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leaders representing well on to fifty per cent of the population are outside the nation's councils. and are precluded from active co-operation in its war effort. Whether they will or no, they are forced into the position of critics. That is

President: Lieut. Col. W- C113!" U- MOI-III Vice President: J. B. Burnett. IJ-l. secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. Meollinnon, 0.8. . Adliur and lllanzglng Director J. B. Burnett. IJ-l. —-Ass0>'+ato~I§dlterrs:-Fritnk Walker and lan A. fir!!!“

SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Mail in v.i~:.i., $4.00 per rm: 81-60 for 6 month! $1.25 for 3 months; 50o for one month city Delivery $5.00 per year: 58-00 for 8 month! $1.75 for 3 months By Mall in Canada and U.S.A. $5.00 per year éaiuidsy ll eekiy: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for t6 monthl 50c for 3 montha

‘inn (liurlutleiuuu Uunullnn may be obtained at uni-slink! Sells Agency, limes Bqunre, New Iorlnr Uld

bulllli Ar“; Agency, Lorne: Milk nnd “Washington, Uunluli‘ llclrupulllull Mme Agency. JIM! Peel en. llqynlre‘ , .l. line, sill Buy 51., ’l‘uruului hows ntnnd. innit-nil Lllllflfl’, uiiuun; Wolfe's News Stand, Builhury.

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The \Var Savings Campaign

A new objective has been set for Prince Ed- uard l~itlitl in the \\'zir Savings Certificate cumin‘. qu which opens on Tiiicstlay, OCl- 14- If‘ 1h.- prt-r-wlniy; twuiiymigii, as explained by Mr. l‘,- T. ll' , provincial cliuirmziii, this PrOi/lii“ “n. ll~.\.\l u» rziise $10,000 per month, Thanh-ii been cxrit-rlwl iliiriiig the sixteen months since tlie czinipnivn \\'£\S lziuuchcd, our average pill’- $_'i.,'o5 monthly, an investment ~ pithy... of . 244 mon_thl_v. Grzitifyiiig as .1... 1.... hit-n from a Province which has

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Ili,\\'I‘.l' iI'lI.ll‘II-lh'\, wc Sllllll have t0 do RUCh bf!- tt-i; in oighi- to provide, through this channel. one rniii-zrrriwiit gun per month to the national Wat‘ effort. _ _ _

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mhnt-t- n, eniplizi-ized liv Finance Minister Ils- lty iii hi.- toiir across Canada, there is the fact thn: \\'nr Savings Certificates represent the yrrr Iivil IHYUSIIIIQIIL for the ivage earner 8nd S,.._-.1l_%u¢.iiiie taxpayer that it is possible to ob- tain. 'l‘he fzicc value of the certificates is 25 [lcf cent griiucr tluui tlie cost price, and the whole I'L‘SOIII'CL‘S of the Dominion are pledged to their repqmrnt. _ _

;\t 'l"ui~~rl:i_v's conference of committee chair- mm, “pl 11,, [Ignmtgg Minister, Mr. Higgspvery prop.» _- culled attention to the financial dis- alglitit-s of this Province, and to the fact that oi the thousand million dollars _or more being Spoil! iii Czinzidii. for wzir munitions arid arma- ,,,,t,,.._ “mic is being spent in Prince Edward 1>I1lllfI. \\'li:it this means may be gathered from the lillc<t siaicuieut released by the Dominion Jurenu of Siaiistics, showing an increase in the nzui-uizil l'(‘\'l'llilC for the first eight months of p,“ (ti. 14),; per cent, or $328,000,000; this in- CTUJLSC, says the Bureau, "being 8 ffiflfltloll 0f iriiriiinc lllfllhlflill stimulation.” Lacking such stimulniiriii here, our war savings contributions are necessarily affected. That, we, are assured, lizi- llccn taken into account in setting the ob- jcclive zihivc mentioned. The industrial pro- Yflltcs are expected to contribute on a much larger per capita scale. _ _

In a case of this kind, our loyal citizens will make every effort to co-operate with the can- vassers. However strongly we may feel about the unfair treatment this Pfovlnw i135 Tecclved» we are 100 per cent behind the war effort, and only tlesirous of seeing it intensified. Mona)’ bciilg the sincws of war, those of us wimp cannot

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hr-lp rltlicrwisc should‘ give till it hurts of Oil; czirnings in \\ ar Savings Certificates We ncc only think of the condition of the enslaved peo- ples of Europe under Nazi domination,to realize how fortunate we are in being privileged t0 make any: sacrifice short of our lives, liberty, and freedom to live as decent human beings.

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In a judgment which took him three days to deliver, judge Cnffey of New York, has decid- ed there has bten no monopoly of aluminum by the Aluminum Company of America as charg- ed by the Federal Government at Washington; judge Caffey analyzed the contentions of the (h-thnqc and the prosecution, which have been sulliniitcrl to him during the 26 mOTlIhS 0f the triul—the longest before a judge in history. The govcrilnicnfs complaint alleged restraint of trade and oppression of competitors, as well as nii-nopilyz The court said that in his opinion lIl(‘l'I' iazis no evidence warranting a conclusion that the Aluminum Co. of America (“Alcoa”) ever Z\CI|l.lll'<'(_I irater-poyver sites in excess of its Yffllitilifllilé needs, either in the United States or Canada." This was in line with his conclusion that Ah-na and the 6o co-defendants had not inonopoliroi‘. bauxite fields in Arkansas or else- \\‘Il('l'ff rind hail not moiiopolized waterpower, Judge (‘ziifcy mentioned agreements made by Alcoa u-iili power companies which bound them not u. <<-ll [mower to other corporations. One of lli(‘.\(', h.» Slllil. expired in i920, and would have been ('.'lllt'(‘Il('(I before that, the defence con- teiidr-d, but for an oversight. The others. the court said. \\'<‘rc cancelled by mutual consent in lijOl. ".\t the time they were entered into," the court ffiltllilFlllCfl, "there was doubt _whether the Sherniziii Act prohibited such agreements."

A Solemn Appeal

The (Vrillin Packet-and Times, a paper of no strong pariy leanings, departs from its usual (‘llilllflill piuclirc by directing an Open Letter In l‘r'mi- lliuistl-r Mackenzie King, signed by (‘u- hillllil’, .\lr. ('. ll. llale. The purpose of the h ‘it r is to ym-suzide Mr. King to scrap his part- inn urn‘ nhninistration in the interests of na- llIlllV.

“\\h~.lh hurried unity," says Mr. Hale, "we l~- ill-r l-a-liriv- it is possible to achieve with the [il-‘wfll Hildlli. TIIIS conviction is based on con- tact with lli(‘li of all shades of political opinion who nri- ciigagcrl in various phases of war work. Primarily there is the fact that parliamentary

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the only function open to them_ The natural re- sult is lack of confidence in the government on the part of those who look to them for leader- ship, and, per contra, resentment in the minds of the partisans of the administration at u-liat they consider hampering criticism. Such an at- mosphere does not conduce to the cordial one- mindedness that should characterise a nation in time of ular."

Citing the Government's inability to obtain the wholehearted sympathy and co-operzitiori of Labor in promoting the war effort, the editor proceeds:

"To us it appears incredible that, as Prime Minister iii the time of war, you should not cov- et the feeling that you are the leader of the whole nation, rather than of a party. Nor docs it seem to us conceivable that you should cher- ish the illustion that you have already attained to that position. Yet to us it appears equally clear than it is within your power to do so. The issue lies iii your own hands. . .The sand in the

hour glass is running out fast. The situation facing the British Empire could not well be more critical, nor the need for united action

more urgent. History will judge you and your administration by the mezisure of your success rin niarshalling the full strength of the Domin- ion of Canada to meet the crisis. Pray God the verdict may not be against you."

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_H.R.H. Prince Edward George Nicolas Paul Patrick, (Eddie for short). eldest son of lLRll. the Duke and Duchess of Kent, born this date i935. After Princesses Elizabeth and Rose he is‘ heir presumptive to the throne.

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Under the new agreement made between the British Ministry of Food and Ottawa, the latter government will supply Britain with 600,000.- ooo pounds of bacon and hams during the year beginning Oct. 31, when the present zigrecmcnt in regard to these coirimorlities expires

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According to 1\Irs. T. M. Snow, of the Chil- dren’s Overseas Reception Board, Ottawa, who is accompanying Ur. Geoffrey Shak-espear, British i\’I.P., visiting guest children, 50 per cent of the little ones desire to live here per- manently. “There w0u’t be any more children coming over because shipping space isn't avail- able. . Altogether we have placed 1,530 children. a ljlttle more than I00 of them in Alberta," slic sai .

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In I926 Richard Krebs pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, served three years in San Quentin prison, and was deported to Germany in i921). Nine years later, working as a scaman, he Jumped ship in New York and established res- idence there under the name of jail Valtin. Un- der that name he wrote and published the sen- sational story “Out of the Dark," detailing the horrors of life under the Gestapo. The Nazis got busy and unravelled his own history and had him rearrested. An applciation for pardon sent before the Advisory Pardon Board, which in the absence of one member split 2 to 2, WIIICI‘! means the decision lies with Governor Olson who shall decide whether or not Valtin will be re- deported. Mr. C. H. Stone, chief of the State Division of Criminal Identification, who voted for a pardon, said that “if the things Valtin re- lates were true and he was sent back to Germany he would be shot and if they weren't true they would shoot him anyhow for lying."

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Referring to the barring of the R.C.A.F. by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation because an American trades union objected, Montreal Gazette observes: It has been a complaint from the very commencement of this war that the stirring appeal of military music, military flags and marching men has been too largely absent. There are a. great many people who believe that enlistments would have been substantially more numerous if something of the old glory attach- ing to the fighting services had been preserved. The building up of a great air force has been described as Canada's greatest contribution to the war strength of the Empire. The bands of the R.C.A.F. are very fine. Ii s national institu- tion such as the CBC cannot use lts facilities to promote development of the Air Fnrce some- thing is wrong, very radically wrong. and some- thing should be done about at_ No organization, certainly none directed from another country, can be permitted to interfere with Canada's war effort.

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A number of isolationist Senators introduced a resolution in the Foreign Relation Committee with a view to getting legislative permission to send help to the distressed in German occupied Russia. And before it reached the voting stage Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, sent a let- ter which sqiielched the movement. The gist of the letter was contained in the following two unanswerable paragraphs: “The department has no knowledge of the terms under which the German Government may have agreed to the proposal described in the resolution; but. in any event, it is extremely difficult to understand why, in the light of the direct responsibility for the German Government to replace the stocks of food removed from the occupied countries, and its direct responsibility for the feeding of populations of the occupied territories, no effort has been made to have the German Government carrv out the duty which it assumed when it un- dertook to take over by force the countries con- cerned. "It is all the more difficult to under- stand why no demand has been made upon Ger- many to fulfill its obligations in this regard when the German Government has never put forth any claim to poverty of food for its own people and its huge armies which are striking at the root: of freedom and civilization wherever they can.

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when the Nash belan to sow mines by plane in Brltzsh coastal waters, they introduced a game inst two om P184’. and now they are finding that the RAJ‘. can match them trick for trick with peIhB-ps something to spam. A let/e RAF. report. reveans that. Geiman coast-wise shipping lanes have been mined from the air increasing the hazard; of what already was e. troublesome transportation ob- lem for the Reich. This, pr ab was not the first. time the Brit have done it, but there are grow- lng assurances that frflm 110W 011 those enemy waters are going to stay mined. let the Nazis sweep as they will, ._ wind or Dally Star.

Smiths Falls Public IIoI Ital needs s. nurse-ln-tralnlnz c ass and the young Girls of this district who desire to follow such profes- sion, but. could not if compelled t0 enter a city hospital. are entitled to such consideration. VNot only that. but we firmly believe that it would be much more economical to the hospital. To the Public Hxspltal directors we advise: Take actlzn as sOQn as lrsslble to have nurses-in-tralnlng classes resumed in the local public hoipltal. — Smiths Falls Record-News.

I must confess, with bowed head. that I have inflicted several aft/er- dinriei- speeches on kindly but un- suspecting audiences. Nevertheless 1 still insist that, after-dinner

government control. I think that. any man who speaks continually for more than fifteen minutes — perhaps twenty minutes - should be taxed for every minute he yaps beyond that. lmlt. — V.V.M. in Wfiinipeg Tribune.

There are a few and fortunately their number seems to be steadily decreasing. who as yet have no urge to do their bt to make the world once more sane. Tlvy are the mis- taken ones. sure thrt all will be w"l1 ll‘ they only wait while the other fellow wtrks. Against such calmness and complacency even a. long war of nerves could he waged without raising a rln-ple. Those who have not vet. begun to pull their weight will have to learn that this ls no time for quiescence, for p=t- lent endurance. for tunilnz the other cheek, What ls needed along with "the tcds" is an epldcmlc of ac‘iv!ty of which the distinguish- inc symptom is a rsraal and natlcml pep so ebul! ent In nature that it swfe": its lucky possefsors ln-to that stream of effort that flows straight to the put c-alled Victory. — Ottawa Journal

The medical profession has no satisfactory explanation as Whly we get colds but psycholog- lsts have an idea which ls very interesting. They think that a cold is one of the diseases svhlch has a mental cause, and that in this case ‘the cause is dspre sion U!‘ unhappiness. It has often been nztlced that pecple who overwork are subject in colds, and overwork ls often a cause of depression, par- ticularly if lt ls associated with worry. None of the usual causes

of colds are luvarkble, We sit in drsugrrs ccntinilallv without catching cold: we wear wet shoes often withcut any unpleasant re- sults: we are sneezsd "Tl and breathed on by people vrlho have colds many time" without taklniz cold ourselves. But oilten, when we are detresscd or yveary we catch cold, seemlnvly for no reason at all. -_ Samuel lvfarchbanks in Peter-borough Examiner.

1n Ontario they have invented a simple method of bringing moral pressure 0n fast frlvers. who burn up excessive gascllne. The patrio- tic driver, holding his car down to lolly miles an hour on the open hlghwby. ls passed by a fellow trill/elm: at sixty (with e patriotic V plastered on h‘s windshield), The real Dflllflot lmen sOIlnds three snort tools and a long one on his hlorn the farmilinr telegraphic s.gnal for V The fast driver gets the idea all rlzhi. We should like to see the some neighborly warn- lniz adopted here. Next time a speed fiend passes you 9;. one row give him a V on your horn and remind him that the war, and the 8M flhflflflw. are not over yet. - Varicouver Sun.

There is still the theory that this war will be won by an Allied land- ing ln Italy to establish s base for e. push northward into Germany. That would be repeating what was done to clinch victory in the last war. 1n 1918 the Bulgarians caved in and the Allies were able to establish a front in the Balkans from which lo threaten Germany. As for as Italian resistance goes, there would be nothing to worry about. But the Germans have fore- seen trliis strategy and the Nazis haye taken over Italy. It has be- come Just another province of Ger- many with Nazi troopers garrison- lng the cities and Nazi police keeping order in the communities. It ls pO-islible that British ex- peditionary forces eould make land- I185 in both Not-we and Italy. If such a move were s arted, it would have to be carried out with the intention of staying in the area occupied. It would be a bad jolt to morale to lend a small force only to withdraw under pressure. The Germans are finding the going tougher now. when we can take the initiative l:i any way, it heaps that much more trouble on Berlin's head. - Windsor Ont. Star.

Clvlllullon, it has been claimed. b68811 when man first learned to employ fire to his advantage since then, fire has been one of his most valuable servants. cook- ing his diallymk‘ warm an m ng power to rim his industrial works. Since that. time. W0. man has knorvm lire es one of his most. perilous enemies, for when out of control it is quick to rovlsh hls works and threaten or destroy his l'fe. it has been with keen interest. therefore that, man has studied flre and devel

ed ways of controlling and figti in; it, writes Don any in the September issue of the C-l-L

Oval. While water 1s still the most

common weapon for fighting files

because it is cheap, read'ly evelll- e1»

able. efficient. -- lsfe and , y handled it esnmt i used-on certain tyipes of fires. ex-

lmplc. any attempt to pour wa- ter on a fire involving electrical equipment endangers the operator, because wetter is e good conductor of electricity. Burning liquids, liwh esegesollne. cannot be ex- iliisuisn ' by water. for the ll ind may float on the wetter, eontlnung to burn and thus spreading the firs. Onrbon dioxide. nitrogen end even steam Pre used lo exitlnguhh such fires. Much of the

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CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Stories 0f ‘The Iron Duke’ I

(Desmond MaeCarthy in "Inndon Calllnl")

No words were more often on the Duke of Wellington's llpe when be met with effusivenese than: “Don't be s named fool, sir," That, by the way, ls what he said to one- who had exelalmeelz-lqllis-ls- est moment of my life", after pilot- ing the Duke. then old and decrepit across the Iondon truffle.

y Few generals have been more concerned about the welfare of ithelr troops both during andvafter a campaign. but he had no illusions ‘about their characters as men, either of officers or rank and file.

Of his best cavalry officer, Pic- ton, who fell st Waterloo, he onee said; "He was the foulest-mouthed blackgusrd I ever knew, but he al- _ways behaved very well." He admir-

ed Napoleon's military genius and held his presence on a, battlefield to be worth an extra forty thous- and men, but. he thought the man himself a scoundrei and a. cacl. When Napoleon left ten thousand francs ln his will to s. fellow who had tried to shoot Wellington in IParis BJWI‘ the peace, that codlcll ‘confirmed this low opinion. I Such behavior was utterly at variance with Wellington's moral code, which was simple: Absolute loyalty in service, never to be petty. and always to m'nd your own busi- ness-whlch. incidentally, also pre- served your own dlginity. Only once ls he recorded to have betraved symptoms of shame, and that was while describing at dinner now. when left alone with the body of George IV who had Just breathed his last, he had been unable to ro- sist seeing what was attached tu the gold chain which went down under the dead King's rflghtshirt: He pulled up a miniature of Mrs. Fitzherbert. As he confesed w have done this, he blushed: It was con- trary to his code of honor. ' a O O I i

Here is a story which illustrates smuslngly h‘s punctlllousness. Walking one morning in St. James Park he came across a boy about to bury- a live toad. The toad ivas a pet; the boy was going back to school. He understood that toads coulsl live for years without all‘, it would be safest ln the earth till he returned. The Duke doubted that, and offered to look after it. At the end of term the boy received this letter: "Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compli- ments to Mr. So-and-So, and wishes to inform hlm that the holi- days havlng now begun, he will be no longer responsible for Mr. So- liind-Scfs toad."

Wellington's Military Despatcnes imake excellent readlng..I-Ie thought- iso h‘mself. and in his old age tney lwere his favorite bedside hook. His lprlvate correspondence ls more per-

tinent than brilliant, but it con- tains one famous gem; his reply to a woman who threatened to print some compromising letters she had _received from htm. It runs: "Dear ‘Fanny, publish and be damned."

It was not tactful to make the Duke of Wellington English Arn- bassridor in Paris immediately after Waterloo, and at the Fkencii Court the French marshals would walk out of a room when he enter- ed lt. The French king apologized for their rudeness. “Don't distress yourself, Sire", said Wellington, "it's not the first time I have seen the‘r backs." This retort was macri appreciated in Paris and their manners improved.