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. London. ;- way, lmlcss you called at the hookscllefls next

JAGEJIQHR TIIE LOTTETOWII GUARDIAN

\ alurnlnr Dully (Founded In IIIT)

President: Lleut, Col. W. Chester l. ullallll Hoe Pruldenti J. B. Burnett, 12.1.].

looretary: Lleut. Col, D. A. MaeKlnnon. D.I.0. Idltor and llunullug Dlreotor, J. B. Burnett, IJJ. Annotate Edlturlz: Frank Walker. and Lieu‘. h! 4- Burnetf. ILIHNJZB, (On Aetlve Service)

hLIISCRIPTION RATES

B’, l,“ i, p_ g, 1, 14.00 p" year; $2.50 for 6 rnnnth: 352i for I munthe; I01: for on: month

fit, Denver] $.00 per your; 18.00 for I month $1.15 for I mnnthn; no. for on: month

lull u. other Provlnce: nod 11.9.» $5.00 per yen

n’ 11,00 for 6 mnnthe,

Saturday Weekly: $3.00 Der II-‘IPI 50o for I mouth: n The (‘Imrlutlelnwn Gunrdlan lnny be oblnlned n! Ifotulllng’: 2w»: Agency, Time: Square, New borlr; 01d buuth New: Agency, Comer Mill: llltl \Vllhln|ton Boston; Ileftoplllllun Sew: Aienry, 1H8 Peel 8t. llnntrenli J. Fine 8.5-! lluy Si, Toronto; New: Stand Clsnreen Lnnrler; Otluwu; Wolfe’: New: Blond Suilbury, Ont: Hub Tobacco blmp, Holmium, N. B.

Ellie Strangest lllemory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, MARCH 80. 1943.

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Responsible Covermenl

{he term “Responsible Government" implies that the athninistration is responsible to sonic- hndy for their arts of commission and omission. ln our dcmttcraiic system that somebody is the l.\'_'_{1:lLl’.ll|'(‘, lJ-nlll hmcrnmeut and Opposition mcuihers, and they in turn arc responsible t0 the electorate and taxpayers to whom they must from time to time give an account of their rtcuarrhliiiv, tisually at clcctiotis.

.‘\lrc<='iril_v thcn the t'v<p<'i'li\'c hicmbrrs 0f the ti<»\<i'it11u\i:, and the portfolio members es- pccially’, must both know and be on their jobs. This entails constant attention and concentra- tion; if otherwise, one of two things may hap- pen, either an uudcrling assumes administration iu fact if not in name, or a more or less chaotic stair of affairs ensues.

At the farewrll luncheon in hi: honour, ex- Min-Ister of Public \Vcrks Senator Maclntyre smrtmerl up the situation when he commended bu‘ thplll)’ for being responsible for 99 per ccut oi zlte work.

It so happens in this particular instance, the deputy i: thoroughly competent and has spent a lifF-time in his particular position. All the saute, the Senator's confession is an admission tiwt in that vlrpurtmrtit we have bureaucratic. not rcprescnzative government. And it is noth- iug tit-w, for with the exception of Senator John A. Macrlonald, who, when he was Minister of I'm-hr \\'orks, insisted upon direct, personal ("llllll-l, uc have had no Minister of Public “wilt; uho could be said to have run his de- ]Zll‘llllt‘.lll an a responsible Ministcr.

Similarly in the Department of Agriculture, the actual responsible and competent responsible Iliuiarrs of recent times have been Messrs. llurduvl; llaclxhinuon, John l‘l_ blycrs, Shelton Sharp, Prcmicr Lea, who knew their job thor- oughly and <lid it; the others have been more or lrss figure-brads and chair fillers. In this de- parinu-iwt, also, fortunately there has been an with‘ mi-l (‘l'lll|\('l(‘lll dvpuly who has the hcst in- mt»).- of thc dvpzirtiiicut, of the farmers and of the Province at heart. But, after all, he is a bureaucrat, and instead of adviser has had willy- nilly, to assume the position of administrator mid 1‘('>']lllll$ll_>i(t rcprcscutative at conferences as ‘\lll_ \\.-, citulil go through the other depart- surnts of portfolio holders and show a similar state of affairs, and prove the tendency is to-- wards a bureaucratic form of Government. The €Xltlrlllflllllll is largely one of dollars and cents ‘ti- llitvf." not been offering sufficient induce- IlltTll to men of rcscitircc, personal fitness and atlministrative ability to enter public life, and to ntake the science of government their especial vocation, or, at all events, their sole employment

“hilc in office.

.\u auui>iug commentary on the present bureaucratic tendencies was given the other day, when the progressive and aggressive Deputy Minister of Agriculture and other officials ap- prarwl llQlOYC the Legislature advising the Gov- ernnuwr. r-n the floor of the House, what was nc- trhwfll)’ to be done in the interests of agriculture. ljndcr responsible Government it would have been the Minister's and not the deputy's voice that would have hecn heard, the latter remain- ing brhind thc sccncs in an advisory capacity.

lt is Iimc for a change.

Economic Bureaucrats Discounted

Discussing the resignation of Col. john dliornpsvui, llirvctor of Government Iicouomics, Muntreztl (gazette says the stcroetypcd explana- tion is given that he has been let out for "purely personal row-pita” lt docs not think that ex- planation good enough as the rcal reasons in- volvu lilo whwlt» attitude of the Govcrnmcnt to- utanl lhc utiestioit of atlutiuistrative economv. Thr- public arc very kcculy intcrcsterl in that at- tittirlc. A. .9 Nirholsoti gave up his office as associatci timbci‘ (I'tllll‘1.>ll('l' at Ottawa hc told a meeting of llllllln‘l‘lllvll in 'l'orouto that a high ranking official had accused him of “not spending enough money, working too hard and being too patrio- tic." Munitions Minister Howe has acknowledg- ed the good work done by Mr. Nicholson as as- sociate timhci- controller. l-lave we reached a pOeItIOII in which it is considered an offence for a competent servant of the State to spend ton little money, work too hard, and be too patriotic? If so, we should have a statement to that effect

Making The v.c.

Every Victoria Cross that's ever been award- ed, szrys the London Listener, comes from a quiet litllc jcivrllt-Fs shop in the West End of You'd hardly tmtice it in the ordinary

door or ivnlkcd out of the olrl "pub" just over the road. But it's to tlfat little shop that the pflrllllilll cvcry nmv and again hritigs a lctlet‘ marker] O.ll..\l.S.--jitst the sort nf lctlcr you'd write In your tailor and say you wanted another suit.

Fvrr since the Crimean War the making of V.C.'s has hccu iu the hands of the samc family. {int tho fiuindm- of lhc jmvrllcfs slit-p, lhrn his sou. itllll now hi. grandson.

lt has not bccn forgotten that after Mr. L

that l. V.C. is to be awarded. a letter is sent to the little jeweller’: shop. It’: just an ordinar typed letter saying “Please supply one V.C.‘, giving the man's name and rank for the inscrip- lion and telling him where t0 send the account A few days later, the insignia is delivered to Service headquarters by special messenger, and then everything is ready for the presentation.

Th reshing Before Seeding

The shortage of farm labor has resulted in an extraordinary situation in northern Sas- katchewan and northern Alberta, where practi-

threshed and must be cleaned up before the farm- via can start their spring seeding, in many cases. The inability t0 get the crop threshed last fall in those large areas wasdtie to lateness of the pcrop as well as to the scarcity of farm labor. lt will take a large number of men to do the job this spring, and if they are not available, it is feared that there will be a serious reduction of spring seeding, in a year when the grain props are required to stippurt livestock production.

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

Going out lambish, all right. n i t n.

The Premier is naturally jubilant over his surplus, without worrying how it came about. Here is how. All public works suspended. More liquor sold. Greater subsidy from Ottawa duo to wartime tax arrangement. The (ioverntnenfs contribution, nil.

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It must be encouraging to the Prohibitionist t0 knnw not only that the liquor business last year provided the Government with a net profit of $140,000, but that the Premier estimates an increase on that for the coming year of some $16,000, viz. $100,000 from direct sales and $56,000 from the Federal Government in lieu of loss of profit through increased Federal tax.

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It is evident Hon. lilumphry Mitchell is a “wash-out" as Minister of Labour. There has been little else but trouble, both internal and external, since he was promoted from being a bureaucrat in his department to the position of responsible Minister. The Xloutrcal tramway strike fiasco is the latest incident in his disas- trous administrative career. a a e Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, French statesman and hisiorican, died this date I787; born at Nimcs of lluguctiot stock, was educated at (icncva and Paris; appointed professor of modern history at Sarbonne in I812 and wrote voluminously on educational subjects, and had the principal share in developing the modern system of education in France; ambassador to Britain in x840; foreign minister in 1847 cul- tivating friendly relationship; in r848 revolu- tion escaped to England; wrote History of the Revolution in England in the reigns of Charles l and II; “History of French Civilization", “llistory of Etiropcan Civilization", a biography of Washington, etc i I I

At least $5,000,000 of Australian silver coins have been minted in the United States and sent, to Australia. This is the first time any British Country has had its coinage made by a foreign country. Australian copper coins are being made‘ in India and sent to Australia. The 'l'reasurer (Mr. Chiflcy) explained that the American orders had to be placed because Alla" tralian mints could not cope with tho demand for silver coins. This was partly because some people were hoarding silver, partly because of the in- crease in the population caused by the arrival of thousands of American troops, and partly bv the fact that most people now carried more money with them.

I i U t Evidence of an early election. Says an Ot- tawa correspondent". “We believe, from the text of the Throne Speech and the tone of his own addresses, as wcll as from a survey of the gen- eral political tcrrain, that Mr. King would like a federal election this year if he could find a sure-fire issue. He almost had one in the Cardin amendment, and his speech of Friday af- ternoon, February i9, against the Carrlinistsf would have served admirably as the opening gun of s national campaign. We believe Mr. Cardin could have got many more than fourteen parliamentary supporters if he had really want- ed them, but that Mr. Cardin was too old a poli- tical hand to give Mr. King such a perfect na- tional set-up for a snap election. We are told. pretty reliably, that Ottawa has favored an early election in Quebec for some time, though the Godbout Government has vicwcd the suggestion, with suspicion. From Ottawa's viewpoint, the Godbout regime would be a perfect guinea-pig— if it should win, that would confirm the Liberal hold on the people, whereas if it should lose, what bettcr issue could l\lr. King want than the dc- fcction of his French-Canadian stronghold?” y l I U

When interviewed in Ottawa recently Sir Percy Noble, K.C.B., head of the British Naval delegation to Washington, gave his frank op- inions on: (a) the defence of the St. Lawrence route; (b) the status of naval officers and rat- ings in : fighting navy. In both these matters he bears out the policies long advocated by Can- adian naval volunteers. With respect to the St. Lawrence, Sir Percy considers the problem a simple one of air and sea co-opcration: of an adequate force of small fighting ships-such as Fairmiles—ivorking with land based planes. Sir Percy expressed his own definite opinion that officers and ratings who join the navy for the duration should not be discriminated against; they should not be classified as reserves but as part and parcel of the navy. In the British navy sailors are R.N. as soon as they join up. Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volun- teer reserve officers can become R.N. by quali- fying. Admiral Noble would go even further and tnakc all R.N. on joining. In Canada, only l0 per cent of the officers and seven per cent p: the ratings have so far in this war been permit- ted to become Royal Canadian Navy while all the mcn who have sacrificed their civilian careers to fight arr still cithcl‘ lt.('.N.R. or R.C.N.V.R. and therefore junior in status to the Royal Can-

As "Iifin as thr- $ervirc chiefs have decided

cally 50 per cent of last year's crop stands un-

. up which two- German policemen

. work -New York Times.

own II every one In It will bold bl: own tIongum-Ohstham Newl.

In "Onlnlen Research.” Henry Janos. M. A., Iioronw. remarks that Kipllnra deecrl tIon of Canada s: "Our Lady of e snows" Ia not eo

urn“ 11hr ‘u. "Canadian he adds, "are nothing to fcol with." No Indeed; they I-N lometbln, to fuel wlth. The dIIfI- culty this year was to get. the fuel. -.-Branford Ifltbolltor.

Don't nt Into : lather 9'" "Ill. but. "eouplele 000p" ha: rmv e Ita apvelranoe end takes It: place with such other war-time pheno- men: as lulu: service ltltlonl. fuel-less coal mfirchante." beer-lees beverage incurs, meatless butchers, tealess brldge parties and butler- leas lunches. This la the era when

The publication nfwlr prints a photograph o! n tall tele- phone pole In a small Belgian town

are climbing to remove a British flag secretly fastened to the very top durlng the night bv patriots. Everywhere In occupied Belgium the flame of llbertv burns brightly, and the Union Jack is the symbol of liberation. -Ottawa Journal.

Observation by The Ottawa Jlzuzural: “Russia, doing a good lob In the war, has otffclalzy eaId again and again that she has no ambItIons outside of getting rid of Hitler; that. she has no desire to Interefere with the territories or politics of any other eruntry. Isn't. that en- ough?" Quite enough -except for the politicians and kindred loose ttiékere. - Btratford Beacon-Her- a .

War I; nothing new In New Guinea, notes The Toronto Tele- gram. The natives there may con- slder bombs and cannon acmethlng of a novelty but the general idea of subdulng the other fellow baa long been put In practise. If you stand in front 0f a certain HILEC In the Royal Ontario Museum, yiu can be Introduced, painlessly, to the brand of weapon: used by natlvea. Bows, arrows and spears are their principal ennnmente.

In the midst. of the last battle for Stalingrad the Russians brought up a. flel kitchen. They Installed 1t among triops surrounding a Ger- man strong point which had ceas- ed fIrIng because of amrnunlltlon shfrtage. Appetlzlng steam began to rise from the chimney of the kitchen. It. was carried by the breeze towards the enemy strong point. Then scores of figures scrambled b0 tbelr feet In the German lines. With hands held high they advanced to- wards their Oonquerer —-the Irre- sistible steW.- Lond n Dally Her- ald

New Gulnea Is mentioned as the lace where at: freightlng was rought Into practical use In I927. Without detracting from the air pioneers of that area, It might. be mentioned that. Canadian bush pilots were carrying cargoes into the n-rthern mines at that time. Dozens of them “flying by the seat. of their pants" were carrying ma- chlnery and supplier that opened up a. large sectlon of this, country. Many of these pilots have placed their experience of moving heavy loads by oh- at the service of the United Nations, t: help win the war. --WInnIpeg Trlbune.

We no only beginning to renllse how completely we had sold out. to the tin can, In country as well as city. It Is one of the an malles d war --but, not illogical — that Just when our labor shortage 1a acute we are finding It necessary to awe up a0 many o! our labor-saving de- vices, such aa the can. The house- wife WTks: a longer day. and the suburban dweller adds gardening hours to his office schedule, to free other hands that do actual war

‘flsere are analog’ for the hoard- er and hoarding which ought, t: re- veal 111m, even to himself. If he were one of a famIly at dinner, and, be- cause he got there first or could reach farther, piled his plate whlle others went without, he woukl have a time squaring himself on any ground ct forehnndedness. He would be called by his right name, as he should be In the larger family, which lathe community. Actually he Is one with the Ineffable Gearing, who told Germans that whatever the fate of the captive countries, they could be assured they would not lack for fcod "We eat first" I5 the Goerlng platform as It Is the Ameri- can hoardei-‘s. -Detroft News.

(laplaln Frank Pttgson Bethune died In Hobart 1n December. He It was. when told to hold a "useless death trap" during the last war wrote ‘he following order: I. This position will be held and the sec- tion wlll remaln here til relieved. 2. The enemy cannot be qllowed Io Interefere with this program. 8 If the section cannot rernaIn here allve It will remain here dead, but, In any case, It will remain here. 4. Should any man through shell shock or other cause attempt to stir-rend- er he will remain here dead. 5. Should all the guns be blown out, the sectlon wIil uee Mill: grenades ‘and other novelties. a Finally the praltlon a: stated wI11 be held. The position was held.

An old Mal: elouer used to tell about a village echorlmaster who, durinl cold spells, invariably re- peated over and over agaln : ecl- enee lesson whfoh he celled "Evapor- ation of Steam." The master claim- ed to he able to purify the flltbleat water by heating It In a retort over a Bunsen burner and trapping the steam In : ling-necked flash. He used ta ‘phat. : treacly mlxture In the retort. en he held It over the Bunsen and the boy: would watch the bubbling brown mixture and the steam condensing and drlpplnl Into the ask. when the flask wa: half- fllle he would pour the llnixld Into a tumbler and drink It. "The pur- est. of rprfng water," he wmfld say, smacking hla llba The Iesstn was done an often that k large Jar we: filled wlth "the purest. of sprlng water" and this was kept In the book press. One dav when the mast- er bad zone heme early two bova belan to mImIc hlm. They h drank the llquld from the jar and It certainly didn't taste like "the purest cf spring water ’ An hour uter they were "as tltzht as lot-def“ and the old mb- lmasterb secret W8.‘ out. He had been using the wlence lesson to produce some

adian Navy.

home-made whisky for himself.- Londer- Unease. ,

THE CHARIJOHTPOWN GUA§DlQl1

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llnte: The Way ,.

n wtu lselp an. country hold In‘

We. were to let. s1! rlnroaentatfvee

the prlvatlve adjective suffix I: m u, 3a,,“ o; having Inning. - Hamilton (whats; o; m, um, wuolyawm Bvectnwr- that we were Inst: on at: end _ _ no less Geographle: m: Islam

set. oureelvel counsel:

naught, and the false 806s whom they ti 110w. shall be banished away. so that the nations under the one true God shall be free to fashion : society ' nearer to

e GhT-IIBGX‘ pr truer expression o! the mlnd of our Church, and of Ita duty with respect

men, who are now rights of h manlty and vlolatlng

faction

mIIItns-Iam racial auperkr ty, and lust of world domination, -muat.

and under the old and wide-nu of

erlca,

critical time.

ual vIoIatIon of the nInf-h command- ment.

nItIon of leadership In the

unlly the world awoke to a sense of its dange.

certain crItlcs and promote alienation and distrust, :.: between Great Brltain Unlted States. what has resulted? Today v fighting side by aide In the c.111- mon cause of humanity for the rte-

t: still on t e throne of the unf- verse and Is still can-ylnl out HI! izracloua, If aeemlnlly far-off, pur- pose of emanelpatfon end mount.-

um generally holdIn appointed task, "to fuhlm s aoelet

that shall be 0f Uhfllt."

the ages through. This I: the alert-

llur Gar Ferry Rights

n. n, momentum I ssId In my last communication tbs mo; 5mm; nerf m m“ moderation

contract eoulddrealgdr tunic: to Ielmd communlcsfflizld

finally us‘??? ed; . ‘u a ibgen ahabbllv Li-bgsesflnby D's: 13%;‘; n .

was dlvlded Into three ports nnu we wanted two member: for each part. Again this we; ceded The debates and the nelo n: clearh thattblawssnottohetem- r but. that. we were to at. r. esa an slx member: for tI-m:

t to come.

Unfortunately for us. a all» oe- curred. British Columbia which had entered bonfederatlon three ‘yen: before us had beer more can ul In dnftlnl’ Its eggs-act. though amal r1n.-.- '""thant.be - land It mo mutated on :I:x members In the Commons. and so the 00n- tract. provided.

"Brltlsn Columbia shall be enm- led to be represented In the Senate by three members. and by :1: In the House o Commons. The re incantation be ennui! er the provisions of o British North America Act, 18M.” AgaIn the Ital- Ics are mine.

In my next: letter I will show how the Prince Edward Island del ates with this Province before em were lair In draftfnr our contract.

PUBLIC FORUM

THE CHURCH AND TEI WAI r -_._.

8113- The "amaalng" resolution passed by the General CouncII of The United Church at. Its last meet.- uig will bear repeating: "We have In endure untfl the

of ovll men, who would ua,:hnI1 be