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. FEBRUARY .21. .1941

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ees, which delve into all matters affecting the

l Army, Navy, Air Force, Supply, etc., and has

CHARLOTTETOWN, GUARDIAN

blunting Dally (Founded ln 1887)

President: Lit-ut. (fol. W. Chester S. MeLuro Vii. -I’l"(‘\I!lL‘|‘iii J. R. Burnett, F..I.I. 89911131‘). Lieut. (‘nL l). A. MucKlnnon- 0.8.0. [For imil Alanagiug Director: J. R. Burnett, FJ I.

proved exceedingly useful constructive nleastlres for the improvement of the war effort.

in recommending

It may be necessary to hold some of the Can-

adian sittings behind closed doors; but in any case there should be absolute assurance every opportunity is provided for full and im-

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Mfinrialle Elllinls! riiiiitl ivallit-i iiiia liiii A. Burnett partial inquiry.

SIBSCIIIVTION RATES By Mail in l’ t. 1., 54.00 pel‘ year; $2.50 for 6 moilths S :25 fi-r 3 mourns; 501- for one month City I)('II\i'I'1‘_\'. $5.00 per year; $3.00 lor 6 months ' $1.75 lur ll months 6y Mall in (‘.1 iilii and lf.S.A. $5.00 per year Iatllrduy l\ eeltli: .‘ per year; $1.00 Ior 6 mouths. l. ntonths.

4"The Straights-sit’ Meiinioryfis Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

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"Supt rlillive Hilrlllony"

iii a iaincitt held thcir at. l art: rcplirtcd to have iv.» llwlllfls almost entirely » \\Il‘i' ciilirt. l‘rinlc i\linis- who prvsitlctl, told the hctn a "rcry useful dis- nii-nilnrs reptirting 0n condi- ttllll l'l tings iiir the first time (l on bcb. 7. lle was that "stipcrlative har-

lilnrnl in ml» ‘i- fir-t czinrn- \\" (lcuiitil lll<'.\‘ lo (lit-ctis-iwtt (ll lci‘ Alziciwn ' l Canittliziit l‘ Cussioil" lion. lIl since also pica-id lltltlltf rti l The caizvlr.

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uiiz»: have been quite a re- lii-f fflltll l\'llll'll llcfeitsc .\linister Rilifllqvl] _-i~.1 . (ziliiiici l|lt‘llllll.‘l'S received frtini "ii- their iii 1hr llilll‘? last l-iritlay by one of if 'i‘ trun >“.flf"i'lt'l'S_ .\lr. l‘nnliot. .\1r. Illlllfiltt (‘out-s from l___>lt('llt'c ftlltl he fCfCffCd, illllrlllf-I oil: i iii the "~i~.'iiiil;il" at St. l'aul llarniili- i. , wrnrin work scheduled to cost Sqniiyiiiiiy \\lil niiiic likely cost $25,000,000 and \\‘llt'l'(‘. at iht- l'.\f‘ll'll‘;L' of linglish and Can- adian taxi‘ i‘-, people were stealing nlatcrials \\'llflL‘ the i r "U-i-i-s his eyes." Spealtirlg in gcttcrztl tit .\lr. lhttiliot (l(‘L‘l£l.l'(‘(l he had "ne\ei‘ witia ll -ncl1 llacltstitge intrique as there is iiiiiv. a lrgfi quart-an", and said he was "ili-gustcil nfih the wily in which intrigue is being carried on i'1 the hi-lv nzmie of patriotism wlten we know llvllilltl it is a group of scounrlrcls. of in nncers. of rackelccrs. 0f pirates, who tire ‘ n: to get hold of the wealth I of Canada for i own purposes."

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recognizing Lent in as lunch as it the city deprived of potato supplies for 40 days.

COHIPOSCI‘ and born this date 1848; was director of the Royal College bound", “Lotos Eaters", phonics, stlitcs, overtures, chamber music, na- tional anthems and soilgs; also technical works, including “Style in blusicitl Art". He was first knighted and then, in 190.2, given a baronetcy.

and .27 per cent higher lloldings of concentrated milk in cold storages, warehouses and dairy factories

ferring to other responsible

EDITORIAL NOTES -

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Wishing will not tnitke it so, we must buy “lar

. Savings Certificates in order to end the war.

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The German administration of Paris is so far has ordered

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the reason gi\'cll—(li.-0rdc1's ill the central mar-

ket due to clamor for provisions not readily pro- curable.

o- a Sir Charles llubcri Hastings Parry, English professor of music at Oxford,

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wrote “Prometheus Un- and numerous sym-

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The output of concentrated milk products in

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January amounted to 12,507,005 pounds being

wo per cent higher than in the previous month than in January, 1940.

on February 1 otallcd 12,973,181 pounds compared with 17,-

830,771 at the beginning of December and 13,- 804,958 on February t, 1940.

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. Prime Utnister Churchill is gradually trans- positions many 0f he itiembers of the (ioverntncnt under his pre-

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decessor .\lr. Chambcrlztin. '1 he latest atnlouncc- ment is that Rt. llon. Wm. Ormshy-Gore (Lord Ilarlech) formerly Colonial Secretary has been appointed British High Commissioner t0 South

\frica. Previously Rt. llon. Malcolm Macdtni-

ald, Secretary for the lloliiiiiirins had been ap-

to Canada, \'is- Council. Ain-

Cumniissiollei‘ President nf

iointed lligh ‘Olllll. llalifax,

Mr. Ibillliill t-iiiilihi’: have been in attfllllfiflfl hassatlor to Washington, and Sir Samuel lloarc,

at vestertlnvs "sup-:rl;itivcly' harmonious" party caucus!

Let us hope that our own liberal representa- tives were, -1"'l that they took the opportunity -evei1 at the '.< of disturbing the l1arm0ny-—- of orotestiiity \41{"clt this Province being side- tracked anv lwngwr in the matter of war con- tracts and trunsriortatiiin improvements.

Mogodiscio Captured

On Tuesday the Ilriiish authorities announ- ced a lightning drive up the coast of Italian So- inalilitnil to the port of llrava, which paced them vrithin 110 niiitns of the capital, Mogadiscio. Ysgtertlgiy Aliigtlili-cil) was captured and BfillSll forces were reportld (‘O ntilrs tip the juba river in the interior. This give a striking illustration of the speed at ivhich modern armies move. lt is atill morestrildng as evidence of the efficiency and co-ortlination of the British land, air and naval forces, all of which participated in the battle. The fall of Nlogzitliscio is hailed as mark- ing In important step in the conquest of Italian Somaliland, since the city is head of two rail- roads and the junction of a coastal highway with the principal highway from the interior.

Elsewhere in Italian East Africa-in Eritrea and EihiOpiB.——p1‘figl‘85S is reported in a sweep- ing pincer movement, such as proved so effec- tive in Libya.

A long and grim struggle lies ahead. The sub- marine blitzkrieg promised by Hitler, his vast mechanized armies straddling Europe and his still numerically‘ superior air force, are dangers not to be minimized. But the route of Musso- lini’: armies has been blow to Axis prestige more staggering than any Britain has taken in the war.

An Important Committee

t)": of (lpprlsiliun Leader Hanson's pug- gestions which the hing Government has wisely agreed to flfllJfll is the setting up of a Parlia- mentary Coii.niittce on National Exvefldllllffl- The appoiiiiiizviii of this llllllflflfllll committee ha< 1111f yet lhlll ll!it'l(‘. In the meantime a cor- rcspontlrut in a tnziinlatid exchange points out that uiilts- lllls i. llll‘l‘(l_\' ziuothcr gesture on Prime Minister King's part. there must be ade- quate TClJYC-(‘lllilllilll iif 1hr: Opposition.

(Jug of the (ll't".\\l|{\('l\'S ni the present House of Colnintns is tlirit the Liberal Party, which pupa] only 5i iii-r coll ltlf the popular vote, and [Q55 ilmii 5o in-t cent (If ihc service men's vote. controls lb’; of lllt‘ 2|; seals. lf the customary itractici- i- iiill-nv-il the (iovernment will have mi out of fiiuiu lllldllltvr- on the special coni- lniltee which is lll investigate (janada's war ef- fort and (‘Xp(‘lI(lil\ll‘i‘s, (lssllllllllll the report that the (UlllllllllUC is to have fifteen members is correct. 'l'his wiiiilil permit of only three ment- hcrs ri-prvsvlilingg the (‘rnlsrrvalive Party. and rlne each frnln the C.(_'.l'_ and Social Credit groups.

It is not to lii- exp/civil (“at thi: tcn Liberal members will lli‘~'lll' thenisrlves to expose the sliorirriniiiiir: iif the liow-rnnlent: corseqtlently the fnsk of fclnidivtq out informnliriil will devolve upon the liriiiiliill iii (Jiil-ervative and Leftist members, So. if thi~ li<i\‘(‘l'lllll('lll has any con- Ii(l('ll(‘p in ilw record of ll- war ildnlini-trtition, the Prime hlinislor will insist upon (he appoint- mem of t-i-ffifiwit lll(‘illl‘(‘f'-‘ of the Opposition m gncurp iliiil ilii- iiiiiq complete and impartial inviieiiigriiéoii i- lllWl‘ possible. The public will not he satisfiiw] with lass.

The ('.'iii~i‘.'-iii (‘||I1ll1llil(‘(‘, it is sitggestetl, might \\'('ll fiilliiw- vliisclv the lines of the select (vnnnnittpp iif the lirilisll llouse of Commons. which is (‘1il1l:)(];"(l of twenty-eight members. em] is in [urn subdivided il1t0 SCVOI] subcommit-

Secretary for Iloine Affairs, Spain.

elimination of almost all

Ambassador to

is 1 “The closure of jamaiczin importers

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United States as a source of stipply fol‘ all goods except those which are considcrctl and which cannot be obtained froln the sterling area or from Canada and the > obtaining many articles from Britain by reason of war have substantially

necessities impossibility of

increased Canada’s sales to the Colony.” So states Mr. F. \V. Fraser, Canadian Trade Commissioner at King- ston in a report to the Department nf Trade and (fonnnerce. “Another, favourable factor is the Iiurtnman countries from competition iu Jamaica's import trade. Be- fore the war considerable purchases were lunde frotn Germany, Belgium, France and Ilollanil,

but these. of course, have ceased, and so far as

manufactured goods are concerned Great P-ri-

tain and Canada are now almost the sole source

of supply.” n- o io- People want to know why the price of tea and coffee should be the two principal itcnls in the domestic budget to be higher than pre-war. Both have to be imported, and the same applies to sugar. In addition to taxation there is the freight. For instance. freight rates on north bound freight from east coast South American ports have been advanced effective April 1. The increases, which are general, range between 2o P61‘ cent and 25 per cent. On coffee the rate will be raised to $1.10 a bag from the Q0 cent rate now in effect. The increase was decided upon by the two freight conferences covering the northbound run. These are the Brazil-United States freight conference and the River Plate- United ‘States freight conference_ Southbound rates will be maintained at the present levels through April, according to the River Plate and Brazil Conference which deals with freight rates on this run.

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Financial Minister Ilsley told the House of Commons that the total of Canadian bond issues since the outbreak of war was $1,506,045,164_ In Yekiilnll figures showing effects of the war on Canada's finances, the Minister estimated that total volume of money in Canada likely is more than 2o per cent. above ‘the pre-war level. The bond issues were classified as follows: public, 362945.164; sold to chartered banks, $490,960,- °°°? 5°l<fl 1° Batik 0i Canada. $339,040,000. Bond redemptions by the Dominion since the war be- gan totalled $576,301,644. In addition to the to- tal of redemption given, the Government has arranged to purchase Grand _Trunk Railway four per cent. perpetual consolidated debenture stock that the British Government had vested from owners in the United Kingdom. This stock was outstanding in the amount of $109,579,000 at current rate of exchange.

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There is a levelling down process going on all right in the Old Land. One of the 18 mannequins to display the British Fashions Collection at lluenos Aires and Rio de jaileiro in April is Miss Rosemary Chance, niece of Lord Willingdon who was the leader of the trade mission to South

American countries. At the moment, Miss Chance

is recovering from the effects of inoculation for the trip. She has'jtIst completed a six months’

nursing course at St. Luke's Hospital, Chelsea, when she was asked to jiiiil the party of mail- ueqtiiils who are sailing for South America tu-

wards the end of next month. On St. George's

Day 77 models. which are being executed in dup- licate exclusively for South America by nine

London designers, will be shown simulanteously in the capitals of Argentina and Brazil In each

city officials from the Department of Overseas

Trade with long experience in exhibitions will have a stage erected, arrange flowers and lighting, engage an orchestra and sellers of the special pro- grams.

‘NOTES BY THE WAY

The i-p-hulldlng of Canada's Navy ls BS:EIILIBI t) national " ‘ It should have been undertakm. years ago, F;r neglect in tint regard the peapfe sf Canada as tvcll as b.1911‘ legislators must adm t resparrsm llty. The point; is that, idilfl the ‘acur grows late, it is not tco lute The shipyards must becztne hives o! in- dustry, thronged wth workers striving t make up for lrst time. Canada thus has another big jsb on hand. She must do it with speed and efficiency. —- Branttord Ex- positor.

The money sunk ln treasury brancheg and also in the "Scc a1 Credit" board, cruid buy csotflres and munitions. Or 1t c ulu furnish s. reserve fund to rihbbllilllle A]- berta boys returning from the war. If similar locse ex-pendlturi» were eliminated from government pro- gram, Alberta peciple would be ln better psslticn t. contiloute to causes in which they believe and from which results would come. - Hlih River Times. ‘

The Canadian Army ls already with us, and new 1t has establish- ed ll/s own Staff College in up Eng- ll5h manor house. with Lieilt. Gm- eral McNaughton at its iloead Here regimental officers will be trained to staff the greater army that. is c ming over in due time. Fifty students are already in resi- dence. and during this venr will fcllcw a course similar to that at our Staff College at Csmbei-ley The commandant ls i; cvlontl of the Royal Canadian Artlhery and he ts asststed by a staff of British and Canadian instructors. N r Ls that all. for several httndred offl- cers and men are seconded fr m their unlts to specialize in modern tarttcs at British mlltary- 5eh0cl.s_ Leeds Yorlwhirc Post.

The Prime Minister's reference to his hope f mninfrtinitlg irntfoil- al unity, meaning a Naticnil Gov- ernntsltt, f‘r three years after tile will‘ is very ll‘l'L1‘€S[l1’1! Mr, qhprchtll. vrlm. if I remember r;g.itly_ was one o-f the u. nisters who contemplated a C0.1lili'n "centre" party m 1910. is. wth his absence of strng party affil- lllll-CIIS, the ideal man t» ' such an aclnlin tuition murtl. One of the i pzacecnaking per; in the fact. that pol cnl this country was 110' vi-llCfl. as the rrtlll f:

5'11 ll l1" Ff the liberal Fatty the lllaurc: deb-wt in 1917 niiil then by the khaki dcctiii "n i918, immediately aft r the nrriistkwx If we cannot. learn by that k Ilfl 0i mistake We can learn nothing.- Landon Spectator.

Lord Woolton has given short shift to the DH!‘ in: a:tv.ties of speculators in f inffs who have 59m i1‘. as to exp. t. the uiitrnis need for thrtr own nfvfll. Hs an- nsuncement that thee “mid be restriction .f iinzorls was tised by numbers of mllrllfCflll m Cdtcnrn and CUIPYs rt-s a s.g:iti1 to buy up stocks of various unconirolnzd fscds when they antclipated weird be in 511,311 511434113’- He has n.w f‘x.d the Brice at December 2 as i119 may. lmunt on a long list cf the urt cles prays-pally affected. B_v this simple devml‘ he has 11’l merely ti: the tiroulzi-lze pr -= (t 1.1; r ex 179C191 Profit on sale, but nflct. ed on than an actual lo s, gnu: i119)’ hurl, in m st cases, boil -ht tit enhanced p1! It 15 needless in a .. .. (d the ready -c.p trades concerned, w anxious to Ice these attempts t to ranscm. — Da' MOPIIHIR Prst (Lc

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lrlel the public l,v Telegraph and ridoil).

311W": wmfl savngs cvrtlllciltttS 0r sta-mils is indirectly b‘ y g bin. lets or shells or trmc other kind of munitions or equprrsent. and pin, tine these in uie hands of our fight- i118 men on land in the a'r or cn the sca. Everycrie of course unier. stands this as n st-ited propcslt. on, But. it may be dsubted Illa, evtigy- rne really seirss the f.'ct behind the wards. Else there Wjuld be more certificates and stamps 5-1.5; for who would not welcome the opportunity w g7 1m. a Silva and buy guns or shells and hand these Over personally to 50ldier5_ sums m. airmen? This is 1:1 effect “that one (1995 when he 8 es into a bank or a P05?» office and buys a certificate or Wm? Sal/mks stamps. There seems to be no connection betw-en the mime)’ transaction and the delivery °f the Suvlllles where they are needed. But the connect-l n ls there, as everyone knows but may not feel. And since peqre are moved by feeling more than by mental processes, there is a good deal more satisfaction lr-i thinking one l5 buying actual munlti :is for l-fle troops than lri thinking only of 1111231118 illaii of variously oolored an rn r. - Eamon c nunetlii, mp6 l’ x’

If the Itlllan up]; h“ an "1. thuslastlc ballot n Fascism and its leaders, if they were cmvlneed ct the inevitability and rightness of this war and their heart had been ln it. it ls unlikely that their army in Albania, with its vastly superior equipment, would have been so severely defeated by the Gieeka. however bravg the latter might be and well led. 'I‘l1e mllitaxls- spirit which Mussolini has been endeavor. l"! to whip up by the stimulants of elcquence, tricks and easy vio- torles, has from first t: last been an artificial thing, whsse growth in Italy has been fcrced cn tneongen- la] soil. - London Spectator.

There le no question that eertsln branz-hes <1 British farming have not been developed as they might have been end that, alter the war, there will not be the same neglect of termini. The industry, h-wever, is a many-sided cne and in numer- ous ways it can be encouraged, wLLhout harm m the interests of the wheat. producer in Canada or Australia. N; one Will ever suggest that. European agriculture can be sacrificed, but 1t la suosested that ft can be retained and even ex- panded, while at the some time being made complements and not. antithetical to the grea wheat»- prcduclng industry ovzrieas The general Idea i; that, Europe ghould produce more of pie perishable goods wh.ch have great fed value and which, in the past, have not been wlthln the means <1’ the low- fncome groups. Certainly, there can be no continuance ct tho ore-war trend towards self-sufficiency. r- tlcularly in wheat gupprea, w lch in italif la a major cauie of war. The Nazis, we know, are pann :13 to divide Europe into eenome blocs and, were a Nazi victory c n- celvoble, iielf-sufflcmry wlthn them blocs. wlth s eansrquwt. lowering of the standard of llv ng,

muld necessarily follow. —‘- O. 9..

PUBLIC FORUM

ThIl-llfllllllll ls o9" f"; ":7

questions It! Interest. Till Charlottetown Gusrdlnn doe‘!!! ueeoourlly endorso tho o9

ol niorrolnondontl.

PUBLIC IIEALTII CONDITIONS

V Slr,-Contlnulng comparisons bo- gun previously. we will now cum- pare the case of the man who was sick five years. then was com- pelled to give up the benefits of s public institution before his needy dependents could receive any as- sistance, with service No. B whlen was that the dependents of ‘an enemy o! the country may recenro assistance while he Ls interned. Here one would ask: "what are the benefits of citizenship and loyalty? Surely lt is clear without further comparisons that. those who, due to illness. are unable to provide for themselves and dependents are not receiving Justice or similar consid- eration to other classes of citizens. At. present any assistance they receive ls under the unemployment relief system and therefore consid- red as ordinary unemployed with the result that. when they seek adequate assistenoe, they are treat.- ed with indifference and even con- tempt. This arrangement. designed to re- lieve a temporary emergency, ls not. satisfactory to meet; the demands caused by prolonged Illness which could not be classed as temporary. rather 1t becomes a state of llfe. must be considered as such and provided for accordingly. _ Neither should it be a Political issue, as circumstuncf make it a Christian one: Christian because our Lord made it part of hla doctrine that the slck. also widows and children must be cared for. This situation affects all three. Here I would have you recall the words of our Lord. Who, when re- ferhiiz to children, said: “Whoso shall offend one of these little ones . . . . ." I maintain that the conditions outlined in these letters are such an offence, therefore we are not ‘yorthy to be even enlled Christians if we do not make every effort to have th?se conditions improved or cor- rectetl Tris would require a new pollcjr as there ls not any at present for this situation I will suggest a plan to administer such a policy in a. later issue. I am. Slr- etc" HUMANITARIAN. Inspirational (Sydney Port-Record) Finance lvlliiistei- Ilslsy told the Hous- of Cominotis on Tuesday that nearly t.lt 0e billion dollars would be extracted next. year font Catladitn taxpayers by the F‘ deral, Prc-vinleal. and Municipal Govern- ments of the country. “Fhen he add- ed daniatieally: "I pause now. so tlrt thes= CHOXIIICU" figures may sink lntn the minds of the members cf this House." The question ls, what was the l~'- tie‘? To dlscouraip public sup- un of Canada's war effort? Or .1 - to “rub it ln" for the subject- i ‘p-nurn of a sadistic Minister of Trvetlcn? Vlfliat institutional leadership this count. v ls gating from its war Administration!

Tokyds Changed Tune

(Sydney Post. Record)

The Anglo-American reaction to Tokyo's tentative offer to become a mediator in World War No. 2 ls obviously not. what Hitler and his Oriental ally ailticnjittcd when it was submitted to the British Foreign Office a couple of days ago. The official British response was that tlzere could be no mediation nor any peace, treat considered till the Nazi regime and the totalitarian pro- gramme of azgresslon have been frustrated and crushed. The of- flelal response from Washington ls equally definite against a negotiat- ed peace. and is particularly critical of Japan as a volunteer mediator.