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THURSDAY, DECEMBER l, 19-11.

Britain's Example

Uovcr11111c11t spokcstitcti do an ill service t0 » 1.1 by playing diwvu the urgency 0f the . 11-1" 111cr1u1-i11q- 11111‘ tl\'t.'l'.~tfll$ army forces. 'l’.11- 1-I..111 lac‘. is that lllllL‘>$ voluntary" cnlisl- . .1 arc spcnlccd up vcry llllllCflllllyaSulllfi rum of conscribtioit for overseas service l! tiziavoiilablc. Comparisons with the last waf- such 21s \\"1‘re given tl1e other day bv H0n_ T. '1‘; .1,-=_~11, Xlini-lcr 11f National War $ervicc5. ;1..- p ."‘l'l--- 111d llllnltlltllllg. In this war, it is 1111c, 1.111 plays a grclller part; but man- l‘1\\'\'l' niil he lllt‘ dcciding factor, and it is crim- rciiiforccrnents to o11r the field, before raising them in

1: .11 tV-ilv t» 1111i: until <1\'11'.<1.1--;11111\' 1111' 111-1-dc1l in <"1I1-'_l-1’1:;;_' 1K1- ncc-sssity‘ of il1.l'1lll.1lt‘ 1111111bcrs.

Brimin is setting a striking example in this

.c:. Prime Minister Churchill has just , .1, m» _§_000_17()O more military conscripts 1* 111»: afraid of that word over there!)

will sw-cxch the conscription age limit to 10-30 years, as compared with the present ~ rvf 19-11141. “The crisis in equipment," Fir, (,‘ii!llk‘l.lll reports, "is largely over; the 1'- 5. 511 111111p1~1v1~r and \v-‘11nn11po\ver is at hand "i d~111i11atc the year I942."

.\l"ii':1ry opinion in Canada is in full accord - h the British Government's attitude. The ~=t s1111-1n1-11t comes from Brigadier General . ll. "z- - (Dfficcr Commanding Military 1 '~ pcnkiug at Sorcl, Quebec, Gen-

the defense of mil l<le.=, we are doing nothing else :1 pww-ciitiiig the invasion of o11r o\vn pence- 111t1-_\- by Hitler's hordcs.” Young men on g, he added, show a preference for the ,-\ . lbvrce or the Navy, but these branches can rwvcr win the war alone. “We must have sol- dicrs. 'l‘he fmnl battles which will bring vic- turv ill sec o11r own Canadian soldiers in the n

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l‘, f1 When that time comes—snd no one can pre- dict with certainty ho\v soon it will come- whorc is our huge reserve army needed to re- place the 140.000 Canadian soldiers now over- seas? (i4\\'L’l'lllll€llt mcrubcrs should seize every opporniiiity of bringing this issue home to Canadian citizens. They would be contributing n1u1~l1 more to "national unity" by doing so, than hr keeping‘ their ears eternally to the ground for political repercussions.

Stop That Waste

A rcrcnr complaint by the Brantford Ex- p1->:1~11' that the governmcnt is wasting a great d111l of iman-y, time and effort on worthless pub- licity will be corrobl-oatcd by every newspaper in the c1;11111tr_v. As a. case in point, the Brantford ]1Illl1‘l' citcil the handling of Mr. Ilsley’s an- 111111111-11111111 of llu: postponclllent of the effective (lZHC of imxiuuun price regulations. The min- istci" of finance made the announcement on Nov. ll and it was given f11ll coverage by The Can- .'1<li.111 Press. Four days later the government pro-s l'L‘l(‘i\>i(t rcachcd llrnntford by mail.

l\'c;_;11lur ucws channels carricd a story 0f the illness of (icncral .\lc.\'nughton and more than 24 hours lngcr along came a press release from the

<hp11r1111<11t of lllllllillfll dcfcuce with the same sni-y. lliuh 1'<'l1-.'1~1's wcrc quickly filled in news- 111111111‘ \\'Il>l1‘ llll\l\'l‘ls‘ all nvcr Canada.

i‘ w Cil"\‘.\',.‘ s.'1_vs thc Winnipeg Free Press (l r1111, "arl- far from isolated examples. >1» - 11f simihirly u-clcss information are ruwhiil dull) by 1111- daily newspapers every Illl/illll_ 'l‘l1c \\'.'l'~lt' is enormous."

\Vnr Financing Discussed

111l1i<pr<~i1lc111ial ndrlrcss at the annual iiuu 11' tlw sharclioldrrs of the Bank of

-: Pl|llll'~ll('(l iu y'1-~tcrd:1_v's issue, Mr. Ilmuly R. lhainiiiioud strcsscd the importance

of flw f’i<1\'1-1"11111<111t'< price control plan to arrcs.‘

inllllirnt. liII-llKK; l\ .'w1-1;11:i11g lmrcnucratic con- trol. :1111l r1u11l:1ti-111.~ solely to facilitate (hnnrlrlfs war l-fforl. "\\’l11~u flu‘ urn‘ is over and the (inv- cr11111<~11t llllfflilhlllg’ di<:1p|11-z1r<." .\lr. Drum- uioihl said. “it i» vs-Pllllfll that (i(l'i'('l'lllll(‘Ill con-

trol- and ii-gtllrltiou be rmuuvcd with all n05- .~~il1l1- <11-.1-1l. ;1cco111pt111i1':l by lllc fullogt nmqliqpa- 1am i11 |t1\'.'1lir>11 that is ullruvuble, for, if we are

(<1 r-iuriuuc in :1 syx-"lc-m of free cutcrprisc for 11 11:11 11c arc iightitln, ii i.- lo private initiative 1'.

.1> 11-1- 11111.1 look for rcsuiuptinn of normal .'| 1 ‘l1 -.

71- :1 1l~11il~l rcvit-w of (iovcrunn-rlt financing "" l,“1"1~111~111l po-ivtcd out that although the. 1 1i l‘ .1111! l7l.\'flllntl this ycnr, together with

1111 fr-un other sources, is ralctllaterl 1o ~11» 111w $1,.1oo,ooo,o0o, that still left the - ~11m 111' $l.'.’§O.(Y70,0(>O to be financed by l» ":1 (':-11:11l1':111 cilizcns' obligation to save l1» tho limit. and tn l(‘llll lhcir savings to the lbw rwuic-u, is today :1< llPl‘(‘<.~'<'ll'}' {IF an obliga- liI-u to pay tuxcs; bu‘. fllis duly Of saving also

falls equally on all forms of government, and the citizen who is paying a great part of his iu- cume in taxes and who is making genuine s11:- rificcs in order that he may lend his savings 1o the Government, has every right to expect that his governments, Dominion, Provincial and municipal, shall curtail ordinary outlay and eliminate capital expenditure to the utmost pos- siblc cxlctii.

The president had good news regarding the financial position of Canadian farmers. He said that their cash income promises to be substan- tially larger this year than the total for I940, which was $715,000,000. 'l'cntutivc estimates range from $900,000,000 lo $950,000,000, but he added that the distribution of the incrczlse is by no means uniform.

=- EDITORIAI. NOTES -¢

Have you got your store license yet? I I ll

The city is collecting bicycle taxes just at the time when wheels arc being sci. asidc for skutcs. v u- s: a1

Premier Pattullo is convinced his government are all out of step except himself. n- >1- l- =1- v

You did not forget that letter you intended to write to that overseas boy who may have had to spend Christmas without a scrap of paper from home?

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Good citizens do not require to be reminded to keep their footpaths frce from snow; others may realize later that there is a law to that ef-

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The snow, unfortunately came a little too soon and upsct a “mile-of-copp<'rs" project. May

we suggest a “bath-tub-of-coppers" as a satis- factory substitute. a e w m One may do much worse these clays tlmu

visit the store and find what nrrnugcuieut can be made about that overdue account; otherwise credit will be stopped by law.

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That awful man Donald Gordon, as his name implies, is one of those insistent, persistent Scots- men who live on oatmeal porridge and tattics, and work I8 hours a day to attain an objective, be it an education, a fortune or merely to prove a theory practicable. No obstacle deters them, obstacles in their eyes being cmissarics of the devil made only to be overcome.

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Arrangements are being completed for ship- ment from Ireland to England as soon as may be of roughly $75.ooo.om worth nf far rmrl =11.» cattle, cows in calf, heifers, and fat and store sheep. This is said to be the largest single deal in respect of Irish livestock ever arranged. It is accepted now that absence of foot-and-mouth dis- ease for a number of weeks makes the resumption of trade reasonably safe when certain safeguards have been provided.

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Here is an opportunity for citizens to do a good turn at least once a week. Many of the boys of the Air Force have week-ends off from Friday till Sunday night, but have no rclzilivcs or friends with whom to spend it. Could not some of our hospitable homes be open for their reception and entertainment, especially at this joyous season of the year? It has been suggested that the Legion open a register of names of air- men who would like to have week-curl hosts and‘ of hosts who would like to have xvcclc-ettd guests. \Ve feel sure this has only to be mentioned for the interested organizations to get busy and make arrangements accordingly.

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Suttee was abolished in British India this date 1829. The self-immolation of Brahaman and other high caste widows at the cremation of their deceased husbands was imperative, and prevailed for about 2000 years; Lord William Bentick was the means of having it abolished this date I829, and four years later hr. was ap- pointed first Govcrnor-Gcneral of India; the practice of suttce continued in the indcpcurlcnt state of Nepal until 1920, when the intervention of the League of Nations secured its abolution also there, the land of the war-like Gurkhas.

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"Big Family” is the title of a delightful atttobiographical _ talc by Iiclluurv Partridge, author of “Country Lawyer” one of the “best sellers," of last winter. It is true to life of a hy- gone day and intrigues one with its fire-bug mystery, its spice of rotuancc, its fntnily dances and c011rtsl1ips_ Graphic pictures urc givcn of the big family before, at, and aflcr church, at meals, at play, and one fccls certain that the reader when he comes to the end of the story wishes it were to begin and be related all ovcr again with

the next generation-Jar all the boys and girls have branched out 21s heads 0f their o\vn respective limischolds before Mr.

Partridge writes his “finis. " This should prove a popular book for a gift at Chrisuuns or any

other time. The publishers arc George J. Mc- Leod Limited, Ihrnnlo. v m 4 w Mr. Byron Pricc, cxccuiivc editor of As-

sociated Press had this tn say in nu address to students of New Orleans University: “\Ve will t11r11 to the newspaper pages, ovcr and over again, for roufirntaliriu and for that lusting and satis- fying conviction which sontvhow is inherent in the arrangcutcut of printcrls ink on paper, and somehow is only faiuiy imitated by words which come fro111 nowhere and vnuislt into nothiugncss before we can be sure we ltnvc mldcrstood them. There is something filnrlnlnciital in the reliance of the public on ucwspapcrs for authentic news.

In these limes, of nll limos, the great majorilv of readers want a place of surc rcfugc. Thcy want [irntcciiou front pronzlgutul:t, and from false nlnrltis which travcl the waves of iulcr-

national communicntiolts run] c-‘unc rolling into the homes on the wings of rmuor, surmise and wishful thinking. The newspaper of the flllurq if it is to sialldns higl1as11c\\'.<pr1ncrs have stood in this country for a century, will sift its new: reports far more carefully, and lcnvc the livltl of fidgcly reporting and ltflsly conclusion to il< newer and less experienced compatriot.”

BY TllE WAY

_ You would Hhlnk. when you listen to the BBC. that. war was a game. Rleoeiltly‘, a wJnan beauty cxserl- lave a. Wlrelsss tabs to the A.'I‘._S.—-0n make-up! I do not imagine mat. when. on the eve of bull-B. Cromwell told his troops to “trust n1 God and keep your powder dry". he meant face- powder On another evening an authoress who nod been boldly an- nounced as talking "straight from the shoulder". used the costly ma- cnmery of Broadcasting House to fldvlse a young woman in the Scrwces whose boy frlezzds ln the Anny was flirting w.th another girl! Then we had a long lecture on the origin and development. 0f "Bocgle-Woogle" - durlns a war that is costing up £l00,000,000 a wcek! “The BBC shculd" be attun- lug the ntlnds of our people to the spun of sacrifice," wrllcs W. Mclluinc. of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, "instead of doping them." -- Lmdon Dally Herald.

At a Bergen market two Nor- \\'(",;lflll5 quarrelled and got. into a fist-fight. They were going at 1t hot and heavy when a German soldier stepped in to separate them. Inssantw the two turned on the German and tcgether gave him a sound thraslng to the great

delight of onlookers. When Ger- man iclnforcexnents approached, the two made tracks. But since

that day thcyye been the best of friends. - Nevrs of Norway.

In the heart of Copenhaien are -or were at latest repsrts -- two large ponds that. in Winter prcvcntcd f 1n freczing by heat.- mg than ziriiiically with the con- denser pipes cf the municipal electric lzght plant Large num- bers of waterfowl that. otherwise would have migrated vrere thus fn- duced to pass the Winter in Copeizhagczt. A similar use might. Will] ndiaxuaige be itiade 0f one of our Central Park lakes, As lt wll-d bird life is practically non- existent 1n the park frcm Novem- ber to March, and the domesticat- ed water bird's suffer dreadfully from the fact. that their native ele- nu-nt 1,, frozen solid. - New York Times.

The government pres: agents, who constitute the most stupen- clous and fantastic concentration of yes-men and world painters ever gathered ln One clty. are fac- ed, it appears, whh a1 serious prob- lem. There is a shortage of mime- ograph paper, the government. ls buying up all it can, but there stlll isn't. encu h. Therefore, word has gone out o the press agents, the hzlndmnirlcns of buienticracy. that they must. cease triple spacing and double syncing their elfusions and must. henceforth write them single space. This oi itself is a hard blow, for nothing delights a government press agent. more than to send out great realm of mimeographecl- stuff, let it. fall where it may (usually the vmstobaskel») Morcover, some of the zculotls paper savzrs are said to be thinking of wrting their stuff on both sides of the paper. This move ls diflflcult to under- stand, for some of this stuff might csnceivably reach some one who would want to sci. it 1:1 ty , and printers doift- like lo handle sheets

_ that. are covered with wrltlng on

both 511105. However, this may be a minor detail. No one has yet. dar- ed bring fort-n the revolutionary suggest-ion mat the press agents wrnle fewer words and get out fewer ‘releases". such a suggestion, put into effect, might. mean that. some of these gentlemen would find that. their bosses regarded their services as unnecessary and hence would remove them from the pay rolls Any one familiar with workings of the Wtuhlngton pub- licity machine knows that. such a brutal and radical prcceeding ls so remote that lt need not even be contctnplntcd by sane men. — New York Herald and Tribune.

War always ls a magnet to ad- venturous souls. Today it. l5 not so appealing perhaps 5s during the Boer War, when any good man with a horse was welccrme on either side, and these knights-errant. from many parts of the world were to be found ln both forces. 'I‘0day e. worthy representative is found In Corporal Heligh, a Texas cow- boy when wars are scarce, but woo hfls fought, the Germans ln three armies: British and American in tliedast war 11nd the Canadian forces in this. Now he ls invnlided home, and lf his fighting days are ended-well W5 back to the cattle

ranges. surely of such are the "hacpy Wfll‘l'l0f5". - Globe and Moll,

The last survlvlng Leglslatlve Council ln Canada will be abolish- ed at. the approaching session of the Llcgislatlve Assembly of Que- bec, according to advices from the 0111111111 c-f Frcnclh Canadian. Thus null be relegated to the limbo of i. rgctten things an institution which dates buck to the time 01f the conquest and has been the cause of discards and grievances for more than i1 century. It. ls ex- peeled that. the up-pcr House 1:1 Quebec. unlike that, of Nova Scotla Wll] give up the ghost without a struggle The light. t0 abolish the second Chamber ln Ncva Scot-la aroused interest not only through- out Canada. but. also ln Britain, as it. was carried 1.0 the fcot of the Throne. It. took Premier Edgar N. Rhcclcs, nc-w o, member of the second Cltzcnber at Ottawa, nearly three years to get rid of the fifth wheel to the legislative coach ln the Province by the sea. Rhodes contended the Legislative Council in Nova Scotin had b"en not only a rubber stamp for Liberal Gav- ernments fcr forty-three years, but. a tcol of the Administration. — Globe and Mall.

The new rqent-peggln regula- tions which appl to-al parts of

Canada except ticse where rent- pcggin was already ln effect not only fix the maximum rents as those of October. ll this year but prcvlde a penalty as nigh as $5.000 and t-wo years‘ imprisonment for violators after December l. And a violator is a person who offers to pay more than the fixed maximum, as well as a person who cl-rmmds mcre than the maximum. Bidding for housln accommoda- tion by offering a h gh rental will now be a dangerous practice. - Tcrcnto Star.

I! "I05; Bfitish mesa meellnfs were rcaliy r’ frnrt/ve, they wood nit be cant" 1v'th dtmsndln an invasion of t: Cnndrent. Jey would‘ g) on 1111i fell Mr, Ohurehll just where they want. hfm to land, and hcw many men and guns to lfllff‘ 1n" whct. day of the week they $11111 uke him to stark-New Yo:

imes.

FIRST VATICAN

11. 1. muewifiiifl the lust Vs- tlca-n 01w was malt about soo An

rm: CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

Ihll oolurnn lo open In the dlnoulnn l! Oorrelpildooh ll qnontlole OI Internet. ‘l’ Ohnrlottatnvrn Gurllnn done neoonnrll) undone the I'll one of oornuoilenll. ,

A CHANCE MEETING

SLrr-I am taking the liberty of enclosing a few lines inspired by n. chance meeting on o. Bay Street car, in Toronto last Saturday afternoon with a. handsome young Sergeant from Prince Edward Island. We had sloped at an mtlersectlon to allow pasengers ‘On and Off. All eyes fumed toward the two care- fully groomed. flne looking, athletic figures in uniform just entering the car. Both looked to be Soldiers of a superior type and both wore Ser- geants stripes. While depositing their fares they gathered some tn- formatlon from the Conductor and then proceeded to find seats ln the well-filled car. There being space for one besides me ta grey- ilalreo man in m) seventleth year) one of them sat down; his com- panion finding sitting space on the other side of the car. The chap who sat beside me was one of those clean-cut. intelligent looking young men (as a. matter of fact they bonh xvere) with an attractive face that. intrigues your interest at once. I smiled, he smiled, and we were a.- way to a good start. I remarked that he bone on his arm the ‘Turee Stripe Insignia of Tyranny Person!- fied, according to the Joke Columns about Non-Com Officers. He said he thought. the Sergeants got as much amusement out. of the jokes as anybody else; then informed rnc, in unswer to my guestlonlng, that his Regiment was rom Prince Ed- ward Island and that he was on his way up to the University to hunt up a cousin from home. Per- haps the fact that. I had been to

is both Surrutterside and Charlotte-

town, and had formed delightful impressions of both places and people conveyed itself to hlm un- consciously, and he responded b0 my advances with that graclousness that is so characteristic of your people. Our journe was short be- fore we both align at tne same

Bus stop; but previous to allghtlnz, win

I had remarked when ape lightly, that I supposed when he got lonesome he just. bought s. ' er- ring." His quick reaction and refu- tation of such a possibility, left no misunderstanding in the mind of his nearer. I lnted out his Bus to the Univer ty, they ran for it and made ft. I took one going the opposite way lnto Rosedale. All through the afternoon his face was ever before me, so full of animo- tlon and Intelligent interest. I could see the smile on his face as he said, "Potato" when I mentioned "Herring." At the dinner table that evening while eating P.E.I. potatoes I mentioned the incident. To make a long story short, the enclosed lines are the result.

Verslfylng has been a pastime of mine for many years, some good, some bad. It is just possible fir-at 1n some home on the ‘Island,’ where others like myself have a part of the family in the Army, these few lines may bring a smile and ease the lonesomeness. May I congrat- ulate you on the type of young men you are sending to the colors. The samples I saw are a credit b0 your enthusiasm in stressing the cultural slde of life as you do 1n the Marl- times.