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THE . GIIARLOTTETDWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally Wounded In I881)

Preeldent: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLun Vice-President: .I. R. Burnett, F..I.l. Secretary: Lleut. Col. D A. Maclflnnou, 13.8.0. Idltor Ind Munaglng Director: J. B. Burnett. FJJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and [on A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ly Mall ln I’. 5.1., $4.011 per year; $2.50 for 6 months $1.25 fur 3 months: 50c for one month City Delivery: $5.00 er year; $3.00 for 8 month: 51.15 or 3 months.

By Mall ln Canada and U. S. A.: 55-90 P" Yll-l‘ lnturduy Weekly: $2.00 per year: $1.00 for 6 months; 50c for 3 mengs.

‘The Strongest illcmory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY SJ 1M1.

Bureaucratic. Propaganda

RQSPOIISibiIity f0 die people is the basis of our democratic svsli-ui of government and the thing which chici y distinguishes democracy from lOiHlllZlfi-‘ill rule. .\re \\ c in ilanger of for- getting this distiucnon with the growth of our bureaucratic ougaiiizatioiis at Ottawa? These orgauizzilituis uiav he urvc~s:iry, but the duties 0f goveruiiiiait tifficizils, high nr low, should be Strictly circumscribed, and in no case should tlicv be pcrmittcd to i1<urp the functions of elected l‘t‘|ll't‘\\‘lll£lll\(‘F.

Clue mautw with which our elected representa- tives should b1~ .~'l_‘l'llill>‘l_\' crincriaicil at jircscnt, is the Sirriis iwport 11nd its plllsllcils of 11di>ptuin or rejccliuii a: the lorihctiiniug (fiuana confer- ence. A criiirisiii of this report was recently nude by Hun. ;\rtliur \\‘, Roebuck, .\l. P, for Toronto and a former Attornev General for On- tario, \\'hcthcr one agrees or disagrees with .\lr. Roebuckk contculittu» la- iihriou-lv had a ner- fcct right 111 ézltliis. Illlll i=1 111.111; <o set an ex- ample which ninrlii \\'-‘ll have llvtil follorvcd by other [liiflllllllvll 1111-. .\'.i cilficizil reply has been tirade to .\lr lloiihticlfis speech, but at 'l‘0\'- unto the mixer .\lr h. \\'. Fowler, one of the sccrc111rit< 1- Sroi. tfoiinuissiou, tunic:- 100k to “pair-Ii 11'." f-ir 11f. superiors.

.\lr. liiiiirlri" nuidc M1111‘ remarkable .\l.ll.C' I'l'lf‘lll5i. llc dcclarci tlzai if the provinces failed to 3rl1i|ii the ro: iii11iici11l.t1i~ii t0 transfer prov- incial drhls ti» ihc lliviiinioii, as rccotninciulcd in the fiiroi. !'l‘ltl|l‘,. "ihr- union's war crcdit would b3 lfitlllgllll/‘Iibl, lli: dcclilfurl lllilt "at lllC [ircscut time -\‘\ill or tiiulu of the nine provin- ces are at 1‘;1<- ("ill of their liorrorving powers and rciiiniliug w:.l b<~ uvr -~.'u'v and dcfztult by Ulrwg pri-v 1~~ in 1hr 1l<‘f\l l\\tl year.- sccius iii- escapablli 1| itoiliuit i‘ dour," _\1l(ll’L‘>5illg him- sclf ])£ll'll\"lll1ll'i\‘ i1. i ltvlllllt’ of (Jutario, who Inight think 1Yi111 1111- rr-comniuidatioiisimposed additional llilltlfitl on tht-in. he stated: “The fact $11 tiltcu for; that \\1: arc jxuviug out ricrr vinr n» 111i. of dollar.- lo zissis‘. people and iuuirovi Cilllllllillih in other provinces and we arc uiakiii; thri-t- payuirlus in the least cf- lYcivui 111111 11111.1 \\;l~l1:lt1l fashion.” lle declared that "iht- Hula-h Norah .\mcricu .\ct has bccu a pi-mrvi 541.1111 tilt; lllnli, bu, l think the engine uct-d- 1ircrl11111i " llc’ 1i-kcd, "ls it sane or gijllsllllt.‘ that n1- >illllliil llllprlst new levies in \\lll'lilllt' through 1 " ‘eiVlll that in twat":- liiui- \\:1< airtuidv l'.'l|‘lll and iucrliiilzlblc?"

\\'li;1i i. 131,- piiri ' All lllt~t‘ uatl-iiiviits. cx- Cplp, p, _.=_,,,p,,1,1, r iipiriiiii? .\||d on “hos: iiulhorilv do: - .111 ». .\i.1l of 11 brdcrzil Liullllllin- siou lllltlcl‘! i lirani ‘i-r-vv-ii or eight of thi- nine jiroviiicr-S‘ 1.. litiii, on the verge of default?

\\illll rcgzud to Ilniario paving _lll taxation to ht-lp rithri‘ 1.l'1i\'.“‘~ -_ .\lr. boulci“ ignored nllat \\llw conctticil L‘\:‘.l thl- Siruis l'<'l""'l» “i<““‘~‘ll' that a large ion oi klfllZlYlOlS tnxnbl: wealth is 1l\'l'l\.\'tl iriui other provinces through concctitr. 11in illllllrlbY and flllilllllf‘. But the point is not the 11f iicy ol‘ inacctiracy .>1' his slau-iiiruts, but his right t0 SlK-‘illi ill illl ill il- sciui-olficial minciiv. 11s an cuiployce of the Sirois Fniniins-iou 111151 piopzigaudist for its rc- port. This is lhc lCnd oi hurt-aucrzitflv that the . ' have to put tip with; .v out ol place.

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\\'hen llilflllllllvlll l'i’.'l<~(‘llllIll‘5 next February. Que of the first aci- of the. \iU\'t‘l'lllllt‘lll will be to set up a special conunittre of the llUUSC 0f (jiinunons to 1-.\1u izu- war t_‘.\])(‘llllll.lllt.’5 and to seek in every pospuile \\a_\' to make the war ef- fort more eiiicicnt.

This Clllllflllllct‘ will sit in camera and will rcport. 11s ticvzi-"ioii l‘i'itllll‘(‘*, to the Government, the indiwdual niius-irrs or sculpt‘ ufllCifllS, 0f to the public. .

lu a-liipuiu; 1111-. putty-F, which was suggested bv the tippiwiiiou l.<".id<r, the Government will 11¢ flrltvllllllff llrui-h tuaclita‘ both in the last war mill {I113 pi-w-viii 1111c, Tihc present llritish select couiuiitu-r- nil n.-~.in:tl_ (‘.\_t><‘lltllllli‘(‘. uotcs an ex- change, was ciczred on llcccnibcr I2, 1939, and go far llliflrvll public. reports have reached Ol- tawa. ln Illllllillill, many confidential reports hair bw-ii uiadi- 1-» 1hr- tiovcrumcnt and very (iftcn. a- llli‘ V-illlllllllia‘ ix-piirl», the various de- piirtiiiriiz- :-1r1 lllllil~L'l\"5 1o rcuiutly weakness revealed liv 1hr- Ui-fllllllllvé‘, thus making formal rmiiiiii11-nd111iou~ untivcc arv.

Tllff trill-h t"llll'llllif'l‘. i1 is cvcr_v\vhcre cou- (‘t-drrl. has inadt- an inupiiisc boutribtitiou to Britain's fighting jiour-r, its reports have won euthu-iasiic priii-r- fllllll all parties. all news- papers, from the iirv dvpariniciils and services which have iii-cu uni-i -cvcr<'li' criticized.

'l'l1<' appuiiiiirriii of 1i Ilpuse of Commons couiiuiilcc- on war rxpr-uditurc is, therefore, a (lPVPlfilllllPlIl of iuiportiuice and there will be general intr-rt-st in the zicliivvciiieiits of the Bri- tish committee. -iu<‘<= the filllawa committee un- doubtedly will model its [)l'I)L'(‘(l\ll'(‘, 0n British jirzictice.

It is the l'f‘\fifill~lllllll\' of the llrilish commit- toe "tn r-vainiuc 1hr currriit expenditure defray- ed mil of ‘ll¢1.7l\- proriili-il bv Parliament for fhi- dvlcnri- -1r\i-'v~, fur civil defence flllfl for Other scrricrs dirvrtlv cuinicrlt-(l with the Will and 1o r<1ior1 what. if any, z-ctiuoniir-s consistent with tlu‘ l‘\'<‘l‘lllltiil of the polirv ilccitlcil by the (ilr\'t‘l‘llllll‘lll mar ll!‘ t'ffi‘('l(‘ll therein." ln n word. the committee ba- Ilriillill! In dri with policy. lt hm min-h to do with bow pnlicv is carried out.

Th" taiuiuiitivi- d1. iiintiiiuou-lv rcgarrlless of \vlit.-‘.hi'i' lkirhaint-ul l~ in srs-iuu. llflrvccn De-

cember I2, I939, and April I8, I940, it held I27 meetings, examined 233 ivitnesses, visited plants and camps and so on. It is much more difficult, as the committee points out, to detect undesir- able trends than to recognize well-established errors.

To avoid confusion and overlapping, the com- mittee divided itself into sitb-committees, each taking on one or more dcpartments--arniy, navy, air force, supply, home defence; trade, agricul- ture and economic warfare; co-orditiation and so 0n. Several horizontal inquiries were carried out to check up on general practice. These in- quiries were made by a conmiitlee-at-large, ein- bracing representatives from all the stib-com- milk-cs,

EDITORIAL NOTES

That was a. mighty weighty contribution our Board of 'l‘rade. after a year, made to the dis- cussing of the Sirois report! Shades of Nelson Rattenbury, what is to become of us!

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Captain Harold Messervy laid the community under a deep debt of gratitude for his. splendid address on the war and its reactions. No one is better able than he to discuss the subject atitlloriiatively, and he did it well.

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Thcre is great need for a Recreation Hut here for our soldiers, sailors and air force who are iranrleriug about the streets with no place of their own to go. Aren't there sufficient pub- lic spirited citizens among tis to start a move- ment or set it into action? lll Amherst they have one, in .\lonct0r1 another. \\'b_v can't we have one here?

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Evidently many youths are more anxious for the security of Federal Government seri" ' than for the security of the Country. The Civil Service Commission :umo111ice< there ivrrc 5,500 success- ful candidzites in the coinnii-sitiirs cxziiiiinations for clerks ltclrl i)t‘l(!llt‘l‘ if) last. Of this num- bcr no fewer than 2,500 live in Ottawa and vicinity.

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\\'ill.ii~ Collins, lllivclihi. born this date, 133.1. |li.~ out-landing succcssrs were “The \\'oiu:u1 lu \\'hi1c", and “The Kloousttinc". llzid much upt- ucss in framing nielo-draiuatic stories 0n the basis of a secret withheld till the Ilcuoucuicut; was a friend of Charles Dickens, contributed to “florist-hold Words", of which Dickens ivas cdiwr. lle assayed to be a dramatist and wrote “The Frozen Deep" in which Dickens alid other celehrctics appeared: “The true way to rcud' r age vigorous is to prolong the v-iuth iil the iuiitd." “lvccp young by keeping with lhc young."

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The tiuinbcr of fur farms in operation in the .\lariti1uc Provinces in I030 was 2.572, a dc- cline of 4:5 from the prccvdiiig yawn‘. The rcv- ouue derived totalled $1,431.71,“ conipzircrl with $I.,’<_)<),0.t(> in I038. Each of the thrcc jiroviuccs reported a smallci‘ number of farms, with Prince lidivard Island recording a decline of I12. Nova $coti11 il711l1d .'\'1~\v ‘iruusivick I'll-l, .\t the cud of I03‘) the numhur of fur-bearing 1111i-

iuals of all kinds retained 111i the fIlTlllS of the three provinces was 341170 and the vnluc $0M,- 547 (‘Ouipzircd \\'llll 48:80 valued :11 $|..18ti_*_>7 at the end nf h1g8. $ilvt~i' fox and mink w the principal kinds. The l\l‘\\' l_\‘])t‘.~ bf fox s. platinum and white-lace, ivi-rt‘ ill>ll rcprcscntt-tl with a total of p0 valued 111 $21,455, i1- ,>v it a The national thrift cznnjiaigu, to be launched in a short lilllt‘, will urge upon Ljanzulizuis a careful budgeting and restriction of purchasing for things not really tiecdcd so that they will be iu a better position t0 pay heavier taxes, buy more ivar bonds next stnnuier, and throughout ihr- y-cgir purchase more of the stamps and certi- llCflltku Fcliriiiiry will b1: war savings mouth. (Jucc started builgetiiig for iuctinie taxes, it is hoped that the budgeting habit can be extended so that thousands ofrperstius will undertake i11- .\lilllllfilli jiurcliasing of war savings certificates. There will be lltc biggest canipaigit the country has yet seen launched in February with the ob- jective of raising war savings purchases to at least $10,000,000 a month. The big war loan campaign which uiav be for a billion dollars will come just when butlget payments are ending for incuiuc tax. Citizens \\'lll have to continue bud- geting to meet these war luau commitments. The war loan drive will require a tremendous nation-wide organization. Instead of salesmen working for banks and bond houses a in the last two loans, they will be working for patroitic committees established in every community. Provincial committees will be formed and then regional committees and then county committees, with directors and sub-directors putting on all the pressure they can. n- >1- n- Whither are we (billing? ll used to be the proud boast of the Canadian judiciary that it knew no politics—once a lawyer was promoted to the bench he severed all connections with pub- lic political life, and did not even enjoy a vote in elections. But according to Canadian Press despatches this glorious record is to be set aside, and a judge is to leave the bench to become a Premier, and arrangements made for his re- turn tn the bench at the war’s end. Leader-Post says that Premier Patterson of Saskatchewan has been suggested as a possible Senate ap- poinlee and that hlrfijustice T. C_ Davis of the Saskatchewan Court of Kings Bench has been suggested as a possible successor as Premier of the province's Liberal (iovortnnent. A Senate vacancy was created by the death of Senator H. W. Laird (Con. Saskatchewan). The Leader- Post elaborates tliusly: “Among the present members of the legislature Hon. j. G. Taggart (Agriculture .\linister) is considered to be poss- iblv next in line in the event of Mr, Patterson resigning. It cnnld develop iiitn a contest he- tweeu judge Davis and Mr. 'l‘aggart. Rumors are circulating that Mr. Thggarl may get a fed- eral appointment. possibly Minister ol Agricul- ture. while .\lr. Gardiner (lion, j. G. Gardiner) would continue for the duration of the war as head nf the War Services Department. With the end nf the war this portfolio would disap- pear. .\lr. Gardiner mirgbt then return to agri- culture. jttdge Davis would resign as Premier and be reappointed a judge and .\lr. Tluggnrt might return lo Faskalclu-ivan as loader of the government. . ."

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IIIITES BY ‘HIE WAY

Hitler and Mussolini are ulrl m have plans to reuore Spain (.1 n. peslticu of power in the Mediter- ranean. The Spurmsh people, af- tcr their recent experience of war. would probably prefer peace l0 power. But. they are not. beluz consulted. — Vancouver PF-VIIICO.

The very worst. thing that could happen to law enforcement, In this country wculd be for the 1m rts- slon to get abroad that. sodlers are immune frurn prosecutLn by the civil BllLll0flLl6§ and that the Only tribunal qualified to try them 1s a military one. That. idea ex- ists to some extent already and it. would be unfortunate indeed if if. were to ga.:i strength. - Peter- borouzh Examiner.

Say! the Edmonton Journal: "hts of snow - and how heavy that. snow shovel gets!" Out In this climate we can sympathize with Edmonton's hardships. Often these week-ends our 5011 clubs be- In to feel burdensome, and digg- ng In the garden, among e sprouting sriowdrops, many I gardener finds the wezght. of his trowel oppressive. - Vaneuver Sun.

Among other tihlngr Britlih Army officer has now t0 satisfy competent authority as t0 his ablllt to drive an anny motor truck an ride a motor-bike. l-fe 1s given, if he lacks this IDGJTADllSlI- ment, three days to learn the truck-driving and two to pick up motorcycling. This is a hard and fast rule, applying to all ranks up to Colonel. _ The Legionary.

Communities in Western Ontrrlo which depend on natural gas for cmkng and heating have a bad season when the zero weather ar- rlves. It ls difficult for them to change anything else as all their equipment ls for the use of gas, 11nd m» gas pressure falls off badly. They eminot even have tlte com- fort WlllCll comes frcm leaking tut. the windL-w and seeing a good pile cf cord wosd. - Pi-teiborcugli Ex- amuzer.

Let the facts speak for them- SEIVBS- Since the Italian tccupa- tlO-ll of Bifli-zli Scimaliland two large conzingrnls of troops and mihtary supply ships frc-m Indian ports have ncgotuated the Rad Sea r0 ‘ without incident. as well as a e uucnbrr of vcs=els from Brit l. S utli Afrcla, Au tralian and other ports. If this ls what happens vrl the ltalirns central the R1d Sca. we only liclX‘ they continue to do so. The fact. is that with the Royal Navy operat- ing ofl‘ Alexandria and Adm the waters of the Red Sea are just nbcut as B lsli as, sat‘. Lake Windermcrc. Times rf Itidla. Ilere in (fnntrl, in wartime. there is stuic temptation l.) gve a great play la, favorable news at the expanse 11f unfavcrable —— to win the war every‘ day of l-lle we.k. 1t is itrgtrd by some that it is the dull‘ of the ucivscaticrs to "play 11D" ldvor ilri uow- and "play s11 as t- bclstci" ' But such a policy actually leads to titxd running public morale ivhrn people lose failn in the trutiilillness sf their news scnrcr. 1n the Tribune's opinion 0x» r-uls,

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sin-In the conslderatlon by the people of Prince Edward Island o. the need for the alterations which the Flederal Governmen to make to the Railway wharf in the town harbour, there are two points which it will be well to dlspwe 0i at. the outset. in order to avoid Ml! possible misunderstanding.

Frlat. The repairing and extend- ing of the Railway wharf lo e length, width and depth sufficient to accommodate ocean going ves- sels was decided upon by t-he Public Works Department, not. simply as n benefit. to Charlottetown or ‘o Queens County, but My b to those llvtnglxinllplrtilofthe - vtnce the advantages that will ac- crue to the farmers, fishermen and exporters from a direct, quick md cheap means of reaching the Brit- lsh market. during the war, and me whole outside world when peace re- ums, a freight rates on incoming goods.

Charlottetown: being a central point, headquarters of the Rall- way and with roads converging thereto, it. was felt that deliveries to and from the vessels. of expori. goods and o! incoming freight, for distribution throughout the. Island, could be made more readily Ln this City than elsewhere. Furthermore, the cost. to the Government of re- pairing and altering the Railway wharf, which In any event demands immediate attention, Ls only a. fraction of the money that would be required for the erection of u new pier.

It la most important that this phase of the matter be appreciated throughout the whole Island. Then, lf the Provincial Government, back- ed by the farmers and fishermen, by the Clty and Town Councils of Charlotte-town and Summerslde. and by their respective Boards of Trade, make an insistent demand upon the Dominion Government that. tlte couitrtmt. awarded a vear ago and revotsd last May, for the repairs and altcrailons to the Rail- way wharf, be renewed, there Is good reason to believe that their request. will be granted, particularly if stressed as a war measure of me first moment, vfz., as a means of supplying the Mot-her Country with the highest grades of food such as this Island is especially able to pro- duce.

Second. There is no conflict of any kind between tilie traffic ex- pected to result from the docking in the Cliarlottelowit harbor of ocean going vessels and of the large grain boats plying the St. Lawrence. on the one hand, and that which will result frcm the connecting of Kings County by the Wood Is- lands ferry with the Province of Nova. Scolla. Both will benefit. not only our producers, shippers and importers, but. will assist materially our tourist traffic. 0f wliicl the Province offers very great. ossi- bililies.

Readi g between the lines 0i ' m: erls" leltsr, one lulagilles that. he feels in some unexplained ivay that the Cl‘ _-itfe‘own wr- bwur protect will lcs=2n the utility

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Goering as rather the b:st of the, chief NaYJs. Tale". have bet n told ab ut. what a really splendid fel- low he is, 1 " irrnii 1' queer political l(l{‘fl.\. and the f ng has lflS.(ilfIll.5ly grown up that. if only lie were to stop into powtr in Germany, things might, be settled to eveiycni.» sallsfaclion. The

story that has 051110 out of Pains cu the lips of Lady D.c'es. Amer!- cun-bcrn peer-rs»; shOU d) much to CDLIlliPl"rl('l. this deli GUS Lttle bit of propaganda. Hi. recital of hzw the fat marshal pushed her aside in a Paridau sh p. prac- tlcally Jerking out. of her ‘sand a coat she was examining, is suffic- lent ‘index of lbs- man's character. Once a Nazi always a p g. -—W.'nd- so: Star.

In the first l0 months of last year 27.360 deaths from motor vehicle actddonts were reported in the United States. 1.610 more than ocurrcd (luring the same mouths in I939. If l-liese figures are dmexuraging, ind eating a pr bable total for the year 2000 in excess of the I939 total. there are am; en- couraging facts. One is that eglit. states had fewer fatal aut mt>£.e acicxdcnts in the 10-month period of i940 than they did tn the previ- ous year. Anoiiter is that. the tn- crease ln mot r vehicle deaths just, about matched the increase ln automobile travel. If eight states even ln the face of rising automo- bile travel, can attain better safety

ought, m be inspired to do better. Safety itself ls-no accident. It doesnt Just happen. It 1s brought about.

One of the problemr to which obviously we must give prompt attention ls the enemy o our vital Atlantic communications. Germany is now OOIICCHLYBK-lllfl largely on an endeavor to neutral- ize American su plies to Britain by an lntensffle U-bziat. and ling- dlstanee bcmbzr campaign. It. ll hardly realized by many pecple, 1.11m, with Brest. at their command, the German submarines and bomber ‘planes actually start. on their ac- tlvltiea many miles farther West. and therefore nrarer to Atlantic highways. than do our own naval and air craft. This is a tremendua handicap to us, and is due to Eire‘; refusal to allow us either naval or air bases cn the South or West coast. of the Irish Free State. The only possible answer to this trreat. 1.; mq, ure of long-irstance fighters able t0 keep the air for many hours and carrying formdable bffladsldga. We shall presumably lose no time in turning out. such aircraft, in adequate numbers. 'I“.ie Gcnnam have already acquired a Pug-dist- ance fighter of sorts in their Met 110s. We must outelase that type decisively both in desl and num- ber. .- Ottawa Journa.

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Two of the moat hopeful true Itrrles we have ever read have come frrm the last, two nalurallzn- tlon csurts held in Halleybury. One was that. of a man who told the judge that it was h‘! children.

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of the Wood Islands ferry. The very reverse should be the case, for, by bringing prosperity to the {atm- 01's. fishermen and industries of Kiuus Country. etmat" ""an"f.‘es i-f produce will be available for ex- port to the Nova Srotftikfilffket. In tre matter of grievances both projects have an equally sorrv story to tell insofar as Ottawa Government, treatment ls concern- ed, and they can well afford to join lianits in an tmlted effort to lodge at least, some measure of under- standing of this Islands require- ments 1n the minds of those ln the Federal Capitol who control the shores and harbours of the Domici-