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TIIE DIIARLDTTETDWII GUARDIAN

blunting Dally (Founded tn 1887)

fiesldenl: Licut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vice-President: J. 1t. Burnett. F..I.l. Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. MacKlnnon. 0.8.0. Eiftor and Rluilzlglllg Director: J. R. Burnett, FJ I. Associate l-Iditnrs: Honk Walker and [an A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall tn P. l.‘ l., $4.00 per year; 82.50 for 0 mootlu $1.25 fi-r 3 ntunths; 50c for one month City Delivery: $5.00 per year; $3.00 for 0 months $1.75 fur 3 months By ltlall in (‘attada and LKSA. $5.00 per year Saturday “cvltly: $2.00 per _vear: $1.00 for 0 montnl, 50c for 3 months.

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

'I‘III‘IISD.A\Y, MARCH 6, 1941.

“This Freedom-l"

l-T- siiiiic ifiitv llt\\\'. iit conitiitctioit \\'itlt other [llllllbllclis lll (anti-la, we ltztve been publishing articlesalr-igiiiil t.» l‘t':l\\1llit:ll interest in tlte para- iiiviutit llllpwflfllltk’ tit‘ tnaiittztittittg tlte freedom of ti" l’rt1—<. The iirt ~.-'itv for this mav be recog- ntrcd \\'ii It is rccalltiil that no longer dries free

speech prevail in rztcliit broadcasting. Since the titiiciiiiiir-i: lll'1|lt‘.'l inn] til the Canatltztit Broad-

(Yhlill! (3 ‘pvt til for its otvit purposes, ottlv tli-i-c lt:t\§i‘._t' e iiiii-ritttittttr of tlte lioverntnr-ttt lll.1\' ll!‘ l: l iiws" ‘he radio. No criticism, no §ll<llllll1‘ll. 'l'his leaves onlv tinti-

' 4 Iillll lltl‘ l’1't'~s a< media for

-"il'l<‘!'il : Illlil rcceutlv it has been felt Ill‘<‘ill h.t\ Eng inottopolized the radio zitiiuii»: ti» muzzle the Press. The ' g Canada's war efforts and ted ~lll\{J\Il'l of all loyal Can- icc if llIUSC efforts. But the - Iii - . t- of iiiilividtials with all frail _v s [tl'tltll‘.'llt'>.< to error, and to stray from lllr‘ Pillll iii tcitiiaiiiic tightt-ottsitcss. The ntore ll yiirttliliiis are duplicated, tripli- tilrtiplicatcil. .\'o ntcre man is ‘ ' . c itniictcitt to handle or stipervise dif- tcrt-iit iiciuiiiiitcit‘ with all their manifold diffi- tl iii-tails. .~\ Minister under \.'~ is largclv iii the hands of his Ii llic stall‘ tiialtes itiistaltcs otir war ef- t i siii ‘r. lf the niistaltes are ltiddett

..iv ari- more tli:tn likclv to be repeated, and iprob Ely cad in disrtstcr of one ltittd or another. The l-v _' to kirctt ministers and lnireaucrats on the: ~< is to iiirii the linteligltt of publicity llltiill t1 m; Jlllil this is IlltlTQ especially necessary =' Wilt‘)! the iiovciitntriit is iii the position of

_ _ ll<lflllllill tnztjority over all in the tit (ltnziiii-iis, Iitcrttal vigilance is still tit: price tit iriitwliiiit. and it is the duty of the I'm -_<, llilk'l\l‘ll liv its rcatlcrs. to tight to tnaitttaiti that priv ll("‘t‘ and prt-vcttt it bcitig filclied from llS ttcnsi- of the Defence of Catiada 1\ct 0-1" licltk-iuv: It should be noted this is not a 111M101‘ in p. . cs; it is a matter of policy; and in " * tion of this claim we may point out that ritian of the Xvivspapcr Publishers Cunt-

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ll ztiee is the lltnt. Senator \\". R_ Buchanan, c liti-r aizd 1illllll>llt‘i‘ oi the Liberal daily, Thc - i.-\lt:1i lleralil; while the newspapers

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Fire la-t t-lcctitiit tverc pro Maclceitzie \l.'llllitll, llKllltllllg, The Globe auzl _ iiprg hrcc Press, The Halifax '1 hi: ilttatva Citizcit, The Fittancial TllLK-t? arc the itewspapcrs today leading

k ltriiitxvlc. Ihiil. the criticlsitis of the Xlttcltetizic King administra-

tion, ilittittiziilin; a rt l gt-ituine speeding up of viar till-t llltl a more ecoitotttical cxpcttditttrc of tiic Illlil1L‘\' for which the people are taxed or arc lClltlllljL. 'l"icrc stirclv’ itiust be something wrong

with aih rativt- works when this is the out- iwtitie. \ tlii- lxiiiu litl\'(‘l'IllllClllI5 reaction is to I-tlriltvl’ thrcatt-it tltt lirectloiti of the Press, and t-"i tltlitllllltl‘ tyi-iitiiiit- criticisitis, for whiclt chap- ti. r atzil \"'l t- ai-r given, as sabotage or worse. It Ill-l)‘ lit‘ ".\',.<-l:iiitt to ltttve Coalition Govern- ntcnr tiithrv. ln tlte first place it might spell ills- flllllliill of harutonv, and second the t iiit .'t'\.'."\t* i lI\ \\'1\lll<i tall hcir to all the slits illlil shiii":v~:tiiii-_-< of which the present Liberal t}~\ci"iiiiii»i;t hate ll cit, and still are guilty. \Vhat sane baptize..." utczt and tiatriotic citizens of all Klllllll‘; iii piili tltlllilllil is a rc-coitstrttcted Gov- (‘llltllclll iiii-ii ‘.\lili'll the wcakliitgs ltave been iliiiiipril .t1:il ihczr plums lltltCll bv competent ad-

itiiitistitit irs liltc Sllllle of those wlto were called in. for 5ll='l\\' purposes mainly, and labelled “Dol- lilf-ft-_\'f'lll'r.\lf‘ll.ll \\'e ivant such men btit they nut-t have :‘ii~ power fllltl responsibility as well as

tlic llilllli‘ iii rttnitiitg v-si-ntial dcpartincitts; not llll llli- li.t~. lirciiztit.i:1irtl have our war efforts aiiv real vlpaiicc of licroitrttg too per cent effect- ivc. and tlit- iiit‘.’t‘llllilt‘lll ltiipc to escape well dir-

Ccti tI (‘llllfi wit.

The Lalo Senator Hughes

The late Hon. l. l. Hughes, who passed away at his huulc iii 5 -iiri,< _v<\~tcril.'ty, was a promin- ctn llQlllT lll ilii public lill- of the Province for Ilt'Zll'l_\ liah .1 ii-iiuiii. IIlTIiI‘ Ill his attpuiiittiiiritt lft ihc >i-ii.'1:v iii 151:5, ht- rcprcsctitctl Kittgs Ctllllll)’ liir l’ aiiv yi-ztrs in the llOtIse of Coin- 11t<-i1-, and lll ii-iilt (lltiitrlllvs \\ as regarded as one of tlit- tililt-st and must active rcpresetttativcs at (Jiiaw a. l.vin in late \l‘lll'.~, ilcspitc lllS ztdvatlccil age, .\lr. llllQllfs lt'l1lllll‘tl IIIPSI,‘ characteristic-s. llc was l'i'll'l'l\' :thstiit from his heat itt Partit- Iltclll, and his rt-ciirilcil spcccltcs i|1 Ilattsttrtl show

the wide range of his knowledge and interests.

llut .\Ir. llnght-s was never content with tnak- ittg spccclti-s in hvhalf of any cattsc he espoused; he “tiilliivvi-il thruuglt" until lic gut ffihllllS, 11c- qttztitiliitg himself with cvcry detail bcatrittg tipon the subject. kcctntig pcrsonallv itt touch with dc- p:1rlit‘t<~itt:t| lit-ads, and writing vigorously and ef- fectively in the press. Ilis long acquaintance with the intrit-itrics of politics made hint a forntidable iippiiiiciit. or champion, as the case might be; and tltcre was no one in or out of Parliament with wliimt lit: ivas afraid to trims 500K15-

Mr. llugltt-s’ success in business was due to the 5min- itiitihtitns which distiiiguisltcd him as a par- li.=.i1i.iti:iriaii. Ilc zilsn piisscssctl the capacity of making frivnils itmuitg all classes, and could enter fiillv into tlte Clljnylllclll of the social amenities.

Mr. lliiiylivs’ lI(‘.'llII is a ilistiitct loss to the C0111- iniiniti- and to our representation at ftttaita. when‘ he was mutztllv wrll known and cfiicflllfifl as in his itativc Province.

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EDITORIAL

During the first; month of 194i, Canada ship- pcd 1.54252 tic-ad of cattle weighing 70o pounds or more, other than dairy C\-t\\'=‘. IQ tile’ Ullllfl-I States. This represented 24.1 per cent of the quar- terly allotment of 51,720 hflfli-L

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Cash income front the sale of farm products in Cultada i11 1940 is officially csttnlatcd at $7147 tttilliuti. This is the highest iigurevrcpurted since 1929. It compares with $702.8 nltilhon m 19$ and with $9gg_3 ntjllign in 1929. _lhe 1116:8358 lfl income last ycar resulted trutn an increase tn mar- ketings of live stock and live stock products. Live stock sales were $43.6 ntillioit greater and sales of dairy products were $9.4 million higher than in i939. Cash income from wheat 1n 1940 “'85 S339 tnilhott loner; l‘ l‘

To call anyone in Italy “British” will hence- forth constitute a grievous offence, officially designated as a “contemptuous insult" which renders the culprit liable to a term of imprison- ntcnt. according to a precedent Just established for the whole of ltaly by a la.\v court in Trieste- The test case which has established this ruling arose out of a quarrel during which a farm Ia- bourer named .\Iario Plazer called Italian Cera- biiiieri “British”. Mr_ Plazer pleaded that he was drunk at the time, but the judge refused to consider this as an extenuating circumstance and sentenced him to imprisonment for l0 months without the option of a fine.

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Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, archi- tect, itiilittiry etigineer and poet, born this date. 1475. llc was the great culminating genius of the lteitaissattce. He painted the frescoes in the Sis- tiuc Chapel at Rome, and the one known as lie Last judgmcttt” is considered the most magnifi- ccnt of pictures, both in conception and execution that the world has ever seen. His poetry, like ms pictures and statuary, is llllpctuous, accurate, compressed. In his old age he became the chief architect of St. Peter's, and to him is due the pre- sent design of the area; doume.

The Govcrnittettt is tightening up on Reservists who are not prepared to go overseas. “Are you willing to g0 0n active service as soon as you can conveniently settle your affairs?” This ques- tion in various forms is being asked thousands of iticmbcrs of Reserve Army units and hints at a new policy in ntilitary training. In some units men who are not willing to go on active service even six months hence are being struck off the strength of their units. The Department of Na- tiunal Defence has presumably decided that it is no use spending funds lraiititig men who have no intention of taking an active part in the war effort. The scltctne, too, will enable the military cotntnand to have a fair estimate of how many men will be available in the spring and early sum- ntcr for the two ncw divisions Catiada will form.

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Cattada neither leases ttor lends to the mother country iii this war, says New York Titties. “She gives freely, with both hands, to the limit of her capacity. Of her otvn free will she has made the war her own and she is devoting to its pros- ecution 46 per cent 0f ltcr entire lliitiOtliil INCORRE- Sltc gives fighting ntcn and provides their equip- ment. When Great Britain supplies any part of such equipment, Canada pays for it. She gives ships and titans tlicnt. buys planes from us and uses thcttt to train flicrs for the British service. Tltcre is, tttorcovcr, no thought in Cattada of ex- pecting paynteitt after the war is over. Caitada’: war gifts are free giflsZi lit Ottawa there is a ileutattd for an official statement regarding Catt- ada’s position; btit it is felt that none can be ntacle without seeming to interfere in the discussions here over passages of the bill- N0 Statement l5 necessary. The Ainericatt people lllldcrfilfllld 811d respect the war effort of their good neighbor."

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What would ltave proved frontpage news in prc-tvar days oft goes almost unnoticed today. The death of Viscount Wakefield of Hytlte, one of Britain's greatest philanthropists, is a case in point. I-Ie died at Beaconsfield, Buckingham- shire, at the age of 8t. A modest and kindly titan. his charity knew no bounds, He gave fin- ancial help to scores of hospitals and other charitable organizations. It is estimated that his total disbursements in this direction alone must have been well over five million dollars. His hobby was aviation, and he spent money freely in pioneer work. lle also spent $5,000,000 in building motor speed boats, and another five million dollars in ensuring for Britain her su- premacy on land, water, and in the air. He was born at Wavcrtree, Liverpool, the son of a Govcrittncitt official, and entered an oil brok- cr's office there. He became the head of G. C. Wakefield & C0., Ltd., possibly the biggest firm of oil refiners in the world. He took an active part in public affairs and in i915 was made Lord Mayor of London.

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In the House of Commons, turning to his political opponents, Mr. Lapointe said that every one of the candidates of the official Op- position was a National Government candidate. Those who were elected and those defeated were listed in the Parliamentary Guide as “N.G." meaning National Government. This mention (ll the initials “N.G." brought roars of laughter from various parts of the House, iticltiding the (Tonservtitive seats. btit Mr. john MacNicol, Toronto Conservative, jumped to his feet to pro- test that the Parliamentary Guide was prepared by the Government. lVhcn Mr. Lapointe said it was not, Mr. .\IacNicol persisted that no one hail a right to list them as “N.G." and he added he ran in Toronto as a Conservative. When the Conservative leader, IIon. R. I3. Hanson, and two or three others rose to say they ran as Conservative derisive ztpplatise came from the Liberals. "There are onlv 39 of these members in the Ilnuse. whether or not they were all Na- tional (IUYCHIIIICIII candidates.” said Mr. La- pointe, "so does anyone say that the people of Canada wanted National Government? The Prime Illittister has no mandate to form a Na- tional Government; lie has a definite mandate not to form a National Government... Why try to divide Catirula by pretending to unite? My province (Quebec)? said the Justice Minister, “is unanimously opposed to that proposal. The int-re Itlenlion of it rouse-s such memories that 1t ‘Ii really a crime tn ntention the word. I don't think I cottld sit in such a National Govern-

ment and claim to represent my province."

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IIDTES BY TIIE WAY

Nov; Scutla beatyaids have re- ceweu ccndasts for e.gh. mine- svreepers and tws Fa.ri1nle_ biflls. The prcmxr of Nova Scuba has confirmed the awarding .1 the con- tracts and specified the ya..ds which. will utidartake the wurk. Nova Scotia, naturally, will be gratified that our own bcatyatvls are receiving some portion of this war- time boatbuildlng, but. they will re-

it, as cnly proper that. such work should come to this prcvtnco. The awarding of these contracts demonstrates still more cmclustve- ly that Nova Scotla has outbuild- lng facilities. Our leaders will do well to employ evcry cppcrtunlty to bring further orders to our yards. Nova Scale has faculties for building vessels of wocd and steel. All of these fnclllttca should be recognized. especially a; LhLS time when there is such an urg- ent need for bottoms. The award of boatbulldlng emtracts. too em- phuleee the danger o! permitting skilled labor to be lured to other u-eu. Obviously. tf skilled boat.- builders are taken away from New. Sootla, slmtply because they are n4 engaged in government work, t-hls vtnoe would 5003 lack facilities accept. zovernmeng contracts. — Halifax Chronicle.

The German: declare eolemnly that the British Isles we “bl-ck- adcd." and would like the world to think nothing bigger than a row-

boat can penetrate their alleged th

barrier of U-boate and dtve-b:mb- era. If! all e piece of typical Ger- man boastfulness and, as we know, quite wlthcut foundation in fact. Thousands of ships and millions of tans of goods have movccl into or out. ctf British ports In the past year. move steadily day by day. The mall; prove. too, that Bria, aln la far from being cut. off from the world. In this ofiflce we have a. recprd of cur Fleet Street Letter, which ls mailed to The Journal each week from London. Lott/arty, dup- llcate copies have been despatchcd by air mall and by the ordinary sea route, and smoe the record was started at the beginning 01' last Octtber no letter has been lcst in either route. Sometimes the air let- ter has came through first, quite often the ships beat the clipper, but every last letter turned up sooner or later and nc-t. one had been dctts- ed in the sea. Inevitably there are delays. because nob dy would claim that malls should have precedence over the vital business of moving men and supplies, but. the vigilance or the Royal Navy, and the Royal Canadian Navy together ltavc made poslble a record so extra rdinary as the one to which we have refer- red. - Ottawa Journal.

It. is sheer coincidence that the lease-lend btll was favorably re- tmrted to the Senate. on the very day that. the news pOlDMd t; a sudden intensification of the war and n. fresh assault by the aggres- sor nations 0:1 widely scattered fronts. But. behind this coinci- dence lies the compulsion of events themselves. There is cnly cue IBBSOn Why this btll is now before the Senate that. is because the course of the war has fzrcecl our hand and compelled us to‘ consider new ways of strengthening the p.wer of the American Government. to protect the anterests of the Amcncan pecple in a Vme of crisis. As approved by the Senate com- mittee yesterday. the bill carries two new amendments in addition to those, which. were written into it, during its passage thr ugh the House Both these amenrlmettts relate to the financial pr0v‘sl'ns of the measure and bcttt are littended t: give Congrexs a tighter grip cn the purse-strings or the G..vtrn- ment. This ts a perfectly proper field for amendment. cif the b ll; and other amendments, equally intend- ed to safeguard tilllse powers which are essentially legislative in char- acter. can properly be offered and accepted. They are desirable not. cnly on their own account but in the hope that they may still wln for the blll that "nearly unanm- ous vote" for which Mr. W 1'kle plead r0 eloquently and for wlreli the situation calls so clearly. -New York Times.

Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, von Rlbbentrop and Ctmpany confess th-eitnselves unable to utiderstatid Britain and her people because they do the mcst disconcerting tltngs and seldom react. as all loyal Naz s, for example, are expected t: do in e given situation. Because of their inability accurately to assess Brit- ish character. the Nazi leaders srck to give their blustierltig the ring oi truth by vlllfying cveryt.‘1.‘ng,l3rl- tlsh and attributing to Brttaltrs

voruloue imperialism all the woes sh

that afflict the world. Hitler keeps raving that Britain la flu mug out- IIW "m"! nations, the inveterate dlsturbsr of the world's peace. The tragedy of this catarlysrti which has brought much of Europe to tine blackout of medtaievallsm, te that millions or hi; dupes accept d; gospel Hitler’; absurd distzrttone of history. The Outpost, 11 magazine published tn London bv and for Americans who are resident there has been looking over the record and fL-ide many 1r:od facts to set. forth ln Mltaln’: favor. facts, it. feels, which should be more uni- versally known at. this time. for Ihcee truth; reveal what. a ctvlltz- "t! striving for a hater and more order- ly world. Here ls what the P8842 of cmvnrativct recent. hlstiry shzwi: Britain lnele on settling the Al- abama claims by arbitration. She followed the same peaceful policy 1n 1805 as regards Venezuela. She

gave the Beers such a just. peace t

that. they fought at. tier side to re- meln wltihtn the Empire when the Great War broke out e few years later. Her leaders humanely warned the framers o! the Versailles Pence (Inference of the dangrr c-f harsh ternu to Germany. She gave South- ern Ireland her independence. which.

dc Valera has turned tnto unfrlend- l

1y soverelgnt. tn this war. She presented I ta with cccnomlc tn- dependence. which gave India the right to exclude British 520d; by l. gttfd hostile tariff and by baunttce upon India przductlon. She offers India complete sell-government as soon as Hindu and lwbelem factions will come to en amicable worlrng agreement. She so convinced the Arabs cf her real friendship that they readily made a truce with the Palestinian Jew; when Hitlu- pre- cipitated the European wer.8.‘1»e still believes ln rel gloue fretdom. democracy and the right to minurl- ties. She refuses to shoot. or im- rteon the conectcnttzus objectors. he keeps her Parliament open and upholds the liberty of free apeec in her national forum. She tells the truth about. hei- alr and shipping losses, and is believed. She decllnzs to seize naval bases in Eire, which lud been ln he: Ill-DUI f»: centur-

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PUBLIC FORUM

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THE CHURCH AND RADIO

sttg-Durlne the evenlnz session of the Presbytery of t-he Presbyteri- an Church in Catmdl. lhtt Wmmlli‘ tee on Evangelism gave e brief re-

port teterrmnz to t-he c 11M < radio for the 0140119581011 05 59km!“ uplift on the mm y. The 01'0- grants onthe Lord's Dav. lmludlnil ‘sit-alien cgxcain. b vzerémgllllmnyntaf;

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to the observance of the Babblllh- 1i- tvas suzizested that. more use of the radio b_v the churches at. the reifllfl’ diets of worship would be a con- structive force to reblaw the se- cular nrottra-ms now provided

those hours. Reference was made to the drinklnl and disorder- lv conduct. observed on the railroad coaches on the Whloh 1i 1W9 permitted by the law of the . The officers responsible fur the care of the travelling public should be more careful of thelr duties tn re- swt. to therlavg- of transports on.

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