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l! i113 L" TTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in 1887i

hte-Pri-stuetii. J. K. Burnett, I~..l. . Secretary. Llflllwifll. u, A. Jlai-Klnnon, 0.5.0. Eoiiur anti Aiunaging Uirei-tiir. .I it. Burnett, l-..l.l. Associzit -

sviss-ciiieriotv RATES

President Lii-ut. Col. it. Chester S- lllcLure I

By illailwlny. E. i.. $4.00 per year, $2.54! for 6 months.

SLJa for 3 months. 50c for one month. City Delivery. $5.00 per year, $3.00 for 6 Inontlifl. $1.75 tor 3 months. By Mail In Canada and L‘. S. A. $5.00 per year.

Saturday lteekly. $2.00 per year, 51.00 for 6 monthfi '0< or 3 m s.

“T he S lrongest .11 emory Flanker than

____ 7 the Weakest Ink." FRIDAY, ma’ 17, 1940.

Editors. trunk Walker and [an A. Burnett.

ml" Campbell, it was insisted that an additional revenue of over $600,000 would be required to place our services on an adequate basis, apart

fi=lieries ii1<l1l=li'_\'. highway" construction, etc. lln the other hand, the assumption of the Priiviuvrs indcbtetlness by the Dominion, with the opportunitv of obtaining reconsideration of fltljtlSlfilfiflt grants at five-year intervals, would seem to offer a solution to the problem of mounting debt charges which threaten to s\val- low up all otir revenue at the pace we are now goiug. Five years ago the Commission's pro- position would be less attractive than it is today, due to the fact that our debt since that time, under Liberal mismanagement, has practically doubled. The Premier has again this year bud- geted for a large deficit, and confesses that he sees no way, short of additional taxation, of

z—_;1"';"“" “f —'—*-f**~—-~ —— providing for increasing demands in health and Our Dairy Maud-By educational services. Under the scheme pro-

posed by the Commission, it is conceded that

The i province would be entitled to the normal

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- w l 1»- I usits = _ W; lgimd appouitegl to make the adjustment at five-yearl ‘.,,,,_.,;,,;,,: 5M1, ~ intervals is a very important one.’ . ' UH.‘ __,_,\.r(,t:lllt‘ sittings might conceivably coincide with an ;,,i_ i, k nipieleciion campaign, in which case political pres-

._:i-l of scriices picixiiiiiig thriuighiiiit (‘an-

llie ']ll4"'~i'l"l1 of ilii- personnel of the Board

The term of

from special needs such as assistance to the;

THE CHARLOTTETOWN quaigipiaiv

NOTES BY THE WAY

, Canadian Amateur Hflckey Assn. ihas clarified its official definmon of an “amate-tir." Hitherto he has been GBSCPLDOG as one who never took "pirizes in money." Henceiortn ihe will be "one who has not or in ’not. engaged in orzenized pro. hoc- ikey." That. may take some o! the

'shamat.eurl.sm" out. of lit. - but it's lst-ill Vera vaguiish.'—- Windsor Star.

The fact that. the New York Central system operates the MO. .R. lines through St. Thomas ‘brought tihe fatal wreck near Al- bany, N.Y., last Saturday, pretty close to home. Yet the Canada Division itself can still boast oi.‘ lnever having killed a passenger ton a. moving train. let us hope this recrod goes for mil tune-St. ‘Ihomas ‘limes-Journal.

How m: the Germans as n body are responsible tor the war or its wrutlnuation is a moot. point. Mr. lDuft’ Cooper in a broadcast a few ,tia_vs ago indicated the entire tier- tiimi pcciple. ii. is not. llkcly he .lllt‘.‘lllli mc-ry itidivirliiial (iermau, lbut the German nation cannot. es- cape the imputation. and it is not. enough to deal wit-ii Hitler alone in tihis connection. Two centurzes lot history prove that. the Germans ;s.te not. averse to backing up Prus-

mipn. . n17 ~ a .',.,,~.,ig,,‘,.q of ,i,_.._ 5,,“ toisure would be almost certain unless the Board vil,:2euzf’"“"‘“l°"- r- Glflce Bey

;l.. Ps- g . ,3 ' i,“ nr’i(I’e n, W, Inwcst was made a part of the Civil Service. Even so. __._._ -- , i . {\__ up... p1,. M. flit bu, thelgrfilt care would be required in appointing men When the motiar egg) tin ‘Cain " " ',"., . . - ~ i euiszitne, u 1y ]-;,,.,,_-,,,. ]\~,,;,c,,>,,,, 5H"; [wlii would not only be abme partisanship, btit vlélfxunfgugs H.331}. refused to fir“...

i ftilill li- rr-_, ii 'cl never butl-

niscds. lle or his oats or his 0 should fccrl >ll(“i Tin-re to dry. t from this ‘e in one tifrectitin or ze ii:ii».ii"'iti~'»ii of feeds 'l'l:.ise who so urge , but ilir-i/ have not

iii iiiir fzirziiers a: ' tlp- wilv \\"tllll- l'i‘l>t)llll4l to tlii- l..i"lllt‘l>‘, is lil fzirzu

ii by lll". l\'iili<1'l\"ll. ci'iii"e, to iiud at the

this idea was uppermost in i. iiiaiiiig in the discus- F C. .. Fversvly '7“ rest?! to impoz-tirrl fccd and uiriiu-

llvfialile,

. i. advised the firiiiw. ii it ' the pr rii 'll‘.l""'.""‘l l-wl lllll ll‘ —"1 e fiiitltiok fiii cloivr is iu other lines should malts Grtiiv to feed and the intelli

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Kit‘. \\'. L. ‘ii-ciiiriu, Dairy ."'ll, was H!) ll ~~= (rutril c in his insist- uti"; proisiiliuq ircir own ft-cd, al- .. soften a little by llllplvlllg tlicre ‘e a pt-rc ntagti qf iuttiorts. Xcvcrtlie- real farmers who had

w» r‘? our fuviurrs who SKIN’ t0 "Hi .r:iff7v of liiiiiir grorwi and most profii..lile re- ".Q’~ll'l.'l 11g (“If Riilici-Hiazils sense

lclillYfll (Tiiuitiiissinn Report

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when it saf

iii“lilli.<>il'tll vi=iicd

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Hjwt‘: of its ifiirliugs

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iutlivnits ilie

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- til i: :i-.u:iii; all ill'r|\'|l‘.~ ;!'ti\‘lllC(‘ pay over to .~iiiii equal t0 the inter- : fiiiui its iiivcsliiicnis. ctid ti» SllFl‘(‘ll1l"I‘

twill tli '17 ‘ tlit‘ ll izi‘ z" ti ' l l " v I I

ti. . u. tziiii i.'1.\::iiiriti rev- c'i.. lltl l-lnii-l alone would guo izp ' iv t'illl\.'il(‘l'ii to 1hr: rleai- w. 1" i: is pivipiistwl in tnake ii:- . lit: scheme pro- viflis u‘ it grants" wliivli \'.'i*lll<l lii wiliiisi _ r li_v :1 specially apii- iztiil l'<~iiil tic-av li\'i _'.t' ililic-‘c grunts, \'.'tiii'il lll‘ 1.4 lilitillll iii sulisitli- and wiuilrl bc| f:.i.i l, lli\"i. till :i Int-Z of IY-tvil nt-i-il. lVir ilii. hrtiiz-iti- ll i: l'it'ttil]lll<‘ll4l("l that an iiiifzil iuiiiiiiiiiiii qiziiii of .<,"_=ri,r»oo be given, in ail-lition l't “lllill we Wltllltl l‘l"l.'!lll l'(‘\'i*illlt‘S (“sli-

itiafscl at Notion, 'l'liis Wiilllil provide a total Nwnu.» of _i,_;r»,i>00 iii cover nu cstiiiizitcrl i-ypgiiiliiiii-ti n1’ .$i,i7o_ooo, lrzii-iiig an estimated nnmpil surplus iii Fjlififiriii in provide for

pfliiflil]: ;,/~i~vii~r=, The c-tiinate is on ilic li; n! pa"? filziiiufli, lilll SIVKXIXK‘) l; FtlltW-‘P/l llil‘ "rl"l('i‘l0l'fllllill iii financial posiiiiiiis of provin- eiiil Q't\’t.‘l‘ll!llI‘ll[ lioftirc coiisidv u}; lli‘(‘ilS for a . m] miiipiiiieiii grant", which ]ll'C>llltl.'ll|l_\‘ is ;,.,;,.~,1.],~,] i!) (‘i'i\'(‘f iticrcascd debt charges iii-

mrflpq 5,3,“. p.37, [i i; pmbleiiiaticiil \\'ll!‘ll‘.(‘t‘ iii-k ‘iilltillli wtiulil be il(l(‘l|llfll(‘ in view of iii.» (Yiilltliill (i.\vr'i'iiiiici|l's slttlWlllif ‘lllrmf-Y ll" lml

l“|l i.<:ii~. Iii ziiiv r-i-e, tho :il_lo\v.'uii‘c for ex- I,-....i.;i;. iii-i». i iZ-zippiiiiitiuggly flllilll. lii

ti; tiilei urcseiiicd Lg tbs Ljqtivhissioa in Els-

tiun is ihatl

iheii be able to sit tight whether ,

ug t0 =1

“The showing s , “ivoulrl he: ftir/iiftif; fin/it)’

tho burden‘

iwlm would 0e acceptable to all political parties. Our per capita indebtedness, even with the huge increases incurred in recent years, is con- ‘sidcmblyi below that of most of the provinces. IOn the other ltand, our natural resources are lfcvr. Fozne means would have to be found of‘ [equalizing these factors under any scheme for; qitwiiling the debts of the provinces while {ill0\\'-i iitg each to retain the natural resources they] illOW enjoy.

Here a very grave question arises. Assum- ing that we started with a reasonably satisfac- .tor_v adjustment grunt and found the other pro- i\'ll‘.i"'.‘\' continuing to spend on a greater pert lcapita smile, \\'0lll(l not this be an incentive to. lmore reckless spctiiliiig on our own behalf? As’ jthe five _vear term for readjustment came around, , leaclvprovitice would naturally want to put it-l lFPli in a position where it could qualifv for an i Jicrease on the basis of fiscal need. Provincial:

ii iveruiiiciits would uo longer be concerned with i i iivtn the pretense of budget balancing. lt ivould k

b6 pPflrt» ,trv in iii-ii .44» (ti; ilio |lii1l"‘.liit1 t‘,..\-. . pm“; ltlll griirinil _ __, , , ,__ n , . -, H, i_- _ i _ vlfilfil iiiil out lertiiisi. tn e c -_c girlie-i tiilllilll than i. n‘ .\ l hllllvrlffp hwmln.“ mm gum.“ idii-"a in |1liii““l? of |\l<I‘.' wal fiimiiviiig. l-tlli “Hlprcd lr," i101] i- (_' llicic Jtl1i\IliF’l' ihlli- iiltv .ii~i*-. a r--ii~iiiiili<- " lllt‘ ii. ,- oi .'l i-itai .‘ll(\'.\' n per- f ' - " . - n. .-~ ~.i ii l l‘ ‘ iunc this time, |i1\()l\li‘lQ the issue of pi-ii i‘. lmjlcuf é“‘ll'lpyll',‘p’_hnl,:“l3;{:6°ghgg_ l]ll‘ll ulio s." ."_l..l‘ c ii:.;i_v in laiitciiiiiniy» mule,» [he [5_,\l__1\_ ,»\<;t, i“‘ ‘ " Parliament. During his tcntire of

IDnubtIess when the report comes 'P:irlianient these and other questions will be lfully discussed. Ir behooves our federal repre- lscuiziiives to acquaint themselves with every de- :‘.ail relevant to our position in the scheme, \Vl‘llCll involves many other supplementary recommenda- lions. l_'tifortiinatelyt the Commission does not seem -to have been impressed by the arguments ad- vanced on behalf of improved transportation ser- vice, ivhicli nevertheless Will continue to be a ilive issue so far as this Province is concerned.

EDITORIAL NOTES

President Roosevelt in his message to Congress yesterday did not mince matters—~the U.S..A. Zlllil (faiizida are in as great danger of invasion itoilayi as any country in Europe, and should be {prepared now with adequate defensive measures. i it n- it

_ hiaurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, l“i‘~'llt‘ll statesman, died this date, i838; betrayed hi.- (iluirch, betrayed Napoleon, restored the llll'~tll.'il'Cll_\'; as a man, always ready to sacrifice iprinviple to expediency; as a diplomatist, able.

l I l Charles

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lllllil lll1§Cl'llplllOl.lS_ grand iyperg pflma, (lonna, Thgl i i e older showman found audiences w , _ , _ . daily grouping smaller. Ycuin: iaihanieut has iesitmtd, this may probably Bailey on m“. 04,119., haIKL was, bu t-uc of the most historic sessions in the seven- mac-king them in ivith his playful , iv. .111 ~ _ - f ‘L * i _ young mcihyderm, performing to i i ' l Liéirio 1 ieyimnce‘ 11w “gr and Fed lvtratv" houses twice n day. In cir- i’ _ _ ‘ al-l ioiiiicial i'(‘l.lllOliS fall to be adequately lmis m-gigf, "straw" is ti... equjvalgny, i "Pi rgswaiwanv g_

dealt Willi. n- 4 i:

it was Australia that suggested the British (i<‘i\‘k?l'lllil(‘l‘li should include a Dominion repre- ‘rClll-‘tllfl’, and Canada, in the person of Lord lll(‘.'l\‘(‘l‘l)l'O0l\', has been chosen for that honour lllllll (listiuction. The old, historic families of‘ ‘Lavciiilish and Stanley, the heads of which are. respectively the Duke of Deveusliire and the.

Ilia-d of Darby, have, for the first time almost,l 'l!lll"fl to have a irpircriiiatii-r in the Govern. i‘ ‘Plil, lw-ili the lllils!‘ and Lnrtl Sliilllvi). 2Q “p11 -i. llltll. llll\i‘|‘ Fliiulry lpiiiiig liren diwippul by l

l’i'iuic Minister Churchill, who himself repres- ents the ducal house of Marlborough, a s a v

Assyro-Chzildeans in Soviet Russia have to IClIOOSC between denying God or being con- tl(‘ll‘ll1C(l to death, imprisonment or exile, accord- ing to a refugee who recently told the follow-

ing, under oath, to the Athra, a Beyrouth ne\vs-- l pripcr published in English and Aratbic: “As we l sat down on the school benches, the teacher would all of a sudden pick out one or more of us, and my, ‘Kriccl down, pray and ask God for bread.’ We obeyed, and as there was no response, the iearlicr would turn to us and say, ‘Now try Jesus Christ and all other saints and tell me if they will supply you with bread.’ “At last he would say ‘Now try Stalin,’ and bread was forth-i coming."

III‘

llitlcr professed at first to be seeking to unify .iii the Reich only people of German blood. He llins since grabbed one non-German nation after Tll'l'illl(‘l'. He now declares that his aim is noth- iiig loss than the destruction of the British Em- lpirv. llut if he should succeed in this tremend- loiis project, who believes now that he would Istop there? llis whole character, his aims and uiicibods and those of his followers mean that he ‘wtiulrl iiicrcly look around for ll(‘\V worlds to riiiiqiicr nud lay waste, as President Roosevelt , plainly’ priiiitcil out yestt-rdayi. The ivorld must ad- - '_ll"-l iM-lf in this possibility and lake without ti‘ moment's hiss of 51m every gipp "Qqqsggiyy i0

aver it- ‘.5 ' . .. n

.,,.,_t _ Qgiuggtk. singing. _ V, ‘ I

before ‘

ihim one hundred thousand dollars

ithe German troops in an tit-tack on ,i-he Norwegians. Oslo papers pub- ilthshed a touching appeal to the Ger- iman command against t-‘he. execu- t-Lon of such men, but. they were ruthlessly slim. For the moment, the clmracteristcally German mili- tiary diced may have served the pur- poise of the invaders, but it must eventually rrccil with dire conse- quences. -- Ottawa Citizen.

Once upon a time two great. cir- ruses fought for leadership in that farm of eintoiflarlnmenm in the ‘United States. The bigger of the iwn wars nwned by Phineas ’I‘.Bur-

ililllll. 'l‘i.o other, c sidembly | smaller and much wen . finan- cially, belonged to Cooper nnd

Bailey. the ruling genius being ti - lll veay ycucig Irish-American tianicd Anthony Bailey. There were other tented silioitvs, but they all had a tvholocme respect for the hziz Barirm oiiiiii and ltcpt. out 0i it; tiny. 'I‘liat was a less polite era 0t‘, at any rate. c t was. and ’lO\‘5 alas-flung i '2 er ‘~

‘istic powers. To the \\"'liI‘li'1S went .i})OllS, in other wcrds the

barn walls and shop for the display of tine pictorial announcements, vii/lien a bill-p ng crew struck a. ‘ [O\\'n already billed fcr another circus tihey nonchalantly plastered over the "duties" o! their rivals, re- placing t-liem width their own, and buried the streets and avenues. and ocntinguotis territory witr great streamers and. banners reading, "Wait. for the big Show."

O - O

In young Jim Bailey however there was a strain of Celtic blood,

ligerently delving P. T. in his own territory. The slicer sine of the latter-Ls siliotiv, however, and lack of capital forced the smaller showl back into the trenches very of-teml Then, one spring, in the Barley cir-

‘C115 menagstric, s, baby elephant. was born, and tihe smaller sihsw} went. over the top. What Shirley. Temple today is to the movie i world, that’ baby elephant becau- e i

its tiny t-nimilt. And wihat wins gall and vmrnwood to Barnum, every-- where his circus went that babyl elephant. was sure to go - ezth immediately before him, or right sitter him. yolks, old and young, saved their pennies to see the littie ohaip, billed and otarned like a

of the theatrcial SRO. sign the ushers have packed the eager crowds as tight. as sardines on t-lie bleachers, carwasmen lay cioivn straw in front of the seats. thus

[making a front row. It is Valhalla mt,

. . Men of tire oiwtis make qui: decisions; they have to. But weather, for 1:1- stance, may hurt the box office ot a theater, but. only to a certain extent. A black, threatening cloud may, and not tnirequmtiy does, cause a circus owner to sonu homo lihFiVPHflL. of gem‘! dollars.- oltru in lllf‘ aiicrv rlivriitryiiiiiiiiiiriit of llll‘ltillllilTill"ll(li.1|II crowd". ilirit l 4 lllulil rnuLzc the circus itiuii liiis sruek his tents rind pccketcd a large 1m mthcr tihan run the risk of hurting tihem. Again the cticus man may find himself in a berri- tory where floods or epidemics are keeping people home. The tempta- tion to emwi on from day to day. pluckily fighting the elements, o!‘ other causes beyond his control itn order to keep faith “with his "dates" may be great. Generally it is wiser to leave that. section. In such cases he may and does have no make a. quick switch into another territory, Mitch involves a. super amount. of work, worry, and ex- pense.

for tilie

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In this instance Barnum made his quick decision. He sent s tele- gram to has younger rival otterztig

for tihe baby elephant. One hun- dred thousand dollars is s. lor. or money. It. was more in those days Imwnsslmoitmoney toyoung Bailey, on whose sihow were pies- tered a. good many mortgages. He also made his quick decision. In- stead of accepting the tempting financial offer he refused it. And he spent. the money hs didn't get itrom Barnum on s. huge, forty- siheet. poster. ‘Ihis plot/tired no clowns, no elephant. Instead, in greet. letters it bore s facsimile ot Bsmumts offer, words: “Hits is what Barnum thinks of Copper and Bailey's baby elephant.” Again Phineas T.

Bamum made his quick d-tcision. He offered young Jim Bailey s co- piu-tricrsiilp in his own circus, and i thereafter the peoples o! two con-l iincnts. frcm the Golden Gate to

Qgilllfifififllilfltiiltl

. Di‘.

and he deliberately and pluckily} challenged the Bamum Circus, bei- ,

to circus fans wherever it curlcdL

Alibi‘ 1 _

with the sddedl h”

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is right l

the right one for him.

M. MacKENZIE

(Sydney Post-Record) The rctiicruont of Hon. Manion from tlic tafltrsliiii of the Nahonal Coiiseixvative pat)‘. al- though it acrrds with his known

"iiizii \'l w!

the lead-eisliip, D . Aiauion inspir- ed new life in Canadian Con- sorvatism, and made n record which stimds unblemished and creditable in every respect. His resignation has cicarly been dictated by siren! ircrsonal reasons. because it. was certainly the wish of his elected supporters, as it. was unqueshon- ably the desire of the party as a whole, that. he should return at: the earliest possible oportunity to Parliament, tl re to continue the work he had gun so admirably Mauioii is on every count, lone of the best. men that have sat. in Parliament in recent years. A great Parliamentarian, an indomit- able campalaner, a strong party ‘man in the best sense of tlie term, he has always been one of the

lmosi; popular and respected mem-

bers of the House. since he first entered it. as a supporter of Sir Robert Borden's Union Govern- 'melit in the closing months of the Great ivar. in \‘.lll('l\ lic had served overseas with galautrv and dis- tinction. It is to be hoped that his rolinqulsliment. oi‘ the Conserva- tive leadership docs not imply" his final and permanent retirement.

,fi‘0ll‘l pulrie lie. for there n-‘e all

too few Canadians of his calibre and rliaractrr in the arena of pre- scnt-day Federal politics.

Troian Moths (Moncton imscript) It is interesting to recall that

so lcng ago as hlarch of last your, Prime Mm-‘lster Churchill pisedicted

Q A wag has said there are 452 places on s golf ball where it can be hit, but only one of them

And it's much the same with life insurance.

For an annual premium of $100 a young man could select any one of a hundred (Tauada Life policies ranging in capital value from $10,000 to less than $1,000. But only one of them may be

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§.5...,...l-ii5

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