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the execution of the Alllcricin armament pro- gramme, but into the initial planning of it." Morning Dally (I-lundid ln_I8lI7) President: Lieut. Col. W. Chester 8. McLIIII

EDI IURIAL NU] ES Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. FJL

Secretory: Licut. Col. D. A Maelilnnon 0.8.0. Editor and Jlntiaging Director: J. B. Burlictt. FJJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: I, Mall In P. E.I.. $4.00 per year; 52.50 for 6 month $1.25 for 3 months; 50c for one month City Delivery: $5.00 er year; $3.00 for I monthl $1.75 or Ll months. By Mall in Catiadn and U.S.A.: 85.00 per Ilturday Weekly: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for 8 50c for 3 mange.

‘Th: Strongest illemory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink.“

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY’ 3?. __ 1941.

I -'. The City Council is evidently becoming an or- ganization to record the tloiiigs, or non-doings of

bureaucrats.

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The production of concentrated milk in Dc- cember totalled 12,199,795 pounds compared with 11,886,839 in the previous month and ii,- 3o7,ot6 in December, i939. (liilput during the calendar year i940 aggregated 195,475,734 pounds compared yviil: 1100-1110341 l" 1939-

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This has been an unusually severe winter, and hard on traffic. The plotighs are doing good work, but in the city s0metllil1g will have to be contrived, especially in the narrower streets, to prevent cohgestion. At present the snow piles are so widened on both sides that it is dangerous for two cars to meet. In some of the streets the city enlployecs are carting away snow, but it would be an expensive experi- ment doing the same all over. ll! IF l!

Miss Edna A. Clarke of Penticton, B.C., is studying engineering at the University of Bri- tisli Columbia. She is the sole representative of her sex in the course of applied science, and the fourth girl in the history of U.B.C. to elect engineering. As a pioneer her name will g0 down as the first theoretical engineer to qualify (luring the world war, \\'llL‘ll the demand for nicn engineers shows a tendency to cxccctl tlic sup- Ply.

_\Vhy Should ‘vVe Tolerate ll?

“lion lhii-liauicnt rcasseiiibles. it i! 10_l>¢ llf-lll‘ ed that our lt-prcsciitalivcs will bear in IIIIIILll .1“. rL-hulw- 1'r\\‘jlll\ ittiiiiiiiislcrcd to tlicui by the’ CtlllUT of lliroiiiil Aiiliirt/ilyi Alyjlll, for tl1611’ failure to gzic tillt-rniicc to the lsllliit-lfi llccl-l-‘l-

Hun, 1t, ll, llilllntlll; the Conservative leader. was the stile champion of our transportation grievanccs utl the lL-l-r of the 11011:? 01 Com‘ “M15135; sl-ssion. Since then, howelvfl‘. lfll? Conference t-n tlic Sirois report had 11S 11710}! and storiiiy :L'\~"lll at Ottawa, and out of it cram-gm] $11.1. wixs from the Premier of this Proviutc n1 ;li twniqittlte a damning indict- mp... (if iln- hlirig tioicrinneitt so tar as its li:tiidliiig of utyilclilltirlil interests are COH- (grill-lb llur i. .l int-tubers should at least be equally tintst ' . I _

Premier ki-illllllkdl maintained that £116 517015 f,,,,,,,,;;_,§,,,, p. [he mnuiqtryi notwithstanding, {his l’r..\:iiiw-'s I".t!l-'lntl'llllli1ll claims under the terms of llillitll ..r.- not living satisfactorily dis- ghurgnl. llc dtt tl lltlll. we have been severely lffpcttd by {he i rrarunient’: methods in peg- giiig pork aild butler prices. "Potatoes during the your," 1 ~ shl, "have been sacrificed on a market which w» fuel with a certain 1111101111! 0f regulation ir-iilhl have operated at more satisfac- tory prices," l-l» " = equipment and neces- saries hlive ri" i in price, while transportation facilities have iiwun Cl,.l'lIlllQt‘l or at least deferred. The (iort-riiiiitin’; itlicat processing tax hasalso borne wizh pzirtictilar weight on the farmers of tliii province, tipselting the provincial govern- ment's policy of eiicotirziging enough wheat pro- ducyjon for llwllirwilC use, with the result that it is now “priicliczillyi llll(l<.‘~ll'3l)l¢ or unprofitable for tlic llllllltil‘; of the Island to raise even their own wheat."

Even more. obvious, said Premier Campbell, has been the effcct in the saliie direction of the fixing of a maximum price for butter; because for the past {\\'€lll_\‘-ll\'8 years it has been the policy of the provincial government to urge upon the farmers the desirability of producing more and better winter butter.

In short, Premier Campbell declared, "while agriculture is our principal industry, dairying and butter malt-lug in particular are the principal and most stressed branches of that industry; and yn at Ills single rtrolu of a pen of a Domin- ton camntisrinn appointed for a specific pm‘- [mu the uiliole agricultural policy of the Prov- inn is com/ilefelv owrrfdrlcn and reversed."

Could anything itiore harmful to the interests of our farmers be conceived, than this mis- chievous interference with our fundamental agricultural policies? Obviously the King Govem- ment and lt-s appointees have not been consid- ering our interests at all. The wide powers with which they have been vested have been used to our detriment. instead of our help, at a time when every encouragement should be given to our farm producers.

That lo the sittiarlon under our all-Liberal ldmiriistrulon at Ottawa, an viewed by the Lib- eral Premier of this Province. It is one which surely cells for protest from our federal rep- heenlietlvcc.

We miiy expect, when the Legislature opens, that the remier wlll introduce a formal resolu- tion denouncing the federal policies to which he referred at the Ottawa conference. That will be his only consistent course. In the meantime, the way should be piwed-lubgraded, n Mr. McIntyre would say—by active agitation by our federal member! against the conditions com- plained of.

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“\\'lio Killed Cock Robin?" “I said Hepburn, with my little hammer, I killed Cock Robin.” “l sav to the Dominion,” he said, “that we are ahead of you and if you \\'(lll[ to (lu stiuit-lliiiig as a Will‘ measure go ahead and do it. But don't smash this confederation and stir tip possible racial feud in your efforts." Tilicn he went home, having “pulled oiit a pluln, saying, wlizil a good boy am I!"

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The process of secret voting is a heritage from early Greek civilization, according to a bulletin froiii the National (jcographic Society. \\'liilc the Greeks voted viva voce on most matters, such questions as exile called for secret ballot- ing. _"becret ballots uscd at Athens 2,400 years ago, in the days of 'l'licniistoclcs and Aristides, have been tnieartlietl," says the bulletin, "They were broken bits of pottery or potshcrd, on which the secret ballot ivzts scratched, casting into exile for years citizens thought ininiical t0 the young Athenian democracy. lilection days in ancient Rome were days of general assembly and those univillmg to make the journey to Rome did not vote."

=e w Another “blind eye" feat has been accomplish- ed and rewarded in this war already. British army orders say a gun cannot be fired without an order from an officer, but Gunner A. E. Bennett, who ‘had licen lcfl with another gun- ner at an anti-aircraft post, saw a Nazi plane flying over low. Bennett fired, saying, "I

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cant let that chance g0. ’ He brought down the plane. For firing the gun without orders he was court-niariialerl, but llie finding of the court IVES. “no punishment". .\lr. Bennett will soon receive the Military Medal for his un- orthodox feat.

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i1 i i Queen Victoria died this date, 190i; showed herself strictly impartial in politics, while clear- ly recognizing that the Crown was the central tie which bound the empire together. Her wis- dom. knowledge of foreign politics, unselfish- nest and uprightness were remarkable traits of ll" l9"! 161211. the chief events of which were: 8111111115 popular constitutions to Canada, and Aumfallag suzerallll)’ l" Egypt. Pflpular franchise é" B10111". repeal of Corn Laws, Crimean war, uh. war, Soudan war, Boer War, Afghan war, Sikh war, and the first appeasement conference with Germany from which delegates, D‘Israeli and Salisbury returned with the slogan “Peace With Honour". Alas! e a a e

Toronto University ie grantinl degree‘ l0 ad. vanced technical students who may be desirous 11f 101111111 the Active Forces. Dr. George j. Trucmun president of Mount Allison University on being interviewed declared that the plan was l V"? l0li1_1d idea. He stated that Mount Alli- son would in all probability do the same if there were any students there who would fall into llflll ‘lllegfiry. e pointed out that senior en- Klneers at Mount Allison would only be consid- fied second-year students at Toronto since-

ount Allison gives only l. pre-engineering (ciourse leading to a certificate. "The only stu- ¢n_t| we have ‘here that might be released are seniors in physics and chemistry and those re- celvlnS l-lolll _B_-s¢-. degrees and chemical en- Elmerllll "P11068105." he said. "If any national "Rd for _men ivitli specialized knowledge arises, I feel quite certain that the university board of ‘Went! would grant them their degree and

‘lafldllll! Providing their work to date has been satisfactory," '" "

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_______________ The Economist's Warning

' The Economist, one of Great Britain's most reliable commentators on economic affairs, it- euu a sober warning in its issue of Jan. II against the delays which are to be expected in the execution of the An-ierican armaments pro- gramme and the dangers which are to be faced in the meantime,

“By January, i943," it nys, “America will Le a giant among the nations. In January, I941. Ihe is the weakest of the remaining powers. Be- cause airplanes and motor cars both run on oil and have nictnl bodies, there is l fatal tempta- tion to undvrrzite the difficulties of transfer of production from one to the other. Because tanks and lIJCUITIOllVQS are both heavy vehicles, made of sit-cl plates on steel chassis, it is far too easy to assume that a shop experienced in mak- ing one can turn orcr to the other. Even for the rliversifiivl and resourceful engineering in- dtistry‘, the lmiwformalion takes a long time."

“In Britain," it continues, “it took fotir years of planning before the curve of aircraft prodtic- tiou really lwlfiln to rise, and a still longer period for armv ordnance. Even as relatively simple a thing as a standardized merchant ship takes a year or i8 months to build when yards have first to be liiid down anew or brought back into service.

“To lllf‘ British people. then, the w3t¢h\\'()rd must lit- prilii-nre; we must not expect more than a lfl(‘l\'l(‘ of slipyilics——s.'ive perhaps in the air, whore prt-iwirritions ilaic niucli further back— until llf‘.\'l vi-nr. .-\ntl to lllf‘ .i\mcrican people the \\'.‘Il(‘l1\\'f)I‘il must l)(‘ spi-crl: it is running a big enough risk in all ronscicucc lo expect the people of (irczit lliilnin ti» hold out with their own re- sources all llnoiigli it year of such grim augury as 104i.

“lf tlic British [topple uuist not set their ex- pcctntioiis any ('.'ll'llf'l‘ lllilll _I:iu. i, i942, tlic American pcoplc iniist not set their promise any

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_ To help ease the burden of those with rcla. "V" selvlll! Overseas. the Post Office Depart- ment announces the. special parcel post rate of I2 “m! l Pound (limit II pounds) now applies 0n parcels mailed in Canada addressed to the fislilrlzfgtllllli; Slffllzcrls oflllritisli, Canadian, i)...

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United Kingdom, and lifiooiiiajiiriiigg Serlflflfi 111 the Middle Bast. Members of the prfficial Auxiliary Services. Members of the Boreas of General dc Gatille serving wit}. the

ritlsh forces in the‘ United Kingdom, M"... hers of Blclgnan, ‘Pflllfili and other allied forces serving with British forces in the United King- _om. Members of the Canadian army on duiv in Iceland. Parcels for those serving on llllf. and HJVLC. ships abroad. The mu- nf rz (cm; 3 P0111111 applies on parcels sent members of the Canadian forces on duty in the \Vcst Indies (limit 20 pounds). The rate on pcrccls to members of the Canadian forces on duty in New- foundland is IO cents a pound (limit 2o pounds). Nurses attached to units of the forces mention- ed are classed in the Sfllllt‘. category as soldiers and are entitled to tlic respective cheap rates.

IIIOTES BY TIIE iviiv

There has been consldcrlblfi criticism among some school teach- ers t1 the probe of Ccunmunlstic activity in the Brooklyn me 1n New York city. The teachers who do not like the N009 cllJ-m that 1t ls restricting their freedom 0t’ speech. But we do not see tww it is possble for teachers to feel that ireedm o! speech supplant; their duty to American children and 00 the taxpayer. Subversive doctrines can be aired in public and on the soap-box, but freedom of speech does not mean that they can be taught t0 trusting American chil- dren. - Boston Pest.

Many an American ll wondcrlng and asking h.w the British people can “take it" the way they seem to be doing There ls a hint oif ex- planation in some comments made by a IflIIdCII writer. It seems to be because Britain has "cast out fear." They were terribly afraid for a while. Then they summoned

to the peril, faced it. and started ding something about It. Since that, they have not been afraid. It. seems to be a good remedy for any fear. When you have once honest,- ly faced the worst and defied it, no harm can come to you, That is, no rtal harm. Because lt is not Ls: or death that harms you-it is being afraid of them. _ Corning, N. Y1, Evening Leader).

We do not know to what degree aerial attacks are slowing up pro- duction ln Britain, and there are good reasons for nzt making that. information public. We do know, however, for ordinary common stnse tells us, that the bombings must have some adverse effect, as it also tells us that our retliatory bombings of Naz. objectives have an adverse effect. Here we have ocie great advantage cver the Nazis - outside sources of supply, with America chief among them. The advantage .s not, all on our side, however. fol“ America a god share oi it. As Sir Walter Citixne, British Labour leader, told the American Fezieratioti of Labour Congress: "United States labour can tlefeat GJTHflIly without firing a. shot-Al the prcductcon cf war materials is spcedeu‘ up." If that be true, tug there can be no reascn to doubt, the advantage is immeasur- ably on the American side, for she has only to work lzi peace for vic- tory. while we must work, fight, stiller, Iiice and meet death. — R yal Gazette (Hamilton Ber- muda).

Today the succem of a large-scale land invasion app ars fantastically tmprcbable. Hitler's only alterna- tivc-the air l‘8fd—5€€IIl5 incapable either oi‘ doing crippling material damage or of upsetting the iieives of the British people. Not only that For the List, time in this war or ln tlic last. the German pe.ple are beginning to feel the sting of of- fensive action. For the first, time, the war is being taken into the heart of the enemy camp—a neiw and incalculable factor. Already Britain's courage and pluck in the air. and her manifest determina- tion to go on fighting uzitll the Nazi menace is crushed, are pro- ducing a revolutln in neutral opinion. French cclznies in Africa have brcn inspired to desert Marshal Pctain and fight, with the Britlsli, 'I'lie American press no longer talks tragically of a British Empire in danger, but of an Em- pire which stands an excellent chance of winning dcclslvel . and which in any case cannot de- f Iated. Today there is new hope in ltshefvorld. -- Times if India. (Bom- ay .

Here Is whet Edward Hulton, edl- tor of World Review, London, has to say about Canada's top-ranking soldier: "More should be known about General McNaugntm, com- manding the Canadian forces over time, and the greatest living Can- adian. He ls s. fine soldier of pro- gruslve type. and adds to this much nil.’ the ability of a statesman. He was probably the first. to use dive - bombing as an artillery weapon. Several radio inventions stand t: his credit. The new weapon that wl-ns the war may be due to him. After victory, Canada wants him back quick-can't do without him. He ls seml-offlclaJly described as ‘a. very dynamic sort of duck.’ He has instituted a comprehensive scheme of education for his troops here. Men will be able to qualify for diplmias which will be of serv- ice to tory." And here ls The ‘Tribune's own prophecy: We have a. hunch that the people in Great Britain are going to hear more and more of General McNauglht/on. - Winni- peg ‘Tzlhunc.

Strategically Japan's position ls favrurable. Invasion by any ipos- Slblg entmy is almost out. o! the question. She might be attacked from the air; but the geographical dlffleultlu would be tremendous, ‘except, perhaps, from bases ln China. Her position on the seas would ‘be strong. but here she would n.t have quite the same immunity. In foodstuffs and many raw ma- terials Japan is independent cif out- side sources. But 1n several cam- modltles vital for modern we: site is perilously weak. she produces not more than about. half her needs ln copper and zinc; she has com- paratively little iron one, no petrol. and no rubber. Japan's finances have not becci too sound; how they would stand the strain of l. great. war is a matter of weculatlun. Her man-pzwer is admitted by all to provide 800d material for fighting on land or on sea; but her officers are reputed to be under the Euro- pean standards in edticaticn and profeslonal training. There lo. too, the very uncertain fact: of the effects 0n heir financial and mill- tary machinery of the war in which she has been engaged with the Chinese for three and one-half

ears, a war In which the Japanese

have not been conspicuously suc- cessful, notwithstanding the limit- ed iesouroes of their u- , carts. — Irish mdependent, (Dublin).

the Hoover schcme wfuld aid tlhe German war effort. Hitler, at course would (permit, our food and supplies to be lstrlbuted to the populations of Finland, Norway, Holland, Bel- gium and Poland. He has Bycte- matleally plundered these countries and he would be delighted to have us ieplenlsh their stocks. If the

United States will kcep the Nor- wegian fishermen well and happy

lby feeding them and their wives

and babies, Hitler can continue to commander the major portion of their hauls. Dutch peasants, mur- isherl with Amcrlcan fxdstuffs, can c ntinue to work on their farms producing food for the Nell army.

their resolution. They marched up n

Who Was Responsible?

(Ottawa Journal) It would be an odd utoome of ~ i“? 5%“ EKJQZSSSS” 3.52’ , s - - . edetgaread the Blmla Report. Quite a. number of them nwflfinll?

time they arrived here. and 111d:- tng by some of the speeches made they dfdnf. take the tru after they ROl. here.

Mr. Hepburn. quite plainly. hu never reed the Report. More aur- m-lsiniz. whoever it. was that ore- pared m. Heoburnb open-inf? 1106!“! to the Conference hadnt read the

which. In the llizht of the RADON. were foolish?

01 the nrovlnolnl nrcmlera who addressed the Conference. onlv t-vro appeared to know the Report. Man- itoba's Mr. Bracken. had clearly read it and studied 1t: and Win08 Edward Island! Mr. ‘Thane Camo- bell seemed reasonably familiar with

' uMn hciiodblfuti iii: Qugbecizeiiitgriil ten rig mse w statement (and an admirable one). may have read the EeDOFt. 01‘ 1111117 not have read It: he had with him some expert advisers. Of the Brit- ish Columbia delewatlon. the 011B member who nrrobablv knew the Report was lvh‘. John Hart. New Brunswick‘: Mr. McNalr. a student. should be zlven the benefit of the doubt.

Why wasn't the Report read 111019 widely? A lot of blame. We think. must. no to the Government. Here was a Report which. accordlnl 1° the Government. was vital to war effort. vet. nobodv ln the Govern- ment twlth one belated exception) took the trouble to trv V) lPll m» eotintrv about it. It. had taken a Roval Commission. aided bv the ablest, economists. historians. flnizn- clers and business men In .110 countrv two vears to itet out this Report. and more than half a ml.- llon dollars had been sent on 1t. . vet when the Government lzot ft - thev wouldnt do anything about ll- Trtilv. we wouldn't want t0 Wrlle 11 book and have this Government be its nlubélslyer. it Not ff we wanted peone o uv . ,

Also. It must be admitted that Mr. King. coeninz the Conference. wns not at his best. He. had. all the armiments for the 12900115 Tfiwm‘ mcndatlons. and he stated hem. but hls most. ardent admirer would hardly hold that he stated "1611! with cctzencv or with a snark 0f 1X1- sniratlon. Frankly. we think 01815 Mr. Churchill could have out over this conference. and we think MI- Roosevelt cou‘d have out. 1t Over-

PAINTING DAMAGED

TORONTO, Jan. 1'1 -—Paul Peel's famous oil portrait, The Return of the Harvesters, which hangs in the city council chamber and is insured foi $50,000. was discovered by Aid. Nathan Phillips yesterday to be cracking and its gold frame crumb- ling. Property Commissioner Gra-

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01 l and of antelope: 3113‘; . I aiiiialxnenature none of these.

l I was. being human, born alone; I am. belntr woman. hard beset: I lived by squeezing from a stone The little nourishment I Bet.

I masks outrageous and austere ?.‘§-”f.'ti.§.‘1li.§‘il.§‘.l' as.tl;“.:lt T1. m» =0 i». 11am.» me ma“; ML Hepburn u‘, such mm" But none has merited my fear.