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111E ciuntorrtrowu GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in i887)

President: Lieut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice-President: J. R. Burnett. FJJ. Secretary: Lleut. Col D. A. Maelilnnon- 0.5.0. Ilffor and Managing Director: J. R. Burnett, l-‘J l. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

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fThe Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

TFESDAY. MARCH 18, ill-II.

to make abroad. In answer to the government's call, the farmers of western Canada responded to flax in 1940 to 372,700, as compared with 297,- 500 acres in 1939. The consequent increased yield of 1.7 bushels" per acre brought production up to 3,240,000 bushels in 19.10 as against 2,075,000 bushels in 1939. There are definite lituits to the ,a1nount of flax that can be produced in Canada i without creating a surplus, but it is conservatively

would find a ready market.

IIDI IURIAL NUI ES e!

\\'ithin a wcek thc local legislature will meet, and ilis ilonour the Licut. Governor and Mrs. LePage have issued invitations for a tea at Gov- ernment House in connection with the event.

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D0 not let us fail in our endeavour to get gov- criimcnt contracts for Bruce Stewart 8: C0., Ltd, it is so easy to be overlooked when so many other

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provinces are evcrltistingly bringing pressure to i)C.'ll' on the powers-that-bc.

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\\'ontlct' if thc lloti. Mi‘. Dennis will have the courage of his convictions, and introduce a mcastire to bonus the small potato farmer, and 111x thc big potato gambler. it would be the first >ir|i towards the rc fertilization of our farms, and making the province fit for our returned heroes to livc iii.

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The Minister of Justice boasted in the Hotise of

' estimated that a crop of 4,500,000 bushels of flax m,

Tl-IE CHAIILOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

llOTES BY TIIE YIAY

Wonder if. on Saturtlly. Kllll ‘Bails of Bulgaria remembered that he smoeedcd _to tlie throne when his father, King Ferdinand, labdicated in 1918, bccause he had poked thg wrong side in the Giea‘. War? Again Bulgaria has chosen the wrong side.—Niag:ira Fall; Re- w.

Most of ua find It quite Impos- stble Io express our maturation cl Mr. Qhurchlllk speeches without re- sorting to language that seems al- together too commonplace under the circumstances. The Washing- ton Post. helps our, whm, in its c niment. on the Pr.me Minister's Sunday address, it says: “II-s Wcrd! marched like an army with ban- nersP-llkimonton Journal.

Pierre van Psassen, writing in an American publication, declares that Hitler is a physical coward of first water, hence the inordinate pro- tectlve measures he takes for his own rson. And by that taken his brutally jg understandable, cow- ards always being brutal. His purge and massacre ln 1935 cf fainter as- scciates is also explained. - St. Thomas ‘limes-Journal.

A proposal that a flower garden be laid out. on Duridas streetfrom the west end of the Armcries to Wellington street will have the support. of flower lovers in London. such a bad would be constructed during we general program of re- surfacing cf Dundas skeet and would add a touch ct color and beauty hi LOZKIOITS tourist and con-

PUBLIC FORUM

Thlsoolumnhopsalsltlol discussion by enrrespondspls OI quol ' o! Interest. Charlottetown loan In necessarily endorse tbs Illlllll o! correspondent!»

OOLD STORAGE

Blrz-Tlhe decision reached by the farmers last. week asking for s cold stIi-sgc plant at Borden in‘ butter and cheese, seam rather difficult to understand.

Charlottetown already hlil eon- slderable storage space which will continue to be utilized. Additions-l space may be needed but my not have it located near the

where advantage C811 be taken of making up carload 1:ts going in any direction. And where, when, "Mr Hemming’: ocean ready, our dairy ucts for all 1parts of the wiorl will not have to be railed back to Charlottetown to make cnnectlons.

"Borden" as a. site for s cold storage plant ls about. a: ridiculous us Charlottetown a. site for an Ocean Tk-‘tflfllllfll.

sufficient cold storage faculties is desirable and should be available, but why not. locals it where the business already exists. Resdutlons cf this nature sponsored by some- one with an axe to grind is what: detracts frtm the value of such meetings as these held last week.

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sown by Bllfébh

their most. a to the

esent s. 1. 11.8.‘. s ragew erepoweruavs and T11

1 of the Incl; glgfillihdd st that time haagtgalii been lish

mind us of the painstaking thor- beughneu and eternal viilluioe of the Brltizh naval service. Day and

An Echo From Zeebrugge

(Ilxchbnlc) One piece of information recently made public receaved rot-her leas at-

seoms that s.

heavily lsden w! .

s narrow psi-i; of the waterway. l

Whether it. was sunk by a mine, mine- yin: air-

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t. lQhbIlIDI-IIQIIOOWITIIIBIIIIIIGIOH no thanit. '

ca. But. depriving the Germans o! this use important means o!

occur North Bea. During the last war. British naval

forces accepted neat. risks and ex-

terminal" is th

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acoomp German - ties may not be able to let out of

the Kiel Canal to the North Bea for, some Th

a t" of which are heavily mined. then nlifh b! belntil

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regular serial patrol of’ the big Brit- iiih flyi

film. wlilha. tiOIOI-ll a “irthro

of Denmark spotted by the

boats. It is lfiicldents such as this which

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A certain proportion of ' ft - _ dents. Should they foil onaiiacur: W122i, “fill ‘a? a a n I r argiintlrlgyhfsltnsurance pay the damage? The answer l;

YOIIR PROPERTY?

If In Town or Village, may be covered against dam

age by aircraft (eithe ‘ I, -

at a small extra prsiniiiliifne'bg1..tiisuliffmw°§op'§""l bombardment, are separate risks wlticl lnqy 0T s or eoversd,—-by War Risk Insurance. so b’

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For full information phone 67 or 68—No Obligation

nlxht. the little ships in the auxil-

GOOD BOOKS i fury naval service uid't.he planes of

vention district. — London Free

uottltl lic 1511- b. >1 zziioiiiiiii 1111c; for thzit. priniar- L-Olllmol“ [he 01h“ d3)’ that he 113d wvcd 1119119)’ 11y, i, 11,, ,.l._,,,--__ ‘p, _.,.\.._,,, “M. Ut- ,1“. U,“ h“ by not filling the vacant cliicf ytisticcship of New lll tlic inc; 19...". .1 t.1..l..i1i11ts ll l.ri1isli victory lii l-jlllll-‘Wlclf- l5 1h" $1111"! P0119)’ l0 bk‘ lilllbl-IQKI Y6-

Press.

As B. "help your neighbor" dr vei-

Sl1‘.—Ir1 this age when we are

reading about war and more won't

to some 5

the Fleet.

Air Arm are going about heir business. watching for ersilemy

ubmarlnes. sweet-tint! British 1p-

our thoughts often turn

bound for I<finchlcy' stepped to give Gum. read,“ in om- ldle noun, 1 ping lanes clear of enemy mines and

tile. utir. .\o titlici" llfillliltidllull can be placcd on tho fact lilttl Hill‘ l1..11i~11c.itlc1l .\illCl'lCiili neigh- bors arc wilful; go pQict .1 bet of scveii billion ool- lttis 111i iilllltlil : tIiuin-ts. .'\11i only are they dc- siious o1 >L‘L' _ .\...1 t..i1ii;i11_\ Lictitcn; they tire morally‘ suic tl..i. i'r:111c .\l;11is.tr Churchill spokc sober truth wlicii llc stiid rccciitly: "Gnc us the tools and we will finish the job."

Demanding lhe Maxintum

J. G. Diefeiibtiitcr, Ml’. for Lake Centre, Sas- katchewan, \ulCCll the vtcus o1 lllilll)’ Canadians whcii he said in the llottse of Cotiiuioiis:

“We wtint action with rcgtirtl to the matter of aircraft plotllltlloll. '1 hc country must bc assur-

ed that the failtircs oi the past will be rectified. _

It iiiust be assured that anyone who today is hampering production in any of the departments,‘ either through inefficiency or negligence, must go. After lb’ mouths 0f war, the period 0t trial and error should be ovcr . . . hi this life and death struggle there will be no second chalice for our iimpire. Iixcttscs for non-production of air- planes or other munitions of war will avail noth- ing when the test with lsiitlcr ziriscs.

"Today people arc making demands. They are asking us—a.nd that is why we are hcre—to get assurance that the maximum war effort of which this country is capable shall be given, They are asking for a maximum, measured not in terms of amounts but rather in amounts coupled with ef- fectiveness and efficiency. The people of Can- ada want to help. They want the facts. They are prepared to face those facts, and if mistakes have been made .hcy want to know that those mistakes have not bccii and will not be condoned.

"Let us all in ll spirit of co-opcratioit and calni deliberation meet this challenge to 0Lll' very libci- ties and our lives; atid when a course is decided upon or when changes must be made in the in- terests of the state, let us proceed to carry out those plans ruthlessly‘ and with determination."

Sales Of Securities

' Art appreciable inflow of capital to Canada re- sulted from the international purchase and sale of securities in i940. Total sales of securities of $123,900,000 exceeded purchases of $95,100,000 by $28,800,000. Although much smaller than the balance of sales of $72,100,000 in i939. the 1940 balance was about the same size as that in 1928. The largest part, $18,000,000, resulted from sales of United States securities by residents of Cana- da. Net sales of Canadian securities amounted to $10,100,000 and were concentrated in the trade in bonds. There were net sales in each month of i940. These were heaviest in the first four months and the lightest in August and 0c- tober.

The volume of the trade in i940 was about 4o per cent. of the i959 total. The contraction in trading with the Ciiitcd Kingdom and other over- seas countries was sharper than in trading be-

appointed in Kings? II

gtirding our vacancy‘ iii the Scnzitc, and is that the.

reason why‘ no new COLIIII)‘ Court Judge has been:

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M. Camille Iluysmans, former Sticriker of the Bclgizin Chamber of Dt-ptitics, recoiiinictids that Belgium ask to be admitted to the British Coni- inonyvealth of Nations. M. Huysiiians, who is chairman of the Labor and Socialist Intertiational, said: "in unity, and only in unity, will be fotiiid the strength to keep the aiggrcssor permanently Jl bay: Belgium sliotild ask to be admitted to the British Commonwealth, and i know that there are statesmen of other smaller European nations who are thinking similzirlyu"

s .11 1o- 1v Schoolboy-s between tlie ages of i6 and 18 are Joining by thousands the ncwiy created Air Train- ing Corps in Britain, An Air Scouts section fortn-

ed as a junior branch of the A. T. C. for boys up

to 10 has also had a SllCC€5hllll start. Each A.T.C. member has to give up four hours a week to training. For those who are employed classes and drills are held at week-ends and in the even- ing. The course iiiclttdes among things classes in electricity, the internal combustion engines, map making and rifle laractice. Proficiency badges will be awarded for air mechanics, air privates, and zur navigators. n- ~ n1 n1

The Alberta Government intends to enter the life instiraiice business and have introduced a bill giving thcni the necessary authority. The move- ment was itidicated February 2o in the Speech from the Throne which reported a successful year's operation of the Governments fire insur- ance office aiid said the Government intended to extend its work in tltc field of itistirance. A report tabled in the House said the amount of insurance written by the fire insurance office last year total- led more than $12,000,000. 0f this amount, the report said, more than $9,000,000 was re-instiretl. The office was established pritnarilyt to insure Government and other buildings.

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The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, British statesman, born this date, i869. Trained as a business man and stigar planter he become head of his fathers firiu of stcpl screw manufacturers in Birmingham after his father, the Rt. Hon. Jos- eph Chamberlain retired; till then his sole interest apart from business was music which he did much to cultivate and develop by festivals etc., in his native city; became Lord Mayor 1915-16, director general of National Service in 1916-17, member of Parlianinet 1918; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1923-24; Prime Minister, 1937;tried, with the usual consequenses, to sup with the Devil without a long spoon; resigned i940, and subsequently died, and with his demise "appeasement" went out of fashion.

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Some politicians have always an eagle eye for the main chance. In the House of Com- mons, Mr. C. E. Johnston, New Democracy

tween Canada and the United States. The volume of dealings in bonds did not coittract as much as the volume of transactions in stocks.

About 9o per cent. of the volume of trading and most of the movctiiciit of Canada and the Cnitcil States. Sales of securitits to the Ljiiitcd bfizitcs exceeded purchases by tlgouooxioo. Catiadian bonds and stocks consti- tute $12,700,000 of this total and United States stocks account fir!‘ tiiost of the remainder. Al- though thcy were in substantial volume, sales and purchases of (fziiiatliziti stock's virtually balanced. Sales and [itircliztscs of Cnitcd States bonds also tended to offset one zinothcr.

‘More Flax Required I

With :1 large Silfpllls‘ of wheat in storage in the Dominion, Czinailiziti farmers realize that other crops must replace a pzirt of their wheat acreage. Flax is one of illcsc other crops. ltccognizitig that an expansion of thc IIIIXSCPII acreage iii wes- tern Canada was ilcsirzible, the Dominion depan- merit of agriculture made appropriate arrange- ments shortiy after the otttbrcztk of war. The tia-

tional barley committee was etilarged under tliqletters, who writes: new national barley and linseed committee to‘

carry 0n a program to revive interest in flaxsecd and to tissist thc farmers with their flax growing problems. The keynote of the campaign was that Canada needed zuiotht-r lllllliUll bushels of flax- seed In supply her home coivtiiiiptioii.

For the past tittnihcr 11f _\'l'lil'S, Canada has been

capital was betweeni

,member to Bow River warned the Government lagainst use of peactime political methods of tak- ing the I941 census. He said that in one riding the defeatedlsiberal candidate had been asked to select a man to act as census commissioner and he selected himself. “Name him” suggested Mr. lVincent Dupuis (Lib. Cliambly-Rouville). "I ihave no hesitation in naming him—his name is Claypool," Mr. Johnston replied. “Is he a good citizen of this country ?” Mr. Dupuis asked. "Well, l1c's a. Liberal,” said Mr. Johnston amid laughter. National registration had been carried out by vol- untary service and there was no reason why the census could not be handled in the same way, Mr. Johnston said. i l O l

How Mussolini once caused Germans to make a hasty departure from Milan is related by Gilbert lhlurray, in The Times of London. It was in ‘I915 just before Italy entered the World Wat-Hand just after the present Duce had broken with the Italian Radicals and was advocating intervention in his new paper, Ii Popoio d’Italia. A French- man who had come to Italy in the interests of the Allies related the episode to the English man-of- “Early in that year he was visited by a young stranger who gave his name as Benito Mussolini. ‘Don't you think,’ said the young man, ‘that there are too many Tedeschi in [Milan ?’ The Frenchman warmly agreed. ‘Give me 100,000 francs, and I will remove tlictn.’ How will you do that?’ ‘You will see.’ Themoncy was given. “Next morning every important

a. lift to two youiig wciiieii in Cen- tral London, two older wsmeri hustled up, appealing to be taken lllSi/flid. “We amply must get to Finciiley quickly." they pleaded. The young women stood b.1ck; the otticrs took bhtlll‘ places. A5 the driver was passing Pacdngttn Slu- tion oxic of his paxengcrs called. "You can put. us dawn here." “But you wanted Finchley," reminded the driver. "Oh, no. we have to get ofi here,’ they replied.‘ "Y:u‘re going to Finchley," the (il‘.V€l‘ said, grim- ly. And they went to Fmclilcy. - Calgary Albertan.

There was a time when a. slang word, by crashing the dictionary, scored a victory hr tlie common speech. and the multitude cheered at the defeat of the crust-y oldfuss- budgets who guarded tlie putty of our language in the pages of Web- ster's Una-bridged. Tsduy the Situa- tlcn is reversed. A new-found lib- eralism has ehangcd the whole complexizn of the big word book. For instance, the verb, “com- mentatie", useless synonym qf “com- merit.’ is listed. So is ilghwfimiilcci- ed’ for “light-complexioned". We find "hung" as a permissible past. participle of intransitive verb “hang” tt“hiiriged" isvyhist. our giant English teacher told us was cor- rect). We find “ready" admitted as a verb (ugh!) and “try" as a noun. This is an insidious tendency. Un- abridged dlctatlonaries are growing tso tolerant, too responsive to every vagrant trend of popular word- maklzig. This smacks cl appease- ment oi the man-.n-t.ze-s.ic1ct_a transparent attempt to stiow hini that dictionary editors are good fel- lows and not. strict curniudgeons. We're akin’ such spineless rcctptiv- 1y. -- Minneapolis Star-Journal.

Iii is too soon to despair of the

.earl.v lite of the Island.

oi ten watch people going home from business or other work in the even- ing and a scattered few will have l. couple of books under their arm. No doubt everv one. especially now. reads the daily papers. For myself, 1 read no less than three papeis every week-day. yet. I find time and. calling in my mind for other readlnk matter. especially good books. I wonder how many have read ht torv of the Isand where we live ~a very interesting book on the‘

_ We have branches of our Library in different centres. and books are sent. to tlie country schools every month for the asking. et. many times they never leave e school. Young people look for magazi 1e , love stories. etc.

laying their own mines in the path of enemy traffic.

the Several Maritime members. quitie

Building Ships (Halifax Chronicle) The House of Commons has heard

a lively discussion on Canada's ship- building and boatbulldlng activity.

properly. took part: in the debate. The importance of providing sea- going craft 1s urgent. MBPIIZIIIZQ members will do well to keel) before the Hou e the facilities exlstlntl in this part of the dominion.

Mt. Howe told the House that he‘ dld not: believe there was a shipyard. large or small. that. has not. been of-; fered all the work it can do. That.

On my vacation last summer Ihad the pleasure of meeting Mr. McLe B minister from Montreal. He was returning from his vacation spent in tllfferent part. o1 the country. and had visited the Island for the first, time in many years. I spoke of n1y1 lcve of good rewdlnR. so he hand/ed me one of the latest books-"Meni- ory Hold the Door.” by our late Governor-General. Through its pages was the memory of his life from childhood; interesting. yes, veiiy interesting and educational as we

There are countless good books for cvclivoiic to read. and read we should. In itioiiv parts of Europe today books are barred. In Germany volumes and volumes were bturied; every book that held any knowledge had to be destroyed in order to turn back the patios of time to the dark ages again of centuries ago.

When we travel by train or shloi we always notice educated people‘ have their book, not just cheapl trasliv magazines. but good books. I What we read is registered on our, minds as a golden leaf 1n our book of memory, like the one by the fam- nus author of “Memory Hold the

fate 0f Greece. ‘The precious Jewel of human freeticm some- time; has a great pixcc; and me gallant ‘reeks today have showni that, no less than their f.rcboars' at. Thermciplac and Marathon. they, are ready to pay it. ll other na-l tions had shown this czuraElQ. and had stood frcm the bfgilllihllg unltcti 1 in resistance, the war so far would have taken g. vastly (ILIIOIOIII. cmirse. Even it the wast should now happen, and the odds against the Greeks should at last prove greater than mortal man can wlth- stand, the record of Greek cour- age in this day will be a beacon to g.ve heart and courage; to free men everywhere. they will carry on the war against baibartsm and tyranny with a new cnfidczicc of ultimate vlctory.—Ncw York T.mcs.

Dr. George T. Brown has died in Atlantic. Ga, after practismg medicine 59 years. Thtn years ago he announced that he cancelled $100,000 dc-bts owed to him by Dill- tents. He accepted casii from those who wished to pay. but sent no bills. A pioneer surgeii o1 Vancouver, Dr. Henri E. Langis, ref-red with a mcdcst. fortune at. 55 with the boast that he liad never rendered a bill to it patient. His offica at Abbott and Coidova street; took 1n a god deal of mon- ey "over the counter", but he kept. no books. That. was in the days bo- fore income taxes Bffll/Ld on the scene. - Vancouver Sun.