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TIIE CTIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN‘

Morning Dally (Founded in i887) . President: Liens. Col. W. Cheese: 8. llcbere Vice-President: .I. B. Burnett. I. J. l. “Secretory. um. Col. n. A. Maclllnnon. 0-8-0. idiiol end Manning Dlreoio . J. IL . FJ-l- ieeoclne Edltorl; Frank Weller and Linn. lel A. Burnett. iLC-NJLR. iOn Active Service)

‘The Sirmlflflf Memorl i! Wuk"; the Weakest Ink.‘

miblv, APRIL s, 1945-“

The Cliignecto Canal

The campaign which has been revived in New Brunswick for building the Cliigiiccto Canal merits tlie full support of eveiy section of the Alaritinie Provinces. 'llie Saint Jo/m Qli-lcgra/ili Journal, in a lengthy ‘SEHBS of art- icles, has reviewed the whole field of possi- bilities, and has quoted conviflflllg “ulllormes to prove the benefit which the COIlSIHICllOlI of this (anal would be to all concerned. Such a watcrivziy would give a tremendous impetus to coastwise shipping by enabling sniall vessels to avoid the trip around the i\o\;a 5601'“ ‘$0355

_ . _ _- Y Y thus increasing tiadc v \\llll‘ northern Pheu Brtinsivick, northern hora Scotia and iincc pawn,‘ island; it “mild put producers in

tlicsc sections in a tiosititni to ship to Boston l1)’- iulaiid, route iiavigziblt‘ by fofllil-"ll 'l“'fil>‘i “ml this WM,“ M. in‘ special l)Cll(‘lll to our potato mp1 gin-nip growers. lixccrpts from our Sailiit john contetiipor: s articles, relating to tie advantage, '0 this Province, have been quot- ed in mp“. (ginning, ltlllil)’ we present a map showing at a gliiiirc lllt“§ll\'lll§{S iii distance Wllltll‘ would result. lt 1S Wtlflll l)"‘59l'\'l“2- TllEYC is no rczistui whv our boards of trade, civil and municipal corporations and other bod- ies should not "ct ll8llliltl this movement and a

giyq our \'cw llrtitisivicl; neighbors the ful'est coopcralion and support ill PlT-"Fmll ‘i l" a tiincltision

An Expensive Vole

Although the indemnity of members 0f the Ontario Lcgislattire is $3.009 a 5555011. that stun is only payable if the sittings last for a minimum of 3o days, the allowance for any shorter period being $20 P51’ dlem- ‘vhelher or not the session which was terminated so sud- denly by dissolution on Saturday, Mafch 24v did last the full 30 days is therefore a question which makes all the difference between $529 and 8x000 for the 90 persons who became 6X- ,\l.L..\.'s on that date. The point lias been raised because the House actually sat on only 25 (lays. although the ftill 30 days had elapsed b8- twcen the opening of the session and dissolti- llflll.

The :\llOl'll(‘_\'-GCll€l'Ill. llfifl- L95“! Blacb‘ wcll. is inclined to tliiiik the nietiilwrs are en- titled to the full $2,000, but in view of the dotibts entertained in certain legal quarters has referred the question to the Supreme Court of Ontario. .\l('illl\\'llll€ thc 90 lllellllmffi Ymelved S520 each, or $35,300 in all, the remaining $1,480 aggregating another $143300 being kePt in the Treasury till the case is adjudicated.

.\lr. llcpbtirn. Mr. Ioliffe and IMrmMac- Lcoil may therefore have strong financial as well as political reasons for regretting the tio- confidence vote they rallied against the Drew Government on hlarch 23- i

Situation In Holland

_\1,-_ Auk-c, British Deputy Prime hlinister, gave some‘ hard facts to thed-Iouse of (soni- tiioiis, on .\larch 29th, rcgafdlflll the Pr°blem5 of fi-eiling liberiiicd l-Iiiropc, says a W0C"! Cllbl" from London.

The lolloiviiig extracts indicate ' the sym- pathy, but also the realism wherewitli gfllalll i5 appmacliing the problem. Attlee said Crest Britain, the base of entry to the COllllflfllf, ltsell tlt-iyt-iiils nrist of zill on iiiipiirted stipplicsmlt has been under constant zittacks varying in iii- tensity during these years. As a deficit area, 1t can only stipply other deficit areas at the ex- pense of its own supplies. and a great portion of these must cuiiic from 0\ s."

liarlici‘ iii thc debate liilll \\llI1l@l'l0ll llilfl said that the Allied armies were using in France 4o per cent of the locomotives, 50 to 55 per cent of the railway wagons and trucks, 25 P61‘ rent of the IHlSSPlIQKl‘ coaches and 4o per cent Ill all ci-al zilliiczitcil lo the railway. .\li'. .\ttl¢C illl(lC(l the following note: “Very great progress has been made in repairing bridges. roads and railways, and the French have doiie an extreme- ly good lob. ’|'li<'_v arc grateful for thc work (if the llrilisli and .\iiieric:iii engineers. \\e have sent locomotives and a great deal 0f rolling stock to France, but Willi the best will in thc world, the kind of destruction that has gone on nannoWpossiblv be made up by this country. The llritisli (iovcriimcut has made available to the liberated (‘Ullllllitts 450.000 tons of raiv inateri- tils of thc kinds necessary to restart the economy of those countries. (hie hundred locomotives are being built for U.\".R.l{..i\. and ten thous- and iviiginis are on iirdci" for France. /\ great iiiaiiy trucks and wagons have been sciit. 'l‘eii thousand lorries liavc been sent for tlie use of civil affairs." Regarding food, Attlee said "The Ministry of Food has sent, or agreed to release to liberated areas, including some Mediterranean areas, impoo tons of food from this coiiri- try's stocks."

The Uetitity Prime Minister made special mention of llollaiid. where our Canadians are. operating. llc said “Disaster threatened that great people (the Dutch)? the Germans were only giving llicui one quarter 0f the standard which obtained in Free Holland. The food is utterly inadequate. \Ve have made efforts to gct some food through. though it is not enough. .\nrl as soon as wc gct into occupied llollaiitl arrangements have been made to bring iii more

needed to provide for e people who ere very near starvation. Although the House won't ex- pect me tosay anything regarding itiilitary plans, I can say we regard the freeing of Holland as an essential operation which cannot ivait." Fin- ally he reminded the House that we might have to feed a great number of Germans. He added “Hitherto we have found the Germans toler- ably well provided for, We will do our best, but our friends must come before our enemies.”

Buireaucralic Blunder‘?

The Ottawa Journal complains: "It seems to us that when the Crown ad- dresses the people it should address them with dignity. In the Family Allowance forms, with

Department of YVelfarc has been sending Can- adian homes through tlie mails, the Crown ad- dresses the people with cheapness, if not vulgar-

partment of the State descends to the technique of the comic strip to persuade the public about its policies-treating them as if they were iiior- oiis, incapable of thinking for themselves.

“We wonder whether Prime Minister King has seen the form of these communications. We feel that they would be as distasteful to him as they have been to many others."

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Coiiipulsory public liability itistiraiice for motor vehicles may become operative in Sask-

M. Fines stated dtiritig committee consideration of the Vehicles act. A clause in the act gives tlic liigliivay traffic board thc authority to maltc

insurance policy or bond required from the owner of a motor vehicle before registration." The clause was approved. i 1' 1F i

John Stow, English clironicler and antiquary. died this dale, I605; born in loivly circum- stances, he followed the trade of a tailor till the age of forty, but while still following his trade, at the age of thirty-six, he published a. new edition of Chaucer's works in 156i; four yflars later he published a Simnnary of English (flironiclcx; and in 1580 Annals of England; his chief and last work was Survey of London,

an attached circular or advertisement, which the u

ity. We have come to a pretty pass when a de- m

MacAsklll." are matched by stories of strong men ln every county of Nova Scotla. An Interesting note 1n the “History of the Masher Fam. fly." of Hants County tells of one Jeliu Masher. who had a farm where lils lathe;- landcd at New-

. . - - . . -_ port Landing. Jehu was quite a atgcheulzin it the bc6ginitIiJiig ofstlie _ne.\t tiaffrc businessman and "was very strong‘ y ar, pri I, 194 , rovincial lreasurer C. It ls said of him that lie carried

. . , . f9 regulations governing ‘the amount of deposit, while the anchor was on his shout.

der and his feet burst through his shoes, which were new. This was all the harm done. bet and llvetl until he was 9'1 years old-Windsor Journal.

shipyards are likely to be starting work

passenger liners, some of them of Daily Mall reports.

vices, are alreally examining tend- ers submitted by for the building of liners-from l5.- 000 to 25,000 tons. Later one or two vessels similar to the giant Queen

Notes By The Way

The scene we: the flegeblp of the Mediterranean Fleet. For no apparent reason an Australian de- atroyci- left. her allotted tlon ln the convoy and began lshlnz round on the flagshlrfs starboard

w. the Vancouver Province re- lates. A Slr Andrew Cun- ningham became annoyed. "What are you doing?" he signalled. Back flashed the answer: "32 knots." Sli- Andrew turned to Commodore F. E. Robert and remarked: "Those boys haven't altered much slnce our clay."

move he crowded German lnterlor. There must be considerable bitterness as the German civilians see German soldiers vlsltlng all homes and stealing all food supplies and any- ng else movable, leaving them the chance of starvation. The Ger- man people are being glven a real demonstration of the ruthlessness of the German armies. And then as soon as the German soldiers

move out of a community, Ger-

man guns Immediately begin to bombard lt. ‘careless whether or not the German shells kill Ger-

man clvlllans.-Nlagara Falls Re- vlew.

Stories of Cape Breton’! "Glnni

an anchor for a wager that welgh- te d ed nearly 500 pounds thirty feet on n wharf. It was raised to lils shoulder and he walked the thirty

at, He sold he dld not breathe He gained the

By the end of the year Brlilsh on more than 20 "SllpEf" he Mauretanla class, the London Brltlsh shlp- lng companies, whose fleets have en gravely depleted by war ser-

shlpyard firms

ATTENTION FARMERS = CHARLOTTFTOLWN . on FERTILIZER5

n“ primal icthelcmolelrwerellollll?! | u

“PCIQIBLIC FORUM l

Thhwolumn in 09¢! l" Jae dlmuelon II! sponrlenie of IIWFW" ¢ lniuqei, The Clurleiietewn Gurdlen docs not Mul- urlly cmlone u» -ovlnloll of correepondcnie.

LIT US REASON TOGITHII

5111-0118 of ‘your correspondents whose name I not: dare to men- tlon has requested. ln no uncer- taln terms, hat 1, ln the future, sign my name to my letters. May I defend my un-prlncl led actions. To me a name ls mercy a tag nf- fixed to human beings ea o means ugh distinguishing one from‘ im- o er.

I irnck from Cberloiiciown m errlve we immirtlv when the open for irnck hauling. If your order he! not already reeehcd the‘ office, kindly nee ihei ii i: given i0 no wlihln the uexi m: Illyl. pun ie eerllerilun ever before. M! “H! “Bu” l; ifncniiiunxp illtnwhllil m mo: m rnwlnv- m but W0"- loiiefiown and build e new werebeuee. Your coopereiion will be ep- pleat-lied m I0 m be im in iflwlnr your M" M fertlllm-

l a l FRANK. a. CLARKE l

l-E-Sl.

The only advantage to slgnlrig my name to these eplstles would be to identify my oplnlom with me

tage of signing m name to these

show me the advan- - - i efforts, I wlll gadly l

acquiesce, but until then I remain "JEG"

J.E.G.) and by no ess people than clergyman whose opinions I cer- tnlnly value, as opposed to the op- lnlons of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance which 1 consider worth less than the signatures of those worthles. Our clergy. at least the less biased of them, realize the dangers of the present llquor sys- tem and the lnlustlce of lt. 1 1n-

n to touch on this injustice in this letter.

When man was created he was endowed by God with a free will and a right reason. Even Prohibl- tlonlsts wlll admit flint. These are the main points of distinction between man and brute. Man's reason and wlll are the guldln forces for all hls actions, vshti includes drinking. He has a reason which wlll enable lilin t0 decide whether or not he should make use of a commodity which God has given hlm, 1n this case. alcoholic drink, and he has a free wlll which wlll enable him to de- cide whether or not he will miike use of it. To man alone has God given the right to chose his own course of action and the Prohlbl-

'MOTOR_ v lCLES F

Coei-mcu-eieg Wednesday, April ‘Mb, 1M6; and until further notice, all highways in this Province arc ‘ " for motor vehicle traffic, except in such uses where the total

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Aeyelc lrlyilnfl en provincial order shell be duly prosecuted.

Dated the 3th dey ef March, AB. 1M8.

highways contrary ie fill '

, Dy Order, ~ C. J. STEWART, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

HIGHWAYS CLOSED T0

weight ef vehicle end leed does not exceed 5,000 pends. -

appears: A little more kindness, a little less creed, A little more giving, a little less greed. v n- n- w

on which the history of the Empire's capital is based and in which the well-known couplet first

Mary may be built, but 1n the ear- ly years after the war concentra- tion wlll be on fast. vessels of a W1 maximum of 40.000 tons, Sli- Rob- ert Johnson, of Cammell Laird. one of the most famous of Brltlsh shipyards. has announced

when has a group of common men that. every building company ls re-

Sonietimes unthinking people adversely criti- cize the Y.M.C.A. War Services as being too parsimonious. But really this is not so, from a business point 0f view they are ultra-generous. Since the war began they have distributed free of charge one and a half billion sheets of writ- ing paper, three-quarters of a billion envel- opes, four million postcards, 53,000 hockey sticks, 75,000 softballs, 11,700 badmintons.

400 shirts and trunks, besides much other sport- ing equipment. u e e

It seems probable that no Redistribution Bill based on the I941 census will be introduced iii the closing session of the present Parliament. That means that, if the Parliament to be elected at some undetermined date this year should complete its full five-year term, it will be I950 before we can have strict representation by population. By that time, we will be on the eve of another census, so representation iii thc following Parliament may be a very poor re- flection of what it should be. The poor old B.N./\. Act has taken a lot of abuse and kick- ing around, but it is the Canadian Constitution, and no one has been more loyal to it than the Prime Minister when he has found it conveni- ent or politically profitable. One must con-

Lookiiig foruiard to the post-ivar ycars ivheii people will travel aiiore than ever before iii his- tory, the Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter of April urges Canadians to become tour- ist conscious, and to support the efforts of tra- vel bureaus to bring visitors to tlic Dominion, but, the article adds, these visitors will demand the best in railway, highway, water and air transportation, and Canada must provide it if competition with other attractions is to be suc- ccssfiil. The article says: "From the beginning of this century tip to the outbreak of the Firs‘. World War there was phenomenal development in the tourist movement between countries, btit it was essentially a movement of the privileged classes, reserved for the leisured and wealthy. Between the wars touring became a lnass move- nieiit. People travelled on buses, cars, trains. ships and airplanes; they crossed international borders on foot and by bicycle. The. nervous tension of the last war was released. and whole peoples escaped from their domestic and na- tional confines." Then, says the Letter, this war disrupted tourlst traffic, but at its end, “there will be loosed a great flow of friendly people between provinces and across the inter- national border." The article concludes, "There is, humanly speaking, no more potent force to allay the fears and hatteds of nations than the tourist movement. Cultural life iri nations is broadened, too, by the impact of new ideas car- ried to and fro across borders and within the

celvlng orders or lnqulrles for new passenger liners. .

the trading of the new world pie old has been ln capital struc- urc. which this continent has are not alone the reaction to a world state of affairs, but also the result of an economy ln which iii- come speaking neglected as Many mllllons made upon paper

slxpenee was all too ‘seldom taken

difficult tlmes have made must ln- dlvldutils more conscious of the 1n- come factor, perhaps a ruling one 1n all successful trading. - Vlc- torla Colonist.

lted Nations among them to ur- gantze thls stupendous effort, to set these mllllons ln motion tn a common end, to solve the lnqrdln- ate human and technical prob- lems of weaponlng and munltlonlng them with the incredibly intricate equipment of modern war. tedly, the machinery of jolnt ac- tlon ls stronger 1n some parts of the whole great fnbrlc than ln oth- GT5. operative devices which have been developed to wlii the pot. be applied 1n the same way O

the massed armies of the Unlted Nations go forward

his headquarters. respondent ground when he asked how miiny men of the 3rd Army of battle fatigue, Bascom Tlmmlns writes 1n the Chicago Sun. tle fatigue!" snorted Patton. "That's the bunk, Three hundred officers lti hospitals with battle fatigue. A lot of them are just gold-brlcklng. There's no such thing as battle fatigue." general standing beside hlm, who was hls army. Patton demanded: "Isn't ‘that. Irlght, Joe? This battle fatigue s a o

1

flcer replied: that's not right in: Ell. Patton dl

"Was there something else you wanted to ask?"

If.

his reporters that at. any time they could bring tn n izood dog was twice as llkely to "make the grade" as any they could bring 1n about a man. always printed, because they're al- ways rend. Take those 1n the pan- ers ln tors knew that the story about the collie which was loslniz 1t; sight and refused to eat until Its owner supplied a "Seelniz Eve" dachshund would attract attention. This was n

sympath count of the love and understan - lng Sascha and the dachsund had for Silver the collie. was Buster. a mongrel. which sav- 6

The greatest difference between and

The booms and depressions known

has b e e n comparatively

a force.

- ~ ll. d l . ‘hll th Prohibition Law (i085 110i. ting; , 4-900 Pa" °f hofse5hoe5i 6231000 games 01 giibtilcncelgleii. hesaifemouxiitecdiniiixiitilve gvlllsh ceun rightfully be eonslder- Not, B, dog but has hi; day. a F' hinese Checkers, 102,250 checker sets, 49,000 peeper andlkicieeperl drafts on the ed jugwth tLgt thin fpxigltlcns g5: bs k m h t ow‘ a ~ t . W‘ ' - - en ii a i e ear gramophone records, 3,360 Wall Plclllffi n" bislifi lldblfléisillxncbawtlileff Smifiifg girigiinii fhllflg as iiatural rights. A emiimiiia-es 8r

heart. Today, long years of

It has been possible for the Un-

Admit-

Admlttedly, many of the co- war could the problems of peace. But as

together to

One war cor- ventnrecl on touchy

were vlctlms "Bat-

Turnlng to a brlgadler- the chlef medical officer of

of hooey." Looking quiet- at his superior. the medical of- "Why no, Geor e. Not at a ." dirt bat an eye. Turning the correspondent, he asked:

was n wlso city editor who told story 1t

og stories arc

the last few days: The ed1-

ot only because of the human

1t. aroused. but an c-

Then there d the llves of two women ln a