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GIIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Nothing Diilly (Founded in I887)

Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice-President: J. R. Burnett. FJJ.

Iiieut. Col. D. A. MacKlnnon- D.S.O. llltor and hlnvinging Director: J. It. Burnett, FJ l. Associate Erliiors: Frank Walker and [an A. Burnett

hesldcnt:

Secretary:

men, who are using their exile in the Dominion to train, work and fight for the day_0f their de- liverance. In Britain there are Bohsh infantry and flying units. This spiritual union of men of different races is one of the most encouraging de- velopments of the past I3 111011315» BBIQW ‘he war the foreign policies of all nations, with the ex- ception of Nazi Germany, were _a jumble of Out- dated theory and wishful thinking. It took tlze sharp impact of war to wake the sleepers andrid tis of those who were deliberately obstructive.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES Iy Mall In l’. l. |., $4.00 pt-r year: $2.50 for B month: $1.25 for 3 muntns; 50c fur one month City Delivery; $3.00 per year; $3.00 for 6 months $1.75 for 3 months By Mail in Canada and L‘.S.A. $5.00 per year Iaturday tie-rill): $2.00 per year; $1.00 for 6 months, 50c fur 3 months.

fThe Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

n i. Ilivilzuiiig iiiciuii ugly clear that civilian wzii tliwil tdinili ilc siiieiy lt-it lo the VUllllllJIy spiiii. Ail 1.11" most i-l ll> talk about "tightenttig our belts", but ilie uni lcllltlllls that there has bccll liuie Lilli-i liiiimlg iluring the past year. if il has collie ii. A‘ ll ikl: collie through the coin- ptilsioii oi ilze iiiivlml: lil.\. .\cttizilly, the standard cl living III Ciilnihi, isiciitl of being lowered by thzs .. ._ iti" .11. tor ycalrs.

it viiihiili lull ‘I1 illiil \\II_‘.. llie national iii- coiiic ' ii llie IIZII‘ is going io de- iiiuiiil a 1 pi 1.1.1‘. national income (it is 1.1;. ___ i» l l1" c zit of it now") thcn what i.» icll is A. o IKIdlliL ll: to buy tinitcces-

c; tilt.‘ llimg another way, if

.l;c iiixtirics, we shall buy few-

l c choice bctwccn guns

v.1 l.» us iis for the Gcrnuins.

Ill coziipllcliitl_v assume that

1 kLll \\1IilIlI iuioihcr year; perhaps \\c din-patches icllilig that at- inizisioii of l-Iiiglzlnil will comc within 90 I will >Ul‘l'l) Illll. mid we assume CDlll- lltl‘ the cud will be in sight.

@1111‘ wllnicvci‘ that attempt-

iir. Iin- l< III

is l-ii‘

ii-:iil

War Savings Certificates. is 1t it

Now, for the first time in years, we find the men of good will who love frcfidmll. Ilntid "P shQl-‘lf der to shoulder, joined in a tini0n 0f the 5W"! which will eventually wrcst victory out of thC perils of war and the threat of world slavery.

EDIIURIAL NUIES s! “Everybody is doing it, doing it now," buying

i Letters from overseas this week indicate that

the boys expect the crisis this year, and a vic- torious return home for Christmas 1942.

w at 111 w Just think of itl Were it not for "KIN Cllfied

blood profits” of Government liquor sales, Nova. ' Scotiu Government would have had to r6190" 3- deficit oi $1,311,044, instead of a surplus of $940,337-

* 1V i? 1|‘ Premier Campbell has to quote the Opposition

leader for the information that this province has the greatest enlistment per I,0o0 PODUIHUOH "1 the Dominion. _ , with the iylinisier of Delence who represents his county in Parliamctit? v

How come? ls he in the "outs”

1k wt 1k Alessandro Volta, Italian Pllyfilclil. 5°?" till‘

date, 1745. Copley medallist of England, 17913 interviewed and pensioncd by 180i; director of the philosophical faculty of Patina; pioneer "volt” named after him,

Napoleon in

of electrical science; electric s a r m

Leadership does not begin in the great but in

the small; leadership in the hamlet, in the parish,

c one within 90 days, or that it _ 4 ‘ "mil lll\t.‘\\'lSC no assurance that a il/Jhdalul iii'\ll>l‘illl \\'!lllLl llltfllll early end of the

\\!ll colic zit ii

twir. the d

-pi~l.».-peci, zis the best-informed ob-

iii the town, leadership iii the county, leadership in the province, leadership in the Dominion. Who has the gift of leadership in the city, for instance, one capable of getting the other leading citizens together and putting otir main city industry in the limelight sufficient to attract Federal patron-

scrvcrs izeiv it. is for a terribly" long war. “lhat,

- age for war work I

tor example, if llialershotild decide against in- iii-ion? \\I1:t'. ii he sliotild determine to con- solidate his . .llllll<.'<ll\' llllgllly gains on the Euro- licélll oiliuiizvii: ' I Willi for the Allies to attack him? ll; , w'i:ili-\<'i- coufirlciice we might hold lIl ll: tiltii... 4e flillCillllC, could mean tiothlng but a long, co-tlv, tl[‘>'|I(‘l'.'Il(‘ wrir.

'l hi;-:l.f»»i"e. lvt n. expect, and cheerfully, com- piil-oiy tllYjlllll/Jlllllil of our lives; and sacrifices. (lair IWT-illllll iiei-ils, our comforts, our whims — all lllllrl go iivirlidziiwl ; and if we are not inclin- ed to send tlivni ovtrboiirrl voluntarily, or in a voluntary‘ liiiiiiiii-r ‘illilf is reflective, they mtist be sci-i t|‘.t‘l'll'liIl'li li\' compulsion. In other words, our bwli- mu-i be tightened for us by the State IlW-‘LI Willi tlll= going for our industrial find lui-;ii~<_. lIie il- ivell zis for what and li0\v we sltclll (in: money.

Dragged Into War

Th: oppoiiciil- of the ziilli-llillcr bill in the ,\\;i~lii:i,;i~ii c1 il__, .-.-.- lime helped to inlusc :Jll-€ Ulillilull m the L. iiiicd States that Great Britain \\<'IIIls to drug ‘ie Liiiti-d bllllc: into the war. '.l lICIL‘ i.- II l I m who (It-sires. that, high OI‘ low. .\'l>r is IllcIP a :.ilii‘ i\lllt‘l'lt‘.'lll who would ivilling- l) lune the Liiitcd élztics ciilcr the war. The only lllllll wlio \\'lli ilriig the Utiitcd States into ilie wiir is llliliT. lle will do it at his own titne and w iEl cl" .ite ilie iieeiliul incidents to make war \\lli‘ll i". .i.- llilll. lle will be elicouragcl to lllillu; ll war by tlic dlilsion crcatcd aliiolg

.. ens b) the lcaders of anti-British iiiotiglit their, by communists and pacifists. That Iltls lJUCll llla Sctifcl. wctipon in all the countrits wcr which llie Nazis have gained control. .'\l- wzigs lliiLr ll.l.s found his Qtiislingy-cxcciat iii llirnllii. 'l his ii-liiiiicc upon disunioii and political diiisztm li..- IIUII Illt: hope of the Germans in the ililllllllti oi the LYniteil btiitcs. lliller has cx- i"c.-~itl lizs opim-iii llizii they are the disunited >»:1"t- II I4. lviiilcrs iirc l1roviil,<_' it.

ll um-i m» l't'lllt'llllli‘l't'll that only 18,000 com- lllll.ll~ls 1i de llie ghastly \\'£Il' for Spain. 'll.e

Ill-It'll " ii.- im- ill»: greatly perturbcd by the Wlllllllll- l‘ lllll. Ill y were active iii all the in >Il'|II1 I'< d i" "III its of liiiiwiiic, cvcry UIIC a Qnis- llllif. ll" i.~Il from ihi-ii- activities to a large (.\l'.‘lll. I illltl tll-litTl doubt and disunioii rim-mg v." .\ilil, its in the Itjllilcd States, piiitv ilolitiiuaiis \\\'Ii' Ill\'l(l(‘tl, there was corrup- iiou imd >ill-llll'.‘l't'~~l lllllll co-tipctation was im- pie-Iblv w llill ll, - (IIIPFQFIICY of war CZIIIIC_ Ilitli-r did no‘ IHIIIIII‘ I‘ lir icc. ii \\2I.\ hziiiilcil to him, as \ is .\'i»l\\.i\._ .\ii~li'i.i 11nd other lands by illc dis- c-ruiiilvd Ilwllilt’ who hiid bun iilfluciicctl by the pisicc talkers imil who-e minds ivcrg nddled by Illlt'l't‘>I('tl poliiiciiiii-, behind whom were the CIIIIIIIIIIIII l- Zliltl pzicili-ls. Ilitrc are lessons in all llll -<» things 1o illi: Limit-d States-turd Canada

elllii s.

Spirit 0f Freedom

lllls war, .\.'l_‘ s an irxchiiiigc, has brought honic to u- iiizmv lrtiisiiis we had bccn zipt to overlook ‘ t hie of lhcsc has bccn lllc povscr

l of mnn to triumph ovcr ttiatcrial ob-

hlJlClC: niiil disiirltxmtiigcs. We have scen this in- siziiiccd litany iiiii<:s——.'it Dunkirk, in thc Septem- bcr bzilllcs over lingltiiiil, iii lhc g.'ill.'tni stand at the armed lI‘t'I'Cll2IlI[ ships bélwfill Pllltli and I16. Jarvis lliiy zigniiist Nazi battleships. lt is brought to mind by :1 glance at the achievements of the poly-glut Iorccs which make up the Army of the

the U.5.A. adopted conscription. States proved a welcome refuge to youths too proud to fight for their native country, or too anxious to foIlo\v the policy of "safety first". Now the Military authorities over the border are inquisitive as to what they are doing there when their Mother Country needs them.

vents

A number of Canadians have returned since For a time tI.e

1K 1I< 1F N‘ Another correspondent writes with reference

to Robert Burns and dictators, citing an extract from his note to George TlmllltaOll as follows: — “Have you ever felt your bosom ready to burst with indignation on reading and seeing how these mighty villains _ lclngdoiii, desolate provinces, and lay nations waste out of the wantoncss of ambition, or oitcit from still more ignoble passions?" These words are equally applicable today. ' 1s 1t< 1i< 1k

divide kingdom against

Mr. llowe admits he has many departments of

government to look uftci" btit says he is not coni- planting. Certainly not——that is the trouble; the complaining is being done by the country at large. It is ridiculous for any man to claim lic can gzve efficient stipcrvision ovcr halt-a-dozcii organiza- tions. cessful pioneer and spiritual warrior in world's history, declared “This UNIL thing I do,” and he made a worthwhile job of it. Mr. llowc and othcr pluralists might ivith advantage take a leaf out of Paul's book. 1F ' i

llc should bcar in mind that the most suc- the

ir it It has been intimated from Ottawa, though un-

officially, says the Gazette, that the decennial ccnsus scheduled for this year may be postponed in defcrcucc to the protests of those "sabotcurs" who think that a count of heads at this time would mean a wasteful expenditure of $2,300,000. llnqticstionably the Government would be fully justified in a. decision to save this money and use it for war purposes. ficd in spending this or any other sum upon a census which would serve no useful purpose either now or in the future. Opinion in this res- pect appears to be practically all on one side, and cach day brings iic\v evidence of its universality. =1- 1k s 1i‘

It would not be justi-

After catising a rumpus politically from coast

to coast by sending in a report on airplane pro- gress, or lack of progress, and hieing him off to Yancotiver, Mr. ll. R. lvIacMillan reports that he is rcitirning to Ottawa forthiviih and has no com- nicnt to make on the situation he occasioned.

The only person entitled to speak under the cir-

cunistanccs is the hlinister," said Mr. hlachlillan. “Stich controversial issues between the Govern- ment and other parties can be discussed only by ilie Governmctit or the minister in charge. I am a servant of the Government and must leave any explanation of Government policy to the minister, l cannot discuss it. All I want to do is help win the war." Post and Ottawa Citizen also say, but Mr. Mac- kenzie King does not look at it in that light. ' a it w‘ a

Exactly, that is what the Financial

According to Lord Woolton, Food Controller,

after the iotli of this month it will be illegal to have a meal in a British hotel or restaurant or other catering establishment, consisting of mole than one course o f the following: Meat, fish, .ponliiy and game, eggs, cheese. Typically British 'cantion is taken to preserve some meat combina- tions honored in tradition.

Thus steak and kid-

_.- THE- CHARLQTIET9flN_-§IléK2I£-§_..

notes at TIIE wilt

A Conservative declare: that hll party needs as leader a man with a. punch. There are others who think the ziecd is for a man with n kwcmtalning several mllLon dol are. — Toronto star.

11hr the Information of people who are in a dither about. It, we should say that Britain's princpal war aim at the mrment. is the seat of Mussollnrs pfllllfi. And It h.ts the spot, _ Ottawa Citizen.

A Toronto doctor has demon- strated thttt the takJig it Vitamin B-l for a week will enable a pe.son to hcld his breath l5 scconds long- er than ordinarily possble. The discovery should b; IIIVEILIHIJIQ now that. we dwell in, the midst, c! so many breath-taking happenings. - Strotftrd Beacon-Herald.

It Iii reported that the Winged victory of Samcthraoe, once in- stalled at the head of the staircase of the Louvre. has been transport- ed to Germany, whet-q it has been set. up in the Chancellor's office. By the way, hasn't this symbol w th which Adzlf Hitltr thus asso- ciates himself lost. its head? - Christian Science Monitor.

Admiral Takahaehl makes no bones about the "dctnand" ct Japan for Manchoukuo, China, Burma, the Straits Settlements, New Cale- donia, New Guinea, the I-Ihilllpplnes and Indo-Chlna, with Australza and the Dutch East. Indies to be in- cluded later. 8:, at one till swocp, Chinese, Mulayans, Filipinos, Bur- mesa and other native peoples of the whole coveted region are to pass under the permanent pressure of the Japanese yoke, while British, American, French, Dutch and the rest are either to be given march-

orders or retain their orlmtal rig ts and interests by Japanese aufferance. It, ls well to have the comprehensive enmity so bluntly de- clared. So easy a Japanese assump- tion of success in carrying out t-iie grandiose scheme takes insufficltnt account of difficulties. For instance. alliztigh no attempt. to attack or blockade Singapore is envisaged at the present time, It will be ennugh —so one Japanese naval official says-to citt cff interference frcm that quarter. But. the steps talrcady taken by Britain suggest that this Japanese expectation will be dis- appointed. How wlll the United States vie-w the Japanese meat?- Auckland News.

Slr:— ls the Government“ pre- paring plans f.r the systematic re- organization of industry after the war, so that severe unemployment will be avoided, and, if so, what are the main featurrs at its plans? These questions are frequently asked by members of His Ma- jesty's Forces during discussions folLwing talks cn econcimie and social questions which I have given in recent, months at. vailous camps under the oificially recog- nized scheme for education of men in the Forces. The vast army of wcrk people In the war indus- tries is also vitally Interests! in these questions. However much the Government must. concentrate ILpCfl wmmnz the war. its plans [or a re- turn to peace conditions must be made now if chaes is I2: be prevent.- ed. The plans can only he tentative and must be flxble, as It. "s im- possible now to make a precise fare-

cast of virliat the econsmlcs and iii- ‘

dustrial cImurni-aiises and needs of the country will be when the war ends. -- J, Henry Richardson. -- The University Leeds, 2. - Letter to Lznrlon Times.

Three Polish off cers. on Christ- mas Eve, were thinking of two small children In France. These three men had been behind the scenes and right at the front of the stage in the European drama that led ulp to the war. They had made their way back to Poland and fought; thriigiicut that bitter campaign. And finally, they had eicnpeo across Europe to France. Hiding In the woods outside of p, northern French town, th< y were horrified to see a small b;y of about ten ccmcig towards them. Dcgs and children are the greatest danger t) mcn In hiding. He came up to them and said: “Don't, be afraid; I won't. betray you; I want. to help ysu." S; they sent him for fcod After about two hcurs, when they had almost given up hope, he came back, leading his small brother, axed six, by the hand. Uridtr their sweaters they had bread and saus- 836s that, they pulled out and hand- ed to the officers. Then the older cltlld turned to his brother and, p lntlng to the three officers, he said: "I want you to look well at these officers and to iemember all your llfc that you've seen these officers who had fought bravely for cur cuntry and who are going on fighting so that Frarce may be free." The three officers drew tntmselves up and solemnly SRJJEGG the two little boys, who sto.d silent.- ly for a moment and then disap- peared again into the wo (Is. - gelen Kirkpatrick tn Chicago Dally

ewe.

The position of making supnfes or rice available to a large section

I the p pulation who <ii,.tn:. on U15 commodity for their subzzstance balls down to a. qucstlzn cf supply and demand. The demand for r.ce In the Colony has not Inc eased (yer what. it has been for the past. two years. The mums of supply have. therefore, become faulty - not because there are no stacks In the Colony or because further Im- ports ere not available, but because those who have boarded stocks have token advantage of the delay In bringing new snppllts into H"ng Kong to hang cn to what. they have and let. It dribble cn to the market. at bigger profits to them- selves. The fixing of prices will not bring three at. cks into the "Pen market. The only alternative left, to the Government; must. be to either atuiulre these stacks or buy them up In the market, and re- lease them ‘to the public at. fair and equitable prices. Other govern- ments have tried It, with success. and the: e ts no rea=cn why It should n- t be done in Hang Kong. -—l-long Kong Press.

The Sawdust Caesar

(Toronto In)

m almoJ. twenty years Mimo- llnl has been plavuia the role 01 Caesar. He revived some of the pageantry of the old days. etaizlnl mammoth demonstrations with himself In the itellar role. Hie parliament has been nothing more than a court. of inmew and 11° ha; used every type OI’ EH01! W keep himself in the foreground. He has shouted and strutted and promised uidwthreatenegl fruity.“

He came power Y of stagecraft. His bag of trlolfi, It Is recorded consisted chiefly cf his own brand of vituperatlve Journalism. Through his wrltlnir! and speeches he iucceeded In gath- erin the support of frighten- ed dustrlallsts and "intellectual nationalists." He fell out. with the Socialists and In 1919 the fir f. act. or the newly founded Fascist group wrecked the office of the Socialist newspaper. The attacks on the antl- Fasclst. press continued until, in i924, when Mureoltnf headed the government, freedom of the ress was gone in Italy. In 1922, wLh a thousand "equadrktsl." Mussolini staged the march on Rome and the king was then influenced to invite him to form e overnmerit. The real reason, It s stated, 1e that. Mussolini promised (u Hitler did ten years lat/er). to save the nation from Bolshevlsm.

He promised many things that he

knew the moses were anxious to have, but not much has he done to fulfill them. He promised to bring prosperity, Justice, progress and power to the nation. But the mass of the Italian people are now realizing the emptiness of these word: Instead of prosperity. tne majority are suffering deprivation. Wages are low, prices are high, agriculture has been prac“ 1y ruined export, trade has been paralla- ed, and industry has been geared to a suicidal war policy. He prom- ised to balance the budget, but the country has never been burdened with so huge a debt. He promised them Ju tlce, but Instead the courts. the police and the legal profession are the creatures of the Fascist party. He promised them cultural progress, but Instead bull!- the corporatlve regime which la the world's worst. exam le of bureaucracy a system w lch en- slaves. thwiarts and scorns the In- dividual. Mussolini’; most voltible prom- l e, namely, to restore Italy to her former position of a powerful em- plre, has also faded. Much terri- tory In Africa has been lost to- gether with thousands of Italian lives, arid he is now placing his people under the heel of the Nazi-u The promise to give Italians dig- nity, power, independence ls. In. fact. "a tale full of sound and fury, slenifvlng nothing."

Tlre position of Italy today shows not. only that. Mussolini as n lead- er has failed, but that the Fascist system has nothing to offer but war and Insecurity. Indeed It can keep Itself going only by perpetuat- ing the war spirit. Thus both Mus- sollni and Hitler extrolled war as the IIIRITGSI, expreslon of mankind. Mussolini wrote In the Italian En- cyclonedla: “War alone brings up to the highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon peoples who have the courage to meet it."

men. women and that country war means, stifferlntz. Museum's sput- Ierings have so far resulted only In defeat. It is not only that Mus- solini has shown himself to be Licking In Inlqht and knowledge, but that the Fascist system bears within itself the seeds of destruc- toln. As Bernard Shaw has writ- ten, the Fa-clst state is “an or- ganization of popular ignorance, where people Idollze a leader. go mad with patriotic excitement at the spectacle of soldiers marching to war. shout themselves hoarse at pageants and oratlons. and -a'cove all, rob. batter imprison and slaughter the little ‘cattered 0r- tzanlzatlons of the poor" T111; he rightly characterized "the broad path to destruction "

MOUNTAIN MEN The lowland fields are sleek and fat-

And aulet as a sunning cat. The flood comes ltke a. yellow

hound-

And. chaos swirls. noes round and round.

Th6 Drlzlrle ma; nusii m: the

s es so far that dust toets In the eyes. The cyclone, where Man boasts his