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PAGE FOUR IIIE BIIAR LIITTETIIWII GUARDIAN

‘Morning Daily (Founded In I887)

Pre idem, LieuL-Col. W. Choller l. McLuro Vice-President. J. ll. Burnett, IJJ. Secretary. LieuL-Col D. A. Vlaclllnnou, 0.8.0. Editor and Munagin; Director. J. IL. Burnett. IJ-L p stiviute Editor. Frank Walker.

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‘IT/re Strongest Memory is Weaker than The Weaker! Ink.‘

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FRIDAY, MARCH l5, 1940

(Quoting Mr. Crerar

--—-———-—-—- I ("the of the (juvcifs County Liberal candi- dzizts ILLS the zmdncity to criticize the Union - i: p lhc last War for allegedly neg- Ii» tests of our farmers and bacon

-tcr of Agriculture in the Union . v. as lion. T. A. Crerar, who is now -r if Mines and Resources in the Mac- lg kn; (iiivcrlliilrllf. Mr, Crerar’: account of his sf<'\\"‘rtl-llii\ is quite at variance with .1 criticism. Several pages of the took 1918 are devoted to "Cana- rc in the \\'ar" compiled from in- wii-hcd by Mr. Crerar’s depart- ‘ ii-tw-rd presented is certainly a CT4tllllllIl€ one than anything the ‘will can show. _- tr curling March 3f, I913, we find ‘ n f;tri1it‘i‘S sold to the British Gov- .»\ Rioirooopoo worth of food ZUvul-sq wheat, $303.776,038; bacon, , ~; (itc/g-(‘I $36,277,359; oats, $22,- »). lmriug the war years the exports of auuculturzrl products, chiefly t0 Great Britain, il\'l . l _-~~,<x><>,000 a year but in I918 (under lulu. li.-'."i'iililL‘ill) they amounted to $740,-

4;'i.'-f~5. "To ilcvelop this huge production and tiztilc,"

say the Cuuon’itiii Annual Review (Mr. (h, lll'llll(.‘lllf speaking) "the Governments

did evcrytltiug that was p0ssible—in pi-iwwz. '3 hilt-r and transportation, in arranging suit . t i H1‘. n; iiritriiit and providing the money co the liritish purchases, in guarantee- » pi-Iw- at ccrt:iiii junctures, in the provis- i~-~. of i-I ‘t-r facilities, in regulating railway

.-\ For-d Division was organized which rc-

sultr-il in the placing "of a complete embargo the csport of bran and shorts, and the a ivy» for those products-quill: con- hq ,..-~ hill/v of Inrgrr supplies for Cana- diuri f :11».- vqv and iiicrrriscti production of pork aiwl ' u." ' ~ vxcre also made “to facilitate the im- : < t'\‘l.'.l ici-ds so as to develop the raising ~ of livestock." The cooperation 0f ltlf.‘ lv‘.-~ v;~_v \\':vr llonrrl was obtained in secur- ing piwillip‘. ruuisportntiott 0f beef and pork supplies to the. svnhonrrl. Also through Dominion tTCllllS to the imperial Government the entire cheese product of the year was purchased and the fnriucrs paid Stoooimooo in cash. Similar action was taken with :1 $io.0o0.0o0 surplus, for export, of butter, eggs and condensed milk.

Many other facts could be cited from the re- port furuishctl by Mr. Crerar‘: department to the Canadian Annual Review of the Union Gov- ernmcnts activities in the interest of Agriculture. The report constitutes a convincing refutation of partisan Liberal criticisms-criticisms 1n- teuded merely to serve as an alibi for the sorry failure of the Mackenzie King Government to safeguard the present interests of our bacon producers and farmers generally. -

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Ralston Admits The Facts

Colonel Drew, the able and patriotic leader of the Opposition in Ontario, the man who ex- posed the Bren gun scandal and compelled Mac- kenzie King to transfer his Minister of De- fense to another and less responsible portfolio -—though in fact he should have been dismissed from the Government altogether-recently de- clared that themFirst Canadian Division, not- withstanding that the Government had received vote; 0f $188,000,000 for the purpose, _had been allowed to proceed overseas improperly out- fitted and equipped. _ _

Hon. Norman Rogers, the present Minister of Defense, denied this, charging Colonel Drew with giving false information t0 the public. Prime Minister Mackenzie King £150. ill I- national broadcast, maintained that the First Division had gone overseas “fully equipped.’

These assertions 0f the Prime Minister and Mr. Rogers have now been disproved by their own cabinet colleague, Finance Minister Ralstoti who is gcgking election in Prince County. Speaking at Kingston last Friday, Mr. Ralston made it clear that the First Division was by no ‘mans nfupy equipped" on leaving Canada and that Colonel Drew's charges, far from being exaggerated, were 10o per cent correct.

Here are some of the admissions made by‘ Mr. Ralston at Kingston. Let us take the artillery

as an example with which we are all more or [e55 familiar in this Province, Instead of being furnished with tuodern 25-p0under guns they were sent ovcr with obsolete t8 pounders. "I hope we can clumgeito 25 pounders in due Course," suid Mr. Ralston. _ ‘h

Again, four of our 60 pound howitzers wit which we sent ovcr our artiller)’ a" bung ex‘

qh-‘ngt-tl for six-inch howitzers "so that 011i’ buttery will be of uniform typo’. fxPlllmi Ml’- Rllllqiziyé are m.) admissions right off the bat in flat contradiction to Mr. ROW“. dflllill. fllld l" 5,; "M," of Col. Drew's allegations. _

11-1,.“ in ipclf should be sufficient to convince

orie of the unreliability of the Minister 0f

?;1\Yf\nc(\ but], n5 regards his public statements wiiillliisl wvltiiiuistrittimi nLlllfl 530ml "will lm‘ poi-taut portfolio in the Government today. {lift “m, is "at nll the revelations made by; _r. RZllSlOll at Kingston.’ Col. Drewncharges twat sicrul of IWIHL’ Prmmlcd ‘wnhl dldlbezuisiuns soldiers were sent ovcr with tie W I v

now cast to the scrap-heap by most modern armies. Mr. Ralston admits this and promises "when Bren guns are available they will be substituted". But why in the name 0f" all that is safe and sound were the First Division not sup? plied with them at the outset? Obviously for the reason that out of that. $188,000,000 placed at the disposal of the Department of Defence, the Afackeuzie King Government provided funds for party followers to contract to supply Bren guns on a shoe-string and on a cost plus basis. Our boys were sent to litircipe with outmoded guns, because the Mackenzie King Government was playing politics instead of discharging their patriotic dut_v_

But that does not conclude Mr. Ralston's confessions about the unrcndiness of the De.- partment of Defense. He admits that anti-tank rifles and anti-tank guns were not available for the Division but “will be supplied in England." He admits that wireless equipment was not available; some of this equipment, he says, “will be" (note the future tense) supplied here and some in England. lie admits also that the Division went overseas without motor traits- port; it is “hopc-d" to have carriers ready and sent to England in time to go with the Division to France.

Chassis for field ambulances were sent over with the troops but, says Ur. Ralston, the Unit- edKingdom is putting on the bodies “t0 make them uniform in design.”

Thus we have full confirmation from the mouth of Finance Munster Ralston of the charges laid against the hlnckeitzie King Gov- ernmcnt of sending the liirst Canadian Division overseas ill-equipped although $188,000,000 was provided them for thc purpose. Itistcad of lie- ing properly equipped the First Division lacked motor transport, lucked Bren carriers, lacked completed field ambulances, lacked modern artillery and modern machine guns, lacked anti- tank rifles and nnti-tziul; guns, lucked wirclcss equipment.

It will be noted with regard t0 these grave confession; (m the part of Mr. Ralston that they were made at Kingston, the headquarters centre of military training in Caitada, where it would have been practically impossible for ltim to seek t0 defend the accuracy of Ur. Rogers, most of those in his audience knowing from first hand experience that the criticisms of Col. Drew were well-grounded and authentic.

The return 0f a National Government will mean the clean-tip of such deplorable scandals and ensure that the money voted by Parliament for purposes of (lefcnse and of equipping our service forces at home and abroad will be de- voted t0 that purpose and no other.

St. Patrick's Play

St. Patrick's Day, March I7, falls this year on Palm sllllllil)’ but the llcucvolcut Irish S0- ciety will commemorate the zmnivcrsnry with appropriate enieriaimiicnt at the Prince lid- ward Theatre this evening A three-act comedy, “Danny Boy" will llC givcu by local talent, and there will be orchestral music and specialties between the acts. The pcrforiiiniicc proutiscs to measure up to the high cutcruiinnieut sland- ard set in previous years.

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EDITORIAL NOTE§ Eight more working dztys till the EllSlfif elec- tion.

A! i l‘ i Good Friday~llol_v' d.'t_v and holiday this day

week.

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"Business as visual." says the Liberal politi- cians, which, being interpreted. menus “all is grist that comes It) their utills" via the taxpay- ers.

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The belief that "all hell" would break loose in Europe within the next two months was ex- pressed by Mr. Joseph Kennedy, U.S. Am- bassador to Britain, on hlondayn

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The gallant Brigadier-General Ross has with- drawn from the contest in Kingston where he intended to run as an independent against lion. Norman Rogers. This loaves a straight fight now between the hliuistcr of Defence, and Hon. T. A. Kidd, Conservative.

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Julius Caesar died this date 44 B.C.—a bril- liant and original soldier, a forceful aduiinis- trator, and great statesman, he began his career as a. strong democrat opposing the oligarchy,

‘and ended by becoming a dictator, but his as-

sassination could not prevent the development of the great Roman Empire with which his name is indelibly associated.

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Under two Liberal Governments the taxpay- ers of Charlottetown have to pay from $8,000 to $10,000 per month for tinemployment relief. According to a leading financier, who has his finger on the trade pulse, Prince Edward Island was never in a more hopeless position than it is today. What we want is a change of administra- tion, with active men inlrrrxlrti in l/m welfare of the province and [tropic at the helm. We have had more than plenty of self-seekers and pocket- fillers representing us.

i F ‘l! i Sic Transit, air. Londonderry Ilouse, in Lon- (Jon's fashionable Alnyfziir district, famous for its brilliant political receptions, is being given up by the Marquess of Londondcrry because of the growing burden of local and national taxes. The taxes on the house are estimated between 154.000 and £5,000 this ycnr. Lord and Lady Londouderry, who used to stage a Conservative Party reception on the cvc of the new parlia- mentary session. intend to live in their North Irish home, Mount Stewart. Londondcrry House, built in the middle of the eighteenth cen- iuy, is one of the staielicst hotnes in Britain. Most of tho liurtipcnn itumnrchs were entertain- ed there in flu: Victorian era. (‘ommauzlitig a fine view of llydc l':ivlc, it is likely to attract the hideous lmililiug spcctilaitors. 'l'herc is tltc possibility on the other hand, that Lonrlonderry llouse may be takcn over by an ambassador and

his staff.

THE" CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

IIIITES BY TIIE WAY

Atthlatimoofthoyelr farm boys 1n old Ontario used to hide eggs under the barn tn order to have a big cache ready for Easter morning. - For William Tunes-Journal.

France will have no truck with treason. Nor should we. The dis. ctples of Stalin wnd the henchmen o1’ Hitler in Britain must not be tolerated. The British Govern- ment. must know that these people are doing their utmost to sabotage by propaganda the war effort or tiho Ebnptm. Our pedlars in a Hit. ler peace hide behind the skirts of the Freedom ‘they seek to betray. We are fighting for liberty - but we are not. fighting to Bil/O traitors the liberty of stabbing u: in the back. — London Daily Mail.

Viborg is "liberated," says a Moscow organ. It has indeed been liberated but. not by the Red Army. It has been liberated by the blood o! the brave men who pie- ferred, in the noble phrase mat has been repeated during these past weeks, to dle on their feet. rather than live on thezr knees. Finland may lose a battle or a war. But the freedom of Finland, sanctified by those who penshed in its name, will live forever. -- New York Times.

I must tell you a llfnlflcaht story I heard about the Bible the other day. A commercial traveller arriv- ed at a native kraal and found the chief stirring a large cauldron of some kind of stew and at the same time reading ms Blble; whereat the white man said, “Wny do you read mat nonsense, no one believes lb today?" The native chief looked up at. the man, and. slowly stirring his pot, replied, “If it were not for this book you would by now have been in this t."- W. P. G, MeComuck 1n “Starting Afresh". (Longmans, Green).

Then we had a scare when some German prisoners escaped and were said to be making in our d1- rectlon. We pictured several des- perele men intent cn sabotage. We asked ourselves what we should do if they presented themselves at our door and demanded food. Men car- ried thick sticks; women warned their babies not to stray. 01d ladies took the poker to bed with them. Then we read in the paper that. the men "had been observed m the main street of X by a police con- stable. and had been requested to accompany him to the police sta- tion. which they did." "Wliy,” sald one elderly gentle-woman t0 me afterwards. almost admirmgiy, "they might have been escaped British convicts. behaving so well." —-Kenneth Adams in London List- ener.

William Richard Taylor. Re- member that name. He was captain of a Glasgow collier the Yevvdaie Nazi ‘planes attacked her. They dropped bombs. They swept tne decks with machine-gun fire. Caiptain Taylor did not budge from the wheel, even when he had been hit. by a bullet, He brought lit-s ship into harbor, and at; they went to bring him ashore he died. How shall we honor such men? Far Loo many of us still take lorgranted their heroic service to the nation. even though the ccmzng of the bomber has immeasurably increas- ed the perils of their work. — Ipndon Dally Herald.

A dispatch from Berlin informs the world that. the attention paid to the Aitmark by the British navy has united Germany as no "other occurrence of the war." What, again. Just how many times has Germany been "united as never beforee" since the outbreak of the war over some British performance which annoyed the All l-Lgbest? Accepting Goebbels as the foun- tain of truth. it is apparent that German solidarity is a very doubt- ful and fleeting thing; 1t requires jacking up at short intervals. Taking him for what he is. these repeated declarations that the G01‘- mans are "united as never before" is evidence strongly supporting the view that Germany is not a unit.- ed country. A good wine needs no bush! - Winnipeg rree Press.

Hundreds o! enquiries from our members and the public TQQBIIIIDK appeals which have been made, or are now in progress in connection with organizations who will pro- vide educational Iflllllllnfifi, enter- tainment. army huts, mceLcal sup- plies, etc. for our soldiers sailors and airmen during the present war, have reached tine Bureau. Business men have invariably expressed their willingness to be as generous as possible but they want. to know when these appeals, which are coming one after the other, are going to cease. '1 hey are faced with the problem of provid- ing for future appeals, details of which in most cases, they have been uinabie to ovbtam. Amongst other things we have been request- ed to obtain, is a budget. indicat- ing how the enormous sums of money now being asked for are going to be spent. including the amount of overhead charges, such as rent, salaries, postage stationery, etc. The aforementioned remarks seem to lead us to one conclusion. and that it. would be better for everyone concerned, and there are manly thousands of us. if only ONE appeal was made during the year. ‘This appeal could be con- duct/ed throughout the Dominion at the same time and for a stated period. -- Toronto Better Business Bureau's Bulletin.

Those wlro have read "The Seven Pillars" the one literary IIIBSIETIDIcw produced by the last war. need not be reminded that Colonel Lawrence of Arabia took a completely detached view of all his Army associates. But there was one for whom the subsequent Aircrattfl- man Show had, as for Ailenby, un- bounded admiration. Tnis was colonel Neweombe. under whose expert tutelage Lawrence learnt, ail about blowing up ‘Turkish mil- way trains and important junc- tions. Unhappily La/woenoe is not here to help in this fight. against German despotism, but. Colonel Newmmbe Ls still with us. and ia at. pre=ent actively engatzed in raising a British fund for the victims of the terrible Turkish earthquake. Thus he is now befriending the ‘Purim against whom in 1014-18 be fought. so strenuously. It is inter- mtinrfo hear that Colonel New- combe married a charming Byrtan lady who aided his escape, when he was ca/ptumi by the ‘lurks, and

that their con Lamenoe, godaou

Mr. King’s Action

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Onhnuaryasthefirstraalwar session of parliament convened in Ottawa. Not. since the deciaratiorr of war had the re resen-tativee of the Canadian e uabemblgd qt the capital, an w en they had u- sembled in September it for a matter of about six days.

Between the outbreak of the war and January 25 there had wn in Canada a widespread eellng that. all was not well with the pm- secution of the Dominion’: role in the war. Theme were rumours, and ugIy rumours. The bitter criticism that had centred for well over a year on lack of uipmettt for our armed forces had ncrensed in vol- ume and intensity. There was trou- ble over dependants’ allowances. There wem doubts about the spirit in which the vernment in pow- er had commi ted the country to the conflict after vacillating and IIWPI a sort of adamant secrecy up to e very dmf the declara- ton of war. ngs were not settled by a sudden cabinet shift that substituted the nunister of

labour for a nunister of national defence who had had e of this vita-fly import-ant office for

nearly five years.

In this atmosphere of tension the parliament of Canada. assembled on January 25.

The eminent was in the wit- ness s nd. The tion was ready to ask countless questions. The government could answer them. It: could answer them more of. fectlvely, more accurately in r- liament than it; could answer em anywhere else. ‘Phat is the place for such cross-exatrrwions, and cross-examinations , = needed. A month would have ficed. For valid answers to the 89119131 criticism of our war effort cou'd alone ease the tension and satisfy the public.

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What happened?

Before even a half-dozen ques- tions could be asked. the Prime Minister of Canada scuttled W11‘- liameivt the day it met, and called an election. There had ‘been no warning of this action, no suizges- tlon of it. The whole issue of our role in the war was thrown to the hustings, . '

At once a chorus of protest went up across the Dominion. in which the press was particularly vehe- ment. that by taking this abrupt procedure the government. had left the way open irresponsible eharizes and recriminations that ooufd never be properly answered on public platforms. Mudsl-inginz ad lib. was prophesied: unfounded rumours would take wines. and the public mind would be more un- settled than ever.

With only the qualifying hand of the much-criticized censor to check it. this very thine had been happening. only In degree were those who prophesied a. mudslinz- int: orgy wrong. It had not been as bad] —a.s yet-as they thought it

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Mr. King deliberatew shut off. on January 25, the safety valve o‘ parliamentary discussion. He paved the way for llif! sort of long-dis- tance machine-winning th". can lead. say. to a oolitican in Sudiburv aliasing a sivtrlaze in arms. and another politician in Kamioons denyinc it. If‘. as is ilk-sly. this camoaien becomes a little "riirtier" ‘ater on. then the reason v"~'1 stlll be traced to January 25. 1940.

AUSSIES "I.O"Y".Y"

SYDNEY. Australia _((‘.'P\ — Following uo the assertion of O'ga. Morosova. Russian ballet dancer. that Australian men are "lovelv." Ken G. Hall. film producer, save

acter in their faces than men of other lands."

or the autihor of “The Seven Pil- inrs." is now a private in the Guards. - Ottawa Journal.

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