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Morning Daily (Founded in 1887) President, L1eut.-(‘ol. W. Chester S. McLure flee-President. J. R. Burnett. F..I.l. Secretary, LieuL-Col. l). A. MacKlnnon, D.B.0. Editor and Managing llirector, J. R. Burnett, I-‘JJ. Associate Editors, Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett. SYIKSYRIPTION RATES By Mall ln P. l-J. 1.. $1.1m ps1- year, $2.50 for 6 monthl- 5125 fur 3 ntonttts. 50c for one month.

City Delivery, 55.00 per _vear. $3.00 for 6 month!» $1.75 for 3 months.

By lllail ln Canada and l‘. S. A. $5.00 per year. laturday Weekly, satin per y-ear SL110 for 6 months. 5J1- for i; mont IS.

“The Sfronyest Jienmry is Weaker than the Ill-nicest Ink." __ - — ---' ‘i7 'l‘lll'Ito‘D.-\Y. APRIL l8, 1940. i“ _. -

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The finzttafi-l -. vealt 11y 1'1-.- i“. .\‘.‘Clllllll.<, tabled i11 the .1.: _\1 .- i: drcidctlly alarming. ' .1 - -1 5:1 litbilitics for the year .11‘ Biro-pug thc total debt

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. >'o_",91o.oo. On ordinary It-tni: for the year was $154,‘-

illiCflllllfl £1,-;'.o.\'—; .1 . 11111 111-1" cent greater than thc $7,175) dcficr. 1 ‘ ;.:1-.l for bv l'remier Camp- bell .11 the l'--'. -11 11f 1111- l.<.‘_‘_'_i.~lZ'.llll'C.

11 1. Er J...‘ -1 1111111 111111 lltc first plank in the l.:'.~1. l 1'1 = p1 ufornt of last May was

nun-d efficiency and eco- ion of the public set-

the pro: -. 1111111)‘ in tlzc- .11. I‘ '11

vices." lt -.. . - 1 l: indeed to fi11d cvi- 111-111-1- of 1;‘1.' 1'.--1- virtues 1'11 1l1e orgy of ex11-:11-.-~--1 1- 1-~ ‘ - 11n- Public Accounts.

"he s n more inexplicable in

1e by Premier Camp- ~11 campaign in the ,4 1111- only public meet- . :11 S1111ris, the Premier '. 11111-11 the l‘11blic Ac-

vi1*\v11f t1 s ht-ll l-“uv: ll-‘LY; itig 1111.1 .11 t

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gave 1111- co1111's v.1 . 1111- drficit would be found to be 11p, _ ‘- 111- sillllt: as he had bud- geted {-11 .11 l g3 l 11-11‘.

lhc . w 111111 thc Government ¢11j1111-.1 11 icvcnucs last year '1‘.-1.\1.-.- 11 ;..-o7 as against $783,- 581 111 1 ._ _ .. ~11; 1 111 1934, the last full ymr 1,1’ 1p, 1 1, 11-\.-1o\1- r111111inistralion. Licen- $11., p1~-.- - . [P,.~ 1-11111-1-11-11 were $194,923 la=t _\r;1r n. . 1 -"l‘l‘l-3.§ l" 1938 Zllld fill-WP 290 in 1-1_,‘;, 1 1 tlni-et-vatit-c year. Gaso- line fixt-s :11 111111111-11 to $384,440 last year as against ' 1 111 1938 a11d-$2o2,596 1n 1934: suvcr .. 11> $73312 as against

11.11 $511,452 in 1934. All along 111 ft-zleral subsidy which re- " c 1111.- MacMillan Govern- 1i1111r11 11111111211 $150,000 in- _'urcs show additional rev- 11-1 tin- tlovernmcnt. Yet the net 11112111111111 debt increase, leaving

56,1782 in 1r._ flit: lint‘, exci- ntains 1 l men: obi; crease in 1 . enues 111-1. .. .

restilt is .-

the Prov - 11-111- in thc hole to the tune of ncztrly 11:..1- 1“11.§--:1 <1~-ll;1rs.

Dctails 11f 1111- financial statement are given elsewhere in 1111- 1~<1:e_ Attention is called t0 the 011011111111.- 111.11. 1- 111st yt-ar 1n liquor revcnue—

S1o_=.S1.-.1; 11s j rst $58,079 in 1938 which at that time w-t. 1111: lnghest 1n the Provmcds hj51¢11-_\-, 111 11.3.1. the 111st Conservative year,

litpior 1't‘\'1"""/‘\ . 1111111111111 1O $30000, 311d if Will be rc-i-dl- l :11 tiovcrntuent was at- tzttzlted l1-,- l 1l sg-ola-stiien for taking this autonut 1-5 “ -111_v" from the people. 'l'he l1LI-lf..‘,"1 111? 1c will provide scope for full Olflfllislttfl 11 1‘ e111":i11n year showing of the 11111111111111 -- ..11Eo11. lt is honed that some at least of :‘.- I.-»-11-1'1111<-11t supporters will have the btujltln-iit‘ to 171111 with the Opposition in protest of ' r 111'; 1-11-11tg1-ess towards bank-

ruptcy- to wi t-qe inn-e been committed.

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A 5'1“ " - tc-vlutique of Nazi annexation methods 1:11 1'. follous a rigid schedule, :1-. ftxv-l 1: -.1--.1-u1-:1l1le 11s the laws 0f the hie-if» 1‘_-~-1-~~, first come indirect pro-

11111. <11 - -.- ‘~21, Tin-st- are followed by thrr-Ius 1- - 11-11lts that will follow if the con ~ r uuty is to be violated

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1 1-1111i1-s the preparation of ' and stunnitig attack,

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,- .;1 '.1-1111i/.111-.111 of every move- 111.:11 1-1 1 .1'1<1v of aggression, denials 11-11111 1111 p 1 v1 lt-itcc has even been con- tc1:1;1l--'1~‘. - when the invasion has

"111- effort to justify the 1111- \it‘lllll nation was . , ~1 11<-1111:1n_v. ' l" vi \‘1:-.1 rr-‘scztlt-d similar evidences ' ' lit-rmztn military mind, 1 211 lzn-k of moral respon- -11 i: obvious. lt is .- 1111:.-1t of all that (icrttiatt "- l l1:1< rt-tircsentctl since hrrat, can rid the

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world of 1‘ -:.t Wr-Lp-r of such crises as 11-1 -‘ 1 . 1.- ; min passing. It xv.» I‘ - {111--1':1p;1lilc fact, and

s-ion on Hitler's part,

and l-"rance into the one essential fact to out Iln- war.

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l1 1111- 1 1-1-1111 of X1121 aggression, ,is :1 »' 1 1 -1 111111111- of pacilisin 1111-1 ll ~ 1- 1, :1 - 1111-1 of .1 militant (jer- nuun, 1 .'-: .1 -1: - s-i 111 of Socialist govern- n11-11;-_ ll '1 - W] 111-1“ .'ll'ill_V to about 14.- ooo 111- ‘ r IV-m- to the manning of 35 ]-l.'111<-~_ 1.111‘. 11-1‘ t‘ 111 1.-.11ob-rilt~1ccos1 defense ships :11--l1 -'- -'-. '11'11< - |l<~rt1in1s being c11- tirt lv p1.» '1-_ 1 1- s -‘1- dv-irt- to get along amirul-fv - 1 11.--,;1.l1--1"-, wlrv. it was asked rvpt-ztiwllt, _- 111-1111-1- be, wasted on arma- nu-tits? '1 l1 ---n1-- 1-1-1-‘11111 \',J\s ztsltetl repeatedly in 1.111111 1:1 -,- 1'. ~1 l ' ---"" 111-1111111111" now knows the {l1l~'\\'! 1‘. Rural School Attendance Flw piw-l-li-it 11f flllill school altcndatice is (ll-(P- ~’ :1- -- l- ="_"l1 in 1h:- nnnual report of t'.1- (‘l-f ‘4-1- - -' 11-11-11: of l-idttcatitm. tabled tu-dvrT-n- ~- ". l '»l'1111rr'. Last year, while

11 enrolhnetit in our nub- lic s1‘l11-I1‘~, 11- w" 12111-111-1- showed a decrease in (Olllftilllrldl ',1 1111 .-11r<-~11<1111li11g 1111111l>er= of the 111-1-1-11111-1 1 :11. 131-.- pt-1-c1-111.'1gv of aitcndaticc

i- Ml schools “d: 75.4. In the cite-room schools

there 11:» n-i 1:11-11

I it averaged 68.01 and in the graded schools 80.5. The latest report at hand for all Canada gives the percentage of attendance at 85.9.

“The low attendant-e made in the one-room schools." says the report, “indicates a great lack at interest among parents in thc education of their children or misundcrstandnig of the it11por- tance of regular attendance for successful class work."

The report notes that f11ll time attendance is reouircd i11 Charlottctoivn 11nd Smnmersidc and is the la\v i11 111051 of the other provinces. “'l‘l~.e excuse that children are needed to work at home is no longer valid when child labour is forbidden in practically all countries. 'l‘he holiday periods of spring, fall and summer also interfere great- ly with the year's progrannne and- these should be reduced now 1o one period and the Compul- sory Attendance Act should also be strengthen- ed by giving power to trustee boards to enforce same even with jail sentences for parents fail- ing to send their children to school."

'l‘he 1111111bcr of small schools now in operation, it is emphasized, docs- not make for economy or efficiency but these can only be reduced by in- creasing the distance to be travelled to school, and until there is a greater realization of the benefits [of l-ligh School facilities or some feasible method 10f cheap transportation is evolved it will be difficult 10 reduce the number of these schools. In the meantime, "the best that can be done is to get as good a teacher as possible.”

Reference is made 1o a revision in the courses in agriculture and nature study and to the neeE of considerably extending the course in teacher training.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Royal I-lumanc Society‘ for recognition of bravery in saving life, founded this date, I774. It‘ * U

If the proposed aniemlmetits to the Prohibi- arvv I..:1w are i11 the 11111-1111,.- of the totirist busi- ness. the nddititin of wine to beer, stout and lager for beverage purposes is tnorc-or-lcss 11e- cessary. You see all these luxuries are import- ed. ivhereas we can provide hotne-itiade hard liquor i11 the shape 11f "11111o11sl1i11c."

U l I! U The annual production of canned lobsters in the Maritimcs is about 80.000 cases of which 55,000 cases are usually- sold iu the Ilumpeait ntarl-zct. Uwiitg to thc c111b11rgo another untrkct must be found 11nd 11s thc result of a conference at Ottawa with .\lr. .\licl1aud, .\linister of Fish- eries a plan has been drafted which has to be submitted to the Government before lisitig made public. a =1- 1: 1r

It appears that our former fellow citizen, Rev. Victor Osborne, minister of the First Presby- terian Church, Moncton, 11:15 resigned his charge, though still retaining his status as a minister of the Presbyterian Church i11 (Tanada, in order t0 accept a position with thc Rlaritimc Fire Un- derwriters Investigation Burcatl. Before e11ter- ing the ministry, WlIiClI he did while at Kensing- ton here, Mr. Osborne was a Great War Vet- eran, and former member of Scotland Yard De- tective Staff.

k 1v Ontario Liberalism is in sorry plight. The

Hamilton West Liberal Association has just passed a resolution demanding a ltotise-clean- ing. In introducing the resolution, l\[r. Sullivan, l-lamilloti la\\'_\'er, said “itls time t0 clean house and this scents 1o he the tmanimous opinion." lle declared lliglHYZIyS .\liuis1er Mc- Questen is "as great a dictator as Hepburn ever tried to be," and Attoritey-(jeneral Conant was attacked for “meddling i11 international af- fairs."

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Canada's depreciated currency. in terms of the Anterican dollar, has imposed a handicap on Am- erican exporters zuul given a (lccidcd advantage to Cattadiztti exporters, both doing business under trade agreement, one clause of which provides that either country may give notice of cancella- tion of the pact should either country feel that exchange conditions were such as to lessen if not destroy the benefits of 1l1e agreement. The itcutral United States has made no move to end this ltandicap, a mote that would be a disas- trons blow to Canada's wartime economy,

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The three methods open to a government to finance a war—ta.\':11ion, lmrivnviiig and itifla- tion-are in reality that: ways in which to cur- tail both production and consumption by the people. "There is no money magic which can be applied to the needs 10 wartime finance, and upon the wisdom of the approach selected will depend whether or not this 1-1111111ry c1111 provide a11 example 0f economic sanity." Mr. Donald Gordon, deputy governor of the Bank of Can- ada, thus presented the crux of war finance pro- blcms before the annual meeting of the Toronto Bankers’ Educational Association in 'l'or0nto Ilc particularly warned against inflation, “a policy which shottld be avoided at all costs."

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It will be recalled ivhen war broke out, Nova Scotia had 2,000,000 barrels of apples to export, but the British embargo played havoc with this. An arrangement was made whereby all exports from Nova Scotia were handled by a central marketing board. The surplus was processed with Government assistance and the Nova Sco- tia apples were ltcpt out of thc central Catimla market, leaving that .'1rc:1 for Ontario and Que- bec produclioti. Because tl1c exports from Nova Scotia 10 the United Kingdom fell to less than 400,000 barrels, duc to quota restrictions and other reasons, and there is now little market for the processed apples, thc Nova Scotia farmers lost on the average, and the Covcrmucnt also faces a heavy loss. .\'ow, faced with thc cost of financing thc production of this year's crop, the Nova Scotia growers are seeking assistance and some assurance that WlICII harvested thc apples may be disposcil of. Several sclrl-itics of assist-- ance lmve bet-n studied by a (lclegation from Nova Scotia, experts of the Agriculture Depart- ment, and the l-Iconomic Advisory Board. Mr. George (‘hase of Wolfville, NS, representing tl1c growers, mid .\lr. ll. _I._ Leslie, general man- ager of the Nova Scotia .\pple Marketing Board, are in Ottawa 1n discuss the problem with the authorities. No scheme has yct been presented to Cabinet, and it is not known what action the Government will eventually take, since the prob- le111 must be considered in the light of similar difficulties which other industries will he call-

ed upon to face because of war tint:

NOTES BY TllE WAY

I am reminded of n story told to me quite recently by 1m old Insh- man axed 83, a rieaghbcr 0i mine. who told me of an old friend of his who. in the inst. war, was order- ed to take a real holiday, so he de- cided to go and spend a. holiday fishing on the west coast of Ire- land. He arrived at a tiny fishing village miles from anywhere, and made friends with an old Irish fisherman with whom be settled to go out fishing. The momzng after his arrival he went out and when they were about half o mile from the shore the Irish fisher- man said, “Before we start fishing. your Honor, I have to tieil yer I have to lay some mines winch I have in the boat. I am paid £3 a. week for laying mines for the Gerri-tans ....” whereupon the stranger flew into a rage and abused him for his disloyalty and demanded to be taken back to the shore. On this the old ftsherman answered, “Begorra, s11‘, be calm. be calm, and wait till I tell yer that me brother gets £5 a. week for

picking them up." - General Sir Charles Iilarlugton in Sphere, London.

It would appear that Scars

medical studies included a course of practical hypnotism. if certain of the stories narrated of him may be credited. He enjoyed a reputa- tion for the perfomiance of phen- omena which were regarded by hrs contemporaries as miraculous. 0n one occasion. it is said. his guests at dinner asked him to snow them some new marvel. The month was January. but in spite of the sea- son he caused vines with fresh shoots and ripe grapes to appear on the table. The company were hidden each to select a. bunch for himself. but tlteir host forbade Chem to put out their. hands to take them until he gave pemussicn. At the word ‘Cu-t!’ the grapes my-sterlour,“ dismrywed and the guests found themselves each with a knife in one hand and his tie-ugh- bar's sleeve in the othexj The story true or false, is strongly sugge- tive of a feat. of Oriental trickery, brs- ed on illusion induced by hypnotic Key in Chamber's Lon- don.

Journal,

A bee-keeper of Mexico, whose honey was kept. out of a neighbor- ing state by a high rate of duty, decided to cross over without. 111s ltoney, taking his bees, which were duty free, with him. Establishing his colony, queen and all, con- veniently near the border. he re- VALITICG to his native land and ex- posed his honey pots, open, 4:1 a secluded spc-t on his ovm side of the line. opposite his colony. The bees took the hint-Customs or no Customs ,they soiued forth arms the line, at first singly, then 111 gradually increasing numbers, straight for the honey stores. F.1- llng their sacks, every bee for him- self. they rose up, this horde of flying buccaners, and zocmed back across the border with their load of contraband. The stozy uses not mention the time necessary to complete the raid. or how many trips across the invisible line were required by the winged marauders, but the Editor is informed that. not a bee was intercepted nor was a seizure made. — The National Revenue Review.

Oltrobrsma ls in an arched gal- lery that. spam o narrow street, which is the most important. artery in Wilno, Poland. No man passed along it. wzthout first iemcvmg his hat. For thzs reason Jews with orthodox views never go into the street, although the less orthodox do, and remove their hats 1n de- ference to public opinion. I vros bold, with great gusto, the story of one man who defled this unwritten law. He was the captain of one of the Bolshevlk regiments 1:1 occupa- tion 01f the city. He laughed loudly when warned, and at the head of his men rode right into ‘the sacr- ed length of street zmmediatcly facing Ostrobrama, hat on ltead. He laughed too soon; tor d1rect.y under the arch his horse trod on a. stone and he was thrown and broke his leg. The people of Wllno, both Jew and Gentile, were de- lighted. and, as it was pointed out to me, what made lAhB incident. more remarkable Wis that. though the whole of Wtino was stone pov- ed, the road immediately in front. of Ostrabrama for many yards ts blocked in wood. But a stone had appeared, only one, and it had de- feated the scofferl-J. M. in Black- woodb Magaztne. London,

0n “ ‘ ,,, December 7, 1039, a new advance 1:1 the method of communication was officially re- corded at. a Buenos Alres, Argen- tina, hospital. For the first time, a. bed-ridden patient, deprived of the use of her hands, was eitabicd to “oorresponcP with her~relat1vcs vto a portable phonopostai set whiCll recorded her message on a small phonograph disk. which was then mailed at. the cost of a. small pos- tal fee. The portable set consists of a powerful but small record-HS gppafmtug and B, microphone. The phunopostal method Ls an Arsen- tine mvestton, having bee-n first demonstrated before the meeting of the Universal Postal Congress held during the month of April in Bueno; Alres. The ‘spoken corres- pondence" may be nmiled 1.0 any member country of the Postal Union. Two recording booths have already been installed at. the main post office in the Argentine capt- tal and others are being placed tn branch offices. During December 2,817 records were matted from the central post. office atone-La

, B/ueuos Afren.

In But Anglia the pheasant! are acting as air raid detectors. The finely adjusted hearing of the wild birds allows tthem to know an air raid ls coming. They can d‘:- tingtlish the strange noise of atr-

lanes in flight long before the liufmn ear picks u/p the sound. 0f course. the British do not de- pend on the pheasants to give the alarms. Highly mechanized 1n- atrumenta are ready to do that. Hut, the Wild brlds still join in the chorus to let. the people know that dancer is at hand. -- Clark in Windsor Sta-r

It In almost an accepted proport- tlon nowadays that out of the pres- ent world war will come a federa- tion of Sta-tee, if not of the world, at least of . The league of Nations out of the last war. but was ncupoble even of holding the respect of i114 member muons, much less maintaining peace among them. It la possible the

mo» will lend itself to complete Nblblltotitnn.

suggest1on.—-The Hon. Ralph stnr- 1

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PUBLIC FORUM

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PROHIBITION AMENDMENT!

strz-Wfii your kindly vrant. mo space to addressa few remarks to t. e temperance people of - vince and at the same time ask two members of our present t; one question. 1 note by the recs re- oort of the temperance mee fng held in Charlottetown that the meeting was presided over b Mr. D. N. Mac- Kay, M. L. A.. whte Hon. Horace Wright took art in the discussion. Now the ques ion I am W111i! to ask right and

is this, supposing Mr.

Mr. MacKay succeed in g our ohibttorv law more effective. caus-

ng this Province to be bong dry.

how are we going to con u o

political campaigns without liquor?

one year am. Public ooinio verv much against the Govemrnen but due to the generoslw of Liberal candidates in supplying abunc once of that liquid refreshment whlca re- vives partv feelintzs we were suc- cessful in re-eiectlnz a Government which at first appeared doomed to defeat. Now if you zlve us bone dry oroiubition and we have an election in three years’ t-ltne. what will you izlve us to substitute liquor to pass around among the electors?