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‘The Strongest Memory is W601“? Th" the Weakest Ink.”

THURSDAY. two. 2a. m:

European Distress

A statement iif some of the conditions in occupied Europe makes sad ffildllltl i“ ill“ Christmas season. But ituvill show‘ phi’ Um‘ Ida should join in the United Nations plairfor bringing relief as soon as the enemy are driven out. Greece and Belgium are nearest starva- tion lit-cruise thcv were the most (lcpctizlciit on {amt intptirtg, Their story is rrzitzic in the. extreme.

Greece fortiierly imported 4°°»°°° F6115 °f wheat cur-v rrar and other four! strprihcs. .\ll Qr-ilitrqry ll-ttii" was cut off by the war, and the relief urppli u" w-lieat front Lianada, and llt’: relief supply of condensed milk, do not begin to meet the need. Agriculture in Greece has been completely disorganized. Tlielaest wheat- prorhicirrg in tirc-ivar (ircece is now ri-ii- trrrllvr] l-v l $111.1.

Hmqq; pert-lo irri- -lriirg of blillhlllalll iii Greece at the luff“ of 4.500 a dav. There is virtuallv no food for purchase bv the individual. People line up in the streets to get a meal serv- cil from :1 public lvitclrrti.

lit'i_'__'illlll foimcrlv irriportail f5 pcr cviit r-i itg thud strpplv, This is all cut off, and part of the home tiroduction is requisitioned by the occupying (ieriuan forces. There is severe lllltlf‘l‘t‘lO7l!‘l$ll'l'l<'llf. resulting in 5100.000 iri- calids stiffcrirtu from ilcficiciirv dist-rises. Fri-iii rations are less than half those in (icrriiziuv. ln 51121151. 1943. the caloric value 0f food distri- buted was only one-third of the required mini- mum. according to the Swedish committee for thr- rt-lirf of Belgian children.

Deaths from lllllCfillltlSlh have doubled. ;\ British expert has stated that “hunger dropsy" is rampant in llelgium. He says that 30 per cent of the children are losing weight, that 4O per cent of the rest are below normal, and that. tiiile-s this prtiress is l'\‘\t‘l'$(‘(l, iteailv a third of Belgium's children will dic of starvation or its after effects.

The people of France are receiving less than half the food calories per day that thev receiv- ed before the war. 'l"iiis is iluc to rcrlttccrl mau- power fur trwrl,rrriiilirctirni lllltl to tlic aruount of food requisitioncd bv the Germans. As a re- sult, infantile mortality has doubled in two years.

In Poland. the farmers must tttrit ovcr $0 per cent of their products to the Germans. '|‘lir v lire frnlrirlrlcn to slattghttir their own livvsl-irslr Men and women have been frequently shot or hanged for attempting to keep food out of German hands. _

These are some of the conditions which will he lrrirnzlit to an curl only hv lilt‘ victiirirrrrs tnaicli of Allied ;ll'|1llt‘.\. Then. tor». relief .~llll- plies will be rushed in to meet the irnriicilizite desperate need. and in this Canada will fitting-

"ly play her part.

Fertilizer In I944

The supply of potash available for fertilizer turposg in Canada in 1044 will not exceed 35,-

uoo tons, which is about 8o per cent of the quantity used in 1945- Against this, the 1944 demand for fertilizer containing potash, in Can- ada, is expected to increase. states G. S. Peart, Fertilizer Administrator, .'\§,'l'l(.'lllll.ll'3l Supplies Board. It is evident that all potash sirpplics should be conserved so that more farmers will get their fair share according to needs in grow- ing crops essential to the war effort and which require potash, he stated.

The rationing of potash for 1944 is already in effect. Manufacturers of fertilizers have been allocated only about 73 per cent of the potash which they used in I943 and have been instructed to supply their dealers, agents and other distributors, with fertilizers containing not more than 73 per cent of the potash supplied to them in 1943. In tttrn, the dealers and other distributors are expected to supply their farmer customers on the same basis, either as potash stilts or in mixed fertilizers. It is expected that theremainder of the potash will hc allocated later in the season.

Mr. Peart pointed out that rationing of pot- ish will not, how-ever. affect the total tonnage of fertilizers that will be available. Most mix- ed fertilizers have been reduced 2 per cent ir. their potash content to maintain total tonnage and these will still contain sufficient potash for satisfactory results under most conditions.

If inixed fertilizers containing potash are sold out: before the season is over, as is likely, farmers will still have available to them mix- tures of nitrogen and phosphates such as thc- 3-18-0, which should prove satisfactory, parti- cularly on loan and heavier soils.

Election Forcasls

Mr. Brackens considered estimate of the probable outcome of a 1944 Federal election is the return of 10o Progressive Conservatives, ‘50 Liberals, 5o C.C.F.’s, Hllll about 45 Quebec Nationalists, to constitute the next House of Commons. While something may depend on whether the war in Europe is on or off when the polling takes place, one is inclined to think the Progressive Conservative leader is over- generous ‘to the Liberals, arid perhaps also ‘to the C.C.F., says the Sydney Post-Record. As- suming that 45 Quebec conetitutencies go Na- t;°na|§5¢,;..not an exaggerated estimate, - and the traditional Conservative divisions of Mon- treal elect Bracken candidates, the Liberals will be fortunate if they carry as many seats in all Canada in 1944 as did the Conservatives in 1935 or 1940. Nor does there

Federal

group will number 50 in the next House. 11"- -less they get four-fifths of them in the \Vest- em Provinces-an obviously improbable con- tingency. For there is next to no Socialistic sentiment in the Maritiuies or Quebec. and none in Ontario except in a dozen or so indus- trial and mining divisions. In the Provlmdil elections of last August. the C.C.F. obtained clear majorities in only one-tenth of On- tario's 90 constituencies and but negligible sup- port in all the rural ridings.

Pre-clcction prophecies, even when not merc-

but political trends are sometimes so pronounc- ed as to presage general result: clearly enough as between Governments and Oppositions. Nor can any impartial observer of the existing trench-as disclosed in two Provincial general elections and a half-dozen or more Federal hy- elections this yearn-discern the remotest chance for the King Ministry in next year's polling.

.- EDITORIAL NOTES ._

It is to be a “White Christmas" all right. n- + n- i:

Stitrleiits are ltontc fur the Festive holidays. 1K d‘ d‘ *

So far as business is concerned, tomorrow will be praetiollly Saturday. - u i: i: u Fiovirled the atrirt-splicric crirrilitiiins are lriuurrable. there should be a stcatly flow prac- trcallv all day of airplanes from now till af- tcr New Year between here and Moncton. i U‘ F i There arc still a few of the armed forces "wiihirr uttl‘ gates" who ivoulrl welcome a week- crid invitation as guests of good-hearted citi- zens, or even an lll\'llZlllO‘l‘l lg Christmas dinner.

The trnccrtainties of politics are exemplified rii the career of the former French I‘rcinit'r__ lrciie-lzttentie Itlaittlrn, who visited Prince ltd- ward Island in connection with the Jacques Cartier tercentenary celebration in 1934. To- ilrty he 1s lodged in the Algiers lllllliafl‘ prison along with a former Illruistcr of the Interior, a former Secretary General of Information, a former ltrench Deputy and a former Governor General of French West Africa-all charged ivith treason. 'l‘hey were arrested on warrants Iaaltﬂl bv the lrcnch Committee of National Liberation. s n- u a

Sir Hugh Allan, founder of the Allan Line, died this date 1882; after service with different >lllplllllg and sliip-bitilding firms in Halifax, he luuutlcd in 1839 the firnr bearing his tiatne. lrr 1852 they were granted a contract by the Government to establish a line of screw steam- ers in the St. Lawrence, which developed into a weekly service; during the Crimean \\"ar two of their ships were converted into litt\'f’l'l|1|l('lll ll'(t1|.~|lr1l‘l<, and in 137.; the British lioverutitertt (‘ll1[|lrt_l'(‘(l two ships to convey troops to South Africa; he was one of the original projectors of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and in 1872 “'11s ﬁlivsﬂ a contract by thc llacrloriziltl tiov- t-riinreiit lor its construction: but the fact that he had made contributions to the Campaign Funds of Sir John A. Macdonald “'35 tirade public, and the subsequent fall of_ the Blac- donald Govcruntent in 1873 brought the cou- tract to ﬂttllﬂfllll he was knighted in 187i for his services to Canadian commerce.

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There are about 750,000 persons in the arm- ed forces and over a million more in war plants and associated industries, which moans that about 2,000,000 persons have left their ordin- arv employmen in Canada. Moreover, it is stated that 7o per cent of all males of fourteen years of age and over are taking miliary train- ing. These figures indicate a heavy drain on available nicn, btit the govcrninctit has yct to completely exploit the manpower resources for military need. Canada at War discloses in- cidentally, in recithig the work of the navy, that of lhc 60 U-buats stink in the battle of the Atlantic in August, September, arid October 33 were destroyed by units of the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy, the other 27 be- irr~ bavfred by the United States forces. An- other interesting navy disclosure is that a large number of Canadian sailors who for four years were patrolling waters off this country's eastern coast have gone to Britain and will man a Can- adian motor gun boat flotilla to fight froiri Bri- tish shores with ships 0f the Royal Navy's “Mosquito fleet."

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On the eve of the Festival of the Prince of Peace, let us for a moment pause, think and try to visualize the realities of the situation. Ii. so far as the war infEtiropc is cimccriicd, 194.1 will probably be a year of decision. Dip- loniatically and tiolitically the stage has liecn set for the final phase oflthe assault upon Hit- ler's continent and there are pratical reasons for believing that during the year the United Nations will find it possible to throw into the conflict stifficient strength lo achieve victory. Whether Germany will fight on to the end, go- ing down in the ruins and the flames of her great cities, or whether she will quit upon realizing that defeat is inevitable, as in 1918, there is no means of knowing. Regardless of the answer to this question, however, years of war, of increasing sacrifices and deepening sorrows lie ahead. We have not yet thrown millions of men into action at one time. We have not experienced war on a great scale. As compared with war on the Eastern Front or on the Western Front e little more than a quarter of a century ago, the operations to date have been small "perimiter"—trirnning off the out-

unless Germany collapses from terror of air at- tacks and fear of the ftltﬂN, the Wll’ mirst, alas, assume frightening aspects and propor- tions. After Germany there will still remain Japan-tough, fanatical and inaccessible. Let

so far from the god-of-war’: functioning lll Europe and the Far _

seem any reasonable chance that the s-CF-l

ly wishful forecasts, are rarely of any value, f

PUBLIC FORUM

IIUIUIQIDOIQ I1

IDCKY POINT FERRY IEBVICI

ct: t e lruslnes. our terry boat. the “Wif- view". has taken w cruisuiiz out the harbor to the oll-drllllng plant at. Governor's Island. on a. mlssivﬂ

dtng which deflnlte lnitonn- aton seems to be sl-nmllﬂrlv 186k- lug, and which surely should not: be deemed necessary when it means drerprlvlriiz our farmers of their on- lv medium of transportation across

the river at. this time. {d5

on t e wharf all right, but very little 1n tovm, as the terry did not anive back from her excursion until almost t o'clock. On Sutur- day it W215 even worst‘. us. slin did not rettuii tlll alter 2 win. the 011- lv redeeming feature betas; that u: (weather had moderated isome- w a

Bvlwhose authorltv vras this fer- ry taken of! her leizltlmate r011“? Is she not placed lhltft? soles.’ for the pitroose of SCTVlIIlE the ucoule of the south side of West tllvel‘?

Conditions were bad enoihzh all Fall. as the ter1'y's engines were not. ivorkpliz sntisfncgrlv. hﬂgd ‘(£1156-

man sis u giliifiervr D1‘ delayed. mu this mt defection crowns 1 .

Wake ut). fellow re dr-zils! Glve this lllitblﬂ-l’ the Vllllblllll-Y it. 1191155 and must have it we are ev:--_to obtain even a semblance of lustice and fair nluv.

I am. Sh". etc. _ I DISGUSTED RESIDENT-

OLD AGE PENSIONS

Slr,—W1'1y doe; this Government not; pay the old age pension that was promised some months atlo. increased to $25 monthly. Au aired couple. both with the ritlht ﬁrm disabled, with numerous other ailments auc". not a dollar in SW9 are refused any increase ln pen- sion The pension office Sat/S that not anyone ls Bettlntl $25 ﬂ "Wm-h pension. yet a talrlv healthy man and not so hard pressed. told the “Tum. that m», was receiving nls $25 now. Where does the 111111 come in? , I am, Sir, etc. AGED CITIZEN. PEACE 0N EAHTII

51,-, m Wu think of Christina-v as a white ClHZlSl-ILBS, soft. snow flakes with their beautiful des- igns falllig down so peacefttllY. trees fields and everything covered with snow. “That white Wllllﬁl glory", as I remember It in Wlllh on P. E. I. I llke tt.

Here ln California are so many‘ Christmas trees decorated WIT-h‘ artificial snow. while flowers B-rtr bloom-mg 1n our gardens lawns ear- peted with green 811155- Tries loader; down with green follaile- A short distance away I view the mountains capped with snvw (real snow).

"Pearce on Earth" To even 8P6“ o! 1t Ls but. a vain hope. The world tilled with the alarm of WI: and noise 0t many battles vet ln Canada and the United Btatesq we are blessed with peace. Stllli we may have n nzorc lasting peace, Yes even our boys 1n the thick of 1 battle, may have such wonderful, peace, because Christ has matter peace with God. We read Ln God's Wont _ "Peace I leave wlth you,’ my peace I give unto you, not as‘ the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it l1.‘ afraid."

The world ls no darker new than when the Atxiﬁels santz-"Glory to God ln the ghest and on earth pence good will toward men."

The Babe who lay in the man-

ger was to be lmted, rejected and crucified. He who was born as our Savior who lmevv no sln, He who dled for us that we might llve et- ernally. "One day this Babe o! Bethle- hem wlll overthrow all naarule and Himself will reign as “Prince of Pence". Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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us bear these things in mind in celebrating the Christmas festival here, at present evidcrrilv

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l" “ ﬁll iiihififsrmte rim a eta-n nu 3w itipuadmlnlstervd this tart-net.- Qm- n“ havewlgerst. lhQlI lbltfl 0n- 01 His eaxth-vlsitlml teet None biog‘; The terrible. hhnmeflbl. lrlrrhtmsd. HeBrl-vghlitwfihé seem’ o! at» war

with us. No planet. knows that. this our EIGWWWPBVI um and tire iliutupum. nnd min

and bliss. Bears, as elite! treasure. one tor- N , l our little dBY- ttime Minty 1E2; ﬁxes with the heavens H15 ptazfimage 0o thrud the Mill or His iiiéiowau there be multi-

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In stayed on trustetli ln Thee."-

slng Glory to God tn the highest, Peace on earth to men of 800d will.

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MERR Y CHRISTMAS r

To 41.1.‘ our p CUSTOMERS and FRIENDS

In the friendly lpirit of the Holiday Season these greetings are sent to you, with sincere thanks for your loyal support and USO-operation‘ M01! IWPNMII Md ﬂood fortune be with you during! the Chrisinuu season and throughout the New YEAR.

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so. Marerigo Ave, Pasadena.

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open Christmas Eve till 9 o'clock.

By The ESE» Prel- uc. 2a, two-puma Statues and n

usso-Flnnlati war but. stated that: Finns‘ defences ruled out. a, llwhtlns blow.

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