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doubtless has succeeded in getting large, re- serves of these materials to her homeland, but the flow of them is necessary if she is to wage a vigorous war. Her only remaining chance of

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President: Lleut. Col. W. Cluster B. IleLare vies-President: l. I. Barnett. I. J. I. [Qantas-yr Llent. 00L D. A. llacfllnnnn. 0.8.0.. ' “lreetor: J. Iltlnrnett. I‘.J.l. Frank Waller and blunt. llI

A. Barnett, LC-NJLIL (On Active Service)

Ilse: and Aneelate lifters:

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than t sakes! Ink.‘

Comparison

As against the pitiable spectacle of 6,300 Canadian males failing to report for duty after embarkation leaves, place the decision of the British Parliament for compulsory assignment to foreign posts of members of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Here, according to the Ottawa Journal, is what happened:

The British Government recommended, and Parliament overwhelmingly approved, sending A.T.S. girls overseas because they can relieve men for actual combat service. Army ranks in Britain and abroad, said Sir James Grigg, Secretary for War, “have been combed thor- oughly for every available man" for the fight- ing units: women iriust do the work these men have been doing at the bases and along the

supply routes.

Britain's manpower pool literally is dry- what remains is the thin trickle of boys who reach service age and are promptly absorbed into the defcnq of their country‘. .Industry has been combed and recombed until there are none left That is the situa-

but those on essential tasks. tion in Britain today.

Meanwhile, in Canada we have some thoii- sands of young men skulking in hideaways, uniform and our national pride-many thousands of others in the “Home

dishonoring their

Defence" army, trained soldiers

trained, who refuse to volunteer and who have

not yet been leave.

put to the test

Also in Canada wehave a Defence Min- ister forced out of the Cabinet because, after personal investigation overseas, he urged the need for compulsory military service for men to meet urgent demands for reinforcements.

It is a comparison which does not, put our _“all-out" war effort in a very good light.

Education

In Britain the new system of free education for every child from kindergarten until the age of l8 0r i9 will go into effect on April l, of Over in Northern Ireland the Gov- ernrnerit has just issued a White Paper very similar to one previously issued for England and Wales, which aims to bring secondary edu- education within reach of every child regardless of his or her parents’ means, if Parliament approves.

The British system of free education to the age of l9, which includes technical classes and evening schools, is part of the Education Act It does not affect the fee basis of the old “public” schoos, in reality priv- ate schools. And there is some speculation as to how many parents will seek to move their children from these rather expensive schools to

this year.

cation and university

passed last August.

the state schools after April I.

_ Britain has become extremely minded in the past four years-and of neces- sity. British leaders appreciate ‘the fact that in this streamlined age of machinery and applied science, a nation must possess adequately train- ed men and women if it is to hold its place in world trade, production, invention. _

One example of this new sense is seen in the action of the London County Council, the largest employers of teachers in Britain, _which has just decided to raise teachers salaries by The basis of this action is thus stated by the coiinci1—"if teachers are given higher salaries, then the communityncan and will demand more and better service.

$8,000,000 annually.

Luzon And Blockade

"A puzzling feature of Japan's attitude in Luzon is her failure so far to offer a stout de- fence of what is recognized as her most stra- tegically important holding in the far Western Pacific. The land, sea and air defence of the enemy in that theatre, notes and exchange, is

showing signs of deterioration;

plains,of Luzon, and even‘ Manila itself, are being evacuated. Japanese troops are taking to liideouts in the hills and mountains, which sug- gests that their commanders feel they have a

better chance of defending the

jungle and cave fighters than by standing in open battle against the American annoured col-

Ilmil.

The Japanese are believed to be short of Many vehicles have captured which were burning alcohol instead of‘ gasolene. Bicycles and pushcarts have been commandeered to move material out of Mon- ila; artillery lias been observed being drawn by horses through winding passes. Those are iiot the signs of a foe who is well equipped. Enemy resistance in the air has also been feeble Luzon, and the Japanese navy has failed fulfil the promise of Navy Minister Yonati that it would fight to the end in blocking any at-

fuel on Luzon.

tempt to invade Luzon. Once the forces of

fgpui proper would be deprived of oil. rubber, sin" mil other essential raw materials. She

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In Great Britain

General have made good their capture of Luzon, and got a strong grip on the island, their possession offit should provide an effective blockade of the

f nese homeland by sea and air.

‘tiltaid, who directed amphibious operations in tiie early phases of the invasion, believes flint, With Luzon wrested from the foe, the Japanese Iii routes from the homeland to her empire of conquest would be strangled and the en'emy lose liirmastery of the South China Sea. from Formosa to Singapore, Java and Sumatra,

doing that will be completion of the trunk 'rail line from China's coastal area, via Indo-China, to Singapore.

-EDITORIAI. NOTES-

The I. O. D. E. have added to the Island's

laurels by putting their Book Campaign over

the top—the first in Canada-to do so. U I I U

R. A. F. Bomber Commands record break- ing Lancaster, “M2" has been 97 times to Ger- many, 5 times to Italy and 37 times to other targets. All the trips have been made from the same bomber station and the aircraft has used 193,800 gallons of petrol on operations and flown 969 hours.

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The Mackenzie King Government, not satis- fied with ignoring Queen's Cou-nty Members, including the Assistant Minister for Air, add to their official iniquity by failing to acknowl- edge communications froni His Worship the Mayor of Charlottetown and the President of the Board of Trade.

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Huge blocks of concrete constructed on the coast of Southern England in r940 as anti-invasion defences are being built into .. sea ivall to protect the coastline against heavy seas. The blocks, which weigh from eight to nine tons each, are being split up with gelingnite and crushed by compressor machines to con- struct a wall three metres high capable of with- standing the fiercest galcs and heaviest seas. The whole project is being carried out by 15 mcn. In order to complete the wall before th Spring tides in March, workmen and engin- eers begau operating on a beach which had not been fully cleared of land-mines. w n- s a

“Most of the jokes you hear about civil servants actually happen (writes Mr. W. Shelton Smith in BBC) or are made up, in the service. Typing errors are a constant source of joy when they are apt-as they so often are-and they're passed around with great glee. I saw a letter from a high official of the Treasury which said: ‘I have given-your letter the dullest possible consideration.’ What he really said was ‘fullest’; and it serves him right he ought to have known bctter—you can't have anything fuller than full. Another civil servant-a colleague-want- ed to thank a member of the public who'd made some quite unpractical suggestion. He set out to write ‘Thank you for sending me yet another product of your fertile imagination’ but the typist made him say ‘another product of your futile imagination?’

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The 42 Norwegian pastors and bishops who have been living in banishment at Lillehnmnier have now been transferred, apparently with their‘ families, to Helgoya in Mjosa where the “authorities" believe they can exert better con- trol over the clergymen. Meanwhile the ex- planation for the cstablishmnt of the Lillchzim- mer “pastor colony" has become known. Orig- inally pastors banishcd from their congrega- tions were permitted to select their own place of new residence. As a rule, however, they selected communities from which loyal pastors had previously been banished, and thus the re- sult became little else than an exchange of pas- tors for the individual parish. To put a stop to this the Nazis began sending all banished pastors to Lillehammer. At present there are 25 pastors interned at Grini concentration

camp. e a e a

Ben Jonson, English dramatist and poet, born this date 1573; originally a brick-layer, he later entered the Army, and served in Flanders; returning to Landon he married uii- happily, so he became an actor-playwright; was tried for killing a fellow-actor; pleaded "benefit of clergy” and so escaped death, but was branded and his property confiscated: his first play, Every Man In Ht‘: Hitmour was writ- ten in I596 and taken over in I598 by Shake- speare, who produced it at the Globe Theatre- a bright play abounding in variety of inter-

masterpiece being The Alchemist; his poems are many and varied from graceful lyr-cs to scurrilous epigrams; his prose is expressive without being ornate; his last years were spent in poverty and disease, though ultimately his body found a last resting place wit-h the great in Westminster Abbey, his tomb bearing the inscription O Rare Ben Jonson: "True happi- ness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice."

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When rodents replace Mail on a Trans- Ocean plane and ride high with priority and comfort thereby hangs a tale, says the Post Office Circular. Some days ago it was es- sential for the first time to transfer 430 pounds of surface mail from a T.C.A. trans-ocean plane at an Eastern Airport to a bomber of the R. C.

est; this was followed by numerous others, his te

THE CHARLUrrrnuWN ‘GUARDIAN.

llotes By The Way

Afreea-uileasy

i Mlatake-of-the-naonth:

showing a —aud what dozens of proofreade

didn't notice either-ls t t

1n 1f you can do ln-Chlcago Sun.

War was over, himself wrote, "Torture and Can- nibalism were the only two pedlents that the clvlllzed, solen-

were of doubtful utility." In this war the Germans have reduced the exceptions to one. Torture

a deliberate policy; and they would even resort to cannibalism if they figured its utility to be less doubt- ful ln this war than 1n the last.-— Halifax Herald.

This tipping business has long been a nuisance and one that should not. be tolerated. It ls a degrading thing to the servant. and a source of irritation and dist-om- fort the giver. Employees would much prefer to have a ce- cent wage upon which they could llve without the necessity of fuss- ing around for the welcome gra- tu ty, and "the average tlpuer ls often ln a quandary lest he tip too little and be thought mean, with the result that. he often gives more than he need. The tipping habit ls much less prevalent. 1n this country than abroad, but 1t is universal to a large extent. and is so much woven lnto the fa of service that 1t would be im- possible to eradicate 1t. altogether. —Chatham (Ont) News. '

Ten cit-operative buildings have been completely destroyed and 700 shops damaged (many of them on several occasions) during the fly- ing bomb attacks on London. Out of the South Suburban Society's total of 145 shops 140 were dam- aged; 250 shops of the Royal Ar- senal Society suffered to a greater or lesser extent from blast: Enfield Society lost its central premises and l0 branches: the other socie- ties 1n the Metropolitan area also had a large number of shops and branches damaged. London society had 222 shops put out of notion and its educational centre dam- aged. The decision to postpone the magnificently planned Centennary Pageant in London was taken n1- ter 200 of the Pageant costumes had been destroyed,—I.C.A. News.

It k well that we should re- member the limitations of U. power when we dispute the pro- posed terrltorlal settlements in Europe with the British and the Russians. Americans. who lived so long isolated among the splendid resources of their empty continent have something of a spoiled-child complex in regard to having their own way. In fact, however, we cannot by force compel the British or the Russians to take our ad- vice. Natlons have only two courses of conduct open to them; they must. either accept one another or so to war. If we went to war with Russia we should have to fight, on her soll, and should nl- most. certainly be defeated. Asfor war between the United States and Great Britain, lt 1s doubtful whe- titer any casus belll would persuade the people of either country to fight. Certainly they would riot do so over the boundaries of Poland or Germany-The New Republic.

Why Iandon restaurants print their menus 1n French has mysti- fied some of our most recent French vlsltors—partlcularly when not all waiters. and new waitresses. un-- derstand the language, says The Brandon Sun. The other day M. Pierre Cot, former Alr Minister of France, was lunehing at a London restaurant. He choose to begin his lunch with “oeuf froid," and for the benefit of the waitress, trans- lated it. asking for "cold egg." "Sorry, no cold eggs," said tne waitress. “It's h eggs on the menu." M. Cot, who speaks good lilngllsh, though rather slowly. broke into VOIUIDIE French, finishing up by reiterating ln English that "ceuf fro1d" could mean only cold emz. patiently, "I can't help that, sir. It's hot. egg-I know, because I've seen 1t.“ M. Cot decided on soup.

The world 1s full of great Issues, but there still 1s room for a word about: illegible signatures on let- rs, Many business letters nowa- days have the name of tlie writer‘ typed below his signature. and that permits 111m to indulge 1n the wild- est. flights of penmanshtp. Hand- written letters are something else, and The Journal gets letters with signatures which would stump an expert on helroglyphlcs. — Ottawa Journal.

A Japanese broadcaster says military scientists have developed s bomber triple the size of the 13-29 to control pllotless flying bombs and boats; a ray that could blow up Washington 1n a flash and a chemical which can be spread in the air to cripple Allied bombers. Somewhere along the line, it ap- pears. a Nip propagandlst indulg- ng 1n a little too much sakl must vs come across one of those "comic" books the troops like. be- lieving in an offlclal papeu-Mon- treal Star.

The extent to which the horse

A. F. Transport Command to provide a heated compartment for a consignment of live rats re- quired urgently for scientific purposes Overseas. As it was absolutely necessary that the rats should reach their destination quickly and in

‘Winter 1s indicated by an editorial u

which points out that; whl church and hotel once had its shed

has come back into transporta- tlonal use as a result of the severe

The Orlllia Packet and Times. le every

good health, and not succumb to the cold en route, heated surroundings were required and could only be found on the T.C.A. plane which was already loaded with mail. That was why 43o pounds of surface mail hsd to be removed and transferred by mutual agreement to an R. C. A. F. bomber. The mail so transferred con- sisted of Armed Forces letters which were pre- paid at ordinary surface rates, but which were being given air transportation to speed delivery overseas. No delay was caused, as both planes with their loads departed on the same date for Overseas. Dotrbtless the important shipment of rats may serve to save the lives of our Fighting Men as they were required for use in testing

SCfllm.

for horses. finds Orillla without an for them. 5o "the oounc1’s budget. may well include an item for h sheds on the market square." l-llt- ehlng posts on the streets as well? —'l‘oront.o Dally Star.

This active one for the Alberta guiio ' A at lass

e eum . wells are planned, and there may be as many This l.s f excess of the figure ln any previous

ear. iirgency of Canada's demands for oil. both for her war machine and for olvlllan industry. W111i 'I‘urner valley pl d with foreign sources hard us; opening of new flelils

the present emergency shelter

OISQ

year seems likely to be an oil 1n-

Aceotclin to the Alperta

as 175. ar ln

It reflects the increasing

and pressed, 1s be-

ecllnlng,

m t b! dfaeuniou around , offBiffii. i‘. 1 °’ "lit" éiilisdlif; "WM" for young and old-Farmer's Ad- n1 vocute. __._.

There's an ad on the back cover of the new Chicago telephone directory woman telephoning. What you may not have noticed

printers and executives up arerietfiy e woman 1s holding the mouth loco of the ‘phone to her ear, and a.k- g into the receiver-e. good trick

By the time the First Great as Mr. Churchill

8X-

lflc, Christian States had been Pm“ “w” 15"“ w" °h°"“ able to deny themselves-and these

they have employed wholesam as perlence gained here will provide a

s, family where there are other chll-

125 grante.

paid as a right to all families in Canada. of course the decision as to whether or not. there wlll be any deduction 1n the amount of the mothers‘ allowance betna paid 1n such eases 1s a ma termlned by the provinces which pay mothers‘ allowances.

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Registration-

1. Q. Why did the Governm start. registration 1n Prince mwffii “hi.” c . ever 1n anada. nor 1n

other country have we had ably! thins exactly like the administra- tlve roblems involved under the Fam y Allowances Act. Ibrtlils reason 1t was thought. dcalmhlg to learn by experience as much u Possible and the best way t0 do this was to start registration and other procedures 1n one province.

because 1t was the smallest. Here 1t will be necessary to ‘ 1o,- 000 famllles with about 30,000 children. 1t 1s hoped that. the ex-

valuable background of experiences for the considerable Job of regis- tering the three and a half mil- llon children 1n Canada between now and the first of July.

2. Q. Where can one obtain re- gistration or application forms?

A. Forms w111 be delivered through the Post Off1ce~to every household 1n which children under 16 are known to be living. Further supplies of forms, for anyone who may be missed. can be obtained at any post office. . 3. Q. Are birth certificates re- quired with the application? A. No, not unless speclallly re- quested. Through tlie cooperation of the provinces, the Bureau of Statistics is the record of all birth 1n each province. The birth noted on the registration forms wlll be checked against this record. In some cases a further inquiry may have w be made to the parent or other ap- pllcunt. 4. Q. Should Indians register? A. In some cases this wlll be done for them by the Indian Agent, but ln Prince Edward Island Indians should register and wlll be paid like anyone else. 5. Q. If mere are any people who cannot write. what; should be done 1n their case, A. Tlirreglstration form should be completed for them and they should sign with ii mark 1n tne presence of two witnesses. 6. Q. Are forms 1n the French language available 1f desired? A. Yes, they can be obtained at any Post Office or from the Direc- tor of Family Allowances, Char- lottetown. 7, Q. What about children born after the lnltlal registration? A. First of all their birth should be immediately registered wltli the Provincial Vital Statistics author- ities in the usual way. If the child in question has been born into a.

dren under 16, 1n respect of whom an application form has already been filed. all that is necessary is to send u letter to the Director of Family Allowances. Charlottetown. notifying him of the details of the birth and requesting s. Supple- mentary Family Allowances Regis- tration form.

If the clilld is the first born in the family. and no revlous Fam- ily Allowances App lcatlon form has been filed, this form should be obtained from the nearest lo- cal Post. Office, and, when com- pleled. mailed to the Director of Family Allowances, Charlottetown. certificates re- quired 1n these cases?

A. No. We will check those re- gistering against the aelllfli 1'9- cords of birth in the vital statis- tics office 1n Charlottetown.