PAGE [QUR TllE . GIIMILOTTETQIJN GUARDIAN. Morning Daily (Founded in I881] Pralideni: Lieut. CuL N. Chester S. lilcblro _ Viol-Proficient: J. ll. Burnetl. FJ-L Secretary: LieuL Cnl. D, A MacKinnou, 0.8.0. Idiot Ind Managing Erector: J if. Burnett. I"J.I.

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King Leopold of Belgium who surrendered to Germany at the outbreak of the war and was put in protective custody in his own coun- try, has now been removed to Germany.‘

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All privates, all lawyers, and all candidates. Pte. Marcel Pouliot, "a young conscript,“ has been chosen Bloc Populaire candidate for Lotbiniere riding in the August 8 Quebec gen- eral election. Pte. Pouliot is a lawyer. He will oppose two other lawyers, Guy Rolierge, Liberal, and Maurice Pellctier, National Union, both volunteer privates.

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Sgt. P. J. Ruetz of Waterloo in a letter to his home from Italy told of a party of Canadian soldiers recently visiting Rome and the Vatican City as a reward for winning the Canadian vol- lcy-ball championship among troops in the rear

lished i11 rc-cttzt f>~th5 oi 1 tiuar-lizln. will have bccit road with nun-it i1 t by our farm- ers aud by all i111cr1--:1d 1:1 "ullurc. The article, on the whtlc, pr<~=tt ' vcrv fair and informed vicw of t3 t. .:1 :1o1iv1..:t1rc, htlt there were a lcw ~ 1 1:‘ ‘i- - vr-nclttding installment tu 11215. ~. t: . be taken.‘

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"Complaint has (l.\1‘l11j)1tl i farmers do ' notional i1

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hi; bee , all lllc na- tional l1ll’(lll’i8 rotate fr 1‘, there bcing no other lllklll‘ '. Gradually, the settlers arc. .111 tht-lr farm- ing to drvote 1.1 1» and they pro-

lt» nlakc ntore .1:nl services. rut-o, a smal- was required

grassed. ccntr elaborate grams . With dcvcloplnu 1

ler proportion 1»: .11

In farms to on increasing- ly bettcr 1'1 lE1l"‘!l‘.f‘ll'. cannot be frozen. lllo tilajoritv of farmers lit ‘.l‘lll thtgv did a. score of yo ._v better than twentyt years l lflSll income i5 now a third 29 average,

until a littlo t hope for fa: n the 1985-39 at

rd as the peak of NIH?

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the above not care if o1 the population

The tioint wit statement is :11: ti», fawnw" he comprises 011.)‘ 1o 11L"; so long as he grow to “er 2‘. of the national irl- come. Rut ti! uhcre the _ ity exists. In 1941 the fa. ctnpzi-tnl 35 pct‘ cont of those gainfully <1. druwl. and rcrrivell approx- imately l; per ccnt of l‘Il' national income. His percentage of the inriwnal inconlc for I943, when he contpriscrl about 2* per ctrn: of those gainfully e1111‘-lr1_\r'l_ n11. l11 the two years before tllc war >r1i~n of the na- tional incomc was . lnt- fa1-1ncr's com- plaint is therefore inllv jn Lied, name- 1y, that hg i; not o-i :1 ; with other people no far as his prr-ltrw 1W1 of :1;1l income is concerned.

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subsidies is also somewhrt: cr-triusitlg. These subsidies are patnvsratsdit to farmers. it is true, but tltcv are "We '1 spot‘ 1c purpose

of protecting the p: 1""! i116 llfflfifil of the consumer. _

In the last paragraph of the Eank letter it is stated that the farm outta-rt of England and “Tales in yrgfl-jp) was 1 11 per cent short of that of the wlvft- . ' The cvirlcncc furnished for this >11 ‘ill i- ;hc value of the farm Production in in. l) of tllvlllllli. ilillt‘. 1110119)’ is“ here ()l);(j1]]'p; the prrirt altogether. for farm prices in P-vita zwd l :1: :1-l'1 arc not on a par. For exarnplo lllili‘ trnrs be-

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fore the wal'-—tl1t= pt. e 11f \\"<u'1t wa $1.25‘ a bushel or more in the lllrl Ctrttntry. This Jlas been the price paid m1 1h» f~1'111——.'1 higher fig- ure than our ("ztnrulI n f 1t ",1- aro vt-l obtain- ing. 'l'l1ere is no l! ' a: llvitzlitt has inadc marvcllom strides l ‘lrni plorltlctintt since the war. but 1w point in

(lnr (‘attad- tlzt- cvcllit they (‘l‘l‘»1l'l.< on

drawing ntislcarling t -*1.',~':-3 ian farmers are c1 have received for t. the food front.

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Reference 1.1.1- ‘. wncnt the other day to a stilt 1'- to lll". jalncs, president of .\lrt."' in the effect that, 31111-11; 17/: 11- niczil advances made in V11" .- ; w], has bccn increased pro‘ t: fvrtili/crs at a ffflciirrtt 111' l‘ - '11 1‘ \.'.11'1~:1Ii1tv<~ .\li11- istcr lifll‘tllllll' 1.1. s .<-'1 l. I11 lhi. \"111:11<Pli11|1\\l1y\' the reduction in 1-11 1 \~.~ wt 1-: ~ wl on to the consumer. ll \\. ~. \'il' ‘rllrtlvtl. l!l1ll'L'l\\'f'l'. that. farmers could 1111‘ 11b": 1 :1 supply- nf V fertilizer" l:1~t >1 l'~l‘ll<‘l' l" reply stattrl ll‘ Icnt lli fertilizm- “in-z. \~.:1. rt- ll" oviduc- gd at a gvgatjly’ tudnctwl v1.4 t< :11l1n1t nium 11it- rate. It is product-d ‘In the ylant at Calgary, but that production is i111" 1111:1111 r11. flnlv a very small prrlp1-1":i11s- 1 ' _ I’¢<l H1 @1111‘ ada for fcvtilizrr. \\l~1‘1 t .<- \\;1l' l\ over. it will

be possible to talm lllls l-Tfnlllll and usc it for fertilizer pilrlwt-("sj l‘:11'l t‘ 1t 151110, however, the Minister could l1~l1l 111:1 n1» prospccl. of util- izing this prmltictio-t tn the 11:111.

Might Have Freon Himmler

"ind uww has it that

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‘which he became Duce, and led "The Fascist

cnt our judiciary are all okay-dokey. Replying t0

appointments he tnadc to the bctich, espccialy in the higher courts. The judiciary in Cllllaflil

lie, but it was known that some judicial reforms

agreed that judges‘ salaries should he increased in order to attract to the bench the ztblcst law'- yers.

members‘ indemnities. 1r 1o-

us to ask a few soldiers at the front. She says the boys of tll’: First Division went over to lanolmirl 1n January

returning home on leave. “\\ll1y is it," she in- quires, “that they are kept in it, while others over here in Canada, and some drawing higher pay and doing white collar ]0l)S are kept_ at thcir ease? My boys were all through the first Blitz of England and now with most of their unit have been in Italy in the fighting llnc for nearly a. year. Why is it that some are allowed to stay at home and others get home while those in the First Division are left over there years?" We are afraid only Premier King and Col. Ralston could answer such questions. a x m 1r

areas. Sgt. Ruetz wrote that the trip to the Vatican and the audience with the Pope “was somewhat marred when one“idiotic officer let out with ‘three cheers for the Pope'." He said that His Holiness passed it off “with a simple

‘Bless youl”

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Benito Mussolini, Italian revolutionary, born this date I883; was leader in Socialist party. and founded the “Popolo d‘Italia" with social- ist policy; was conscripted and served in Great War; in 1917 founded the Fascist party of

March" on Rome in 1919, taking over the gov- erntnetit in a bloodless revolution; remained in control as Premier and dictator till I943 when, as the result of his war failure, he resigned, was placed under protective custody until released by German forces and flown to Germauy- where he now lives, giving Hitler the benefit of his bad advice.

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Seven thousand boys and girls and some 3,000 adults are spending their spare time assisting i11 the restoration of the Krcshchatik, Kiev's famous main street. Andrei Sakharov, Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Ukraine andnmem- ber of the Supreme Court of the Republic, has already put in 15 Sundays at this work, ex- ceeding his quota by I50 per cent. The wide pavements are now clean and free of debris, and on the ruined walls appear such notices as "Singers Wanted for the Dumka Choir" and "Dancers Required. for the Pallet.“

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Quebec provincial Department 0f Agricul- ture has granted a subsidy of $10 per acre to about 3,500 farmers, living on patented lots with less than 5o acres cleared for cultivation. Farmers whose lands are located along the up- per portion of the south shore of the St. Law- rence river, those of the Beauce-Frontenac dis- trict and certain parts in the Eastern Town- ships, are the most likely ones to benefit by this aid, the Agriculture Department said, adding a contestant may improve as much as three acres per season, thereby obtaining a ntaxitnttm grant of $30 per year; i

Attention is called to an article in today's issue on potato sickness, or the magnesium de- ficiency disease of potatoes, by lilr. R. R. Hurst, of the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Path- ology‘. It is important that growers finding their tubers suffering from this disease should at once procure the necessary spray material and use it as directed. The article describes the nat- ure of the trouble, and the means of recognizing it. .\lr. Hurst reports having covered a con- siderable part of the Province in recent 4W5 and finding magnesium deficiency 1n many fields. Immediate action is necessary to check the disease, and it is hoped that this warnllllI will be heeded by all ionckernfd.

According to Minister of justice St. Laur-

a question in the House he took pride in the

was held in high regard by the Canadian pub-

St. Laurent. He

were necessary, said Mr-

It was only in the last quarter of a cen- turv that salaries on the bench ceased to be com- parilblc with those for other comparable posi- tions, hc declared, which tnigllt or not he a prelilninaryt to increasing judges‘ S7ll.'ll‘ll‘.i and

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“An American Mother \\lho Has .\lorc Boys llhatl Unc Over There This Long Tune write. questions about lc.'lvc tor

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"Vacation plans don't bother me," said the henpecked Milquewast “My wife decides where I shall no, and my employer when." - Wall Street Journal.

Japanese New order in Ania l: being firmly established — by the Allies The most: orderly Japntiesn are those who have refused to sur- render, and taken the conseque- ences-Moncton Transcript.

Hitler breaks hi: long silence by addressing German workers and exhortlng them to stand steady in this crisis for the Fatherland. It is significant that he now haa no taunts to offer “military idiots"- Hamilton Spectator

It appears that, after nll the ad- vance publicity, official and oth- vrtvise, there was an element of tactical surprise in the invasion. This, no doubt. surprised some of the commentators and forecast- ers-Brantford lbxpositor.

London reports Spain has re- fused to accept any more aspirin tablets front Germany in return for other goods, claiming to have three years‘ supply on hand now. Not. of course that Franco la not going to need plenty-Detroit Free ress

The Germans, who were ordered to fight to the death in Cherbourg. surrendered in their thousands. with a general and an admiral, and gave un vast quantities of undam- aged military stores and equip- ment. The Boche can fltzht es bravely as anyone. but he does not have the crazy fanaticism of nls friends the Jana-Amherst News

All that the able-bodied elf-inn has g right to expect-and all he does expect-ls an assured oppor- tunity to make a living by honest work. That must be the main objective. Only if and when the system fails to provide employment should any one capable f working expect: to enjoy a, liv ood for which he has not worked-and in this event maintenance becomes a matter of right Our highest aim must be freedom to work. not frea- dom from work. —- Owen Sum-id Sim-Times.

The ruler-once of the nine Science to the dinosaur famiy re- calls that anthropologists have al- ways looked down on this animal. He didn't have brains enough. they argued. to adapt himself to change in his environment, and so vanish- ed from the earth. But i5 it not entirely possible that the dinosaur did think about his environment and decided that he just didn't care to Iivv any longer? The morals of the younger dinosaurs may have gotten him down. Or maybe he hated the administration. the things it did and the actions it threatened in the post-pliocene world Who knows but that he threw up his forepaws in dlgust and said: "If this is the way the world is going to be, you can have ltfl-Chicago Dally News.

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"I am afraid we shocked some of them with our direct questions," writes Guenther Stein. The ‘we“ he refers to arc the six America correspondents who have stat

out for the Communists’ headquar- ters tn Ycnan, China. Asking di- rect questions is one of the things you just dent do in China. Once we asked a surgeon who has spent mnny years there and spoke Chin- ese fluently how he would say to a Chinese patient, "I'm afraid we must remove your leg.” The sur- rzeon nave us an Oriental smile and said, “I would never say it.“ “Why? “You don‘t make such direct state- ments to the Chinese. You come round to the main point by de- grees; the mOre important the 110ml. the more indirect your ap- proach." Isn't. that ridiculous! An American who had lived a long time in Constantinople once told us the same thing about the Turks. A: parently the more worldly-wise, calming. and suspicious a society izrows. the more its officials resent having simple, direct questions pit to them. You even see signs of such resentment in Washington and Albany these days-Providence Journal.

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The tobacco industry in Ontario, Quebec rind British Columbia udds milliOilS to the agricultural m- "Wltlcs summer and olntent for thousands he enterprise has he-

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tidying for th industry is not loo great. To fire the kilns, wood- lots are br-int: dcrtrovcd. and maintain tobacco soils. farms all ovfr the ccuntrv are bolnz: robbed of ntrtnnrv. 1'11; destruction of wnorllnts 101' this n;- any other pltl‘lio_=it\ 5111-11111 b" Slfilllllfl nt. once. and 121 . l of 1111111111: from non- tcbacco fnrlns tittqht to be banned

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by “Solution. 11. has long been v an 11li\Vl'lllt‘l"l l:1\v that straw and "l rz-tttnin on the farm tl

that sound 11cc ls being utmost abandon- ,11~..~ admits it is wrong '1 it with horror. But nizatlcns are pay- n to this glaring and r1111‘ Provincial Gov- ernment is quite nonclmlant in re- lzltrd lo this hirshiackint: that will ultimately ltave disastrous results. Some day we will wake up and find that. we have pflld too great a price for the tobacco industry.- Farmcfs Advocate.

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There was one mun whom I met in Tunis who told me a personal story. He Wns a young English- man who had come out to Tunis as agent for n firm which manu- factured sewlng-tnachines. He be- came stranded there in 1969. and during the Vichy period he was unmolcsted. But when the Ger-

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part a Ola-lotion education.

would have dismissed with devoted many letter: in our published correspondence to an attack on thelsm, conceded that

‘one or two of the more surprising Imldes nlnelu, such u the im- mediate healing of a upwelling fracture of et|ht years’ standing. seem to me to be possibly true, and, I no, very remarkable and worth in- vestigating, although if they were ihevvn to be true they would prove the particular theory of their origin current at Lourdes.‘ (Science and the Supernatural, pp. 1|! and If.)

founder tury who JQmQRIbQEQH the frailty of human nature have been vindicated by events, Leo XIII. for instance. who predicted that the ‘lying prom- ises’ of the Utopian: would ‘one day bring forth worse evils than the present,‘ or Nietzsche, who prophesied that ‘l. democratised Europe will

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It 1s therefore supremely important to discover whether Christ did or

esce without protest in the fact that in most schools it is regarded as more important that the young should learn when Queen Anne died than whether Jesus rose from the dead.

longer be regarded as a Christian country. If this be so, why are not missionaries sent to the poor heathen: in pnrtibua lnfldelium, to the

to provide intellectual entertainment for our Forces. Excellent lec- turer are given on n variety of subjects. We all realize that it is im- portant that we should know something about our Allies, but would be regarded es very eccentric if it was suggested that our armed

" The : REL|G|DU§ PRQSPECT

I By ARNOLD LUNN

(‘I'll NINITIENTII CENTURY AND AFTER)

WW Yell’! I10 congregation: were much larger than they are to

lily. end the open repudiation of Christian doctrine and of Christian morals was stilloonfined to the small proportion o! the population, but

I incline to the belief that the decrease in nominal Christians since th

turn of the century has been more than counterbalanced by a small

but definite increase in the number of convinced and confident believ

en. Intho ‘nineties Auilcanilm and the Pree Churches were infected

by the dofutiam which was inspired by the uncritical acceptance o

the aocularlst; thesis that a Ienulne conflict existed between Religion and Science. Men like T. 1!. Huxley had the ear of the public and the effective rejoinder; to their attacks attracted infinitely less attention

than the unconvincing apologetics of Mr. Gladstone.

As e boy 1 road Leslie Stephen’: An Agnostic’; Apolozy. and had no defences against his attack, for a study of Christian evidences was not included in the curriculum of a school which professed to 1m- Iootboll, however, was compulsory. Long before I left lebool, I lud come to the conclusion that persona could be t-Hvltled into the iii hf

and the insincere. Men of my generation have lived through a silent revolution. of

which we, perhaps, will never lee the effects. The robust dogmatism of the old-fashioned materialist has finished. Few modern scientists would be disposed dognuticnlly to deny the reality of many super-normal

henomena, luch as telepathy, which their Victorian yTBdBCGBSOTS Profenorr J. B. B. Haldane. who

Forty years no there In some emu“ for believing that Christian- iy was in retreat all blend fie line. lld hat n. Materialism which

argued from Darwinian premises In triumphant and irresistible, but it was n. modern of the modems, ", ‘the materialism, and the monism and the Darwinism which stir- red the but minds of the nineteenth century to Inch passion have become the world view of county ooudnl.’

ler, who remarked:

Spengler was not n. (flirtation. not won l tholst kl the

usual wnle of the term, but he was too realistic to accept the unproved myth of l. purely mechanical evolution.

‘There is no more conclusive refutation of Darwinism.‘ be writes, than that furnilllod by paiaeontology. limpls probability indicates that

fossil boards can only be but samples. huh ample, than, ihould rop- resent. 11 different m” of evoitieiorfmd fliere ought w be merely "transitional" types, no definition and no species. Instead of this, we find perfectly noble and tmoltered forms penevoring through long ages.

. . . It is n Destiny that evoked hi0 the world life as life.‘ (The Dn-