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Ire ldenl, LleuL-Col. W. Cheater B. MeLun Vice-President. J- l leerehrv. LleIL-Col n. lllllor uud Maungim- Director. J. B. ' r mute from». rmu Wl-lker.

. SUBSCIHPTION BATES $5.00 yen tin udvlnce) deliver." te Citv $4.00 pepreryelr If . ndvannci mulled to P Ii, Inland [L00 per year tiu ndvnncrl mulled to Canada and (1.8- Members Audit Bureau u! Circulation: \

‘The STIOIIQCIE Memory is Weaker than thelllegkesf Ink.”

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11. mo.

“Dig For Victory"

Postal cancellation stamps in the Old Country now hear the slogan: “Grow More Food; Dig for Victory.” ln pursuit of this objective there is now a great carnpaigrt, sponsored by the Bri- tish government, to induce citizens to grow their own vegetables, and to keep more “backyard hens" and even tiigs. Land allotments running into tltc hundreds of thousands have been ap- plied for as a result of the appeals, leaflets to the number of 1.750.000 ltavirtg been distribulflll by the Dcpartntt-nt of Agriculture. Demonstra- tion ztllottut-nts have ltccn sct up 111 various dis- tricts. wlttirt: practical advice will be given ama- tcur gardcrtt-rs. 'l'he Royal Horticultural S0- cictv ha- arrattgetl for expert instruction of this kittfl throttghout tl1t~c111tn1r_v, services b15112 give" frce. .‘\s a proof of thcir patriotism, public and private ltttttllords arc expected to relax fornter rcstrictimis on r11; and poultry raising. Every‘- body in a [tositititt to do so. whcthcr he be a sntztll farmer or tuerrly a house or allotment holder. is Urged t11 “keep a pig or ttvo", and "pig clubs" arc being forntcd cvenvtvltere.

According 111 the British Mittistryr of Agricul-

turc, no ictrcr than four ltundrcd such clubs wcrc f11r1111d during the last Great \\'ar, which added to the piq rucat strpplics of the United Kiugrlottt at thc rue of treztrly’ five million pounds a year. “llw- advantage of the ‘cot-

Lagcrs pig‘ and the 'T1;1clt_1ard l1cn' is. of course, that they will con-tune ltouse and garden waste that would ntht-rw isc be thrown away, and make

to plain that governments turn over to commis- sions problems which they lack the courage or the ability to grapple. Most of the commis- sions produce reports which gather dust on the shelves of the Parliamentary library. The bulk 0f this latest report invites for it the satire fate.

“Parliament may be able to deal efficiently with this elcphantirte affair at the coming ses- sions‘, but the cautious gambler wouldlay no bets on such a development."

- EDITORIAL NOTES

There are many aspirants for nomination

as second Conservative cattdidzttc for Qtrcetts. I U U II

There were plenty sinners walking on slippery places yesterday morning.

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Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet in the Great \\'ar, cottmtartded Grand Flt-ct 1910-19, born this date, 1871.

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From now on farmers will have time to de- vote to their social functions, and then their annual conferences, which will be of rrtorc than usual importance itt this war year.

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During the last f5 years no animal plagues such as Foot and .\louth disease. rinderpest or pleuro-pncuntonia ltave occurred among Carra- dian livestock.

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“I look for a long war-a horrible, bloody, brutal war——-ztntl I look for more vacant seats when this House meets again." said Mr. llep- burn at the opening of Ontario's lcgislrttttre.

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Converting in the capital of the Province in which their industry originated, the members and directors of the tianadiatt Xatiottal Silver Fox Breeders .\SSOClt1tit1|1 rtrccitctl a cordial welcome ycstttrda)’.

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Here is dcpopulation for _v11u. In September last London's pcipttlzttit-rt 1111s given as 8,500,000. today‘ the patrons of thc lias, Light and Coke Co. which tumtopolizcs" the cit_v'_s public utilities, shows a tlccrrztsc of 1501111011 ir1 its list of pa- trons, 11l1icl1 utcztrts that :11 lcztst $000001) peo- ple ltztre lwcrt etztcttattwl.

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nutch sutztllr-r‘ demands 1111 the cereal rations flirt? we largely iutporl.” cvplairzs the chairman of the Minister 11f .\;__ 1111111111»; advisory commit- tee 011 publicity.

Nazi Paganism Forefold

"Christianity has 111 a certain extent ntitigatel

(he old l1rutal fit-rrrtrtrtic lust, but it has not suc- ceeded i11 1l<--tr11_1-i11_-_r it. lf ouc day the restrain- iug lfillslilttlP-dllr‘ trtisswcollapscs. then once

again tire ftctcr- spirit 11f thc ztticiettt warriors will hrcak forth, the senseless berserk frenzy found s11 often in thc s1111gs of the Northern

poets will flood xht- world . . . Then the former gtttli of s111111- utll tist- 1111,1111 thc mirc and shake off the dust 11f a lhtlllrllllfl years; Thor will soar tip Zlflitlll 1v:1h 115s gigantic ltamnrcr and dztslt to pit-cos tltc tit-thic citthetlrals."

This vitid t1r1-1lic1i1111. so applicable to the Nazi r1~v11l11ti1111 11f our time, was written over a century ago l11 ‘ho ticrtutut poet lleine. It is quoted h_v a 1-11:"1"1~p111r1i1-1t1 itt tltc London Spec!- a/nr. llrrttstit ltlllilvtllllll’ was cven their degen-

erating into p.-111tl11~1<111. and llcine foresaw that rcvoltttiottaty forces 111-re living fostered which

only 11.111111 thc appointed day to burst forth and ftll thc world 111111 ltorror. Disciples of this crccd. he prctlictrd, "will appear who will re- nouucc pir~ty even in actual life and who will ltarrow tht- Qttnttttl of our European life with thr- sword and :1.\:1~ in order t0 tear up the vcry

last root- <11 the past."

The Governor-General

M5111» ,\lini~tcr llrtckcttzic liittg has stated officially that l,11i‘1l l weedsmuir will not con- sider an extort-fiat 11f his tircscnt term of office as t_io1 crttor-tiettrrttl. and will return t0 the Old Country 1:1 tht- sttnuurr or carlv fall of this vear.

llis l'.\1v '1'111"_\'s ltcttltlt has suffcrcrl 111111111; his stay 111 tzuutd-t and he for]; that [hg 3i,» of his 11a'i1<> litttd and a rch-asc from official duties would ztuprove it.

Canrtrliaus- l1a11: no desire to jeopardize Lord Ttvt-twlsrttttifs lzfc by atypr-gtliug to him to re. coustdvr his decision. Nevertheless, there will be a fcclmg ihstt tlzc rrcuutbency‘ of such a post should not hc rhatrscd during war time. lf any indttrt-tttcrt, coutpatihle with the preservation of llts lixcellr11t"_1"'.s good ltealtlt, can be ntade to effect in him a change of resolution, that in- duccrttcrtt should l11~ hchl out bv the Car-radian Liovcrnnttrtt at thc earliest possible moment.

Robbed Of Usefulness

(ht.- ll:1lif.1x (‘l11~111i-."lc. long the stalwart ex- ponent of Lihrralisttt 111 Nova Scotia, expresses doubt 111.11 auythitttf will result from the report of the l)-rutinion-l'roviuciz1l Relations Commis- sion, 11111rc oftcu rcfcrrcrl to as the Rowell Com- mission, whivlt has itt-t l1ccn presented at ()1- fawa. (if tht- rrpufl. it is interesting to note just what The t ltroniclc has to say editorially:

"The 11111tu1tai11 ltz-s labored and brought forth a ntountaiu. 'l'h1: Royal Commission on Dom- i11111n-l‘r111i11ci:tl l\'1~l.11i1'111s 1vhicl1 toured all over

Cattatla. ltcnrd r11t111:Y-s~ claimants and complain- ants, etttplovrd a staff of experts, and worked for two ‘ttatrs, has produced its report. The conttuissitm opt-rated 1111 :1 grand scale. The re- port is .'1ppr11prt:1l.~l_v large. l l "The rvport. i11 frct. \\lll b1- thc longest docu-

ment on (anztdiatt :1 .'tir-" ever laid on the table

of l‘.'1rl1;1111t~ttt. i114 to an (lttawa despatch, which means that it will exceed even ‘liout- \\’itl1 the Wind.’

"'l'his l1ull._v 11-11rk indicates that the commis- sion and staff b.1111 111-1-11 bu-y. bttt its verv bulk rutrst rob it 11f ttsvfttlttcss. .\latty people in this country are kcertly‘ iutcrcstetl itt problems which this commission ltavc pouderetl. Few, very few, of th1-u1 will rt-ad 31 vtdtttttrs of report.

"'|'l'1~ l'1‘|"11'l l"]>ll'~"l's an all-tithe high ir. Canada's wcttktfus for cmmuissiuns. l! il Ill

lt will fill 34 volumes accord-_

What's in a uatuc? .'\l11111t awvcck ztgo ruain- laud newspapct" ltcttdirttgs proclztintcd ".\he's lit-- signatiou llclit-tt-d Ct-rtairt". We tltottgltt for a giddy ntomcut our friend Abe of Alberta had been and gone and done it, only to find farther down thc column that it w; " another .’\bc in far away japan that 11x15 couccrnctl. I ll‘ ll‘ 1F

The Nazi party chiefs, it is reported. are seeking to prcvt-ut what is lwlievcd to be a grow- ing practice in some rcstzturztttts of turning off the radio scts wltcn the Hews lnoadcasu pegirt. l'f'OpriCt111'$ ltitvt‘ ltccn warucd. it is said, that they will lose lltvif’ hccusrs 211 do business if this continues and appears to be dottc with malicious iutcrtt. 'l‘|1c proprietor of a llzuuburg restaurant recently was sentenced to n llfllllldl- tiary term for ltzttittq ]1('1‘lllill<‘tl 1'tt'st11|11('1's to listen in on thc f11rl1i1ld111 llriti-lt .'tnd lircnch news broadcasts.

Ill ll‘ l‘ ll‘ \\';1r is thc great iconoclast, dcstroyittg long-

held myths. (Inc 11f thvst- ntyths ltas" l1t-en that dctuocracyx 11y its 1t-t'_v nature, could riot suc- cessfully defend it-vlf ztgztinst thc cortcctttratcrl war power tlt‘\‘t'l11|rt‘tl undcr a tllClitlufsllip. \\'ill any one believe that :1_;:1i11 in the face of Fin- land's rcsistmtcr 111 flu-sin? lh-rc is a tiny dc- ruocracy fighting a contplete and colossal dicta- torship against finial-tit- odds. '\\'hatcvcr thc

final otttcortte ruav he, 1111c 1111111t|1 of lmttlc should (lissipate the nuth of dctttocratic weztkttcss and inefficiency’. Solidarity ltas l1ccn all 4111 thc side of a self-ruled tirttplr. ottttttttttbt-rctl forty to one. I‘ i >5‘ ll‘ Three Canadian officials visited Clainnan Emory S. Land of thc Xlarititttc Conunissiott, “ashington. to discuss thc possibility that (latt- ztda might obtain ships i11 that cottutry. l\lr. Ronald blacDouucll, 'l'hir1l Rccrctary of the Canadian Lcgatiort; .\lr. _|;t1t1cs (l. Parntelec, chairman of the (anzttliau Shipping Board and Deputy .\Iinis1er of Tirade and Commerce. and Dr. lluglt Kcertlcy-idr, auotht-t- Shipping Board member, according to comtttis-ion officials, said they had “no dcfirtte plan" for obtaining tort- nage. Chairman Land was said to ltavc ex- plained to the visitors that the commission had no vessels for sale to forrigti cotuitrics or their agents, but that the tltnadiaus were free to pur- chase vessels from pri1are cotupatiics after‘ which they must go to thc c111111uissi11n for formal ap- proval 0f the salc and registry‘ transfer. i F Y! i

\\'c have not ltcard mttclt about the ahandutt- nteut of the lrish llo-pitals Sweepstakes; ncv- ertlteless January" 111th curls them—and why? Because they are_proving a losing game to the promoters as wcllias the thousands of gamblers. N0 public an11o1111c1~111<~11t has horn ruadc. bttt in- f0fmaflts say the drcz-iott is final and that 3.000 sweepstake workers l1;11<~ bet-u asked to find

other tliiplOyliiClll. l\'<‘t‘1'ipt5 for 111g 5\\‘Qq)5[3k(-5 on the Ccsarcwitrh. 11l1icl1 were dratvn Oct. 28, showed 11 big (lcclittr 11111 those for 11133. Di- rectors of thc llnsptlul Trust zuutuurtccrl they wnttld hold the l1'1d 1111.; trump draw this mouth and that tl111 (.\'|1t'(l('1l tickets on this

sweep at five shillings each would be i11 great demand. The receipts, l111\\ t-vcr, ltavc been small.

I i! It is agood thing :11 times that the law takes ruattcrs into its (11111 l1.1nds and fcgttlntcs the

disposition of bctptr-‘s. F111: cats of Milwaukee which once shared ‘:1 a $41,000 estate- ltavc ltad their monthly flllfflktllfrg mt m $1) (inch. “ihcn Miss Sarah fl. llathatvay dicd i11 1934 she provided irt her 11 Ll that her estate should be trscd to support her ciglttceti cats. After their death the remaintlcr of thc cstatc was to go to ClCVBII fllvfrs and nephew's. Thirteen of thc cats have (lied and $16,500 has" tr-t-n divppd among the lteirs. Recently (Qottnty jtttlgc Char- les llanscn ordered distribution 11f another $0,- 900 among the heirs and the executor was 0rd. cred to put the five cats on a So-a-month allow- ance. If the cats bccoutc ill their 1111111tl1l1- al- lowanccs will be adjusted l0 pay their ntt-tjigql

expenses,

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_ THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TNE WAY

Slrz-Iu u roadside luncfrvugon The counter was nearly fitted with intercity truck chauffeurs Ind in- ctdenttfi motorists. A hard-looking woman entered, middle-aged, poor- ly dressed. sordid face scored with the ruts of a terrible lite. Brie ntounted a stool at. the counter. "Say. bo, a cup 0' mud and u 11am- ourger." Then sne went to an automtfc phonograph that had Just finished playing "On. Johnny!’ She read with care the 11st. of titles the machine had to offer, msertsd l nickel 11nd returned to her coffee 11nd hamburger. Wnat late song tn Jazz or swing would be the selec- tion of a stranded derelict? The phonograph began to piay-"Sllent. Night, Holy Night". — Letter to New York Sun.

In the long record of’ humun courage there has been nothing more heroic than the stand which Finland, with a total pctpulatron less than that of North Carolina. is making against a country with as many inhabitants as»a.re found in all of North and South America combined It. ls a resistance which defends against destruction the lclears and standards on which the United states was built. It 1s. finally, u resistance which is today actually throwing back the forces of ruthless aggression. And those forces, unless permanently checked, will sometime reach the Rlnres of America itself. WflSlYDglAJIl Post».

The constant and abject licking

of Stalnfs boots ts a depressing ex- ample of the lengths to which hu- man abasement can go. It 1.; sure- ly not without its warnfrg for the Western world. Many of us have held to the uncritical assumption that government power" trt the European countries which have known democracy will never be 11l- lowed to eitcrortch too far, because if 1t attempts to do so the people will repulse 1t. What this assump- tion overlooks is that es govern- mental intervention and power grow, the power of individuals and min- ority groutrs to combat them is correspondingly reduce-ti. This leads to the paradox that governnrrntal IHLFUSIOII; are most easily prevent- ed when government is least 1n- Lrusive, and that centralzed power tends to grow most rapidly when 1t. ls already excessye. The task of keeping a proper balance is a1- ways a delicate one, and the task of holding political power 111 cheek today is tremendous, - New York Tfmes_ ' The people of Canada must rc- allze by now that our partrc pation 1n the World War is 1n process of bringing about cltattges 1n the country, tne consequences o1 which are Sllll incafctra-bte. Among the controls over our eeouonrc 1111; and over the prerogatives 0f the individual set-111) by the Gov- ernment, some will CTTY/rilfil)‘ re- main 1111011 our statute books when the war rs over. Just as sortie of those established during the war of 1914-1918 have pa soil into ot-r system for good A1 a result of the investment of nttlftcus. 1t not. billions, of European and Amerrcart dollars in Canada, we may expect. s. vast lndlhlfléll ucveloprnciit. which will automatically involve lfllfillSlVC immigration. Ur. Stephen L/eacock, the well known econom- ist. predicts that this war will pro- duce in Cartada much the same ef- fects as the Napoleonic wars did 1n the United States: that 1s to say, we shall find S r Wutrtd Lau- riers prophecy llllllllfd that "the Twentieth Century 1s Canada's." We shall see our country trans- torntect wtthm a few Mars into one of the mightiest and mOst populous economic and industrial powers on earth. And. at the same time, we shrill scc the rhythm of our living readjusted w new reaponsibtltttes, the scope of’ which we can scarcely glttmpse today. — Montreal Le Jour.

In l New Year's proclamation to the Nazi mrty, Hitler predicts that 1114- year i940 will De the most de- cisive year in German lilzlOfY -- whfch may be true _ and says, be- fore ‘proceeding towards the close of his message to bolder prophecy, that he "expects" the year will bring ttnai victory to Germany. 0ft expectation fails. and in the fight of realities some uncertainty must. load Hitler's expectation with a heavy and fetrtrdtng weight which he wtit not, of course, confess, though he tells his soldiers that they will have to face the hardest battle for the "very cxxstenee" of the German people. To inspire them with some of the confidence he himself professes. he recalled to their minds the success of their tnzhtnfng war in Poland, and then proudly reviewing other Nazi achievements during the outgoing year he de=cr1bes as "great Ger- man accomplishments" the rape of Czecho-Sfovakfa, the "absorption" of Bohemia. and Moravia, and with an optimism which ignores the act.- ttal spirit of the Czechs ventures to affirm that in the future they Wlll live peacefully amongst, and work happily side by side with, Germans "as they did in centuries past." Though the official German news agencies the German pccpl" are told of what. the Nazi U-bonls have done, arm. ltitfdfilibiflly, of more than they actually have done. and 1t l1 all declared to illustrate that German naval forces are powerful in areas other than the Nor-111 Sea "Where the British Admiralty no longer presumes to sovereignty" The spectacle of a scuttled Graf See could scarcely be cited tn vindication of Nazi OlllCiBl boast- ing, and Hftfer is eloquently silent about this memorial which was erected at his command to the power and might of German naval forces in areas other than the North Sea. In the shadow of that memorial 1nd what ft realty sig- nifies he ignores the peril of prophecy and, proceeding from ex- pectations tto certainties, beyond per/adventure declares that, Ger- many will win the war-"and prob- ably within the year which begins todnyl" Nobody believes Htlerls words, and the balance of prob- ability ls that he docs not bcttr-ve

than: hfmsek. — Montreal Gazette.

Scandinavia Unafraid y (Budbtuw Bill‘)

The relation to Chg Nil warning issued to the Nordic mm is prob- ubly not Just to the German 11km: The Scandinavian nations declare that any utbempt to intimidate thlm or to violate their neutrality will mean u fight, Norwuy, Bweden 1nd Denmark are deslmtu of aiding Finland in every way except sendlfli troops, and no threats made by Hit- ler and his lung are 30in: to deter mun from doing so.

In the German press and prlvflll conversations u threatening bone has been adapted against Sweden and Norway. and ‘he Wbmlfll h" been given that. "l! on English sold- ier is allowed to travel throuflh either country to Finland, me Act will be considered as n violation or neutrality." Even the passage of non-military volunteers from B18- land and France is seized on by h!" Germans as endangering Scandin- avian neutrality.

Lfke soviet Russia, Germany 1| trying feverishly to create the im- pression among ner own masses and neutrals that uhe Finnish war 1s not due to the Russian invasion of Fin- land but “it represents part of the scheme of Britain and France to in- volve the Whole of Europe in war.“

With their own neurtals the Reds and Nazis are meeting with a oer- tafn mea e of’ succes, but. neut- ral Scandinavia and Southeastern Europe fail to be shaken in their knowledge that the Soviets invaded Finland. The courageous and suc- cessful stand of the Finns has done much tn stiffen the backbone of the other small countries which have been threatened by Hitler and Sta- lin.

Will 1940 Be Peace Year?

(Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph)

There has been a lot of talk about European peace during we past few weeks, and there will probably be a lot more m the days to come. It is a strange thing to talk of peace s0 early in the conflict but. it. 1s an encouraging sign. Thomas Mann, German refugee autror, recently ventured the prediction that Du- rope's struggles would end before 19-11. At various times. others have forecast. an early peace.

Perhas all this is wishful think- ing. People all over the world, of- fected directly or indtrecty by the wars, hope not. At lea t there nave been enough implications to war- rant. a sincere belief in the possi- bflity of an early settlement. It is impossible to forecast accurately the course of the world. Trere are mo many indeterminate factors Hitler is one. Stalin is one. Mussolini. Chamberlain. Daladrer, all are in- calcularhle t-lentcrtts tn 111s great equation of world taolttrcs.

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Intlttmttal leaders of Church and State have set up a choru- of piers for peace. Added to this have been the efforts of sccrcs of influential persons, acting llflfllllClalL-Z Cen- structive plan-s have been outlined for the attainment of peace, and out of them all arises the imperatye de- mand for sonte kind of European federation. N0 peace, mcst people agree, can be a lasting one while Europe seethes with‘n itself. Some- thing better, more effective than the League of Nation; must be devised, and all nations must be given a voice in the management 0f the cotttment. a-iid must. be treated equitably.

Certainty. it. ls wiser to settle the differences now, if it can be done, before technical defeats and victor- res have been recorded, than to wait uuut millions of lives are 10st, economics smashed, nations torn to rafters and hatreds stamped more deeply into the hearts of men. No one writs a war the e days. That ls a. truism that fe wdtspute. There is rtcthiug to be gained-everything to be lost_ Victory is a poor substi- tute for th_e fives that must bs sac- rificed and the damage wrought.