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QATUBPAY, oc'1~_onaiz,_zi._1sso. The Same Tradition

Writing no doubt \vith the best of good inten- tions, a London newspaper correspondent ein- phasized that the British army had “gone de- itiocralic", and that so far as possible in this war its commissioned officers will be secured from the ranks, the inference being that this is a sharp departure from the practice in the war of a quarter-century ago. A timely correc- tion is supplied by the Ottawa lourual, which points out that from 1914 onwards both the Bri- tish and Canadians armies were citizens’ armies xvithout parallel in history. essentially as "de- mocratic" as the crowd at a football match Men of wealth and education enlisted in the ranks in large nuinbcrs, and thousands won their coni- missions on the field of battle.

Indorsing the Ottawa paper's statement, i‘. rorrespondent states that in the British Army in the early part of 1918, 56 per cent of all in- fantry officers in the line had risen from the ranks. In the Canadian Corps the proportion was slightly over 7o per cent. Approximately the saute figures were found in the artillery and other branches of both armies. N0 less than 22 battalions returned to Canada in which al- most every officer had won his wav from the ranks. In lingland officers’ training schools were jammed with N.C.O.’s and privates pre- paring for junior commands. Not a few pri- vates rose to the command of battalions, one striking case being that of a private who came up from that rank to officer commanding his unit in 14 months, taking in his stride a D.C.M. and Victoria Cross

\\'ith the exception of staff officers. whose duties necessarily kept them most of the time at various headquarters. but who in most cases “on these posts of efficiency in the field, the British and Canadian armies of 1914-1918 were extraordinary examples of working democracy. No officer of any rank could hold his job in the line without courage and ability, all suffered the same hardship, and braved the same dangers.

It is the highest tribute that can be paid to the British and Canadian forces today to say that they show the same spirit of co-operativc service and self-sacrifice as did their predeces- sorS of twenty-five years ago- There is n0 (loubt that this spirit is in evidence, but it is not something new. It is just the revival of a truly glorious tradition.

Problem In Boycolting

One effective weapon which every house- holder can apply against Germany is the boy- cott of Nazi-made goods. For example Christ- mas toys. The Ale-iv Republic, an American publication. states that twelve hundred tons of German-made toys have just arrived in New York harbour consigneck- to various American wholesalers- It suggests that its readers should “be vigilant in making sure they do not give as presents this year toys from a land whose pre- sent rulers have done more than anv one else who ever lived to bring suffering and death to children."

There is. however, another side to the ques- tion, which is thus stated by a (lanadian ex- change: (icrman goods already in this country may have been paid for long before the out- break of war. A current boycott against such goods is not, in the retail phase of selling, strik- ing at (“iermany at all but at Canadian merchants. who are now in serious difficulties concerning their disposal to the public. This phase is not in any way connected with the national bovcott of Germany, which went into effect immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities. Therefore the problem centres around the propriety of con- tinuing to sell those German-made goods in Can- ada. A strict boycott penalizing Canadian mer- chants and adding to their troubles, hardly seems to make horse-sense.

Calendar Of Aggression

ln a rccciit issue of the London TllllCS ap- peared an article giving a number of extracts from Hitler's public speeches; this has now been reprinted in pamphlet form together Willi the reproduction of an editorial from the same ncivspaper commenting on this “Calendar of Aggression," and reviewing Hitler's treachery "step by stcp"- The series of quotations opens with the assurance given by the Fuelirer as far back as February 10, 1933, that “the first and best point of the government's program is that we won't lie and we won't swindle," since when he has violated almost every pledge given. Throughout he has posed, when it suited his purpose, as the champion of peace and the d;- fendcr of popular liberty and justice, and throughout. as the world knows, his actions have been complett-Lv contradictory of his pious pro- fessions. llc has pretended to have the highest respect for treaties and an abhorrence of war. Repeatedly he has spoken of the futility of shed- ding blood. "We are convinced that it must be lgainpossible in this world to talk over differ- ences in the lives of nations without always at once thinking of a resort to force." he said — but that was before Munich. The German Reich, the world was told. wanted only to live on friendly and peaceable terms with all neighbour- ing states-not only the larger states, but the smaller states. But there was one exception —- "both We National-Socialists and the iifilSllfiVifilS lre convinced that there is a gulf between us which can never be bridged . so far as ever this Bolslievism draws Germany into its rlntchcs we- are the deadliest and most fanatical enc-

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$14,000,000 in the same month of

Tafelgpr Day, 1805. a o a a The recent breale in the weather made the farmers hurry up yvith their roots. I i I

It is interesting to note that the Boy Scout's Association have secured the services of Captain Inge for another year. He has been acting very acceptably as Executive Field Secretary for the past two months

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Our fur farmers are being attacked both front and rear. The Government must do some- thing for them to save the industry, and to pre- vent ransom prices to the few survivors Wllcn the present crisis has passed.

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Rev. Dr. Robert Laird. a distinguished I5. lander, Treasurer of the United Church, is on an itinerary of the Maritimes and Will be here tomorrow and Monday- Ile is a nephew of the late Hon. David Laird and a first cousin of Mrs. J. A. hlathieson.

a io- n a I It is interesting to note that Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria nrvsteriously slain by Nazi Elite Guards in the first ilays of the Polish campaign, ' was rcgarded__by both English and Scottish Iacobitcs as hing of (ireat Britain, because he was a direct descendant of Charles I. \Vhen old time llighlznidcrs drank the toast to the king "over the water" 1t was Ruprechfs father, Lud- wig III of Bavaria, was signified. =- a- v

_ A poll by the British Institute of Public Opin- ion, London, indicated that three-fourths of the Ilritish electorate favors continuance of the war. The poll was undertaken at the government's re» guest, it ivas said. and in reply to a question ask- nig, lll effect, whether thev wanted the war con- tinued or immediate peace, one-fourth wanted Peace 0F llilll I10 Opinion. while three-fourths wanted the ivzir continued. Rt. Ilou. David Lloyd (ieorgc. \\ orld \\":1r Prime Minister, charged re. Gently that the people ivere not in sympathy with this war and the poll is considered as strength- pning the government s position to fight for the ‘destruction of IllllCflSlll."

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There is said to be a shortage of cod liver oil, due to the war. "Iihis cod liver oil is extracted on trawlcrs operating in the North Sea, and as the North Sea is today rendered unhealthy with mines and torpedoes, North America's supply is sharply cut. \\'itl1 the war still in its infancy, the price of cod liver oil has already advanced more than 25 pcr cent over the prc-\var price, and the price may advance still further. Unless another source of cod liver oil is developed the Doiniiiioifs supply may become exhausted and its lack would have a serious effect on the health of the population.

n: v w w The estimated yields for bent grass seed pro- duction in the Blaritime Provinces for 1939 are: Prince Edward Island. Colonial bent (Brown- top) 5.500 Ib-; 11nd Velvet bent (and mixtures). 70o lb.; New Brunswick, Creeping bent, 5,000 lb., according to the report of the Sack-ville, N.B., District Supervisor, Plant Products Divis- ion, Dominion Department of Agriculture. As a. result of three years’ tests on eight putting green grasses at the Royal York Demonstra- tion Tiirf Garden, Toronto, Maritime bent grass seeds held the two highest averages, with NB. creeping bent 87 per cent and PIEI. velvet bent 82 per cent, in comparison with bent grass seed from Oregon, Rhode Island, “lashington, New Zealand and other grass seed from centres oin-

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During the month of September the note cir- cnlation of the Bank of Canada increased by $33,000,000 as compared with an increase of last year. There has been a disposition to see in this com- parison a commencement of inflation, something which business dreads above all other things, and not without reason. In this instance there seems to have been nothing in the way of iii- flation as the tcrin is generally understood. As pointed out by the Alunctziry Times, the addi- tional $19,000,000 of currcncyican be readily ac- counted for in a heavier crop movement and a generally more active retail business than was handled last year, the same applying in large measure to the increase in chartered bank de- posits with the Bank of Canada. What is sug- gested here is that the central bank is doing nothing more than the chartered banks were authorized to do under the provisions of the old Finance Act for the purpose of moving a large western crop. The explanation seems reason- able and sufficient. The process indicated is essentially different from inflation and is in harmony with the old established practice of the Bank of Iinglanzl in regulating through its dis- count ratcs the supplies of money and credit available from time to time according to the actual needs of British business.

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The man who made the Magiuot Linc was Andre Maginot. Ilc enlisted as a. private, though then Minister of \Var, and rose to be a sergeant by the time the last war ended. Maginot was the dominating figure in France's occupation of the Ruhr Valley of Germany in the early twenties. There was a dispute within the cabinet as to ivhethcr it should be a military operation by the Allies as a group, or whether it should be under the direction of civilian authorities of France and Belgium. Maginot took the latter view and Poincare finally supported him. He pursued his policy of French domination of that territory so thoroughly that he earned the bitter enmity oi the German people. He made continued (lemands for greater armaments in Iirauee and to the time of his death urged that the French keep up a constant surveillance of the Rhincland. If his advice had been taken there might have been no Munich and no ivar. But it was the great east- border line of fortifications that Maginot fought for and planned for most vigorously. He kept up the fight until his death. Part of his plans included even projects for the flooding of large areas in northern France should there be Ger- man attacks in that sector- lle so ilislrustetl the Germans throughout his life that as late as i920 he u-as advocating the resumption of the Ruhr

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Blr.—'1‘here la e. matter I wish to b11118 t0 the attention of your read- ers and all right-minded people.

‘Illere are some three 0r four hundred soldiers in our midst. -. many of them mere boy . Where "my 80 others will follow. They 8N t z around our streets when off duty-cold and lonely.

There are no canteens or legiti- for than to go where

1710111518 attracted 16,000 people to hear t-hem in Adelaide Town Hall 1n their l2 concerts for the Austral- lan Broiidcastln Commission, and beat all recur . Three of [hp l-farmonlsts (Messrs. Frommerman. Mayreder. and Rexels) took a mo. l0" Picture film of the complete production of a one-egg. seven-man tlon was the Zoo, and the star of the production Eileen the 1min. She laid an egg, and the director of Llie Zoo (Mr. Ron. Mlnchln) had an omelet made. ‘Then the whole party-seven ln all-dined and declared the fare iuriple and excellent. — Aus- tralian News Itetter.

The nations until}: the moment form this lineup in defence of the llbfirly of the world appear to be

Bfll-fllrl. Canada, Aus

NEW Zefllflnd. Having regard to the known circumstances and still more to the possibilities of tomor- row. lt cannot be said that there is any presumption that at. the onset. of this titanic struggle there l; a balance of striking power on the side of the defend- ers. The easy optimism which marked public’ opinion ln Canada 1t the beginnms of the former great. war was therefore out of place, and. any recurrence of it at this tlme would be czilamltous. What 1s left to us ls, in Mr. Churc- hill's phrase. the cs of heart now that the long road of retreat ls ended. - Winnipeg Free Press.

How the nations of the Empire can most usefully bring their pow- er to bear ls not a quest-ion to be answered hastily. They are all much stronger than they were in 1914. stronger by military exper- ience and by development of their natural resources and population. The military strength of India has greatly lncreacd frm-n the lessons learnt in the last war, from the modernization of her army and from the results of Lord Chatflelws report. But lt. ls not only by the dispatch of expeditionary forces that the Domlntons can serve the common cause. To maintain indus- tries which will glve a constant; flow of munitions and an agricult- ural efficiency which will assure food supplies for the fighting front. and the home base ls of the first importance. That two- fold task we are now well assured will be accomplished. The Empire has decided. _ Dally Telegraph and Morning Post.

Since the war broke out. a vast easel bearing large-scale European maps has s.-ood tn President Roose- velt's office, and newspapermen used to inspect it eagerly on their visits. But f0“ the last few times. the principal map has been folded over the ack of the easel so re- porters could nob see the markings on it. The Army and Navy. lb ts sus- pected, are making their annota- tions tor the President's benefit. and it isn't wished that mportersl" should disclose the secret. One cor- respondent innocently siarted to turn the map back to look at lt: a Secret Service man checked him abruptly! Do vou think the man shows submarines seen ln Ameri- can waters. or has somebody drawn an undlplomatic cartoon on the inargin? —-Christla11 Science Mont- or.

The new "ski-pants" which are now regulation ln the British army and the other changes ln the sold- iers‘ uniforms were mnde for the convenience and efficiency of those who wear them. Protection of the soldier. by making him as incon- spicuous as possible. on the bat- tlefield. was the chief and per- haps the only conslderatlon fn the selection and retention of the color of his uniform. ‘This gives Interest. to llie fact that the Unit- ed) States. which has now deter- mined to bring up its army to full peace time strength. has about decided to attire the expanding army in a ‘slate blue uniform in- stead of the familiar olive drab. On the vlslbllity of various hues there never has been definite agreement. Probably there could not. be slnee conditions never are duplicated but apparently the Americans feel that lnvlslblllty from the alr must now be partic- ularly strested and tests in progress for nearly a year at flve scattered post-s causes them to turn towards slate blue, especlahy under winter condltlons. The difference ls not so great as to suggest the immed- iate absolltlon of the resent color. Existing stocks will used up. For the present. cotton kkaki will be issued for summer and kkaki will be continued for service in the tropics. but the blue uniform will be adopted for winter wear. The ldea of changing the color with the season to blur lntu the environment may be new in an army but not. ln nature. since many animals protect: themselves in this

fashion. Perha the chameleon offers a final jeetive for army use. Another consideration. a!-

thougn not. of prime importance. says the War Department at Washington, ls that blue would be far easier and considerably cheaper to manufacture. - Munc- ton ‘Transcript.

Spinach is no new discovery and ln the olrl days there were doc- tors who presc lbed 1t for many things. Doubtless imported into Europe at the time of the Crusades, spinach was already well-known during the Renaissance. In the 18th Century it was regularly liawkecl ln the streets of London. In those days. the lant was prepared by chopping i 11D. bolllng lt/ and making lt. into balls. the llquld being squeezed out with the hands. Then it was mixed with butter. oll or vinegar and thus prepared considered a delicacy. — Fredericton Gleaner.

The reopening of the University of New Brunswick yesterday was marked by two t-hlngs, the incom- lng students outnumberink any slmfar reizlstratlon at anv time in the one hundred and thirty-nlne years of the lnstltul-on’: history. and the remarks of the President. Dr. C. C. Jones. were directed to a noticeable decree to the relation- ship of the university to the na- tlonrl effort. which has been

limited to Pdand, France. Great! tralla nd‘~

they can get comfort-the Y.M.C.A. ls doing noble work-but 1n too many cases these b0y5 are spend- lHB their time and money with the ever present "bootlegger". condi- tions there are even worse than before. because there ls nothln to be got but lnijurlous alcohol mifxezl with some e0 curing matter which is pure poison.

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5117911’ the Police or the author- ltles know where these "dives" are and could save our young men,

I mfl-y shock the "unco good" if I sav lt would be far better to have beer and light wines sold than this vile stuff served out ad 11b.

If the Government would equip. 8 981M611 0r suitable resort in a central place. I _am sure the dlf. ferent organizations would gladly $3250.? £2ll‘l.§,'“..§°'lli‘“' F“

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The men enlist to serve their Country and we stand by and do mthlflk t0 save our boys.

Tl6€"1%‘lt.f‘°" ERAN 20th October, 1939 CE

Britishers In U. S. A.

(New York Times)

Westerbrook Pegler said the other day that he has no statis- tlqs 0n the number of English lm_ mIEYAnts-Emzllsh and not. Brltlsn —wl1o have come here since the United States put on long pants and began to carry matches and shave. Mr. Pegler refuses to make 11D his own statistics like some book writers he knows and he therefore bases such remarks as he feels movedlto make on gen- eral lmliressions of t-he size of the English colony here. But actually there ls precise in- formation about. English immi- grants tn the United states offle.

1 figures. If we say that by the year 1871 the United States was 1n long pants and otherwise grown up, then lt is recorded that slnce that year the number of lmml- grants who have come here from England-not. Scotland or Ireland or even Wales-l; very nearly 2, 200.000 Scotland and Wales would contribute another three-quarter of a. mllllon. Naturally, 0f the Erlgllth immi- grants beglnnlng in 1871, the greater part of the earliest com- ers are dead. A good many otherfl returned to their homeland. as in the case of immigrants from other countries. But» others came tn their place, and we know how the balance sheet stood in 1930 at the time of the last Federal census. In that year we had nearly 810.- 000 residents who were born ln England, 354.000 ln Scotland. 60,- 000 ln Wales. and 180.000 ln North- ern Ireland. which is, in afflnltv.

British. Altogether. then, the British-born in 1930 were some- thing over 1.400.000 persons. To