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THE

CHARLOTTETOWN QUARDIAN

_ JANUARY 15, 194

with redoubled speed."

The mandate Parliament has today from the people of Canada, Mr. Meighen declares, is s. mandate to win the war. and that mandate over- rides and overwhelms all others. "if we don't liearken t1.» that thunderous command," he warns, “nothing else will ever matter." Not even our precious “national unity", or its synoriwm in l‘rime Minister King'si11ii1<l,tlie Liberal Party!

THE A GHARLOTTETOWN 1111111111111

Aiuriilir; iliiily li-‘ounded in i857)

President: Lleiit. (‘ui. W. Chester b‘. bleLure Vii-e Ilrcsidcni: J, R. Burnett, F.J.L

Lieut. Col. l). A. ltlaclilnnllh. 9-5-0-

Edilwr 1111i .\i.111-,1;;inw. Director. J. ll. BllflW-ll- F-J-l-

Associate 1.111111»; i-‘raiik \\'alker and lall A. Bum"

v lfil'ltlstl‘llTtllil’l'lON RATES By Mali 111 l-'.l~;.i., $1.00 per year; $2110 for 6 months

= EDITORIAL NUIIIS =

$1.25 for 3 months; 50o for one mouth (Jlt\ l)l'll\i’i'\ “$1.011 pi-i- vear; $3.00 for 6 mouths

$1.75 tor l! months; 60c fur one Month.

By Mail 111 111l11~r l'i\1\iill‘iS and l‘. s. A. $3.00 per 3'83)‘

gator-art 1'1 LTlilj; ¢.'.uu poi- your; $l.00 [or h‘ months,

50c for 3 months

\\'e are having characteristically seasonable

iti-atlicr this month.

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"The Dove of Peace" evidently has not found

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1111111-1111111 iuiiy be obtained st s resting place 1n [hg Law Count '1“), 'l1i111-< biiililfO, New York; l) _ g g y, 1, l111111~1 \lllk nnll Washington, p _ _ 11.11 ;..1111.11. \1-11.. wt-u-vr» m» reel an. lhe cost of living is receding-thanks to export . .1 1111. .;:11 1;11_t .~1i., 111111111111; hens stand, _ w u - _ d _ .1. _ 1 l‘ . e111111~1111 1.1111111 1111.1.1.1, 111-111-"11 \v1\| stand. Sodium-y. a’ e as llllpoll all‘ b? lll§ lib“ "lllolls-

1....» 1~i11-11, 111-111-1111: N. 11., ' "TT N0 one should be in the streets in cars (or otherwise if possible) from 9.15 to 10 p. m. Mon-

day: 5a fciy first. w

“The Sglri-ltlillivnury 1's Weaker than the llllTi/{Fsf Ink.”

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Vice-Admiral Swabey, who claims to be an Islander because his father was one, acted 11s host in England to the officers of the Highland Brigade Headquarters staff at Christmas, and gave each of them s present.

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Canada Needs Form Planning

The L'111'1...l _\.;.1;.1s is revising upwards its plans for agizc ‘ma; ;.;o1i1i:.1oi1 to meet possible needs only of lii-nan but of China and Russia. The . ' \1 . \, '

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_ ‘ " u D _ I d A nod is as good as s wink to s blind horse: “lll‘lll°' ‘, ll‘ elllm’ f“ and the warning given by the Principal of New ill llllllll l$rui1s\vick_ Llniversity is equallyappliczible to this l _ "l6 fl‘ f * province vi . all iiien o1 iroin 1b 1o .15 should ar- “" l\'ll lllll'\lllllllll “llllllllllc range their civil aflaiis so as to be rcady for the jllllllllg lll‘ l" b‘ Pwglllllll call to arms which will not now be long delayed.

1y says: a s it s r here in Canada the same

s‘cr c1.

food prlodizc the (lkzawa l

_ If the Government is going to make the con- °"_=‘E§*'1‘~‘“ll“¥“ll"°' tractiiig of debt almost impossible if not illegal, lllllllll‘ ‘S lll Flcl-llllll lllles' and criminal crises are to be as scarce as they are lll ‘fillllll l-lllleflllfllls our at the present Supreme Cotirt, lawyers soon will llllg,‘ llellllll‘ Plan be making application to be admitted to the bene- l llllc lll Plllllclllall °l fits 0f the Uiieinplovnient Insurance scheme.

is now being directed I11 11

- , l“ ‘ll lllllc? ‘llllllllcllllllll’ There being a shortage of ipitility writing 11111111", ‘l“"‘“’l‘,’ll ,0‘ llllllllllllle lllllk l9‘ as part of the war effort towards conservation, iii- l‘l“ll‘ “w” _ll l’ ill,“ Plllsllll‘ lllfle l‘ structions have been issued that University of l“ ‘mill "ll lllllll ‘llld llllllllll§ll°ll lllllollg \Vestern Ontario students use both sides of leaves llclllllll“ ‘lalllolll lmallfl‘ in examination books. Approximatelv 1,200 stud- _ lllllflklllililjlglglorldolllfli entswill write zuiiitrzil mid-term tests this 111011111, ‘ " ‘ ‘ ' f and it lS expected a few lllOll$Z1lltl pounds ot paper

. control but may not-be working g year will thus be savetp n- 4 s

with the "The fl?‘

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that should Brlifllfl 15k l“ Sir George Strong Nares, British explorer died

.55 o1 d:111-_1- Products from this date W15; enmrc,‘ we Na“, 1345. my‘. m“ _ _ ‘l ‘llllslllll lll_e_ llcllllll (ll llllssl‘ in lllrtmklin Search lixpcilitioll ; 'Ctlllllll1lllil(‘\l Llhal- llllll-ll l‘l l llll “lc gllll“ llllclllc Sllllalloll’ we lciigcr in earlier part of her sciciitiiic expedition‘ woud have to start almost front scratch to niake commanded mc Arctic Expedition 1875b; pm: lll‘ lllicll“ l “l l ‘lldlllsllllellli Tlllll l‘ lll° nioted Vice-Pidmiral, and became professional of- ‘l “l”, t‘ " l: lldlllli “lc Sllollld llllvc ll ficcr of the British Government l-‘ioard of Trade

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1 a ])\)>lll<)ll he retained 1111' seventeen years; piih- ’ lishcil scientific works as wcll as his Narrative

1l1ld be 0n a nation

tvl q , and direction coining of a Voyage to the Polar Seas 11 1"" 1'1 lht-ertimeiit. This should 111 a 11 .1 111,. \ q,‘ . . “c ‘ l“ " ll ‘l ' l 5 "m" The first issue of a new llrenclt weekly, Pour ~~~- -- -~— la Yictoire, in .\l(‘w York" estimates that Geri. dc LUCI- and Briton liiillllC now cdiiiiiiiiiiils zurrirmy ut 100,000 llrcc krciilcliiiien and a tlci-t ot 40H\V'1il'5l1lp1s‘ and 1Z5 _ ' ' nierc iaiitnien and tankers. " ie week y is to c 5"l~l"l'~' "ll- l i 7 ’~\ lllllf lll'¢~‘lfllllgf¢cel\'¢d edited by Genevieve Tiahouis, former foreign tdi- bY ‘ ' ll“ “‘ l' ‘ l l‘ ll l ‘ll l lllllllllllll lllllll all‘ tor of lftfleiivre in l‘.'1vi51 and llrof. Frcdei" k ti. lll- l_‘ “‘ \ ll l - "“."-‘ illl "Mllllllllswj “ll” lloffhcrr, vict'-p1'c.<id<'i1t of liriiiice liliircvvi“. The iyl‘ "'l‘ “l ~‘ l~ .l' l-llllll‘i‘llll"ls'- Mllllll daft includes >uvh names in lircnch journalism 11s llflta .' . ‘ ' '. ,.,. " ~ l’eiiiiia.\ lleuri de l\e1illis and Pierre Lazaieii. l" Kill ‘ ‘~11’! QJYEY‘ l5 all lllsclllllll?" Of the 1l00,00o men under arms the wceltly esti- ztitiiig .1111: > . ="v to ‘.\ll’. Wlinstol; mates (Jen. de liaiille has 2,000 trained aviz1tors1 llllliil‘ l l ‘ ' ‘l ‘i 1 1 "i m“ Ylflll-l- “lll llllllClillll" the "rowth of the llrce hrciicli forces. 0n ll-f‘ l-s l ~ 1*"- l~\l\‘ lltilll l".'~.'<‘ll\\‘l'_. “e l'our la \\llClI>il1~\‘ llltillls out that ii\ 111' Novciiibci‘.

pray ior c.1111 \I11'it’l,..\l1'l'\ 1111s holy llilile bring us 1941,’ dc Uaulie pad 2., warship, and our). 3U together once mire iorever." merchant vessels. lleneailt a a e several signatures, including s ‘hill Ol .l- ‘llr ll .‘- l- llllll5ler "l lflllllllce- .\ll‘. Andrew Fulton of Grinishy, Oi1t., market- 1 1 1111.: l 1 ~- » l _ - > t» ‘llllllid mill -\ll~ .\:>UClLlllOli iii Britain bclore the prrscnt war, said Swallffxlel “'51! ddliiilCd to take him to Pretoria. in an address to the Northumberland and Durham llle llllllsll l" Qlilllal- llls Ellalll look '- llklllE Apple Growers’ Convention the Canadian grower l° ll" .\'°'~ll‘».~ Prlfdlfr arid showed 1th)’ 5lll3ll “l5 could not expect a favored position 011 the British (ll ll'lllll"~*‘~‘ "'l ill-l‘ .l”llllll°-ll' lllllllll! ll?!" llllllccflllfl market after the war. .\ll‘. Fulton said the trend Vlljlf" - i"! Y" <1"? _ 11 s1:i'1~~_-11 when he iifivllfll ll- was away from the special trade concession in bcllrlllls Yllllillllillil’ ‘lilllill fllllrlellill! W" Britain hitherto enjoyed by the Canadian fruit Evlvfirxle éililllfxjlixll" “Gill-ll 5K1" r Yhlilmlg 51¢ ‘Mglfi grower and a sweeping away of trade barriers was Dang H ' t “l f v - - EH1’ fllllolamlg": to be expected when the ivar was over. This but"... , . Y.“ I "H l ‘G's; Hxlllllhn l 1H1 would fCSllltglil an increase 111 apple exports from {Win- r‘ v ~ I s lwmgé; n; hilKf ; ilie hinted btzites to llYllillll and a consequent re. iic“iexn\ios “we M!“ Hr; Wwgioéfla l ‘ “s! tiéillflll duciioii iii tgiiiadiiui espons, he sa1d_ l‘or this m1- I“; _,- _ " " z y _ ~ - - n‘ l) ll» 4 Y all)’ son he advised Lanadian growers to enlarge their l""' 5 ‘ ‘ l‘ "l" i‘ “ml {Will ll" FlTSt efforts with an eye to the domestic market. l/‘Vl "l "l" ‘ l the QTCCllflQ received e v s v ‘l, "l0. lloiviiiiig

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Are our medical incn living or acting 11p to their high privilege in this war? Dr. \\'. j. Deadinan in an article in the current issue of The Canadian Medical Association journal answers: "Let us be rcalists. Let tis be honest with our- selves and with the public. Canada, on the basis .1.‘11-:1 :1. :11 ihc :i1llllll which of her effort iii 19113, or 01' llrilllillls, c-iiloi-i, 111- of '..1l,c- when llarliariiciit Australia's effort, will iii all probability, eventually "l W all fill-Wt WHY fliofl- raise a force of a. itiillion men. Canada's 11,000 none, however, with regard to the physicians have, as yet, been called upon to supply

\\’l1rro Meighen Stands

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11h meets, ._..i k4“: 1 There nceii be

allllvllll“ "l l ‘l "i=~ l l'ifl"'*ll"lll- RY- llml- about 1,800 medical officers. l7rin113,(>00t04,000 ‘ll_:'\l\“l l ‘ ‘i ‘lli-l’ ‘lffllll VlPIHZ b will C\'l_t‘iillllill_\“ll(f itccdcil. lllhcre. is {ill ample rcscr- h I i 1 11- l _ _ iii: has said, voir oi ‘llllg\'slt.‘l‘liil$ Ollllllllllify age upon which to

slrlll“ ‘l, ‘gill?’ OI 1W ‘WY @110". draw without jCUpZifdlZlflg the legitimate needs of ll°“"l‘~‘ll'_ " ._ _ ’ UH Ill? contrary. the civil population. Let us not cry ‘shortage’ “l: “lll ‘l ‘ Wlfwcll‘ lrlcllllffl ll0\\‘- while otir reserves are ample. Tilt! psychologic "l" "*7 _. 111W‘ \\l1\'lll<'1‘ lll lllllt‘. vlllcvt 1111-111 the potential mcdiczil officer is bud. "l"ll‘ l1 w‘ f‘ - i ‘- ‘- 1l~ ‘1\‘ ll ll~ ulvli for the LTntil this struggle he resolved lil our favor, 1hr "WM ~ ' 1_ ‘ l - Illllvlllt; lllvfic llvllléllllls needs of the armed services are paramount. . . ’ l" f": ' ‘ .11" arid apply i~'.'i.-r_v\vlic1'e willi- * * * *

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' l" illlillllu Sllhterfngi-s What is Canada going t0 d0 about Daylight Sav-

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Fact follows fancy in the mai- tei- of the Russian Aimy oiiu il-S boots. In the last war the rumour flew around Britain and through- out, the world that Russian sold- iers had been seen travelling across Britain "Willi snow on their boots". This ivinter tliere ls Russian snow on 3100.000 pairs of British boots. Part of lllt: enierge11cy' aid-to- Rtissia program, first _d0ll\‘i3i‘it‘15 of these boots were being shipped within s. week of the Nazi invasion. Half-a-millicn airs were sent im- mediately, an by the end of August. 1.03000 pairs had been shiprped or loaded. Britain is ful- filllni the whole Russian request for 3.000.000 pairs. The bOOIe are exactly the some u those worn bY British soldiers, and, although taken immediately from the large stocks built up 1:1 Great Britain. their shipment. creattd no immediate shortage or supplies The capacity of the industry is sufficient to meet any further reasma-ble require- ments; tn the last war no fewer than 112,000,000 palm 9d all types of Service boots were made by United Kingdom manufacturers. Although full statistics of produc- tion 1:1 this war cannot be given, it 1s know that in one single week the industry produced 409,000 pairs. The boots are armoured with heel tips, toe tips. and reverse sole- biis. The new last used gives ex- actiy the correct joint and toe room. Fitting has been specially studied. and three fittings to each size are available. Size; rim from 5'; to 12's.

Successful tests have been car- ried out with Britain's first electric locomotive for mix-rd traffic. De- signed for the Manchester" to Shef- field line, where a ivlde diversity of truffle called for s standard de- sizn of locomotive capable of haul-

s.ll classes of trains, this unit was one of '10 under construction at the outbreak cf war in connec- tion with tlie eleeirlficritirn 0f this branch of the London and North Eastern Raiitvay. Work on these locimotlves was suspended, except in the case of the first ivliim it was decided to finish 5o that, when electrification is resumed, the other 60 uiiglit inecrrtorate any modification shoivn to be necessary. Fxtuiprwd 1o give 1,860 11.1) at the one hour rating. it can haul an ex-

ss train at 65 m ph on the evel end an express freight train of 500 tons at 40 m p h. up 1:1 one in 125 grade. or a freight train of 700 tons at 26 m.p.h up the same gradient This CIiQlDO is of the R_i‘l.lCl1lltll€d dcube boge Lvpfi. the simplest and cheapest form or electric locomotive kncvvn, and a design vihieh in some overseas countries has proved difficult to ruti smoothly at speeds arcund 60 i11.p.l1 In this particular can‘. however, tests have shown perfectly smooth fllilillilg at an average speed of 65 m.p h

British aircraft manufacturers have opened the first school fcr training wcmrn in drawing offre work Mrs F G. Miles, well- known as an aircraft dcs Gut": ..s a director of the company respons- ible for setting up the school, and there ls no reason whv many of the pupils, (provided the have the abil- ity an the knawedge of higher mathematics, should not. follow her example and actually design Bri- tain's aeroplanes. Wcmen pupils, whose ages range front 21 to w. are given a 14-week czurse beginn- ing with lessons in lettering and lfflbflllg- Then old dratviiigs are copied. uiilil the trainees gradu- ate to drziwiitg 11 1 rt and setting out (‘wltlii 1l’ii1<~ii.~i1>11;. In g1(l'.ll’1l(‘ii to lliis desk \v":‘k, the women study itieiiiods of prcduelzoii 111 the fac- tories and also take flights in ‘planes. At the ecid of the course they spend t-tv.) months in the shops. aftrr which they are rmittg." to take their plflCC in the tlrawim: office. Wrniezi rcmc from all walks of lite to do this work. Scene are t-raceis and factory work- ers; others are typists and com- mencial artist-s. ufiile one, a Belgian girl, was llfldfifflfllfl! training tn electrical-therapy when war was rteelsirad Ont-e qualified, flies-e wo- men are paid neon-ding in merit, and may earn the some wages as men.

An errand boy who was blown off his bicycle by s bomb explosion in a London air inild and develop- ed mental illness has made an ex- cellent recovery by a new treat- ment eailed electric convulsion therapy. The treatment throws the patient into an artificial epileptic fit. which clears sway mental dis- orders. The apparatus used. which is made in London. ccnslsts of l-WU independent electrical circuits ap- 1 ied to the head. About forty of these units have new been suppli- ed to hospitals and nursing ncmes in Britain. The treatment premis- es to be s great boon to mental patients who have periodical laps- es, for it will flllCW them to resume their normal lives. attending hospi- tal only from time to time as out- patient... It has ion: been known that s severe shook will cure or improve mental disorders but up to now the shock has been pro- diiced by drugs, Often with harm- ful results. Such symptoms as vccniting, ccnfuson and excite- ment do not foilow the electric treatment. a great advantage where tmtientis have w attend from time to time, for it KIHOVCS fear o: unpleasant consequences. Many ptitients at the Warllngham Park Hospital, near Lzndcn, where the treatment is being developed, have been suffering ir.1i11 mental iitzess- es resulting from air raids and the stress of war generally, and such depressive states have been smonz the most success-fill cases.

The true milking virtuoso uses a

, one legged stcol and holcs the pail

between tlie knees. With ha head tn the flank of the ec-w so that. he can anticipate a possible revolt iigitiiut authority. the singie legged

v ":11 1~,- 1111 ihc willing: iiigiliis your? So long 11s it \\';150pti(11|;1] in the stool beneath the s_..i1li1 pole, the llljlllf _l I‘ ' "lilrlll lllld ztllrnv lhc l, iiitcil .\l1'll<‘_~'1 it could vrry wcll hi: i111tii1ii.'il ll('l'(‘, liéljll-‘lllfig Wbllllmigiei 5"l"_' ll " ‘ v _ _ _ _ but now that the b. b. .\. has iiiadc 1t compulsory proud of his skill at his task. The

\' c . . .1 .' 111 111-111 the l111v1-r1in1e1it iii its Lliillildil will have perforce to follow suite 111110-31: {fmwllllloxéiilhltlss ltiteibdkblllililiyltobl:

.,111» ,.1 p, .1'1.,,,,- , -_ 1 .. . Ii l‘ fill 1 . .I . .1 .i‘_>1_c, the greater the iher we like it or i101. lhc same thing happened spin around, thus averting msnl s P. ‘ ‘ 1 '1 1‘ p1 11.1111 l‘_\']t(‘1ll('lll‘_\’ he 111 191;‘ when L‘. b. 1~\. entered the \\lar. Year- ‘Wllljlfnexllylelaflfilscllllgfi? 113%- 11d ‘ 1‘ l -§ 1hr, l. - "l l 1' ~ - i‘ »1 1' ‘ - .. ' .. - l "$1 0 99W _‘ ‘ f l l’ l ll" llfllll lllllls It1lll'<l<l1'.\lll£l" fillllllg t<11_tl1cdi1i.11i1i11 of the war, Slwccods 1111m- 1111 1n krckmg a . '1'. .1i11l liu~t to i111; 01111- to cousin-v‘, INN“. “m! “m1 fur defence pfoduc- goal‘ Wlléll tkbie glltliifi’. peipapg 11g. = '11,." we “i; u "n 11c t" .. . . , , __ _ _ se ng e ue e 0:1 his iea te w, V V \ {I ‘H! ‘l’ 111' in 1.011, 1111s assured by a O/ 20 vote of the Ilouse of on, l“ o; the Stool may,“ I, h3g1,“ 1 1111111114 (‘klltf l(‘ll(‘_\, 111 l\t"[)i'(‘S(‘lit1’ll1\‘(‘S. .\ll that remains to be done to and), the stool itself becomes s, war

-'. 11! ll 11111-_.~]1»11-, \\',~ an.‘ .11‘ . _ .- - . .. . . - clu of retribution Milking is not

‘ g ‘ I _ v H \ ~g \ i c 01in nioiiiig 111i \\1illl of the clock hands is the a chum bu,‘ an ndvflmlre‘ __st_

1 11 l 111 111.11 llic 111111111111111 . lriltlililtf of :1ii zigrceinent lJV the Senate and the Thomas Tlm(."~-J'lli‘lllll 11§1h 1h1-ni C1li'l'\' the onus llousi- a ti) the ilncthoil llloih Home; 11111-1 — l K __ '1 1 . ~ . , . . . .p- _

. I '1. ullii I111‘. t~11|l\l‘i|ll(‘ilL‘l‘S proved the ])i'l|lt‘l|ll(1. 'l'l1c House \'l)li'll for 111i lrllelilelrlilsliilriilpsctltlfilfltl

v g1. A 11.11 \\lillt‘ pvi-prtrcil to automatic one-hour advancement oi standard tin‘: CCHIUIJL schcoé pangs in 011mm;

t ' l “ “ ‘ ' '~! i-IPP". 11v zirc 11 tslrivin or i1iz1ll'.ll'. *f - i ' -. . all‘ ‘mi-‘T f" 9Y8 Who have 1' ' " l -' 111- 1n- ~l"1vi11-'1111‘l»l for victizrv t] t .1.” ‘(illll llllldlllll llllll (lllllllll lll-z al ml Oll “no 0n acme sllvl“ “lllllllfl be T v ‘ ‘ l. v " t. _ .1 is‘. 1e “tlllltll ra_\ ll) lining p1 rsidentuil approval lflfikfli into.’ Meir who give 11p 1 1 i -1 ril l1:1i<t l)’ done, 11nd \\'ll1'l of the .<\'<l(‘lli w< >rl1ed out. lhe Scnzitcls hill cni- S-‘lcllre llcsllmls‘ 5° l“ l“ lrllelll

1' 1" l l.l1'|~|11:111il lll'll llwv lx- rlnnt‘ piiivcrsltlic ll|'l'~l4ll' l l1 ' l" ‘ ' -‘ "l ' I “W8 are (lonllnlnlldl m order lo ‘I I ‘ , ii 1.11 1.1111001 r<t.i1< time 1y serve their country. and 1t needs .1 . .1 .1111 11111-1 11111 fzdl short of 11s 11inch its‘ l\\'1'1llt1lll‘$lll nilvzmie,i1rii1:1llzi1i1c.-, bl“ l“ ‘lll’ l‘? ll- P-llllllltl be safe- lltl 11- l 1 -l r ‘.11 t. Cziiiailu must move whciicici" he dceiiicd such 51~i1.,..¢,,.,,1;a1 glllllldcd llglllllsl’ llslllll lllll“ PM‘

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1.10115. All school boards should be

e 1 Quick Change Editing (Winnipeg Free Press)

If they live for 1,000 years, the isolationist waiters and editors o1 the United States will never f0 ch the month of December. 1941. 1- ther will the miscellaneous experts and prognostlcators who attempted early to predict the course of history for i941.

The Readers Digest, for example. went to press with its January issue prior to Pearl Harbor. ‘the leading article of’ the month wiu b Stuart. Chase who undertook to the administration's foreign policy for s. ride. Hi5 piece was ivrittcn before the Russian counter-offensive start- ed to roll, so he 1elt._qu1te sale in concluding that Russia. was done and finished as i1 first rate military

power.

However, according to Mr, Chase. ft. would be smart power‘ polities for the United states to give hnnteri help, to Britain so that she could survive even i1 this incriiii. ruiitliilg the risk of some shooting on the Al- lantic. And bow about. Japan? Well here is Mr. Chase's advice to the White House:

"The appeasement of Japan, is equally Justified. 1f we could entice Japan from the Axis, t-heii 11x11: would. be three great powers t0 0110-» the United Slaves, Britain and Japan-to hold the military balance against Germany. To take on Ger- many and Japan deliberately and simultaneously is terrible power poli- tics—as any ciiiid who can count up to four would know."