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was practically won by the Allies. n A recently published novel “By Bread Alone by Betty de Sherbinin gives some characteristic insight into the manner in which mtflrltiltlftnlil

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Ueut. Col. W. Chester i. MOI-III’! Vine-President: l. a. aiu-nett. V-J-l- Sooretnry: Llent, Col. D. A. Maoiilnnen. 0.8.0. Director: l. I. B Aleclote Editors: Frank WI-llnr lllfl UBIK Ill A. Burnett, R.0.N.V.B. (On Active Service)

relationships were manoeuvred during the so- called neutrality. As a matter of fact. Ge-Fmlfli‘ was fully to the fore, her embassy being occupied byjofficials who were none other than _ spies. The intrigues and moves resulting in order to as- sist the Axis powers are dealt with in a masterly way by the authoress. The principal characters

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“The Strongest Memory le Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.‘

involved in the story are._ named Hansel, two Argentians named Thal and Caretto, an American called Peter Watt. l hum‘

nanny, OCTOBER. “zeroes Car Ferry Progress

Ottawa papers are taking note of the harmon-

ious and effective mariner in

members at Ottawa are working in the interests of their Province. This is the first time such a compliment has been paid to us for many years; and it is a real compliment, indicating as it does that our representatives are big enough to put first things first, Already something has been accomplished by this team-work, but there is still much to be done to make up for the years of neglect to ivliich we have been subjected. One matter of first importance is our new Gr ferry. Whyithe continued delay? know that the 51S. Charlottetown W215 lost june, 194i, and that it was not until January, 1944, that the Minister of Transport was able to announce that the contract for a new ferry had been let. Apologies were offered for the unconsciounable delay; but from then on every- thing was going to be speeded up. The contract called for completion and delivery of the ship before the winter of I945. Then came further disquieting rumors of holdups and delays. Pre- inier Jones returned from a trip to Ottawa with the news that the boat could not be ready till the spring of I946. Later he had to admit that he was over-optimistic; the electrical equipment was still not ready; he had praviously been as- sured that .\Ir. Howe "had given priority to have that matter cleared up, but apparently it is not going to be cleared up as quickly as we expect- ed." Last official word on the subject is con- tained in the answers to questions asked by Mr. McLure, M.P_ and tabled in Parliament on Oct. II. This was to the effect that the boat will not be ready until “the late summer of 1946.” Three- quarters of the hull and car deck have been fin-

ished, and about 5o per cent work fabricated.

Now for the sequel: Prince Edward Island sea captains visited Sorel last week on other business. One of them, who took the trouble to visit the shipyards where the new ferry is under construction, was astonished to find no evidence 0f work of any kind going on. sought out one of the foremen and was told fh" they "Cllllidtft get the material." The opin- ion was expressed by this foreman that there was little likelihood of the boat being ready “be- fore I947," and the Island visitor, after what he had seen, was inclined to agree,

This information, of course_, is not official but it is worth citing because on other occasions un- official reports of delay, which were denied of-

ficially at the time, proved to So it behooves our members

kfep their eyes Open, to be ready to get into ac- tion promptly andiharmoniously sign of any more buck-passing, either from the Sorel shipbuilders or the King Government.

N. S. Outlet

Our

When the Hon. C. A. Dunning was Minister of Finance he rightly contended that the water separating us from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia was the King's Highway and were entitled to have it negotiated at the expense of the Federal Government. “It is in the bond" to all intents and purposes, of our Confedera-

tion agreement, and must be

obligations fulfilled. It was largely for this rea- eon that Mr. Dunning allowed himself to be pre- vailed upon to father the Wood Islands and Car- ibou Ferry route, the outcome of which was the inauguration of the Northumberland Ferries. That traffic success h_as attended the venture

there can be not the slightest

true the Prince Nova by

v of trucks in addition to cars

Argentina From

Not man’ people understand the situation that has developed in Argentina. The war found that republic in the happy position of having very considerable Trans-Atlantic and Interna- tional trade. She was not and is not to any extent a manufacturing country, most of her require-

ments in this respect bet!!! Europe. yrior to,

war considered a God-given

our and minutiae-tuft"!

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danger now being that the success attained may be fnistrated by the lack of sufficient carrying power, At present the S.S. Prince Novais rend- eriug yeoman service, but is insufficient for the present traffic, not to mention the greater traf- f_ic in prospect for next year, and a second Ferry steamer seems to be absolutely necessary. running a 24-hour schedule could take care of the business offering but no mariner is prepared to risk his ship con- tinuously over the Wood-Island Caribou route, without s let-up. The solution would seem to be the provision of an additional boat, of at least 5o per cent greater capacity to carry a full load

The present subsidy is a paltry $37,090, and it Is up to the powers-that-be at Ottawa to see there is a substantial increase t0 enable the Nor- fhumherland-Ferries to take adequate care of Vthe situation when another season comes around.

The powers-that-were in Argentine and immediately filter, the outbreak of

" b] h n} to enter l_nto the indus- "rmd m m‘ e t e areas, with st least suf-

ble loyalist Spaniard named Simon, and a Ger- man named von Bulow, together with female characters, Mrs. Hansel and her daughter Irma, Carol, Peter's wife, and a cook Helga. The au- thoress traces the history of these people to- gether with their domestic joys, sorrows, and viewpoints on what has led to the present revo- lution, Enlightening commentary on the situa- tion is supplied by Peter Watt when leaving on return to the United States.

“Peter offered Simon a cigarette, and the two men fell into a silence looking out at the river, the sky and the city lights scattered thi_nly in the early morning. In his mind Peter pursued the figures that had haunted his sleeplessness: Car- reto, Hansel, Thal, the shadow of von Bulow's kind, and the marching soldiers. Prospcring people, they called themselves, living off abund- ance, which, compared to the world's misery, was fabulous beyond belief. They could make money, drive cars, build new houses, revel in a hundred choices. And yet they crushed each other in the struggle for the material, battered each other in equally self-interested struggles over ideologies. The prevailing neutrality in the battle of right and wrong availed nothing, yield- ing only a succession of condemning compro- mises. “War isn’t the worst thing,” Peter said.

“The unwillingness to fight is worse,” Simon told him slowly. “A man who lives in himself, kills himself. He is consumed until he cannot look at beauty for fear of jealousy,’ until he can- not risk loving for fear of pain; until he will not consider an idea for fear it will disturb him.” -

In other words, “the unwillingness to fight" makes a man a moral and intellectual coward, subject to all a coward's reactions.

which our Island

We all

in

Fire Chief MacEachern

of all the steel

The unexpected death of Fire Chief Angus MacEachern has been a shock to all his friends, and their name is indeed legion. Apart from his official duties, which he discharged with great ability and conscientiousness, he was known as a first class mechanic and a keen sport enthusiast. He was an A-I citizen, gen- erous almost to a fault, and public-spirited and broad-minded in all things. His place will be hard to fill, and there is no doubt that his mem- ‘WY will be cherished by all who were honored by his friendship.

—EDITORIAI. NOTES-

He reportedly

C"! Councillor LePage disassociates himself fromlthe recent delegation to Ottawa, and the question now arises, who were officially ap- pointed to g0?

be quite correct. of Parliament to at the first

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The Ninth Victory Bond Campaign moves ahead, though still having a long way to go be-

fore our objective is attained. n- iv

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_ From small beginnings the daily newspaper industry in Canada has grown to be a forty-five

million dollar a year business. a iv a- v

that we

Their many friends here heard with deep regret of the death of Mr. and Mrs. Simon P. Paoli’: little daughter, Anita Marie, in Mont- real where she iwent, accompanied by her par-

hontmred and "s ents, for an operation. u

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The sympathy of a large circle of friends

place yesterday,

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It is slI very well being commended for our

doubt, the only

larly is delivery 0f the goods. A contingent pro- mise of $75,000 each for 5o bed additions to two hospitals instead of three is not satisfactory; nor is $1,500 poi- bod enough, when the best au- thorities claim it should be $4,000. Veteran Minister Mackenzie must do better than that for us.

It is

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Dr. Philip Doddridge, eminent divine, author and poet, born this date i708; wrote Riu and Pragrur of Religion in the Soul, Zeal and Vig- our in the Christian Life, Efiigrams on Hi’: Family Amu- and Motto (Dum Vivimur, Viva- mur).

Live while you live, the epicure would say,

And seize the pleasures of the present. day;

Live while you live, the sacred preacher criae

And give to God each moment as it flies.

Lord in my view let both united be; "

I live in pleasure when I live in Thee.

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Says Vancouver Sun to our dispsragement: “For many years past the good people of Prince Edward Island have called thst green and pleu- ant lsnd The Garden of the Gulf. In view of legislstionj just promulgated in the Royal Oa- zette at Charlottetown, it might well change names with Martha's Vineyard. Believe it or not, this tiny and conservative province in which- Confederation wu first gunned hes produced

and passengers.

Inside

imported from

opportu’ nity lied gasp with either thint or amazement-or both. Henceforth s doctor's prescription on the Island

‘m "flflakm to "a m‘ ' m- p.“ of will be good for six ‘months-end those ailing _ “u, s," ma“; ‘um-firth; gfnmgflf w” burghers (and many sil, it seems, in the pre- f‘ to declare Argintlns neutral. In sence of prohibition) who in the pest have got

wsr, ‘a script every day or so for-s few ounces of ‘Sp. From}, can now use the some script for half e year-st the rate of one bottle of liquor or i2

quarts of beer s week.”

the

a Dutch refugee b

activities at Ottawa, but whet we want psrticu- of

s,llquor lsw which will melre the rest of Cansds -

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Notes B\y 771a Way

Ae Ieasl, the Lind

keep secret the birth another child. How man years does it take for some peop e to realise that the world is no

try“

control order tioii and it

mobs-lily not and move —Wlndsor

an: - .-i'"....,.-~ s." 1i": avey :' so . a no country could ave wori this war alone. An body who wants to boast. and cl otherwise le urt

a

umosnett While the

lierlng

mdered likely dlutlon which the provinces der war eh

-Ham1lton Spectator.

Former Canadian member of Parliament ls rather boastful of having shaved with an old-fash- foried longblade razor while cross- ing the ocean in a plane. Good enough. The story recalls to an aging Canadian that while cross- ing the Bay of Blscay in a storm long ago he had lils first shave with a similar klnd of weapon, and that it was s pretty bloodstalned passenger who emerged from the cabin and became the talk of the shin-Toronto Globe and Mail.

Within the sterling areo. the pound sterling ls the measure of value instead of gold. Sterling ls accepted instead of gold through- out. the empire (except in Canada and Newfoundland) as a medium of exchange. Many other countries -France, Belgium, Holland, Swed- en, Egypt, Souden, Iran, Iraq. Ice- land — are linked with the stori- lng area. They too prefer the fie-x- lblllty of sterling to the rigidity of gold.—l.nndon Sunday Express.

lmuni wages ion. Under p

conflict with

ministers at, fermoe. Permanent

to Canada th

marient. army lotitetown. P

administrator headquarters

settled ls tlia

During the war years Canadians leamed a. lot about buying, They learned to check both the quality of goods and the prioes. In fact. Canadian housewives were a mighty factor ln enforcing price control. Wltli the war ending they should be just as keen in their bufylng and thereby ensure that lnerlor goods shall be driven from the market. They can be Just as great n force in making certain that the Canadians shall be well sersvé-ed in power-Regina Leader- Po

can be used This would

replacements

seleetiees point scores.

The musical instrument Industry, lt Ls reported, ls getting ready to reconvert to peace, We don't know howb far" tfie lndustgy intends to go ut t means y peace any- thing like what. we mean by peace, we should like to offer a few sug- gestzlons, says The St. Louis Post- Dlspatoli, Among the musical ln- struments that may be considered rllpe for recoiiverslori are the uku- lele, the ocarin-a, the bagpipe and the mouth harp. If they want, w do sometlilng about the tremolo stop on the pipe organ, that's all rig t, too. And ff a constructive suggestion ls wanted about what to reconvert them to, what's the matter with s iiioe quiet piano stool?

The future of China, if only she can be united, democratic and at peace. is by all Oriental standards dazzling, If united slie will be safe against any possible aggression; Ll’ at peace she will certainly use western methods w expand her production and trade; if democn- tic she,wlll find means to spread her new prosperity among the masses. China is not merely one more country. She ls about onc- fourtli of the human race. If one- fourtli of the human race are on the road to better things me other three-fourths, Including the Am- erloan seven per cent, can feel safer and happier. -- New York Times.

SCOTPS ETC 1'68 score now is decreasing at

when the

it ls possible mnv furnish placements

By JAI‘ Associated

covered and Arthur's dlr

tn Japan is

The Chi

A swosfl which belonged te Mue- aollni is to be presented o0 Edin- burgh. Brought. from lltal by a British soldier, and now in e pos- session of B. S. M. John Cardownie, Edinburgh, who served with the 178th Lowland Medium Regiment, the sword will be presented to the City Chambers when the regiment returns to try llYl The Edinburg Scotsman. The sword, handsomey carved and about 3E6 feet long, was made in London by Henry Wilkinson, and has an orna- mental hllt of African hm 0

crate policy.

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Looking In Federal Capital i

introduction of new minimum wase standards might be considered as s. foi-m of wage increase and so

Ma] ..Gen EKG.

1mm ate responsibility for

planning of the two forces and de.

aiding their terms of service. Most important

cupatlon force may be 1n for ftve or l0 years

If interim men were made avail- able for occupation service it might mean that lovnscoro selectiees one occupation 3.7m? - lneludlns NRJVIA men — might. be pe- placed when

likely to lead before the end ls reached. [I856 charged that the Japanese Army used naicotlzatlon of l! ulistlons as an instrument of delib-

' Japanese set up B0 pression bureau"

Msnehuria into North a

through Mongolia and the rest o Chine. Th included J

osiiceiie merchants. “will

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(BI Tho omw. anus of m Om- adlui Pres!)

‘Revisions in u» Dominion‘: w-ee

or; under considers. I5 regarded as likely

some chemise will be made, but.

untilaiterthobom.

futon-Provincial conference which month.

Dominion is stilll sd. to wage control as part of its anti-inflation prosrem lt is con-

some of the Jurls. was transferred from to the Dominion im-

conditions wll revert only to tzlie provinces. In particular the mat/tel’ OI min.

la slated for dismiss- resent. regulations the

the Dominion wage

control order.

Some preliminary dtseuxloris on minimum wages have already taken place between the Dominion and Ontario governments and this eub. jeet. ls on the agenda for general discussion with provincial labor

the forthcoming eon-