PAGE FOUR TIIE GIIARLIITTETOWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In i881)

President: Licut. CoL W. Chester S. McLuro Vice-President: J. It. Burnett. F. J. I. Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. Maclilnnon, 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director: J. It. Burnett, l-‘JJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Lieut. Ian A. Burnett, ll.C-N.V.R. (On Active Service)

"The Strongest Memory is WeakeTThan

As there is still doubt in many minds what unconditional stirrentler on the part of the Bochc lmplics, the following extracts from a (lisetts- sion in Imperial parliament is enlightening:

The Prime Mitiistcr answered briefly in the affirmative the question, put to him by Mr. Rlrvs Davies, whether the .\llie<l Powers had cottsitl-

ered the possibility that "the workers" of Germ-l

any, rather than submit to tmconditional sur- render, might, ltcfore or after the end of hos- tilities, overthrow" the .\'azi FCfQllllC :ntd replace it bv a (‘nunmttiist one.

Mr. (httrchill ivas reluctant to go intrvthe question of what treatntrnt would he accord- ed to such a regime, but he was certain that li0rtll1lll crinrnal- had no right to escape itierc- 1v by stiddcnly cniltracitig the (fonmnmist faith. I Several members took the opportunity‘ 0f a vote for fllYlllUl‘ credit tit‘ 11.000.000.000 for the prosecution of the war (which ivas eventually granted) to discti-s a: some length general issues raised bv the .\ .ctl Nan/ins‘ resolve to impose unconditional surrender on the enenrvj Mr. $tokes, Commanilrt‘ IQiIIq-llall, and Others urg- ed that nmrl- emphasis ottght t" l‘? Pl" "W" Political \‘\(lll.'ll‘l‘ attain-t tiPtlllilllf- “m1 i‘ lllill" statement tirade o: the conditions which ivould

>u u mu the ki(‘l'tll.'lll\. be i§i|i~ ltilni ,\n-ler-oti_ who replied for the GOV- erntttenf. il~~lll'('tl ll .'.-=e tl:.'.‘. fl Hm“ flml of attention ha-l hut given l-v the \\'ar Cabinet. ' cotrurtction with .\ll:c-l (ioverttiltettts, to iiiorltitig out the details oi the terms of surrend~ er, and that a statctut-tit would he published a‘ the ztppropzn. u» tin; uhiclt was not vet.

liventtiailv .\lr. l =t‘ll zntt-rveitrd in a rath- er ragged (panic to quote the Priiltie Ministfefs defining," Hf mnnilnlititniatl surreutei" as a re: hand for the victors, who would not be bound as a result of a bargain struck with bermayty. lliflcr represented a definite Herman mentality. and our first duty was to see that powcr 110W? passed into such ltttnds again.’ ‘ ‘ _

ltt-plying to Captain Cunitittghatn-hetd lI‘l ‘a debate on the '(l_l(7lll'lllllll‘ll! on Thursday, Mr. (w. Hal], L'n<‘.er-. "entry for Foreign Affairs, gave an assurznxce that as soon as the surrender terms had been : reed upon and the enemy had sur~ rcnrlerrt‘ aczioti would lie taken against the war Crtmittals.

\Varlime Controls

Often zltc-e who do the most tirntcsting are those the hut-t hurt. Sn there is timeliness in the projecied czzntt-aiggti of th: ‘QHYCIHIIICIII to further eitligltten the [trnplc on the itature and needs of wartime cdntrtils. .-;I_\'.< an Ottawa corre- spondent. .\lan_v of them do not reiailily" recog- nize the ncressitv" of a restriction. H16 govern- ment Itlaccrl c . s on f.".l‘.ll prices but was very slow to csta h tiltinrs to same. Many do not see too clearly that the primary‘ aim of controls is to en-ure a fair ilistribtttioit of the goods re- quired by the constmtct" population, after ensur- ing that all the fr iii and t't|tll|'llll(‘llf still needed bv the fighziitg forces has lteen sent to them. The farmers xvant ‘ti: be tI.~'lll'(‘(l that the c-m- {w}; Win11 lie retaitietl too long aftcr the fighting is fllll>il(‘tl. lncidetttallv. IIIOSI 0f H1011! the-e riars express more anxiety about the post- war thriit the war period. 'l'ltey want to know what kind if l'arli.'tttictit and government there will be to rchabilitztte this tiatittti. get it transfer- red front war to peace and steady the itatiotial economv in the trouhlous transition period. Those who ltave reporte<l on conditions in farm- ing of \\'<.~tt-rtt (Lutatla agree that because of a .tc .dv and heavy tlcmatid for everything the farms produce and the guaranteed prices have pint-ml in 11w pgisl two y-cztrs a pile of ready cash in the hands of we-tertt farmers. and much of [his 1m,- Knya- llllli the di-ehargc of tnortgages. No fewer than Harlin of these were liftcd 1n Saskatchcwztn.

Neglecting The Franchise

in the last llotninititt general election only 4.(17_’.§_1,l~' of the tixiS-Snblgt) persons eligible t0 vote exercised their franchise. It is significant, notes the (Tin/m am] Jlnil, that the most apathetic were in (listricts where the well-to-tln constitute the Inajorityz The electors in constituencies where people struggle for a living turned nut in larger nnntbers. Another significant fact is that the Rlarkctizie Kitig (loverntnent was elected tn power with I73 seats out of 245 in the House by less than 2 1-: of the (1 I-z tnilliott qualified Voters,

It is estimated that in the recent New Bruns- wick election 170,000 out of 325,000 eligible vot- ers went to the polls. with the soldier vote still to come. That is. only 5.: per cent voted. Of these a fraction more than 46 per cent, or less than one-quartct- of the total eligible vote, gave the Liberals 75 per cent of the seats. Thirty-nine per cent of the vote twist, or 20 per eent of the eligible total, gave the Prngressivtr (fonservativcs the rentaining one-qttartet‘ of the seats, while the C. C. F., with I4 per cent of the vote polled. was blanked.

In the Quebec election 7o per cent of the potential vote was cast. The Union Nationale Party was ordered to form a (iovernment by one-quarter of the potential vote and one-third 0f the vote cast.

On the same day in Alberta less than 55 per cent of the (lualifietl voters went to the polls, and the Social Credit Party was given 90 per cent of the seats by a little more than half the citi- zens who east ballots.

,__ It is estimated that about 80 per cent of the

qualified vote turned out in Saskatchewan in June, and slightly over 50 per cent of this gave the C. C. F. 9o per cent of the Legislature. An interesting corollary is that, while this party won 47 seats with an average of 4.444 votes each, the Liberals, Progressive Conservatives and oth- ers won five seats with I8l,477 votes, an aver- age of over 30,000 each.

In the Ontario vote of a year ago, a little more than half the listed voters went to the polls, which means that about 1.200.000 stay- cd home, and the Progressive Conservatives were authorized by a minority to form a Government. As the vote was split, anything else was hardly possible. The C. C. F. obtained more than twice as many seats as lhfi Liberals with 0'11)’ 9-°°° more votes.

This, comments the Toronto paper, is the way the people enforce democracy, or fail to enforce it, in this enlightened country. Mr. Chur- chill had a definite point in tnind when he ad- vised the Italiati people how democracy works. Mussolini was able to seize power and inaugur- ate his Fascist regime because the people were divided into impotent groups. The same circum- stance played into Ilitler'.~: hands in (iermaityi. It is not an utiexpected nutconte when the peo- ple dotrt carc enough about democracy to prac- tice it.

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.___. There is more railway travelling than ever these days, though less of the armed forces. 1i‘ 1F 1t‘- 1'

The first organized agricultural fair in Can- ada was lteld in I765 at Windsor, .\0va Scotta,

I79 years ago.

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Cattle on Prince Edward Island farms at the end of last year immberetl 96.700. 0r PH‘ cent more than in the previous year; sheep, tintnbcritig 30.300 were up 4.5 psr Cent; he!" and chickens at 897,500 were up 16.6 per cent and turkeys, at 14.000, up 20.2 per cent.

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Realistic. emotiuttal, tintcly‘, is the showing of “The \\'hite Cliffs of Dover" at the Prince Edward Theatre all this \\‘('El\'. Crowded houses are the rule, and those who enjoy the luxury of a sympathetic tear are to be found among those

making repeat visits. w a

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The liirst Battle of the Marne, which began this date I914, and lasted seven days, was al- most wholly won by the 5th lfrenclt Army and the British forces; though the Second Battle was

not fought till four years later, nevertheless, the First Battle was the real beginning of the end for the Hun in Great \\'ar I. i i I

The conference between the President of the .'\ll-Ill(ll{l Moslcm League (Mohamed ;\li jinaab), and Mobamlzts h. Gandhi, head 0f the llittdtis. is slated for tomorrow (Thursday). The Cripps offer still stands as Britain's policy on litdia, and this requires that the Indians reach an agreement €llllOl'l_'J_'iIll€lllS(‘l\'(‘S. There is. ltoivevcr, little evidence that the differences be- tween the Hindus and Moslems are being set- tled, despite Mr. flattdhfs apparent turn-about on the tiuestiott of partitioning Moslem and

Hindu India.

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There are pcoplewho think they are saving 0n taxes and getting ahead of the Federal treas- ury by carrying their liquid wealth in cash, and carrying it on their person. It is not a new con- dition, for even before the war sortie taxpayers had (leluded themselves witlt the notion that in this way the dread income tax collector would find it more difficult to assess their taxable in- conic if they could do most of their business without the aid of cheque fortns. A member of the Ilouse of Commons from a prairie province stated a short time ago that he attended a farm auction sale, and that of all the payments for sales at that auction only two were by cheque. .»\ll the others were in cash and one fartner paid out in cold cash about $1,500 for implements bf:

bought.

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\\'hile Canada has put an embargo on the export of Canadian books, the British Council is ivorking out plans to restock Europe's lib- rarics after the war. .~\ committee will be ap- pointed as soon as possible after hostilities cease to bring the war-damaged libraries of Europe tip to something approaching their 1939 strength. The Inter-Allied liook Centre already has rc—' ccivcd [uromiscs for a million and a half vol- umes. It is impossible as yet to say bow these books will be allocated or what proportion will icmaiit to help the blitzcd British libraries. Books Lll technical subjects are particularly desired as the coverage of these stibjeets is less thorough than the interest in them. The Centre is also building up a store of new books. but British publishers have not been able to ntake definite post-war plans for satisfying the European mar- ket lwcatise of present paper shortages. The home front demand for imoks will have to he satisfied before new books for the continent can be produced in quantity.

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The Fnglish-speakitig electorate will note (says- lite Gazette) that the post of Quebec Treasurer has fallen to the Hon. Onesime Gag- non, K.C., who is a well-known corporation lawyer of Quebec City with a wide experience

of financial affairs, and who was a minister in the llenuett Gnverntnent at Ottawa. The custom that has usually, but not always, bestowed the Tlrcasurersltip upon an English-speaking mints- ter has not been observed on this occasion for

reasons that were quite apparent. It would ap- pear that both Mr. Dnplessis and Mr. Jonathan Robinson, K.C., had been in something of a dilemma over the 'I‘rcasurersltip, the first be- cause he bad only one English-speaking member in his party, and the latter because his personal proclivitics did not incline toward the adminis- tration of the affairs of the "Freastiry. The

difficulty has been resolved, with satisfaction to the littglish-speakittg electors, with Mr. Robin- son's appointment to the blitiistry of Mines. This new department has long been advocated by the English business commutiirv of the province. and it is certain to prove its importance and

vorth under Mr. Robinson's direction. _

THE CHARM rrrmowtv GUARDIAN

Iota:

These are of clays were brooks Reco

A man is hard cme atmosphere hotel service around

wishing mi

By The Way

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kind f da ‘ii wishing for lvillfen o y. '0 be

we ave the kind or now. Sher-

to please. lIe want‘ in a. hotel and the house.

Gait Reporter.

Thlat m lobe

_._._ ellller tlllli.

super p one

eral. We had bett- reacc the same

Press.

The eeneua bureau picture: the

and working

CIIIGTQEXICV WOTK

father in the old,

an as 44 years

tion or over private or non- says. -The Kan-

.5 in

sas City Star.

Pfllf. Albert

avowed the

material in the

-.___. Einstein ha: dia- authenticlty of much new biography of

him written by his f law. Somehow it mak Buizlied scientist seem rnucn more

ltuman to know that.

though he

may understand relativity, relatives present about the scme problems to

m B: to the rest.

bcrcugh Exa

of us. — Peter- miner.

There‘; a storv in the chief ste-

Wflrd cf the New York P

wealthy man, a member

board of dire ccrporations. vacatl aboard th"

fortune and ship.

There Is

on It was

Gripsholm, says The 0st. H: once we,- a

ctors cf many SWEdlSh Whenever he tcok a passenacr

Grlcsholm. He lost his

now wnrks aboard the

something rather dis-

turbing about the recent epidemic

of escapes by

war. Prlscnei

with lnerenslnz frcm the ordtnar from the “haste-ls" are kept whit. Th

ere ts nut

some of the

displaying proper Albertan.

A CG-AA glider has more

German prisoners of "s seem to be escaping regularity, both v camps and in which they working on farms. urallv a suspicion that

authorities are not care.

han

l 70.090 parts. says William II. Nichol;

in the Natlo

single item, down

nal Geographic. Every

to the tiniest

aluminum rivet, must be Inspected before it I5 installed. This includes

the raw mat

erlals that’. gc to the

subcontractors. A magna flux in-

spectlon app

flaws In nuts, bolt; parts. Glider. American soldiers to

nratus detect; hidden and similar must b, safe far

ride in. The

original CG-4A glider design has

been altered

and improved more

than 7,000 times.

What L! happen-in; to our

811888? Quite er seem to "precipitate"

lan- good wrttters no lung- distlngulsh between

and "precipitousj

"elemental" and "element-

between

"uninterested

"dlslnterestcc? and between ‘historical’

and “hlstorlc.”'—f‘rcm a letter in

the press. Protest mtg

also be

registered against the lntrcduction

of numerous stance. the used fcr the age". Some which should In protecting actually mak faulty. Chronicle.

-- Port

vulgarltles, as for in- substttutie so often admirable word "cour- of the magazines, be among the leaders tn, language, are lng free use cf pro- Arthur News-

a man with soul

Breathe; there

so dead who

never has

own tomatoes? If such t.

mark hlm w

Ell. For him

er rapture: swell tn lifting big rlcb,

red fruit from

ance fro rpen the aroma to tha vim. and fre

f1‘?! 5

never to be found

has traveled ong in crate

the vine. There is a. m the vine itself which appetite. There Ls an tomato replned on the shlv picked that. ls in fruit which far and languished 5 The taste, too, has

something more, Surely then. 1,. no

one who did

pluck tomatoes 1n the field

eat; them as

long-forgotten

when eating one’s own so

childhood and one eats apples. That

pleasure rflillrns tomatoes raised tn

rden. The tomato is

not in

one of Summer's brightest jewels-

lf grown In ones

own garden.-

Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Blasts ac and I trust

unsympathetic bv

tunate than

that in a village near

chicken had off. with the the tall. pecker and

t in strange ways, I shall not be thought those less for- myself when I Say me a small all (ts feather; blown exception of two in

"The owner put it in his

took tt down to the

factorv where one of the tzirls in her

dinner hour

complete with yellow

knitted wound stripe,

and 1t is now a proud bird." -—BBC w.

War Revle For many was dead set. universal m peace time.

minds. For two next war (and who can that. there won't

years this newspaper against the idea of llltary training in We have changed our reasons - 1. The promise

be a next war)?

probablv will be started without

warning, as with us. And

test-faster by far

We will nut.

Japan started her war

it, will certainly move than this one.

have time to raise

and train a great, army from scrat-

ch. 2. This war has

lamentably

Americans in the years t eoretical prime are and psycbolcglcallv under

year's trainin

with competent

medical should help necessary to

chance; of a laatl would be fcolhardly to national existence on

no matter h tum out.

TCICQPBITI

._;_. Quite a number of

scars from t attempts to

s . bivalves are tough little fellows

disclosed that a proncrtion of of their

physlcallv

par. A

g at l8 or thereabouts,

end

large

correct this.

be

ng peace. But. it stake our those chances. ow bright, they may

m be. —New Yory World

person; bear heir struggles in their open oy ters The and

do not give in easily, However, most.

oyster lovers

of cutting their finger; alpeques on the half shell. The

en m Consumers’ tells of the‘

gladlv run m, chance for a doz-

Glllde, 3

Publication, reseache; v Dr. H

therch who has been conducting oyster opening experiments for 18

yearmrI-Ie i5 0d o get n carbonated

wetter,

now at. work on a met-

"drunk" on

s m, o“ ' um heir

l0

mimcles relax and their shells r; n

in n, languid oyster eaters

drop a plll tn the

COL. RALSTON ON TIIE can runny SITUATION

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Sin-There has recently come to

my attention an editorial in the

Charlottetown Guardian, which I feel I should n

some comment. as follows:

"COMMENDABLE ZEAL

"Mr. J. P. Johnson, Vice-Presl- dent and General Manager of the Atlantic Region of the Canadian National Railways, is to e com-

could be rebuilt and converted Into A ca: f

In the case of the two ferriel. one of the principal steamship 1n- spectors oi’ the Department 0t ‘Hans ort was sent to New York w ma e a thorough inspection per- sonally and on both occasions he reported unfavourably. These riv- er ferry boats are not constructed for operation under sea-going con- ditions such as are met: with in the Northumberland Strait. Consequ- ently the basic reason for their re- jection was that they would be unsafe for the Borden-Tormentine run. This was apart altogether from other conditions affecting them such as age-one was ap- proximately 60 years old, the other ‘IO-and the general condition of their hulls which in neither case was good. I might just add that at no time was the question of cost. allowed to be a factor.

The third proposal was to pur- chase the hull of a steamer at New York which was 46 years old. This boat was a paddle steamer and the owner suggested it could be

mended for the keen interest he has shown and expressed, in our transportation difficulties. Hts letter to the tre ration com- mittee of the Chariot etown Board of Trade gives the assurance that

- the busy tourist season.

it. a pullover i

we. wll

It. l; forecast t at roon only have to water that covers

the bivalves and in fiv, minutes re-

turn to find wide open.

something disquiet! ,, thls-some-thing of shooting

sitting bird. want to eat

prepared to accept: a little he little f surrendering their

Drugtzlng foul plays-

them tearing around Somehow there is about. all Afte ll if Hie r a , peope oysters thev should be hardship ellows into all smacks of Winnipeg Tribune.

everything possible ls being done to speed up the repairs to thcl Prince Edward Island, and that meanwhile the Scotia will workl ‘around the clock on any and every clay as necessity requires.’ “It is regrettable that sonic ef- fort was not made to obtain an auxiliary car ferry steamer to op- erate with the Scotin here during Attention has been culled to the fact that no fewer than three such steamers have been available since last. spring. The powers that. be are ap- parently not. interested. This, how- ever, is no reflection on Mr. Jolm- son, whose job is to work with the equipment. on hand. He could not show more zeal and concern about our problem if he were a Prince Edward Islander can rest assured that that It is possible for him our interests will be undertaken." In that portion of it which speaks in commendatory terms of Mr. J. P. Johnson, Vice-Preslclcitt and General Manager (Atlantic Region), Canadian National Rail- ways, I heartily concur. Both the Catiadlzm National Rail‘