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TllE OllAllLOTTETOVlll GUARDIAN

Munung Daily tFouuded tn I881)

r1 idcnt: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLun Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. I-‘J.L secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. ltfncklnnon, D.8.0. £11111» 1111111 Dlflflazlng Director: J. B. Burnett. FJ-l- Assuciate Editors: Frank Walker and fun A. Burnett

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‘The Strongest illemory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1940-

Preccpt And Example

T1“: )1;11-__..111~ 111' lfmancc assures us that fill‘- thcr ".11111t"11111=_~ will b1: made in Dominion Gov- 31-111111111 1'.111.1.e expenditures. 11181 l_5 809d new .1. 11..~1111.111;., us w 1-11 as production, 1s tieed- g1] 1U 11,11 the 11.11". 1.5111, says the Financial Post:

The ltdtlgc". 1-1 lust 111111: forecast that $77 mll‘ 1111115 \111.1.11 i11: cu". off Dominion Government 301141111 1_-_\1».-111li1ti1"cs in the current year.

\\'e ha\ 1: 11.1111 eight mouths of the ycar. Total non-war twpeiiilittirt-s of the Government —- |1i111111'1 1g war and dcfcuse-mave dropped by $35 lllllll-‘Lls 1111111 a. year ago. _ _ _

'l"~;-, tlgurc 11111_v eu-ibv give a nnsleadmg’ im- ,1~L=_._.,1111_ 111 1111' eight 1111111ths, the business 111111111 11111- 111 1111- 11:11‘ 1111s reduced the amounts 11111: 1111.1 111 111- ..',11111t on relief works and grants b1 $11 1n111it111~_

'\\'.1r traffic l1il> rciluced the operating loss on C.'111.111§;1n .\‘.=.:i-11‘;1l l\‘;1i1\\'.'1_vs by $25.5 millions.

'l‘i1u.~ 111.1 1'11"'.11i:1\11s itcms 1111111: than account for 1111- sav“ m- tha: 11=1ve bccn shown.

The 1“ an: bcing appczilcd to save, save, sate: to tinny .11-111s1~lvcs luxuries and even ne- c1 --Z ' '. 111110 frugal in their personal spending; to malct- 'E~1- sacrifices that are necessary if we are to wn the \\ar.

The trifle-e is gp-vd.

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lf it is not taken war

saviuq- 21111 w-r 1111111 catnpaigus will fail. \\’e shat-l have fnfhitiun and our war effort will be impeded.

t 111111121 must. hrttvever, do more than implore pe-wle 111 et~1=11o111ima lt must set the example i ‘f. \\'e iierir of treasunv officials burning the ght oil to pare appropriations to the bone. \\'l11.e are the resultant savings, if they exist? 'lhs~v are 11111 tv-vtaalcrl in the eight months fig-

to seclusion in England, that haven of the un- fortunate. Since then he has been watching- and waiting.

Now his day appears to be at hand. By native telegraph-Altar medium of communication which baffles scicntists—l'luilc Sclassie’s people in Ethiopia know immediately what is happening to Mussolini’s cohorts in Egypt and Libya; know more, perhaps. than do the white people of the world. The native intelligence department is functioning with all its primitive but amazing efficiency.

Ethiopians have a score to settle with Musso- lini’s gangsters. They recall the glee with which the young \"ittor’o Xlussolini, seated in his bombing plane, slaughtered virtually defenseless men, women and children-as is the habit of in- vading dictators in all the lands they overrun. %\'lil2lt' fine sport it was for the gallant lad from

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NOW. in Libya and in Albania, gay young Vit- torios are taking great gulps 0f their own medicine. The tide has turned. Haile Selassie heard what Premier Churchill told the people of Italy regarding their African Empire; and that rue-ans: Get out of Ethiopia! '

EDITORIAL NOTES

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The days are on the stretch, though not notice- lbly yet. n- 11 =11 =11 One more day and Nineteen-and-forty will be counted among the “has-bcens." 111 =1- u 111 Two men met in a grocery store recently whcre one of them worked. The grocery man grinned and said: “llowtly, I'm CTIaus." Smiled the other: “Howdy, I'm Santa.” They were Eugene L. Santa and \Villiam E. Claus. =11 =1 =11 11 The trade of the British Empire increased 33.2 per cent in the past vcar, which is strik- itig l(*.<lllll0ll_\' to the strength and efficiency of the Navy. whose Ships keep the sea lanes open not only for us but for all wioples of good-will. I ll‘ ll‘ >l< .\lo=t of the hcavv traffic trntling to delay train service is at an end for the season, but there is still likclihimrl of lmltl-ups due tn the exigencies of military service carrying troops f0 the seaboard. 111 v 111 =11

Mauv of us will be counting 1111" blessings e11- invcd in the past vcrtr and comparing our hannv lnt with those of lmndrctls of thousands else- where 11-110. not iufrcruicntlv. have not had a place tn lay their 1101111. having lost their all through the wanton onsluiclits 11f the nggrcssors.

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D11r-s sonlconc sabotage the work of Mr.

- -s cciucnr. brick and other sorely need- = is 1o be seen in the Montreal term-

lt i= being pmccdcd with for pure- 'l“:1at is not the kind of ex- ample to 1t to - people who are being preached at md. <c1»l1l'-d for their private spending.

The G1w-1-r11111c11t. concludes the Financial Post, i< ~ot practisnwg what it gircaches. If it is prac- i '1 v.11 i1 prcaches then there is something .;;Yz1y misleatliiig about the figures it puts out.

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Depends On Canada

In writing on the United Kingdoms supplies of timber which have been severely affected as a result of the war, the London Times and Trade liugiuccriiig states that “Fortunately the IUTCSIS of Canada, particularly of British Col- umbia. have during the last few years been fur- nishing Grcztt Britain with increasing shipments of timber and, in so far as ocean transport dif- ficulties are progressively overcome, a sub- stantial and expanding contribution of excellent timber from the Dominion may be expected to meet the deficit caused by the interruption of imports from European sources.

"Canada's timber reserves are enormous and her lumberii-ig industry, which accounts for more than our-fifth of the value of her total QxpOYlS, 1-: prepared to mcet Great Britain's needs in woods for all ordinary purposes. Al- ready Britain is the largest buyer of the Dom- inion’s timber.”

The Democratic Test

At s meeting of some 5o ex-child phenomena In Ncsv York, 2o y-s-ars after they had first en- tered school. the consensus of opinion among them was that it is a huge mistake for a. child to be exce111i1>n;1lly' brilliant~it handicaps him when he eittcrs the world. Dr. Nicholas Mur- ray Butler, prc<i1lc11t of Columbia University, in the l<c_v11/1te mldrcss at the morning session, told an zutdicncc of goo that the education of the gifted child w:1=. from a fundamental viewpoint. the chief problem or’ democracy at a time when that form of government is “on trial for its life." "The main tvst nf dcmocracy," he declared, "is the ability 111 train it's own aristrocracy. The aristocracv which a democracy produces is not 011t- of title, inltvriirmcc or wealth. It is one of exccl11-1ic1~—1\x1~t~llcnce i11 whatever walk of life one chooses. wbcthcr it be work with the hand m‘ work wi1l1 the bi-rtin. in science, philosophy. fine arts, 11111-11" or in the form of public service thrnurrh g1-vcr11111c11t11l ztgt-ncics." Dr. Butler said the 131111-11 Struc: was hcttcr equipped tn develop lcadcr-hip than :111v other people. lle warned. hruvcvcr. :11 311st “crononiic class-cnnscimisucss" which. 11c <.1.1l. \\'.'1.< 1111 zmtirlctnocrzttic doctrine that wnulrl moor cach itidividtiiil in the class i11 "rhivh 11c was 1111111.

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It was unfortunate the ’f111 laid Premier Mc- Nair low on the eve of th." hlaritime Premiers’ c1111fcrence on Snturdztv. 'l'l1e1"c will 11c yct time for a meeting to discuss tlic common ground on which the Klaritimcs can take a stand at the Federal-Provincial Conference, and to find out the particular points which the individual pro- vinces wish stressed.

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The Socitityr of lcsus (for which lcttcrs are commonly used as an abbrcviatioul fnuntled by Ignatius Loyola this date, I534. The mem- bers are botmd l1_v three religious vows of poverty, chastity and cvbcdicncc, 1o xvhich a fourth was added-to undertake any mission upon which the Pope might send them, even zit the risk of life_ Three fortns of activities are peculiarly the function nf the onlcr-tcaching. preaching, and guiding Christians in the way ot perfection.

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A real practical industrialist has been secured to direct the Department 0f Munitions and Stip- ply, in the person of .\lr. Garfield Evans, in- dustrial adviser to the Rank of Montreal and a widely known mechanical engineer. l\lr. Evans, was born in Lachute, Que. He entered the em- ploy of Canadian Pacific Railway in I907. From I910 to I914 he was mechanical engineer in charge of the design of locomotives and repair equipment and held the position of superinten- dent of the lXngus locomotive shops in Montreal from r914 to 1917. From 1917 to 1919 ltlr. Evans operated a steel mill making profiuts for the French Government, and in i919 he was named industrial adviser to the Bank ll Mon- treal.

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Nearly all the ministers who were in office when Prime Minister Churchill began his re- gime by making a re-shuffle have now been pro- vided for with offices suitable to their abilities and qualifications. The latest is Col. Sir Regi- nald Hugh Dorman-Smith, who was Minister of Agriculture at the outbreak of war, and who has been appointed Governor of Burma. Sir Reginald is a former president of the National Farmers’ Union and has represented the Peters- field division of Hants in the House of Com-

Royal Military College at Sandhurst. As Min- ister of Agriculture he launched Britain's drive for home gardens to help offset the island's de- pendence on sea-borne foodstuffs, and insisted upon bonusing production to increase domestic supplies. At the re-shtiffle he was succeeded by Mr. Robert S. Hudson. 1v _¢ a n-

"It is an ill-wind" etc., applies to women's fashions as to other things. Mr. Phil Fainer. president of the Montreal Dress Manufactur- ers Guild. announces that invitations have been sent to a numbcr of noted French dress design- ers nnw in Etiglautl to come to Montreal. He said the invitations were extended by a group of Montreal dress manufacturers who are in- tcrcstcd in developing a Canadian style trend based on Parisian and United States fashions. "Thcse ‘cnuuttiriers’ should bc right at home in French Canada,” he said, “Their original ideas will prove a great boon tn the industry here. vrhich turns out appvoxi1natcl'_v 75 pcr cent of n11 zlrrsscs matutfacturcd in the Dominion." Mr. Faiticr rcvcalrd that Canadian girls and women tire divided into two groups n! far as style re- quirr-nicnts arc concerned. l" Dntarin. along the prairies and on the Pacific Coast. the tendency

ivhilc in Quclvc mid tho .\lar’timv Provinces I11!‘ cr"f"""icc ’~ fv- more feminine attire, fea-

of fellotv-mernbcrs of the League; then retired

luring frills and bow! \

mons since 1935. He attended Harrow and the the lmml

is tr-ivards mauui-h tvpv rlrw-‘cs and snort logs. m1

iiorzs av 1111-: war

I s-ustvvorthlnsl In Interna- tional relatlons and a resolute ef- Lrt. v0 put its house ln ordtr were guarantees of a tranquil exstence. ureeoe, ‘ie countries invaded by Germany, could have counted upon a long period of peace and prosperity. After the dsseustons "and tumult. of, the I-‘bur Years War and the failure of the expedi- tion Into Asia Minor, Greece settled d.wn to be a model State. The first task was to settle the thous- ands of refugees who umd into the mot-her country mm Across the Aegean. An admirable scheme was devised and carried out with the help qf the League of Na- tions, and it. was soon extended and merged Into is larger policy of, ex-

chsngl alien Rilnorltles with the two no libours equally concerned to e more ogen ,

Turkey and Bulgaria... aln with the valuable (ISSLSIBIICQ Geneva, more immigrant fsmllles of Grecian race were settled on lands vacazed by Turks and Bulgars; and t1h;s policy Was further followed up by a. frtertdly approach to tine Turks for a more general agreement

Though the two races had come to

the statesmanship of Ataturk on the one side and Venlzelos on the other aohleved s. reccriclllatlon which. their successors have maln- talned 1n actlve force without, tn- terru-ptlon to thls day. .- The Times (London)

the Eksex County lint-Wardens’ As- sociation ls one organlmttzn that should carry on lndetlnltel as every year lt receives an injec on 0f a new personallt into its ranks. The association hed its annual dinner in libsex Tuesday and there was ln attendance a mixed group o1 young men and men grown 11d in the scrvlca of their municipalities and the country. This dinner is more than Just. a get-together for grud- uutes from the country's highest office. It. is a. forum where ideas are exchanged and where experlcnce galned through practical knowledge is passed on to the uninitiated. Methods of ‘unprzvzng the county are ducussed and suggestions are passed on to mrmbers of the Little Parliament. Many of the eat-ward- ens have retired front active partici- pation in civlc matters but their 1n- tercst. ln the welfare of the Sun Parlnr County has not lagged and they can still come up \v‘th goou advice. - Amherstburg Eclr.

When the archcrimlnal Hitler loosed his Huns as he thought tor mass suicide against the French, he warmed the-m up for sudden denh b_v bidding them think they vvre deciding the future of Gcrmauv for thousand years to ccme. Cant and hu1nbug.—the Kant. and Hegel of German myopia, which we re- joice t0 think that» German bombs blew to feces ln the bcks cf Ger- man phi osophers in the University library of London. We are gclng to make a job of living under fire, as Churchill phrases it... But 1111111 Not. for the sake of the Britlh a thztis- and years hence. They'll be here all right. and locking aft-er themsrlves. we all tripe and trust. No; we are going to do this jab for the sake of ou1- own decency and selfrrspect, and indeed for he sake of the cim- fcrt of u: Brit =11 hrre and now prcsent. Being by nature the most. ingcnlctis me .11 earth. we should do well at this business of adjust-- ment.. See what prcgrtss we have made ttlrcadyz. A few weeks ago the Government department-s went to earth at the first warrting. That '15 mcnderl. The pfst offices shut- antl now thev dent. The post-- bags 1a.‘! on the railway plat rm, Now they spetd thr 111211 the :1.ght. _Daily Express tllcndcn).

“What are thg feelings of 11 man of culturg and refinement when he drops bombs cu, an enemy c un- try?" This was the questinn put. by a representative of the Associated Press 0f Amezzcn in Betiin to a German university graduate who, after a. career in journalism and service as a Gtvernment official ls ncw in the crew of a Gemian bomber. A married man with a family. this German had come in contact with people of many 11a- tlons and confesfed to liking the British as individuals, His answer to the American was that bombing was the carrying out of s purely military command, the rfschargg of whl-rh b1" ught relief. "There l.- so much anger stared up 1n u: that the command to start on a bomb- lng raid evokrs cheers and sighs of relief." he added. "We drop bombs not because we want t.'>'k‘ll English. ople. but because we feel some- iow.that the best way to end the war quickly l; to cause just. as much destructlcn 11; possible." 1'11; culture and refinement. of thls man are subordinate to a blind obedience to orders. Fed on racial pride in a system which admits of no free thought. he can combine a. love of his own family with a complete disregard for the llves cf English women and children simply because his Fuehxer wills lt. ~Bel- fut ‘relegrspln.

The message of Mr. Kevin's vigorous speeches and broadcasts recently ls all one: lf we want tn wln we must. work as never before, going on through the alerts until nent. danger. m manly by his visits has made work hsrd enough fzr the body, trying also to the nerves. Every removable anxiety must. go l! the MOI-spotting system is to succeed; that l5 why Mr. Bevin will shortly crder all em- IpIO ers to protect g ass 1:1 the fac- tores and why forms of shelter must. be lrut. up to guard sgalnst blast. Thls cannot abolish all risk. and the strain of long hours w‘ll remain. Thls winter a great. battTe for the health of workers must be fought. tn the factories, snd that 18in ls very large] the employ- ers‘ raponstblllty. r. Bevin said tn his broadcast that, lf they now give one meal they might. think of adding c-ne smalt one more at the end of the shlft.. During his tour of Lancashlre he urged em- ployers tn slve glrls s ten-minute break durtn the lost. hour tn which the could ave coffee and s llttle f0: before beginning the often long journey home tn the cld. "Little considerations of that kind might. save hlm millions of hours." --Manchester Guardian.

Here are n few words Im- Sunday Chronicle reader; 1:1 the domlnlons and other lands overseas: Thls newspaper was briught to you In e British ship. which also carried thousands of letters and postal packages and thousands of to Brltlsh export goods. ship, retumtng, will bring us thousands of tans of fo‘d. raw ms- sls. and other things that, we buy overseas. You may thank the Royal Navy. which keeps the ses-

be regarded asuhereclltary enemies, 1am

If new blood gives Ilf, and vigor can neo

r111; CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN"

Ignorance And Prejudice

(Toronto Telegram)

Dfecusslnn oosslble choices for the nest of Brttlsm ambassador to Washlnuton a. correspondent of the sew York Times says than ll o 11cc 1n London that: 1.10m Hhltfux .s "too closely identified with Novflo .wniberlsln’s télollcy .0 the Ideal nlted. 5t: s ambassador." Lloyd Geos- . 1e says. 1s reza-rded as a man w o would anneal more to the Ameri-

ole.

It 11s ‘ blv true that Amer!- cons who would welcome Uoyg Gepme would vlew Hallfu: wt dlslke because of his but ln Cham- berlalns peace Dolley. ’I‘ho cam- nalim of slander waned against Chunberlaln oonvlnoed many that there was somethlnz shameful tn his oursult of peace. and they clln to the belle! despite the evidence o the fact-s. 0r because the looks an not told them. As u. result. fluor- ance and nrejudlce hmve to be reck- oned ivlth in such matters u the selection of an ambassador.

Fleets are that. the mun who has lusr been uclalmed as one of the nearest bassadors Britain ever sent to Wsshlnittion was sarong for Chamberlain's volley. that Hstfax was resolute for war like Chamber- when the time came. and that. the onlv British statesman who uro- nosed peace nesotlatlorts after the

ad begun was Lloyd George.

be added that the Amerlcan president. and the American ambus- sador tn Iondon. as the New York Times recently observed. labored like Chamberlain at, the task of ure- rvln the Ameri-

fore her time

Lloyd Geome. who l.s re

have declined the boat because of his asze. enjoyed in the elosln: veal-s of the last war a position compar- able to that. of Winston Churchill today. After the war he was Prime Minister of the coalltlon ment but at the end of its term he found himself out of power and without a party. For some 15 years he has had no followlniz save for members of his own famllv. The peace morvement. which he omanlz- ed at. the bezlnnlnu of the present war failed so completely that it ll nQW_SCB.t'_Cplv__rell‘l6mb6r€d.

may see ln lt the ‘reply to Hitler's b ast that he is blockadlng these islands-London Sunday Chronicle.

Theodor Bear, toy manufactur- er, ha; Just. died in Chicago, and the obituaries say that, he gave the world the teddy bear. which was called after him, Perhaps. But both United States and Engllsh dictionaries say it was called after Teddy Roosevelt ln humorous re- ference to his bear hunting. Al- though the name originated ln the present century. its szuroe ls tn doubt. - Toronto Star.