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TllE llllAIl Lil TTETOWII GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in i887)

President: Lieut. Col. W. Cheater S. Mill-Ill’! vlee President: ,l. R. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary: Lieut Col. D. A. Maoltinnon. 0.8.0.

. “l”; end Managing Director. J. it.- Burnett, Fol-l‘. Associate Editor-e: l-‘ranil Walker and Ian A. 811F110

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SATURDAY, MARCH ‘l, 1942.

Under Hitler's New Order

An litter-Allied Information Committee hee been investigating life under Nazi tyranny in the countries llitlt-l" has Cl7!l(lll(‘i'(‘tl. The committee, representing; vvcrv nllictl country ill London. secured its cvidcncc from (i) German official pronouncements, (2) articles in the German-con- trolled prcss, and (3) tales of persons escaping from Nazi terrors. Here, briefly, is the record:

Greece: During November 45o persons starv- ed to death daily in the Athens tll"\'l. People are trying to exist on only 25o calories a day instead of the needed 2,400. Although the British Gov- ernment has arranged for a shipment of 8,000 toils of wheat for (irccce, (jcrlluinyls organized pillage of the countryi will probably result in 500,000 Greeks (Lying from starvation this \Vin~ ter. '

Belgium: h-Iore than half the children go to school with little or no breakfast; cats and dogs fem], fancy prices; tho “official rations’ show that a Licrnlitn in Belgium gets $0 ounces oibrcflil u against 5Q f0,- a Belgian; anemia, rickets, pneumonia, skin diseases and other troubles re- sulting from malnutrition are mounting appall- ingly. _

Czccllo-Sltiyultizl: llcavy workers are glvtll extra, rations to keep the German machine go- ing, but others are neglected, with Czech chil- dren getting nine ounces of apples a week and Jewish children getting none finall-

Fl-aucc; Gcrilizins, zirincd w'th pilpCr 1110119)’ gupplied them by the \'ichy Government as pay- ment for the tipkecp of the army of occupation, buv up all the live stock, butter, cheese, frulti and vegetables. 'l‘hcrc not Qllflllflll Jmlk for gnu,“ L~\‘H(ll‘(>n: \\‘lll)§(§ llcztth rate has. 111C1¢fl5¢§l b)’ l‘) licrccnt. and "lhv “W1C Y1K“ 15 l“ dallgcr‘

Norway»; There is abundance of food for the German soldiers iii occupation, but little for Nor- “rqiaiis. I

lkillllltlf l’l1lt'< null _ll‘\\'5 1W4‘ ‘ll-mil "f Slarva‘ tioir (if the nccdctl Lino Calml“ a d“? Poles g“: only 6S0, Jews only 40o. _,

Yugoslavia: “Inflation in its worst form 5mm; in Yugoslavia, with occupation lllfiflii \\_~.yl-ll,l(~,-,~ ln _<rrh l;ll‘lll\‘l'>'. and the Gcrtnans for- cing l‘C(lLll>lllt1ll of all lhcy can gct their hands 011.

This is the realization of Hitler's "llcw 0146f"; e tale of famine, pestilence and death. Nothing in all the world's story has equalled or approach- ed it in sheer wrath and horror. And this i5 what would come, to most oi the earth outside Gcrmuirv, above all pcrhups to the English- epeaking peoples, if Hitler's dream of world con- quest should ever become a reality. If only \v_-‘: could realize that terrible truth, understand it wholly, the \\'ill' ciiort of all of us would surely be greater.

. Toronto Press Opinion

The (jlobtnttutl Jluil takes note editorially 0i the fact that tobacco prices in this Province have gone clear through the federal price ceiling as a result 0f the Campbell Government's IO per ccnt tax, It note..- lhzit the “lartinlc Prices and Trade llozird (lCllillllOil of cash price includes "any taxes", and credits The Guardian with having quoted “with good reason" the old ques- tion: \\'h:it happens when an irresistible force meets an inunovuhlt: object? Our Toronto coll- fflliptllfilfl’ adds:

"if a Provincial Government call raise rcv- enue by lcvyiilg taxes in this ivay, it is to be feared one object of the control system at least ivill bc (lCfClilCfl. It is hoped t0 restrict expendi- tures lll tnnlci" lo divcrt iiioiicy to ivar pur- poses. Whether the moiicy goes in “pricc" or in supcrinlposcd taxation, it goes. Prince Edward Island's limited demonstration. if successful. might casily liCC/HIIC :1 prcccdctit for ividcsprcad violation of znl importutlt wartime policy. The Federal li0\'<‘i'llllit‘lll, which has gone to the extent of scttiilg up a corporation for the pur- chase of iliiptlrtrll twlmlllqdilics in Order lo keep the ceiling intact, Clilillfil view this initial venture with cquluvilnityz"

\'\’hetllcr with (-i|ii;illilliil_l' or lltll, Qtlzlwa in this instance lizis Iclvltttl. ruling that lhc pricc ceiling “docs not .'lppl_v ln such provincial taxes." There should ht: :ui vxplmizition of this ruling which is not yet forthcoming The taxpayer is surely entitled to mic. llc (or she) has a right to know ivliy, lll this mull-solar instance, it is legal to break a fcdrrul regulation which, accord- ing to llic federal .'iiithorilics, “'21s going to be cnforcctl "without t|isliriliiili.'itiiili" iillfl which ivns impnsml for lllt- lllillllvt‘ nf (‘rt-cling "all llliFtllllli‘ lmriwl-r" .'i'_':i"'l»~l l"‘l.'1ll llrit-t- ilicrt-ascs.

Valuable‘ Reference i Work

One of the lili1-l u~sful of li:1\'(‘l'1llll('lll null- llCK-lllfiilfi l5 flit‘ official ‘Hlltlliflrllc '('_'l|la(l3"' fe- viewmg present cmirlitioits and recent progress ill all ilepzzrtnlrlils. Tilt‘ ma.’ edition of this hand.

' book has liven issuotl by the King’,- Printer, Ot-

tau-a. The iiitrorhlction rcvicivs CaintlaT-s war cl- fort covering the development of hcr armed forces, the financial steps that have been

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taken and the governmental "organizations that have been created and their principal activities. It also reviews Canada's economic ccndition at the close of 194i. This section is followed by a special article dealing with Canada’; tourist at. fractions, and zin economic survey covering seven- teen chapters dealing with population, production, trade, manufactures, transportation, labor, fin- ance, education, etc. The regular price of the pub- lication is twenty-five cents, which cQvers merely the cost of paper and actual press work. A special price of i0 cents has been authorized in the case of teachers, bona tide students, and ministers of religion. The handbook is printed on excellent paper, and the text is accompanied by a wealth of illustrative matter which adds to the illtcrest of the subjects treaterl

- EDITORIAL NOTES _.

Your war will cost you more, unless you buy Victory Bonds now. w e 111 n- The Maritime Central Air Service is proving ever present help in the time of emergency.

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Summerside is at one with Charlottetown in demanding immediate improvement in our Car

Ferry Service.

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Tomorrow we have good reason to give thanks lil our churches for the response so fur to th: Victory Bond Campaign.

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At the outset of the War, Mr. Churchill an- nounced that it would be decided on the Atlantic. That prediction still holds.

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Mr. J. Starr Tait, M. L. A., Saint John, N. B.: “I am very doubtful in a province with a revenue of $11,100,000 that 2o per cent of it should come from the sale of liquor," “Blood

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Sdiouldpriyone suggest to you that because, in their 01911110", the Government is bungling or has bungled its members should themselves go and fight the Hulls and JapS, be sure that though the volcennay be that of an acquainance, the in- spiration is that of Hitler, and should you repeat it that you are willingly, Of unwittingly, , Flfll, Columnist.

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tTlic expected is happening will, regard m ex ra war services which comprise the religious and Phllaflthftllllllt: endeavours of churches and benevolent institutions. There is nothing 50 cold afld fmlnsPlflllg 8S State Charity, and Summer- Slde 15 the first. but certainly will not be the last to experience it. '

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It is reported that not only Gel-man made planes, but souie German maimed ones as well are bclllgfifiid by the laps in the East Indies, An American correspondent in Manila who spent 801m time m. Europe since the outbreak of til: war cables: I noticed the same double hum and drone lfi the motors of the Japanese planes a5 earl be heard m German aircraft in Etirope and the Middle East.”

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Island farmers are fallin bacon and egg production. Now is the time to (lwclop m ytta; one. bWe could export 1o times the quantity t?" t 1111111 er we are now_doing; as a, matter, of 11¢ , we are producing little more than enough to supply the local market.

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The Royal Astronomical S porated this date i831, Kory itself was founded the building at Greenwich, designed by Moore & WW". being opener] so far bark as 1676' Greenwich sets the time for the world- ti“; Astronomer Royal is Mr. H. Spencer Jones A 5C. 13-. R.‘ S.: the Roval Observatol-v for Scotland 15 situated at Black-ford Hill the IQISIFOYIOmEr Royal for Scotland being Mr. \V, A . H. Greaves, M, A., F. R. A. S. Pro-

fessor of Astronomy in the University of Edi“. burgh.

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The following figures represent the numbgl- of 111611 €11l15t€rl per 1,000 population (I941 census) - hlaritime Provinces ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . 4b Quebec ,9 Qntario 3r) Prairie Provinces 4, British Columbia . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 45

'I'lus does not tell the whole story and if those “FY1118 in the Merchant Navy were included, as they should be, a very marked increasee would be found in the figures for the Maritimes and

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I." addiuo" “Ia larflfi Output of small arms, Zltggigl andd various types of ammunition, India truck Pr: ucing a great uuulbcr of military

s an armoured cars. Most of lllc clmssm for those vchiclcs have Leon imported from Can. ada and the United States. Considerable pro- gress has been made in developing an industry for the assembly and repair of aircraft. 'I‘h¢ Civil Aviation Directorate is training 2000 nic-

. . . ‘ ' chanics a year in various branches of main- t|cpace work. Naval craft, ranging m size front ‘l eboais to mmcsivccpcrs and corvcttcg are be. 111g built III several Indian shipyards. Tonnage and port facilities of the Royal Indian Navy r2- prcscut a great increase over those available tw; years ago.

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llontlriyl will llC hliss “liiiiiiiiciilrbiiiltlilecifl? .\l. .\'. ])‘l‘f!l1lllll'\" the lending ,,,,||._,,,.;,V m, gm ivork lli Lziiltula. l'hc only public llicctilig sllc will .'ltltlrcss is out! in the llcarlz .\l(’|llUl'li\l llzill on Tuesday afternoon. lt WOIll(.l have bccii in the evening, Oilly the lllackotit made that illi- przicticablc. Miss Kydd is Deputy Chicf Com- missioner Catiadiail Council of the Girl Guido; Association, Commander of the Order of the British Etnpirc, and officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, besides enjoying a I105! of other distinctions. Added to this, she is a lecturer and speaker far above the average and has an attractive personality

NOTES av THE WAY

Al”: ‘h; W3; l! Will D2811 scmething to have bean a Holland- g)‘, - London Free 1319.5-

A censor opened a teller from one end o! this csuxitiy to 111-- Leader of the Opp0slbi0lil M1‘- Hanson. The latter d1?! 110l- m“ that, end he cfimplained to the commons. Tiler-e, 11.5 complaint raoelved an tmoxpcctoil anslver. ML Klng 531d llJF-l his own mail had been opened, lunch rllivvfr 111E degree o! discernment of at 1985i one o; the gcnt-ltnleil of the pcscal censorship $11100 The incident. strange as it 111-1)‘ Selim» has, after all, a 11111111)‘ s-dc 1Q 1v n, wlll pl-ovolw a (‘IClBIlSKI examina- “on o; lms whole question of pos- tal oezisorshifi- Cflwmll’ m’ m“ will object to what seems really ngcgssary from the point of view o1 national defcilsc. Bu!» there must be some order in the 5Y5- km, __ Le Devolr (Montreal).

She came into stationery store Ottawa where I was making a pumhase — a fur-coated, birtght- eyed. rosy-faced $011118 Clmadla“ woman. There was excitement in Lhe sparkle o! lhcse eyes. “I want- some of ihOSe little silver bells find ornaments, you know." she tOlIl 11W clerk “It's for a wedding cake. and I want it to bl- extrn-cstlui.” “Sorry, mevam, but. we haven't. any," the cerk replied “All such uncles are either made 111 Jfllllm o; the United States. Arid both mumes o; 51m w are shut off to us now, you knciv." For nn in- stant, the wcmang lace fell Just mm, a bugle sounrled, as they qjlanged the military guard bQTON the Victim’? Loan flagstaflf hfirfl 1T1 Ottawa. Back came the $111110 l0 the woman's face. and she said: "Qh. well, Just give me n bit of colored paper- thc-n, won't you? I'll make my c-wn decorations. Alter all, there 1s so much more ahead of us, now—" She Dill it. there, in a neat nutshell: "so much more ahead of us, now.” Crin- adlans, day alter day. are learn- ing that. fact. with an impart. that seam. much more fomsfili here. than in the states, The strlngenctes of rationing, or restrictions already seem to be tougher hero in Can- ada. rlzht now, than on our Almeri- can side of the border. -— Clllfiflt!" sun.

For some months, particularly elnoe the Gennen attack on Rus- sia. there has bccn a mvvvmflv» l" Canada to liberate interned Cem- mluiists and to declare the Crim- inunlst party in Canada legal l‘ 1'16 Minister of Justice has said that. there was no reason to accede to these requests because, thQuEh soviet Russia. is our ally. l! 1-9 110m tlhe less true that. Canadian Com- munists continue to carry on a vicious propaganda among the three divisions oi! our armed tomes, the Navy, the Air Force and the Army:..It ts evident that. Can- adian Communfsm has not 811/611 up 11,5 propaganda mctliocs nor the purpole which it proposes to re- alize. There Li all the more reason for establishing 1:1 our own minds e, very clear dsllncllon bet-ween soviet Russia which i; fighting for lta existence and international OOmmunlsm amen ls seeking to eon-apt the world. - Le Drolt (Ottazwe).

‘Hie Bank of France ‘estimate! that costs of the German anniea o1’ occupation in France, from the armistice in June, 1940, to Doc. 31, 1941, amounted to 2l0,000,000,030 francs - about $5,0L‘0,003,000 in real money. Add to that cash levy whet the Nazis have taken out. of France in volume of material, food and labor, to determine the price the French people are paying for their defeat. This news 11011188 along after all the oppression, barberlsm. cruelty and hideous savagely oi’ Nnzisnfs nine years of power. Ls ihcre any person, nziy- where, American or otherwise. who still believes it. is possible to do Madness with H1tler?—Detro1t Free

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Our United states ally has reg- istered about. 2'7,000,0.0 men ba- tweeti the ages of 2'.) and 45 for aervkxa in its lighting lore-es. Be- fore this year Ls out it is expzcled about. 11,00,000 of thtso will be in 'the army and navy. 1t is bcllcvcd at. Washington that lzefcrc the can be defeated the Unncd States may have to rain an army of 10,- 000,000 men. Mcst of the remain- der of those rQElSbEIZO will became members of the vast arms ffltl mu- nitions effort, as mutt: pzirl. cf the ecuntryfls total w-ar p;cg.:im g5 tile man in uniform. The Uiiitcd States navy which in ‘rlcvmlter, 194i, had an enrolment of 311,861 cciitlnuos to accept only volunteers. Limit of the naval pcrsoricl has lz-rcii set. by Congress at 500,031). The U. S. A. Marine Corps Lctajs 174,000. The navy likes its man to cane in as volunteers and hat! the satis- faction of rccewing cffers to en- list In the first, olgltt wicks fol- lowing Pearl Harbor at. lite rnle of 25.000 weekly. The 11.5 A. Czast Guard numlxrs 27.661, mc-"t oi whom ere on antl-suunirizre duty. -Lcn-clon Frce Prcss.

George Ade, r. few yewrs ago one of the bcsl of Amcri an lillLl-Zfiils, known to mill’ r. ’ readers, ms ll birthday. The $01‘ tluulorlst," author of "FR s in Slang," may be a blt "dated" l0 lrc ' generation but tie stilt po faculty of summing up a pr. in fewer words than mrsl of the present-day comriiolztitrrs On his birthday he arcczdwi all intcrvirw to newspxncrmsll 1:1 \'|T'Cli he said: "The old been is st l; svorking I cm rezd all I wailt riiri lt-st arcunti es much as I lite." Asitcd .what W85 Ill-e cans: rf 111s ivsir he re- plied: “Decent. _n':p'e cant lte down and iet- has: rcugllncrks walk on thsm." We liR\'lil'L se:n it expressed any better. - London

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PUBLIC FORUM

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WEED CONTROL

Sin-The Provincial Dqiiartment of Agriculture, realizing the dim need oi’ weed control, have in the past. collected seed samples out of seedelm, had them inspected and found thm to be full of nootloile weeds.

De woulud strongly urge farmers 1n preparing and sowing to take particular care and have their seed cleaned, There are plows Y0“ can have seed cleaned for a mere trifle and it is fully worthwhile to

have this done, e0 that. you will‘

know you are not sowing weeds. Our Department is so anxious in regard to this matter that we are

paying 25 per cent. of the cost olf -

seed graders to e noup o! five farmers vrlth the hope o! encour- aging the idea of sowing nothing but. good quality seed.

I might say to every tanner that i! you have a. doubt as to germin- ation of the seed, test it before it L! sown. You can do so quite easily by taking a couple of plies of blot.- tlng paper, dampen same and put a certain number- oi’ seeds between

the plies. lay this on a plate and be

put. another plate upside down ov- er it. Ii’ seed Ls good, it will sprout in four days. Another way is to take a snmll amount. of e011, dampen it and again put. p, certain number of sseds on top. You need not mix it with the soil. Having put. this on a plate, take another plate and tum over it. Do not use a glen plate. By this device your Ira-in should germinate in three or tour days. .

Do not hesitate to ask the De- partment. for any information that you would like h: receive. ‘Ihe Ln- foimatton Ls at your disposal and

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‘For A male At ‘The “Tromtheetertofthlsnew yearlet ua take the firm reso- union ‘pagan let ourselves’: D ‘ “defea ‘m o W em . member o1’ the Quebec tive Assembly.

IS?‘ iione o! dollars yearly to mtarlo. $119650 and hehlzflhflflt Al, the end

You pmirlnoe In: more Wlwked hooves, more crime, more 1118911111. and is poorer tn the e- mount of its liquor purchases.

To quote premier Campbell; "For every dollar of revenue whim the government derives from this 19111109. P10581117 lmo dollars are eent outside the province and no wrmnondlne value a secured by the people." a

We are, Sir. etc.

TIE‘ PRESS COBIMITTEI

PSI; Temperance Federation.

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Sir: Your attention Ls drawn to the advertisement 1n this lane ‘Important Meeting of Fish and Game’ enthusiasts in the Oddfll- lowa Hail next Wednesday.

anglers‘ and winners’ license was pul: on last year it, was promised that a. full meeting would held once s. year and a report: of the work and collections given. Owing to tne ucertelnty of results 1n "16 early Dart of last summer and a4 we were unable. to get a biological man, it was decided not, to start spending last, year, Now the situation has changed. The res- Donse now assures starting work this slimmer and a. man from the Fish Culture Department will be here previous to this meeting who will talk matters over with the ex- ecutives and s program will be ten- tatively arranged.

This license fee was paid only by the towns and cities of the Island, The viliole of this money will be

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date farmers, I am, Sir, etc., W. H. DENNIS Minister of Agriculture.

THE LATE MIL BBO!

Sin-I shall always appreciate {ll-lg fine expression o1 kind sentiment flDnearlng in the columns of the P. E. Island papers following the death of my very deer brother James. In the eiunming up of the great variety o! achievements in his lite only one error appeared. I find in my record of tile entire life no time when he worked ln the Shipyard of one James Yeo. In his early boyhood he entered a. store owned and operated by one James Yeo which concern served in the capacity of e. supply centre for the shipyard men with whom this young chap James frequently came 1n eon- tact. by business errands, messages, etc, and in his youthful alertness from those fine matured stalwart men he plucked many e laurel. James E. Birch was the great grandson o1’ the Mr. Ellis who came out from England in his own vee- scl in the very early years of the 18th century and the exact and or- iginal founder of the shipbuilding industry in the Lot 13 District of Prince County in those early years. so well described by 7h Ingram Bryan, now of Eng his letter to the Halifax‘ Herald of July 3. 1937, Much more could be said on the matter but briefly speak- it“: 1118x113; gulnililee taunt their heri- age o . .. n powerful ehor of the Elli; ihlpe.