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_"Tlie Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

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“Hitler \Von't \Vin"

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"fins ts the verdict of .\lr. llarry‘ lloplcius af- ter a review of the situation in the .\merican Magazine. .\lr. lloplcius was President Roose- velt's spccial rcpi'c~ciitzitive m liurppc, and siucc his return has bccu placed in charge of thc gigantic l..(‘1l>Q-l.t‘1lil prngriuuiuc now in opera- tion. llc shims Ci‘lltill>\\'i_\' that ticrinmiy is

applying a uPay_lS_>-ou_g() policy", the Minister stated that if the estimated yields of the new and increased “Lees arc reasonably accurate, the Do- minion will ltuvc paid approximately 75 pfir Cflll of its ivar and uoii-ivar budgetary expenditures out of current revenue or 65 per cent of thc war expenditures after non-war items have been paid in full. It must be remembered, moreover, that this docs not include the contribution of the Dominion in supplying Great Britain with Can- adian dollars with which to purchase supplies in this country. Au estimated amount of $l,250 mil- lion ($1,500 less $250 million) still remains to be financed otherwise than by taxation; of this, $200 million is expected to come from increases in various Government accounts. For the rc- maintler an appeal must be made t0 the people, the business firms and institutions of the coun- try for ivholehcarietl support of Canadzfs war effort, and to placc their financial resources tlcfiuitcly and unrescrvetlly behind the Govern- ment through ivar loans, such as that now being offered for public subscription.

IIDIIORIAL NOTES .~,

The Victory Bonds off to a good start, m ii =i k

Summcrsirle has “done itself irond” in thc _ l way of decorations.

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Disasters will occur on land, in air and at sea when venturesome youth risk their all for an

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short of sit-cl, Iii-r cap y being 41,000,000 tons couipnrcrl \\llll lillJril and American pro- (luction of iicrotiopoo. "he latter command 110,000 tons of nicltcl pcr year, Germany only 2.500 tons. The nllics and ilic lhiiicd States con- sume in three pct-ks as much cuppcr as Germany and German linmpc are able to obtain in one year. (‘ici-iiiziiiy‘ has now no fresh supply of rubber, whereas Hr‘ in and if. S. A. can com-

mand more than llIllf-Ildliiilimll thus. At best Ger- many can gct cpnarol .-i 15.000000 tons petroleum prutliicts, \\i1liu1.il‘il:liii and U. S. A.

commwd 200000.000 ic-ns a year-

Tlie battle of the Atlantic will decide whether all this supcriority' of resources can be mobilized in the (lcicuce of dcmocrzicy. \\'e have a great Stlpfifififllv in our favor. and we have no reluct- ant couq red Iwpulations to CHCYCC. \\'e can unleash the enterprise, skill, and enthusiasm of free peoples to maintain the democratic produc- tive capacity. Cur self-interest demands that the weapons of war which our vast economic su- pcri0rity' can produce must find their way to the armies of Egypt. t0 the allied navics patrolling the seas, and to the fighting air forces that will bring frccd-im to the world.

This conflict is a conflict to the hitter end for the control of the world. Ilitlcr has stated in clear and unmistalnible lfltlfillllflt‘ his thesis of the racial superiority of the (lei-manic people. They alone are fit t0 rule. The lnpancsc. the Chinese. the Indians, the Africans. the $pzuiiards, the Portuguese, and the .’\mcric:ins all belong to iii- ferior races. llc denies every freedom that the people of America hold dcnr. just as surely as the sun rises in the cast. should liitlcr win the war, the time would not bi- far distant when the people of America would nut be permitted to vvorship God in the uirinnci" their consciences dictate. They would trade in the way that Hitler wants them to trade, and the prejudices of race, religion, and creed WOIllIl find expression in Am- erica in the rise of the Nazi-minded people.

The truth is that the mechanized legions of Hitler, his concentration camps, and financial hocus pocus offer to the great tinder-privileged people of the world nothing but poverty and 0p- pression. Victory for the democracies, however, opens for these same people. opportunities for a way of life that thcy have IICYCI’ enjoyed bcforc.

Mr. Hopkins concludes his rcvieiv flirts:

“Y6 (Amcricriiis), like many other nations in the world, cannot afford to wait until one after another of our friends falls under the fierce at- tack of the powerful enemy. The United Stgyfgg has determined upon a policy of all-out aid to the democracies. That nid must be given without stint and at once.

“Hitler is strong. lint the stronger. llitlcr won't win."

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The War Budget Analyzed

The culosszil cost 0f the present war has been forcibly brought home u» the Canadian people by the burlgct for the current fiscal year recent- ly prcscntcrl to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, which is analyzed in the current mouth-

Canada shipped over 50,000 cases of eggs tn Great Britain in the first three months of 194i. sent nearly the same amount in April alone and has stepped up activity to ship 180,000 cases (luring the month of .\fa_v, the biggest month's export movement in the Domiuioifs history.

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just a cow pasture on March 9, 1940, the site selected in Vancouver by the Aluminum Com- pany of America for producing aluminum now has a plant turning out ingots at the rate of I50,- oo0,ooo pounds a year, ivhich engineers say is something of a record in speed of defense con- struction. a y n: r All thc “lgcnuinc" brass Buddhas, the minia- ture inlaid temple bclls and the sacred bronze cows “of exquisite Eastern workmanship” for which Europeans and Australians used to baggie in the bazaars of the East are now going cheap in Birmingham, where they are made. >i< >k >i< 1k While German planes bombed a refugee train and brought it to a temporary standstill, near London, one of the passengers, Mrs. Renes Thorn, Belgian wifc of Arthur Thorn of Dover- court, Essex, slipped from the train, milkctl a cow in an adjoining field and returned uuharmcrl with seyeral beer bottles full of milk for babies on the train. it m n- ii

The world's most complete collection of "penny; drcadfuls," including “Swecny Todd,” “bpringheelerl jack" and “Blaclt Bess, or The , - . ktllgllf of the Road,’ has been bequeathed to the British hluseuni in the will of Barry Ono, d1; comedian who died at Barnsiaple. llc started col- lecting them fifty years ago, when he would cover them with brown paper and loan them out to friends. Today the collection is valued at $20,000.

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During an air raid ovcr London a bomb fell on a nursing home, ltillmg bliss .~‘\rny Tomes, w_ho was apatient. five nurses and a maid. The matron. l\llSS l\Zill1lC€i'i Duncanstui, was buried under the ivreclragc, but was rescued alive, thopglvliadly injurcrl. The other day the pmi. ents will was published. Flic lcft £75,000 and zi string of seventy-seven yicrirls and other _l(‘\\'(‘ll'\' to the matron “as a token of niy love and grati- tude for all that she has done for inc."

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_Dr. \\'illiain Harvey, linglish [ihysicigtir dim] this date. I657; discoverer oi the circulation 0f the blood; appointed to St. BartholomciwsTins- pital, and Lunileias lecturer at the Colic e of ., . , is’ Ihysiciaus where hc began to expound his thcorv of the movements of the bcnrt and circulation of the blood, provnfg by careful reasoning and (lem- onstration that the contractions of the cardiac ventricles propel through the jiuhnonarv and systemic aricrics the same blood which the pul- monary and systemic veins return to thc cardiac auriclcs.

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Capt. fidgzir Granville, British Labor mem-

ly letter of the Ruyzil lianlc. \\'ar expenditures.

wcrc tciuativclv csiiiii:ucd at a minimum of $i,- 300 million \\'llll the uizixiiuiuii plziccil at bl.45i') million; uou-ivzir Ti‘t|tlll't'lll(‘lll\ 0f $403 nullion

bring the total tn bc 1il'<>\'itll'(l (luring the year to, $1,708 million. T0 ihc-"e expenditures must be added what will lw due us from Great Bri- tian ; ‘this has been sci at from $800 to $900 mil-_ lion. \\'lwn cxpeiiililiircs by provincial and muni-j

cipal governments arr- includcd the total over- all rc-qtiircnicnis of nll f_"I\(‘l'lllll(‘ill.< in Canada are wcll i1! cxcws of half ihv cdiiuatctl national income for the vcar. The l\lllil~l<‘l‘ of Finance has applied the basic yiriuciph-s of wnr-tiiiic fiii- ance alrcadyr flllHlllPIl in (Pundit in fidlmving “as far as may he ]il‘.'it‘ll\1'li1l(_‘ a ]I-'l_\"il\~_\"'>ll-,'.,") pol- icy."

Against the l‘t‘l'|llll‘i'lll<‘lll\' ouilinwl abovc, it was QsIiiiIJitt-il that lllktj- .'ilrc:uly in force \\'tillltl produce i‘t‘\'t'lllli‘ nf about $IJSI> milliuii. l(‘-'l\"i

‘ ing from $1.413 t.» 311L008 million to lw- TIIlW/ll

by additional lJlN-‘llillil and borrnii-iiitys duriiiq- the present fiscal _\'<'.'II'_ Tu lll'll\‘lilt‘ tlicsr- fund-Z‘ mcastircs were ailnpicd ili-dgur-rl u» raise by new! and flllflllllillill t:i\'c~ llll‘ -lllll nf $300 ulilliflu it'll g full fiscal _\'(‘.'ll'. lluring fhc fiwal _vt':ii' iO.lI-.12|' it is cxlwcjw] h, _;,],1;|i1| unly iii-Qt) llillllfll] ' thmc "yftflnc ,1< pwlllf‘ of the taxes will not lit" effective for the full vcnr. Of the total of $300. million, $220 million will be d -rivi-d from direct l hr-rsnnnl and business laws. 9179 million bv in-~ (fin-Ct tam-q on Qnmntrnlilit" mid services whiclil in gcnernl nun’ "of be (l(‘('lii(‘(l zibsolutclv csscu-I thy mu] $13 million from an indirect lax.‘ "which will affect the family burlvcis of all." _ l . In gppraising the extent to ivhllbli Canada is

licr of the llousc of Commons, has renewed his czinipziign to obtain Dominion 1‘C[1l'C$(‘lll.'lll0li in the war cabinet. llc plans tn zisk Prime Minister Churchill whether, in view of the increase in the number of ministers without portfolio, lic will now consider forming a stiprcmc war cabinet. 'l'his cabinet, Capt. Granville holds, should be composed of statesmen without strict party tics and without individual departmental responsibil-

. ity, and should include Dominion representatives

for daily‘ consultations on, and direction of, the Empire's war [mlicy- i- it it it

Further coufirmzition of occasional reports from Gcrmtuiy telling of the general dccliuc of educational standards since the beginning of the Nazi regime in January, i930, is found by The Sunday 'l'iincs of London in thc Hamburger 'l‘:igcbl.'itt. in an account of a recent examination for apprentices, the (icrman paper is quoted as saying that of the I29 applicants ninety-four S]l(‘ll(‘tl nouns without capital lclicrs (the basic rulcs of ticrmnu spelling are that :ill nouns must be ivriitcn with capital letters and no ailjctttive should bc spelled with a capital lcttcr). Eighty- oni: niisspcllcrl (iocthos name in seventeen (lif- ftrrcui ivziyzs. The satiic pzipci", lIi an article head- cd “ls Youth (letting More Stupid?" points out that this question has for n lung time been worry- ing :i lot 0f pcnplc in lit'l‘llillll_\'. Though teachers and others have often tliscussr-tl ii privately, there has been no public iliscussion of the sub- ject. Hriltiug examples. hnwcvcr, ~90!" to cnn- firm the assertion that the growing generation is less intelligent

TllliLQlERI-OTTETQWN- QUAFPlP-N

PUBLIC FORUM

This eolunin In open for the

ilOTES BY TllE WAY "

Life in the army must he healthy and pleasant; many recruits in Canadian training camps are re- ported to have so increased their weight that they r uire new unt- foirns of larger sze - Ottawa Citizen.

A girl can get married In Quebec at 14. but is not aliozved to attend a movie until she is 16. Are the lmvs funny. or are the lawmakers flfiliittl‘? - St. Catharines Stand- a .

The French people liavc no choice 'I‘hev no longer are free to argue, to weigh the consequences of their Gzvernments polzclcs, to criticize or protest; to find refuge, as their long-ago forbears did, in revolu- tion for their liberty. They must stirrendcr. abject-ly and as cam- pletely as Hitler wills. for Petain and his Cabinet ncw are committed to collaborate ln the "new order". The light has gone out in France and with it representative govern- ment and liberty The democracies haw} one more threat to face. - Providence Journal.

Neither Berlin nor Rome, to judge by recent press quotations, can stand the attitude 0f Switzer- land much longer. Not. that the

actly against the Axis. nor

sit up on their mountains with a funny look on their faces. Suppose Hitler or Mussolini tries to give out with a harmonious chord in which all Europe ls invited to take part. What happens? Who biowsa sour note? Ycirve guessed it-Sivitzer- land. _ Philadelphia Bulletin

One of the great dangers within, this country today comes from the well-meaning people who try to put ‘ their own minds into I-litlers head and thus make him reach con- clusions which they orefer him to. reach. It seems never to occur to

wiser, if it were possible for them

to introduce Hitler's mind into their i own heads for the tme bcintl. If‘ they could do that. mcv would. have a reliable guide to hzs futurei course with respect to the United, States. But- they do n.» try w <10, that. They choose to t-hink their oivn thoughts and then to forecast Hlilerls actions in accordance with,- their own thoughts. -- Bnltzniore

Sun.

Mr. Churchill, l; his polished] little gem of q speech to the Poles of t-he world, used these words. “M, ave,- Euyqpe races and statgs. whose culture and liustsil’ ma e mom a part of the general life of Giristendom in centuries when the Prussians were not better than a barbarous tribe 811d me Gfmlal‘ eqnpjffl no more thannn as: 0111?}- ayron of Pwripernickei pilllttlpnuy- tics. are new FY0595‘? under ‘i?! dark, cruel yoke ot Hitler and ll=i N“; gflngy M1" Clrurchzll was ‘ thinking of PumP“lm°l'~°l. 5-"3 G3‘; man state of Thxickerays “Vofllllfi pair" _ which many old-fashioned

people persist in thinking the I greatest. novel in the Enilllbll hm‘

gugge, _ Ottawa Jitirnal.

Inquiries received by British 41°F‘ biverinig agents ‘indium’? that, as, soon its war lcokptrictlugisumlglgdmiplig“ 1- wi a __ < ' iiigeifiiile fifst tracks will probably be in Buenos Aires. Following its sucuess in Great Br aln, where it was established in 1026i. the $P°"_ has been introduced into maul" countries ubroiltl. 00mm)’ Li}? U“)? ed states, India, south Africa an Arbtralia, 1,, Brttain its eras be-l come quite on important industry. with an invested flflfllml ‘if {Wilford - u attendances "s onerhuiidred a my rat-mi; “a Ks" ‘m grey- fildunftls required for racmt; 01' breeding overseas are usually 5UP‘ plied by Great. Britain. Although she docs not part ivith outstanding dogs like the famous "M-ck 1.110 Miller" - these are irwrc valuable at. taunt: for stud work when their racing days are finished -- as‘ mugh as 50;) guinciis was frequently been ptlltl by overseas countries foi . dogs from British ll‘3¢'<$~ n19 “"9", yam) price, IIAYBVCJ‘, is tiearer v seventy-five to 100 giuneas. Rccent- ' 1y, a large slupmcnt of gmyllolmd-B w,“ 59m, p, Nnsmu, nnliamris, to preserve some of Britain's best rtic- ‘ mg blond from the hazards of “Bf- _By Robert \Vlllliil'\1S-')n

The estate of a Cliincsc laun-i drymaii here, who jsassed on ref, ceutly, was meagre 1i: this \\‘01'1d$ goods. but. his pZUYlUblSm was abundant. and touchmg- Qll A total substance of $583.79. lllflfe ivcre included two Chinese Lib- Qfly noun. and a Canadian war savings certificate. for $51). He be- licvcd in ircccLm vli the 0MB!" of about. one-fifth of all he pus- sessed. — Hamilton Spectator.

Two liunilred and fifty wo- men have hccn enrolled l.ii ii Royal Australirn Air _F'o1'ce AUX- ilirirj‘, till qllllliflfffl radio and tele- priniei" operators. but they will not fly. Fighting in the an", tut ianti nno at. sea hrul demanded l-JA! services of so many skilled riiiiu men, said the Minister of Air (Mr MC- Bivcni that the wamen were ne-

serve until they could be replaced by qualified men. Age groups iwd been extcnderl, repented appeals hail been mane for recruits. but the shortage of suitable men for Emimd work remained acute. Training would continue but no one could say when sufficient ant-n would be available. There was a rush to join by the 1.500 members of the W0- merrs Air Training Corps who have bgcn preparing themselves for such an emergency, - Australian Press Union.

The subject boils down to this: is it more sensible to allow wheat to rot. in Canadian elcvnt/"rs and barns an! fields or ".0 supply it - give it, if need be-to those in Bri- taln and in China who mizht well lose our war without it? Everyone knows the answer. Britain is still able and wiilnq to ouv wheat from Canada. China may be able to make th¢ purchase II not China shout-i be given wheat. fri-c or at nnv rate. iillr-ivcd to "charge lt" mi extremely liberal terms. — Brant- fsrd Expositor.

To avniil cit-basics such as occur- red in France when -\i‘f’c'n1 wnr correspondents whi ‘uni Wi1'lf‘ll many mouths for the lvittle to be-

ln were ordered brick from the iglittnv area, C.I (1.8. Sir J03.“ Dill lately sent. an order to all sx com- ll1"i'ld< in firefl- Bririiln. d! in. with the nreas. Paint Que cii n" “li of the order slated mat c-."“.'i'. war correspondents in uniform

- . = _ one to the effect that, Mung folk hale do“ “Uym “fhjlfe I war is won, the grandiose St. Law-

~ ' d , 5 -, t, 1, ‘fence project will be returned to §§§,Y,,,§§Y°'-}.,,Z§,,,““ 1H,? "QQL, glue; . the vEigeon-hole from which it: has

‘of freedom flicker. .

c355,“;- fm- ground jobs and would 101w England's heart. ts sound as oak;

dllouliiiol liy nllrrelpundenln ll questions of interest. Tlu (lhnrluttetiivvn Guardian duel Int noonnrlly undone the opinion If eorrelhelideritl.

. i r1}; Masefield O2 Dunkirk’ ’ A little book called ‘The Nine .

Days Wonder" has been written by JJ n Masefteld, the Poet laureate. tell n; about the lift of the Brt‘

BACK T0 TIIE PIGEON-HOLE

Shy-Canadians are being asked "me ring around the British,

to buy Victory Bonds to an amount exceeding a normal annual bud- get, of the Dominion Government. Canadians are also raising in tax- ation the greatest amount of money ever tnken from them in the course of a single yfiflf- They l" contributing heavily to war charit- ies.

Canadians are making the fin- ancial sacrifices involved in the war effort wtlllingly. They are glad to see their money used to buy planes, tanks, ships and other munitions or war if their trustee. the Government of Canada, will use the money for those purposes. Tlicy are not. contributing to the

cost of such projects as the St_ Lawrence Waterway, and even those who believe that the St.

Lawrence waterway might event- ually be worth building agree that ithe present ls no time to build it. The Government could make no ,more reassuring statement until the

uni sq been dragged out. 1 am. sir. etc.

MARITIMER. FREEDODPS TORCH

Sin-A beautifully decorated torch of gilded aluminum has been flown by Canada to England. It. is a good symbol of our service. It typifies the flaming loyalty of sons who cannot bear to see their mother suffcr without flying to her aid. We fling it across the Atlantic in token that brave hearts and stout arms will quickly follow to the

flmse prop}, ma, i, would be g5,- rescue of our Motherland It; goes remamed a wgy 1mm the “KL

too In faithful memory of those loyal hearts whose mortal part ts new the dust in Flanders’ fields, our men who scorned to save their life when duty called. but most gloriously died that we may live. Be it ours to see that their fame shall never die. and to carry on as they did, never letting that flame .'I'he wrltier, as Administrative Staff Officer. MD. ll, 1911-1919) had chief rc- sponsiblllly in mobilization and sending overseas of 55,000 men from British Columbia. At this crisis of the fight for liberty. he would now like to risk any able-. bodied yroung Canadians who still hang back to check up. and think how they will stand when free- riom‘s fight is won.

The urgent call today 1s for “RECRUITS". Tomorrow it will be “CONSCRIPHONW 'I'l'ie choice is still yours, either volunteer now. and pick your Corps; or wait until you are vlraftedb-ns you would be new in England. Australia, South Africa. or the U. S. A.——Then you will have no choice: you will go where you are sent. In 1918. when drafting for service began, some were sorry they had not. volun- tccred.