PAGE FGUR _ THE GHARLOTTETGWN GUARDIAN bl-iiilurg [Lilly lFountlcii‘lfn lily) Presidlintfizvlaenff tfuliltivifhesterw S. McLure Yit-i-Presilleilt: J. R. Burnett, FILI. _. l 1r, (‘ill I). A. Mat-Kinnun. 0.5.0. g Director: J. R. Burnett, FJ l. r l rink ‘Yilllffl’ and Ian A. Burnett

' '. titii-IION RATES I1 Mail ln P. ., .~s.-:u per year; $2.50 for 6 months H135 Ivr I.’ m tins: 50c fur one month City Delivery; . I per year; $3.00 for 6 months c‘ for It months By Mail in ( . II and LISA. $5.00 per year Iawrd-"ly “rt-kl ti P" Mar: 81.00 for 6 mnnlns. 3 months.

fThe Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

DAY, HIARCII l2. I941

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P-‘vd to meet on

4- this \\ccl\' of the

the Dailwlnclrs

tltorttulc. Agriculture lstry" in particular, is u lllrll hale been acceuttl- in llfUclllfilltlil and lhwe problems are, or "n both to our Leg-

al Liliana. Uur farmers

‘villi the l.-._;"- l\lztl'cll .'.;, i Central iUIl. Associ "loll \\:l' ‘ genera _ taclng s< r ~ ltcd by “at... . transportatiull c-i ' . should be. t. '

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hale received little cncourwgelu ln a l\\ sideut of . summed up it ~ that preval.‘ culture ill low ebb ‘a the lllZ\l‘_\' cunfroltlv. dustrv. \‘. x has perhaps .. wt here titan in .. 5" tllat s. ply .. vince could do lo u. .>. today" He i

colnpcmor I‘! duclion co.-.. kiovernmetl‘. a1 feed gllains and bonusizig of h

. G. Oulton, Pre-

La lfi-trlllcrs’ Association, . u I.»<ll is very similar to - l-Wlvlartl lslaild. “Agri- "' ‘ A will, "ls at a very Lite iliscourzlged by faith which we are ..l:e outlook of our in- erleral agricultural policy ll ' ‘IVIlCP. on agriculture i policy", there is nlucll

t u. pohcy in the I'm- and encourage the farmer

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. ‘iced the fact that in Ontario, a major

‘ s of farm products, pro-

wcred by the Provincial

alnug; transportation costs on

i e i '1 r advantages front

patio products.

‘i the competition and aggra-

s an zbe Marililncs unless some-

c is dour to nlcet the situation. Mr.

was that the agriculture ap-

propriati ~tl ill 1. l, S. provincial department

be Siilliiatl ell-ed, lllllt the Minister be

given a to iurnlulatej "a progressive,

vigorous ptlilc " ' that in doing so hc take the

farmers int» ‘..'~= e and call in leaders of

every branch of a, a allure in sn advisory cap- acily.

Wealthy Ontario, with s reported million-dollar surplus this year. and even Nova Scotia, can do l1l7lii_‘»' things u hath wvllllrl be impossible for our local le_ uurs lo attempt. Nevertheless, they should tuld some tilt-ails, in co-opcration with the Federal l)€1\£li'lii‘.‘._'ill, of remedying present con- ditions, which are azzyihint: but encouraging t0 our farm llfOtliitil rs. Doubllcss this (plestion will be fully (llSClir'<("(l at our frlrlucrs’ meetings today and tomorrow. lu view of the importance of the subject, it ls to be hoped that all our legis- lative members, who can do so, will put in an ap-

peeranco.

Relieving Cabinet Ministers

(Discussing the problem of relieving cabinet ministers from their onerous routine duties, a correspondent in a mainland exchange recalls that during the Great lVar the Union Government had the assistance of capable men who dcputized for flu Ministers in the House of Commons when purely routine business was under discussion and rook much of the load off them outside the House

There was, for example, Mr. F. H. Keefer, K.C., of Port Arthur, who was the Parliament- ary Under-Secretary of State for External Af- fairs, snd relieved Sir Robert Borden of much routine work. In the Department of Militia and Defense, LiouL-Col. Hugh Clark of Kincardine was Parliamentary Secretary and deputized for Hon. S. C. Mewburn, the Minister of Militia snd Defense. Mr. W. F. Nickle, K.C., of Kingston, was s tower of strength to Hon. N. W. Rowell, President of the Privy Council; and Sir Her- bert Amce of Montreal did much ss chairman of the Banking and Commerce Committee of the House of (ominous to lighten the burdens of Sir [Thomas While, the Minister of Finance.

The system of under-secretaries has been in vogue for many years in the British House of Commons, and could be well adopted in Canada so ease the strain on Alinistcrs who have no time for relaxation and whose work and health must nccessaribv suffer. if it .is not considered desir- able, for any l'kfi*4\ll, l0 create under-secretaries, the title can lJC ?t\l'l<lt‘ll. The Prime Minister has established a pp wolcut by appointing Mr. Brock- inglon to his stall, alllluugh his duties probably differ from tho t‘ l}:.ll, would be assigned in other departllllil-s. ‘\ ml ly every’ (lepartlllcllt has gum; jmn tin- pl- l. _. nu and publicity business. \\‘hat is nelil d more l\ rtlief front details, the handling of wilicll \\'tliil-’l be valuable experience for competent ulelubrlw oi l'iii'liillli(ill who nugllt be willing to lake on such re-jlullsibilities for the sake of the (Ulii~", and without additional pay.

' The British Blockade Obviuulv inquired by their Nazi masters is 11w Yigllv liolvlllllll-llll threat lo eluploy what is left of the l-ulllll navy in coltvoy' lucrchaullllcn if llrilaill pt l'~lsl= ill il- blurkildt: of France. The attitude of ililzun i< that the blnck-atlc nulsl be ellforerd tiguiutl 11m §i'i‘lillll of France which i5 (K‘l_‘|_|]i:('(l by llu- ti». |'i|i'lil.~. it is not opposed u, “ppm; mu qeupied France. where there is some n,¢;,5,,,~¢ “f ;\<.-_l1-.~.ilt-<~ lllzll foodstuffs will reach the lin-uch pimple. lu occupied France, as in

the course of s conference between the British Ambassador, IIord Halifax, and the U. S. Sec- retary of State, Lord Halifax is quoted is having given a firm answer on this point. Nor is it like- ly that there will be mistlnderstanding on the part of the United States Goverlunent as to the reasons dictating such a reply. lll an official report of the U. $_ Department of Agriculture, recently released, the blame for the food shortage in the conquered liuropczul countries was placed square- ly upon Gerlllany. The report revealed that in all effort to make up for food shortages at home, the Germans had drained the subjugated coun- tries of supplies which would have provided “somewhat better than niiuinluln requirements." "Denmark, Norlvtrv, llollalld, Belgium and France," the report states, “would actually be able to feed their people, despite the British blockade, if Germany were not adjusting their agricultural economics to its ow n food ilecds and their indus- trial machinery and transport systems t0 its war effort.” Not only have available supplies been drained to fccd the Nazi war machine, but the problem of farm-production has been intensified because the Nazis are “drafting Danish, Norwe- gian, Dutch, Belgian and French as well as Czech and Polish prisoners and civilians, in an attcnlpt to overcome the shortage of farm labor in Gcrnitllry."

This is not British "propaganda," but the find- ing of L'. S. officials based on the lnost autllori- tative reports frolll American and European

sources. lt explains why any relaxation of the British blockade would only result in prolonging the war and fastening the chains of slavery more firmly than ever upon the unfortunate victims of Lierman aggression. lt is a hard alternative, but lllc only one which Britain can pursue ill justice to herself and the cause for which she is fighting.

-. EDIIURIAL NUlllS n

Some 58 judges are rccciviug pensions of $302,- 000, or an average of $434 each per month. It‘ 1F >t< i?

The Nazis have issued a State loan of 500,00,- ooo guildcrs (about $33S-O00,000) in the Nether- lands with the intuition that if it be not voluntar- ily subscribed, a couipulsoly 4o year annual lely at 2 1-2 per cent will be en forced.

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The two- months tour of Gracie Fields through Canada last August and September netted $99,306 of which $74,479 went to the Navy League of Great Britain. Miss Fields, British stage and screen star, tollred more than 40 Canadian centres to raise money for the Navy Leagues of Canada and Great Britain.

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Mr. Castledcn, M.P., informed the House 0f

Commons that there came to his attention the case 1e

of a constable in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa whose pay was so low, and the cost of living so high, that his wife was compelled t0 take in washing to tnaintain a decent standard of living in the home. The llouse in Committee endorsed a. proposal by Mr. Lapointe to give the Mounties an increase. w w w w Russian Revolution broke out this date, I917. Rorizianko, President of the Duma telegraphed to the Tsar urging that immediate measures be taken to cope with the situation; immediately after the garrison ill Pctrograd rose in rebellion, and seized the Tsarist ministers; a council of Workmclfs and Soldier's delegates (now known as Soviet) was forlucd; and provisional government taken over by the executive committee of the Dunla, with Prince Lvov as Prilnc Minister, followed by the abdiction of Nicholas, his arrest and imprison- mcnt at Tsarskoye Sela. w w Hon. Mr. Hanson told the House of Commons this story. He was interested in a case where a judge of a province was appointed sole arbitrator. The case invovled extensive litigation and ulti- mately wcnt to the Privy Council. The judge made his award and put the award in the bank. Then he notified counsel that when they had paid the bill they would get the award. The bill was for $3,500, and against his (Mr. Hanson's) pro- test the bill was paid, the award then being re- leased. He asked the Minister of Justice what he thought of such an action. Mr. Lapointe said he “would hesitate to give an opinion.” For our part we would venture the opinion that the judge in question “knew hispnions." w w w

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His Worship the Mayor is entitled to credit for the splendid endeavour he has made to get gov- ernment contracts for the City. Did he ever think of the capability of Bruce Stewart & Co. to manufacture Diesel engines for which there is an enormous demand? Our information is that it would take very little to fully equip that firm for their production, and it would have the advant- age of laying the foundation for a commercial output when the war is over. A group of public spirited citizens should get together and thor- oughly explore the possibilities. There is nothing in the suggestion that such s. plant would de- prive farms of help; there are not a few of our boys seeking jobs on the mainland who would be only too glad to come back home, besides the hun- dreds of city youths growing up with little or no prospects of learning a trade.

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A census monograph dealing with the fertility of the population of Canada has been issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. While the findings are by no means final, due to the short period over which vital statistics series extend in Canada, it brings out interesting conclusions on

each of the main aspects of the subject. Evid- ence that the fifteen years covered by the avail- able data are part of a long-term downward trend, is rcvcalcd. Allowance, of course, must be made for the fact that the period l92i-36 over which the study is made ends in serious depression, and further, that the age distribution of married moth- ers within the child-bearing age range was be- coming more unfavourable. But a more import- ant concomitant of the decline was the tendency to a reduction in the number of moderately large families as silown by the order of birth figures. It seems that the families of under 3 and over I0 children are tending to increase, and that this

trend is present in more 0r less modified form in each of the different age groups 0f mothers.

other ennulru s unlit-r the Nazi heel, there is no (irnss and net reproduction rates are presented in

nleans of obtaining such .'l~\iii'£ii!(.‘€.

llllbtibllllt‘ will be w lillllll, rl-g.'lrllli‘ss of

action which lbe Yll-lw li1i\'l'l‘iililf'ill may lalte. At “aslurglon, \\llti'c lllis question arose in

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enough to maintain a steady increase in popula- tloly

‘THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

llGTES BY TllE WAY

The notion that sn unswflrmlns Italian people mam depcse Ii Du,~,e_ jcin me Bfill-ll cause, and than invading Germany thrcugn the Brcnner Pass is a pale dleflm- It/s ckny to k.d Mussounl —- but. let's not. k.d ourselves. — Minue- apolis Star-Journal.

Even the Danube river has risen Ln protest. against Nazum, and has destroyed the Hungarian Whcilli crop, sold in advance to Germany. —$t. Thomas Tunes-Journal.

Dire news comes from Scotland- IL see-ms that. some witless Sassen- ach in m British G-velnmcnl. has proposed an increase in the tax on oatmeal. Surely Aulci Scots. has made sacrifices enough in allowing the kiil to be abolished in Sc" sh fizhting units. A rise in the D1103 c-f oatmeal wauld be tvb.ul. the lflab stralv-or flake. - StraLf-rd Beac- urn-Herald.

All that can be said for a couple of pecpie who have go» off wim $10 tines for arivaig trucks witn- out brakcs is that they ale m.re lucky than they deserve to b.» ‘alley have escaped a purllsltnleoit, wtLcu fits the crime. It might. be too stnng language no say that. they are potential killers,» but they are, at least, people who care vely Lt- tks for the lives of otlitrs. Anv motor vefncle WIIJIOUL brakes 1s an engine cf death and destlucuon, and the payment of a. paltry $l0 seams w be a penalty winch 1s al- xsnost ludicrously light. -_ WIIIdS-Z‘

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Colonel Josiah Wedgwood, the well-known Briksh Labor number, tells- in his recently published vol- ume cf reminisccncs-s, "Menlolrs of a Fighting Life," an irlI/CYQSI-Jlg stcry about Mr. winsl n Cnuzcluli. Ln 1934 he met. Mr, Churcirnl jun alter he had returned Ircm lunt-n- lug with Ramsay MacDonald's Cabinet, who had had vni Rbbqi- trc-p as their chief guest and Li: present Prime MHLSILI‘ gave nus explanalacn of an invaatlon wiiicn had surprised tun: "Well. I sup- pose they asked me to snow tun that Ll tIey coulatrt bark tncni- selves they kept a dog wit. CLUILI bark and b.te." — '1‘-ronl.o Glob: and Mad.

Lord Wiliingdon, head of the BrltL-h trade nL-ESIDII in mum Am- erica, and his staff have just, lcft Chllg for Peru. FLIIIlICl'.I1g plans to improve trade relations between Great. Britant and LaLn Amcrlca, the former G-VCPIILLI‘ General cf Canada has conducted a draft. agreement with Chile. Under me agreement Great Britain Will buy sheep's wool from Chile and, in return, wrll suplply Chile svith farlu machinery and snanuizlcdtred wool- ns and cottons. — Chilean Press Service.

Having learned so many lessons in the bleak and somb-e year of 1940, we people of the British Eln- pire will be Lois forever to be damned i-f we do not. profit. from them and put. them to use in 1941. Our people must, be reaoy to make greater sacrifices, voluntarily, than those made by the Germans at the order of their master. Our mun.- tlon workers SlIOlLd understand that every strike that. occurs, cv- ery lrur that. 115.2505 without the machine working to capacity IS as serious a crime as desertlon in the face of the enemy, Czmplacexicy must. be cast aside. - Toronto Telegram.

A Yorkshire sweets mum- facturer with a COIIEIGGTIIIJlC ex- port trade has shcwn me samples of the kind o-f labels pa; \Il his goods whcn they arrive in Galleria. The labels are chosen by tile im- porters and illustrate holv eager the Canadians are to encourage cur trade. Three samples are before rue as I write, Each is about I8 inchts broad by nine inches deep, 813d 15 boldly coLxed in red, white a...‘ blue. ‘Iihe picture of a. warship is at one end and in the far corncr 1s a Union Jack. The most striking feature of the labels, hzwever, are the slogans printed in large rcd letters 0n s. white background. One of these is worded; “Buy Brit's}; to Beat Barbarlsmf’ snzther reads, "Escaped the Submarines’, and the third, “Convoyled by the Brit- ish Navy." -- Leeds Yorkshire Pest.

When we write or speak of the war we usually deal with the sacri- floe, hardshi and loss that it en- tails. We set om speak of the belie- flts-merhaps because we are nu. rproud of the fact that it stems ta have taken a war to bring t-hem. But 1n Canada, advantages thee are. The war has already cut. Can- adlon unemployment. Ln smearing like half. Plants and are filled with men whose physcal fit,- rless and morale are on definitely lsrlproved standards. Industry is humming, reaching ucw production hvels — breaking traits for new conquests. The drives of natlcnal effort that answer war’; demands show us how pretty s lot of our prcbirrns have been. These things are happening in wortane. But they will inevitably have dctermn- lng Influences 1n peace. We have seen that. we can do when we have to. - Vancouver News Herald.

A correspondent with the Brltllh forces in III-bye included in one of his despatches recently the com. meat that the Italian; are iosng on e. spaghetti diet, while the British ere wlrmlng tn a roast btef diet. There may be something to that Idea, but another correspondent ln a current. weekly magazine says that. the oonsoslenl. Italian defeats are due w lack cf enthusiasm or even interest. in the cause for which they are supposed to be ‘ignring. It seems doubtful that. s red meal. diet would make the c mmon Italian soldier any more biood-‘hlrsty to- ward the Greeks and the British, Ethiopia, Spain, Albania. and the Nazi nliiane were ail MussaLnr-s‘ ideas, not Italy's, - Boston Post.

Cnnads, nlrud n granary and training ground or the mipzre, ls fest becoming its srmamenl. w rks also. Without the slnews of war, victory cannot be gained. Al. the moment, the pressing need is for the war-tine output of Carlson's factories. That sit efforts In this direction have still not been proper- ly cc-ordlnatxd ls a matter for re- gret, and concern. The government st Ottawa must give new leadership end added impetus m this essential undertaking. As Prime Minister Churchill has said, the front iirle of defence runs through m; factories. ‘therefore no weakness in that line numb: pemttmd. - Brant/ford Ebr-

lleilce tile’ the monograph and except in one province, Bri- m, any fish (oiulnilia, the reproduction rates are ingh

Burma has decreed that dlumon is cannot be taken from the countly without zovernsnmt permit.

Britain's New Planes

How the Nazis lost the first Bettie for Britain through their own “effl- clency" in planning it. some years ahead appears from a review of the race for air supremacy given 1n an interview by Major F. A. do V. Rob- ertson, the British aeronautical authority. .

"in tune of war," he explains. "one of t-lle great. diiucultiesot a belliger- ent. power is to nminuim me clllmly of aircraft, while at. the same tame arranging for tile production In qlaasnlty of new types. It is no sim- u.e or quick matter to convert. l factor-v from DIOQUCIIOII of one tyne to production of SOIIIGLIIIIII quite olfferetit. All through the early months of the present wu- Ger- many sulferea from having arrang- ed some five years also for the manuiacture in lame quantities of the Heinkei III bomber and the Messersciunltt. 109 fighter, By i939 both had been outclassed by Brltisn types. and it was month. before me Junkers 88 bomber and the Masses- sahnutt. 110 twin-engined fighter. both improved types, 119980180 1n any numbers.

"But. whatever the difficulties." he went on. “both slaes are obliged to make arrangements for turning out. new types. tor fear of being ut- terly defeated 1n the alr. Senior officers of the R.A.F. remembering now. 1n the last; war. the sudden appearance of the Fokker mono- plane with a machine gun firing through the arc of the alrscrew without. flitting the blades, than l. novelty. wrought great. havoc amonz the British aeroplanes. was presently defeated by the F‘.E.2d. and the D.H.2. Then the Germans not ahead again with an Albatros tighter and the Fokker trtpiane. which in tlun were countered by the Supwltll Camel and the 5.13.55.

Britain I-Ias the World's Best Bomber

“In the present war," said Major Robertson, the R.A.F. fighters, the Hurricane and the Spitlire, with their elizilt. tnaclnne guns apiece, have easilv dominated the air. They have forced the Germans to put armour into their machines. which calls for the use of sheil- firing suns on our side. The Well- ington has been called the ‘best. bomber in the world.’ while the Wiiltlev and Halnuden have also done grand bombing work. Nor should we forget Lne medium bomb- erKt-he Blenheim. uor that excellent flying boat. the Sunderrand.

‘ till. we must improve on past. performance. and for regular raid- ing of targets in Eastern Germany still longer range is desirable. The spring Wlll surely see new types m action Recently. the Beaufort tor- pcdo-bomber ha. been at. work. and 110.5 sunk thousands of tons o1 ene- my shipping. An American journ- alist, has published an article which professed to Rive a. lot of informa- tion about coming RAF. machines. but. he was not right in all his par- IICLLQPS, and it would not do to heip the enemy by correcting him. How- ever, the Minister of Aircraft Pro- duction, Lord Beaverbrook, himself metnloned the Whirlwind fighter 1n a recent broadcast. It is a fighter 0f 111i" 118-1 11951811. and ll. is safe t0 forecast; that its speed gun power, and other characteristics will nct endear it to the Axis airmen.