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I"IIID.>\iIr'. NOVEMBER ll. 1911.

Agent-y,

Bridge Protection

Wright‘: llrirlqr- fatalilv draws public atteu fimr nrryt- illlrlr" p. lire rruzgligerlce of the Provin- curl lirlullrillklli. rlrrrutglr its Public “illflvi D9" parrurslll, rrr provrrlirr; aderprzrte rail protection. ‘When rlrrrr lrrirlqo was reconstructed the Gov- crrrrrreut \\.r~ warrrvrl and urged to ercct guard- fr-rrces rlrr". mull rrvrltr- it safe Ill the event or ti»... lhJ-JIQ car. colliding or one missing its

bfltl'lngs_ llrt- liuverrrlllcllt did nor turn an alto- gcllrcr deaf ear to the critics. but sootltsaycd

them wirlr the prorrrisc that the rails fretted \\'\"l't‘ nit-rel)" Lrrrporzrry and that they would be rtplavr-d l'll\I‘ lrv stronger ones. llnvtng failed p. l.cr~p 1 " prwrrrri-c a fatztlrtv falls to be re- eurdtrl. llrirlgcs such as Wright's and Lattgltlads

on a l)ll.\\' tlrorouqlrfzrr: like St. Peter's Road should lrzivc pr-rtt-criorl of the most substantial cErar-:t.-r<-r-. (lull llly smaller‘ this is attended to the betur for all corrcsrrtcd.

Britain's Example

Col, (Ecru-go Drew, the Ontario Conservative lvélvlcl’ who spcllt three months in Britain, wlrcrc he made a special study of wartime agricultural production, recently told a St. Thomas gathering that frorrr thc first Britain had [rlantred her agri- culture as thoroughly and completely as sh: had organized her factories and defences. He considered that parts, atleast, of the British atti- tude towards agriculture might be applied in Canada.

“Agricultural products are munitions of war of first inrportartce,” said Colonel Drew. He pointed out the great part the British farmer was playing in the defence of Britain. But it was a plaflncrl part, one important phase in a con- sirlcred defence scheme. As a result more than 5.000.000 acres had been added to Britain’s pre- war acreage of less than 12,000,000 and pro- duction on every acre had been increased

While British farmers were told what food they should produce, and horv they should pro-_ drrce it, they were treated in other respects on nurch the same basis as other defence industries. Costs of production were worked out, a profit allowed, and then prices were fixed. Farmers were shown bow they could produce within that cost range. Farm labor was treated as defence industry labor.

It is in this major respect, say: an exchange, that any plan which may exist for Canadian agri- culture differs from the proven British scheme. The principle of cost production, plus a fair pro- fit. is recognized when war orders are placed with other Canadian manufacturers, but farm prices here are still based largely on the hit-or- rniss, supply-and-dcmand, principle. There are a few exceptions where prices have been pegged. largely WlfllOLlt a really thorough study of pro- duction costs.

As a. result of this failure to study Canadian farm production costs and work out a general scheme for wartime production there is danger that Canada's vast possibilities as food producer for the l_'i"ritcd Kingdom may be overshadowed by the effcrts of otherrDominions and the Unit- ed States. The United States has at least the be‘- ginnings of such a plan. Efforts are being made to shift farmers from one crop to something more herded ~and there is at least talk of sending quantities of fond to Britain which. when they materialize, will dwarf our contributions in com- parison.

Latest Hess Story

' According to Prime Minister Churitll, Ile- iiolf Hess has revealed that Hitler was relying on a “starvation zrttack" evcn more than upon an invasion to bring llritairr to her knees. This does not explain llc~s‘.~. spectacular flight to Britain last .\lay, however. \Vas it in an effort to obtain a sepa rate peace as e. pre- lude to the Nazi invasion of Soviet Russia? The strggcstion that it was has been made by Louis Fischer, veteran lluropcon correspondent of The Nation. and his theory was more or lcss corro- boratcd by joscyilt Stalin in a subsequent radio broadcast tn the world.

According to Fischer, the inside story of the Hess flight was the best kept official secret of the war. None of the high British officials who know would say anything. However, words have been dropped here and there by minor people, and it is from all these that Fischer built his theory.

Hess arrived in Scotland on May to. In the third wcrk of his confinement, having abandon- ed all hope of getting into direct contact with Mr. Churchill or any other major British war leader, lu- lrcgzirt to talk to Ivone KlYkPBlYlCR. the foreign office official who was sent to him. He auuourlcctl that the Nazis were about to at-

' tack Russia, and Moscow was immediately in-

formed. Htss said. in view of the impending at- talc, Germany and Britain should call off the

‘" 1m. Russia was flitlet-‘s real enemy: he wanted

' tnleoncentrate all his force upon it and had no

designs on British territory.

When informed that no British government would ever again negotiate with the Nazis, Hess was 50 shocked he refused to believe it. When at last he was convinced he demanded a plane, gasoline and a map with which to get back to Germany. He was shocked again at the Brit- ish refusal to accommodate hirn.

Ilcss argued in his peace proposal that if Ger- many was given a free hand against ltussizr, llit- lcr would win in tltrce uronllrs. but if Britain

ish immediately recognized this as Hitler's cele- brated strategy of knocking out his enemies one by one, and the rest is lrrstory.

;\s tn the British people, Fischer is convinced they will g0 on t0 the end, regardless of what happens in Russia, no matter what the United States does or does not do. “llcss thought that because Britain appeased Gcrrttarry from I935 to r030,” Fischer wrote, "it would, given the l!‘- ducenlcrlt. yield to appeascrtrcnt now. But nulcil British blood has flmvcd since Sept. 3, 1939. and I have brought one clear impression back from Fngland it is that the British people will not flinch and will not slaclccn in their efforts .'tgainst llitler and Nazi Gcrnrarrv The far-t that liPr- many is at present conccntratius! on Russia has not wcakencrl this iron resolve "

— EDITORIAL NOIFS —

Dollar Day Xurubcr- One pars g-Jod \'C.~l(‘l'<lil_\';

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Parking on bridges in the country is a dang- erous practice; likewise is parking too near me comers of streets in the city.

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Wireless broadcasting first inaugurated in the United Kingdom under Government Control this date, 1922. Since then great progress has been made with respect to development and or- ganization, but so far as Great llritain is con- cerned, sole control remains in the hands of the Government.

helped Russia it might take him a year. The Brit- .

people were buying gcrtcrortslv against the un-I

l Sound in the advice of President .O‘Ne_al for the Texas aid of ed- ucotrcn. He lnevrspapem in the classrocms in lure place of histories and zeogra- I pines While the war lasts. No his- tory or geography could be printed now rrlizeh would be up to the m0- rnrent a week from now. The daily lnevrsparper keeps abreast of the times and unless the school chil- ,dren of today are kept up wit-h . what Is happening each * o! Ithe crucial our c-n which we live, i they will not be able to cope with the future they are going to In- herit. People who turn to H1828- lzlnes and books for their Idea of news overlook the fact that the ,news originally appeared Ln the ‘newspapers. - Boston Poet.

Llc-a-beds might find some lus- tifzcation for their indulgence in ! tlv- fate cf A. C. Buckland, who In i815 published a fat volume en- rtitled, comprehensively, "Letters on the Importance, Duty. and Acl- vantages of Early Rising, ad- dressed to the Heads of Families. the Lover of Nature. the man of Business. the Student, and" the Christian". Buckland advanced many arguments for the reducfion of the hours spent (or. as he de- clared wasted) In bed to the law- est possible ml:r‘mum—but a note by the editor of the fifth edition of his book lanrertted the author's death at the untlnrely age of 25.— Manchester Guardian.

A new campaign has been. launched in Norway to force! bishops of the N:rweglan_ church, to allign themselves with Nas-| jcnal samllng, the Nazi party of, Major Vldkllll Qu sing. The new; drive 15 viewed" with considerable concern Inasmuch as aopflflrs to have the approval of German" authorities. Revlous attempts ofl the quislings to gain control of the bishops, and thereby of the Church, have been greatly damp- ened by an unexplained lack of German occupation. It ‘s therefore. feared that if the present cam-i pnlgn has been sanctioned by me- Gelmans, the Norwelglan Church!

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Premier Iiing sticks to his pledge so long as his Quebec folloxving in Parlizultent shows no sign of weake ning on the conscription issue. War developments may prove a more powerful factor than the Prirtre .\litristcr'~; party pledge. 'l‘hcy rrray nation to compulsory overseas military scrvicc but they niay more profoundly affect the strategy of hemisphere defence than can now be forc- scen. The U. S. A. looks to (‘zrtrzrda for war lead in men as well as n1.=rtcrial_ .~\_ sudden splurge of lap belligerency might provoke a hysterical demand for more military and naval defence forces on Canada's west coast. Dis- closure by Naval hiiniscr Angus L. hlacdotiald of U-boat operations off tlrc tip of Newfound- land will obviously necessitate changes in the pol- icy of east coast and St. Lawrence defence. And it must be remembered Hitler (locsrft lwlher to give notice of motion.

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Money being spent on Govvrtuirt-rrt informa- tion departments could be saved by placing trust in the newspapers of the country. .\lr. T. I... Church, (Con. Toronto Broadvieu-l rolrl the House of Commons. “I believe the time is corn- ing when we should cease having censorship in this country and adopt the policy follmved in the Old Country," Mr. Church said. “Wlrv not trust the papers as we did in the last \\‘.'\f P" “We would have very little trouble. and we would save all the money that is being spent on an ln- formation Bureau which turns out lilcralurc pru- sumably for the benefit of the United States press." “On the radio and from the Information Bureau we hardly ever hear about Russia, but much of the isolalionists; they sccrn to he troubled with Liudberghitis."

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Londorr with so many exiled governments in exile and the constantly attgrnertting number of envoys accredited to St. _]antcs's has become a city of diplomats, probably unique in the history of chancelleries. The Athcnacuru, the most intel- lectual of London clubs, has recognized this fact by throwing open its doors to them and electing several to honorary membership. The more re- cent to be so honored are Ivan Iklaisky of Rus- sia, the doyen of the Diplomatic (Iorps; llarou de Cartier de hlarchienne of Belgium, and Mr. Winant, the American Ambassador. The dedic- ation of the Athenacum to diplomats is not willi- out a sartorial aspect, for here the late Lord Duf- ferin first displayed that one-button semi-cere- monial tunic later popular as the “Foreign Of-

may soon find itself confronting a.‘ grove crisis. — News of Norway. l

Why not take bacon eff On some menus there is a foot,- ncte asking people nc-t to eat too much bacon or pork. because trhel meats are needed by the people 0f

.Great Britan Sc-me Def-DIG take

not drive the j note of the reilueu- and heed it».

while others read and pay no nt- tcntinn. If the people of Britain and cur Canadian sow-lets o_ver=eas need the bacon, and supplies in Canada are short, then let Can- adians do wifhcut until the ernergy eucy has passed, That, wzuld be a‘ small enough sacrif ce Li" victory. = -W. L. Clark in Windsor Star.

The trouble with most concep- tions of Utnp a, frcm Plato to H G. Wells, is that though they premise ccmfLrt tney don't prem- lSe excztetnent. Mr. A G Ssdg- wick, cabling to this newspapcri frcm Iran. suggests a new approach.

“llney do not need amusement or, organlzed recreation", he writes of, the British Indian troops. "lhey, are boredom-prof‘. Can anyone suggest a better equipment for a, happy life? And‘ why shourdnt n. decgatlcn of Arnencan yawners and stretchcrs, ncludrng represent- atrves of disillusioned youth, tired liberals. t few Scnatcrs and Repre- sentatives and commuters who never X11155 trains, be authorized to proceed to Iran to look into the situation? For to be borcdonn. proof is to posses the secret of tine‘ gods. and to be immortal and ln- v.ncible. — New YoLk Tmcs.

lie has finally IuBned Ill). lI-IS! B!

the nature c-f things, inevitable.’ He was mentioned the other day in a despatch from Geneva. We re- fer, of course, to "an unusually well-informed source", who rm- medmtcly tcok his place as top- hnnd predlcter of them all. He suc- ceeds In that eminent position "an informed szur-ee" and “a well-In- formed source". Hls supremacy, however, will be short lived. Such; glory slips through the fingers lzke. water. Shortly there will rrppealzl bursting with knowedge and gues- ses, “a r arka-bly well-Informed source". an lie also will be sue-l needed and his successors. tho. up to the t: notch In the hierarchy‘ of ndjec Ives and adverbs. A Just plain, garden variety "source" must. be as rare In Europe as lb- arty, equality and fraternity. -St. Louis Posh-Dispatch.

All the records show that had llre Royal Alr Forces "metropol- itan strength" been thrown into the Battle o! France it would not have had any vital effect Under cover oi its wings elx weeks later the Battle of Britain was won tn- vaslon repelled and a breathing space gamed The superiority of

fice jacket." The club was founded in 1824 by John Wilson Croker, then secretary of the Admiralty, in association with Sir Walter Scott and sir Humphry Davy, whose grandson, Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston, is a member of the club today. a- n w a-

Imports into British Guiana from Canada in I940, according to the Colonys trade figures, showed a gain of $l.323.349, or 67 per cent in value, rising from $l,95o,('>79 in 193g m $3,274,- 028. British Guiana's exports to Canada, always considerably greater in value than imports from the Dominion, also moved upward from 337.3394,- 058 in 1939 to $8,072,881, an increase of $678,- 823. The total increase of $2,002,172 compared with an increase of $3,750fo9 in British Guiana's total overseas trade. The increase in im- ports from Canada, which represented nearly 23 per cent of the Colony's total imports as against l8 per cent in 1939, were the result of trarlr: diversion to the Dominion, writes G. A. New- man, Acting Canadian Trade Commissioner at Trinidad, reviewing in detail the British Guiana trade figures in the Commercial Intelligence journal. By comparison, inrports front the Unit- ed Kingdom dropped from 45 pcr cent in 193g lo 3B per cent of the total trade and those from the United States rose from r4 to I815 per cenr. lt may be recalled that a ntnnbcr of years ago tlrv- I’. l_ government sent a representative In in- vestigate the possibilities of developing trade, and he returned with a most pessimistic report, prac- tically statrng the "Niggcrs were not WOflll cater- iflg i011" Yet the present increase shows an en- OFIYIOIIS devcloptneut of Ira-lt- in condensed milk.

cheese, dried and slluviccrl fl\ll, tobacco all of which we could have Supplied at that time,

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‘better strrateglcnl position enabled

Britain tn the daylight air has never since been shaken In any cheat-re of war, even though his

the enemy to concentrate for a time superior numerical forces in Greece and‘ Crete. It ls significant and hearoervng that Hitler has hm no "save up" for any fresh of- feneivee; that he wee roberbly un- able u well as unw tng to zrve

Red Air Force. successfully con- cealtrrg the numbers and quality of its first-line strength. has proved a formidable fce: and that Ger- many's alr reserves have b now been severely, if not. serious y, de- pic-ted tn the Eaelem campaign. During the winter the Russian All" Fume ts likely to be more active and mobile than the Luftwaffe be- cause of Its long experience of Arctic conditions, but before that the Royal Air Force will have de- livered telling b‘cws and every raid

i _ , ‘he llvcd to be a very old man, because !me:1u.s ill borers arid re-rtauzants?

they make will help Russo, to sna- ' rain the fight. Masters of the ‘daylight air since September. 194m ' the Royal Alr Foxes sup-riotlty ls

‘extending steadily round the clock. r. .

—Belfast ‘relegraph.

The sudden deenateh to Prague inf the Gestapo chief Heydr h.f

ll-llmmler-‘s deputy, marks a tum- Ing point. In the history of the ill-fated Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia It may even mark Its end. In an case. it is the first nub- lic acmiss on which t-he Germans lhavo m"de that. the-v have corn- pletely failed tn wln over the Czechs and ITICDFDTIILG Bohemia and Moravia peacefully Into the ,R».leh ...'I‘h- whole rotten struc- * lure of the New Order has been ex- ‘posccl. Germany can wln battles lconquer countries. but the cannot malnhvn her victories nor hold those countries conquered. The arrival of Heydflrh In Prague is slznal defeats oomuered peomes 0' Europe have been able to inflict on the Reloh. He mlv be able teorull

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN nurse av TIIE WAY l WORDS 0F -—- r

CHALLENGE

A THOUGHT A DAY FOR A PEOPLE AT WAR

"We must. all concentrate everyt-hlnz we possess in the relentless prosecution of the struggle In which we are now engaged." -- Mal-Gen. H, D G. Crernr.

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PUBLIC FORUM

‘Ihia eoluma Ia e90! I'll eu dlaeuaaioa by eorreepondegta e1 qnaatlona ni‘ Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian deee not necessarily endnrie the eplnleaa el eerreepnndenta

MR. SETTER REPLIES

Slr:—I understand that the gem tlemen of the Temperance Feder- atrorvs’ Press Conrrmlttee arbitrar- rly claxm to have answered effec- tvely all my arguments exposing the fallacies of Rohlbtlon. That they have not, successfully refuted‘ any of them. I am quite satisfied in my own mind, and I letve it to those of your readers who have digested my statements and the Committee's replies thereto to de- clde for themselves lust whose arguments are weak In logic and, erroneous in fact.

What astounds me Is to see the Committee attempting to twist the indisputable facts o! hlsto y to suit its own ends, It would have Alexander the Great a. victim o! alcoholic poisoning, this despite the fact that historians unani- mously agree that, Alexander died from the ravages of malaria eon- tracted during his Indian cam-l palgn. The World Book Encyclo-i paedia. vol. l, page 201. says of. the Young Conquerors d ath: “Hsforians record no physicians but t-he use of two simpe reme- dies, bathing and abstinence. in spite of which Alexander died." Nnv. had medical science been as advanced flren as It is at the pre- sent day Alexander mlglr-t, have

Maynard In his Treatise 0n Trop- ical Diseases, a standard text et- Harvard Med cal School, has this] to say on page 6'13: "The malarial patient should be kept in a cool l shaded room and the bcddlngl changed frequently. Ice packs| should be aitxrplied cortstnntly arrd,, tlrugh int-avenous injections wlll~ take the D1800 of solid" food, 1L is advisable to administer alcoholic strmuiants. preferably brandy, sev- eral tunes da ly." . I “We that the Cotnrnlltee has ‘ not been deIlbcr-ately mlsqucting M1". J, Edgar" Hoover. The Chief‘ of the FBI. would be surprised and pnbably angered to hear that any Temperance group has been using alleged statements of his to sup- pcrt lls arrzunronts. In February. 1932. M". u long an ardent fce of Prolrbtzcn. appeared be- fore a Special Committee 0f the Senate and it was largely due to h's castigatfing indictment. cf this fallaclous rind lnvdlous system that the 18th Amelrmmt was repealed. Lastly. the Committee, obviously fcr vs own pi-c-razanda purposes. would piillllr me as a representctlve cf the "bowey-man" liqucr inher- esfs. If I nm n lnnor propgmndlsf. solely because I oppose P chibltion. lfien. followmrg the same line of reirorfng. all the ‘Jfffil leaders of the day. Mr. Churrhlll and Res- ident Rcosevclf to the forefront are likewise limit)!‘ pronagrandisls and I flrrd myself -'n excellent corn- p'n_\z_ Wit-h regcrd to the l’qu'rr rule-hen. they dirt-r from me tn lmlv one rescecpr am a non-lm-