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The chaflottetown Guardhn head its apologia for Liberal dismissals with

Prenldent Lh-ut. ('01. \\. Cheater S. IrI-nn Yh-e-Prvnlllrul J. ll Ilurllutl, l‘. J. l. Editor and ll ringing llrvelur J. It. Burnett. l’. J. l. Sevrelur)" .ie . ' II .\. Alnvlihanon l). S. 0. Allin-lulu liililurn l-rimk lhllker and l). It. Currie

Morning tinny (Fllllllilvll H4111) $5.00 pu- your tln advance)

tlellverril tu Clly $1.00 per pear (In advance) mulled tn

Prince l-Jilitnrd luluml 55.00 per year (In advance Alnlr-Il in (imiuln unu United Stolen

VJEDNESDAY, oc-roncn 2o. ins":

Rich Mine Of History

i", The richest itniiiiiictl field 0f Canadian hi5-

toriczil link‘ probably lies not in this country but in the ("iv of London. in the vaults of Htid- son's llay llousv, says the Montreal Star. 'l'here :ir.- ltcpt lllt‘ ions of nnpttblishcd records of “The lill\(‘lll<1l' and Lionuumy of Adven- turers of ling-laud Trading into Hudson's Bay",

going hack to the days of 1670, when King Charles ll granted lllc charter. Now for the

first tinn- this l1l>llJFlCIIl treasure is going to be maile ll\'illi.llil(‘ to the public. Sir Campbell Stuart zimioiiiiretl in (lttawa on Thursday the formation of the llutlsoifs Bay Record Society to pnbli-Ii llléll('l'llll hitherto unavailable. lll>llll'l.lll< have long been itching to get a

"he fabulous store of records in London. There, its ctiirlplett‘ as it could ever be, is the epic of the Ianarliin _\'orth-\\'est. It must be all there, in Elie head tiificc records of the company, and in ‘the minutes hooks. the letter books, the stock books, lllf‘. memorizil hooks, and the daily journals of the chief traders.

The records tcll the story of the Company. nml therefore of a large part of the present D0- niiuion of Canada, back to the fantastic days when the .t\<lventurcrs first banded together. 'l‘he_v should hold, for instance, a full account 0f that amazing pair, Pierre Radisson and Medard tboitart des (irost-illcrs-—l\lr. Gooseberry to the Jirst’ Atlvi-ntnt'ers-—who talked the dashing men of King tliarles’ Court into jmtting up money to trade [or furs in Hudson's Bay. They should give us imnluz-ble information about the de- velopitient of what are now the liVesterri Pro- Tinpcs o; (I-tntnla, as wm-ll as of the North-West Tlfurriibrica , 1'

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Time For A Showdown

lion, Mr. Bennett spoke here on October 5th ‘mid wzts reported at length in The Guardian on the fOlllHYlllg day. Tcn days later our local (Tt,\11tCi1i[\r1f.'11‘_\' "notices" that Mr. Bennett de- IlOllllCIWl flirty patronage in speaking at Char- lottctmrn and intimated that he would bring this matter up in Parliament at the next ses- sion. (Ylur contemporary says further: _“We have no ilotibt that 1\Ir. Bennett will bring it up, but if he does, it will give the Liberals the chance they have been looking for, namely, to llllCilflll and lay before the public the whole- salrVili-"iiiis-"iils of the Bennett administration during their term of office."

Fancy that! Alter two years in office, with

"fir!- a Fwt-vpiiig majority' in Parliament, the King

iit|\‘t'i‘tllll\‘[ ix riill rt-aiiiiig for Mr. Bennett to gr.» blunt "Hie eliiiiirc" to unearth something

ilion?i-iiit/iiy/coi/s in f/II‘ record of Hie Bennett (iorrriia-iriil.’ (‘oulil a better tribute be paid to any §l(llilllll-ll'illlflll, now two yearsout of officc, than this ptttlilt‘ and belated threat to retaliate if

Mr, lloimeit attempts to (lischargc his duty by CXIw-itlg‘ the Liberal patronage system!

l‘-L'tlt'l';lll\' and Provincially, the Conservative reeorrl \\itlt t‘t'_;.'li'tl to fair distribution of unem- ployinetit relief has provcd tinassailable. Men were einulirrczl on the basis of need, not of party politics. No doubt this helped to defeat the lleinit-it Illlll .\lac.\lillan Governments, lie- ciiuse it did not meet the wishes of those “ward Chet-let's" who are the bane of both parties, and who arc now, tinder Liberal mismanagement, “liiifortiui:itel_\- in control.

lt i.- to be hoped that. when Ur. Bennett brings this lllJtll(‘l' up in lktrliameiit. he will not omit from his dt-uizncizttion the scandalous treatment 11o rtiurnetl soldiers and other (lcserving civil servants in this Province by the Campbell GOV- ifllllllUlll’, as well as the manner in which these avortlrv officials were replaced. in some cases, ‘by persons so notoriously iticoinpeteiit that the)’ hail to be sacked shortly afterw-ords.

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' Nor should .\lr, lit-smelt forget to mention the crmviiing iniquity pt't'pt'li'illl‘tl by the Camp- bell Governmt-iit in ii- pzirtisnu Civil Strrviec Act, \\lll(‘ll illr. \\ ilflt‘ lluztlu-s rr-fti-(‘d to stipport i" the LtgJi-latvri- .'.‘lil which Eli‘. _l. \\'nltcr Jones

in. .11 sawing that an zitteinp‘.

(lt'll(1llllk‘l‘ll lil was made to t.,t.~,~_n it". worils by cries of “Uf- dt-r!" .‘.li: lit-u- ll"'.'l'll'lll that in the schedule (if pri-pii-td ],!'l'|l'..'tllt'lll jobs "4! IU/lrlfi‘ lllh$l’ll_lt'f 1/_t.-_t,t;" qyr» fiii'i'i.r.iii ii/t/t i/iliiiriili‘, g/irnii rim- fly /ri'iii.<.' l/i. ii/t/tiniilrra‘ flllil i/mli‘ "$0011 JCT- tfri ' to i/ir [J/‘FHI/ /)I.'I'/>\'. .\l.i t".(ll ilislictltllii of long expcricncc and proud o-nipi-tency- under both party gov- - (‘Tllllltllfm \\t‘lt‘ rillt‘ under our present dictators

tinlcss they wt ri- luiown to have voted Libclll in the 10f; clettioii.

lu the tat-e of iitii~ui[>lriv:iieiit relief projects. mitt-your» in this lT-irinre lqunus that under the PTO-Pill reqiiiiv "'11 licltt-t from a ward beelcr." 11S

Mr, llvnnt-it ~:.iil, is the onlv Wily to get a job

'l‘lit- only pgiictiltv .\ll'..llL'lll1f’l[ will find \\ll(‘ll lie rliill". to allot..- Liberal zibiises of the patrouztut -.\ ‘rut in l'7ll'll.'lllll'lll. will be \\‘l!""fi to begin. S» fin- as this Province is concern- ed lu-iwau lr-qiu quite vzulr in the King regime, when ‘fllr. _l. _l. l.I|l‘.‘llI('t' was absorbed into the 1151M ii.- lli-ii';i'liiiitiit_ [or purely partisan rea- pii1Is,tiwiiiil\-‘ l\‘.'\\' for llon. .\lr. Dunning. (“infill ni nit‘. this were whet" political ap- pnllitiiicllls. -"\‘li its llivist‘ of Robert NIacKcnziP. who h(‘(‘"ltll fl lllI'l|1l1"l' of lll“ Farm Loan Board 5n that llvu, l. ti. li‘l!'4lillt‘l' could route into tht‘ cabinet: "loci." \': llzinee, who ltrtd been defeat- ctl in F'i-l\»ti-‘i~-\'ii and was placed in charge

0f watt-r cit-pry lion wovl; rri the Priiiriis;

1-1.1“ (‘h-ir‘ 1 S'eu-:ii't. d"fi-a'eil in _l:i_spcr lid- lon, who tea“ (‘lllildllfll of the lll'f‘l' "ngimml Iiplfli thiuiiiissirin: llon. Randolph llrtice, vhlvnlrzl b; lhirryt Stevens in Kontctniv ]~j;\<t_ \\-' o lt-z" Ill‘ .‘lii1i le‘ tn _l.'tp"ii; If. _l. Youuy litniit u ll \'.t~:biir|i by a ('.('.l". me i1-

Iygr, “In. uas later appoiuteil to the National Envployini-i-t (‘oin~~:i<s'i1ii: and many others that (‘flllll be m-iitionerl.

Qur 101,1] contemporary has the audacity ‘to

the words “Lest We Forget.” Our returned sol- diers, to whom these words have a special mean- ing, will recall what occurred at the sitting in Charlottetown of the Veterans’ Assistance Com- mission, Oct. 15, 1936, when complaint was made that “Government employees who have been employed for years are suddenly dismissed for reason other than incompetence or neglect." The chairman of the Commission, Colonel Rat- tray, expressed doubt whether “any recommen- dations that we would make would change the attitude of the politicians in such matters", but added that so far as he knew, “the returned sol- diers’ preference under the Civil Service Act is pretty well lived up to.” He. was speedily dis- illusioned on this point. “We have,” said the Canadian Legion president, “a complaint in King's County of wholesale dismissals of potato inspectors. Out of eight, fit/e were returned men." And when the chairman asked incredul- ously, “Have you made no representations?" he received‘ the reply: "We have made pleiityt, bu! we haven't g0! satisfaction.” -i______

1 Editorial Notes I

Grace Darling died this date, 1842. i‘ i i 1K

Chief Justice Rowell will now have some idea of the evidence to be presented to his Royal Commission when next it meets here, and that is more than the public do, not for- getting the 3o. .

i l! 1i 1F A favourite car run these days between the good and bad weather is out the MacLure High- way _to Rustico. Many who previously knew Rustico merely by naiie have made its per- sonal acquaintances in this ivay.

v at v I r‘ According to a census taken by the Depart- - ment of Commerce at Washington 6o per cent. of all the automobiles and 4o per cent, of all the refrigerators in use in American cities are used by families having incomes of less than $2,000 per annum.

n n i: at A country clergyman, who had gone round his parish blessing the various holdings, passed by one field “Why,” said the owner, “have you not blessed my field?" “Your field,” was the answer "does not need blessing. It needs man- ure.” -I i 1' i We cannot visualize it, but the United States deficit at the close of the financial year, June 30, is estimated by President Roosevelt to be in the vicinity of $i,ooo,ooo.ooo. Imagine hav- ing to count that in individual dollars, not to mention cents. - n: n: It is a funny world in some respects. For in- stance, the Duke of \Vindsor retired from Royalty because, among other reasons, he was fed-up with having to traverse the Empire as an Imperial investigator and commentator. Now he would emerge from his retirement to do this very thing for foreigners. But the British Gov- ernment has cried a halt, and the Press agency publicity stunt has been called off. The Duke of his own free will and accord made his bed and he should get leave to lie on it without, dis- turbing the peace and (luietticss of his succes- sor.

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A special tribunal at Stuttgart, Germany, sen- tenced Anna Binhammer, 31 years old, to four ‘months in jail for adversely criticizing the Gov- ernment and slandering Nazi Germany. She was born in Germany, btit has become a United States citizen. The court found she had be- come a. "renegade against the fatherland who had learned her political ideas as a governess with a Jewish family in New York.” The mis- take she made was returning to her native land and thinking out aloud.

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The imports of farm implements and ina- chinery in August were more than double those of August, 1936, amounting in value to $1.745.- oo8 as compared with $827,538. However the import in the latest month was slightly lower than in the previous month, when the total was $1,754,265. The Ilnitcd States supplied to the value of $1,671,665. Internal combustion trac- tion engines up to $1,400 each accounted for the big gain, there being 1.420 engines valued at $1,- 160,746 as compared with 552 at $417,148. There were 34 ltarvestcrs in combination with thresh- ing machine separators valued at $50,815 as compared with 22 at $.'§5-93i. 'I‘hreshing ma- chine separators amounted to $37,287 as com- pared with $31,390.

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Michaud, Minister of Fisheries, "is llll[)f'(l\'lI‘.g the position of the fishing itidtistryfitaking"it‘ as a whole, and domestic sales have also increased, with the result that the industry can approach its fish week in 1937 in higher spirit than at anv time in recent years. Nevertheless. it is possible for Canada to make still innrc of its great fish- eries resources than has yet been done and I hope that the people generally will encourage the country's 72,000 commercial fishermen, and the others concerned in fisheries operations, by joining in the fish \\'('cl\' observance." v w v v

"The present generation are not afraid of Death-they are afraid of Life! They look upon a Europe turning pagan;- upon Germany writ- ing a new Bible to suit her own ideas; upon Italy declaring she would like to be known as the pro- tector of the Mabommeilan world. Already one in every nine of all the peoples of the entire world are Wahommetltitts; now we have the lie- groes of the South saying they arc not iicgrocs, but hloors, and considering going over, (‘n niasse, to the hlaltommedtin faith. Now, as never be- fore, the troubled world is calling for the 1110-.- sage and the guidance of the mission worker. and the King speaks to llis people that the-y may open their eyes and see all about them the many fields ‘white unto liiirvcsf." So said illrs. Victor Smith. Recording Secretary of the. On- tario \V.M.S., in addressing the Janet Geggie Auxiliary of the \\’..\[.S. of Parkdale Presby-

terian Church.

v v This is Fish \i\'eek, today Fish Day. “lii— creasiiig export business," said llon. .\lr..

NOTES Bf TIIE WAY

One feet bu been proved beyon- all question by the events of tne‘ In... few days-mat the Rome-Berna

‘axa Is strongly forged. Lf tble 1.x» I could be PIOIODBQII to London, mu cotild also take In Perla and, u has been suggested, Warsaw, t-be tear of war woud recede far Into the back- ground. The leader; of the two great peoples have repeatedly de- clarea that. the German-Italian understandlng Ia not nlmod ot- other States, but; 1a an arrangement to which other Powers are Invited to adhere. The Daily Mall bu repeat.- edly pointed out that, Germany, wblch. ne Herr Hitler aid recently, “in national strength and military efficiency has again become a worlu Power," must be treated upon a basis of equality. The first step on the road to appeasement Ia a friendly understanding between Britaln and Gummy-Dally Mull.

All dictation work In the some nay. Flt-st they close the courts to the people, then they gag the press, and then they proceed to reduce the I people to a hopeless state by regi- meutation and a spy system. It will work here In Alberta If the people walllgi stand for IL-Letbbindge Her-

"I urge all natlom to treat the minorities decently," pleaded Adolf Hitler in his latest Nuremberg. speech. 1 He Is right, of course, to urge justice and tolerance for mIn- orities. If ail nations dld this to their mfnontes and to smaller nat- ions the world wpuld be safer and pleasaniter. But. the German con- centre/Hon camps filled with Jews. Catholics, labor radicals and other dissenting minorities, Iittlers ap- peal suggest-s a oouplet; written by the Poet. Bums: "Oh wad- some power the glftle gle us . . ."—-N8W York World-Telegram.

It b rather significant, particu- larly In vlew of a certain school of thought; which blames Great. Brit.- nln for suptrxenes-s 1n not 1111x1118 1B a European war, that an American freighter canylng IDOlOBRW-l 81ml- mens showed the Union Jack whIle pusfng through dangerous waters of the Mediterranean. The fact IndI- cates that the men who sail the seven seas, If not everyone else. realize that the old flag still means something In the way o! Protection. and that perhaps after all. I- WlFB-m song we sometimes slug 1s I101 11""- Iy jIngolstlc.—The Northern News.

Every compromlee with the 1n- flntte value of the human soul leude straight back to savagery and me junge. Dispel truths of our 1111131011. and what. follows? The Insolmw 0f domlnation and the cruelty of des- potism. Denounce religion n-s the opium of the people and you W111 swlftly proceed to denounce politic- a1 liberty and clvll liberty as Opium- Freedom of speech goes, 111141181111“ follows and Justice as no 11mm.- Stanley Baldwin.

What. a crusader always leeks, ls a sgnse of 1111mm‘, HIECI‘ “E1818 b11811’: just as It Is for the Germans alone to decide whether they want Noll rule and for the Italians alone m decide whether they want Fascist rule, so 1t ought to be for the Span- iards alone to decide what sort of rule they want. Hts Idea M maktn! sure that. the spantards decide "15 for themselves seems to be for Ger- many and Italy to send soldiers. munitions, almllflfit gm“- ew" i" help In this decLsIon.—Mon-trea1 Star.

It Is nearly silly years since ill! receipts of livestock from the fin-me and ranges In the market. centres have been as small as 1-1181’ hi" currently been runnfntl. The Chm‘ ago ‘Irtbune asserts. It further says that. there Is not meat enouilh 1n the United Stat/es w PTWM“ the stancxliard of llvllnflmw bzelgch the Am- e ve 841611-5- wmced dindltlon Is 119153811141 i0 be the inevitable result of the 80V- emment. policy of destructton. VII-ll!- ly extolled at. the time as the right way w bring relief to asricullw. and now bell-fin! bill-e!‘ ‘Tulle’- Mnneapolis Journal.

The British are not very pleas“! about the Italian suggestion toneet- tle Mediterranean differ-tenses In a spirit of complete eqllfi-lll-Y- It l5 5n old British diplomatic custom never to rely alone on the promlflfi 01 "W other partner. Germany h" Mite“ attempted to make friends with BrI- tatn wthout the intervention of a third Power. bul- ll- h“ “WW3 proved futle. London would not accept the outstretched hand wIth- out the additional guarantee 0! France. Even 1f the common Inter- ests of Italy and Britain were 1m- portant. enough to make an Im- mediate settlement lmperllllve. 1-011- don would be unwilling to 68119-13 from her old outlook. It. ls no ex- aggeratlon to say that shbllld We cum ng Italo-Brltlsh conversations prove frultltm, tbet Medll-errfl-Ileflfl will be transformed Into a British stronghold-Berlin minimize.

There are leaves on the DI"- meme. and with a. touch 0f 1'81“ the conditions are Ideal for a skid‘. Darkness comes earl)’ and‘ the d“ sees In the cities the ‘heavy-solo! mum while chlidren st 11 m "It"! the streets. Caution Is doubly Im- perative If mishaps and trusfiqifis are to be avoided-Ottawa Journal.

woman wnhee an aciiehbI-iilffjfedlshes and" a mlle of glass. scrubs nve m les of floor and washes three miles of clothes every year. She needs hot water BIXW times a dfly- The lnmmuum‘ com” from Mrs. Eleen Murphy-h 8221f service dlmetor of the BrItl-B merctnl Gas Aastrclatlon. Mrs. Mur- phy also tells that. thren 11111110" British home: have no hot- W949!‘- Good Chrlsttana, reading their Bib- les, reckon It, pretty hard for the lsrnelltee that. they had to make bricks without. straw. The Israel tea were slaves-Dally Express.

“We shall have no exaggerated ex- pectations about. America's actions. but I wnl any that an understand- Ing no perfect and e0

English-speaking IIBGS In bound to bring In enormoue contribution In consonant‘ world which stand for peace and fi-eedomfl-Wlneton Churchill.

nteneous ; between the two branches of the

to those forces In the I

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PUBLIC FOR UM

Ible coll-n diamante. by correspondent: 0| question of at. The Cbnrlotletgwn Gnlrdlnn doe: no: l undone the Iplllonn el eernepeldene."

h OPII hr the

,8Ir.—-JudzIng by the general ex-

have taken the trouble to rend the letter from Judge Stewart 0n the resolutions passed by the Maritime Board of ‘Ikade regarding "Trans- portation wIth the Mutnlandwnd "Harbor Improvements at Char- lottetown", the public thInk of him In about the same splrlt as they regard the “bird that fouls Its own nest."

What a display of Ignorance, ac- cording to Judge Stewart, was made by Sir Andrew Rae Duncan and the other -members of his Commission In their report of 1936, which states-“There Is sub- stantial foundation for much of the complaint, we heard In Prince Edward Island with regard totall- way service". "Altogether the fer- ry boat service Is unsatisfactory and does not. get the attention It should receive." The presentations before the Duncan Commission were made not by Judge Stewart or men of hle peculiar turn of mind, but by men, who for years wIthout pay and at their own ex- pense have fought for, and seem-ed many of the advantages this pro- vince today enjoys; and who are not yet satisfied with exlstlngcon- dltlons, and who are alert and alive to the need for further de- velopments for our province. Judge Stewart might very profitably study the presentation made by his namesake the late Premier J. D. Stewart before the Board of Railway Commissioners 1n Oct. 1924. from which the following extract Ia taken:-

"Prlnce Edward Island stands In an unique position among the Provinces of Canada. Her industrial and commercial life depends on the adequacy of means of communication with the mainland of Canada.

"Consequently one of the terms of the Union 1s as fol- Iowa:

"Efltctent steam service for

the conveyance of malls and passengers. to be established and maintained between the Island and the Domlntomwln- ter and summer, thus placing the Island In contlnuouscom- munlcatlon with the Intercol- pnlal Railway and the railway system of Canada."

“The adjective ‘efficient.’ Ls

‘ perhaps the moat. Important word In the above paragraph: without that word the term above quoted would be value- less.

"The word can only have a relative meaning and signing. anon.

“The object. of the term or Paragraph above quoted was, It Is submIItedJo make Prince Edward Island. as far as p05. slble. a real and integral pan o! the Canadian Confederat- Ion. Only such a. service as will measure up and compare In eIIIcIency with that, In other Provinces of Canada will fulfill either the splrlt. or let- ter of the above stipulation.

"A service that. was efficient twenty years ago Is ‘not onto. lent today. toi- its efficiency mm keep pace win-i the effl- fllmy of service In other Provinces of Canada."

How much better 1t would be 1f Judge Stewart would use his abn. Ity to further the Interests of the Province. rather than use his pg- sItIon to beltttle the eflorta of “w” l" W! Own Province and In the other 1mm of the Marltlmes who are striving to better condi- mm Y" 0111' People, and Increase the "T161616? of our means of communication and 0n,- buslne“ opportunities.

I am. Slr. etc-

ANTl-KNOCKER.

CHANSONS ITAUTOMNE