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rAci; rout: THE

BIIARLUTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Munllng Daily (Founded In 188'!)

Pr: lrlent. LleuL-Cnl. W Chester 8. Mclmn Vlce-ﬁeslilent. J. R. BurneL. IJJ. Secretary. LleuL-Col D. A. ilacltlnnon, 0.5.0. Idling gnd Managln Director. J. R. Burnett. FJJ. I soriate Editor. Frank Walker.

SUBSPIFPTION RATES c"

_ l d- i lcliverl k Y “zstloopeli-cryeherali lgdilaiiiigtcemalled to P E lsllnll 75.00 per veni- lln advanrei mailed to Canada and U-s

ltlcmhens Auillt Burr-nu of Circulation!

:'The Strongest Memory is Weaker than ilie Weakest lit/c.”

- --- ~ i MONDAY. APRIL 3. I940. " -

The lobster Problem

According lo an (luau-a dcspatch iti 55ml!‘-

daYS Gtttirilin, l-islirrzi-s .\lini.>tcr llichaud i5 inviting orguiiii/iil groups oi the fishing indus- try to send \lI'll'Q.ll(‘> to tho ilitlllllilrll capital to CUllSl(l('l' thc .~~-i":~iu~ pri-hlcin tKCihlullCil by lU>S 0f the lJrin-n iiiiirltct for caiincd lobster dttc to the fonign iivrliaiitui rcgtiliitioits IICCPSSlIZIIPJ by the war. 'l"i-» iliinirtincnt, _\lr, .\lich.'tuil says. is dc-irous of ii-ri-liing "ciin-trtictivc stiggcs- lions that iiiay sl-ive as a bans for (ll§(‘ll5>l0ﬁ. so that \\t' niay wffiYt‘ at a will considered plan " Mr. .\lich.itiii .\.t\§ it l5 Lllllll\t‘i_\', "despite rcp- rcsetitciticins." that the llriti-h (‘lllllllfgu on can- ned lob-tor will ill‘ liftcil tuidwr war conditions. "and to lh-i-Z the wuntioii. if llPCt‘<~1.'tl'v\,', fisher-

lllt‘ll must be pi- \l ti.» diwit sonic of thcii labor to othi-r prim twin"

This Province is vitzillv conccrnetl iti the lob- lter indiistrv, ai our fi-ilcrril and provincial T€])f‘C.\(‘lll-'lll\'('§ > Ill iilltl‘ inipru<< this fact upon tlic- piiwir- ‘ll liti (lnaivri. lt will hr rccalleil lll.‘.l a‘. lllf‘ l.'l)il'2ll nit-cling in Chill‘- lottctuwn on .\l.irch _‘t TILSI’ in the prcsctice of Hon. L. l‘: .~!iin, .\Iin.~tcr of Finance, one of the Queen's (Fiiintv liberal caniliilatcs dc- rlarcd that if tln- .lll\~"‘|' t-inhzirgo in tlie liFlllSll market is iii-t li i, lioniiiiioii tiovcriiiiiciii ivill take ovcr i ~ii:i's paclt and hold it until a market ll" hr n found. There were no "ifs" or “hii:s" a ‘lit-fl to this assurance; it

was a specific pi"o:'-.~c, to which our fishermen and packers il.t\c' .'l ii;_"it to holil tlie Govern- ment strictLv aciwittiiwhk-

In a lllfllfllllllil exchange Mr. hlichaud is quoted as szi lug:

"I have rccciicil tll'lll_\‘ letters and suggestions regarding the piw-lifiiin, sonic of which etivlsagc the goitcrnuicnt lit-coining a nicrc wholesale agent with Illlllillllttl capital who will buy all lohsters offered. l Illll-‘f warn the industry and the. fishermen that stich a scheme would bc entirely llllnUllfltl. 'l‘.‘ic industry and the fisher- men tiiust rcmtiin as frcc as possible, and if necessary, the fi-licrnicii. nittst b: prepared to assist the sittiation liv tlivcrting some of their labor to other products. lt is to be hopccl that the discussions which l shall have with them will enable us to arrivc at a satisfactory so- ltition to the tirolilcni.”

This is entirely tit-variance with the promise given on hchrilf of the King Government in this

Province, and ri-ipiircs furtlicr explanation.

It is liriiticil thit (lt~ltl'.(‘ .\Ir. .\Iich:iud's pes- simistic attitnili- t-iivrirh thc I)l'()\l|(_‘\j[§ 0f flu- inditstry. t-tliw-t. hi- contintiiwl to have the

elillilifgi) rt-niiiviil meantime, the l.li~.'

4>1lll'l'lllZll'l\'(‘l_< found. in thc ovtii- of next season's pack

t» is not a lllilliUF \\'ll1i’ll >lii»uld lic allowed to fall into the caivg-irv of . niic “stiggcsiitius to serve as a ha .< of tll\i'll\\i1\||" m the forth- ftilllittg l'<>tiI'=‘t'<tIc<- at tliisiwzi, hut as a definite pledge givcn in aro-ril with what purported to

be the fixed pol of the King (.i0\‘€‘f'flfllClll.

Om? \Vo|iian M. P.

io- i- its 1k Only one woni.i:i~-,\Ii's. l). \\'. .\'cilscn—will sit in the new l‘; lianicnt. .\li.<s Agnes Mac-

phail who Cillllt‘ in in ltlll and wliosc sharp tongue ofttii ltlT-lllllUtl uovcriiincnt; that the fcuialc of lllt‘ .~]t\“‘ s‘ i- iniirc ilra-llv than the nialc, iia< di-iinit- t, znnl .\|r.~, Black, who sat for the Yukon. iii.'iili.~ nay for hcr litishzintl.

It is an tillll tfi c, Vﬁilm to think of it, remarks an exclriiiuiu that iiilr niiirv than two ilccailrs of votes for \\t'll]t'll ‘oiil ilii~pizc that thry havi- as iiiany halliit- "t- ioi u, ti. ll‘ ~houlil still hc but one woman lti i tins. Whether it is that “omen still p . t: iiiinzc to the political fortuii, or ihi: psi ilo not ciiii-"idcr them strong ctiiiiliiliiim "Iii- fat‘! l't'lll-' that thc iinpzict of thi- gimrli r on piiliiirs lzipsirt from \\lt:it thc_v :i...-. do tn ‘lii- hnllot lltt_\'l"§ ivliicli is something not in l-i- --n</i-il at) is not iinprcs- sire.

This is niii nliili; lllli‘ of ('.'in.'iil.'i; it is equally lrno tIii l l.l'l‘tl >i.'iti-~ and liiiglzinl

Dr. hfaiiioifs Lctidership

Uomtiicnting tit: A ' .'ll tgo>~ip at Ottawa in- dictitinq that In: in is titiih-riilcrl as to wltctlici‘ ln- din-l‘ r i:'§ -.ii- .t- .\'.'ition;il (‘ott- st-rvatiit- lt‘.’ltll‘l'. ltl<' .\\tlll“\' lhi-t lit-cord (lu- dcpciiilcnti s; two iiin-iili-itiliiitis are rrport- ed to havi- l d inlr- on this stwrr‘. iiaiiirlv. llic rccciit cl total vow .|l.tl llli‘ (i~ti:ing--inctit of two .\i<illll't‘.'ll l|<"\~|ii‘.lt"l'- wliirli tiri- iiotiiiii:ill_v iiirlcpctiihnl f’-.ii~i'i'\;i"i\.- lillllllfllllflll‘.

Xcithi-i- iUi-i. ~rii~ tho l'ii~t, iti-cord, slltilllfl influcnccwlplr. .\l.:ni n’- ili-ri-lon. 'l'hi- zihnornnil IllIlIlFliW‘ of llli‘ f<~ Jli ii-tv. and the vnoriiioits restlondliiliiii» now iiniiiiiiitiiig the King .\liii~ iSIry as ;i war Iltlilliltl~ll'llllllll, arc ct-rtaiii lo drive the politii Ill llFlltlllllllll hack with a l'(‘li()ll|lfl even grratcr than \‘.\l:ti the .\l<i;,,'hcn Govern- ment itilo lllf‘ 'li'i\'ll'|l afliir lllt‘ last war. All the forcm of di-inti ‘jfllliiill {Hill iIh-triiction slrikc inevitably Illltl 1 'llv at l'\‘<'l'_\’ wartime .\liti- istfy. Ni-vi-i‘ \v.'i~ lhrrv u illllt‘ whcn a lirdrral Opposition (‘fillltl ~it t». pri-tiy, with complt-tt: Confidence in a (put-l; illlil S\\'l‘i"|ilfIg electoral

turn in its favor. Its at l>l'i‘~"lll and in the im- mediate futuri- in lll(‘ Ill‘(*l!.’t of Iloiiiiiiioit politics Dr_ .\l.'inion foiiulit ii goo/l and creditable fight.

and sliow-i-il lllllhvlf a lt'.‘llll‘l' of courage and ability.

“Nor should ihi- Ilillltltlf‘ of the two Montreal dailies il’l\‘(! llli‘ \llt_'llli‘<l influence on lllf‘ Coti- serxtativc li-advrl futin-i- roiir<c of tiction," savs our Sydnov rtiutt-intiiiinirv. “Politically the .\loii—

treal $tar and firmtti- have lwr-tl lll(‘l'(‘ t'llilllt(‘— Icons for tlic past ..'o years. llicy were against

rntz___cji-iAi<i.uji"ri~:'row.i\i _ ouAkoiAig

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llleighen from 192i to I926, against Bennett from i926 till he gained office. Then they in- jured the Conservative party by their unde- pendahlc, half-heartcil, pzirilyi ccnsorious and al- ways sullcn stipport. Finally they turned against Maiiiou bcctiusc he fulloivcd the course mapped out to liini by the National Conservative con- vention against railway amalgamation or unifi- cation. Xoitlicr fltc Star nor the Gazette is en- titled to any say iti lllf‘ choice of a Conserva- tive lczidcr, or in thc lufllllllilllUll of Conserva- tive party polic_v.

“A5 for ill‘, ,\[.'tnitiii'5 pnliliCill future, there is every FOIL-Ill] why he should continue, if his health zttirl inclliisiiiiiii livffllil, the splendid work he has begun as liwiiliii‘ of the (Iiuscrvative party. The ltcnl lllllll in sight for that position, his character and ability, his sincere democratic qualities, his kuiwvliiilge of ptiblic affairs, his I'Zlf‘li-'llll(‘fllfll'_\' (‘.\']I\'l‘l<‘llt‘(? and skill, and above :ill his genuine low of >f'|'\'lt‘l‘, place him 0n a ltw-cl with the lI('~l of hi; contemporaries iti Cauatliaii IlllltllC life."

.- EDITORIAL NOTES —

“l-‘iic and 11in Venn" \\'oolw'orth ilicd this date. littir-zi nitiEtiniillioiiairc front selling stir- pltis stocks hi-li-w- vii-t.

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l'\‘t'll:tps no pioiiiirl- iiui-iili- (juclicc and Ou- tario has iiiiirt- lucorpoiati-il companies register- ed than wc ll.l\4,‘ hi rr, although lll('_\' are rcprcs- ClllCLl lllU$ll_\' by a sign hoard iii an office,

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The farnicrs h.ivc no complaints against the Wuatlici" clerk ior (lvlilklllgf the departure of winter. llut tlic "hiinitin birds" who ztiiiittally

bctzikc thcinwlvc» >itlllll ari- finding it hard 0n their rcuii-n to Cll-Iitlll lll<'lIl>Ql\'C‘S once more

t0 our witttry Illa-t». v >lt m 1i I.-'\lL‘\l i\\'ilil.'lllll' , iii-s show that Qttchcck total cstiniattiil wiiiliii, \'.\'\'lll\l\'L'. of llS tuidt-vclop-

rd natural rt-siitircis, l'(‘])l'\'>'('lll,$ about 26 per

aim of lllq \\'Qjllll] of tlic lloiiiinioii, Quebec ranks sccoiiil ainiiiig tlin (Einailian provinces, its wctiltli of $o.f3-\'.ii\'i.iioo lit-iii; nllltslllllliéllly’ ttii- dcr that of (Hilario wliivh was rccliiuicd 21f $3,-

715,801 p00. i‘ I ll! ll The Nazis are busy ivorkitig overtime tr_ving to sow the sccds of tllﬂVllllUllf and dissatisfac- tion among .\tii(*i'ic:ilis and lircucli Canadians by broadcasting ovi-i" short \\‘ll\‘L‘ radio propa- gtitida of an itisitliotts tutti-British character. lloiv to conicract this. is the problem the Bri- tish authorities li;iv<- got to solve. lt may be argued. only ilic tinihinkiiig will thus he fooled, but, alas, it is "the uothinlciug mass" with lcatlership that Ctlll-[IHHCS [HIlJlIC opitiiuit. 1|‘ ll‘ ' ti‘ W In his report on the activities of the Rocke-

feller Foundation, ,\lr. l\‘:i_vnioiid ll. Ilosdick casts doubt on thc v:il.-litv of thc hclicf that Eu- rope's losws in this \\'.'ll' in ihc ficlil of scholar-

ship will be (ifist-t liy the gains nchicvctl tl1i'ouglt a transfer to .\niirira of tlic intellectual and

scientific lcllllt'l'\lllll of the world. On the con- trarv, .\Ir. ]-'o.~<llrl< thinks that ziny losses stif- fcrcil by litiropc (an only l't‘~'llll in crippling the llC\'(‘l(ipli1(~i1[ of illipiiryr in the Liiitcd States.

>l< iii iii iii Ability of Fflvllll-li to kill gt-rnis through the

hai'uc.~\iiig of solid \ll\'t'l‘ zitoni< has been reveal- ctl at 'f;iliforn' lll-lilllli‘ of 'l'ci'linolo_;vy_ l\'c- scarcli by plrv-icist- and hactcrinlogists indicated that siviiiiiiiiiii; pool. in tlii: future will be ster- ilized with sinzill tini-iiints of silvcr itistcztd of chlorine. Furtlici- :ip|iliv:ilioii of the revolti- llt>ll£ll'_y' foriii of gi-rin killing tiitiy provide a Sub-

slilttlc they saiil. for lllhlvllkllllliOll of tiiilk. Unlike heat and t'l|(‘llllCIllv', introduction 0f tum- ute amounts of silver \\'.'tS reported, not t0 alter

the taste nf fhtiils. "\\'c scc coitsiilcrtihle hope for tlcvclopiiiviit of inori- efficirtit fllPillfltlS 0f stcrilizxitioii," said lli’. .\lt‘\illlil(‘l' tioctz.

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The Bureau of .\il\‘t‘l"ll>lll_£_', (‘zinziditin Daily

Xcivspapcrs .'\$\ti\‘l7llltill, in a news release says: “National advvrti-iiig linagv. reported by 57 C:iii:i<li:in tlziili" iii-\\~p;ipt'r<, ri-prcscttliiig ap- proxiiiiatt-li- S; [iLT ciini of total rirciilzttioti, was tip 11,8 pi-r (‘Fifi in l-lliriiziry, I040, compared

with the satin: niontli la-t _v<-ar. Local advertis-

ing $llH\\'l'tl an lllllll'<l\(‘lllt'lll of 5ft) Per cent, cl.'is.-ifiiiil 4.; pi-r trill, and total ailvcrtisitig liti- tigc, 7.1 pt-r t-iiit II\'('|' lwiliriizir)‘, 1031)." The rcporl Slilth that total ailvcrti-iiig linagc of thc

newspapers rcpiiriiiig; \\.'t> io._*4t.t;8t) in Febru- ary, i940, (‘|\ll'.fi.'ll'('(l with i7.o_;S.t)i2 lines in

i939 anil iR._:ii;._i3i ll!l(‘< in 11133. J4 4-‘ Y? 4K Aciwii-iliiig tn llii- \\':ir 'l‘iin<~ l'rii"('_-' and Stip- ply Hoard, tliirc llll- llt’i‘l] pi'.'it‘li(‘tilly no undue howling of tirllw. !~'lli'(‘ illl‘ war hcgziti. Coin- plztiiits of privii rai- i113 wrrv prohi-il hy tho hoard with tho h.lp of Q~t\il'llllli‘lll offirt-rs and the kin-a] (ﬁinzoliin ‘ltillllltwl l'olii-t-, httt "the iii- vli-llpliliiuis nf llio liiiaril tli-cliisiwl lit) illSlﬂflCCS of hoarding or [irofltci-riiig which warranted pi-osccutiiwn." 'l'h<-i"ii i- not likely to be any scar- t-itv m‘ wiml in ( fl'l, thii hoiirrl stated, L-tit "all crosshrc-l woiil< trill liavc to be used with ('(‘(lfltil],l\' and it \\'lll c-intinuo lo hi: ticcvssary to ~uh~titiiii~ to .~ini<- ili- "i-i- fioi-i" and rc-yvorkcd wool< for lliw-r- iyrziili ." li.'irl_y' in .\l.'ircli thc lioai-il hi-gzin a l\l'('llllllll'll'\' piohi- of pricc spreads tinil lllltflvlllt- in llll‘ niriiiuftictiii'c of ivoollcn and wiir~t<wl cloth» ‘lliii board's licensing of coal and cokc llt"lll“\ llI|-' :ii‘coriliiiy_' to the board, "lltWll opt- HQ‘ \il ~f.'trtiiril_\"'. Uvcr 5.000 liccust-s iwit- o-ni-il [or the period ending .\l.'irch 3i. N! >1‘ ill l?

llrgziiiimiii ll] ri piiif- for l"_§'l stihiiiitlcil to the ifanailiuu (iuiuril on llo_\;<‘ tiiiil Girls’ Club \\'oi'l< lw- l‘i~ovi:i<~i.'il lixit-ioiiiii Services show that Ill<'lt* :in~ .|.._;i; llli‘llllll‘l\ of junior farm Cllllts in (Xinziilri. .i~ riuiipziri-il with 37,254 iti iogR, an ill\'l'\‘.'l~f' of .\',iioo lllVlllllCfﬁ, or 21.0 pcr ccnt, which is thi l'll i y'<-:irl_y' iiicrcztsc 0n re- cord. ln iirtt. tl.i- _\< ‘ll' in which lhc Canadian (ouncil ‘wlw iiiroii-il. llli'|'(' were 2l,l.j2 meni- ITJUFS. The Zlll'lll.'tl linrolini-nt has therefore l)C'.‘ll more than donlil l in lllf’ IIiIIC-YFIII‘ period. "lilicsc filCls wrv.» ti. lull ill‘ i-lczirlythcmomcn- tuiu that junior itirin (‘lllll work has attained atrl illustrate tho l?I('l'<'Jl-‘I|Q tlUlllllllll from rum] dis-

tricts for chili orsgziiii/aiiiiii, according to lead-

c-rs of the tnovvniciit. Thi- nunihcr of clubs in operation thi< _\i~.'ir is 51ml» with an average of about t5 llll‘lllltt'l'< {ls (‘ttlllp-‘tlﬁfl with 2,063 clubs

Hvcragiiig uptiroxiniutcly i4 uiciiibcrs in 1938.

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Now thlt the election is over and the results are known, pe.ty politics should be set aslue "for the duration", The condition is too grave, the emergency too ser- ious. for petty bickering. The gov- einmenvs conduct of the war would suffer 1f ministers stiouid be swayed by delegation seeking need- less or wasteful expenditure. Ev- eryone must avoid such demands, especially in this period of emer- gency, and contribute his share towards the nation's burdensome task. — Halifax Chronicle

The failure of British poets to become stimulated by the war was lamented recently by ‘The York- shire Post. Last week, however, Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliament- ary Secretary to the Admiralty, read at an Anglo-American Com- munity Chest luncheon a coni- munlcatlon lie had received from his schoolboy son, William. aged 12: Dear Dad: Herels a rlme I've made up. You can show it to Wins- ton (Churchill) lf you like:

My U-boats are under the ocean. My Graf Spee ls under the sea, Hitler Ls in a commotion

Oh don't. mention Winston to me. -Newsweek.

They're not moaning In Finland

—-t-hey're building. Instead of con- suming their energy in vituper- atlve bitterness against Stiilln and the Soviets, tlie Finns are going to erect four new cities and provide homes for 500,000 persons forced to abandon territory ceded to Rus- sla. according to Alvar Aalto, not- ed Finnish architect. recentlv ar- rived ln t-he United States. What's more, the tremendous building p o- rzram must be completed before tlie cold sets in next fall. No d-efcatism there. You can't lick a people with that kind of spirit. — Sherbrooke Record.

The Commonwealth of Australia

the government. the people and the states are sending their energies. as a “belilgcrent pow! r"

to the prosecution if the war with all their traditional cneigy, cour- age and vigor. Australia is up to the hilt. ln this war. That: fact ls now beginning to be clearly realiz- ed. The Commonwealth cffort. is on a scale which emphasizes tlie realization. Men, money anil m-i- nltlons will not. be spared. And the Commonwealth asks only of Bri- tain: Tell us how we can best help! — Austrailan Press Utilon.

Sweden swoops on the Com- munists. Police raids all over the country have yielded evidence that: funds for Communist activities had been smuggled from Russia, The French police have also pioved that. Moscow money ivas being uied to finance subversive activ- ltles in the interests of Stalin and Hitler. It 1s likely that Britain n.is escaped these underground atten- tions? Our people will not toler- ate much longer the anti-patriotic cries for a Russo-German pvcnce, designed to rob bhem of their liberties. We should follow the ex- ample of France and Sweden. - London Daily Mall.

Mr. Cromwell departed from formal diplomatic practice by showing personal frankness and

courage. He didn't appear be- fore his audience wearing a. strait- jacket. and in an attitude imply- ing that he was weighted w.tn grave state secrets. He was friendly, seemingly pleased to 0e surrounded by friendly people As Canadians saw him, he was a typical American good ticiglibor. He spoke as Canadians are ac- customed to hearing intelligent; Americans speak; honestly and courageously. Perhaps, as a mm- fster, he was tndiscreet in being himself rather than a stiff-zicckccl official in the diplomatic servirc. Buit the fact that. his personally was behind lllS utterances ds- abused any one of the notion tint he was transmitting a format, ot- ficlal message. - Toronto Globe and Mail.

The annual meeting of the dl- rectorate of Maple Leaf Gardens, sports palace in Toronto, was a;- tended by 23 persons of WllOlIl 17 are millionaires. And where, would anyone ask, did those men get their millions? Mostly from North- ern Outarlo. largely the gold minus. Yet. the people of Toronto iii) doubt regard Maple Lea-f Gardens and other big bulldings similarly financed as particularly; thou own. -Port Arthur NCVIS-CIIIOIUCIC.

Fox-hunting costs the poultry- men large sums of money every

year. How can the money be saved shoot the foxes and close down the hunts. Then the faxes cant. ear, the poultry and the poultry can eat food whlch Ls given to hunters and hounds. We need not be alt-aid of dcipriviiig country gﬁillilﬂfllfil oi‘ their CXCYCIEE. For the best of H1838 liuntsmen have gone on an- other chase They aie flying ov:i- the North Sea instead of jump fig

over hedges. — Daily EXplCﬂi (London). War came close to New I'm-k

harbor “then the Queen Ellzibrt-li steamed 1n and again when the

steamed out Those who saw tlie Queen Elizabeth knew that it wits not. from lack of trying that the Germans hadn't sent her t0 Davv Jones The Mary and the Miiuri- tanla have gone out lnto what. ulti- mate dangers we dotft kncw. VIL- mosl; certainly into danger. We won't know where. unless one of them slips into anctiicr AIIIOTCTIII port. If you query Bermuda, Halt- fax or Liverpool about tnrsc things the censors reply is crisp and

pointed. It used to be a lxirk lo go down and see ones friends off when a liner sailed The band

would be playing. Pa. sengcrs would be trying to find both their hand baggage and their prcp:r state- rooms. which wasn't. always easv. all things considered. Visitors would be trying to ftnd their way out. There were singing, much hand- shaklng. some kissing At the Inst moment the big whistles nearly lifted the top of your head off. The passengers knew where they wexc going and about when they wotrd get. there. and they could telephone Aunt Caroline in Topeka if they got lonesome. Thee sntrntz were different. ‘The Mauretantn went. to sea. at night. tn a rainstorm. vi-itn no music, no cheering. no con- fetti. no streamers and only h"! navigation llghw and r-rntiing lights showing. The Queen Mary gave the ferrvboat commutes n show. but all thev saw was a gray flank and n dozen seamen or so The Mary winsnt putting on an act. ‘This was serious. War. which may seem remcte tn the shadow of the Magtnot lAne. was rent 1n the

river l-nd the upper bay. Those

ttofis BY THE WAY Olggtandlng Career

New Viceroy

Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, First. Earl of Athlone, (created 1917), was thetlifrd son of the Duke of Teek and the late Princess Mary Adelaide, and the only surviving brother of Her Majesty Queen Mary. Princess Mary Adelaide, mother of the Queen Mary and of tlie Earl of Atlilone. was a daugh- ter of the first Duke of Cambridge, who vms the seventh son of George III. and hence a cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke of Teck was, with British people, one of the most; popular of the foreign Prin- ces who, in tlie earlier years of Queen Victoria's reign, married luto the English Royal House and consequently took up permanent residence ln this country. In their early marled life the Duke and Duchess of Teck resided ln that; hoary pile of red brick known as Kenslngton Palace, where Queen Victoria and many other royal tn- fanit first saw the light. In Ken- slngton Palace on May 26. 1867, wits born the little Princess wno ts new the Queen mother. Here, too, were born her three brothers. The elder became Marquis of Cam- bridge when tlits title was adopt- cd in 1917 tn substltutlon of his earlier title of Duke of ‘Deck This change. and others of n like character, w-ns made at: the com- mand of King George V. on his choosing the mime of Windsor for the English Royal House. The second of Queen Marys brothers -Prince Francis-died ln 1910.

The Earle of Athone, originally styled Prince Alexander of Teck. was born April l4, 1874, and was educated at Eaton. ‘Ifhen he joined lntn the Royal Military College at Snndhurst. and on Oct.24.I894, was caret-ted as second-lfeutenurit to the 7th Hussurs. vi-‘hlolm regiment he left. England to jolri at lvﬂiow, in Itidia, in January‘. 1895.

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In the folloivlnr: year occurred the rising of the Matabele ln Pliodcslti. the most war-like of (‘in tribes in South Africa. There the earl was able to render valu- able service to Col. (later Lieut- Grn) Slr Robert; Baden-Powell. For his services in t-lils campaign he was mentioned tn dispatches

Then followed the Boer War The earl was among the first to go out. and acccmpanled the In- nlskllling Dragoons. rematrrng ivlth that regiment until the sur- render of Bloemfontein.

I-fe then rejoined the 7th Hus- sars, and took part: tn the relief

of Mafcklng His gallantry throughout this campaign was memzmzed by the award of the D.S C

The earl took an active part ln the war, being mentioned in (Ts- patches, promoted brevet-colonel, appointed personal A.D.C. to the king, and awarded the French War Cross. the Belgian Military Medal, and the Order of 8t, Anne, First Class with Sword.

The famous Empire tour of tlie late Kine George and Queea Mary in 1901 wax. one of the first and most important inci- dents ln Kim: Edward's reign, and Prince Alexander of Teck accnmipanled his sister and brother- ln-law on that. eventful jcumey. \\“ll(‘ll he had an opportunity of becoming personally acquainted with the leading men tn the Kings Donilntons Overseas. Three years aftcrivards, when in his thlrreth years. he married Princess Alice of itibttny. who like himself, was brought up in an Engllrh country licnic. and so has had many oppor- tunities of tiuderstanding one best; mitt most interesting movements ln o-ur national life. The Prince and Princess were also the working llPﬂdS of the League of the Order

of Mercy. wlrch has dcne so much for the hospitals of London. and Llll‘ Prince has always taken the greatest interest in the success of the Boys‘ Brigade and Cadet movements. both of which have spread widely throughout the Do- minions.

I_n 1904 the Prince married Princess Alice Mary, daughter of tlie late Duke and Duchess of Albany. The Duke of Albany, who died in 1884, was perhaps bet.- ter known as Prince Leopold. H: wife was Princess Helena of Wai- dcck, who died ln 1922. Princess Alice. their elder child, was born on Fcib. 25.1883. The Earl and Couiitos of Athlone have one surviving ohlld, Lady Mary Helen Emln Cambridge, who was born in 1906 A sou, Rupert Alexander, Viscount Ti-ematon. was born in 1007. and (liedin 1928 as a result. oi inJurir-s received in a motor- car accident in France. while that" sticontl sou. Maurice Francis, tied in 1910, a few‘ mpntfis after birth.

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Only a few weeks before the opening of the Great War the Earl of Athlone was appointed Uf?\‘0l'lll)l'-GDllCI'lll of Canada.

He actually addressed a few picrisziint scntczices as Govemor-

Licncrul-rlect to the Canadian

tBi-lcy Team on Bisley Common

Mauretimla and the Queen Mary,

i:i July. 1014 The outbreak of litisfilitlos, however, caused the up; ni-mcnt to be cancelled tn order that tlie Earl might. pro- coed on active scrvzce In 1923 he ivns appointed Governor-Gen- eral of the Union of South Africa

tin sitcccsilon to Prince Arthur of

Connnttght In this position the Earl of Atlilone achieved an out- standing siitcess. so much so, that

lon the conclusion of his appointed

tcrm of flve years the South Afri- eiin (‘iovernment desired an ex- tnc ion of lils term of office. ‘Thfs the King was pleased to approve, and the Earl and Countess remain- ctl in South Africa until t-he close of 1930.

In 1929 the Earl and Countess received a present on the occa- SIOII of their silver wedding which had been subscribed for in shillings by all classes of people or South Africa. J. H. l-Iofmeyr, the Administrator of the Trans- vnall. in his appeal to the people of the Province for their support, happily expressed the feelings of South Africans on the subject. "H's Excellency and Her Royal Highness," he said "have not spar- ed themselves ln their efforts to serve South Africa, and today they have a very large place tn the af- fnctlons of all sections of the com-

Elll-"lll". W; Brazen. foru-

who 5am these ships wlll think of them often. Most will hope the day ls not. too far off when they will return with their bands play- lniz and broken out with flags from stem to stern. If thetr fate ls otherwfse, we shall remember the valiant shins and the valiant crews. leaving safe harbor to face wc-rse danger: than the ancient one; of stonn, uncharted shoals and the

rough lee shore. — New Y k Times. _ _ m

Minimum For Teachers In Saskatchewan

(Wlnnfpeg Free Prss)

A 8700 minimum salary for teacher: tn Saskatchewan was pro- vided for at the iecent session of the Le talature. The Government pays a grant. to each primary school and the balance of the cost of school maintenance must be paid from local taxation. The very low salaries plld to some Saskatchewan teachers had gained wide publlclty, and the new minimum of $700 will be a great. improvement.

But the ratslxig of lite salary level brings u the question of the best and mos? economical plan for pro- viding rural education, and the Saskatchewan government 1s follow- lng the recommendation of the Royal Commission headed by Chief Justice Martin and wlll experiment with the consolidated school district: now adopted throuizbout Alberta. Groups of school districts in sev- eral parts of the province, which wish voluntarily to try the new plan, wlll be encouraged to do so.

e experiment will be for flve years. when ft wlll be decided whe- ther tige plan should be generally

adopts .

T e establlslng of the $700 minimum. n. writer tn the Regina Leader-Post points out. was made possible only by the drastic steps previously taken by the government to compel the payment of local taxes. After the years of grelt adversity, with a heavy acetimu- lntlon of tax arrears, an tidjush ment was made and a considerable "rt of the arrears written off. But taxes were not paid up well after that. Manv taxpayers hung back. believing that. they, mlzht secure another adjustment. Muni- cipal tax collections for school pur- poses tn 1937 were only $2.000.000, as against the peak of $8,000,000 tn 1

Rut the vove-snment. stennwl lri and, last year, a farmer could not sell his train without a certlflcatc from the municipal secretary- treasitrer. unless his 1939 taxes and seed grain advances were paid. 'I'hls proved effective. the munt- cipal revenue increased and the teachers wlll be better paid.

United War Appeals

(Financial Post)

The Saskatoon Clt Council rec- ently pissed a resolut on urging that war charity appeals be co-ordlnateu so as to be kept. within the contri- butory power of the community as a whole.

The resolution reads:

"We look with approval upon any action which may be taken by the Community Councilor any allied organization; for the purpose of co- or inatlng all forns of lpubllc ap- peal, war chaxltles as we as social welfare, so that. the aggre ate of such appeals may be ke t. wit ln the contributory power of t e commun- lty a5 a whole."

In Hamilton. Ontario, the local Chamber of Commerce has decided that; next autumn they wlll merge all their war charity campaigns in o

ne. Then from wfnnlpeB. the 'I‘ribune newspaper ln commenting on the recent Salvation Army campaign, made this observation:

“It is becoming increasingly evl- dent that, hereafter, multiplicity of appeal-s 1n behalf of war servces wlll have to be eliminated. More and more. both thoze ln charge of the different campaigns and those who subscribe to them are realiz- ing that it. will be necessary to co- ordinate tlie raising of funds- probably through one great uppeui annually along the lines so suc- cessfully ptoneered by the Com- munity Chest. There 1s good rea- son to suppose that by next year some such co-ordlnimou will have been arranged. It. 1s certainly tlmr- oughly desirable."

The raising of fund; for three mat-tonal mrarnznlttons mow act- ively engaged in war work - the

olvatton Army. the Y. M. C A. and the Canadian Legion-has brought realization to responsible people ln all the larger cities that. no time must be lost in co-oruin- atlng these and similar appeals into a. united war fund.

Vancouver has alt-envoy shown the way. It has merged these and other smaller campazgns into one erieral appeal to be held in mld-

prll. By reducing expense; and paring objectives, a saving of 20 per cent or $50,000 has been ac- hleved.

Other communities may well follow suit.

tn Canada

nuts indeed to have them tn South Africa and have every reason to rejoice that. they will be spend- ing thls happy anntversary in our mldst."

While ln South Africa in 1930 the Earl and Princess Alice him as their guests Viscount Byug

spent some time at Westbrooke, summer residence of the Governor- Ureneral near Cape Town, while Lard Byng was trying to regain ms health under the warm South African sin. They often discussed tmnada and Canadians.

‘The Earl of Athlone was cre- ated a Knight of the Garter m 1028. He also holds t-he G.C.B., G.U.M.G.. G.C.V.O.. C,M.G., D.S.O.. the honorary rank of Hon. Major- ueneral, retired. and a Knight of Justice of St. John of Jerusalem.

of Vimy and Lady Byng. who-

$2,0o0 ‘A Minute

(Ottawa Journal)

Yesterday came the beglxinlng of the Dominion Government's new fiscal year.

That it wlll be the gravest. flu- anclal year in the Dominion‘; bla- tory. no one need doubt.

Finance Minister Ralston recent-

estlnmted war expei-"Llture for t e year at $500,000,000. That, add- ed to the ordinary costs of gov- ernment - well over $500,000,000- means an. outlay of roughtly $3.000,- 000 a. clay; about $125,000 an hour, or $2,000 a minute.

The Govemment’: announced idea. of financing is to strike a. tea- sonable balance between taxation and borrowing; keeping taxation to a point where ti; wlll not cripple tn- dust and business and lower too drast cally the national llvlng stan- dard, the while borrowing the peo- ple's savings.

This. a sound idea. suggests cer- tain other considerations. It sug- gests, does it not, that the ordin- gry peace-time expenditures, ln- cluding capital expenditures which compel the borrowing of sunm be- yond wai- needs. should be pretty careful lest they brln us to the evil of tnflatton. An of course, ff the succession of war loans which the Government must put; out In the next, two years are to succeed, people need feel confidence about the non-wai- outlay.

The reality of war, of course. ls that the generation engaging ln t: cannot. wholly pay for it. Some of the cost. must be passed on; and it. may be argued. indeed, that. l! one generation undertakes to secure, find does secure. the free- dom and sectii-lty of a simceedtn, generation, then lt is but just that. the succeeding generation pay something for the heritage handed on to it. The real argument ugamst borrowing-which means mortgag- lng the future-la that ft retards recovery; cripples this generation as well as the next. Most of the desperate grief that; oppressed the world tn the 1920's and 1930's stem- med from the fact that the genera- tion of the lust. wnr puld for but a fraction of lt.

O I O O

Most of what Canada spent ln the last. war was borrowed. We entered that struggle with u. na- tional ctebt of $350,000,000; we came out; of it with a debt. of about: $2.- 500,000,000. As 9. consequence, we found ourselves with a, fixed an- nual interest; charge of well over $l00,000.000, a sum which, added to heavy pension bills and railway deficits made balancing of budgets impossible,

Most; of those fixed charges re- main, and they emphasize need of restraint about expenditures not vital to the war.

There is. of course. this about this war: The count ts in bet- ter pDsiLlOn than last. t me to stand heavier taxation. In I914 Can- ada's national income was about 52.000.000.000. Last year it. was roughly $4.000,000.000. What that means is that. we should be able W SPEHd ﬂ great deal more on this war than on the last, the while paying as we go a great. deal more of ivliat. we spend. Our productive DOWCI‘ ls vastly greater than it. was 25 years ago. We have more plant; more of developed resources; bet- ter dlstrlbutlng and market. facil- itles- more technical and man- agerial skill.

Still, the great need ls that we use our income for the rlght pur- pose; that. we do not. squander or dissipate it on non-essential things The war must come first, with outlays for ordinary purposes carefully scrutlntzed. It is a mat- ter of tightening our belts. Of re- cognizing tlie fearful thing this war is-ancl ls going to be.

WAR. ADVANTAGES . FOR, DOMINIONS

LONDON, April 5 -(CP) -Cori- cltislon that "from an economic view. at anyrote. the war ls not an unrellevcd disaster for the Domiti- lons" t5 reached in an article on war finance in the Domlnfous by Dona d Coivle. ln the current issue of The Banker.

The article outlines the financial contributions being made by Cau- ridn. Australia. New Zealand and South Africa and says the problem of the use of the Empire's ln tiil resources ls twofold: "(D The mobi- lization of the individual Domlnlons‘ resourcesand the switching _ﬂ@f_oI

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In a, sense, the article says Dominion: are in the fortune e ost- tlon of the armaments manufac tirel- at the outbreak of win". Admittedly they wlll afterwards have to face the armament maufacturer’; prob- lems of suddenl restricted market: and over-caplta zattou. But they do not make guns alone. They are be- lng encouraged develop manu- facturing of all k d; alongside with the former prlmar production. and tn man cases wl have great; new lndustr e5 with which to compete et- fectlvely In the world's markets.

“Add to this that. they shoud em- erqe from the war with a consider- nby reduced burden of external debt and lt ls clear that from the economic point of view at an rate, the war is not an unrelleved d aster for the Domlnloris."

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