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Ptesiili-iit: Lii-ut. lot. \\‘. (‘tiesler S. Mela": \l Pii-siut-iit: .1. R. Burnett. l-l-IJ- scrieltt : L.eu.. ( til l) .\. Alaclilnnou, D.S.t). LJlh-l" atiii Jlaitzzgnig UYIIYIIUI. J. R. Burnett, Pal-i.‘ Associate rlilitirs; rl'.‘-I2.§ \\ aiker and lau .\. Burn:

sL'BSL'ltll"I‘l0N RATEP‘: By Mail lll I'.|..i., t-LUU pet your; bLaU for 6 months. 5i... fir '. iiiliiitlis; Jc for one mum-h U“ ,,,.,,,,.,3.; moi) p" y .\i-; $5.00 for 6 months S .75 tor I; months. _ B) .\l.'.il Ill (attains and LB. .\.; 5.1.01] per yearn I sauna“) “prkig; 5341i] DUI‘ your; $1.00 for h mom =- 50: fur 3 itionllts.

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his Itirs And IHJTIII ProduClS "s rcbiirts of higher w, lii.\ ‘.\iil\ ;ii lfit‘ l.oiidoti ititir- _ h,“ H, idppljj, (ittaiiti (lcspzitclies m... \;l'\ cncoiiiagiizg. Cilllilt-lﬂli Q1101“ ‘ i lllll)Ltl'i\ Ul- silver or ‘black fur. ad skins lias iii et- l-Lu l,‘ z, a stippieinentary trade agreement, iroiu 55131" W115 l" 70900’ ainiotiiiccil iiiitncrous Pm‘ g, i-ll Ldlllcd étates goods lillilt‘ necessitated by WHY- ' . ;-_ t-tage of foreign ex- iiiirs, however, have d war orders in re- .:~ii they retain an uti- .i‘.a for fresh fruits and concession was given at “an llttllltj producers. Lit- gathered l1'011\ 1111? <- gQlillll boni jaituaiy 1 to "tear. our l]. 5. imports of potatoes, 51053414 01 _:$ of grci-u pelts‘. 51-10-30? $741875 01 Ctdrij‘, $lil,(').l8 OI itioo of carrots, 5419-915 01 inc‘. $308,046 of green t-..»__ $tti_t,S.it of spin- $i4.:,-v)3o of fresh plums atid pr111195, t 7S7 of peaches, $86.96,’; "ri-rics. and Stgzntll 0f aPlllei All 111°“ m in Canada. and there is no i]: them. llowcvcr. the op- p/ir; _ _ !‘.'r\‘.' oifcreil. of an increased market fair elver fox pjts. iii lllt‘ bititeil Ftates itiay be ' ,1; a ivatitage to our farmers 1n th15 ‘e. tnost of ivhoiti. directly or indirectly. i,itr-i~es:eil in the fur industry.

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A. nttiitber of famous scholars and writers in (‘p.- t‘ Ied $1 es have combined to put out t! X|‘l>IIr\:‘\.\J‘IlL1Lv§‘A-‘f ‘wit? atzd 11s :iitvriiiatli, which pa,“ m wmlor; to i-i iiinists or 2ip1>L_"-\>1‘1'>‘- .1 p 1. m" 11;? ism}; i, "The City of .\lan ', and e 1'p4\'("' ._,;' 1;, rlisllllgllljllﬁl authors;

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The .\l'lllll't‘itl fialcttt- \(’t‘\' snags IIIIPIHI for flit F lrril-IH-oif l (oiift-rciicc tn lltt‘ hitttlﬁ IlI"’HtI'l, "lhti i it "lint initcli optinr iciii in tlii~ ]lI'4Vt1\lI-‘1'I that bcctiiist- lli(‘ pro- viwitil gin ‘Yltilhliis lt‘.\.' cvorwsiid lllcil‘ will- ltlll'fll"fltillt' in ll‘? ciiiifcrcucc. sticli intiﬁic- :i it ‘t-rtil tlistittsitittit lit F11“

pyq [f-y- I_A]'ll]'\:-\I1l|I' 'titliiii‘ts_ Tlii‘ ilctltillt-l for tiiin iin lllf‘ ri-port his boon vonfincil vt-rv l.'ll"Yt'I\' in one or two of the tirairie provinces. tiriitcipallv Alzinittibzi, and t-Yclttilittq .\llit‘rl:i if lllt‘ vtiici- iii tlii- \llt'l'lli'll‘l litnvPrtllllPltl is lb" \'<il(‘(' of that iiroviitcc. The head atid front of the tvcstcrii campaign is Premier Bracken 0f

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Illanittiba, vigorously supported by Winnipeg tiuivsp;ipers, baclcctl zilso by the political groups which l\'lIlL‘(I .\Ir, llixicken recently‘ in forming illt‘ lll\'>k‘lil coziiititnt ;_'i1\‘(‘l'lllllCll'.. TllUfC is a \tl'\' gvliciill llllllftailull tliat Prcitiici‘ King call- lcl s _l:=.ntt:ir_v conference with an icye on Mr. llracken and upon this western tiiovcnient. Mr. King is fully aware that in other provinces the |(‘iiiiiinis~ioii's rccoiiitiicnilations are far from l;tc;t-|>t:ilili‘ atitl that in zirraiiging his cotifcrcnci: Ilc is subjecting tlie Bracken element to vcry strung OPPOSIIIOII. It would be. of cottrse, high- lv llll|1l‘O|)(‘l' to stigqest that he is deliberately staging It iliig fight."

The far-reaching cotistittitioitzil rcatljtistiiicnts proposal by tlie Coniiiiissitiii are tneetiiig with some favor in the industrial provinces, says the Gazette, but this favor is limited largely’ to iioii- politictil fields and to non-partizan individuals. “This may be one of the best ]\LI<\'II)II‘ lllitfll- nieiits in stipport of the Conniiissioifs findings btit for practical purposes it is unlikely to out- weigh political considerations in influencing the cottrse of the conference. .~\s a matter of fact the conference outlook is more suggestive of discord than of liarinoirv."

EDITORIAL NOTES —

King George VI is forty-five today-—lang may his lum reek. III II‘ * lIK The Churches and other organizations acting Santa Pals will be now scanning their lists lest any poor child be overlooked by Santa Claus on Christmas niorning_ =t< v it is Evidently the Prime Minister is taking grave note of the differences in the provinces over the Sirois report, and seeking ways and means of inducing the whole nine to accept the main re~ coinniendatioiis, especially with regard to fin- ancial arrangements. It is still trite, however, that one must beware of tlie Greeks bringing gifts. a n a at The. tirivilege of acting as hosts to soldiers now in training at Debcrt and other parts of the Maritimes for the Christmas holidays is open to all our citizens. The list must be completed early next week and all interested shotild phone Mr. Graham Rogers today if possible at the Travel Bureau office, which is open until five o'clock. w n- a- it- Prime Minister Menzies has announced Aus- tralia will send a free gift of i0.o00 toiis of wheat to Greece. The aiinotiiiceiiieiit ivas made on the same tlay Attstraliatt growers were pro- mised an iticrease of five cents a ‘itisxlicl iii their guarantee under the Federal stabilization scheme. which is designed to give sectirity to the indus- try and to Atistralitin economy ilttriitg and af- ter the war. io- u- m iv Still another outlet for surplus wheat. Sug~ gestiotis that the surplus production of :\tis- tralia could be converted into power-alcohol were iiiadc by Mr. .\. Allen. a Sotitli Attstralian witness before the Power Alcohol Committee appointed by the ITederaI government. lle said it would be possible to convert wheat or other cereals into 05 per cent alcohol at a cost of not more than i8 cents a QLIIIOII. \\'lit-:it ivould v€clil 2 1-4 gallons a bushel. ' >11 >i III l? Ration cards will be issued to itwners of [tittll- try in llritaiii at tlie lwgiiiniiig of tlie new rear, placing the birds on a controlled ilict, "Hie Alinislry of ;\gl'f(‘lllllll‘t‘ lias ordcrt-il a census of backyard livcsttick. The cards for iced will be of two kinds-for persons keeping at least twelve birds and those keeping thirteen to fiftv. It was decided to ration iiciis, iliiclts and other [)()lllll'_\‘ because of a scarcity of ftiod-"tuffs. Titt- owners will be ztsitetl to form clubs in order to pool their resources. 191 W i‘ l George Washington, First President of the lfniietl Slates. and “Father of his country", died this date i799. (Jii tlie outbreak’ of the littropeaii war in I793 he issuctl a proclamation of neutrality. a friendly act to Britain, as he had made an alliance with France iii 17'; He set a precedent by refusing nomination for a third 1011112 yet another litiropezin war has proved op- portuiie for his thirty-first sticcessor, the tliirrv- second President to break that precedent: “To prepare for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." >I1 1t! II! Ill

The December issue of tlie Cziiiatliaii Geo- graphical journal is devoted to the story of the Canadian Red Cross. The subject of Organiz- ation is handled by Mr. jacltsnn Doilds; \\"ar Rcqttirciticnls by Dr. Fred \\'. Huntley; \\'o— itieifs \\'ork by Mrs. Wallace Campbell, O.ll.li.; \\'onicn's \'oluntar_v Service Corps by Miss mlelaitle .\l. Pluinptre; and tlie junior Red Cross by .\liss jean l5. llrotvn. The airlicles are profusely illustrated and the cover design is a replica of the first Red Cross flag i-vcr flown in Canada.

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On .\I(III(IZI_\’ 'l'oronto Yniversity ivas to coit- ft-r the lioiior:iry' tlegrec of tlocior of laws upon the .\I(ll'(]ltlS of Lothian. llritisli Ambassador to “Zishingtoii, tlie llon, j. l’. Aloifztt, ITUSYA. Mittislet‘ to Uttawa, ;\ir .\I2ll'.~llill \\'. .\. Bishop, and Lictir-fittvernor .\I2lllll(‘\\'$ of (tntario. They all have had tlistitigpislietl careers in their res- pective prof "sioiis. the first and last alreadv being I.l..l _ and the .\ir Alarslial. a graduate of the Royal Militaryt (hilt-gr. having earned the \'.('.. 115.0,, and bar, and l).l".('. .\'ow, alas, the ceremony will have to proccetl with Lord Lothitiit in abscntizi.

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Some of the \\'.'ti' Services Ilcpzirtinctil’: ex- lzntiitiing pliysiciatis. who were issued cheques to pav for their t-xziitiiiitilions nf men called for military training. refused to acct-pt tlie remun- eration. “I served in tlic last ivai" but ain too old to do tlie same in this tine." one doctor said. ".\‘n lIlf‘ least I can do to help \\'Ill Is to offer my \(‘I'\'Il'('\' to the (iovcriiinciit free of charge." The dt-pzirttncnt said other plivsivians had turn- cil over their chcqttes to tvztrlitni’ charities. All (‘anadian medical practitioners ivi-r - iippoitiletl ex- "niitiinq phvsicinus IIII'I‘I' Ill“ v-iiunitlsorv mil- itarv training plan, but only the few sacrificed their fccs. ______________h,_.u...,,__

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IIOTES BY TIIE WAY

l Canada‘; war effort would be all |tlze~ mote en.nus.stii.c and eflee-tye it we had mcru ‘uatios Ill issue-it. Somehow we hate been acting as II we dto not waitt patrLtic mu.» and paatity of flags in sght. Tney are essenhuls in “tar-making on u. dentoeratic bass bu: appazently -tli:it ts not tlie official view’ of Canada. -~ Peterborougn EXRIILII- er.

Ottawa's fine new hotel Is to be

called The Lord Egiii on sugges- tion of Premier K1112. wncse own ziame some wished to attach to it. A ictter appeared in tne Ottatva Journal, and is beaig repioduced in other tiewspapers. mggesting that the proper pronunciation of E1341 l5 with a soft "g" as in “ginf, Pro- tests are already being VOLCECI in Elgin country and by people from Elg-n in Scotland who point out that tlie "g" is liarct. and that Eljiu is an Americanrm — as it 1s. -_Toronw Star. The Toronto Public Library l5 the only one in Canada to p:s- sess a microfilm Lbrai-y. It also has a. microfilm camera and a pro- jector, and work on this most 1110(1- em development in t..‘~.e_ publica- tions field occupies t.l_ie_t:.me of a itbrmim who is spew-slums 1n 1t- Thus the Toronto public lzbrary is 1n the forefront in serving the public through this new arid revo- lutionary technique which is prov- ing invaluable to scholars and re- search workers. and in preserving literature for all time. ~ Toronto Star.

Announcement by Brigadier H. F. McDonald, ltead of tlie Pensions Board of Canada, that. men who suffer lasting injury from war at- tacks while serving _on Canadzaat merchant \'€SS€lS,>\\'lll be treated as if they were iiiiured in the mill- tant; services. ivill iecetve 88119111 approval. "They also sewe who oniy stand and ivziit," says Milton In a memorable lzne. How greatly do the officer; and seamen on mer- chant vessels serve the needs of the nation duringwvartmie. cany- ing food and muniuons and keep- ing alive tlie tradt- of t-lie Empire. _.vancouver Province.

London was beginning to get seriously beltindhattd in grappling with the accumulated arrears or air raid debris. However. since 5.000 men of the Pioneer Corps lent b)‘ tlie War Office set to wcrk to sup- plement t-lie overtaxcd resources" of the local authorities. a ntarkped liti- provement, is already noticeabie. Holes and other cbstriictzoris to roadways that, had stood for many days are now at last, being 01611911 and the rubble heaps that mark the track of the bcinb are being expeditiously removed. Lazidonders have good reason to aeknctvledge the progress that. has been achieved in repairing tlie traffic routes and generally tidying the face of tae city even lllﬁllflll there must re- main many a scar to tell the tale of the blitzkrieg. — Dalv Tele- graph and Moritlng Post iLondon)

There wlll still be an Italy if we wan. There will cisrtiainly not, be an Italy ‘if we lose. I remember very well. in the early days of Fasdsm. that thong: the Fast‘ st I acler- cast ccvezous eyes upcntie Miilltéffilllffllll, they cast anxious eyes at tlie Brenner - that great. pas; between Italy and Attst-ria. They not want lllt‘ Germans as i:e‘g time: and they were quite right. IE2" tjie Btenner l a p555 so tnll .1 i.‘

whicli runs a dcubfe tail. . and a first-lass road. I ltave wall:- cd over it- nij: elf: and there is 'ng to prcvmt tlie Germans

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can an Ital an ink-e has only re- sulted in riiaking the Brenner a German road Fas Italy i- as much at t-lte mercyc. (\C'I\lﬂl"l_\' its tﬂchy France. t. ‘s a tra: 3y - for Italy. lie F‘ s: sis have COll1~ initted the li bio errcr cf lrtr-t-

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them swag rather than our word that we will give Italy s'nc;re co- operation. - London Listener.

In these serious Limes ‘it. is re- freshing 1.0 find a vxotnazi writing to a tiewspaper and prote ting against what she calls "tlie hide- ous practice of putting small boys tn long pants." Her argument is that, little boys should no more be put. in long trousers than grown men should be put in short ones. The lady seems to have sometlrng there. It is a curious contradeloii of circumstances that. ntotlters usuallv like to keep their Clllldren young-looking as lczig as possible so that. they themselves will not, be taken for being older than they are, ytet, there are mothers who dress their boys in full-length trousers when the are still in the pranary classes. me was - thank Heaven we escaped it- ~ when young bcys had to display long curls Itang ng over there sltotilders- and wear Little Lord Fauritieroy velvet knicker suits. The mothers loved these things and gushed over the little darling. but. our guess is that, the little darling loathed tlie-m, and ff he had had any say in the matter would have snipped off his curls and torn the suit in pieces. The issue is not, one that will shake the nation. yet. it is one that, stirs some mental speculation. A boy tn the adolescent stage 1s visually ter- ribly self-consclons when he emerg- es with long pant-s into the streets among his chutns. especinllv if they have not yet suffered that fri- fliction. 'I‘liere must, be B. first in everything and we venture. to sug- gest that there should be a dcfltnt-e age at which a boy should gradu- ate from shorts w longs, tn wthicit case his attire would become a badge of mnttirlt-v rather than a whim of fashion. Girls used to suffer embarrassment when they "put their liatr up" for the first. time. Now they are spared that, be- cause they haven't. B113’ 111111 1° D1111 up. -- Stratford Beacon-Herald.

Great Britain admittedly did I101 send as large an army as It could have sent. But, all through the winter the cry was constantly heard in France that the line wan overmanned. and the Hench thrm- solves actually demcblllzed two classes of conscripts almost on the eve of the German offensive. Yet the British contribution In men must have been canslderable. since an official French Army report. speaks of a body of 250000 British- nrs evacuated at Dunkeruue. As the British are known to have had troops on other fronts and to have suffered heavv casualties fn Flan- ders. it. would not. be unreasonable i. “gins-u ti“ p91 py-iyqq rr~--~. ("tlomrv Force at up writ of 40ft.- 000~a IBJ‘ cry from the ten dlvt-

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“War expenditures." says Th1! Windsor Stttt"._ "will be but “T1919 tliev belcntz. in tliediands of the peotie. with tlie Selllllit Parliamentary committee. _ was sutttzested bv Hon. R. B. Hanson. The acceptance of the proposal by Prime Minister Kine Indicates a chance in his attitude toward Par- lianietit." One should like to be able to share the Stars reariv and 5M1“- intzlv whole-hearted eontidenpe in Mr. King's "changed attitude. But there have been so manv disab- poitttments in the correitttlon cf promises and acnlevcments uitder Canada's Ollt3—D2\_l'tV. patronaGe-rid- den War Administration. as to sun- tz-est tlie wisdom nf Wlllt-IIOICIIIIIZ tlie bouuiiets till after the performance. While uiitronaize committees con- tinue to function in the cqrtstltu- encles. it is to be feared lltt e 800d can be accomplished bv an investi- catiiie committee ln Parlliunent,

The Saguenay Story

(Halifax Chronicle)

More details about the Saguenay story are now available. They r0- veisl that the men of tlie Segue-titty behaved as all expected, with bravery, coolness, and resource.

It. is not. easy to behave calmly under such clrcumstanoes. The little destroyer had been struck by a torpedo, a raging fire had broken out. forward, tlie vessel was clown by tlie bow, and her foremad. mapped off. was hanging by guy wires over the fore-castle. With Lho possibility of a second torpedo to follow the first, with parts of the ship a raging furnace, and with fire threatening the magazine. the men of the Sagueiiay kept. their heads Each man who escaped the ex- plosion found a job to do. Somv tackled tlie flames; others remov- ed ammunition from danger: others battled their way through the fire to open the flood valves; in the en- glne room stokers kept. the vessel under way.

It. was a magnlflclertt piece of work. It. was still more significant that. the men succeeded imd brought the destroyer, after a weary struggle of more than four days, into a British port.

The skipper, Commander George Miles, looks just. the way a destroy- er captain should look. He had a “haxd-bolled" appearance, relieved by a friendly grin and a. twinkle 1n his eyes. He looks like a real sailor man. tlie kind of man to have by you in a tight. spot. The story of the Sagiienay indicates that he was Just, that kind of a

man

Indeed. It is a. tribute to his lead- ership that: the men protested when the majority of t-hem were re- moved to a British ship. They wanted to stay aboard and help bring the Sagttenay to port. Arid it is typical of Miles that he should meet their protests with: We may stop another of those things and every extra man means another bunch of flowers, and you know how expensive they are.

Balkan Bedlam

(New York Herald Tribune)

The Iron Guard excesses ln Rus iturnla seem to be follotving the standard pattern of such outbreaks, with s. purge of the purgers. At least, the Iron Guard police have been disbanded, tvith a polite tri- bute to the ciid they afforded the new regime "during the transition phase." The exrxession on the part. of Vice-Premier lIoris Sima 1m- piles that the Azitotiessu government nas experienced the familiar grow- ing pains of all revolutionary re- gimes and will now set-tie into the peaceful stab tier." It is p .

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to see how lie can deceive any one ' itli tlie court-martial decree ted by Premier Aritoriescu

pests for stability in Ru-

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er the history of the nation

;, the last. few months. After

a long, racking experience of the war of nerves. Rumauia was de- prived of her great, continental ally, l-‘rance. In rapid succession she lost. much of lter territory‘ to Hun- gary‘. Russia and Bulgaria, lost her king and tlie remnants of a con- stitutional regime; lost for all prac- tical purposes, her sovereignty, to top lt. all, was subjected to a de- vastating earthquake and violent civil cotnmotloti. All t-liis one would think, might. llltlllct‘ the country: leaders to pursue as peaceful a pol- icy as possible and it would also seem to Germany's itiferest to 1n- sure such a policy by the tanned force at lter disposal in Rumanla

But Premier Antonescu has gone out of his trait. both in Rome nd in his native land to announce his intention of upsetting. when- ever it. should iarove feasible. the territoi-lan arrangements imposed on Rumanla by the Axis. He has asserted that. Axis lenders listened to his story sytnpattlietically. All of which, ctespite Germany's af- firmation of her intention to main- tain tlie Vienna settlement. is cer- tain to contribute to unrest ln Ru- manla and to suspicion among the nations which have gained terri- tory at. Rttmisnials expense.

It is hardly conceivable that, the Premier would ltrive taken hls at- titude without some complalsatice on the part. of the Germans, who are tn a position to exercise effec- tive sovereignty in Rumanla. It. l5 not impossible that some of the political currents at work tn the land have been slim-d up by the Russians, who have Qwlr own game to play in the Balkans. But such public demonstrations for the re- turn of Tvansylvanla as occurred tlie other day, though apparently threatening Lite whole “new order" which Germany has created ln mn- tral Europe. point, paradoxically, to a measure of German consent.

The mutt plausible explanation of this curious slt-uatlon ls that. the Nazis. having won much of Europe by following the old principle of "dlvfde and rule." are seeking to tnalntatn themselves after the same fashion. Political differences ln Ru- manln only cement the German hold on the nattmi; suspicion o- mong the Balkan states con- tributes to the same end in the broader field. In any case, this method can only merit-i continued unhappiness for Rumanla and her neighbors, while at tlie same time furnishing an tllmihiatlng com- mentary on the nature of the struc- tum which Nazism seeks to m: tn the world.

slcms whfch Marshal Petaln men-

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Sin-Attention all sclentlsts: To buster the emnlrets wai- effort. 0on- serve the coal sunnlv. and release labor foi- more urzent industrial and mllftarv needs. wltv not solve the home heatlnz Drobiem bv tn- ventlmr an apparatus which could be hooked up to an ordlnarv raclo loud speaker. with the oblect of exlractlntz hot air from words‘!

The fouowln: formula. could be used: On verv 001d. sub-zero dnvs. to obtain Intense heat. tune Hitler. keeninrz radio well awav from 1n- flammable artlcles. strees of heat. tune Gvd Lord Haw-Haw. Mussso:

Manufacturers of hen u ment could divert their time to the production of war supplies. with the wai- over. and the air waves no ionizer polluted wltth hot alt‘. they wcukl attain be able to return to their normal trade. In this wav. ividustrv and. labor would be helplnk the counm. and not: leonardlzlnl their peace time future. S0. science wet. buavl

I am. Blr. etc"

WM. P. RICHARDS. Dunstuffnue. RR. No. 3.

Oil — Vital Resource In Peace And War

Because recent events In the course of the war have brouzht cer- tain of the world's petroleum re- sources to the forefront of the news. the Monthlv Review of The Bank of Nova Scott; for November-De- cember presents a broad survev of the world's oll resources and of the lntertiatlonal trade tn oll products. While it ls pointed out that the ur - 111101 of such a survev cannot be "a neat balance-sheet.” showlnz the petroleum war-potential of the OD- noslmt sides." the conclusion ts reached that Britain's relative superlorltv in available oll suuulles appears likely. as in the last war. to be an important and perhaps de- ctslve factor ln the final outcome.

The heavllv industrialized coun- tries of Europe. and particular-iv the present belltxeients. lack domestic oll production. Indeed. the onlv Rreat industrial nations which are also major oll producers are the United States and Russia. Conse- citientlv. a substantial part of the world's of] normally noes to Europe. From the rich fields of Venezuela to the refineries of Aruba and Curacao and thence ncmss the Atlantic flows the larttest stream. The second rneatest oll route ls from the United states to Europe and the third- throutrh the Mediterranean from the Middle East. —nlso reaches its ter- minus ln Europe. with the slnuie uvoeotlon of the Dutch East Indies. iiil the major oll exporters normafv find their leadlnrz markets In that continent.

u “Stratetllca1lv." says the Review.

the distribution of oll imports was a relativelv fatvourable one for Bri- tain when war came." Her prepond- erant dependence on the Western Hemisphere for oll products-so nei- cent. of h total Imports e from this source In Milli-minimized I the effect; pr anv disturbance to trade tlircuzh tlie Mediterranean. At the same time the dependence of her enemies on these same sources- to the extent of B0 per cent. of to- tal imports for Germany and 61 per cent. for Italv-made the blockade of the Atlantic an effective means of curtailing their supplies. MOv-g over. when ﬁance became an til‘v no loritzer. it was reiativelv easv to cut her off from Iraq's oil. which wnstltuted her most important. slmzle scui-oe of sunoltq

Brltaln’: Sources

Thus. Britain's sources of siinoiv remain open. The oll of the Middle Fast ls strr-tezlcailv niar-ed for war- l fare In this part. of the

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well as for the supifv of Britain's‘ African and Far Eastern possessions. Australia and New Zealand. As for rltalrvs own sunules. her ability to import over the Atlantlc remains the most Important fa/titfor. and. the wes- tern Hemisphere is more than can- able of meetlnz her needs. Indeed. the loss of other European markets almost triples the suoplv available to Britain from this area. Moreover- thouzh the submarine and the slow- ness of convoys hampers this vital flow. Britain's carrvlnn eanecltv ls anparentlv quite adequate. forwlth the acaulstlon of the tanker fleets of Norwav and Holland, she has over 5 million tons of tankers- about half of the world's total. Meanwhile. so 10m: as Britain maintains the blockade. the Review DOlnts out that: Continental Europe's petroleum supplies are confined to the export stiroluses of Rumanla and Russia. together with (the small do- mestlc production. And no Euro- pean countrv except those two and the former Poland has tn recert vears produced enouizh natural oll to supnlv anv appreciable nart offts peacetime needs. Germanv. howev- er. has been the leader ln devlslmz methods of nroducinz svntheflc liquid fuels from coal. In 1938. lier outnut of such products was placed at l3 million bblsn. and her output of crude oll _

bbls. v ductlon accounted for about 30 oer cent. of consumption, Italv, lacking coal. has not. the resources for a lartte svnthetic production tliouch she ls trviiiiz desberateiv to Increase the otttout industrial alcobrl from aizrtculttiral products and increase the small oll output of Ai- bnnla.

It; ls not known how mncli tlie production of svntliestc fuels has been increased since tTie war begun. how niueh domestic consumption tor peacetime needs has been curtailed. or how zreat: were the smoke which

had been acquired bv Germany and Italv and how much thev have been

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