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his‘ CIIARLDTTETDWN GUARDIAN

Plwnfrit Dally (Founded in issii

President: Lieut. CoL W. Chester S. McLttre

t Vic ‘resident: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary. Licut. Col D. A. lllucKiunon. 0.8.0.

Eiiior anti Managing Director: J. R. Burnett, FJJ.

Associate Editors: Frmnit Walker and [an A. Burnett

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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Weakest Ink."

S.-\'1‘liI{I).\Y, MAY 3.

than the

i911.

Britaiin Stands Undaunted

A source of continual surprise and inspiration

h) Llztnadizins with friends or relatives in the ()III (tritium is the magnificent fighting spirit rt-iuzaictl iii the letters from overseas. llcre is an

cxaiiiplc, from a letter received iii this city from an l‘ iish gciitlctiitiii residing in an area where ' in troops have been billctctl, and who xcntled geticrntis hospitality to some of our .I~lIIllti ilti_\'>l "l fruit." he

writes, “that the lttrid and often fzniciiiti ztcetiiiiits yoti have received from the tran-atlttitic reporters of our fate and cotitli- littll iii.-._v lzave given a tlisprtiportionctl notion not l‘l‘.lli_\'C~i1ll]v;li'JlI\lt' witlt tlic stark truth. I am sure that you \\ttllitl Iit.‘ ztstnitiitletl were you to come our i|('l't' and >t‘l' the iittliffcrcuce with which nil toll rnt- till‘ tiniiiziii attacks and listen t0 the convvi .llitlli [iilssilllf iii train or bus, and see the co-‘cit and their stalls and customers iiidtilging iii tlic ii~iiztl grin that street-eds an exchange of hi: ‘i; gin The last thing we wish to discuss is the \\ tutti lili‘ first thing that City tiieu anti Bank cicints and tired shopiiicn on arriving ironic do, their lzilitirious tliggiiig with some sort en tiiotigh it be the lttuiible, iiianlyt and

: of l) ‘ Not that this is a penny llcry: lite is (langertiits and precarious Fltlil full of petty worry, btit I have seen epi- ili-utics fir more tlcatlly than our present tribula- llHIiw Zlllll I have seen tlic effects of an explosion in‘ ~ 54a.- mains iii tlic heart of London which lIIlI iiinte tlziiiitige than the vile Boclic will ever do l.'\'<‘ll slivitilil he bomb us with meticulous ac- ciiracv for another fifty years. But he \von’t do it, for we have at last got his measure and lie is 1 ixri ill :li<- niv aiirl IJIIIIIUJ il. The relation air-rt- r l-vttttwn the ticrntzui airmail anti tlic British is what it was at the cud of I917, when our men VJ-liltl fly tcrty or fifty miles behind Iliuden- ‘t litit-s secltiiig a fight —-—liut in vain; and so _ "ttidvii their planes for a. rest in German ,tli‘i>1Iii"S ‘Iiiti shot bullets into the (icsertetl l'..'til‘__‘.'tl'>. .\">, the (icriiians litive to go a long way by a thorny and stony road before they rcncli their weary and sanguinary journeys end."

Fpealciiig of the return of Spring in his sec- tion of the country —<itie of tlic loveliest iii all liiiglntitl —tlie szuiic gentleman writes: “The (Iuiadiatis will titirlcrstatid why we love this land aiirl country-anti why we all fight for it and 5t:m(l up for it forcsqtiare to the world, and why ll gives us a thrill to see our friends niid relations yinuring in from the curls of the earth just iii order to set‘ that i-\ltilllt‘l"$ all riglit."'

'l'lii< is the spirit that is carrying Britain tlii-tii-,g‘i t‘\'<'i' (>l'tIi‘.'ll and sacrifice iii this war; and the zur. t thing is that it; is not confined to individuals il4'l‘t‘ and there, or to any class, but is Ilillllifv-IIWI t-vct"_\'\vlicrl~; a spirit of confidence and ctinrrigc- llili-\.".llllll('tl, on stich a scale, iii all Iiistnry.

out}; Air Power

A ‘lflipllfl nt of tlic greatest interest and iiii- ptiitiiicc was nizult: this week in Wasliiiigioti by tlil-itu»! ‘l. ll. louett, president of the l‘\t'l'tttl‘liliit"'l (liznnlicr nf (oiiitiicrce, in address- ing tlcicf "s to tlic U. S. Chamber of Coni- lTl<'l‘t‘t‘ tilt‘. pg. (folotiel jouctt, who may be pre- stunt-ti to be nu autlicirity on the stibject, said that liritisli and United $tzitcs aircraft production ll1i'.\‘ "ini- outstrips the output of the Axis pow~ t-r-f‘ lic :tdtli~tl that the United States turned out i,.'<iti pi.'tiie.< iii March, that there are now 44mm; on order ziiid that plaiis have been made to rai 2 tit!‘ total on order for the Army, Navy anti t treat liritaiii to 30.000-

Huliyili-tilqlllillg this statement is an article in m. (Hy-rent issue of "The Navyi" by Peter (i. Blziscfieltl, technical editor of “The Aeroplane," 1 liritish publication, dealing with the increasing power of the l\‘. A. F. and tlic Fleet Air Arm. The NIIVV, it is stated, now possesses riitlChllifii which .'iri: greatly sitperior to anything in ser- vict: with any other Navy iii the world.

.'\ptli‘l from the growing tide of American air- craft su- ing across tlic Atlantic by air and by sea, (If'l_ ls of three new British fighters and three Ilt'\'.' luiuilici-s have been released. The ticw fighters .'trt- the two-motor llristol Beatifigliter >—a l _" range type, the Hawker Tornado, single seat, .' motor innunplzitic, and the \Vestlatid “Yhil-itvuul lwti-llttllfil‘ nionoplane. Iii addition there is Iii.’ new Sllliefillélflllt! Spitfire Mk. III. The iiciv lit-tubers now iii service with the Iioiiibcr (iniiiiiztiid of the l\’.A.l'i. are tlic Avro Diaiicliestcr, zni exceptionally fast [WO-IIIOIOI‘ Iioinbcr, the II:niillcyt-l.'age llalifax, and tlic Short Stirling, a four-motor type WIilCIl is pro- Iiziblv the biggest military aeroplane in full pro- duction anywhere in the world.

\\"itli this new equipment in action, says Mr. lliasefieltl, the power of Ilritaiifs offensive will be ruputblctl. The iticreased speed, range and ariiiatiicnt of the new aeroplanes makes possible new and more efficient use of fiirjitflvfl‘. i"- clttding the bombing of ciieiity ObjCCIIVCS by day without fighter escorts. Similarly the develop- ment of still more powerful bombers of ex-

ceptional i":iiigt' Ill-ii“? Im-“Ndc ti" Pdiimll"? "f sezi routes which ivere previously Ililililiiic 3° tiienaec from tlic air. Reference iii this connec-

a special s

tioii is made to U. S. types now being received, notably the Consolidated Catalina two-tnotor fly- ing boat, which has been in service in the U. S. Navy for some years and has proved its qualities in many long distance flights over the li’acific. Cataliiias are now being flown across the Atlantic in a steady stream. Their exception- al range, more than 4,000 miles, will tnake pos- sible the air escorting of cotivoys far out into the Atlantic-

In fact, a possible tlcvcloptueut in the future is dual escorting of convoys by aircrzi ft based on both side of the ocean. An outward range of I,- 000 miles from Newfoundland and from Ireland is well within the capacity of tlic modern type now coining ittto service. Germati U-boztts have already shown a°liealtliy respect for the pres- cticc of air escorts and rarely Vfllllllfc to attack if they know that they may be attack-ed from the the air.

“There is no tlotibt," says Mr. lliasefieltl, “that a iii.'ijoi' battle betivceu British tiavzil and air forces oti the one hatidaiidtlic (ieriiizni tuidersczt and air units oti the other is about to develop iii the Atlantic. With the long days of the sutu- mer before us and our rapidly expanding Air Power we can look forward to the coming eit- counters with some confidence.”

—. EDITORIAL NOTES -

Importtition of black tea except from sterling

countries is now prohibited. ti< its II‘ if

Games, puzzles, and mirror frames are uoiv

among the prohibited imports. >i< >i< t it

City readers please advance your clock and watches an hour before going to bed tomorrow night.

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Doubt forget the Queen's Fund to licip tlic brave people being (lriven frotii their wrcclted Iioiiics by Ilitlei‘ bombs.

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May Sales brought matiy people to the City the last two days. really the first iiirtisli of people since (jliristittas, for at linstt-i" the roads were not fit. 'i‘hcre it. sure tn be a further crowd today.

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If the Legislature requires to approve of the proposed new tax legislation, the Government may follow one of two courses: either stiniiiion ‘SIOtl, which would be expensive; or, which is likely to bc (lone, zidtipt the proposrtl changes, and give legislative saiictioti by rc- troactive enactment next session.

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_ Restriction of the itiiportatioii of vegetable oils is now in force. IICIICCIOYIII permits iiitist lie ob- tained from the National Revenue Department before such oils may be brought into Cau- ada. In I939 Canada brought iii 10,404,959 gal- lons of vegetable oils and there has been con- siderable controversy from time to time over the plea that these itiiportcrl oils were taking the place of Canadian :tiiiitial fats. The Revenue De- pzrrttiicnt will have the assistance of tlic Oils Ari-- mitiistrator iri regulating iniportations. w: 4i t w

One of tlic ncivcr “stilfa" crinipotiiitis is rc- portcd to relieve chronic sinus trouble better than any medicine now used. The new drtig is tlic sodium salt of stilfathiazole. It was found to be effective when a five per cent, solution was used as a nasal spray. This was reported iii the lotirnal of the AniericatfMetlical Association bv Dr. Frcdericlc Myles TUFIIIJIIII of Los Angcles. Of 47 patients who received the new treatment, 40 reported they obtained definite relief. The spray reduced congestion, opened nose passages, promoted tlraiiiage from the sinus ctivitics and relieved pressure headaches. No itiiprovetiiciit was reported Iiy three patients, two of whom had hay fever and the other influenza. Dr. 'I‘tirnbtill had no report oti tlic reiiirtiiiiug fotir.

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Niccolo hiltcliittvelli, Iiloreittiiie stalcsntztii and author, RCIIZIISSZIIICC literary predecessor of Atlolf Hitler, born this date, I401). llis political ex» perienceanioiig the subtle, worldly people who. led civilization in the Renaissance period, anti the frequctit opportunities affoaled by foreign , etiibassies, account for the tirliaiiity, CylliCiSllLl and wide knowledge ofliis books; his iiiiiid. oi , tlic ividcst scope, found its cxpressioti iii political | theorizing; besides their tlirect historical vahie,| his ivorks arc of the greatest interest as an iii- terpretatioii of life by a sou of the humanist tiiovctiient. I-lc laid btit small stress on religion, and practically abandoned tlic Christian stand- ard, and thus throughout the 16th century Rlzicliiavclliziiiisiii was SYIIOIIYIIIUIIS with every- tlting that was evil.

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lNow‘ that the battle of the BJlIltflllS has re- stiited in yictory for (leriiiaity, llitler is con- fTOflICll \Vlli1 the necessity of liltiiciug a major policy tlecisioii. lie has promised his people. de- fcat of Britain this year, bttt Prime lilitiistcr Churchill has reiterated that this catinot be ac- complished through German victories in the Med- iterranean area or any other stibsidiary theatre

of war. "In order to win the war, it will be recalled, Mr. Churchill said, “ltc (Hitler), nittst either conquer this is-

land by iitvasion; or he nitist cut the ocean lift:- line which joins us to the United States." If that British conception is sound, it follows that Bra! tain tiiust be broken at sea or invasion Willilil tlic next six inonths or so. After flint lapse of time, winter will again intervene to lessen her (Iangcr both at sea and ashore.

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Tlierc arc itititnatiotis from several sources in litiropc that I'Iitlci's next tiicve will be eastward rather than westward. Among other fruits of Iiis Balkan victory and the (Itmiagitig blows struck’ at Britain in North Africa, hc has gained tlic enormous advantage of tlic initiative. He Iias imposed a grave threat on llritaiti that he might achieve an unopposed march tlirotigh 'I‘tirkcy to seize the Suez Catial and gain mastery of vital oil rcsntirccs in Iraq now fectlirg BfIlISIl sea, laud and air forces in the east A two-prongetl Nazi thrust to close the western lvlcditcrraneaii by the masking, if tint the capture, of (iibraltar is also visioncd as possible, cven by Mr. Churchill. That was what his recent, reference to Spain and Iiorhcco meant; the llritish reinforcement of the rock and assignment of Viscount Gnrt to that (“ttillilllllltl sliciws iLis not a lightly regarded threat.

‘rue, cliARLoTmrowN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY THE WAY

The following ingenious “range- meui. c-t the names of tmree p.0m- merit Americans who have recent- ly visiteu 1.11.5 country is now going rounu as an omen or victory. This l5 llLW liicy are arranged;

WEIEes

WILLkle

WINant. -Lceds Yorkshire Post.

Love probably never will be IICIJIEKI. but. It's soil stmethuig that makes a man contented when. after being very cross for about. an hour, his wife looks at mm syniiititlit~tzcally, puts lier lllillti on his brow to see if no is fewrisli, and tlitvn stiggests he should Luke a rest. and not work so hare. - Ktitisas City Star.

Asked if he were gloomy over the war situation In. the 551K311: and Libya, President Roosevelt. answersi tvltn n11 emphatic "Not' lvcitlicl .s Pixuie Minister Cnurctuli. Both 0t them kucw that. the furtunts of war sway li‘Ctll lilgli to 10w, Lem low to high, and that the w.li to VlULUfy must accept. reverses as they come never fllnciilng, never doubling but. that. ixglit shall tri- timpli .n tlie end. - llannllcn Spec- tutor.

llitlers‘ record as a gangster piles up. The American .E'l.'.EllO5 of Czeclioslovakm have given our. the following statement: "A report from Prague states that Fuelirer Hitler has presented Herr vou Rib- bcntrsp ttlie Nazi Fore git Miti- ister) W-Ill seventeenth century Gobelins runovect from J19 Plague Castle. They belonged originally to the Prague Cnapter or the Knigais of Malta. and tire valued at slant),- UIJO". - St. Catliainnts Standard.

Same very interesting vital statis- tics for the Lita-d quarter of 1940 have jus. been issmd by the Do- minion bitreau of Statistics. Tue birth rate c1‘ Caitadti l. ttip, and the infant; and tnaLel-ual m nwatity rates are both down. Tliat. coastlines jus: about. the best. tiews that this country tan have [rum Viiiil statis- Lies....Caiiacta has for a long time had to feel COIISJIIBYIIDlO tmbarrass ment. over lier ititant and maternal mortality rates and they are still ti. long \v:l_v lvorn iaiurable cnlnpztlsotl \v.t.i, for exraiips, the rates in New Zealatid. Eaueatiotial campaigns may, however, at loiig last be iiav- ing their gocd effect. In any vac the new rates are reasons for em- slderable SQLISIHCLIJI. - Kingston WIILg-Sliillflilrd

One remembc ' ordinary people. '1 tiere wtlS tag con- ductrms on a, tram lutuoang stead- ily int the bLtz and lpztcetl with alixicu passtiigers. Sire fumbled n little \\'l.ltl U19 tiailpe arcs, but SllCl chatted brskly where it dict moat good, and LIIEIQ was LOIIILHQ iii the tone of her voice to beiray oer own feeilugs. There was [C8 time girl we met two ciilnutes uftcr the "All Clear". She ivus truntiltng her cluttering barrow, and whistling as slit; cumped up the steps to leave bottles 0t milk at from ocots. There was ll baker's shop open to the street, and a woman ii. a muffler was plllbll.‘ - s in paper h3g5. And she ivas saying: "You'll deliver to tue liowcs in Sucli-azzd-Stich a street i. Tlieyil likely be neLd-

Hitier’s Doom More Certain

(Detroit Free Press)

The dark news from the Meal- terranean battle fronLs is justifi- cation for President Roosevelts comments about the American D90- ple's reaction to day-to-day events in Europe. The War, he said. wit! not: be won or lost by any sfvslfi battle. Therefore Americans should not: be to a pinnacle of hOPlF ‘me day because of a British victory and the next day he plunked "W? despair by a new Nazi trluiupn.

Because war news m§k€§ "5 react. emotionally; because it is dif- ficult. to see the \vliole Eurobflfl" picture clearly and relate event-b t4! the overall pattern, such admoni- from may not; be widely heeded But it: is Impossible to dent the)

e n l based.

arilliiguwgryls not like World War 1 in strategy and tactics. It. ls midi ivar in the grlmmest sense of that. grim phase. It is war by lightning attack of machines on land, in the air, on and under the seas. It ls war by deniorallzatlon of cviliflll populations and by their Wlmlim miirde1~.,It is war by a moral tlip- iomacy such as W011!!! Put t° Shame the slimest intrigues of a Talley- rand.

In these respects, this war is un- like its predecessors. In other res- pects. it is no different from those of the past. The latter will effect the final decision.

The people are the same and their capacities for feeling are the same. For this reason the more territory that Hitler conquers the more certain ls his doom. Time and the methods he employs m conquering work against him. Nap- oleon conquered armies and left civilian populations comparatively unharmed. In pretense at; least to all, and tn actuality to many eon- quered countries, he brought tree- dom from monurchirtl despots. Yet’. Napoleon had his Waterloo.

Hitler's way ls to brim; despot- ism to free peoples. He also bring; unparralled macs murder of civilian potaullitlons.

It is not. only that: each new area subdued Scquircs a thinning of his forces for policing the subjudgated peoples. Hitler may even have all the manpower he believes necess- ary for that. The decisive element. is that; no application of brute force can wipe out the hate and determination of revenge that. he has amassed against himself.

It was said. after Waterloo, that one peasant was found in Europe to whom the name of Natiolenn was meaningless. He hadn't: heard "f NaiXlft-‘Olfs conquests. The time must be long since stone when the same thing could be recorded or Hitler. Millions of Etironcans would tllfldlY die for the [flvflgge or 9H,". "i2 i115 lift‘. 'I‘h:~it is the wnfiment tinder the_ compulsion of which Europe will one day break 1m- chains and be free again.

It was Napoleon who said of his own carer: “All was not lost unti!

the moment; when all had siicceed- t

ed. And if. was Victor Hum who ‘Jest “eXDhinPd Napoleon's dozvn. fail: God became bored with lilni.‘ If stricken Europe can live for tiw day of deliverance, it is little enough to ask that tlie American Df-‘Obic should take courage.

ing mcre." - Glasg;w Hmaltl.

We have had enough of poiltiv.‘ (‘lllVllIIy tILli- put us at a tttsacl-t vantage iii our struggle for lite. y We have ccute to the point where we have to tlglit. fire with fire. l We are n» longer going to under- take to exempt-wire slilxncs of Christendom ivliicli exist. in the Eternal Clty, if our enemies, while (rcmanziliit; tiroazction for ths holy gl'Ollll(.l_ rain destruction on tne ancicnt gloves of Greece and the, sanctuaries of the Mosistns-Wind- £01‘ Star.

Britain has lniig ago dumped the give - them - a - \v.iiff -cl-gr.n;e- sliot-by-gaci" crew ovcz-bpuzd and, thrown flier psycliolcgy alter i them. The Brill-h real zc that. an all-out war is just what. it. says, and that the only way to win it.‘ ls w.tli every last. ounce of strength l on flag heme fixnt. ‘Dicy are telling their [temple so by every niesiis and in laitgttage that. for sherr punch, ranks with. the most. heroic ozatcry in history. That; is the scrt of fling we need in this country, in do es that will make our hnr stand on end. And a Bronx cheer to the ncxt wllliiy blatliarsklte who comes along telling its that. Hitler is on tiis last» legs. - Vaticouver Sun.

In one year the current salvage campaign in Great Bi"it.aiti—froin licuselioxi, not tctnmercial sources- is reported to have accumulated sufficient materials t9 manufacture: A thousands 25-ton tanks. Twenty tnillion Sllill‘. Ten 5,000-ton cargo ships. These restiits will be almost unbelievable to tlic average ill- dlvtrluril who has little conception of what. staggering tot-als can be rollcd up WIVll a, small family sov- lug is applied to a whole 118E011- AlllllOllblCs who have locked into salvage pcsslbllltles in Canada, however, canton against. hope; of duplicating tlic Brntisli achieve- tment, Much mitei-lnl now 331118 t0 waste, they sic te, can be s..ved. but. owlngfto lcng distances between - founaries, the absence cf proper re iclaiming facilities, and the lack of experience in necessary sorting a. I 10o percent cicnnup is not pcssible.

y --Flnanc'.al P:st. Hitler has th n an hatred. Delusiors of persecultlcn - nur-

turea by want and lack of recog- inltion, kindled to flame by the dc- -, feat. of the god of his ldaliitzy, the German Empire, gradually ex- ttcndcd to embrace races, peoples, t systems -flred his brain uurl drove | um on. At 52 he stands on o. unique cmincnce—rio'. only feared for his power and hated fzr his power, its many a conqueror before hlm has been. but. loathed for hLs savage tissualt upon the minds nf men: tnr his calculated ticisuning of every generous lmotion in his own and other nations; for his ruthless perversion or the timid lrprs for human brotherhood that. were raising their heads in the wake of the last Great War. - New York Herald Tribune.