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DECEMBER 22.1941

THE IIIIAIILOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In I887)

President: Licut. Col. W. Chester S. MoLure Vice President: J. R. Burnett, F..I.l. Secretary; Licut. Col. I). A. Macltinnon. 9-5-0- Edilor 11nd Itlanaging Director. J. R. Bilrllfl-l. FJ-l- Associate Editors: Frank Walker and lsn A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES ~ - 6 month: Iy Mail in 11.1.1. $1.00 n" 1°"- 52-5" f" $1.25 [or i; months; 50o (or on: nzonth m. . - - 10o -1- pear: $3.00 or ‘ mill! cnvsifiélhifi-yitsilssonlihsriwo for one Month. '1 i C 1 i and U.S.A. $5.00 per year ‘amgtyiaglflbeeliltly per year; $1.00 for 8 monthl. 50c for 3 months

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MONDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1941-

Cabinel Split Over Conscription 7

According to the Ottawa <20YY°5P°nd°Pt °f the Glob; and Afoil, there 1: now a confhctcf opinion in the lung OIIIIISIYY over the question of contpulsury SCICCIIVC‘ service outside Canada. The matter has been the suluect of spirited dis- cussions at recent meetings of the Cabinet. Ac- ggrdlng to the best information _lV3lI3bIQ, the lifinisters from the Ylaritime Provinces and Bri- tish Columbia are convinced that Canada should have compulsory selective service without fur-

e dcla '. thThese yMinisters include Colonel the Hon- T- L. Ralston, Minister of National Defense; Hon. Angus Alqgrlfiillllll, .\li:1is1er of ‘Naval Affairs; Hon. T. L. 1l.~:le_v, Minister of Fmancqand Hon. Ian blackcnrie, Blinistcr of Pensions and Na.- tionsl Health.

Doubtless they have been inflluenced by the concern of the people on the Atlantic and Paci- fic seaboards who are not convinced that "it can't happen here." .

According to one of the Ministers, the in- formation the Cabinet has is that the Maritime Provinces are in favor of compulsory selective service; Quebec would accept it if the issue were adequately explained to the people by rc- sponsible and trusted leaders; Ontario cities and towns are overwhelmingly in favor 0f it, but there is some doubt about the rural districts; the Prairie Provinces are opposed to it (Hon. James G. Ciardiner is quoted as the authority for this) while Britisl. Columbia, apprehensive about the Japanese menace, would hold up both hands for it.

In view of the fact that only two constituen- cies west cf the Great Lakes sent anti-con- scription membcrs to lhlrliimicnt in the war- time Clficlion of 1917, it is difficult to credit Mr. Gardinefls contention that the TVest is un- willing to accept compulsory service in the present cnlcrgcncy.

\\'h:1t h: stirred the King Gcnvcrnmcnt ovcr the conscripiilni i-sut: at lhis. time? 'l‘hc Ottawa correspondent above quoted gives two reasons. One is the precarious position of the Canadian troops in llnitg Kong. One battalion of the Cfauatlian lu“ : lc a1 Ilung Kong is made 11p of I'1'c11cl1~(_'ai1:ld.. .. ". It is not likely thcre will be opposition in (Quebec to conscription for rein- forcements of this volunteer contingent if they are needed. Another cogent reason is the re- turn of Sruator Nlcighcn to the leadership of the (jou-ei-vuliu» I'.'11‘1y The main idea a1 Ottawa nuxv is lo develop a programme “tlcslglh ed to win popular approval, or at Icast to ap- pease those clcmcnts which are clamoring for a more cffcxtivl- war effort, and announce it t0 the c0111; y luilu" Fz-nuil-i" hlcighrlt can lake his scat in flu: Ill-us», In utlr-i‘ words, the object is to forestall .1'r. Mcighcu, who, as one of his

first moves. uzay move in Parliament for selec- tive compul-"iwr-y’ _=<"."."li:e over the whole ficld of War."

Bombardment Insurance

llltILl 11f insurance writing where ‘IQ from \\":1r opsrutions arc cun-

Discount: laud ri-lt. u . ccrlu-l sl-l m. luuly certain 1o raise :1 rlucstloti of great piartitul importance in those parts of Catl- ada must cxirust-tl 1o bombardment, whether from the air or from the sca, statcs the Montreal liazcilc. \\“u:=.r '* lvuc of (':111:.ul:1 in this respect I.‘ lruv aI-Yi ui llm bniivd Sluice whcrc private. writing oi 1115 11:1,.» ~f insurance is reported to have ceased. In llrltaiu, which has had actual experience of destruction through bombardment, and upon a lrrmeudous scale, the insurance re- spn11sihili.'_r i. L'.'ll'l'I<'1I by lhc (i0\'(‘l'iliii(‘llf, priv- alc lnuupdu v- 11mm; :1» zigrills fur lhc Board of Trude, and a simillr _-_\'si1‘111 is being suggested in the Unird Staies. There the General Brokers Association has appintcd a committee to advise with 1hr‘ \' . Yuri; Slulc insurance Depart- mcill 11ml IP11‘ f-kd i.".l Ii‘i\'<‘rl1u1(‘nt 1o this cnd.1\s long agn u: _|uuc a plan undcr which the Gov- ernment would assume war and bombardment risks was sulutiitlcll l1» lhc Reconstruction Fin-

ance (‘l1r1vu-;1ti~11 hu‘ u. zlrlllm appears to have bccn Iakvu in 1"<"_».I1'1l ll- il. \\'itl1 those rislvs brought s1 maul ilt"ll'<'l' h tiliC the question is be- ing raised ng-lin and lhcrc is more lhan a likeli-

hood that it will Ir: raised in this country also. It is oos=ilill~ llru 1h: (".ov<'1~1~,ni.~r1t has already con-

sidered 1h<~ furl: r but if lhi= has not bcr-tl done

SOITTP uffivhl ~fu1lv ‘er-om; il-"siralilv, so that if a

rcqusl flow. 1- m:- lhlrc will hc a decision ready. ,.-_.___._._.

(Antacids Next War Loan Cauarlul r=~w \\':».r Loan, nccorrllng to Finance ltlulislt-i- l. l.. Ilslry, is 1o be launched much carlivr lhau \\'.'1= znuicinalcd. Prontlsctl some months ag» for uexl summer, the financial cam- paign will In‘ tmlrlrkcrl tipon in February, only two mouth’. :1\\'a_v, zlcsitfncd to raise the sum of about $5oitornto<v1 lt is the fourth such issue, the thrvc pfcvinfis loans bringing into the Fed- eral treasury more than $1,400,000,000. W111“

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the Government has derived $103,000,000 from the sale of War Savings certificates.

The pay-as-we-go policy, sound as it is, cannot meet the requirements of this war, and, as tlvr Llinister of Iiinance now states, "the extension of the war t0 the Pacific must necessarily in- crease the difficultics of the situation confront- ing this country." Not very long ago Mr. llslcy intimated that there are limits bcyottd which taxation cannot g0, and every economist knows this to be so. \Vhen the limit is reached, and it has been nearly reached in this country, the only alternative is borrowing and the Gov- ernment must indulge in this method extensively as its obligations increase.

The notice now being given to the public \vlll enable them to prepare for the new loan when it comes, to budget for it, and a substantial over- subscription ought to be in prospect. In the meantime the (iovcrntncnt is pursuing the wise course of placing the sale of war bonds as wcll as of \var savings certificates under a single or- ganization, the National \Var Finance Com- mittee, under the chairmanship of George \V. Spinney, joint Cicucral. Manager of the flank of Montreal. .\Ir. Spinney has already rcndcrcd very valuable service to the Dominion in this capacity and the Government's confidence in him is shared In the fullest degree by the Canadian

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c EDITORIAL NOTES -

This is the shortest day of the year. >11 t * s

High Commlssiottcr Ylnccnt llasscy in a lttfi- cheon address in London said “there Iiave been more than 3.500 marriages between Canadian soldiers and English and Scottish girls. We look forward to the days when thvy can he welcomed to Canada along with their returning husbands." So say we all of us.

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For the first time since the last war the Port of Boston is closed to all private night shipping, beginning tonight. The New linglairtl Fish Ex- change announced that the restriction, imposed by the United States Navy, would make it necessary to change business hours.

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Fifty property owners in Kingston have been served with orders from the Ontario Fire Mar- shal's office atlvising them to carry out the in- structions of the fire inspector and erect fire es- capes within 30 days. or clse police court pro- ccedlttgs would be instituted. Ticut. C. Saunders. of Kingston Fire, Dept, whcn making an in- spection some months ago, found over 10o pro- perties where fire escapes were necessary. He gave instructions that they be erected but only about 30 owners Iiave done so, to (lair.

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The U. S. Army, despite its mechanization, is still in the market for horses and mules, Col. F. ]. Riley, quartcrmasler supply officer at Fort Mason, disclosed in announcing plans to purchase 3,100 Iiorscs and 140 mules before the end of the year. The animals will bc purchased through remount stations at Fort Douglas, Utah, and San Mateo, Cal. The Army is offering a maximum of $100 each for light riding horses $165 for all other classes of horse". and $175 for nlulcs. All animals must be “gentle, wcll Iirokcr. and in good physical ct-ndition." ln addition, each must be “a good mover at the walk, trot and gallop.” The animals will he uscd by cavalry and field artillery forces, which tiltlikc Canadians, arc not bring ulnandonl-d.

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George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans) English novelist and poetcss, died this date 4330; licr place is amongst the grczllcst wrilcrs of liuglish ficlinu: she trxcvllctl as a painter of middle class lifc and character, and her work is marked by much pathos and humour; her finest work is "Adam Bede." succeeding

which came “The Mill on the Floss." "Silas Marncr." and other novels: in poetry "ilihc Legend of jubal and other Put-ms"; in bcllcs-

lcttres, “Thcophrastus Such!‘ ,

"One of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of the scattered people (the jcws), made for ages "a scorn and a hissing" . . is that they have come out of it (in anv cstlltlzttc which allows for ntnncrical proportioill rlvalllng the nations of all European countries in healthi- ness and beauty of physique, in practicable abil- ily in scientific and artistic uplilud’: and in some forms of clhiczil value. ”

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"‘Falher" Abcrhart still keeps going ahead, one thing after another, notwithstanding Su- preme Court rcvcrscs. The Alberta (lovernmcnl will cutcr lhc lifc iusnruncl- business lliuuzlrv 2, U011. Ii. C. Alarming, Provincial S1‘C1'('l.'11'y,'a11- nounccs. Two years ago, the province Qmergd the fire insurance business on a competitive basis. At the last session of the Legislature, it was re- ported the province had wriltcn some $12,000,- 000 of fire insurance Iiu-iucss. .\lbcrlzl was given power to cntcr the life insurance field in legis- lation amending the Insurance Act passed at the last session of the Legislature. Mr. Manning says the Government will offer four lvpcs of policy -——lh: QO-pay lift‘. ortlinarv lift‘, term in- surance for five yc-ars and insuiustice up to (15 years. Policies will include cash surrender value, loan value, and automatic nonforfeiture clauses. The rates are bring calculated and will be at the lowest cost consistent wilh safely.

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The revival of enthusiasm for bicycling that hit New York about four years avgo is still pedaling in high and speeding along, notwith- standing WIiilCfy weather. Defense priorities have raised prices and caused scarcitics in some neighborhoods. but more and more llritish bikes are getting through to take up the slack. This inflow indicates snmclhing of the grimness of the British hunl for exchange, since, due to the gasoline scarcity at Ironic. blcyrlcs are at a pre- mium lhcrr. Cycling in New York is done along paved paths. Ilut some intrepid souls pedal their bikes right in and onl of tnidloivit traffic. yelling "beaver ’ every time they clip a fender. Nobody kiimvs exactly why the bicycle craze was re- vived. It semis 1n be part of the pailcrn of people searching hack in the past for memories of the “good days." for up lill now gasoline rc- etrictions have scarcely affected them;

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NOTES BY TIIE WAY

The barren desert and flint: rock that once was Italy's empire is now largely lmxland’; prise of war. Th: proud fleet is humbled; the men-o-wu Lie sunken "in me green hells of the sea", and the chains that. confine Italy In the Mediterranean are as silken thongs compared to the new- forgcd links that bind her, s beaten, captive ally. to the wheels of the Nazi chariot o! war. What

a fleecing the people of Italy got from that. spell-bind confldneoe man Benito! — St.

111a Post- Llspaich. .

"Wind and water." ny: The Hutton Enpwitor. "are about the only free 11111188 there are in Ottawa." That may be true about. the wind. which is o, parliamen- taty by-product and consequently so plentiful hereabsuts 1t goes 1.0 waste. But all the free water in Ottawa. you oould catdh in s rain- bar‘i, and we're trying to convince people that the can't even get, it cut-rate. Rev your statement. please, to “wind and scenery". - Ottawa. Citizen.

Brltaln is building u n powerful army of paratroops w o are being trained s s Isigh rate each week. It was only eight. months ago, when British soldiers were drop- pe‘ by parachute in Ssuthem Italy. that. it. was first disclosed that. this country had any peru- troops, but. now s. large volunteer [oiaoe has bgenbtera-‘aixiglsnd uip-

en dm -s mes ave n adapted as troop-carriers. -- Cardiff Western Mall.

There must have been a lot of gazl done when 4,000 profeslonal crysta -bai1 gazcrs met in a fortune te let's convention In Tckyo. If the whole lot of them. gazing steed- fastiy and in concert. were able ‘.0 see anything good for Japan in the policies that shattered the peace of the world by the invasion of Manchurla. in 1931, they saw some- thing that. isn't visible to the naked eye. What. Ja/pan needs right. now is not people capable of gazing into n crystal ball. but. somebody capable of seeing directly through a. large and very opaque eight- ball. - Kitchener Record.

Expert: at the Ministry of Home Security are considering how to prevent static water sup-

lies freezing. Dozens of steel anks are now in the London streets: they are being supple- mented by water tanks in the base- ments orf bombed buildings and by miles of writer pipes which line the streets. But the problem of keep- ing this wafer mobile dufing the Winter worries experts In the Fre Department of the Ministry. It- is probable that. a chemical will be put in the vrater. But chemicals in the quantity needed as an ant-l- freeae are not. likely to be avail- able. Water hnginwers have been consulted‘ by the Ministry and un- til some solution can be fcurd to the difficulty the surface pipes that line the streets will he kept. empty until needed Last. Winter a large number of the steel water tanks then Installed were frozen far days on end. In many cases the water from sord and the lnnks bulged and sprung leaks. -I.ondon Evening Standard.

With low lattice windows peer- ing frcm beneath overhangmg tlmllrriflll. the Old‘ Crown House still stands squat. and solid, on the site where u. was built, in High Street, Deritend, mom than 500 years ago. Its ntasslvc beams in- terlocked with infinite art, seeming- 1y for ever, by hands that, haw been dust these many centuries, the Old Crown remains much as it. must have appeared when first put. up In the 14th century. Said to be the oldest existing in Birmingham, it. flaunts the date 1308 on its outer well. In the "Itinerary of Eingzland" which he made in 153B in the region of Henry VIII. Jchn Leland noted the blinding as “a fair Mansion House of Timber". standing in the pIFfIS- ant rural surroundings ct‘ these faraway days, the Old Crow-n House, it is said, was the mark frcrn which the miles out of Binninghrm used to be reckoned on the milestones. To this d~y the building remains partitioned into thr=e nausea as it was d-lvifed 1n 1093. Mr. George J Hughea who has been the licensee for four years took me over the uneven flooring c-f what was once the "gallorye chamber" where, tradi- tion has it, Queen Elizabeth once speplt. a. night. - Birmingham Ma .

Celery is here. The bunches sre quite respectable in size, snd cost 6d to 0d each. Sweet. corn is 11.n- other newcomer. and fetches 1s each. There ls good news about. crangcs — an allocation is In the course of distributim. and the fruit should be on sale ihLs week- end. It Is 30cc! South African fruit. too. The controlled price 1s now '1 1-2d per pound. There are also some English cnnteioupe mel- ons abiut. but too ecstly for most of us. b01111; 12s 6d to 15s each. Good dessert apples are 10d per pcuzid. excellent cookinl 1991c. ad per pound-the are of the "mulhy" WW. l Splendid bsk- ers — egg plums (not very plenti- ful as yet) are 5 1-2d per lb. “Czai's", which are almost flnLh- cd. are 61-20 per lb., dessert

P1111118 b01118 10d per lb Grapes are slightly chea er, black ones costins 8s per . and Muscate

12s 6d per lb. Nectarine; are 1s 6d and‘ 2.1 each. peaches ls 3d to 3s each. and bflbr-rrles 3s 6d or lb. Tilcse other "fruits of ire 1e1d"-— mushrooms -- are obtainable at. anvthinlz from 4s.u> 5s 6d per lb. and the forced variety In 5e to 3| per 1b Csbbsges have risen in price by o. copper or two. teen peas are 7d and 8d per 1b.. kdney beans are also 8d per 1b.. beer.- roots 2d and 3d each according to whether yau buy them in their row state or boiled. cluitflowers are 10d sad sac c srs 1s and and 1: 6d each. vegetable msrrowe 10d to 1s each. new car- rots 3d s bunch, and swede tur- nips 3d per lb. - Liverpool Post.

A wlr problem which ho: not yet been satisfactorily solved 1n Australia is that of fully exploit- ing the inventive genius of the ne- tlon in the interests of fighting efficiency. The supreme need for quantity. in order to match Ger- many's colonel weight of arm:- ments. must not obscure the im- portance of quality. Revelations of the neglect frcm which the Owen sub-machine gun suffered

showed that there were serious __

weaknesses in the system of assess- lfl! the value of inventions To remedy this situation the Ibdemi Government. has decided to abolish the Oenlrsi Inventiom Board. and lo make acceptance or reiectton of inventions the sequubtiitl of the

The New Commander

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Vice-Admiral Geoflrey M34011- successor to Sir Tom Philips as act- ing commander-in-chief of the East- A Thought A Du em Fleet, Rn a1 Navy. has served

Ior A People At wsr on 351103;. sts om under sewn! W“ n .

"venue is wlleed l..-me “mum; the lost war, Admiral Lav- gresbest struggle of modern my; courage was shown when he Clvmulilfm 911d u’ W9 M531 m commanded the new submarine. emerge victorious we must 3.13, Grounded ofl’ Denmark owing work for it and put everything m a compw glut"; m5 helpless We hi" 111w W" '" MUM‘ craft was hesvii shelled by s. Ger- Gemfll Ill-FTWM- man destroyer. rderfnl his men to swim for it, Admiral La ton told the

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PUBLIC FORUM

ILA: ooiuml l: one: for m dllenuiol by ‘orruponilente l! qwutien: of interest. The Ch: ottetown Guardian den not ll; emlors: the opinion: espendenll.

and arrested as a spy.

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until shipping IIIIIIQ too new!“ ' xema ure oss . A“ m" “m” h° pimd a inltll“ii.°“=if‘t ‘.L“‘°"‘. stir "Al; wnmw\ an a a sm s e s N i -

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Admiral Layton was born in 1884. dark-ween needles remain 1on1: on use c166. She took u. '1, ,_ the son of a Liverpool lawyer. After i118 11W. I11 the Western 11nd 1111I1~ cause her husband 11:15 tuiijshvbt, training as a cadet on the Britannia. W855 Ameflcfl" markets The 901181115 d011- he was assigned as a mmshgpmu-to flr is favoured. and large shipments

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2.1.111; ‘i-iéfélfiii restless l A Host of Gift Suggestion; At The Central Drugstore

WE KNOW YOU WILL BE PLEASED WlTll OUR SHOTVING IN THE FOLLOWING GOODS

would be the last. for some time. of general duties. Y“ "V" “'°“‘ f“ “J25 “l” .21“ "Alfie ‘ifmfififhofilféllléi°'né‘é I presume Wu orgo exp tn why. 1 only hope you will continue submimneh mgngvll hmgexfg it. If on account of the war you Yefilwd t e n Mr“ or action m issued a smnllcr one, as long as its or er 1°‘ 3a a y .- _ -- , commanding the submarine K 6. a Citristmas edition we io\e the Promoted w captain m 1922 whne m short stories even the strip of a chm.“ o! me Second submarine visit. Io Santa Claus 1s so nice. It Flown’ he was advanced to the L‘ ‘he m“? W?" "e" m“ h” first flotilla and became chief staff m“ Christmas P°°m5 in“ Mme officer to the rear admiral of sub- to tisne during the holidays. So marine; 1n 19z5_ let's hope you keep up the work of I-fe then moved into a, quick suc- always having a Christmas copy, ccssion of‘ posts: deputy director of and the way your paper has a1 operations for two y@fl1‘$i$l111,1¢11l,11'~ ll ways kqt: the Christmas spirit the Imperial Defence College iii 10.10 is: makes towards the enjoyment of and chief of staff of the China sta- smmst feast of all time. twn as s second @115; '=%m';1°d°"t-he x am sir’ etc" M J G Fgmiiilrigtmbowcogixgalitlfied Th‘: Re- (Furlher Chrfrnnas editions will “mm Eng wusqfggfiigliirfglogg?“ (‘tend unon the war and its ef- org; eagxgliri, in 1935 dniecmr gift (rot; the cost of publicatiou- n, pgrsonal Serviée h, 1936_’,iear ad- ' ' miral commanding the Med terran- ii can cruiser squadfvfl I11 1933- “'3 , , , vioe admiral commanding the firs» Marlowe Flgures 2211s.: ":r11::..:.11...rt:r:...*.1 _____ . l, (Moncton Transcript) _ mAlliiaflie outbreak of the Dresent An increase of eleven per cent n1 w,“ Admiral Layton hoisted his u g v1 the total population of the Maritin e as gecond 1n command of the honze Provinces 1n the last ten years is nee, and in 4.11m 1940, he became not large, but it shows great/er comhanderqxpchgeg or the china. frfiwdpllfékl“.l°“lf..2§"°.ff..1.i‘.°2 5mm"- s“""°‘“* “““’"‘ s“ was bein drained away, first. to the Percy Noble‘ New Eng and states and then to the