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Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink." SATYIIDAY, rout 1s, 1941.

_Voice Of The West

_" The Strongest

Now that .\lr. King is back at Ottawa,_tl1_e Vancuzirtv- Prwuiiice expresses the hope that is s different .\lr. King. “The Prime Minister it sztvs, “is a. shrewd and competent observer. N0 oifc in vzttizidzi is tuore adept at sizing up the Cur- reins ziud trrud of public opinion. Surely his visit to the \\'i~~t<-rii provinces must have impressed on him the fuct that there is grave dissatisfaction with Llmntlzi‘; wzir effort and keen anxiety t0 make it more effective.

“\\'hen a party leader travels he is as a matter of course almost constantly in the company of hi; u\\'i1 pztriy stipporters, except for those pub- lic appcztrztiivrs in which for the mOSt Part l“ talks to the people rtither than hears from them. But on this tour of the Prime Minister there was trrittiistztltnble evidence that the people were trying to break through the party barriers to speak directly to the leader of the government. That wits evident in \\'innipeg, in Calsaryfln Vancouver, and, in fact, everywhere Mr. King travelled. Mr. King is shrewd enough to realize fir."

What did “the voice of the people" say to Mr. King in the West? It was, of course, not a united voice. In many ways there was divergence of opinion —-clear indication that it was not a man- ufacturcd, but rather an obviously spontaneous, expression of views. The main theme could not be mistaken It was an expression of Canada's needs: A stronger, younger, non-party govern- ment, to direct an all-out war effort involving calling to the nation's service every resource, in men. materials and money.

\\icstern Canada was trying to tell Mr. King thrit it was prepared to accept any sacrifice of personal security or comfort without reservation to meet the challenge of Hitlerism, and believes that only if that spirit prevails in every measure the nation takes can the challenge be met-

Draft Horses In Demand

With the emphasis now being placed on re- striction of gasoline sales throughout Canada, perhaps Old Dobbin will come into his own again. This has been the result in England, where the war has gradually increased the demand for the heavier types of draft horses because of the necessity of ecouomizing on the nation's gaso- line stippiies. Whereas before the war a cam- paign wns on to ban horse-drawn traffic from the main thoroughfares of London, today horse- drawn vans may be seen in large and ever-in- creasing numbt-rs. In the suburbs where trades- men covcr considerable distances delivering their goods, horses are said to be replacing the motor vzttis which were formerly used. In the countryside thousands of acres are being plough- ed up for the first time. Frequently they are in country in which it is difficult for motor trac- tors to operate and the demand for heavy draft horses hris thus risen considerably, so have the prices at which thcy are being sold.

For lllslilliLK‘ at the recent Ipswich spring sale Suffolk l'uii<h gcldings, one of the many fam- ous breeds of llritish draft horses, fetched the highest prims iu their history. Fourteen sold at figures iu (Yrtuzidinn money at from $470 to $520 cncli, and 3i others rtvcrzigcrl over $425 each as couipnrtd wzth zui zivcritgc of $240 at last year's sale.

At a srilc of Percheron horses at Histon, Cam- britlgcdiirv, equally high prices prevailed. Many of the iildllnll fztriticrs linve a preference for 1‘ci"ci.<-r-ui-, owing to their grout pulling power and 5lCil\il_\" 'l'lit~ hrccd was first introduced into Britain from Pruitt-v, its country of origin, dur- ing the lzi<t \\":tr. lt was found to be the best type for heavy transport in the front lines. The Prrcllr-roit is llli‘ oldest lll‘(‘(‘(l in France and prolmlilv flu‘ purest in cxistciicc. During the middle mgr-s tho-v luirsfls were popular as mounts for ll(‘Il\'_\' zrmorril knights in the battlefield and in the jitlhlillif ring. lu the period following the lllVClllliill of firinritis the same type we.- used to drawn thc Ill'lill\'l‘_\'. lit-tween the years I800 and 19130 th<~_v rlrcw stage coaches and post chaises, and with tlrc ndvcnt of railways they became ex- clusivcly huivv draft horses and the breed in- creased in sire.

Equipping Service Men

No fmvcr than 337 separate contracts have been ziwnrilctl to compmiics scattered across Can- ada from coast to coast for the manufacture of COIIlIiFIllQIllS of the personal equipment of the Canadian soldier. While no accurate figures are avriilnlrli", ll(i\'*illll_\' 75.000 f0 100,000 workers in some 7o ("zinndizin communities, large and siriull. Zlff‘ tutployvil rit lcztst part time in the mak~ ins; of uhrtt the soldier wears or the equipment he carries.

The vquipttii-nt of it sitigle soldier for service in the ficlrl —his llillllé dress, steel helmet, gas mash, riflc rurd bziyorict, liaversack and contents, \\'l'l) cvpripiucut, eating trtcnsils, water bottle, ground .'~il'.'('l, grr-ntcont, cap. boots, socks, shirts, -‘--== knife, cartridge pouches, pay book, iden-

tity disc, and a number of minor items —-costs in the neighborhood of $120 Allllosi QTY)’ hem i‘ made in the dominion.

A respirator, for example, is a much more intricate piece of equipment than might be in- dicated by outward appearance. The_typc worn by the Canadian soldier is of Canadian design LieuL-General A.G.L. McNaughton, command- er of the Canadian forces overseas and president of the National Research Council, and the late Sir Frederick Banting carried out a great deal of research iri connection with it. The mask com- prises more than 40 components, which are trian- ufactured in 67 plants and assembled in a central factory in Quebec.

The steel helmet, too, was designed in Can- ada and is said to be one of the best in the world. The helmet is stamped from a light, special alloy steel plate. It will repel a .45 calibre special jacket bullet fired at a ratige of three feet. The helmet is fitted with a carefully designed anti-shock lin- mg.

A let of web equipment consists of 22 pieces. Never manufactured in Canada before the war, web equipment is now being made in two plants in the dominion. The pioneer manufacturer; whose plant is situated in an Ontario town, employs 1,500 persons and makes nothing but web equipment.

Why couldn't some of this work be done in Prince Edward Island? Echo answers “Why ?"

es EDITORIAL NOTES 5

Defeat of the Spanish Armada this date I588; the beginning of Britain's sea power, which she has never lost, end never will, if Briton’: to themselves be truexthe Cllltlllul! well as the Lion.

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“Friendly Alien" doctors may soon be allowed to join the Australian Army. A number of them, with high qualifications, are at present in Aus- tralia, whei-e in both army and civilian life there il a. shortage of doctors.

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Belief that the ultimate outcome of the war will be "silently and fatefully decided in 1941" was expressed by the Australian Minister to the United States, Richard G. Casey, in an address to the Institute of Public Affairs, Charlottes- ville, Virginia. He stated that in his opinion the salvation of the civilized world was dependent oii co-operation between Britain and the United States.

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Field Marshal Lord Ironside predicts "the W3!‘ will finish a good deal more quickly than many of us imagine." Addressing a War Wea- pons Week audience, the former Chief of the Im- perial Cerieral Staff said: “Thank God America is behind us. After Dunkerque I sent a. call to America for equipment and I immediately receiv- ed 900,000 Springfield rifles and over 160,000,- 000 rounds of ammunition. That was what de- fended England at that moment-”

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The Hon_ Col. J. L. Ralston, Minister of De- fence, will be in his constituency next week. It might be well for the Charlottetown Board of Trade to interview him re the Borden Ferry as well as the Wood Island Ferry, pointing out the seriousness from a military as well as a civil point of view of our present condition. Anything hap- pening to the Borden Ferry would leave u; actually stranded, as the other Ferry is only com- plementary to our Confederation service,

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fficcofdiflg t° Sill“! John Telegraph Journal prisoners are now working regularly at the Municipal Home farm and a shelter had been built for. the men employed there at a cost of $250. Dinners are put up in the jail kitchen and taken out to the home in dinner pails, “potatoes to be cooked and tea made at the shelter." The ifnen do not work ‘on Saturday, which is reserved

or them for their laundry. Hours of employ- ment at the farm are 8 a. m. to 4.30 p, m, and they are transported to and fromithe lionig in closed vans.

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hSalIcs of radio receiving sets in Canada during t e1 first quarter of 194i numbered 77,121 sets Va "ed at $4.450.592 at factory list prices. A year ago the nunlbcr “'35 71-503 SBIS- The TOllOWlHg were the sales by provinces, with the correspond- [ng figures for I940 in brackets: hlaritime Prov- races _7,5ir (7,454) ; Quebec 13,956 (14,343);

"limo 38437 (32-292); llziiiilolm 5,736 (5,- o5r); Saskatchewan 2,948 (1,803); Alpena 3F 277 (3.684); British Columbia 5.256 (5_s71)_ There were 9-777 sets imported during the first quarter of 194i.

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C Rcsryonste to the request _of the British Red

T055 or Doctors for Britnm" has been lagging. The Original Tequc-‘rl. made some months ago was f0!’ 1.000 physicians, but although more than 11,000 inquiries have been received from phygiq- rains, so_ ar only two men have reached the stage 0 passing physical examinations, the journal of the American Medical Association reports This §alher ‘mgrallfylnk response is explained as due to

requent statements in medical journals of neat-_ shortage of physicians and the apparent im- minence of U. S. A- entrance into the war The American Red Cross and the special committee of the National Research Council are continuing

(tilgfiiigrsfforts to meet the British request for

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According to the Canadian Press Bureau, be- cause he took to beer, Barney, a white Angora goat and the most photographed m35cQf in ‘h: Australian fighting forces, has been discharged from the Army. For a yea,- he had been mascot of a garrison battalion. Barney brought disgrace upon himself when he undertook .1 tour of North Sydney hotels with a man. Aftrr scvcralibeers Zflpgcy dashed from the hotel and climbed a s c iti a confcctionary shop. lle swept bottle, of candies from the shelf, then bolted into a vege- tablenmarket, ‘where he feasted on tomatoes. He W"! affe-Slfid. taken to a police station and lock- ed up for three days- When members of the garrison located him, they were presented with a bill for $30 zlamagi-s. He has now been given

to a man who has undertaken to give him suitable food, , '

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NOTES BY TIIE WAY

A classic story ll told about Gerald Lyons, former Deputy Gov- ernor of Fflflfl Credit admtmstra- tlon, that demostmtes that Uncle Sam never forgets a debt. Lyonl was battling in fiance in 1918 with the AEF. He was given two mules by an army officer ‘and ordered to do a jab. In the midst of his e1- slgrinient. a. German shell killed one of his mules. Lyons thought no more of 1t. when he returned with one mule. Years later he woepted a Job with F.C.A. Hls first cheque was some s40 short. A notation Sflld "claim deducted”. Lyons invest!- gated and discovered that. the G.A.O. had made him My for the mule the Germans shot. -- Wash- ington Post.

There have been reports current 1n Ceylon and we are told in India also alleging that the German radio has broadcast news which even the local mess was forbidden to publish. The question was asked how Berlin succeeded 1n learning of events which could not possibly have got out of this country through newspapers or by cable. In the first place 1t has yet to be established whether the German radio did give out the secret news with which 1t has been credited. It 1s always difficult to find the per- son who actually heard the lpsls- slma verba of the German broad- cast. One is told of it. at second or third hand, and‘ all trace 01f the original bearer ls lost. Moreover, even 1.f it is established that cen- sored news has been retailed by the enemy radio, 1t need cause no sur- prise. As has already been pointed out 1n this newspaper, there is nothing to prevent. enterprising news-gutherers‘ in neutral strips 1n Colombo harbour from sending out radio messages when they get out- side our territorial waters. ThLs is a more reasonable explanation than the theory that. Hitler has his secret agents in Ceylon who keeip him informed by means of

rivate transmitters. There is noth- ng to support such a fantastic hypothesis. - Times of Ceylon (Colcmbo),

Bitterness against. the Soviets a-nfl desire to recover the territory lost last year are strong in Fmlimd, Bombed by the Russians, who 1n turn claim that Finland permitted lbs territory to be used as a. base for German air attacks, the Finns have now joined the German war against Russia. The Finnish government and the Finnish people have been in a most difficult position. Ncbody could have expected them to fight on the Russian side. The most that was hoped for was that. they might maintain a. precarious neutrality bet/ween their old enemy and‘ the Nazi aggressors. Obviously this is the attitude they wanted to take. The wounds of last year's struggle are not yet healed, and physical and economic exhaustion, plus a stub- born allegiance to democratic prin- ciples, made them profoundly re- luctant to participate in the present conflict. Like all small nations, all they wanted was to be let alone. They gave valiant proof last year orf their determination to defend their independence. Without outside help tney tough-t as no little people except the Greeks have fouzht against an overpowering lnvadezz- N. Y‘ limes.

The outstanding news photograph of this week was a. perfect example oat the diabolical cleverness and the ultimate dumb-bunnyness of Nazi propaganda. Taken by German army cameramen, it showed B, gent. Russian captive, dlsarmed, helpless, befuddled - the perfect image, one might say, out the vast hulk of s. nation into which Hitler has been attempting to thrust. the nmlers o! his panzer divlslzns. But this blunderlng giant stirred thoughts deeper than any that the Nazis wished to suggest. There he stood, like Markhams Man with the Hoe.

Ttée emptiness of ages in his

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And on his back the burden of

the world.

This was not the first capture or earliest betrayal. The Mongol hone- men, the Prussian knights, Napol- eon, all have buguied and ravaged his lands. Ivan terrorized him. Peter tried to westemize him, Catherine abused him, Alexander broke his serfdcm, the Cosiacks tormented him wltih whips and mowed him down on Bloody Sunday. Lenin dis- torted his revolution into a new tyranny. Stalin starved him exiled him, enslaved him, and ln 1938 tried w sell him to the Ntizs. And now the Nazis have come to collect him. Deep within him stir the im- memorial hopes of a. people. Smple, greatly gifted‘, terrible. he waits his day and mcment. He will b8 1n our world forevermsre. Our world will be imperfect until he 1s free and a friend of freemen everywhere. He comes from night, but perhaps he Ls tall enough to look over the helmets of his captors and see dawn coming. - N.Y. Times.

This is the seventh anniversary of the inauguration of the week- long orgy of murder and assassin- ation 1n which Adolf Hitler took personal control o! Germany by blotting out the men who had begun to question the use he made of it. Before dawn seven years ago today Hitler, his plans mat-tired, flew secretly from the Rhlneland to Bavaria and began the slaugh- ter there. whtle Gcering supervisi- ed wholesale assassinations in Berlin and other obedient tools rounded up victims in other cities. In Bavaria, Hitler had his closest friend and intimate. Captain Roehm, leader of the Nazi Storm Troops, dragged from his bed and mot. in the nearest bar-rack yard. To Heines, his creature in Breslsu, he gave not a moment's respite but. executed him 1n the garden of his boarding house while Roehm was being taken away. In Bclln, assassins lent by Goerlng on Hit,- ler's order shot down 1n his study General von Bctileicher, on whose recommendation Hitler had been created chancellor, and von sublet. cheru wife with. him. Herr Jung. collaborator of van Paipen, then Vice Chancellor, now Hitler's ettlet

ner, head of Catholic Action, were murdered 1n their apartments. Jung had written I. speech for Papen which had displeased Hitler. Papen himself escaped because he was under tihe special protection o! von Hlndenbug. In the seven years since this criminal 018:7 there has been no Wen txiwllenge of Hitler‘; supremacy yet murder has con. tinned to be one o1 the ditef wee.- pon; of his regime. The list. of vic- tims has lengthened steadily. And now. Stalin, the latest. ally whose benevolent neutrality paved the

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