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President: Lient. Col W Cheat-R S. Mal-III vltc-Pftnldtlll: J. IL Burnett, IJJ. Secretary: Lieul. Col D. A Maclllnnon. 0.8.0. Linn amt Managing Director: J. R. Burnett, IJJ. t-suciute litiiluts: Frank Walker and Inn A. Barnett

SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Mall tn P. i. l., $4.00 per yell-l 82-50 for I meatl- 5115 fer 3 montm; 60o for one month City Delivery: $5.00 per year; $3.00 for 6 month! $1.75 for 4i months U) Mali in Canada and U.S.A. 55.00 per 1Q! glut-day tiet-Iny: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for l manila 50c for 8 monthl.

Tllo Cluorlutleluvvn Guardian may be Ohtalnod I llotulmg‘: Anna Agency, ‘Huron square. New Yurlu Oil Buuili Nana rlgrltv)’. Corner liiils and Washington, Bolton! Alr-Irolllllllun im-wa Alvin‘), will Peal M, Ioalrnali J. fine. dbl lhly an, Turunlul New: Stand, Chateau lraarror, Ottmvu; “pin-Ha N an eitund, lludhury, Ont; llnh Tohnooo sin-p, Mont-ton. i\. IL; Ellen Khhltllfll, Atnhorot. N. 1

_"The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY, JUNE 30. 1941.

English Clothing Ralioned

The all-out effort which Great Britain is mak- ing in the war is reflccted in the provisions for the rntiottinq of clothing, cloth and footwear which went into effect on lune I. An advertise- ment in English newspapers, issued by the Board of 'l‘r:ttlc, gives (lctuils of these provisions. A total of (w. coupons are supplied each person for a ycnr and they must be presented along with flml rznion ltouks as well. Purchases may b6 malls “\\'li~rt\ you like or when you like without vritlg”, the shopkeeper simply detaching the umhvr of coupons for each purchase. oer of cottpons required for men’s wear is tllxlstrzltctl by the following figures: Un- lined mttclcinlosh or cape, 9; other mackintoshes. or min-stint, or overcoat, 16; coat, jacket, blazer or like garment, I3; waistcoat, pull-over or jer- sey, 5; ll"\ll5CX'5( other than fustian or corduroy). 8; shorts, 5; overalls or dungarces, 6; dressing- ginvu 0r bztthiiig-govvn, 8; nightshirt or pyjamas, S; shirt or combinations, woolen, pants, vest or bathing CfiSIlllllt, 4; pair of socks, 3; collar, tie or pair of cuffs, I; two handkerchiefs, I; scarf, pnir of gloves or mittens, 2; pair of slippers or g-tlrvslles, 4; pair of boots or shoes, 7; leggings, g.'liters or spots, 3.

For women, the coupon requirements are: linen nlackintosh or coat over 28 in. in length, I4; jacltet or short coat, I1; dress, gown or froclt, worth-n, II; other material, 7; gym tunic or girls skirt with bodice, 8', blouse, sports shirt. cnrtligztn or jumper, 5; skirt, 7; overalls, dun- galrccs or like gztrlncnt, 6; apron 0r pinafore, 3: pvjnlnzls, t‘; nightllress, 6; pctticoat, slip, com- bination or czuni-lvniclcers, 4; other undergar- ments, iuclltrlitig corsets, 3; pair of stockings, 2', snqki (ankle lcitgth). I; collar, tie, pair of cuffs, or '.\\'0 ll'llllll\'t‘,l'ClllL‘fS, I; scarf, gloves or mit- tcu-s. 2; slippers, boots or shoes, 5.

lk-tvcr coupons are required in most cases for chilllrctfs clothing. Purchasable without cou- polls are infant? clothing, woman's overalls, huts and caps, sewing thread, mending wool and unwilling silk, hoot‘ and shoe laces. tapes, braids, ribbons and other fabrics of 3 inches or less in witlth, elastic, lace and lace nets, sanitary towels, ‘braces, garters, “hard haberdashery," clogs, “ltlnck-otlt cloth dyed black", and all second-band articles.

Retailers are able to obtain fresh stocks only by turning in their customers’ c0up0ns_

Citizens are assured in the Trade Board an- nouncement that the rationing provisions are in- tended "not to deprive you of your real needs, but to make certain that you get your share of the mutt-y’. g0o<ls—t0 get fair share with everybody else." There are no special privileges today in England, no class which is not literally "in the front line" and sacrificing, voluntarily- ltlfl gladly, in the common interest.

Alcohol And Gasoline

motorists are well atlvised of the danger 0t mixing alcohol with gasoline. With gas in his car and alcohol in his stomach, the man behind the driving wltccl of an automobile is a deadly menace to himself and the community. But in Australia they are experimenting with this mix- ture in a different fashion. The Power Alcohol Committee, which has been surveying Australian resources and industrial plants for several months, reports that wheat and cane sugar could yicltl alcohol at 33 cents a gallon to be used as a l5 pcr ccnt blend in all sold gasoline. It is jimptrsw-tl l‘! itiurcztse alcohol prOflllCllOfl from 2,- 000,000 to 5.2.ooo.otx> gallons annually by using existitig molasses stills which are‘ idle for long periods cnch year, and by constructing new plants.

Since the war, Australia has curtailed gaso- line imports to preserve dollar credits for vital war purchases. finsoline rationing restricts priv- ate car ount-rs to gasoline purchases calculated on horsl-pmver to restrict driving to 2,000 miles a ycar. llcncc the desirability of finding a suit- able part substitute.

Cream Rationing Soon?

Rationing of dairy’ products to the domestic fmrle draws nearer reality T01‘ Canadians. Tilt ncctl for control over the milk flow, says the Ottawa jottrnnl, has become increasingly evident in recent weeks as dry weather continues, and within a very short time the Government will likely have to give serious consideration to the diversion of available milk into channels where the nccrl is greatest. \Vhcn that step is taken (ymntliitiis may have to fort-go some luxuries. Thhlc creztlti, for instance, may be the first to (ll\.'|j)j)(‘{ll'. _

A icxv weeks ago there was every indication and llopC that (fnttndfztn cows would be able fu

nit-ct the llfiti-h cllcc=c and condensed milk con- trrlcf, jvv-fllil)’ slljlplj’ more. and at the same time I.,-.,,.5,l.- (n, (-~,'(~r inrrr-nilng domestic demands. lhwttptirls are not hmrly so hopeful now. For- {IQQ crnjt; in must f)!‘ liifllfiffl Canada 8R l’!!- pot-twl as fair to poor,

]-';_._.,.,-.~, jtu- rt-l/‘fl-erl in Washington imlicatc just lluW badly Britain needs dairy products

and the huge quantities required. United Statee agricultural officials state Britain has asked for 25o million pounds of cheese, l5 million easel of evaporated milk, 25 million pounds of dry skim milk, all within the next year. They are talking domestic rationing across the border as a. means of increasing the supplies available for Britain. <

Although few Canadians now realize it they are not going to be able to buy much cheese this Fall. Wholesalers already are prohibited from buying new cheese. But we are using more milk and more milk products than in I940, considerably more than in I939. It will take many adjustments and considerable planning to divert any great quantity of domestic milk into manufacturing plants where cheese and condensed milk for Britain can be made. Cana- dians, however, are living on a luxury diet as compared to people in Britain.

e- EDITORIAL NOTES as Dominion Day holiday tomorrowq it ll l! I?

Will the first month of summer begin to- morrow. ' e a a u Letters from England declare the weather there to be dull, wet and cool. They attribute it to atmospheric disturbance caused by bombings. i i I i

Sir Samuel White Baker, English explorer,

THE CHARLOTTETOWN

NOTES BY TllE WAY

lfitiatruqaaiteeemr lobe, that. Petain Government is casting tn its lot with. Hitler, we should act. at once. Facts, however sinful. have to be faced. Rance Wl stand not merely defeated, but diahcnor- ed. In addition lo having broken its solemn pledge to Britain, it will have lied to us. In all this, the people 0t France, no doubt, are innocent. Bu; they will have to bear, temporarily, the zmponsiblllty for those whom they have allowed to take up the reins of their shattered state, Un- less we wish to wake up somel momlng and find that Hitler has established all‘ and submarine bases b, the West Indies, we snbulu Im-l mediately seize the French posses- sions in the Caribbean, to be held in trust by us, or by Gen. de GauLe, for the French people until Hitler it? overthrown. - Chicago Dally

e/ws.

0i’ Mr. Lindbergh’! right l0. criticize a. Presidential address there l can be no question. As for the Ip-l sue-s 0f taste which arise frcm the‘

t manner of his utterance, they are

his own problem and responslbllltyl But. his arguments are very muchj the publllcb ccncern. And it. Beans to us worth pointing out that cle- feat has not Improved his logic. The immaturity of ale mind and. background, his inability to lookl outside the narrow channel of his limited facts and fixed prejudices were never s; clearly exhibited as in his latest speech. - New York Herald Tribune,

Take gas-mask carrying. Faith-

discovered the source of the Nile, this date, I863. In the previous year he had completed tracing the White Nile, which he found to be the north- ern outlet of a huge navigable lake in British Uganda he named Lake Albert Nyanza. It re- ceives the Semlik River from the Edward’ Nyanza at the south west end. Sir Samuel wrote “The Albert Nyaltza", (I866), and “Is- mailia", (r874). u n- v

The war has not blighted Stratford-on-Avon. Last year, while France was falling, drama chiefs at Straford put on their annual Shakes- peare Festival. They wondered, a little. They may even have trembled as they surveyed the morning's news. But they carried on. They trusted dranla's own "Old Bill.” France fell. But Shakespeare went on. This year Northern Africa is aflame. But it is all the same in Strat- ford. The Festival of I941 opened with “Much Ado About Nothing."

u a- n a- Selina Parnell, of Calgary, received an of- ficial Government document addressed to "Selina Horne Parnell, Esq.” instructing her to report within three days for medical examination prior to going to camp for military training. Bewildered, she asked several girl friends ifj they had received similar notices and on finding, they had not, took the document to Sgt-Maj. Thomas McDowall at the mobile recruiting de- pot who told her: “Seal it up — scratch out ‘Esq.’ write MISS in great big letters and send it back to them." She followed his instructions.

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The potato crop of France is beginning to be gathered. It promises to be good, but voices are already raised warning against undue optim- ism, for the peasant also is beginning to feel the strain of hunger and very naturally will first set aside a quantity for family consumption. A writer in the Illustration-the weekly magazine published in Paris circulates in both zones and has come out strongly for "collaboration" — has found a “solution”. He advises one to cut whatever bread or meat one may have into the thinnest possible slices to make it “appear more to the eye." He. contends that "since visual sen- sations play such a part in psychology" it would be well to use smaller knives, forks and spoons and resort to dolls’ plates upon which, pre- sumably, an ounce of beef would seem like a regular porterhouse steak. One comment was: “Yd like to show that fellow thatI have a full- sized fist.”

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The drastic check on oil consumption, which will have the effect of stopping the installation of new residences with oil heating apparatus, is expected to be followed a little later with a curb on the use of gasoline. This curb will probably take the form of locking gas stations from a certain hour Saturday night to Uonday morning, and it will prevent automobile users from buy- ing extra cans or drums of gasoline to tide them over any lengthy week-end trip. Munitions Minister C. D. Howe has already warned the public that drastic control over essential materials was inevitable. This has ‘been made necessary largely because of the shortage of shipping, the British Government having rcquisitioned most of the tankers for its purposes, the result being there is a serious lack of boats to move oil to the east coast. The 12-inch pipe line now being built from Portland to Montreal is one of the moves to meet the situation, but meantime a close check on any increased oil has been neces-

sary.

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Background counts in statesmanship today as it always has done, bookish men have the in- spiration. Two members of the British House of Commons were once discussing why it was that Mr. Gladstone, when compared with such highly able and industrious colleagues as Joseph Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dilke, seemed to tower above them by a. sort of “greatness" of mind and character. "One thing is,” said one of them, “that Mr. Gladstone spends his spare time reading Homer and Plato and Dante and the Bible, whereas Dilke and Chamberlain mostly read blue books." Blue books, of course, seem more business-like for a politician; blue books taught them the facts and statistics which they wanted to know, and in the end blue books tend- ed to make the furniture of their minds. Mr. Gladstone could get up the facts and statistics when they were wanted, but for a permanent‘ possession he preferred to carry about with him, the greatest thoughts of poets, saints and philo-

‘cannon at. vaguely visible shapes l

fully, unconsciously, the mask re.

veals the public mind. Tension was

at. its peak when war began and. seventy-five percent carried gas I masks. It sank away with grasuall apathy to zero in March, 1940; rose

B81111} with action at last-Norway‘ (April), breakthrough tMuy), French. collapse (June) -and again 11D Wit-h the big invasion threat (Selitlember. 1940). thereafter to fall steadily back to zero. The war of nerves doesn't seem to have‘ Bone very deep if that worst terror

of all. poison gas. isn't convincing

Dfiflnle they ought to carry masks,

Al: present the British govern-

ment is making a determined ef-

1°TU0 Bet people tocarry them at

811 $111185. On the available evidence

it would seem that Hitler's war of

nerves has made little lmpressizn

on Britain. 0n the contrary, there

can be no doubt that in March

1941. we are calmer. tougher, wiser,

wide awake and very much less nah

vous than we were in September.‘ 1939- 0r I11 September. 103s. for that

maller- — London Wsrld Review,

It should be made-clear to every man, woman Vand child 1n quad; that their political leaders are pre-‘ Pmlll "m" the war. to mobilize W!‘ nflflvnal resources of man. power and money f:r Purposes of domestic reconstruction to the same extent. intensity and dggfee as these resources are now being employed for war. Each. party might differ as to the means and instruments that would be employ- ed- Each party would have m own lechnioue of rezonztructlcn MztflCcldwcll made ll clear re- sveglulg that the technique he

91111110? wculd be that 0f socialization. Other leaders of others parties might, In due ‘course. commt themselves to other nstnlments and policies. ‘may does not malt-er. The-e wnuld be the sublect Of later debate. But.

resolved and united for purposes 01 WHY. it would be enough {or at] l0 Pledge thotmselvcs m 51mm,- PHQTYS. 8s Breat or even greater, for the purpose ct’ maintaining and lmPTm/lng the lives of Canadians for tomorrow and for all tme. _ Wlnnlpez Free Press.

The cinema public so often saw American soldiers, marines and avi. blllvrs as well as airplanes and‘ tanks, l at ll belleved the Unified Slates W“ ready to face no matter what enemy. It was undeceived when l; saw that in order to aid Great Britain and to offset; the Nazi men. ace the United States had to create the whole of a war lndu try. That 59" 0f DYOPBBI-Inda ls bad because it fcols the public and lends ll as- tray, because it Daralyzes e-ergies winch otherwise would be expend; ed without counting the cost. Such propaganda discourages and makes lndfferent. those to whom it is ad. dressed and which it ls reputed m have convinced. It does not. brlnz patrlotLm to life in the hearts of‘ citizens and it does not produce munlllins. Without patrlztlsm anal without prepararon no war is won,| Furthermore, it ls a pcor patr Qtfggn I which needs the unending blowing o! trumpets and bbbtln br drumg, Mr. Gardiner f5 Nanny that the war effort of can“; w” not. Pfifllll/Dsntmectacular but ma; it was efficacious, it. gives excel. lent results because it furnishes {,0 Great: Britain what it most needed —munltlorls and focd. — Le molt (Ottawa)

i One curious effect of the blitzes" in the West. of Scotland is that the sale or pianos has drop. bed very considerably. At. least. so one representative of a large firm of musical instrument. makers hle told us. Until a month or bwq I80 his firm would sell as many u 90 pianos a. day to customers l mllnly of the artisan class, tn Clydeslde towns. Such transactions however, did not imply any ml 6'95"!!! desire to become profldent piano players among the working flat-fl- Thev had in facL very little o do with music at all. The piano was regarded as a social symbol n! a piece of furniture which conferred $01719 DWSl-lke on the owner. If You owned a piano, you were no. clnllv acoentabe and an object of respect. "Blitzes" bear harshly on DWSUKG factors, and when the life of a. piano became an uncertain, the demand for them fell. not only in the areas which had been raided bill in $11056 where expectation of {urge existed. - Edinburgh Beau-

The Battle of Britain h" In. come a battle of motbemwciane. The boys who slash thrsugh the night. behind 2.000 and 3.000 hgfgg- POW". banging with batteries of

of Nazi born-bets. are onl stepson: of the bespectacled old laboratory slaves. laboring away with maze; of wires and radio tubes, If the new nlg/ht battle of Britain in won, it will be won by the gentlemen in

sophers: and when he spoke, that possession coloured his language; when he faced a political I

Churchill, though in school days neglecting the humanities. made up for it in his maturity, and

relieves laborious 'tlays by recourse to the best in English, French and Italian classics.

problem. those ideas formed his backgroundlm

Schenectady, NY, and various out-of-the-way spots in England. aided, but ony aided. by the bova who take their fantastic creations

GUARDIAN Hitler’s Mistakes

(Moneton ‘Ikanrcritfi

If there lsuvy truth in the row": lhat Hitler had hoped and him-fled tousehlswaron Russlatnln- dig: it meifell “hi-inti- a 1s , l’ f“ “fluff; £32.?“ ° Th’; now: o c er an

tly he underestimates British ntlelrgence. In this matter as PN- vfously. he may be the vlctm 0f incompetent. advisers. among others. had assuzed Hill" that ritaln wdlild not. fight 1nd it was on that assumption that he invaded Poland. Now he appelre W believe that Brita-in would qilll i! a. suitable opportunity were pres- ented, and he is errdealvorlng in

the alleged negotiations Von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey. l8 said to have approached the Br tlsb ambassador with tme DYODOsaI that Britain should willie with Gemam’ 1n war on Russia to save the world frun Communlsn. The r9l1ly was a reference to Churchill's speech. Similar overtures made in other capitals are uud w have received as little consideration.

‘Ilhe feeling mist-s in some quarters that the visit of Hess w Britain Ls connected in some WBY with the present developments, that Hess may havebeen cnrfYl-n! enm- poeltlon of tihLs nature to Churchill either as a trust/ed agent. of Hider or on his own Initiative because of developmews within Germany with which he wished to align hint-self»

Rumors persist that the balance of powers Ln Germany has been swing from tihe Nazi party 90 the army leaders, that. some of the most prominent Nazis have 1e their prominence that the others no longer are consulted as before. that. it. is the offices of the l-lgh Copmand who ire giving filter advice-arc- orders. If true. this would throw acdlttonal l: ht 0?) the Russian war, for the off cers as a class are Gennlmyb deadliest op- ponents of Communism.

In pre-war days it was suzsesied In these colmuns that, if Hitler were as shrewd as he was credited with being. he would avoid war at all costs if he hoped to preserve his xeizime. for under the strain and stress of war he and his izanz of thugs would be in danger of belnk

rushed aside by the armv leeaers-j

Hitler foresaw that danger and did his best to forestall ll: by his purge of the lnrly officers and by the control cf the army he obtain-j ed through the Gestapo. In spite of his precautions the army mu? have been getting the uT-per he. . If so, the attack on Busts. may have been devised eLher to pls-abe its leaders or to keep them £00 busty f0r plotting against. the Fuenrer. |

Whatever the motives behind the declaration of war on the Sovlet,l if it were ilndlertaken in the belief that. it. would resut in peace with Britain and-a united effort against a common foe, the fallacy of the belief has been do lonstratecl 1n a. manner which even Hitler cm un- derstand.

The Easts

(Winnipeg Free Press)

We become more familiar with the three Easts as the war sharp-l ens our sense and polishes knowledge of geography. ‘Iltesej three Easts are: the Near the, Middle, and the For

In a rough way. the Near East takes in the Balkan States. the‘ Middle East flows over the Arab countries around the Garden of Eden, and the Far East spreads!

the Pacific. | Greece ls put. by geographical proximity into the Near East, but is too distinctive in race and cul- ture historically to have been re- garded as an intimate part of the Balkans. Turkey, too, with part1 in Europe and part ln Asia Minor. . is more by the chance of circum- stances ln or out of the Near East. The Middle East. begins beyond the Bosphorus and ln the Inst. war rotated mainly round Mesopo- tamia. It still has Iraq for its hub. with the Levantme Syria and Palestine reaching beyond it to tue Mediterranean. as well as the‘ Arab-ruled suneralnties hedging it.