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TllE BIIARLOTTETIIWII GUARDIAN

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President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester B. Mel-urn Vice-P-esldeut: J. B. Burnett, FJ.L

Secretary: Lieut. Col. 0. A. Maclflnnnn, 0.8.0.

Editor and Managing Direct-oi: .I. R. Burnett. FJJ. Agsoglluti Editors: PTHIEEBIKBLRQQII A. Burnett

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‘The Strongest illemory l8 Weaker than f tlie Ink." TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1941.

Mi". kings Responsibility

As the Dominion Govcriinicnt prepares t0 meet

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overseas service. Defence authorities decline to make any prediction as to the nature of the work Canadian troops will be called upon to do but they will not necessarily be stationed in Britain.

EDITORIAL NOTES -

.... The busy bees of our service chibs will be im- proving the shining hours fi"0iii now on. 4 d‘ 1k ll Dublin and Kingstown children are to be ev- acuated because of the fear of German air raids-— neutrality means nothing to Hitler, and now President Delavera is realizing it, so fur as the children are concerned. ¥ 1K i l? Quebec is calling a loan for $15,000,000. This announcement was officially made by Provincial Treasurer Mathewson after Opposition Leader Maurice Duplcssis tleclarcil the call “had been kicking around for a long time." 1‘ Ii It‘ i

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A bombed office and a bed in the shelter entitle any man to be a trlflle more 1168158?!“ 1H 1115 dress fllflllhellfifil tube and to take unorthodox measures to keep the ocild out. 'When he Qptrids his days scrambling over wreckage and rescuing papers and M1814‘! from what were his private r oms he is not frowned upon if he comes to the Qty in ski-mg boots, a; quite a number of men have done in the last week. But l have seen nobody else so reckless of pub- lic .pinlon as tlhe C;ty gentlrman whom I observed yesterday bicycl- ing along the Strand in a Balaclava. masinbosh trousers rathcr too short and spots. — Manchester Guardian.

The news of these British succes-

ses (in Africa) must have come at

a most, inopportune time - for Herr Htler, His calling 0f the Soviet Prime Minister w.ll tax his

Parliament again there is a growing feeling throughout llll‘ cwllhll)’ thiit the l'riinc Alllllslcl‘: and int: uni" t-liiirt .l‘i'c' mkTltlllr-l)’ haiiiyicrcd by the prcscncc ni tlic czibiiici of scvcriil iiicdiocrc nicn I who ought l0 bc ri-plztcctl by leaders of dynamic energy, uide (‘NIICITFIICC and good jurgmeut who winilil Clillllllllllll tlic ivspcci and support 0f the nation. 'l he Toroiiiti til-mg and .\I.nl flndcpciid- cut) thus cuiiinitiiis oii lhc siitizllion:

Some tilolllhs align the l'riinc .\linis"tcr realized that lll5 Liovci-iiiiii-in, notwithstanding its unpre- cedented miijoriiy- in the Ilousc of Commons, was elected hy the iuics 0f fillly" 54 pcr cent of tlie' pcoplc. llc ix-coqiiuzcd, iiini"co\"ci", that he could not hope lu \\lll I1LL‘ uhiilc-hcnrtcil support of the public so long 11s 11'.‘ pi-rsisicd lll the partisan and non-British course oi ignoring the right 0f all

elciiicins of i‘ 1 population to representation in a war l\(lllillllsll'ill.llll. liut his" lccble eltort to 5l1'cl1_t;lhc11 l..s .\liii:~ii"_\ by iiic inclusion 0f ccr-

tam Const-i"\.i:i\c~ \\.'.n flilcilllllllltid t0 failure be- cause he appiwiiichld iliiin by the lILlCl\'-(l0Ol' in- stead of sci-king ihc co-opciuuion of the official hcad o1 llll‘ Upposiioii.

The llllllvlipll lili|‘i'Cll<ll1 which llllllly originally had 1o a .\'.i".:i.ii:\l knHVllIlllClll, namely, the fcdr of coiistiipzion ior Lflk isuis service, no longer ex- ists. Ihls is a \\.ii" 0f mechanization rather than big battalions, and the enthusiasm which a trulv national li~i’it‘l'lllllllll “ltllltl ciisurc would produce by \'Ullllll(ll‘_\' iiicthiuis all the lll.'tll])u\\'Cl‘ iiccded.

National i.~\cr:.iii.~iit would strengthen the morale and promote the unity of all Provinccs.

.~\ .\'.iii.-ii;il Lfililflcl could Ufgélllllfi for \\"ar with singleiies of fillliuiat‘, 1mhaiiipci"cd by political coiisiilcrzitiiins.

Coalition would guarantee that what went on behind the dgul": oi the Cabinet was for the iiat-

Tlie Marquess of Willingdon, now seventy- four has found the special mission he undertook in the interests oi trade to South America more ‘than his health could btzind. ccssftilly‘ certain of tlic visits but before reaching

lle completed suc-

eloquence very severely when he at- tempts to eioplalzi aiway- the tats-l inefficiency of his Italian partner's naval forces in allowing nearly hal-f cf his battle fleet t0 be put out 0f action. The very daring which the British Fleet Air Ami showed in this night attack on t/he Italan naval units, and the lie wh ch the

Colombia and Venzuela he deemed it necessary to return home, leaving to his colleagues the duty of interviewing the p0\\'e1‘5 that be 0f thcse two countries. i ‘if it N‘

Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, born this date 1847; among his many inventions are the phono- graph, megaphone, aeroplane, coneinatrograph, in- caiidcsceiit electric lamp, iuicrolasinieler for esti- iiiziting temperature changes, carbon telephone transmitter, multiplcr telegraph system, electric railways, and a stibiiiariiie torpedo. During the last war he was instrumciitail in discovering processes 0f tlycs", nicdiciiial and other chemicals",

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The air strength of the Nazis is evidently any- bod_v's guess. The English technical magazine Aeroplane estimates that the German air force has 4,000 llfsl-llllc planes lllllllCfllllICly available for the battle zigainst Britain. Of this number, it added, "the structure oi tlie Luftwaffe niakcs it certain that not more than 1,500 are lighters.” The magazines ligurcs conflicted with those of the Stniday 'l‘imcs' air corrcsptiiitlciit, who lllllCCil the nuiiibci" of plant-s zivziilaiblc to Ljci‘iiia"iiy' for “full operation at any given time" at about 9,000, and her total air strength, including all typcs 0f planes, zit about 40,000. lnforuictl sources say they considered the Sunday limos‘ ilgurcs, to lic iiioic itcarly accurate than those of the magazine.

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ioiial good, rzitlici" than for the good of one pai"ty.

Canadians do not care who the new Ministers are oi" whcre thcv may be found, provided they hiiye dynamite eiici"_;_v, good judgtneitt and the physical sirciigth \\ll'iCll war dcinauds_

There is not a competent man in this whole Dominion who is not ready to put his services at the Lll>lllJf~lll of the nation.

lf .\lr. liiiig sti-ks" to organize an all-out 8H0", if lie wishes lo mobilize tlic nation for a worthy part in smashing the greatest military itiacliiue ever lmrlcd against the British limpire, he will llllflfifllllié Wllllilllt furilicr dclziy to strengthen his (‘zibinet by the inclusion of the best men in Cati- ada regardless oi their political affiliations.

No Rationing In Canada

With tlie scarcity of food for most of the people of Europe and many countries severely rationed, Canadians may well be thankful for their plentiful supply. There is a limited rat- ioning in Britain, including sugar and fats. But on the continent cf litiropc there is nowhere any- thing like the constiiiiption of bread, meat, sugar or fats that there is in Canada-except in Finland and SM‘lIZCI'l&Il(I—flCCOl’(IlllZ to a comparison com- piled by tlie Financial Post. I

The average weekly consumption of bread iii Canada is given as 102 ounces per person. In France the iatioii is 87 ounces, iii Germany 80, in Poland 62, in Belgium 50.

Canadians use a weekly average of 36.5 ounces of meat, while Belgians have 22 ounces, Germans and Neiherlandcrs 17.5, France 12.8, and Italy has four meatlcSs days every week.

We use an average of 31.6 ounces of sugar, while the highcst consumption on the continent of Europe is 17.5 ounces in Switzerland and Slav- akia, and Germany uses 8 ounces per person, Italy 5.3, France 4.5, Britain 8 ounces_

Canadian consumption of fats is 14.1 ounces, but in Germany it is 9.5 ounces, France 3.5, Italy 7, Great Britain 8, Netherlands 9.

Many other things are rationed in Europe. The list in Germany includes coffee substitute, jam, cheese, eggs, oatmeal.

Our worst \\'<.JI'I')’ in Canada has been over a possible temporary shortage of butter, and it makes us dizzy to think of what to do with our Illfpllll wheat.

When Canadians see the comparison between their food supply mid that of most of the people of EtlfOp€-—-l?trgcly due to the wan-perhaps the gratitude for their good fortune will stimulate their efforts to hclp deliver the world from its present terror.

Canada's War Programme

Col. Ralston makes no apologies for spending without stint to arm our army for tlie coming

Social Credit legislation is again to run the gauntlet of an appeal. Mr. C. F. Nowell, counsel for the North Arucrican Life Assurance Company, announces lie will institute an Alberta Stipreme Court action seeking to show tlic pro- vincial Debt Adjustment Act is invalid as it con- flicts with federal bzuikruyitcy and insolvency legislation. Mr. Nowell said he will begin ti mortgage foreclosure action against an Edmonton man, contending the foreclosure should be allowed and the Debt Adjustment .i\ct should not prevent such PTOCCCQIIIQSLbcCZIUSE they come under the ‘bankruptcy legislation. l\li". Nowell willcpiitcild the act is part- 0f the general Social Credit scheme "that has been declared invalid by the courts.” i! It‘ ti‘ ll‘

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The old haunting fear of uncontrolled infla- tion has again been voiced in the British House of Commons when it granted Sir KIIIHSlCY W001i. We Chancellor of the Exchequer, vast additional sums with which to carry on this most costly war. 'l'lii* discussion that fclluivcd Sir Kingsleys appeal for funds disclosed the importance that the members attached to the passage of the Roosevelt lease-lend bill in Washington if the bill supplants the cash- and-carry policy, it was pointed out by several members, one of the severest strains on British re- serves will be relaxed, but even so, it was recog- nized, the Government must take more and the people must spend less and turn over a greater proportion of their savings to the Treasury if the increasing gap between income and outlay is to be narrowed. Sir Kingsley ‘asked a credit of £600,- o00,0oo to round out the fiscal year ending March 31. Then he asked a credit of £1,00o,ooo,o0o for next year, not because he thought this sum would prove enough, but because it was the larg- est amount he could “reas0nably" ask Parliament to approve at one time. I‘ 1| i! i

The federal Government, through legislation prohibiting the export of used postage stamps in time of war, has succeeded in "freeziug” thou- sands of dollars. Much more than a hobby, stamp collecting is “big business” with perhaps ten per cent. of the people interested in stamp collecting and trading. Through legislation enacted shortly after the outbreak of war the federal Government prohibited the export of stamps. 111 this they fol- lowed the lead of Great Britain. The Briiisli Philatelic Association, on the advice and with the assistance of the British Government, set up a special control system of the exportation of stamps and collections. Canada has not yet intro- duced any remedy. As a result a valuable quantity of stamps is lying “frozen" in the collections of thousands of people from coast to coast. The world market for stamps and stamp collec- tions, and more especially the American market, has jumped since the outbreak of war, as it has during every war waged since the invention of the postage stamp by Sir Rowland Hill over 100

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fray. The army tank brigade and the armored division will he fnrniiwl by taking some units now existing, by collecting ritht-r units and by recriiit- ing a certain lllllllllfi‘ of units to complete the strength. "\\'1- are going as ‘full out’ as we can go cm all pioduciimi," said Co]. Ralslon. “We Will take as many oi our own tanks for tlic brigade as we can get iinil siippli-inciit tlic llcCcssélfy stipply from tanks wi- i-iui gi-t in liritiiin. “Our position is that we can pay for all ‘ve are physically able to do," said tlic llPfUllCf‘ .\lini.~ter "and, let, inc say, the program is" what llrllnin \vanl.s us" to do. In this war, llt'Cl'.-s.\lll'll\', \\ c are living from mouth to mouth, if not from \\‘f'(‘l\' to ivrek, and things are subject to sudden change, but we had to have a broad plan." A change has been made in the es-

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Mr. P. G. Wodehouse has had the hardest luck of all the English authors on the Continent caught in the Nazi Blitzkrieg says New York Times. From his pleasant home at Le Touquet on the Channel he has been transferred to a German con- centration camp in Saxony. But it is soiue lime since Somerset Blaugham succeeded in making his wzw out of beleaguered France, and now London announces the ariiviil of l5. Phillips Oppcnhelm from Lisbon and the arrival in Lisbon of Norman Douglas from somewhere in ll_itler’s farfhing ncl. 1\lr. hlaugham lold us" the Olltcr day hOW l"?

British Admiralty has given t; Herr Hitler's claims’to have completely destroyed the ccmvoy which t/he J

ervis Bay was eoort-ing. cannot

fail to create a profound impression on M. MclotJfPs mind, and all the lunching flags in Berlin will not be able to clear away the doubts which he must be c ability of throwing tlre l:t of his country in wlt-h the Axis plans. — Kong Kong Prcss.

and dining and waving of

eling abcut the advis-

Alfred North Whitehead. thfl

greatest of living philosophers. from his retirement in Cambrlrge. Mass. in a letter to the Bsttgn Globe, has _ .5 . __ I . . put the case aganst 1e appeasers which hithcito had been the monopoly 0t Gcr- in abs,“ a hundred words} eminent people, including highly’ re- spected Harvard profess T5,. have published reasons activity should be restricted to de- fence within her own bozders. We new know Levflte explained to their their conduct dining thtlr famous walk frcm Jerusalem They were inih cns: the other side." 2-—Thi y had an in- herit-ed (ls-trust of "Srmarla." 3 — After the iiicdtiil had blwvn over, a prfiablr‘ lratfp crtild be eslsb-

Many

why American

l1:w the Pr est and

friends lo Jericlt. c:l by three reas- l-Tlie assault happened “on

s. the tli eves. Thrsc c"ii- jllzilfy the Pl‘ 1st and . if we put as de the es upon whIcli the par- . .. In tlie pixseui. case. tlie .=ue is the delerce cf free-

d;m. - W-llllipfg Free Press.

South AIrIc-IJTnTEy be of good

cheer. Ilitlei-‘s (Qtame ol canqunst

in Afrca is even less trail his dim- lnshing chins-e of further CTIl- qtiestl; in Eurc-pe, In Europe, with ' tlon of a ramp- .1a i and PTl'l1l§._'f\l—- and the Ccnmiunist cement is still very slabiig .11 Span — his ivalk- over career has come to an end. l-Iltlerls luck is changing. He fears Great Brltz-fn. l-Ie frars the Unwed States. He ears Rusia. But. left South Afl‘l(,'Ell‘.S_ relying xivlrlly’ on gcagraphlcal pl'”l.O'JllOl'l, should be lulled into a false sense of srcurzty’. it w ulcl be \\'I‘ll for thrin 1 bear in mm that. l-he A" tlziggncies outlined in the f €g0l“g ob rvations are fundament .ly de- pendent. in lhe ul-rmrle ulwshct on B‘ sea-parcel". — Jdiantirsburg Times.

-Slr:—To all who are inter- ested in the maintrnarcc and prcs- ervatlon cf English cathedal music it. will be welcxne news that tlie Dean and Chapter of Onto bury have decried to kelp open their choir school unless it should later become financially impsssibe, an to recruit new members for brth sections of it. The b arders are in Cornwall. singing a. daily szrvlci- in the parish church of St. Blazey. and on Sunday services in varcus churches of the Truro diocese: the

(those whzse parents . keep them at heme) are maintaining full chral services every day in the Cathedral at Can- terbury. It is much to be hoped that this action by a body whose ma- terial losses clue to the war have been very heavy will be an en- couragment to other Deans and (Jhapters to maintain their choral institutions unimpaired, sven at the cost. rf personal sacrifice, so that a unique feature of our natonal l'fe may not be wanting when peace re- turns. —- Gerald H. Knlgiht. Cathe- dral organist. The Choir School. St. Blaaey, Cornwall-Letter to London Times.

Tiny root; of grass and cover- crovps and undergrowth and bgger roots co‘ fcrest plantations will be the main weapon Victoria w l. use in its fight to reduce the loss of {$000000 a. year caused by s l1 erosion. They will be pitted agalirt forces oil wind and water that have swept millions of tons of dust and soil as far away as the Southern Alips of New Zealattd and caused total losses of mllli ns of pounds. Ii, is on these roots that the soil conservators will have to rel to prevent dust stcnns that . ave swept up to 119011000 tons cf 5041 a day from the dry inland treas- Whe-ri the Soil ccnscrvaflon Beard, to be appointed under p. Bill before Parliament takes over its jcb of trying to st p erosion. it will find that a roxlmatelv 20000030 acres -owo- ills of Victoria — 81g sub- ject to erosion by wind or water. In its campaign. the beard will use every avallable means to im- preis on fanners and others the menace of increasing e rslon and what should be done to slop the scourl sway of vital top soil. -— Austrsla Press Union.

After eight months of occu- patlcn Denmark has n w an out- standing clearing nccrunt with Germany of 400000.000 kronrr. That means a German debt of about {ZONOIXYO for which amount Denmark theoretically is eat/tied t0 buy goods in Ge-imary. But the lat- ter neither can. n"? will. supply t-‘he no ds rrqirred, and lt anpcars clear frzm all official Daifsh statements that even the premises of very limited fut-l deliveries have been brolrn. As importation of the re- nured foodstuffs is impossible, Danish farmer." have had to reduce

ivas" held up by led IIIIX? on board a small yacht in Southern France for more than a month, in the course of which time stories a day.

lle may have read several books iablishmcut of ciizist (loft-nu- troops, but east and by E. Phillips Oppeiihcim. lt seems odd that Mr. west. so that tlicv will be placed on a regularflppenheimk complete mastery of international infantry basis. instcail of “garrisoif basis as at [intrigue and the resourcefulness of the incompar- present. (of foil-stun liillh! < ii plain. mo. that the ziblc Jeeves should have failed. between them, to additional troops going to Britain this year are for foresee and clicckniate Ilitlers fell designs.

stzcks vohetrer they wanted t“ sell or not. and the result ls that the llfflfs of cattle. pigs and pcultry are now ‘arrived. The fan-tiers an paid with money whfch the Na- tional Bank must produce, but. the country as such must gwe credit on the clearing aoccunt. That is not the wh 1e =t"ry. Denmark also must my foi- the hwmr n! bcnq "mo- tceierl" by an army of occupation. and the latest information ls to

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THE... CBABI-QTIETQVQLQUABDIAE .

PUBLIC FORUM

HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, ETC.

Sin-Congratulations oi-i the new feature in your issue of the 8th in the shape of a. letter signed "Ar- thur L. Wright."

I have not the pleasure of know- ing this party. and feel that I have missed some real enjoyment.

I-Ie is evidently not a self-made man. and by what process he has reached man's estate is not dis- closed, but he rushes in to support his friend Mr. Hemmin with addit- ional "words" which about the last. thing that Mr. Hamming: writ- Inils require.

Had he studied my previous let- ters he would know that l asked for support of the proposed 1m- ggovements to Charlottetown har-

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What I did question was the ri- dlculous statement that such im- provements would give us 14c oats and this would result in an end to our difficulties.

My last letter which has annoyed Mr. Wright simply called attention to the itatement of J Walter Jones. M. L. A., whose knowledge and ex- perience in matters of agriculture are known to those of us who have lived here and watched unhappy GEVGIODments of late years. He is Capable of giving advice. but such advice is not acceptable to certain battles who perhaps would not know a. bushel of oats if they saw it, and whose letters certainly di close the fact that its weight is yet a mys- tery to them.

I am, Sir, etc.,

PRODUCER.

FARM PRICES

Sirr-If the agricultural popula- tion is to survive. and maintain themselves on a decent level we must; look for an adjustment of Prefient farming conditions, and put into practice some of the methods of the manufacturer. We are manu- facturers of farm product. The maiuifacturer, finds the cost of pro- ducing tlic finished article and adds his percentage of profit, hence the price to the purchaser. This orlcc we must pay or do without. When our potatoes are ready for market we must take what. the buyers of- fer ivlteflier the price is below the 095i 0f production or not. I men- ticn potatoes in particular, because nolatoe" are to the east what wheat ls to the West. the chief cash crop. The prairie farmer decided if he is to survive he must receive a price for his wheat above ihe cost, of pro- duction. Hr asked for it. In fact. lie demanded it, and the result was the I-‘erleral Government guarantees Western wheat growers 70 cents a bushel. The potato grower". can do the same thing. and why nun 1f 1V5 Qonzlrfoi‘ the Western wheat Qicwers it. lS good for the Easlein potato »;ZI‘DW'I‘I‘. Although the when‘. lZPOWPFs wheat acreage is not liinit- ed, would it not be a good thing to have a guaranteed price on pota- toes with a limited acreage. say, Wllllhll’ l0 i701‘ ccnl of the farmers land. This would eliminate the po- tiilo speeulalor. The inspection of ncreaiie could be completed (luring the usual inspection of the crop. _Wc hear lols right now about peg- Hluq prices of butter, cheee and park. If the “powers that be" nre gong to peg those farm precincts uliy not go all the way and peg ev. (‘FY llllnfr- Machinery, cars, cloihinsz, labor and so on. Then. if they are 811M810 Peg srme thingsdoivn, why twtnpeg ssome things up such as pa. lab-S. A guaranteed price of 50 cents a bushel would be all right on ffdafoe" for the season of 1940-41, but vijill it be for the season of 1941. 42 with farm equipment, fertilizer,