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TNE ONARLOTTETOWN GIJAROIAN

Morning Daily (Ifoundidln I887)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester 8. McLun Vice-President: J. 8.. Burnett, FJJ. y Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. Macliinnon, 0.5.0. Editor and Managing Director: J. ll. Burnett. l-‘JJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and [an A. Burnett

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zulilililc was taken by lllltl New Brunswick }':'Qn\iers “filo, \\l cxpria-siilg willingness t0 “explore liii‘ lll'\\llt. oi the rcitoiililielld“ llllliil fPfllwWl l» Vihlilllil. lllt‘lll>i'l\'(‘S iii atlvauCP- l‘:i-illiir tlliilpbcll sprung a sur- prise on lili own t'i‘ll~"tlllll?ltl.<. \\'llcn lle siatril his belief that the finlr of loss of pfflvlltCllll gutnllnillv u,» "lxiugiratctl", lie could scarcely claim m be spvalvlilq f-ir flit‘ people of this Prov- iilce as rl uilolc. tlllc l'k'll.~llll glvcn for illis be- lief. rlaillvh. lllzli “the piescllt Prime .\lif1l5t(‘,l' and his \'i1lll'.'l§lli~' ale as iillich rippii-‘Prl to 511611 allilin 1i. .'lli\ _‘\'l1\t'2'lllll1'lll ill Cilliiltlfl at any tulle." l\‘.l~‘ ~lll‘.71i\ (ill exprc-Jiin of his 0W" political bras. l".\i-ll if his Ii~~ttl'llll\'(‘ were W011 frl\ind<-d_ “liq: ul gjlliliTll liaic we that succeed- ing Iloiiiiilinn li~)\'(‘i'iitIlf‘ll'.S nliglif not abuse the powers iillicll it i- llfillifiélftl to place in federal hands.’ .\lltl wllv illillilllizc the fact that these p<l\\l'|'< ale iillpllcil iil the ~Clllllg tip of an afl- jll<llllt'lll ginlilis liiiillil :liiil the pioposril super- yi=ini1 nvvr tiroliltvial lllll'lll\\l‘,‘g?

Fiivli slzlliilliilis give pour. to the criti- rKin ll'(‘t|'.l<'ll'.i\' \lIl(\'\l \\llll regard to the con- fl .<illve setup. li£itll‘.'l_\_ i|l:it is siilacks ton much of parlisail politics. ,\s tlie llalifax CflfOIifCft’ lLilicrzlli \\'l‘ll says: “Catladtifs Constitution cinlcvrils evervoilc, The UPPOSIIIOH gFOUP 511M110 llavc lllltl :ln npporiiillityi to join in (liscussion 0f [lllf ltovlcll$irois report" and tile general public lllllllltl llavc the finzll ailproval.”

The fiirct- of lill< i‘i'fll(‘l.~‘til livs iii the fact that ailr concrete ilccisirvn by llle conference would yqziilt in climlgrw tn wit.” British Nnflh AmfiffCfl. .i\ct. a statute lif tlie lillpcrial Parliament which i“ t'l'_{lltl\' rl-igaiwlrl '< lint \l‘.('f‘l~2lllClll1i‘ of prov- ilirial aiiloilonlv. ,\ilv lilnlili-riilg witll that leg- islation sbiiulil mill). lw by ciilisiilll, not only ofall the provincial Qilvfifllllllhlli, but of all the prov- fllCl-‘il l(‘_1l>lZlllil't'~.

The Conference A The Legislatures

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lt is interesting on ill Occasion to recall the fate of the l.l<i lJonlinion-Provincial confer- ence, czlllcd in llccelllber, i935, by Prime Min- isitl- hing, \‘.i '- ‘l “it; lllf‘ uiosi elaborately 0r- fl7llll7Pll ronftireiice up lo that time. The agenda included tlie villole ttclil of Dominion-Provin- cial relaiioil: in ivllicli there was uncertainty and friction, but notably the proposal to vest power of changing the ll.\' .\. .\ct with the Dominion l‘:irli;llllcli; 'l'llc bait llcld out to the provincial gil\f‘l'lllilt‘ll' in tixcllzlllgc for their consent to this prop ;ll, was the priisiiect of wider tax- ation powers, iililutling llutliiiriti’ to impose re- t:lil sale: lil\l‘:. 'l‘lli= wiiulrl l)l‘Ol)iIl)l_V have gone through lint f l' the slroilg tlpposiiiiwll of the .\'iw lliliii-lli rlvligiilics- llclilril by tlie tire- siini l‘l‘(‘l|Ill‘T l'llt‘tl .\tti'it'li\"yi tielii-ral) lloli. l. f7. .\li".\-'lii‘. .\il< r all.» ciillfcreilce sat. subcon- fcrci : lli‘l<l and a "committee of ear- liiY"‘-~' was l. :t l» ‘iiull lo draft a sclicnie which \\ltlllil llli"'l \\“,ll gcili-rrll appi'i.lval_ This (‘orn- nilltre -ilt l"l' illiiiui two ni-cks, but its labors pTrnOfl ullsiti‘rc~~flll.

Fpiuildllg" in tlie. lrgi-lzlliire on the subject of tile iilti ‘litawa coilfcrcnce and subcoilferen- rt», l‘l'iillli r talililllvll lll:ldt: this interesting sl:li-~iiliilli:

"l'p to tiil- piilli n». ilvcision (re amending the R,.\..\. .\1'i| lllls lliicrl rcacllerl. I anl pre- pared tn Zlillllll that this is a weighty question, a question upon wllicli tirocceililigs should he rautiiiils Zlilfl slli-liltl be ctiillparatively slow, and llltllf’ (if lllP-t‘ twinii-reilices- took upoll tllcinsclves tile fiIltFlliHl of llrrivilli; at :lily decision. liverv- llllIlQ‘ \\lll('ll has l)t'i‘l] “pref-ll upim 50 far ha; 1"?“ Fllrrril llltiili by lvzly of a tentative pro piislll. \\lii-n IliP-c ilroposals are incorporated lll lllf‘ (‘llli-Itlllillill ri-tlrzlfi, they will be ap- lifiuvfl l1)‘ tlie nllivoilfeliruce and later will be c/lilitilltlvrl fill‘ lll!“ Ilpprilul] pf the Uoliiiniiill Parliament and inch ilrilvlncird Lcgislattire. S0 that before tlie lN-rtvinre of Prince Edward ls- lantl is collnilitti-il lo any decision by way of Pmviiling’ lllacliincryi for tlie allleiltllllcllt of tlie British North .\llierica Act, either in Great Britain or in Lanrula, the Legislature of this Province will have ample opportunity of p355. trig its considered opinion upon thc proposals which are lli-iilg so czlrcfiilly and so sygtgmafi. callv tirepzlrc/l."

llvre ne have, back ill l\l.lrcll, i935, Premier (Tainpbelis rrivlgllltiilii of tlie fact that such a "wei-iitv question" as aliltilrliilg tlie B.N.A. Act is Illlt‘ which no Iinnliiliini-Provincial confer- ence dlolllil lll‘l'ftl(‘. llllt which slioillrl be sub- niittitl for :lpprnv.ll of the Dominion Parlia- llrvlil and iuicli prlivincizll Legislature.

1f llll< riliirsl- is followed on the prcscilt oc- (YhlHIi. tlie tlro\'ii1<'i.ll ilr-legates will avoid mak- ing llnv ci-llllililllii-llh, reserving tllai prerogative

-. EDITORIAL NUIES -

lotteluwn.

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lt is evidently approaching tlie time when the

jaiinar \vin' blew hanscl in on Rubin. - v n1

Part. of the Cllzirlutt<-iil\vll Yr-ieran Corps is being sent on defence duty to "sunlclvlicre in Prince County."

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Henry Dupre Labouctlere, British diplomat and journalist, died this date, i012. First enter- ed tlie (lipllitnatic service, but left it t0 take up politics, bicomiiig Ml’. for kliddlesex _aiid Northampton sticcessivelyc was l_)aily News correspondent in Paris during tlie siege 1870-15 founded and became editor and proprietor 0t “'l‘rutli", a society’ journal which was success- ful in the exposure of a number 0f social, tin- alicial and administrative scandals; was a llleni- ber of the jalliesoii Rail Commission; involved iii many law suits, and kept to the forefront by stirring up trouble, political and social. At i116 i-ntl doubted \\'lI(‘lll(‘i' the gzlliie was north the candle. '

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'l'lie ailouialous position of tlie Police Coin- nlittce of the City Council scents to justify the action taken by CUIIVCIICI‘ Sterils at .\fonday's lllccliiig. .\ilparcntly' it exists without the lll"- cesszlry power to function. it is zln advisory body, working iii conjunction with the Magis- irate wllo is tlie executive officer". lr iliay be receillcil that there was a reason for this zliloillill- lv. (“itv Councillvirs, who are subject to elec- toral control, not infrequently found it incon- venient and zlillioviilg to be intcrviclvcil by elec- tors and their friends with [IYCSSIIFC brought t0 bear to get them to revise (lecisioils and cancel prosecutions alld penalties. For this, and other rcastlns, it was L‘tlil>ltli'.‘l'l‘<l ilcslralllc to put tlie oillls on the Magistralc who is a |iL‘I'l‘lIllll(‘lll of- ficial and in a position lo use his (liscretion \\ fili- uut fcar or favour;

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Beginning this month, the new‘ budget plan for federal illcotllc tax payments goes into ef- fect. In order to take advantage of tlie plili], taxpayers must make their first paylllcnt by lllt last (lay of this inullih. The plan offers two

alternative budgets: tlie first provides for ciglli equal instalments payable at tlie end of

cacn month from January i0 August; tlie second of- fers tlie opportunity to pay oilc-tlvelftli of tlie total tax at the end of each month for the first four months and one-sixth at tlie end of each of tlie subsequent four months. These plans “irusllion" tlie bilrilen of taxes that have been doubled, and in sonle cases irebled. lt is scan by tlie alternative plans that first payment, in either case, must be made by the end of this month. The actital duc date for income lzlx is April 30.

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Mr. “falter Lockllart Gordon, of tlie 'l‘oronio firm of Clarkson, Gordon, Dilwortli and Nash, has been appointed special assistant to the De- puty kliliister of Finance. Ile was zlttaclied to tlie Foreign Exchange Control Board during its organization. Ur. tlortlon is the fourth partner in his firln to be loaned t0 tlie GOVCYIIIIIEIIl for war service. Brigadier .\. E. Nash is Deputy Adjuialit-Lieneral zit Defense llcarliliillricrs;Mr. _|. L‘. 'l‘litlnlp.~on is one of tlie experts prepar- ing the material on tlie Sirois report for the Dominion-Provincial conference this month; Ur. G. P. Clarkson is with the British Purchas- ing Commission ill New York. More than a dozen ntller officials of tlie firm are attached as experts to tlie Foreign Exchange tbntrivl Board and other tjovernnlent departments. A recent checkup showed that 25 per cent of the staff had joined one of tlie armed forces on active service. The belief was expressed that Clarlvson, Gordon. nll\\fll'll'l and Nash had a higher lwrcentage of its staff engaged in a variety of war work than any other firm in Canada.

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The average reader or bearer is apt to be carried alvay with the reports 0f British and Greek silccesses and to conclude that cver_vtliiilg is going smoothly alid rapidly towards victory. That is not by any means so, and tlie British Purchasing Commission in tlie United States are cnileavoilriilg to impress this upon industrialists. Sir Louis Beale, one of the l1l(‘lIllK’1'S told tlie. Society of Automotive Engineers in Chicago tliat “the hope for complete victory lies in the engineering itidiistry of tlie United States." Ad- dressing more than a. thousand production ex- perts and technicians of the country's automobile and aircraft industries who are meeting to dis- cuss plans for speeding defense, Sir Louis stressed the great “latent resources" of tlie Unit- ed States ivllicli could be added to tlie present productive capacity to defeat tlie dictators. “Our needs are far, far greater than our total sup- plies from all sources,” said Sir Louis, and uri- less speed is observed in production Britain may yet “miss the bus" which would be tragic in-

deed.

$111011!

In llis New Year address in flit‘ Canadian people PYIITIC‘ Minister klackenzie King warn- ed tllem against tlie ilangcrous lx-licf illat tllc tide of war has tlefiliitcly turned. tllat success is now assured, says the‘ Gazette. Irle said: “The task may well be ‘greater in 194,1 than it has been in i940. _l_t l5 going to tlcllianil more cf- fort, iiiorc sacrifice, and far tliore change in our daily lives than up till now has been required. Flie liour is near when tlic enemy, with rutlllcss ferocity. may be Pxpectctl to gather all llis strength and strike.” This was a grave state- ment tlloilgll illc trutli of it is fully tindcrsloorl and appreciated, or should be, by every citizen of this country. The people of Canada are not unwilling to put forward a greater effort, to make greater sacrifices, to modify, if need be, their scale of living, in order tllat victory may be assured. But they are entitled to have lead- (‘fshlll- HWY $511001. 0f their own initiative, plan and enforce any sucli system of service as is implied in tlie words of the Prinle Minister. \_\"i_tli an official program before them, with de- finite requirements indicated to them, they will make the necessary response. hilt it is no use telling them _what they must do and at the same time refuse m telling tliem in precise terms how tliev should 'do it. This is wllat is meant by a

for their own legislatures.

demand for leadership. Q

The Supreme Court is now in session in Char- .

THB._CHARLPMTJLELQEE_QUARDIAN

NOTES BY TNE WAY

Soy; m; Edmonton Journal “Loll of snow-and how heavy that snwv shovel gets" Out in this climate we can sympathize with Edmon- t-0n's iiardsm ". Often tiliese week- ends our :0 clubs begin ho feel burdensome and digging in the galcien, among the sprouting tciow- drolx, many a gardener finds the weight, of hl-s trowel oppressive. — Vancouver Sun.

The porters end others employ- ed on sleeping-cars and chair cars may be university students or even graduates, as some of their patrons have discovered on engaging them in oonversliitiozi. Al, least one Can- adian sleeping-car conductor i5 a Bachelor of’ Elngineering and ,1 sieepingcar porter 0n the Toronto- Sudbiury riln uses his spare 1110- ments to prepare sermons which lie delivers each Sunday to a Lon- doli, Ont., congregation if which he is the past/Jr. — Brcckvilie Re- corder and Times.

Their Fuehrer is taking the Geimail people along a. hard, bit,- ter road. He appears Lo have crushed from their lives all tlie human waimlh and itapplness they used to know. Anal-fur winter of war stretches ahead (I them. The bleakness of their Christmas must have convinced Hitters most. de- luded dupes that he is leading them along tile same path Lo dis- aster that the Kaiser did in the Great. War. Out. cf their own in- telligence must come tlie convic- tion that. in czislaving much of Europe. he has also enslavcd them and made them lives a niziqkeryi, - I-Iamilt n Spectator.

The Iastl shred uf the United Shams‘ technical "neutrality" was torn away by President. Rumvelt lust night. Mu". Rocseveit, in what will go down as one of the great speechrs of his career, spoke to his natrn as to a. laud alicady at war. He listed iis nation's en- emies; he named those which are its allies. in fact il nri- in theory; he predicted victory and he de- manded of labor and ‘industry that. it 5.nk lLs differences so that. the United States may become "the arsenal of demccracy," It. is true that the President repeated his as- surances that no Amirican expedi- tionary f-rcc would be sent, a-broad and denied that his policy is direct- ed toward wait. The sole Purpose of that D0110)‘. he said is “to keeip War away from our country and our people.“ But at the same time he rcfu~ed to guarantee that he c uld keflp the nation out of war. -—-M’.‘:'i- treat Gazette.

Our old friend Boake Carter, an Anglophobe erstwhile Etngiishman. docs not 1.ke being called an wdvo- cate of HIXIDQEISEIIICIIL. The other day he ilevsterl lll-i allure column to a dISCIUvlLIII cf the ilvcrd "appease- meiit." and "appcasers." and re- marked 1.11m, “1 believe the word ‘appeasement’ has done a great. deal to destroy the Spirit. of com- iprcnlise.“ Mr. Ca-rter belongs to the Lindibergti-Ginerai Joiinscn 5(_!ll0-I. WhlClI, if not. actually seeking a German v-ctcry, is against. giving material help to Britain for fear it.

IILVOIVG5 the United States as a. bel- ligerent. These people are called isolationist-s, and as iSOIELIOIIISIS they are being called other names, including appsasers. Boake Carter is perhaps pitild c!’ being calird 1.21 lsciaiioinst, but he doesift like b6- ing called an iippeaser. His fomier f€ll0\V-00l1i1Li'§"IIl€n would call him by H. stronger‘ term than that. —— St. Thomas TlfliCS-tVlifllfll. Appointment o the distinguished Viscount Halifax as British lini- bassiuior to the United States IS greeted with mixed feelings tn c1’- Iiciai Washington. Those accustom- ed to the refreshing candor of Lord Lothian and tiiie tremendous slic- ocss he had achieved in winning American popularity. greet, Hall- faxls appointment. wit-h no great. enthusiasm. But to the hoiby-wlly <4 Washington society. always a. bit shocked at the wB-Y L0"! 1101-1111111 permitted his dogs to tie in the middle of t-tie living room _ floor, Halifax will be a great relief. I_n fact, Washington soc-et-y already is looking forward t.» the new Hati- fax era, when senator; and lowly congressmen no longer will be the vogiue at Embassy dinner tables, as they were iuider Lothla-n; and when tlie ambassador no icnger will pick up Rhodes scholars fr-m WWW“!!!- Vn sirret. corners and bring them to (Lunar without. benefit of stiff shirt bosom. From now on Wash- ington can be sure that all Em- bassy dinner lists wlll be guarded by that super-guardian of social piesiige. Mix; Irclie Byte, long tlie czarilia of the British Eni- bassy. so at] will be peaceful again. -Dctroti, Free Press.

Speaking In the Guildhall n few weeks ago, the Lard Mayor pro- plirslcd that althcilgli tlie city was being militia-sly‘ daliinged, it, wculd ti.» ttgfliii ill all ltl (lgiilty and gl. _. ‘Throughout the British Etn- pire the same confidence privrllls. "There is no depression in t,h.s hcu c," as Queen Victoria said. The of c ion inspired by Ltnclnn ls czrly st llgtliclied by the hoiiorsblc cars 51:0, now Mars. No sacrifice on lint‘ etizrns‘ part would h;- t o great. fCl‘ tlie healing of her wnuvrk and the renewal of her stiniigtil If the lessons of the past have any fcrcc, we must. icok askrnce {lb prcipcsals that are based cti simple restoration or reinstzilemexit. "Plus vizas the policy that. prevailed nfitl" the Great. Fire of 1663. More wisely Tokl", gfttr the Yleviistatiilg Gflflllqllflke of 1923, had the fol-e- sight to re-pLt four-fifths cf the city. Our fail?» 1n the future cf Lcndcn is put. to the supreme txst todov. Let IL! determine that it shall be re-planncd on o ncibier scale. for a m re exalted destiny. We have been {oiled out of a rut of ccmplacency. t is more and more generally reccgilized that. crrtaln densely-populated and dejected areas cf London are s standing challenge to our pride cf citizen- ship, and s menace to social wei- fare. The need for the ruthless re- shaping snd regeneration of those dismal perrtlcries has been made even more apparent by the cruel inroads high eiapioslves. —8lr Charles Bresscy in The Iondfm Listener.

The ordeal to which London mainly and other regions in degrees have been exposed the random destruotlcn of 979N113’. which may be added to tl.‘1e damage done to Hitler‘; cause best the defeat which he him suffered. The news oi’ Britain's stand, unbroken and ftemely oounwr-sttaokmg trim own soil. has swept ohe world like s challeflnv. offering m 5x- em le which ttw hutch may envy which e peep]; like the Greeks

amine to share. Hitler's threat. bu failed. but She ‘blender end

Inopportune

Referring to the IedernI-Prov- inctai Conference about to assemble at. Ottawa, on the invitation oi the Dominion Government. for cursin- eration of the recon-mendaziims contained 1n the Struts Report, The Montreal Gazette says:

"If it canpbe proved to be sound it. will furnish o strong argument for adoption, but the conference i5 not likely to lose sight of the fact that. this new constitution model which is being proposed 1s intend- ed to shape the economic, mcinl, educational end, to some extent, the political future of Canada for generations to come. It will be in operation long after this war has gone into history If it is indis- pensable as a war measure. and if the conference ts so convinced. au- ceptance may be considered assur- ed, but if it ts not proven to be indispensable it will have to wand or fall on its merits as a peace- time structure. Incidentally, it will be no business of the conference to discuss political responsibilities for the accumulation of provincial tn- debtedness, nor indeed to go 10o past; follies at. all except for the purpose of considering how far the suggested remedies may be effective. Tile Coimmtsstmi set out; to deal wit]. a condition ancLto propose a cure. It, accomplished a termendous task and whether its recommenda- tions are or are not to be accepted they ought to be considered in an atmosphere completely free from old political quarrels. In no other at.- mospheie can a judical GlSCIkLSIOII be possible."

Not only ts a non-partisan al.- mospliere necessary, but surely also a situation undisturbed by the dis- tractions of the most. fonninable war tn which tlie British Empire has ever been engaged. The Govern- ment presently functioning at Ot- tawa is one of the most partisan institutions of the kind this coun- try hiis knolvn. Constitutional re- organization on the scale eonti-in- plated should never be undertaken by such a Government, nor should lt- even be considered till peace returns and the task of what ls called "ctvll i‘€~ESl!tb1I-Sll!II€i'Ili" has been achieved. Canada's job now is to help win the war. and in the circumstances the country's admiri- istration to that; end should be a full time Job for any Govern- merit.

CASTILIAN

Velasquez took a pliant knife And scraped Ills palette clean; He said, "I lead a dog's own life Painting e king and queen."

He cleansed his palette with oily rags

And oakuin from Seville wharves;

"I ilm sick of painting painted

hags And bod ambiguous dwarves. "'I‘he sky is silver, the clouds are

Pea-l‘. Their locks are looped with rain. I will not. paint Maria's girl For all t-tie money in Spain."

He washed his face in water cold, His hands in“ turpentine: He squeezed out color like coins of

gold And color like drops 0t‘ wine.

Each color lay like a lit-lie pool On the polished cedar wood: Clear and pale and ivory-cool As dark as solitude.