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The Lllrlrlullulunu t-unnliun may no ohtnlnuli at llulullng‘; .\t:\\§ \'- r3, Ilnwn Bquure, New Lurk; Old Sontlr §vnn tnnn-r Milk um] “Henhlllfllun, Boston; Ill-tr .\r\\tt Agency, i248 reel en, Montreal; J. n-nl Ila,» st., Toronto; News stand, liimtenu Lunrh r, uimnn; Wolfe's {sens Stand. Sutlbury. Dnt; llub lulnlrru Sllttp, lluirctun N. IL; Ellen Bnhertoun Amherst, S s.

The Stroiiycst Jlcnwry is Weaker than the ll valccst Ink." TSXIIHDAI’, OCTOBER 1a. 1941.

Growing Téiiigilfriil}; TU.’ S.

an enormous amount of fighting strength, It re- mains to be seen whether any loot Hitler can ‘find in Rufisla Wlllwgwfllpcnsate for this ilvcaken- ling of lllS power. Lau he recruit again the 5111111: number of men or replace in any measurable time the military equipment burned up in this titanic effort?

Whatever happens in the crisis now develop- ing, the Battle of Russia is not “the fateful but- llc of all time." At worst it puts the balance back" lwherc it was in June. Unless a separate peace is made, the policing of European Russia will require armies of occupation far in excess of those now tmable to keep order in other occupied countries. This ntay be “the 111st great (lccisive battle of the year,” as Ilitlc-r announced in his Order of the Day a week ago. but there are other years, other battles “The last English ally on the Continent" is only three months old, and Britain herself has a new ally in the .-\tlz1n- UC-

Protestanl Orpha nage Appeal

We hear less nowadays than during the first \\'orld War about the duty of “keeping the home fires burning." 'l‘l1at duty still exists, however, and it includes among other things the tuaintenance of such institutions as the Pro-

Two ev-rnts of the past few days ltave brought

thc Liniu-ll $1.1m- 111c;1s11r:1lily' nearer the war.- The Slllluvllll in ilxc _lZl'1'lllL’~'\3 cabinet resulting in l the app E v <11: l i licucrzil Tojo as Premier- do @- ~ 11‘ ltd 41-" :1 more toward more 1

1v. l\'u-~i:1 if not against United 1 ‘ific. 'l'hc new cabinet is l ~ uruulv of gcucrals and ad-

‘ - full limit in co-operation . The Japanese press also, vntivc quiescence, has 1w zlgriiilst llritaiti and l "w 1. ~.~urc of thc Nazi drive ‘lihilliy rc-‘pousiblc for this re-

l .:1s is suggested, he

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..t >llllillltll1 is known to be 1lc'~]u 1.111 t" c nl-o hare started what scents a 1 ~1q czuuplign in the Yangste

Wflflllt’ the Japanese army

\':1l.lt-_v nl uiotl, in any case, activities

g of a US. destroyer yesterday -~ ~55 lccl;n~.1l_ i11 “defensive waters" 1t RoFNCVClI in his “shoot ‘ '. adds to the tension so

Roses In Iceland W '1.1‘. {L111 cr. the rose, will bloom 111 t~:1 ilusltcs exported there by

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]',_-{;i.l1 11111=1l11--11.11. 'l'l1cv lutve been carried in ship: ti» lnliull Sluuu-hip Company, whose. lll.ll'~ ‘lic oriqiiizil swastika —l'10t the

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-l by the Nazis, which, say her- »u of cvil centuries old.

, - Qrlnvu in Sussex have also 11. 11--111 llllllllfl. as well as clothing,

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gour to l< '- _ 1-'11~1111.-.1l<, cigars, wireless sets, iuu gun". musical instruments. ,1, up. bricks, motor cars, floor

', iucltuliilg thousands of gi, - - 11 .11 lt-r. Christmas puddings were scnf km _\1»-.:. lllll '.l1<'_\' did not arrive until jan- l llil‘1'\'.

nearly all general com- ..~ manufacturing resource of :l1c war, Britain supplied only alioll! 2o per c 11* of thcsc- imports, but now that 111i l» 1'11.‘ off from lTuropc, nearly all her rc(p1i1'1::11*1“.< com» from Tlritziin.

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The \Vritlen Word

11111,... t Riv-tic 1.. the superior efficacy of nc\\'>p1|~<'r vlll-lilfl comes from the chief rccrtiwirg ~=11<~11- of the Cuitcd States Navy, Captain l“. li. .\' . \\".1itiug, who reports that hc has f. 1rd 1hr- 11r.'\\'-','1rc.<s to produce the best r1--11'1- o? :1“ " 1‘ mil-Eicili" zigcncics he has test- cd. (1.112. u. ‘1\' -:_- ~.1_-.- ll1.u cnli-tuicrits in “the orivlnd 1~-= :1‘ 111' lntlimia. Iowa and Miss- 0111'; . . ill .1111 to four-fold as the result of a f1<'1\-;11’,1 1' nl1'1'1'1i~i11',; campaign, and that, in c1111~~|u111 1- o? lll'~"" rcmakable results, this

(illll,\1"_"1 7- 111:1" c w; on in 16 states, with l\v0 111.11.. 1» l»..~ mlillll . 11-11, and 11lllCl'S from time to

" says the Sydney Post Rec- . ~l nothing new. Ncivspapers ~ iurur-h the chief channels of l.-\ public mind, as long as the .. -:< fhe sporadic air-wave dis- turbances oi hi» qlokcn word."

If Moscow Falls

\\'i:h the fxvc of Xloscow hanging daily in the balance, it i: wcll to anticipate the worst and discount thr- (‘xcc-sivc hopcs built up on the

testant Orphanage, which starts its annual fund- ruisiug drive on blouday. Being orphaned as a child is in itself one of the greatest of cala- mities, and provision for such victims of cir- cumstance is one of the most solemn obligations of any community calling itsclf Christian. The cure and attention given children at both our Orphanages in this Province is a matter of pro- per pride to all our citizens. The annual appeal made on behalf of the Protestant Orphanage cn- ables it to carry on a work which would other- wise have to be done by the state. That is the practice in totalitarian Culllllfivs, The greater freedom we enjoy 1111der democracy involves the duty as well as privilege of contributing freely to such catises. There should be no need to labour this point. It is hoped that the response to the czuupaign next ivcek, as in other years, will be both prompt and generous.

— EDITORIAL NOTES —

To be, or not t0 be, fine over the week-cud- that is the question. 1F i‘ W I The Rinsmen hope to be more fortunte today as regards weather for their peanut sales.

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The critical state of Russian defences calls for united prayers in all the churches tomorrow. i if I‘ II The city police should not remain hiddcn with- in doors 0r.in the patrol wagon. The majesty of the law should be visible at all times throughout the city in order that law may be respected. Re- sides it ivould cut down the gasolene bill and bills for repairs. I I i

Student registrations at Queen's University for the current term show a reduction of no from the previous term The total registration for the 1941-42 term is given as 1,582.

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"A. R. P.” short for air raid prevention. have been sent to the discard. In future the British . R. P. services ivill be known as the Civil Defence Wardens Service, Civil Defence Am- bulance Service, Civil Defence Rcscitc Service, and so on. The decision to change the name was made by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Home Security, the Secretary of State for Scot-

~land, and the blinictcr of llcalth.

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The Paris correspondent of the National Zeitung of Essen has obtained and published a statement from Pierre Laval, Vichy’s prime “col- laborator," thanking Germans for their expres- sions of sympathy when he hovered between life and death as a result of a revolver shot at Versailles. The statement also said: “I do not need to specially emphasize that I shall continue this policy of reconciliation and understanding and make it serve the interests of (icrmany and France ” a u o- w

Soldier; from British Columbia at present stationed at Quebec and at nearby Valcartier Military Camp have a vote in B. C. province's forthcoming general election. The. soldiers, sail to number several hundred, voted on Tuesday, Vvednesday and Thursday of this week. After- wards, the military ballot boxes, which will be included in the general category of advanced polls, were forwarded to Vancouver by a special returning officer. The British Columbia clcction will be held October 21.

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The last British State Lottery was held this date, 1826. By the Lotteries Act selling of tickets or chances in a lottery (including foreign state lotteries) is illegal and involves a heavy penalty, Raffles at bazaars are lotteries, and are con- sequently illegal; the facf that they are on be- half of charity makes no difference as far as the law is concerned. Certain lotteries. however, are authorized by Act nf Parliament, notably these carried on by the British Art Unions. A_ prize drawing, where every ticket carries a prize, is

not a lottery. ' l. .

D. C. Dick, wool administrator for the War-

lllilflllllfllll r~1-i-l.1111v- of the Red armies. In doing; so 11-- u.» l. ick in llu: situation as it exisr- ed lwfl-rl-_luu1~ :3 l:1~1, when the invasion of Sov- icst tc1"riz~1-vv -1:111t~1l, .\t that time Stalin was counuvl 11- :1 rlllllullls but effective allv of Hitler. (lpzinu-i- l-xur-cud zm eventual break between llu‘ lwo luu llll‘_\' rlivl not look for Soviet aid IO tht- .\llE1-l run-c. l’l‘~~lllll~l,\‘ \\‘(‘l'(‘ haunted by the ft-ar tlru l\'u ~11 iuigln i in thc Axis as an active partner. Thi- i< l‘1'(‘.‘lllt'(l by the New York

Timcs, which adds: l-‘vcn ihllnqh |\‘u-~i:1 ivcrc knocked out of the

r-nuflici- |11~l it'll‘ lli1l1-r's boasts run ahead of illc :11:1~1.1111-l'-l11111ut of his nr111ivs-.-ll1crc ivould lu‘ gri n- 1i» wt wgwiu-t flu‘ losses, These gains lmvc not oulv lwu in time and in the grmt lncrwsr- iu kill-h air power and reserves of fund null 111i? t'11'v clptipiilciit of all kinds. .’\

1 .‘ a ‘xv chnngn- has taken tilacr- in of 1';- built-ll States. The Times l wion to say that in these hrt-v lllllifll; \'n.- 111s have left their hesita- ions l. llllltl .1111] mrrlc up their mind to go as far ts ncwl bc to rvu-b the lllfP-‘ll of liitlcrism.

/\!1d i11 ‘dust; llllcl; months Germany has lost

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time Prices and Trade Board, expccies that the supply of Canadian and other [umpire-grown crossbred wools Will be sufficient to meet Can- ada's military and civilian rcquirctncnts 1n the 1941-42 season. “It n-ould seem that a freer movement of crossbred ivools into preferred ex-

ort and civilian tnarkcts may anticipated," .\lr. Dick said, recalling that shin supplies of these typos of wool available since the outbreak of war had forced Canada and the Epipire countries to conserve their supphcs for military and urgent civilian ll('(?flS. llc said "for some time now" the Canadian policy ‘has been to give favorable considcratoin to applications for ex- ort of fine and non-military wools, and ad-l- ed that he is ready to consider export permit ap- plcations for any Canadan fleece wools in ex- cess of anticipated domestic requirements.

Just as shlpa of sll nntlons of! Istanbul rub bulwarks and pre- tend indifference to each other, so 0n shore the diplomatic, pro- fessional. and commercial repre- sentatives of all the belligerent

1v:- 1n locals next to each other, 1n public, and curse each other in» p;.va1e “Here, lco, are journalisisl of all nations; busness men, gen-I utue and German, and represents-l tives of the Gestapo-masquerad-l ing as something completely in-| ascent, but making so bold as to drive up to lunch at. my hotel in a Berlin city police car. ‘All these people sound like the characters 1n a spy or secret service novel, and indeed there is something of the cloak and dagger about the tatmosphere of Istanbul; it's strik- lIlg evidence of the strictly neutral internal policy of the Turkish ailthorities that they are able to maintain la-w and order without. incident... . !’

A nice constitutional point ts raised in a Times leader of last Monday. in which Mr. Churchill is encouraged virtually to select a successor to tfmself and to indi- cate to the King in advance that successors’ name. It has been suggested that this is rather llke the method adopted- by Hitler, who nominated Goering to suc- ceed him and in little unfortunate- ly). falling hurt. Rudolf Hess. But I think it is sound constitutional procedure. When a Government is defeated and resigns, the obvious course is to invite the Opposition leader to form a Ministry. But today there ls no real Opposition, and no such contingency as the defeat of the Prime Minister in the House is contemplated But the perils of this mortal life in war- time are not to be ignored, and if ever (quorl Deus avertat) Mr. (Zhurchill had m be replaced the King ought not to be faced with the immense responsibility of de- ciding whom to send for. As the Times puts ll, with considerable delicacy, "He (the Prime Minister) can do much, while he is still at the head of affairs, to guide the choice which it. will fall b0 OIhGIS finally to make" That seems good sense Mr Churchill himself, of course. is where he is because his predecessor advised the King to send‘ for him. —— London Spec- tawt.

‘The Fascist Mayor of a small Italian tmvn, whose son had been reported as lulled in act-ion, ar- ranged for a memorial service: it was to be a solemn function, and all the local dignitaries were go- ing to attend. Half-an-hour or so before leaving his house to go to church, the Mayor listened in. at the usual time, to the BBC broad- cast — and heard his son's name reacl out in the prisoners’ llst He was overjoyed, of courseabut he couldn't. cancel the service and risk being charged with listening m enemy wireless: so be went to church as arrangedh-only to find when be got there that. not an- other saul had turned up!-‘War Ccmmentary‘ bl‘ Colonel Stevens).

There will be heart-burnings In Berlin over the revelation in a New Ycrk court that, the federal bureau of invesitgaticn has for more than a year been oPeffll-lY-Z a “score? radio station establish- ed on Long Island at the orders of the German sPcret service, The spy authorities of the Nazis have been made the dupes cf this fine law exifarcemrnt, body. It 1s not only the feelings of the Germans that will suffer Such an incident can have a. serious effect On U19 efficacy of £11611‘ GSDIQDBEQ 5°‘ uvnies, It, will sow in their minds doubt as to other undertakings, and a spy system that. has lost confidence in its own operatives is a very futile thing. -— Windsor Star.

The disposition, ton prevalent to- day, of thinkin that the end is 1m sight Ls fooksh n the extreme. Nut that. way are victories won ...We do not. suggest that there is any reason for pessimism rather than optimism now, but. that both at.- tltudes of mind are dangerous when so much that Ls yet. unseen Ls 011 the eve of disclosure. The present situation, with the swaying far- tunes of the tight in Russia. with Japan's real intentions sl-lll 1m- rcvealed, but with the great power or America always ready, ls fluid Nat yet. has the war developed its final frontations, still less its final stages. There are immense latent tomes to come into action. 8O the best advice that can be given to the British pcopre today is to keep a sense of proportion. what- ever may befall; to be neither over-elated by successes nor un- duly disturbed by reverses: w fess temporary disappointments, if they ccme, with the steady vision 0f ultimate victory. In quietness and in confidence shall be our strength. —Dally Mail (London).

Considerable excitement was calmed in the Ottawa. Union Sta- tion one night when railway em- ployes discovered the body 01 l victim struck by the locomotive of train Na. ‘l somewhere between Montreal and Ottawa. The "body . that of s large brown Woodpecker, was found inside the locomotive headlight. The bird‘ had flown into the path of the speeding en- gine and the impact had been suf- ficient to break the heavy glass of the light. In addition to being killed instantly, it had been roasted to a turn by the hot light. After an "inquest" had‘ been held by spectators the bird was given a sea. burial with fvll naval honors in the adjacent canal. - Canadian Pacific Bulletin.

Lewis W. Douglas, who for l. short time was Principal of Mc- Gzll University, recently told the National Association of Life Un- derwriters that "The protection we devise for our dependents will prove as fragile as on empty egg- shell unless Hitler ls defeated". In other words, all forms cf insur- ance are cancelled unless Hitler is. -Klngston Whig-Standard.

Mayor Fry proposes that elvlc

r1112 SIHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN,”

IIDTES BY TIIE WAY l

JOWGYS. and most of the neutrals,‘

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ls open III tin discussion by correspondents at q ' o Interest. ’l‘ Charlottetown Guardian does not necessarily endorse tho opinions of eorrelnnndento.

1 PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT .

Sin-The attention of the Pro- vinclnl and City officials, charged with the enforcement of the Pro- hibition Act, should be directed w the recently published findings of a special, self-appointed investi- lgfllfll‘, M1‘. A. T. Setter, 2016, Sher- brooke Sh, West, Montreal, P.Q. Though withheld two years the report ls interesting, if not infor- mative. Turnlng a. two weeks’ vo- cation into a. fact-finding mission, this man, himself, a. "non-imblber" who does not. believe in abstinence, found within the City limits "more than 100 blind pigs, and speakeas- ies, veritable holes-in-themall." The detailed wording indicated an extended tour of the city, under expert guidance, and a. careful numerical classification of places visited. The investigator looked in- to the "finish-quencher" too, and? discovered, n0 doubt b chemical analysis, that in addit on to al- cohol it. contained other poisons. three noxious substances viz. iodine, creosote, and lysol. He noted care- fully the age-groupings of the clientele of these dives, and, not satisfied with his already hurculean labours, Mr. Setter actually follow- ed the "thirst-quencher" to the “various social functions" of the pltylalA super-colossal fortnight, ru v

_Not having more time to inves- ttilate. Mr. Setter blames it. all on the Prohibition Law. If he had ln_ vestigated the temper of oer-min officials, and of influential mem- bers of various governments of the last fourteen years, Mr, getter, or at: least. a fair-minded observer. would have concluded that, the fault lay, not with the law, but

ing acquiescence with the will of the people is not a spirit which could prompt. adequate enforce-

winked at or ignored with the

actual conditions in other pro- vinces and in USA. Nor does the

HD1300] to their minds as an ex_ pFLSSIOII of patriotism.

abmfld by its stand on the liquor question.

1y heard the story which ends; “400.000.000 Chinese can't be wrong."

are "retarding the wheels of pro- Progress ln what direction? Can he larger liquor purchases from brew-

Ontarlllo.

n is first and last are a. , Mr. Setter leaves himseplf ogenphtfo suspicion. He tries to Say he h,“ no axe to grind, He may have been only a newspaperman. But some. D°W he "(will Protest too much me. thinks." Can it be there is a,“ u]. terior motive for his tender solie. ltude for us deluded folk down here?

We are. Sir, etc,

THE PRESS COMMITTEE 0F THE TEMPERANCE FEDER. ATION.

P.S. Would lvfr. Better say that prohibition is the cause or the ‘Dives!’ "Brothels," ere, in his own city?

E PRESS CONIIMITTEE —i__."

Pefiple which refuses to r c0 defeat". Not Brazzaville, tteie French radio stat-ion. speaking, b1"- amazingly enough. Virgin‘o, Gayda. mouthpiece for Mussolini, In I1 Glornnle ckltalia. so may be written the obituary of that, p011. tlcal ideal, acclaimed in Berlin, Berfllllfskaden and Vichy, known as "collaboration", __ s}, 1mm Post Dispatch.

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