next. May, not- withstanding wartime conditions. The Postmaster" General has dc- rrided after all to issue commemor- ative stamps in honor 0f the o:- oaslon, and the Rioyal Philatelc Society. London. announce; in its journal that, although 1t has been compelled to abandon its ambtuotts project for an international stamp exhibition on a large scale scnie form of celebration is intended to mark the centennial. This will probably take the fcmi of a loan exhfbltlen of early British stamrs on a modified scale and a phil- atellc dinner in London on May 6. the nnnlvvsary date. - Lzndon Times.

Operators st the private tele- phone exchange in Buckingham Palace put. through a trans-Atlantic call this week. King George pick- ed up his rewlver and spoke w widowed Lady Tweedvmulr at. Ot- tawa's rambling Rtdeau Hall. seat. of the Caniidatri Governor General. Hts Majesty condoled wit-h Lndy Tweedsrnulr on the death of h:r husband, brilliant John Buoltan. ‘The talk was followed by two tele- irams from the King and Queen to Rldeau Hall. one expressing the Sovereigns grief in official lan- guage. t-he other the private grief of Their Majestlas at losing a friend. - New-Revtew (London).

llfrlapliors are dangerous thlnp. '1‘11t~ New Rcptibltc, eriiicltidlnf! n11 article expressive of 1t,‘- urtirnt faith in American isolatlonLwn. says of the American pebble that “We have decided. that lihe part of wisdom-for the world's sake as well as ours-ls to remain at peace. let's stick to our silent runs!" Stick to them by flll 111681181 brother. But if you want to ensure. their perpetual silence. there is onlv one thing to do. Spike 111M111 only then can you have perfect assurance that you and the [um and the sllence and the Draco and the w1sdcm~lor the world's seke as well as yours. to be svre-wlll alivavs stick together For the whale DIVFDOFA‘. o! a min lies mt in helm! dedicated to perpetual silence. but tn being ready t4) be rred when needed. A silent Kiln t-lvt- ls merely awaiting its time ln 1e fired l; all fight: but a 811:1 r2111 ls to be fcrev-ar sllznt is us:

bgtmatalklrutlumemlngfuf

of this Province, irrespective of political creed

of Prince Edward Island what. the present Government has done for h h M 8s the

trade treaty with the United states, and that treaty 1195 been the cause of a loss to the potato growers of this Province of thousands

Germany Calling vuauc FORUM —‘—-— ' n. (New York ‘Jrlmee Magazine)

' "I'll ll one for the Ev 5mm 94 .""'..,,‘{,',".‘,',}',,',,',',"fi";:f'm' e1 snug: zirmusn"'voi1'>'o"spsm 1'11 iottetowi (iunrdlln don an n. Nortn Sea. lt. ta beautifully moo .1- Nulrlly endllno the Opinion u ted. serene and eontment "rnls is Wlhlbondenh. uennmy calling, Germany calling ."

it says. “Here are stations Koeih.‘ HiamDfl-N and D11 000d e PINALIZING ova rumms " u, um I

flirt-On Much Mtlh the will vote for either the Government §L°£é’?lll3“p%’1'“d“11'€".“‘......1,..,"'°l§ mu Province " e

G15 00113078.“ ‘um’! swtttghmand the gtgel down 11h ' "

Germany ca Ln thousands of mltlsh homes tune f British

e words,

V British w st. licks 7600M iii-k calllnfli

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- 1111;111:1111: 11 111-1111 “m” m" °' m" 111°" WWW“ ubs m» 11mg" uemehm voice B

lectl th 1 n be 11 ixwe l’ - bonréfitiiln. $111.13.. £111 15 11.. gwflnflgf b1

okout. from Germany, ‘ " between

if we have been Liberals or m: Nam “m, Engmh. new m’

past Conservatives. It ls our duty lu the

B most.

most lm tent r 1 r11 electlouto protect our amusmgfie mwfmagilious. and m

present nth-rate and sup who shall work for

l3 1J1 gbesflnyefig some ways the most dangerous new

rsonallty of the war. 10rd w, Peeksnlu How Haw. the

I wish to point out to the farmers impmtum

em. The Prime ter made a

ade

radio propagandlst, Lord Haw Haw

counter-veiling ta n 3"‘ 1...... diifi/o free.

You may recall what last rln when thousands of

els 0 to almost. everv Canadian Prov

potatoes in the State

year, and the surplus of the future If allowed to come tn free tatoes to Conad

'Wi'1l lllf‘ Liberal electors marking their ballot on the lake heed of how Mr.

the United amount of Maritime Province see shuts us out from shipping

the fall tintil the spring will just;

lars worth of pork. but the

to effrc tired thousand pounds of can fresh or frozen Dork can Just think of it, you h0g1 allowed a mllllo

grain fed pork, t Middl

adlau bacon per week; bv so doln they bit off more than they eoul chew, and in order to help out

11111111111‘... ‘us... B ppers p D0!‘ there being ten million lbs during January 1940. acquainted with during the

ached to the Rockfeller ion.

I am. Sir. etc" DISGUSTED LIBERAL

Prlnoe County

FROM "B! THE FIRESIDE" Oh monlent, one and lnliililel ‘llw tvcsi. l.» enuer, hardly bright:

grown-- One star, its chrysolltel

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a ape '1‘l1l the trouble grew and stirred.

P Y. And llie be a proof of this!

DIES OF INJURIES OHATHAM. N

one of his

necessary.

ronto Saturday Night.

lrom lite other follow.

Q1/- E

n thousands of dollars. by allowing the ff o tatoe

po s

coming into Canada from the United tes to be cancelled. and now U. ° can come trite Canada

hop nleld us - Ma ne potatoes were shlprpgél and sltl-lnped the price of our DOM: toes forty to fifty cents per bushel. There is always a surplus su ply of of Ma rte ev- ery sprin . which the Maine farm- ers in or er to clean un will 5ell at any price. The average Maine crop 1s about fifty million bushels tong s cc will flood Canada. everv year in the! 0