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‘The Strongest Memory l: Weaker than the Weakest Ink.‘

MONDAY. JANUARY ll. 194l-

Our Liberals Conlempories

In the light of what has happeiied to Cati- ad;i's Parliament the following anticipatory com- uieuis 011 thc session which terminated so abrupt- ly arc ivtirth reznling. 'l"hey are all from Lib- crnl ><)ll|‘Ct‘.sZ .

lltiliiux (fhruiiiclc: “Thc- progress of Cun- uilzfs \\:'.r effort, to date, and plans for the fut.- urc will proiiilc the chief discussion of the ses- Uuiqililtcii criticisms and challenges await

Slull. nm“._.r_ liii\l‘l'lllll(‘lll spokesmen will have state- nlvllla oi \ll1ll interest to present. 'l'he1e ls a

tut-c- flplllffllllllll‘, too, for the Opposition to do “st-fill work. Intelligent, constructive, and alt-rt ilnty by the (ipposition members can do iimgh [ll stliiiiilittc the Government, 111 present- gni; m; ]|]li>l comprehensive account of its stew- zlrtl-hip."

New tilzisgow- Chronicle: "Today at Ottawa l'.'lriiziiiir~iit iiiccts The war, its preparation, its e.\pc|1 liiures and its conduct, will be‘ thor- oughly ili-cii-sctl and bring to the attention ot the country every lltJsslblC phase of the ad-

mini-irriiii ii.

(li;irlu;it-:o\\ii Patriot: "A great deal of in- fviriiiiuioii i.- t'.\|tt'clc<l to be tabled regarding the priiilriz-s of Lnnziilzik \\".'1r effort. Some of this will lie in iin-wcr to questions from various mem- bers and sonic will ciiiile out in speeches b)’ mil" istt-rs of the tiovc-riiuicnt .. Criticisms will rc- cciit- their reply. l)r. Mnnion has made some already. Ht- hls hinted of others to come. It is a good old ilcniocratic custom this business of criticizing. The right to do so is one of which citizens of any democracy boast."

fltir Liberal contemporaries, it will be noted, \\'<rc all tiirlt-r the impression that democracy would continue to reign supreme. Parliament woiil<l assemble; questions would be asked and answered; issues would be debated and the Gov- eriimrni, as in duty bound, would give a full ac- counting of its stewardship.

'l‘hc bursting of the bombshell has left some of lllblll frankly astonished. “The abrupt inetlioils of the Prime Minister," says the Hali- fax organ, “came as a surprise to everyone. In this country of ‘magnificent distances’ it is un- ClfllYClllllllllll to say the least to summon mem- bi-rs of Parliament front all over the Dominion, only to dismiss tlicm after a few hours. One can’ imagine‘ the bewilderment of members from liTlIlt~l1 (fllllllllliil constituencies, who made the lung trip cast. and still more the surprise of tlic six nt-w members ivhen they learned that Parlia- lll('l|l nus dissolved." Iii the circumstances, the (jhrilniclc fears that the election result “cannot be an accurate test of public sentiment towards the Covermiieiifs war efforts."

’.iit our local contemporary is made of stern- cr jlilfllsilll stuff. It swallows its previous prog- nostictltions without a murmur, and with as little reriard for its own words or for the su- PNEFIIZIC)‘ of Parliament as Mr. King himself has shown, declares: "The people NOW will have a chance of deciding just how much truth there has been in the criticisms which have been levelled against the Government."

Could the Nazi propaganda machine improve on that for frltuous inconsistency?

An Ancient Farm Society

Pools and cooperative organizations, so com- mon today, are generally regarded as modern institutions. It would appear, however, from the records of the King's County Agricultural Society, Nova Scotia, that such ideas are not so novel as many think. The Nova Scotia Society, which has just celebrated its third jubilee, claims to be the second oldest farm society in North America, being exceeded in age by another or- ganizatioii in Pennsylvania. As far back as Jan- 'uary, 1790, records of the society show that the members, deciding that cooperation was needed in the marketing of cattle, sheep and other live- stock, banded together for that purpose, and contracted to sell through no other medium than their own agent. The society was found by the inhabitants of the Townships of Horton and Cornwallis, and according to the quaint wording of the time, was organized "for the better im- provement of husbandry, encouragement of maiitifacttircs, cultivation of social virtues and to promote good order and the well-being of the community."

Farmers Kick At Ottawa Dictation

According to an Ottawa despatch in the Montreal Gazette farmers are growing resent-

ful over the bacon agreement with the United‘

Kingdom. according to representations made at a meeting last week of the Canadian Chamber of Agriculture

One of the troubles confronting bacon pro- ducers is the variation in railway rates, the rc- sttlt being that while the agreement is profitable '10 farmers in Ontario and Western Canada, it is the reverse for bacon raiscrs in Quebec and the llltiritime Provinces.

Another problem is presented by the result of the low duty against dressed pork from the United States. It was charged at these meet- ings that shipment of dressed pork from the United States, with a duty of only a cent and a quarter, was profitable.

More trouble has been caused by outbreaks of hog cholera in Central Canada, and it was stated that the Montreal stock yards had been

“i|tiaratttined." There was a complete absence of the disease from Canada for a number of years.

Because of this peril, it i: anticipated a dc- mand will be made by Canadians for the barring of imports oi dressed pork just as the bringing iil of live hogs is now prohibited. i

Eastern farmers declare that while the agree- ment with Britain has brought $3 or $4 a hog more than the farmer would have received had there been no war the cost of feed and of mov- ing feed has taken away much of the actual profit.

The farmers feel that when the Government fixed the prices to be paid for bacon, they should at the same time have fixed the price for feeds. Oats, barley and wheat are not out of line but the items that go to make up a bal- anced diet so necessary to modern hog raising, are sharply higher in cost. The farmers are now demanding that they be consulted before the Government makes another long term contract.

IIJIIURIAI. NUIPS r

A National Covernment ivould rid us of many of those party barnacles that are helping to sink the ship of State.

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.\Ir. Mackenzie King hzis become so war-ob- sessed that hc thinks it is time we should have a coniflict all our own iu Canada.

Y‘! Ill I “Couldn't face the music” therefore quit, that's what the King (iorcriiiiieiltk- dissolution means. They hope to fool tlic electors when they find they could no longer fool the opposi tion. U i i I Field Marshal Loril Ilziig died this date, 1928 -—-“Every position lllll>l be hclCl to the last man; there must be no retirement. \\"ith our backs to the wall, and lvslicvitlg in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end." Order of tht- lJay, l3 .\pril, 1918. 1r i i I

Cztnzldzfis DCCCllllIPF export of butter amount- ed to 1,046 cwt. Ill the value hf $30,991 as against 2.438 at $1i<fifJ37 in November and 1.356 at $37,151; iii l)(‘\‘\‘llll)('f‘, i938. During 1938 ex- ports ruse to 123.986 cwt. valued at $2,673,765 coinpart-rl with j-"JLH 111 $871,547 in 1938. i O i U

Xovcriibcr imports of farm implements and lfl3€l1lll0l'_\' were valued at $1,285,512 as com- pared with 8.1229926 in October and $723,446 in November, 1938. The United States account- ed for $1,228,929, consisting mainly of internal combustion traction engines and parts. Imports during the eleven months ended November amounted to S19,470.392, slightly lower than in_ the corre~poiiding period of 1938. 1k 1K i U

It is very disappointing to some that the re- organization of the Post Office here had not been completed before the House dissolved, as at least two applicants for the position of Post- master-lnspector are now ruled out. There is little prospect of the new Government giving re- cognition to outsiders contrary to Civil Service Commission regulations. t ll I I The export of Canadian cattle was at a lower point in December when 5,403 hcad valued at $271,042 were shipped out of the country coni- pared with 21.072 at $1,084,651 in the previous month and 11,341 at $536,741 in December, 1938. These went iiiaiiilyi lo the United States. On the other hand, exports during the calendar year 1939 advanced to 283.37g) head at $14,429,349 from the 1938 total of 169,973 head at $3,- 316,091. i! i i i Dr. Clarence Slrllllfitl, author of the forth- coming “Ilaiiilbutilv of linglish" which Whittle- scy House will publish in February, has found that at least two words he had listed in the manu- script as “obsoletc" had come back into use bv the time the proofs of his book were ready. The ivords “pctticoztt" and “bnstlc" have come alive again and have been deleted from the “obsolete" category. It takes a nimble mind to keep pace with the English language in these days of con- stant change. n: m w t-

The Ilnited States stipplicd most of Canada's imported fertilizers in November, when the total was 1,304,297 cwt. as compared with 1,312,047 in November, 1938. The total for lthe eleven months ended November “'11s 6,479,197 cwt. coin- parcd with 6,728,155 a year ago. Domestic ex- ports of fertilizers in November amounted to 649,619 cwt_ as against 512,344 in 1938, Thc United States, I-Iaivaii and the Philippines were the chief purchasers. Exports during the eleven months ended November amounted to 6,830,017 cwt. compared with 5,520,215 in 1938.

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Mefmbers of the House and Senators looked and elt very foolish on Thursda when the were pcreinptnrily told to pack Ill); and returii whence they came. Not a few had come long distances with wives and children; had engaged boardings or rooms; and had closed for the sea- json their houses “do\vn home." Now they were without ivarr-ing told to get back as quickly as they possibly could to their constituencies. ls it any wonder there was rebellion in their hearts and subdued jirotcsts on their lips? They had ex- perienced the first taste of totalitarian govern- ment as applied to themselves, and didn't like it. U U I l

Of poems of passionate love none can surpass one of the oldest:

Ah, you are beautiful, my love‘

ah, you arc beautiful!

Your eyes are doves, I behind your veil.

Your hair is like a flock of goats, streaming down from Mount Gilead.

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes ready for shearing, that have come tip from the washing.

And never has tlicrc been a more lyrical and ardent depiction of the strength of dcsire than:

For love is as mighty as death, as strong as Sheol;

As for passion, its bolts are bolts of fire, furious flames;

Many watt-rs cannot quench love, nor rivers overcome it.

Both of these quotations are from Solomon's "Song of Songs" and are taken from the first translation nf the llihlc made by American scholars-“llic (‘oinplctc Ilible" (The Univers- ity of Chicago Press).

‘r1111 CHARLOTTE IDIES BY TllE WAY

The Toronto Glob: Ill Mill bu dope well w draw attention w the to

_ the war. It. up- pelrs to many like an effort to provlde Mr. Brocklngton with a JolL-Ktrtgston WhlB-SWIIGBIIL

What this mfion can nr should do, l; for the future to decide. The American people were never so tree of war excitement or more Lrmly resolved to maintain Mice u long u they saletiy can. But they muit accept the truth. The forces or evil which the Russo - German al- liance has unleashed tn the world, form a threat not. only to democra- tic Europe but. to the whole civiliz- ed world. However remote this country may hope to remain from actual nostlllttes, it owes an ln- stant duty ta the decent opinion of the world to express, its horror and deteatatlnn of tbs latest totalitarian crime aga nst an unof- iendlng and helpfess people. —New York Herald Tribune.

The mllllnn-ilol ar gift to the Mother Country voted by the 14g s- latlve Council recently ls unani- mouslv approved by public sent!- ment in ‘Trinidad nnd Tobtlge, and reflects in a practical manner this colonoy‘; determination to assust the Mother Country and the Empire in the prosecution of the war to a suc- cessful conclusion. This contnbu- tlon implements a suggestion re- cemly approved by the Chamber of Commerce on the motion of Sir George Huggins. It recalls a prsvl- ous gesture of a similar nature which the colony matte lrl 1930. when the Legislature voted 23,000 pounds to as=ist tn the stabilization of British finances. As on that oc- casion. so today 1t. Ls understood that the Home Government has ac- ~epted the gift - though infinites- mill when cvmfmred with the huge sum spent tlailv -n the 'orit tn which 1t ls made _ Trinidad Guarrlzan

A good many years were two Sirens, Hcmer. and three, acwrdlrig to later writers. Tnry lived on a beautiful island and sang so sweet- ly to passing snps that all who heard them drew near anti were wrecked on the rocks. Warned by Circe, wise old Ulysses. before he llnssed their island, stopped the ears of lils sailors w‘th wax and had hlrmelf lahed to the mast lest he be lured to destruction by their duloet tones. Senator Borah went Illysses one better, and took no rlsks. For he remained away frcm the Capitol while Mr. Rocsevelt was delivering his message to Con- gress. "It is danzerous to listen to Mr. Roosevelt," the gentleman from Idaho explained, "because he could recite an example tn algebra and

ago there according to

make it interesting.” -— Detroit Free Prezs. Although the claims now

pending whtch demanded that the clty pay the full union scale to all its day wage steaoy-Jrb emplcyes may be dismissed mentally as Just a mlsgulded grab. that dzrs mt lessen the necessity for beating otf the attempt. A literal and unquali- fied interpretation of that. law now rcelr to rrqvtre lb- r“" ‘ci pa". for example, ll rate of $18.70 a day to bcss riverters. or $4,700 for a year of five-day weeks, In privare construction, however, employment u; sporadic, interrupted by weath- er and by dull Vines betivecn JDlJS. and the employe often ls lucky to izet 100 workimz davs a year. -- Neiw York World-Telegram.

A good deal of excitement ap- pears to have been nrou ed in some quarters, and especially ln some newspapers, by the ar- nounoement that the headquarters of the First. Canadian Dlvis on, now overseas. Ls flying a dist-noisy»; flage. These excitable ones have jumped no the conclusion that, the new standard is, in fact, a new national flag for Canada. It is nothing of the sort. It ls a divi- stonal flag, or a ti'"lslonal insignia. to be flown only vfiiere Major Gen- eral McNaugliton establishes his headquarters. If. was flown on one ship tn the convoy that recently took troops of the First D:vl=lon to Britain. It was flown on that 411D because on lt were General McNaughton and his staff, It ts flying now, m doubt, ln front of some army hut near Aldershot. for 1n that hut are the offices of Gen- eral McNaughton and his staff. When the dlvlslcn goes to France, the flag will accompany its com- minder. No other unlt Wlll fly that particular enslgn. - From the Ed- monton Journal.

Since the outbreak of war South Afrlca buyers have shown an tn- creastng interest. ln Canadian pr!‘- ducts. especially those which can replace merchandise formerly 1m- purted from Europe, and circum- stances are therefore particularly favorable for a mutually beneficial increase In trade relationships. ac- cording to a report received by the Department of Trade and Com- meroe from J C. Macirlilvray. Canadian Trade Commissioner at Cape Town. The stoppage ot oom- merclal intercourse with Germany wlll leave a gap 1n the foreign trade of’ the union, uihlch as far as merchandise imports are concern- ed. had an average value during the last ten years of cloe to $20,- 000000, he says. In adtlitron. Ger- many was an important silppller of government stores which are classified separately ln the Union's trade statistics. In 193R purchases of these from that source came t0 slightly more than half the vnlue of merchnndre from the same countrv. Trial imports from Ger- mnnv ln 1938 amounted tn value to $1,867,000 - Commercial Intelli- gence Journal.

The Orient. la the one section of the wide international Leld tn which the United States seems dis- posed to use lta economic power in support of prtncfples upon which the security of the clvlllzeai world rests; and lt ls certainly not the time for the blunders o1 1931 to be repeated. There ls. of course, the chance that economic sanctlons will lnvolive an appeal to force; and lt has been the refusal of me democratic nation's to accept this rlslr 1n the past that has landed tho world tn war. If the lfnltwd States should now undertake to enforce by these means respect for l treaty whlch n great Power has thought ft In 11a interest to re- pudlnte, she should, and we a:e sure will, get. the ctr-operation and sympathy of all the countries that have an Interest tn Peeing a lust

-Wlnnlpe| Free Press.

OWN GUARDIAN Ci. Hitler's Dilemma

(Ottawa Journal)

Germany, the London Observed hears. secretly l; puttlng out "leel-‘ era for peace" ln we neutral coun- tries, would welcome "an immed- late That this ls true a greatly w be doubted. The AIIIQI would not accept. gn malice save 0n term; which would commute m open aamuuon by Germany of’ her military defeat. and we neon not ex-

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peel. any such n by Hitler at 1.1m amaze. An tlce wlthout this basic eonoltton would be cons

by Hitler aa a triumph. and a aofu- tion by negotiation of the problem which 1t ls hoped the war will solve would be mos; Improbable. It ls qulte likely Hitler agent; encourage talk ln neutral countrles of early peace. not with any honesty of pur- pose but with the desire of confus- mg public thought throughout the world and of creating an Impression that. lt ls the Allies who persist 1n carrying on the wa-r.

In an astonishingly frank story from Berlln, sent. by wireless by Olto D. Tollschus to the New York Tmies. the alternative facing Hiker at tfisuttlm? are dllscussed, ut the po;s y o an ear y peace, or even an armistice. ls not among them. Hitler. he writes, Ls confronted ever more urgently by the fateful ues- tion: To attack or not to at k. The answer must. come soon, he argues, “for ll L; generally acknow- ledged that. unless such an attack 1s staged by Sp!!!) ll; Wlll b2 I00 18w to stage it. at; n.1," because by that time “the assumed superiority" of in; dGermiui forces Wlll have vim-

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Should Hitler decide on an attack there are three strategic plans. says p11“. gollschus. which might be fol- owe : (1) A paralyzlnz alr attack on Great mltaln but he believes such an effort could have little hope of success unless Germany were able to protect. tier bombers by an escort "of s dy. powerful ursult ‘planes c841- le of flying to gland and back" —and of these "Germany is thought. to have only a few model; :0 far.’ t2) A dlrect Invasion of England by an expeditionary force, but with the preliminary condition of Ger- man control of the Channel coast and ports at least as far as Calas and the conquest of Belgium and The Netherlands. 43) A direct attack 0n the Magi- not llne in an effort "to bleed France white," to brln about her collapse, to leave Brita n alone to withstand German m1 ht. “This would perhaps be the urdest way - of tr ind h: win the war," comments Mr. olischus. Among the Nazi heads, this Berlin correspondent declares, there are still wide differences of oplnlon on vrar pollcy. Hitler himself favors the quick. smashing blow, but the Ger- man generals, including Goerlng, are against it. ‘Hitler himself must assume responsibility for ordering an attack which may end forever Nazi ho es of world domlnatlon-or, in the a tematlve, for a pole which

plays the Allfes‘ game of en ul-ance. In these circumstances he might well long for peace, but hardly as yet to the extent of conceding what one imagines he knows very well in- deed, that he cannot; wln.

REBUKE TO SEDENTARY SOULS

What strange Perverslty is this of l\fa.nl

when ‘twas a Crime to taste th‘ enllghtnlng Tree He could not then liLs hand ro- fraln,

None then so lnqulsltive, so curl- ous as he.

But. now he has Liberty to try and know

God's whole Plantation below; Now the Angelic frult may be Tasted by all whose Arms reach the Tree:

H’ ls now by Llcense careless made. The Tree neglects to climb, and sleeps beneath the Shade.

Sucl. drowsy sedentary Souls have th