13km; FOUR THE GNARLOTTETDWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily lltilllllflfd In I887)

IIQSIIICIIIZ Lieut ('\l|. l‘) Chester s. McLure Vice President: J. R. Burnett. FJ-l- flgqretary; Lieu! Col. i) A. flliu-Kmnuu. 0.5.0. Editor and Nlotidgmg Ulrrrllll" J l! Bllmfll- FJJ‘ Associate Editors: lerank ii uikcr and Ian A. BIIFIW" 5U“ CHIDIIUN RATES l: mu in |-.£.|. smu [WI w"; 3-50 ll" l‘ "mm" $1.25 for 3 months; 50c for one month Uitv Delivery $5.01) p01 war; 233.00 for b tnOIII-lll 31,15 [m- 3 months; 60c for one Month.

B! Mail to other I'l‘0\'llIl'l'.\ and L’. A. $.00 P" Y!" SBIUII-lu) ilcekly: $2.00 pvt )cn>r; $1.00 tor h months. 50o tut 3 months obtained s!

New Torin: 01d Wuslilnklon.

twnrrluin may bu l'llilt's buuurit. corn.» mil. unil

The Cburlotu-touir IIOIIIIIII’! News htvlll.) unlh New: Ant-Hr.» Dalton; sn-tr..t...in.... Nt-n- nt-u-ry. 11-"! P"! 5'» 50mm.“ .| lllnv, not n“; >t., immntii; News Mud. Chateau Luurivr, Ullruui. n-dfr-‘u wit‘ Stand. uudburr Ont; Huh iwnnu-rr. slit-p, Mnuvinn N. 15., '

“The Strongest .71 cmury ix Weaker than the Wcalvcusf Ink."

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Loss Of lihu spikemird

The loss of the Canadian cone}: biftinkwiurd, with five officers of m. Rural baliadlall -_\avy ‘ad fiftyqwo {Mimi .5 iIllUIliUi' grim reminder that we are nf u .u. .>\ Vrrnce l‘lll\\'1ll‘<l‘15l311d 13d, Stoker licginztlrl Idzicblrllun, _\lt_ btcwart, was one of eight :U.'.\I" ztrd csczrped ‘un- injured, Men from i1c;tt"v' e\c1‘_v othcr province were amour! the crtsarr. cs. "'l‘l'll‘ll<'dll¢ll b)’ 3 German submarine l e t-zi convoy escort work in the North mic.‘ tells tilt‘ Story. l_ story of service \\'<*ii ilillllllll)’ llflfonncd to the eird.

Last September. it vette Levi: was it»; seventeen Canad‘ ~ IVintifImcrr \\..'-..- ~. with loss of l-'.1‘.. dian naval lip‘- Fraser, Illurqurcr Offfl‘, and the aux . ~_ 1 Up to last “Educ l‘. had been officlzrllv r forming rescue w

zerullcd, the C01‘- zizul sunk with loss 0f l In December the \\‘Iii‘l‘iillfi' collision (ililu-r Cana- ihe dcstmytcrs zrrv, the patrol ship swecpcr Bras d’ Or. 4M5 iraval casualties llrcrl. Some died per- .l in accidents, but 27 died when their rcre sunk by enemy lCtiOn or mischance l. e on xvar operations. The other side of the picture is worth cm- phasizing. Millions of tons of vital Supplies, and many thousands of tro-wps and airmen, have been escorted safely to I’ . . in this job the Rcyval Canadian .\'avy has t i a big part, as well as in the hazardous limit for enemy raiders. Two Canadian corvettes, tire Jlmlxe Jaw and the Chanzblyl, have been crcililcd officially with sinking one of the _. type (icrmati sub- marines in the .\ii.l¥l c. ‘Ll of them are doing magnificent work: rind for every one sunk or damaged, then- will he turned out to “carry on". \\'l zcwr d1 vclupments occur in other wzir arms. . ‘uxiir prttrvwl will continue i" l)? A lflclol‘ of \" "ilprwtziricc. (Innnda may well be proud of r cwtrihlirion her sons are making in thi< connect-on,

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In the Royal (jxzlzne of Feb. l4 zippcars the text of a pfUVilhliil or? : u.-coirzicil. proclztiitiitig that Pan tine of .\n .\\Il to Provide a Revenue for the Public u..." 1 Scrvrce 5ll7ill come into ‘force on the fir". 11.1.‘ o’ lira-ch ncxt. This is the Health '1':tx of to ct-nt (retail price) on tobacco and liquor, pit. cd at the last session of the Legislature. tax, which was to becopfle effective by proclam- ItiOn. The liquor tnrc. lllufilllliilll)’. is ztlrcady in force; it did not rcvitrrc to be proclninicd,

Under the Act, the absorption of the tax by the vendor, in whole or in part, is prohibited. Re-

l tsilers must have a license, and wholesalers can

"docs. Provision is made for the appointmcti: mi outrun-s to enforce the regulations. for contra stuion of which them i5 I penalty Of from $10 t.» $300 and cngtg,

The purpose of ill- ._\c1 ns outlined in the preamble is to m? .: r: \l |l'.1<> to rlefrziv additional expenditures incurrcd in prr-riiiciztl public health services and prlrliculilrlv in providing for combating tubercuil. s.

The estimated m uzil revenue from the Health Tax (bozh [l-llitffill and liquor) i5 $90,000, L85! -j\ilrll. ill llll<lu~ Iv; fl-r a surplus of $14,- ‘7°~ll5'fl.rli'l'<‘lllirl' t. qlru-b-ll w"- uzucd that the lleallh lax rcurmtcr rlui 1h" lftliiiiCC of the year" would be btlsooo. [he dclzay in proclaiming the tobacco tax will, of mun-l‘, ctrrtnil this figure considcrnblyn

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only sell to licen=cd vlx

the l.c'. finnncizrl i‘f‘.'lfl_ill Dominion tiorcrnurl- , mcut to this pruvi1t.‘<' "fiscal need" sub=i<lv .» relinquishing ‘he cu come tax fill-l. d- mcu! would .11»... < men! in farin- hf .1..- iimdclitracv of the Pr. i-stinz revctutc, for in, turvs.

fir» |~1'~:'r\gtt<‘<l. hmvcver. - i;..\<- hccn umdc with the Hrlviilg m1 annual pay- wuxu}, including a 117.174 in return for nu-l personal in- "wic. This arrange-

' of tlic chief argu- wivcl» lax, which was the c lo provide, out of ex- l“? ‘l1.’ health expendi-

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One of tlu- mo-t (‘fflcfiw .~[)(‘(‘('ll(‘$ iu critic- ism 0f the King's (ilvvl-rniul-lit'.- propnscd plebis- cite was that (lrllVUFtrl bv .\lr. \\'. ll. Moore. Liberal member for thc couslfturncv tlntnrio. it it is the part of uisdoui to c-fublish Pnrlizuncnt, wise to lziy down Titles as to pruccdlirc, that the will nf the people should be t-xprcssod by rea- 9H1], _\lr_ Moore strouerl. thcn it i~ unwise to send the mzittcr confnim-rl in this particular" plebiscite In this time to bc ilispuwtl of by nmss emotion. “'l‘h<- plcbiscirc." hc ll.‘('llli'(‘fl. “is [llifbfffi with explosive rn:ttc|..il1. \h'c:tdv thr- tramp of civilian fcct hmc brvvn hard rm our citv streets. .\lr4':\dv fmuilv is bi-iul: wt nlgziin-t fnmilv. ‘bly lm)’ lS <l\'<'r_<c:1~: \\ll\' ~b~uld wurs rcsi at ironic?’ Ric-tubers can blu-tr that qtlvstfln no matter what constituency they rPprc-cut. (‘lass is being turn-

Alrcrtriv ivcoplc are talking a-

Hi against clns. lltfl" “Plfllllff flllss f‘.\"l1lptiili_i< from military scr- ""f‘_- l1)’ lllli nllmhiiuiz-riilrii or another one." lllPlT‘ -'ll"'. -\[r. llown- rrzmiurk-rl tho (ioveru- mcnt nit-ml» r~, "i»l_.li;. . “m1 plcdgvs. 'l‘bcre was

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a solemn pledge givenpto our allies and the world it large, to achieve “a total national effort for total war.” How, he asked, are we to keep that pledge, if the result of_ the plebiscite takcndn all the mad passions of war should be a tregativc one?

He quoted the following statement by the .\linister of Justice, as reported on Feb. 5 in the press: “The sole goal of our effort will be for the defense of the country, Because of a mutual defense agreement with the United States, bow- ever, it may be necessary to send men out of-th: country."

Mr. Moore said he regarded this as a startling ilcclaration as to relations within the British commonwealth of nations. “One might,” he said, “have smiled at the naive suggestion that we dis- charge our duty in the world's battle fclr freedom by conscripting men to help 135,000,000 Ameri- cans defend the United States, were it not for the express’ implications that we are unwilling to do as much for the nations within the British commonwealth. I refuse to accept that declara- tion as the policy of this c',untry_."

In a subsequent interview with the Ottzuvn journal Mr. Moore is reported as follows on an- other matter with which he dealt in his speech:

“I think we have gone too far in laying demo- cracy aside. Too far because we started our change too late. We have set up a great and com- plicated bureaucracy, a system of Government by Boards and by Order-in-Council. flut we have thrown on this system a heavy job for which it has no experience whatever. Don't forget that the Hitler system was many years in growth, suffered and profited from many purges, many major changes. So was Italy's. Our boards on the other hand, while composed of splendid per- sonnel, are new t0. the iob and to that extent in- competent.

“I would givenfore work to Parliamentary committees, small svorkable committees of 15 or 20 members. These committees could call all the experts they \vant, and their reports to Parlia- ment would be open and subject to Parliamen- tary scrutiny, and through the Press to public scrutiny. As things are today thc public g0t< lust what the Governments propngnndw crfficc: nllow it to have—and what I might call the pub- lic fibre goes undernourished.”

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Will Summerside again beat Charlottetown in first obtaining its quota, and Prince County Queens?

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Australia bombed and almost invaded; nud

there were those there who opposed conscription, and said "it couldgiot‘ hzkppekn to us."

Easter mail for boys overseas should be scut off within s week or ten days, according to '1 notice by the Postmaster-general.

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lVorking in co-Qperation with Fcilcral au- thorities, McGill University is “doing cverv- thing possible" to ensure that its students plnlsd in positions where they will be of tho most benefit to the national war effort.

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An Imperial Brigadier-general was reduced to the ranks for striking over the head an abusive Nazi air officer who had been shot dmvn m his afresh-that being contrary to International Law. He is now with a Canadian tank Corps, as .1 ranker, eager to get a chance to kill a few more Boches off his own bat, as it were.

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llon. Cyrus MacMillan, Ph. D., M. P. should

PM, (m, 3mm“ to the tobacco make an excellent choice as chairman of the he

ouse of Commons Committee on Soldiers’ Settlement. He is a veteran of the last war, and. tuoreover, knows many of the farms on this Is- land that it would be fraudulent to place return- ed men on.

a o s s Edward Lyon Berthon, English clergyman and inventor, born this date I8I3: invented the two bladed propeller, and collapsible boats; the latter were first used in the Soiulan Wilt‘ by Cen- eral Gordon; subsequently have plnvcd nu im- portant part in all major Naval engagements, where attacks were being mad:- by way of cracks and rivers; in this war bv air crcw=, especially y the Nazis in Greece and Crete. u a a‘ u-

Singapore is a campaign and a. battle lost—not a war, writes Mr. Hanson W. Baldwin The war has been lengthened by this defeat. The enemy have gained a great advantage. It is not an insuperable disadvantage. We face heavy days. But for each further gain the Japanese must be made to pay in increasing measure. Uniy if we, in an “all-out” effort, bleed the enemy white and make his conquests not worth his lossc: can we win the war.

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Here is something for our farmers to contem- plate should we lose the war. Every hen in flu- Somttie Department of the occupied zone has been ordered officially to lay 45 eggs a year. The departmental prefect at Amiens. sirspecting that many eggs are not being delivered to regular markets, ordered farmers to turn over the num- ber of eggs for each lien, or run the risk of pro- secution for selling outsidrthe govcrmucnt-con- trolled dairy stores. u i: m n

' Mayor La Guardia has been super-ceded as head of the Office of Civil Defence (equivalent to the A. R. P.) by Mr. James N. Landis. President Roosevelt told Congress. Before the President's announcement, Senator Hugh Butler (Rep.- Neb). urged that both La Guadia and Mrs. Roosevelt "remove themselves immediately from the U. C. D. so that the real work can go for- ward." He contended that civilian dcfencc "tircans organizing our civilians against‘ (lancer. not teaching them new dance steps." “It is obvi- ous the administration looks on this (lendlv ser- ious problem as iust an excuse for nuothcr social experiment," Butler said. "'l'h/.- time is pnst for bnond0ggling_ If the communities wish to or- ganize dancing and calisthenics. l am sure "fhcv crm do it themselves without direction irom the ihmne." His reference to dancers nbvioq-lv was .1 thrust at lllnvris Chaney. blonllc f‘llif'i'l{|lllf‘f' and friend of Mrs. Roosevelt. .\fi-< (‘Ii-mm- was named director of children's activiticg ,1; $4_(.QQ a vcan _ .

run NCI-IAQIJOTTETQYYNHNHGWILABDIAN NOTES BY TNE WAY

S G around the world. the ' quiremezits are colossal. Vessels are necessary for the sill-DIM!" 01 men and supplies. No film)’ 01m g along without. reinforcements or repienistuneuté- Till 100k transport has been brought home to Canadians throush the fnilum of the staff ID get mechanized equipment to H0118 KWB- 0"!‘ m?" were at this out/post, but. they were . given proper support because Ships were not.‘ Bvfllliblg to c811’? the stuff to them. People m 01- cimeci to shrug their shoulders and dismiss with a "mo bad" (the sink- [gig o; a. 2,000-bon freighter. But, it is boats ike that which we need in large quantities. A small freighter can carry a. hi8 10041- Fieets of snml] freighters can k an anny fighting The Nazis w be intensifying their mbmarine campaign now that. better weath- er is not. so for away. That. will mean more shlPS 179318 $131k- n will also moan feverish activity is irecessary in the shipyards to keep bottoms afloat and cal-wins men and supplies to the various fronts. -Windsor Star. s French Em-

There still is bassy and staff in Washington. representing a Government pledg- ed to collaborate with America's No 1 enemy, Germany. There still Ls s. Finnish Legation, repre- senting a country whose Presl- dent, Risto Ryti. recently reaf- firmed the fighting alliance with Germany. Both enjoy the cus- tomary diplomat-to immunities More extraordinary still, there was this week in Washington the First Secretary of the Germ-an Embassy, Karl Resenberg, who Was permitted to remain in Wash- ington. although the rest of his embassy was in White Sulphur springs, because his wife Ls- ex- pecting the birm-of a baby Thcro is 11011111113 to prevent Herr Rosenberg buying cn any news- st-nntl a magazine which will in- form him of the number of men and the number of guns of each rcpt- in 8:1 American armored di- vision. A little further on he tnight road how many motor vehicles there are in one armored division, - New York Herald Tribune.

Frankly, the clothing signers itcednt worry their pre- muzurciy bald treads one bit. about ticprivtng n5 men of vests for the duration of the war. For though it may necessitate the transference of two fountain pens (upper left- luind pocket), nail clip. cigar cut.- for, imndy magnifying glass for studying fine print jingle;- marks, and dead flies a. close range rlower right-hand pocket), two st-nnlps stuck together, button, and smudged newspaper clippings Howler left pocket.) -_ though, as We my dispensing with vests will nccessitnte the transfer of these prcrfoizs articles to other zones of influence, we can manage it with- out any great spiritual wrench For of all the folppish holdovers from another century - 1i; docket flaps,

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no warmth in back. Few of’ them fit as comfortably as o knitted garment. would, but bind in the armpits, yrawn at. the waist, and Dress on a fuli stomach. And nil ofdhem gather spots more mys- teriously than any other outer sur- fnco devised by man so if the de- SlfIIWFS decide to leave vests off the well-dressed .m'.1n, it, will evoke no great protest. but. on the contrary a faint sigh of relief. - Provid- ence Evening Bulletin,

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In a. broadcast a lllll¢ time ago, frcan Duoiin, Denis Jciitistone, the well-known Irish dramatist and BBC isroducer, told a story which, said, made particular appeal f0 Irish sellSe of humour. Though hnd not ha-plpzned within the Dost. couple of days, people were sl-lll laughing at. u. A Dublin nwwrl-st. he said. recently gave up trying to run his car, and took to s. b Ycle. ‘The next. evening. when he'd finished doing some sh0ppl 1n tovm, he Jumped on fo s sflteé car azidwent home. He forgot. all about. his bicycle until his wife mentioned it. He hurried bade mm town, but. remembering all the stories held heard oi’ cycle thefts, he cherished small hope of find- lng hi5 again. To his surprise, however, it was still barked by the curb where he'd left it ‘There you are‘! he said, ‘Just, SIIOWs how the newspapers eimsserate this sort of thing ' Hg rode off, and Mr Johnstone concluded, ‘As s tribute to the honesty of an those who hadn't pinched his bike, he pedaiied over to a near-by church, and went 1n and put a contribution in the poor box When he came out, his bike was gone.‘

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There is in the Canadian West. s general tendency, a. feverish ieen- mg, wwaro federalism, caused by financial embarrassment. The Pro .e Province; like to be wen lw d —- not in slums, as in tne East-end, to govern tnenlseives with the fullest autonomy, but. they will willingly trade certain more or less PIOIINIDIG preroiatives for s concrete federal advantage of s very tangible nature. Recently on the invitation of Ottawa, they ne- sponded, “Ready, aye ready!" But. n. country should, in ordnr to arrive M. national unity, understand its different categories and division; and then act. fn good faith. Que- bec hos nothing with which to re- proach herseif in this large and ccmprchensive plan. The whole East. 115.5 manifested wword the West s. long and active sympathy, it. has even practised for ts bene- fit. o detestable and misc class politics, refusing to lit 0WD farm- fgs the millions of dollars which

l :, worms OF . ' CHALLENGE

A ‘Phonlht A Ilsy For A People At Wsr

"We shall not deserve s iorious peace unless we I0 nto the war completely. cour- v-keously and darinuiy." - Major-General L. R. LaFieche. Associate Deputy Minister of | Nations! War Services. ' .

Waste ln_lo Gain

(Brandon Sun)

The British ministry of works announced that enough scrap w make six medium sized tanks would result from the removal of the railings around nine famous Lon- don churches. The centuries-old Buns on Tower Hill have also gone to the scrap heap, as have, of course, any family collections of antique arms and military trophies. Used torch batteries and high ben- sion batteries which were consid- ezed useless are now conserved for their handsome yield of brass (for uniform buttons) copper (for shells) zinc (for camp utensils) and graphite (for machin= grease), as well as carbon and manganese ore. A register of old cars which are to be broken up is kept by the min. try o! supply so that none siuii be wasted and a new department of the ministry. the reconditioned civil stores, deals with wrecked army vehicles. The wrecks are taken to pieces. and all repairable parts mended and sorted. These parts are then available at a very low cost, to car repairers in need 01' Snare parts. wrecked ships. as well as wrecked cars. make their contribution: 1.000 tons of scrap a. week are recovered from them,

Ironically enough, one or me richest mines of salvaged metal; has been from the bombed sites- $4.000.000 worth of material, both bricks and metal, have come from debrs during the past year. A large llllmber 0f the bricks have been used for civil defense purposes, building water tanks, 9h; The R A. F. used large quantities for ccncrelf Yllllllflllzs. foundations. Valueies material is used to raise the level of low mnrshland or for filling disused grave pits firewood 1st also obtainable from bombed s1 cs,

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WINTER MOON

So still the world this So spending-cold and still The soul hungry for silence Could take her till.

UiJ0n the shallow snow Clear rang my careful tread. Summer had died, long ago, Yet was not dead

While from the lattice thorn. To chide my doubt

Winter moon,

- Lively with mm and fear

A feathered eye looked out.

And on the powdered verge. Where road gives wav to grass For otherts coming and going, Many a. printing was

Of blackbird. of Wren:

Who burn awav their blood. en as we.

To ends not. understood.

S0 rare the folien fleece of sky, So far the noise of men. Myself for B, musing moment Was blackbird. was wien.

-—-Gera1d Bullett in the London Observer.___

___________ purse. It is DOESIDIg that. in our tidying of drawers and archives we may. as good servants of salv- age. actually enrich the arts by discovery and retention as wcli as assist the State by scrapping and dlwllfdllll- The recaent finding, for eztaiélplfi. 3:11;‘ Ptiroell manuscript 0 01‘ fives the score of x hitherto unknown

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be given for the first time in York Qthedml this month and the sound of the trumpet. should be a call to cautious scrut- iny of all papers and lcfters now being called up for translation into fitment-s. - Manchester Guard-

VOIDS DRINK BAN .._____

LONDON-ACPL-Everyone drinks in order to live-water or something 01-50. 581d Mr. Justice Morton in Chancery Division. upsetting a. pro- vi-so in a grandmother's will leaving mfney to on armv officer “1f he does not drink." Evidence was the foglilti! mun was of "very abstiemious m‘ s."

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-_-_.%_ ' LONDON -—(OP)— Two Dutch Bendarmes, armed with revolvers, were the only police at the opening session of the new Dutch Maritime Court here and the first prisoners were two Dutch sennen accused of refusin to serve airard their ship. No m! ish was spoken. ‘

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