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.HE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

THE GHABLUTTETUWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded tn i887)

President: Lieut. Cot. W. Chester S. McLurs Vice-President: .|. R. Burnett. FJJ. Secretary: Lieut. Col D. A. Mnctitnnon- 0.3.0. lifter and Munaging Director: J. It. Burnett, FJL Assoc-lute Editors: Frank Walker and lsn A. Burnett

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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker than Ills Weakest Ink."

WEDNESDAY, APRIL Z3. 19H

A Great Anniversary

No l)(‘1lt'i' occur-urn could be takcti for a Can- uda-iridc "Salute :0 liritaiti" than today's anni- versary of 5t. licllrgt‘, the patron saint of Eng- land. and the birthday of Shakespeare. Today i."- also the 13rd 2ll1lli\ try of the naval epic of Zct-brtihty. 1 lur tn. is tux- zt~kctl tn observe the dztv :1.- uue .11‘ lll'llli\'iillllli‘~< and zipprcciatiott to the .\illillr‘l'illll»l for lici lirzttc and courageous sutntl in the cause of frecilotit and Christianity. Flags and patriotic (‘illilirlllé shiwtild be freely dis- ]il1t_\'(‘(l,81ltl tho nit‘ u if; of tho titty impressed in (‘vcry pi-ssiltlt‘ w;t_v tllilitl the y-nungcr gcticration. '11» this entl the Llurnliuii Legion have arranged for patriotic ztdtlrcsscs to be given itt the city schools. TllCYE will be special church services, anti also niilitztrv, naval and air force parades to icnd color arid -.t_.iiiic:tnce to the occasion.

iilsurhcrc we tlllillC ironi ait inspiring book- ict "Salute to llrttliizi," prepared for todafs anniversary by the National Council of Educa- tion of Cnnatla. linipltztsis is placcd 0n the fact that the Battle for Frt-ctloni is still joined and the durltest hours of the combat lie challcuginglv ahead. Britain faces the issue unfliucltiitgly, up- hcld by the finest lTfiilillOtlS of the race.

Canadians are urged to pray “that we, remote from the iicld of battle IP11)‘ not fail i11 our part to carry forward with our kinsttten everywhere the Torch of Freedom which now they hol_d on high in Britain." Thar part it is cnipltaized will not be easy "but today let us stand firm with S:. (jcorge and dcdicutc ourselves to the tremendous task-s which will be ours when the war is ovcr and victofy won."

‘HThe Habit Of Victory"-

In a letter from Edinburgh, Mr. Edwin R. Murrow writes:

“It hasn't been victories in the Middle East or promises of American aid that have sustained the people of this island during thc winter. They know that ncxt winter, \\‘ill‘il it comcs, it will probably be worse, that their suffcrittgs and privations will increase. Their greatest strength has been and is something that is talked about a great deal in Germany but never mentioned here .-—the concept of a muster race.

"The average Eitglishman thinks it's just plain silly for the Germans to talk about a master race. He's quietly sure in his own mind that there is only one master race. That's a characteristic that cattsed hi111 to adopt an atti- tude of rather bored tolerance toward all for- eigners and made him thoroughly disliked by many of them. But it's the thing that has closed his mind to the possibilities that Britain may be defeated.

"The habit of victory is strong here. Other habits src strong too. The old way of doing things is considered best. That's why it has taken more than s year and s hall to mobilize Britain's potential strength and the job is not yet finished.

"No one knows whether invasion will come, but there are those who fear it will not. I be- lieve that s public opinion poll on the ques- tion “Would you like the Germans to sttcmpt an invasioni?" would be answered overwhelm- ingly in the affirmative. Most people, believ- ing that it must be attempted eventually, would be willing to have it come soon. They think that in no other way can the Gcrntans win this war, and they will not change their minds until they hear their children say, ‘We arc hungry.’ "

Ottawa's Wheat Policy

What is this King Government wheat policy about whiclt our fztrmcrs have heard so much. but which is still so confusing despite the hund- reds of pages in llansard devoted to its dis- cussion? The rillllCy is stmtmarizcd in the cur- rcnt issue of tltc Ifrmminir Amzaiiri. a bi-monthly publication issued llll(l(‘l‘ the attthority of Hon. G. Gardiner, Klinistcr of Agriculture at Ottawa.

The policy, s.'iys lirnnnutic Armalisf, covers both the prrirhtciilni and marketing phases of the 1941 whcat crop. Under the nttiriccting phase the feature is tho-limitation of deliveries nf wheat in the 1941-42 crop year to 230000.000 bushc]; for the whulr- of Canada. The marketing of this quantity will hc rcgttlaictl by a quota. sys- tom based on the production from 65 per cent of the 1040 acreage. The first quota will be a gen- eral one and will allow a flat rate of (lcliverics of witcat per acre from each farmer. Subsequent quotas will be ccriztiti proportions 0f the ")4! yield for ihc farmers shipping point. The pre- 5cm price of 7o ccnts a ituslicl basis No. 1 North- ern in stor: Fort William ——i‘ort Arthur will bc cominucrl during the crop Y"? 794ml? 0" wheat deliveries. Likcwisc, the arrangements for the paying of storngt‘ to producers \v1li be cort- tinued through the 104142 $350" but slofaRe will only be paid on the undelivered part of tho 330,000,000 bushels.

An acreage adjustmcnt

compensation for reduction in the acreage tie-i

voted to wheat is being undertaken. This pro- vides that farmers may be compensated for acre- age taken out of wheat production in 1941 and suntmcr-fallotvcd, at the rate of $4.00 per acre. These payments will be made as soon as possible after July 1, 1941. Farmers who take land out of wheat production and sow i; to coargg grain; Will be compensated at the rate of $2.00 per acre as soon as possible after proof of seeding is established, Acreage removed from wheat pro- duction and sown to grass or clover entitles the operator to compensation at the rate of $2.00 an acre after proof of sowing has been established “"1 a fllrlllfl‘ $2.00 an acre will be paid if the same land is still seeded down to grass or clover it July I. I942. Acreage taken out of wheat production this year and sown to coarse grains or summer-fallowcd for which compensation may be paid as outlined above and seeded to grass and clover or fall rye will be eligible for further compensation at the rate of $2.00 an acre as soon as possible after july 1, 1942, providing the land is in grass, clover or rye on that date.

“The production program outlined above," says the Economic Aunalist, "is designed to achieve an appreciable reduction in the wheat acreage and to provide compensation for the loss of income.”

Eastern Canadian farmers are still wondering why the same fair and equitable provisions cannot be made to cover their difficulties. In the correspondence recently published bmwm Premier Campbell and Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King, Mr. King suggested that the solu- tion of ottr potato farmers‘ problem this year would be to gro/w fewer potatoes. He did not suggest that such a reduction should be accom- panied by any “compensation for the loss of in- come” which Mr. Gardiner's policy provides for the western wheat growers.

—. EDITORIAL NOTES a‘

St. George's Day—lct us all celebrate. I i‘ III I Truro is one of the latest towns to come under the \\'ztrtimc Prices and Trade Board rent con- trol, the maxitntint rentals not to exceed those in force at January 1 last_ t s t v Ilcre is generosity, patriotism and mother love for you! 'i.‘\vo soldiers on lcave front the Royal Canadian Artillery, waiting the other clay for a bus at Datibury Village, in Essex, saw an elderly wontatt beckon to them from a car. Before she drove away she handed one of them a package and said: “Take this, laddie, it is a present for you and your friend.” It contained £150 and a letter saying it would have been a birthday gift for her son killed in the war. I Q W l The plattsiblc, but undocumented, evidence of- tcred by twcnty-fotir civilian defendants accused the other day at a Ncwton-le-\Villows Cottrt, in Lancashirc, England, of having trausgrcsscd the Motor Fuel Rationing Order, was swept aside by the judge after the legal doctrine that “the King can do no wrong" has been introduced by the Crown's agent, K, Chambers, who prosecut- ed, upheld the police. Sentence was reserved. “My submission," he ltas said, “is that vcry old doctrine which originally rested on the per sonal position of the Sovereign, but which is now vested in officers of the Crown, that where- as it is illegal or improper for ordinary persons to do certain things, that docs not apply to Crown servants . " F U Q 1 Urging that "the moral stability and strength of l. people is attained through coitvictiott on great principles and by devotion to the service of a. cause which calls for selfdiscipline,” the rc- port of the Board of Evangelism and Social Service of the United Church calls for greater restrictions on the manufacture, import and sale of alcoholic liquors and for personal abstention; increased taxation on tobacco, gasoline for plea- sure use, and high-priced hotels, meals, travel and amusements; greater restriction of the manufalure and importation of luxury goods; rigid control of racecourse gambling, and steeply graded, extensive and maximum rates of war- time taxation in order to keep borrowing at a. minimum so that our nation may be as strong as possible to meet post-war needs __ e a s a Shikflpflrs. born this date 1564, son of a Strat- ford-on-Avon merchant, his mother, Mary Arden, being the daughter of a wealthy farmer. He grew up in "the spacious times” of Elizabeth, an age of great national triumph in literary as in other fields. The magnitude and inexplicability of Shakespeare's genius, the diversity and depth n! his knowledge, and the meagreness of the known details of his life have given rise not only to an enormous body of literature dealing with the man and his work, but to an extraordinary the- ory that the plays bearing his name are not his. The passing of more than three centuries has failed to make obsolete or antiquated the master dramatisfs works in tragic and comic vein slike. His boundless imagination rose triumphant over the limitations of the Elizabethan theatre, and refused to be restricted by classical unifies and traditions. s e e n Prime Minister Mackenzie King has once more come to the assistance of Premier Aber- ltart by icncwing guarantees of Alberta's in- dcbtcdness. Other Alberta maturities this year are dated August I, October 1 and December t, aggregating $12,473,000. The extensions so far granted, in each case for one year, were on the representations of the Alberta Govennncnt that they could not be met in whole or in part. The Government holds British Columbia. Treasury bill itiaturities for every month of the current year. The following have been renewed so far: January 28, $3,61o.oo0: February 22, $5,710,000; _l\larch 25, $2,871,000. Other 1941 maturities are in the following order: April 30, $1,938,881.59; Ma)’ 1'9. $1 .350.000,ooo; June 22, $935,000.00; July 17. $Z.334.0oo.oo; August 27, $6,136,268.48; 5¢1>¢¢mbsr 16. $27I.890-96; Ssmsmber 30. $3.- 637-551-752 October 26, $l.831.553.25; Novem-

l)" 20. $380,000.00; December 2 3, $3,237,844.90.

program providing So it evidently pays to be kickers at Ottawa.

course, w wait, like bLrds hypnotized by a

sorts av THE war I

A cinems in the West Riding is exhibiting an ornon, in solitary splend '1, on a block velvet cush- ion, with s card bearing the name of this week's film, "My Love gurtie Back", -Leeds Yorkshire

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The Dutch have been told, tn Just so many words. that. even to t ’ bad thoughts of their German con- querors would be dons at 111a risk o! death. This ts where the Nazis make their grossest. mlscstculstton. They cannot. - by the sword-ste- stray the intellect or subdue the spirit of those virhom they op ress.‘ And this will prove their un olng. -The Argonaut.

Figures recently made svsttsbte indicate that France has paid to Germany since the armistice of lest. July more than Germany paid in reparations to France from 1919 t0 1931. France ts paying for the sup- port. to the German army of occu- pation. lt is interesting to recall the anguished squawks that used to be let loose by Adolf Hitler about. “infamous reparations" and the caustic manner in which ite used to denounce the principle in- volved. It. all depends, that is to ssy. on who is having to my. — Memphis Conamercial Appea.

There is s. [rest ‘appiness tn the world today. bet 1t move all free men to action. Let. it turn every lathe faster. Let. it. put. new courage in the hearts of the men on the oorvettes — the men who seine the sea for the submarines of starvation Lei; it make us one.| we American people - one agalnsti untrutl-i. and evil, one against the men who would make other men slaves. One with the men who would rather die than be slaves. Let us go forward against Fascism. -' Ralph Ingersoli tn PM, New York.

Up in Wslkerton the soldiers’ monument. which stands as a nte-l mortal to those Walkerton heroesl who died in France or Flanders in| the last Great War was lbted as | an asset warzti $2,500 in the i939. auditors‘ report, and in the 10-10; statement tt. was listed as worth only $1. It ts probably north ns' much. noduy as it. ever tvas, its main i value being sentimental. As The Walkcrton Herald-umes points out, a monument. is practically prcciess to the owners, but to the cold- booded mathemattcuns its value is almost, negligible. The wnlkerton ntontttnetit cost $3.000. - Arthur Enterprise-News.

New arrangements for getting the assistanse of sclizol ch ldren at. tne titgattieritig ot the potato crop in rife were approved at: B. meetntg of Cupar, urancn ofl the National Fin-titers’ Unim andl Chamber of AgYltJL/Llttlé o1 Scsrlattd , Mr. J. Arbuckle, Lower Luann-eh‘ reported on uavlng attended u con- ference at. Kirkcaldy of represcnt-l uttves of Fife Educaucn Commuter; teachers, and farmers. It was sug-| gested that. the children, instead of l having four weeks ho] days in the Summer and four in the Aununti, should have only three in the Sunt- . mer, the Iflttlalthttg five weeks being l token during the potato gathering' period in September and October.- Edmburgh Scotsman. ‘

'l‘here‘S one convincing IQFSOI] why Br.t..'.t1 repoixs of shipping losses are likely to be far more accurate than German claims of stnkings. It's a. pcckctbock rea- son. Lloyds of London insures BILL- lsh merchant sitlps. It. bases the premiums on lo Iscs. It says Bill- ish shipping lLSSES since the war began are 3,171,273 tons. Ger- many says it has sunk 9,000,000 tons. ff Germany is right, Lloyd's is doing itself out of b\'\'0—li‘t.l‘CiS of the premiums it should be charg- ing on marine iniurauce. We don't. DClICVC it. — Minneapclis Star Journal.

America must give war ntd to the British. There is no longer any serious question about that. It is equally true that we ltave got. to see that the aid gets to the Bri- tish If that. means convoys, it. means convoys. We want. to keep it s, war without combat if we can. It. is more likely to stay that. way if the British keep the enemy busy. The AXIS Could not. strip America's material effort by declaxnng war. "They csuld force us into the active use o! force a5 welt as resources. Our one chance is to keep the flow of war material going to the British. We have got. to provide what is required and we have got. to see that they get it. wuere and when they need it. - San Francisco Chronicle.

Bight now, with Hitler deeply engaged tn the Balkans, if Turkey and Russia should attack him simultaneously from the rear, they could probably administer to him s ‘tremendous defeat. But, of course, they will not, and Hitler knows it. Of they iii

snake, fluttering and helpless, to be devoured one at s time. tn this paralysis of will on the part of m.» adversaries lies Hitler's greatest strength. And such is 1.21s confused and divided stats of our own pubuc opinion hers in America, that. it. u. befits us, ws admit, to criticize oth- ers for what. ms seem to us in retrospect, and s. a distance, their tragic lack of foresght. - Chicago Daily News.

tt will be s good thing for Al- berts farm lands, it. is argued, if a considerable acreage ts seeded to grass under the Federal Govern- ment bonus plan. There are regions where farms have been cropped steadily, year in and year out, for 30 to 40 years and more. The re- rssstng of such land would restore umus, incressb futility, kill weeds and prevent. blowing. The real trouble with. an re-grmmg prob- lem lies in tho s brtage of seed, the atmcultv 0i setting s. catch 0n dry isnd, and the luck of sn adequate money return from lsnd seeded to grsss. 1t i; stt right to say the grass can be pssfund or hsy cut there- from, but in neither ease is there a money return worth while on good land. - Brooks (Alebrts) Bulletin.

The power - operated [un- turret, one of the features of Brit- ish sircrstt. whim have helped the RAF. to gsin sumiority over the enany, has now n adopted by the Germans, who formerly st- tsched tittls kn. rtsnce to t. It. is instslled in t new Flock Wulf Kurier, s long-ruin four-engined

, where ti. is mounted on top o! the fuselage, houses four

guns, snd is electrically operated. Some types of turre now in use are rot-shed electrtcsly snd house as rnsny as four machine- guns. They hsve been so succes-

'1\lA "All Ifflllflllif hi‘ DOIIIDOI!

Forward To Victory i

(Nstionst Council Education of Canada)

This day we honour two [rest names which are enshrined for all time in the hearts of the British people everywhere-ST. GEORGE. the patron saint of Exizland and the symbol of Rithb. and SHAKE- spasms. “The Gresteit Enlillh- man". This dsy too. we remember that. heroic epic of the Bea-tire attack On Zeebrugge on 5t. Georges

Day. 1918.

Ana because this may b! i119 most. m entnus 8t. George's Day in the history of Christendom, this day has been chosen to mark an- other step forward 1n the BT98‘ crusade through a SAbUTE BRITAIN and to the spirit of F18?- dom everywhere. The next step will be found 1n titmplre Youth Sunday on May 25th.

St. George for England

To many St. George l: but s fig- ure oi legend who in same Btrimiltt way has become the Protector of England. He is more. for vcday, u in days long past. he stands for "The Englzsh way". and s11 those things for whiclt we fight. He stands for "Our Chivalry", that bet.- ter part. of our nature and all that t; meant by the words “noblesse oblige". bet us then turn back the pages of our history, the history 0f Brttszn, which is also the history of Canada. and learn how St. Getrle has come to take s0 important a place in if.

In A.D. 270, Si. George was born of noble family at. Lydda in Pales- tine, now s railway itinctton for Jcrttsaletn to the East and Jopns to the Christians and when he was but a small bay, his soldier father is said to have been martyred. At 1'i St. George entered the Roman Army and afterwards served as s Tribune under Diocletian, wtrse edct order- ing the persecution oi the Chrtsvarts St. George ls said to have torn down. Arrested, tortured, he held firmly to his faith and so died at the age of 33, at Nlcomedia tn Al). 303.

‘St. George and the Crusaders

The name of the stalwart soldier sotn spread far and wide. from East to West, In the 41h Century a Church was dedicated to him in Route, and sron his name became familiar to the people of England; the flag of the Crusaders was found to be also the fiag of St. Geortle. It was under this flag, the red cross on a. white ground, taht they entered Antioch 2n 1189. Al. one stage of the battle. when the Crusaders were tvttvering, it is said that St. George appeared and rallied them to victory. Insrratltude for his timely intervention they went. to Lydda and there rebuilt the cathedral in whch he was buried and union had been destroy- ed by the Saracens. Later the church was again destroyed". It. i5 still in runs, with a mosque at one end and a church at the other. tangible evidence of the reverence in which his name is held. Bv Mohammedans he is still known as “the evergreen Knight".

It. was in the 13th Century that St. George was officially adopted as the Patron Saint of England and on Si. Georges Day, 1348, the greatest 0f all Orders 0t‘ Knight- ltood the Order of the Garter was instituted in St. Gecrgds Chapel at Wlnrltrr Castle. the present home of 1-115 Majesty Kng George VI and Queen Elimbeth. Here twenty-five men of England gathercdl and vowed to dedicate their itVes to knightly service, and to nil “that is good and brave and true."