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THE B NAII L0 TTETIIWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In ll!"

Pre Ideiit, LlenL-Col. W. Chfllll 3- “cl-III YIce-Preslilrnt, .|. n. Barnett. lJ-L Secretary. LieuL-(‘ol D. A. Ivlacliinnou, 0.8.0. “mo, ‘m; jnainiigln Director. J. R. Burnett. FJJ. 1' sviiutr Editor. Frank Walker.

SFHSFIFPTION RATES c‘

.. "l ti di cc) ielivcr-f to h ‘Jifioopd-r-tit-hlrii .:(‘ITZHN::I mailed to l’ E Island 55.00 per vein lln advance) mailed to Canada and [LS

rtli-nibvi-s Audit Bureau of Circulation:

‘The Sfrurigiesf Memory is Weaker than the IVcakesf Ink.‘

g_§?i7*i5.ii¥, iixncu ab, mo. * j W’ ‘ - Federal Financing wct-ditliiit Parliament will meet ...l one 0t the biggest problems

earli , . pm, ,. t .iiu ur will be that of financing. 1,, m, » i _.__,_ir liuilgcl, lion. C. Dunning mtiiiinicil l" ' rci‘ f-ir the year ending lllarch {L ,,,,,,_ _o00,000, plus the ba- Epmni it, .'l it, which is now disclosed n5 Ziltiill’ llf.‘ i\.~~i».i_ lle based this estimate “pun W“; p; 4 ,5 millions and expenditures n,- <=n ,,,1!,,. !‘.,-,: iluc to the September tax lli\‘i‘i'_.~.»i'\ u- ‘ ' wr llll>lll(‘bS, the revenues will be aiiiitif Zirlliv‘ "i“‘l\l- _ M.‘ ii._.~,» ugs estimate of expenditures in- clmlpd p“. ii 5.»..- vole, which, as from Sep-

.lT expenditure. The non-war ;; ._i h ~cu reduced and when Na- ’ ii is ziddcd to it there will ry account of approximate-

1v S30,(K\\_<\\'l. _

I Bu: m i p (if this come the war expenditures. '1‘jv“\,_e “ ~;- -i up t0 hIilfCll 31 l! $100,‘ .. l.i_v up to Feb. 29 proves

titxipwii. _ alun this iliiid wzis too low. The expenditures t“, 1pc H (if the fiscal ycar will be at least

$i i_:_<»ii<i_~-i~l>. Titus i “ i»\'<"fi uieiit “'11 be 1i‘-

..l ilcficit confronting Parlia- <i.t_:.0o0.000 in all. No doubt, the $200,000,000 war 10m, But, \‘Ii\‘li"il\i_\', if action is not taken to narrow ti: gap between income and outgo, a second wur loan will become imperative within a couple of months.

Here, ilPOirillfig to an Ottawa correspondent, is the our... of the financial picture:

Revenues f-ir zlie coming fiscal year, includ- ing the. war taxes of last September and allow- ing for iiuprtivt-cl business are estimated at $625,o0r\,c>00_ 'l‘1il_< includes 30 millions from the Excess Profiis uix, which is a pure guess since the Government has declined to make any esti- mate.

Ordinary expenditures, based upon the ex- penditures for the ii months ended Feb. 29. 19.10, but (‘Tifilliillllg the Canadian National Railways, m? be appTOXIYIIZIICd at $470,000,000. leaving an o inry surplus of $155,000,000.

It is jZ'.‘l‘L‘l'."..i_ thought that the National Railway will c-iiiie closer to paying its way this year. so this surplus may be tentatively re garded as bifiiig avziilzible for war purposes.

The war budget for Army, Navy, and Air Force has been estimated by lift‘. Ralston at Sgooxxxmooo. The air training plan will cost Siooxxvxooo. 'l'i:e \\'(ll'. therefore, will cost six hundred lllllilfillS and if the past is any guide t0 the future, these estimates will be exceeded.

Deducting the ordinary surplus, there re- mains a deficit of $445,000,000.

The Governmcirt must solve the problem of financing this dificit. By pruning ordinary ex- penditures it is believed at least thirty million dollars can be cut out of the coming budget. The need certainly will be urgent, and the alteratives most unattractive.

Further increases In sales and income taxes "are anticipated, as well as a complete revision of the Excess Profits tax in which a number of holes have been found since the act was passed last September. It is hoped by these means to cut the war deficit down to a manageable fig- ure-onc which can be financed without in- flation.

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'_ The Communist Candidate:

The most forlorn figures in the Dominion election campaign, says the Winnipeg Free Press, are the scattered Communist candidates who, in a half-hearted way, are now peddling their wares. These men are In a sorry plight. A year ago they were shouting loudly their mas- ter's policy of beating Nziziism. This line they faithfully followed when war broke out last September, irlien they assured the people that the Russo-German pact had no reality so far as they (the tnnatlizin Communists) were con- cerned. Only ii few weeks later, when the new party line was dictated to them from Moscow, they denied all they had previously said, and Ineekly jumped through Stalin's hoop.

Canada has bad its small group of sincere be- lievers in (Viiiiiiiiiiiist doctrines. But many of them uiu-i hurt‘ been badly shaken when they rcaliwl lhit illiumuuiism, as a politico-econ- oniic ilociiiwc. hail to be abandoned in favor of Siljipflflititf the foreign policy of Mr. Stalin; and sonic of i! rii nor-t ll'l\\‘ know that Communism and hipsuui ifiixiiiii pt ‘cy may be very differ- ent thing‘ 'l'lic tIUIWRIIIIIIC proceedings in Fin. land arc lirruiii of Ii‘..'lI_

Most Powerful Weapon

I.<~~= i< lit iiii; lii-ziril now of the British block-

lde lllIlll zit :iii_\' time since the war started. The reason is. not ih.'ii it hzis ceased t0 be effective, but because it has iu-liievcrl its ‘iiain purpose ‘flu-c no longer “ucivs." Its pressure _\' Illl Iiillliilliy with increasing inten-

sity, anti ilv- r1 »uli is thus summed up by the Ellfirjirflll (‘HTIT qiiiiiili-iit of the Saturday Even- ing IBM. :i ]’<l'll‘ilit‘.'il u-liicli on more than one ncca-‘i-u bu. ~l=~uu a strung iiiiti-Ilriiisb bias.

'“l'li.» Iii-iii l ii'wl-.:iile of licriii:iny," says the

Pit-t \\ r5: i Illiiil ])it\\‘i"l'IlII iveapon which llriiiiu j~~ i... ..lil~ll.'lil of I)IIICI\'ZI(IF., the Bri- tish iii-iv i: ~ ill.‘ lllilFl‘ :u'cur:ite and comprehen- sivi- phi-n b, ‘i.."~iiii:iiit" ivzirfrirc.’ Barring some illlfivv -u d‘ lilfliilllfllf, economic warfare will

‘iiillf .if the .'\lIIi‘lI-G€l'l‘llillI cou- l icii iii the first few months, other arms

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have been stibortliiiatcd to this central economi: struggle. Armies and ntivies and air forces have concentrated upon blockade and counterblockade. England and (icruiaiiy have settled down to the relentless effort to starve t-zich other out.

“Only the more rtiiiiziiiiic .\':izi Gcriiiziiis ever believed iii the poiici" of’ sonic secret weapon to knock out the British. I was in London when Hitler's nuigiiciit" iiiiiies succeeded in sink- ing, in rapid 5\1t'i_'£‘\'~l(lll. :i tl"Z(‘li Allied and neu- tral ships. The llriii-li retort. popularly known as the ‘reprisiil ivciipiiii", iviis the most drastic blockade of Gcniiziii trade which mercantile in- genuity could devise.

"N0 ivoiitlcr that llitler, after the Polish cam- paign, began to Iilay fr.'iiitic:illy' for time with his peace offeiisives. lilll ii W115 too lzitc. The British and French refused to grant him time. They not only d-sclziretl uar, but initiated with- out delay the one type of ivarliirc Germans fear lITOSl——CCOi’1()llllC iwirtkirc." ~

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Tomorroiv II. R_ Il. the Duke of Gloucestefs birthday, born i900. ll i! ll‘ l

First long distance. ziir mail service—Loiidon t0 India—-inaugurntcd this date, 19.29. 1i 1I< if III It seems every province will be represented on the Opposition side of the llouse of Commons, save and except Prince llilivairil lslziiitl. Case 0f every one “being out of step but oor jock." i‘ II‘ It! 1i

Coming down to brass tricks, the Liberals have gained at the expense of “ihiril parties”, and not at that of the Ctiiisciwuitivcs, who rctaiii at least their 3S in the lloii-‘c as lll 103,5. Of course, it would have been refreshing bad they added I00 t0 their total. a a u w

The British butter ration has been doubled a half [llllilitl weekly bciiig zilliiivcil each person in- stead of a quartcr pound. D:iir_viiieii fear, li0\v- ever, that many of their former butter custoin- ers will not take ailvuiituge of the increascrl sup- ply because they have II\‘<|IlIl‘i‘(l zi taste for cheap- er margarine.

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Many a jealous ivonian will wish success to the Florida elector \VllO ivzitits Governor-desig- nate Sam jones to eurict a law providing a fine and jail sentence for any marrictl man sccn on the streets “with a \voiu.'iii not his wife without due catisc." She wrote: “flint \\'Olll(l stop a lot of running armiiitl." indeed, it iviiulil, as well as business for lawyers.

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The proportion of coiiscii-iiiiiiiis objectors in Britain is given as 3 1-2 in every 1.000. The other 996 I-2 in evei-v 1.000 are ready and will- ing to serve. A clc iii-iu who ])Cl‘.<t)llZlll_V sup- ported the petition of a ivllill‘ iu his choir for

exemption uslcetl liv ilit‘ <">lll'lZ “\\'hzit is there about his life that lizi- liiillli‘ you tliiiik he is a Christian pacifist?" rcplicil: "\\ ell, he lives with

his mothcr-iii-laiv." n- it t a

The Government Thu-emu of information at Halifax, Nb] has Ilj'jll'll\'(‘ll {til iiilciisirc tid- vertisiiig schedule for .\l£t'\', juiic and curly july 1n newspapers of tivciit_v->cvcn cities along the Eastern seaboard flllil iu the Middle West and Canada, jiroiiiiiiiug ilie tourist attractions of the Province of Nova Sciiiizi. .\':iii-iiiiil iiizigzizines, sport and travel pcriiiiliczils will also be used. The ads in American ilL‘\\5]t-'ll)l.'l'S and magazines will call attention to the favorable exchange rates.

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In Kansas City the other driy court officials engaged in a game of hiiltw-tiud-scclt. A jury in judge Harvey j. liiiicrsiiirs court was all ready to report but the defence attorney couldn't be located. S0 Bailiff 1*. (i. Nlfkilllly started a four of the courthouse. \\'liile be was out in walked Defence Attorney Charles Schiiider. But the jury couldn't report because the bailiff was gone. So judge Emerson went out t0 find the bailiff. While he ivas out back came the bailiff. Then the jury couldn't report bccziuse the judge was gone_ S0 out went l\Ic(jiuty' again. It could have gone on longer but judge Emerson and McGinty this time found each other, and return- ed to court.

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A special correspondent writing from Berlin says that the German soldiers are turning to re- ligion for comfort and support; that the church- es are filled not only on Sundays but also often on weekdays; that in Berlin groups of young soldiers on leave are found at nearly every ser- vice, and even when services are not in progress “they can be seen kneeling alone or in groups be- fore the shadowy altars": that the older higher officers make a point of attending church “as a kind of protest agéiiilst ilic pagan creed iii- culcated in labor camps as a prelude to the period of military training"; and that, although the Nazi government does not encourage religion in the army, it at least does not interfere with ef- forts which are being tiiziile iii that direction ifi the military ranks.

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The evacuation of children in large cities has greatly upset the educational arrangements of the British Govcriimviit. but a dctcrtiiiucd effort is being made to s.'iti<f' * irilv solve the new prob- lcm. According tn n: " figures for last week, the Government lli\\\' has iii pcr cciit of the chil- drcn in the reception areas nu full-time schooling and another 8 per ccut on half time. In the danger zones 2i per cent of the children are in full-time schools rind it is plzuiiietl in get half on full time by .-\pril. In ihc meantime, classes are being held in private houses for those still running the Streets. Education apart from the evacuation measures now (IRIS Britain £101,000,- ooo annually. TIllS ilrics not include the cost of vocational training in special or "distressed" areas, refnrmainrv schools for young ilclinqucnis, agricultural training iimlcr the Ministry of Agri- culture or the army educational program. The compulsory school S_\'~lt'lil rti-"ls the (ioverument {I4 for each (‘Ililll ziiiiurillv for geiierzil critic.- tinn. Atlditiitual irririiiiic charges must be met for cviicurilcil IL"l(‘Il('l'\‘. About i:|,()i)(),()()() has already been spent for (‘iilllp schools in safe areas in ivliirh bnys and fliflSjlff‘. being evacuat- cd. These camps are living built zi< rziyiirlly as possible by n gnvcriiiiii-iiiril camps corporation,

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NOTES BY TNE WAY

A young friend of mlnc (re- ports a ccrrespcndent) is to be called upin the group of 23o, and his mower was speaieng feelaigy to the faintly of the comiziz pari- 1118- "I 11°90 m)’ My. (that you may be sent. blck safely to us all.’ ahe 881d solemnly. Then up spake little brother WilLe. "And 1t‘ you don't. come back Jim, can I have your golf clubsT-Manchestsr Guardian.

In the present war there ia no Patriotic Fund. ‘rhere is no char- ity aobut the support of the de- pendents of our soldiers. The nation has accepted the full obli- gutzon and the cost i5 a charge upon the national treasury. The allowance reguiauono which were proclaimed at-the outbreak of the war, provide. that. allowances snail be paid, when required. to tinree dependents of each soldier. The allawanoes are: $35 per month for a wife; $12 per month each for two children; 20 per month for a dependent mother or father. - Winnipffl Free Press,

An l-IlII-PIOIIICQIIIII league has been formed in Canberra. Australia. 1n an effort. to force down prices which make the na- tional capital the third most. ex- pensive city in the Commonwealth '1 vitiloh to live. The league has brought several cases of alleged proflteering before the Common- wealth Prices Commissioner, but act-ion was taken by the commis- aloner in only one instance. A re- duration in the ice of men's drew collars was or ercd. - Australian Press Union. .

Premier Godboui. of Quebec is making a good start on the job or some of the harm ma: was done to his province by the Dupleasis admirust-raition. His ac- noci in bringing into the Lsgi-sia- time a. bll to do away with a situ- ation which has ‘namipsred the de- velopment, of industry in Quebec bears one marks of wisdom. Tho law wihiicih demanded incorpora- Lion, wimhin the Province. oif cam- paniea investing their money therein, “as one of the mysteri- ousiy motivated actions of the for- meir Premier. —- Windsor Star.

The dlrcctor of the New York Public Library. H. M. LYGCIIDGIK, includes in his annual report a few examples of the many ques- tions which the staff of this insti- tution is called upon to answer for the public. What. is the money value oif an old telescope? What are the calorific qualities oif cer- tain fonds? I-Iow is perfumed paper made? What does it cost to build a theatre? Who made the first, anti-friction brace? How do French and American shoe sizes compare." The pessimist would say that these questions show tihe breadth o! man's ignor- ance; the opitimst, more accurate- ly, would say that they show the wonderful prevalence of cunosity. -New York sun.

The world has seen something in these last weeks of the capacity of Dominion fighters by sea and air. It. is going t0 see yeti. more unprec- slveliy what the new world can d0 to redress the balance of the old. Panticularly v.t.al will the EmpirUs contribution be to that. arm WhiClI must conclusively shatter the dream of a. gangsters paradise - tALt supremacy in Afr-power which wbl brmg the war to a conclusion will be greatly aoceleiicatzd by tize great. Canadian training scheme winch is now ready to be put. imo operation. Itis magnitude is a welcome proof Ilhlalb both the Imperial Govern- ment. and the Dominion Govern- ments are fully alive w the re- sistance to be met with and in the degree of strength necsecaiy t-o overcome 1t. — The Observer (Lion- don).

Mrs. 0'Neil's letter prompts me to suggest that. "All we. who can the pea." etc, adopt the following slogan: “Shell your pea-s the mod- em Canadian way. Efiiclent, clean, speedy!" Bring out the goid "id fanuily clothes wrtnger and g0 to work. After you have laughed that. off, let's get. down to business. This is how you work the mracle. Put. a couple oif gallons of pea pods into a clean sack, and im- merse m boiling water two mm- utes. Dump into a dim pan. One person burrvswihe wrmger, two 1e.d

'Ilhe friend who told me of this was pi-opely enthusiasm: about it, so I'm passing it on for your scrapbook. - N. MncKay in o etmer to the Western Producer,

It lo the time of year when thou who get. a great deal of enjoyment and relaxation out. of the hobby of bird study are beginning to take a new interest in life. ‘Do the scien- tific ornithologist the annual spring mtg-ration is probably as nerve making and exhausting as the Omtstmas rush is for a store clerk, but. t0 the hobbyift it is a mat/fer of pin-e delight. I1’ there are any wiho am thinking of taking up the hobby this year when hobbies are

more important than ever ore. they atioruld lose no time in providing themselves with bird books so iltiat they can warmly tlhie various species as they arrive. The nugiution has already begun. Iii-om tine Pampas the min-fonds the table-lands oil Mexico, miarmca oil Louisiana and the mattered valleys of the northern United States, hhe feathered hosts are beginning their long journeys hack to Canada. — Kmrawn Whig- Standard.

Some of tho women's organ!- naitiozis which have invited the polsltioal candidates to address them received a Jolt on being re- inmded that they must. not serve rafreeihmema after the meeting. At ieaot one organization, to our Jcnowiiedfl. was consienticus enough to write down to Ottawa for a ruling on the miibject, and was informed that. under chapter mil-s and paragraph that and suo- seeiion something else o! the Electoral Act. it. was not per- mlsfibie to serve focd or drink

even a uuip of tea coke. But we have heard of an- other orgoniziobimi, U an; tho partly iin power, winch had n0 samples in the matter, flagrantly serving aftemoori tea, brumng to the friends they liod at court. down Ot-tiaiwa way to overlook this heinous offence; which doesn't. matter when you have the Min- lsitcr of Juivce on your arlc and he would turn a Nelson an eye t0

PUBLIC FORUM

flaia oolana Io one In ti. illaonalln by ocrno cl donation 0| llionat. lb “on lottolovvu Guardian loco not lo- oaanrlly cndurao lllo cplalonl of OOIIQIDIIIIIUIIII.

(riaaiwui mo) ' the Germans d0 - ha: wove aomoono tlkgmlr dgjy g Y. W0 c .

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MARXIAN SOCIALISM

Sir,-I wish to acknowledge my appreciation of the 811808 W111i! you gave to my letter, which you were good enough to honor with the title “Marxian Gocialinn", which appeared in t-he Much 16th issue of the Guardian, in the Public Forum.

In your root-note I notice that

u refer u; Karl Marx's Dos

apltal as “the Bible of the Ger-

man Socialists." In that connec- tion I would like to say that Eng- els referred to "Das Kapital" u "the Bible of the working people," and other commentators have said it was justly sci-called; possibly the German Socialists may have ac- cepted ‘The Capital" no their “Bib1e", but. I'm afraid they, like many professing Ch ans, have pot read (their "Biblwih with 11111050 o afiI-lng on e prece to be round therein, Are a man's followers all those who profess belief In his iples no matter how much their actions may conflict with their professions of faith; or are they those, and only those who“ actions accord weli with the pre- cepts and principles of the man whom they profess to follow?

Have the actions of German Social Democrats accorded. well with Man's teachings?

A izreat many Marxian Social. ists throughout the world, includ- lfli-T Germany. say. N0!

Their sins have been both those of commission and omission, for instance. they might very well, along with Ex-Rev. Norman ‘Ikiom. as of the Soctiilist. Party of the U. 5- -. my: Much as historical (read. German social Democratic) Socialism owes to Marx, u, h” never committed itself u; me m. fflllibllltv (read Scientific Prin- fllhies) of‘ Marx."

I! they read Marx's "Capital" they would have read: "Whenever, by an exchange. we equate u values our different products, by mill V"? Mt. W6 also equate, as human lwbor. the different kinds 0f labor expended on them." ciiap- ?" 1;, Sect-Ion 4i on Commodities“. also He (the worker) create; guy- Dina value which. for the capital- ist-. has a.l1 the charms of a cre- ation out of nothing. . The ea- sentlal difference between the var- ious economic forms of society, be- tween, for instance, a society has- ed on slave-labor, and one based 0Y1 Wale-labor. lies only in the m0d6 1n which this surplus valug is extracted from the actual pro- ducer, the laborer." Chapter Ix. The rate or surplus-value, tho de- grees or exploitation. T1LJZQEQ- ‘P211111 ha" i—€——-—-__~

HERACLITUS

They told me, Heraclltus, they told

me you were dead,

They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.

I wept as I remembered how often

you and I

Had tired the sun with talking and

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