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WEDNESDAY. DECI-MBII H, 193D.

In Praise Of "Agricola"

\Ve naturally do not like to blow our own horn, at least very loudly, but think the follow- ing lcttcr from Professor Clyde Auld, of Tor- onto Cuivcrsitv, to our “Agricola.” (Mr. Blythe llurst, Sr.) dcscrvcs the publicity we are now giving it:

“University of Toronto, Dec. 13th, 1939 “Dear Mr. Hurst:

"l have bccn reading AgFiCOlEYS NOiC-S l0!‘ several years. and l found them so interesting that I have often wished for them a ivider cir- cle of readers than the local one that The Guar- dian rcachcs. l know nothing so good of its kind in any other Canadian newspaper. When 1 uas a boy, the only natural history notes were those of Baiu. llow much better off the young Islanders of today are; and that is due to your efforts. Your historical and antiquarian notes, and your reminiscences. are always very much worth rcatliug: and I often wish 1 had collected in a scrap-book those that have pleased me most.

“lhatik you for the writings of many years that have givcu me so much pleasure and pro- fit; and thank you for The Naturalist’: Calen- (lilf, recently arrived. which I shall keep by me. and take with me when l return to P.E.l. next summer. I hope l may come to Brackley Beach then, and repeat wv thanks in person.

"Yours sincerely,

“G. C. AULD."

Another Nazi Canard

unable to save the Admiral Graf Spec, the Nazis circulated the lie that the British cruisers, in fighting her, used mustard gas shells. But this propaganda has rccoilcd on their own heads. The world will accept at its face value the state- ment of Prime Minister Chamberlain that “no gas shells have ever been tirade for, or used by, anv ships of the [loyal Navy."

lint perhaps it is just as well to have the evidence of tieutral Uruguayan medical special- ists that, after a thorough examination of the (icrman wounded taken from the Graf Spec, they were. unable to find any trace of gas. This effectively disposes of the canard started by the German hlinistcr t0 ‘Uruguay and the chief stir- gt-on of the Graf Spce that “most of the poc- kct battleships wounded were victims 0f a yel- low gas." The Uruguayan doctors who ex- aiuinrtl and trcatcd the wounded completely con- founded propagandists in Berlin, who would fain recall the lies they were so eager to broad- cast.

The lluns, recalls an exchange, were the first to resort to the use of poison gas in modern warfare. The gallant Canadians who “saved the situation" at the Second Battle of Ypres know about their revival of malpractices which l1ElFl been condemned for centuries by civilized thinkers of Cirecce and Rome, by Christian teachers aud international lawyers. \\'hat mat- icrcd it that Germany had solemnly agreed at The llague to abstain front the use of pro- jectiles diffusing asphyxiating or deleterious gases? The draftsmen of The Hague cove- nant had overlooked the possibility of poison gases being released front pipes or cylinders. 5o the lluus, determined to win by fair means or foul, prepared to flout the spirit of their solemn pledge and, gloating over their clever- ness, ridiculed critics as sentimental and flabby cmotioualists. Their iniquitous conduct they “jtistific-d" by the statement that “poison gas produces a rapid cud and spares the torn bodies of the u-ouuded the tortures and pains of death." They actually gloried in this fresh ex- hibition of German kultur, and dismissed talk about the uulawfulticss of their ncw weapon of attack as "sill_v chatter."

People who are so inherently immoral that they refuse to recognize the conventions of civilized warfare find it difficult to believe that those who frustrate them are not equally \vick- ed. llcuce the Nazi accusation that the Bri- tish furnished the Polish army with mines fillcd with mustard gas to combat the German invasion 0f Poland. 'l‘liis was as false as the invention of Propagaudist Goebbels that Win-

ston Churchill ordered the Atlicuia sunk lo en- list liuitril Stairs aid. .\ud the lie that the gal- lant llritish scauicu who licltcrl the Graf Spec

used tuusiartl-gzis shells is equally foul.

Tljecimaled Senate

v\’lt:~i1 lfitrlizuucnt meets in January for what will in all likelihood he its valcdiciory session, the llnus-c of Commons will not be much under its full strength. Hut a serious indifference i0 thc Slltltis and impnriziiict- of the Upper llotise is rcvcnlcd in thc fact that the Senate member- ship has been reduced by zuore than IO per cent and that tbc hing (iovcruuient has no ap- parent incliuaiiuii to recruit this importzmi parliamcuiarv body until ilic cve 0f the election itself. This malicr is largclv if not solely iu the Prime hliuistcus hands, and hlr. King has given plenty of lip service to the principle of parliamentary guvcriuueut. There is, says the Illmllrral tinsel/c, at least a partial repudiation of that tirinciplc in proceeding with a highly importztut [lflfllilllltflilllfy session while one of the branches of Parliament. constitutionally created for the purpose of reviewing and revis- ing the acts of the Lower llouse, is decimated.

So far as the Conservative oppositon is con- corned. theiiovermiiciit is reasonably sure of the sauv- whole-hearferl ctr-operation as was af-

forded during the special session, and this not- How else can we pray for victory i,"

withstanding the fact that the Opposition has been consistently ignored since the special ses- sion ended. It is not to be presumed, however, that Conservative members will abstain from all criticism when constructive criticism is called for. Such abstention would in fact be contrary to the duty of the principal unofficial body in

W the House of Commons, and the public would

neither expect nor condone it.

It will, says the Gazelle, be necessary for the Government in these circumstances to meet the House with a satisfactory presentation of its war policy and the means which havg bgcn adopted in giving effect to that policy. Where there is any appearance of inadequacy in regard to these measures, or of inefficiency in their application, very convincing explanations will have to be forthcoming. The Government it- self will be facing a general election. The Op- position will be in precisely the same position, though with less to lose and more to gain. The Government has not only assumed full respon- sibility for its war record but has deliberately excluded other political parties from any share in that responsibility. It will be obliged, there- fore, to go before Parliament, and, in 3, few months thereafter, to go before the country with sufficient material to satisfy Parliament and to satisfy public opinion as to the complete propriety of all its acts of commission and omis- sion. A crucial session is in prospect. i

= EDITORIAL NOTES a L'.S.S.R. established this date, I922. i U 1i V

\\'ill it be possible to get all that shopping done before Saturday? Oh, drat it! ll‘ i! l‘

The Fox People have a get-together round

the social board this evening in the Charlotte-

town Hotel. lt is good to take time off like this occasionally". evcn if the participants do talk a little "shop." u u n- a As usual when the Liberals are in power there is a plethora of new parties-five have lost count and the identity of them. Hut the latest in Sas- katchewan-—the Cnitcd Reform Party-gets us. \\'h0m docs it unite and what docs it intend to reform? Surrly it could not he the party of the Valley of Humiliation? IF i i‘ 1' \\'ho can read withoutemotion thegraphicac- count 0f the landing of the Canadian First Di- vision in the Old Land? It stirs the heart and makes the pulse beat faster. 'l'haitk God, llri- tons of the ncw land are no different from Bri- tons of the old when it comes to tipholrliug and defending the principles for which our ancestors in their day fought and dicd——aud livc again in the present generation. s v m n-

Eire taxes liquor instead of cosmetics because the Government could not raise enough 0n cus- mcties "even if the ladies put them on their faces by the tun," Finance .\liuistcr Scan T. O'Kell_v' declares. Replying to criticism of the Government's new iz-pcr cent tax on beer and spirits at the convctitiou 0f the liizmuzi Fail party. l\Ir. O'l\'clly admitted that the tax burden is heavy but asked: “lf wc do not put the tax on beer, where can we get the money?" \\"hcrc, in- deed. except by introducing prohibition and Got- ernmcnt vendors?

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Here is the pastoral lcttcr from the blodera- tor of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland rcad in all Presbyterian Churches on the Stuiday of the arrival of the Canadian con- iingent:

“In the turmoil and tragedy of war, we send this message to our people :——

"' Be strong and of a good courage."

“Let no one imagine that our country and our Empire entcrcrl into war wantouly’ or reckless- ly. Beyond all question they were averse from war.

“Up to the last moment our Government. with practically the. whole of Christendom. strove to compose the differences amongst the nations by friendly negotiation rather than by resort to arms. Their efforts were in vain, and against our will we were drawn into war.

"Why are we at war? 'l'hat is a searching question for Church and people who hate war and repudiate it as an rut-Christian means for the settlement of international disputes. We are at war because our country had pledged its word to defend a brave people whose liberties were menaced; and yet it was not for this alone that we took up arms.

“We are fighting for the very foundations of civilization-Jar Truth and Freedom, Jus- tice and Humanity, for the maintenance of La\v and for the keeping of Covenants among the

nations. Acquicsceuce in aggression and in broken faith is a course no self-respecting uation can follow. Today the fundamental

moral ideals that make life worth living are im-- perilled in Europe, and we are fighting in de- fence of them.

“Nevertheless, we must guard against the sin of self-righteousness. lt_is humbling to reflect that the spiritual forces of Christian Europe have been powerless to prevent this war. and it should disturb the conscience of all Chris- tian people that their religion has been so inef- fective in accomplishing cnrltiring peace.

“llave we ourselves always been loyal to the principles for which we are now contending? llave we indeed learned the lessons of the last Great War? God's judgments are abroad in the earth; and in facing whatever may be before us we. must not forget the necessity of penit- ence for what, both as a nation and as individ- uals, we have done 0r left undone.

“Again. we must strive t0 maintain the Chris- tian spirit throughout the conflict into which we have been driven. \\'e are at one through- out our land and limpirc, and we must make sure that our unity of mind and purpose is not broken.

“Let us hate the evils against which we are fighting——violencc, oppression, the denial of liberty and truth: but let us neither hate nor seek revenge on those who, not knowing what they do. defend these things. And let us keep before us steadfastly the purpose of our solemn enterprise.

"We cannot justify the war unless we pre- pare our minds for thc Peace, a lasting peace founded on righteousness, freedom, and truth.

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The important thin; is that he (President Roosevelt) has given m; Maritime Commission B chance to prevent the transfer of these ships. The implication is that if it does not take the hint. t-ne Chief Executive will attend to it him- self. Regardless of reasons, he nu taken the position that the people wanted him to take. If the war lui-s much longer Congress will have to do something about Ameri- can shipping The President, hav- ing discretion in the use of large funds, has in effect subsidlmcl tue seamen who were thrown out of jobs. 1i’ the spirit oi’ the Neutrality Am is to be put into an expanded llw, it will perhaps be necessary to compensate owners and operat- ors of steamships for keeping them on the high seas. The President cannot do that: Congress can. The question 1*; whether it wants to and smother the American people want to pay the bill. If thfi’ d0 not they might as well forget about the spirit of tlhe Neutrality Act.- indmnopoiis News.

The finance oi’ the Allies must be planned to produce the highest potential of war ‘effort. That is the primary object. But in it is in- volved maintenance of the normal Ooonomic activity of both countries at, the maximum which is possible. "American supplies." M. Reynaud said in Paris last. week, "must largely be paid fm‘ by French work for the good of both coun- tries." Ships which come loaded from America must not be allow- ed to go back empty. That, as he remarked. was one o! the errors of the hasty improvisations of the last war, and it proved very costly. Co-operation of the Allies ln ob- taining tmd shipping supplies from the United States and everv other source is of far-reaching import- anee. Magnum vectigal est parsi- monta—tru'_zaiity ls a great rrvenue -that proverb applies not only to finance but to every form of the activity of t-hc State. Careful hus- bandiniz of Allied assets, whether financial or industrial p0\\‘!‘i' or shipping, will shorten the war and improve the peaoe.- Daily Tele- grapih and Morning Post (Landon:

Mention of Charles Dickens

sends the mind, by a curious twist. to t/odays Time; Magazine, Tnere is described the enormous amovnt of labor and thought and eXjéiidl- Lure that went into the 1119K ng of a great new motion picture. Thrce thousand preparatory ske iche u, more than 4.000 uniforms and cos- tumes, forty-tour costumes icr the heroine, thirty-six suits for the hero, a whole cit-y with 7.000 miles of streets, We have no doubt that the result; will ccrrestitud to the efforts expended on the pcture But what a piece of work is maul He produces his artistic QflPcts bv labors suggestive 0i the Pyramids ur the Panama Canal. And he also produces his effects when a wr ter in his quiet study tzkes a p u and a sheet oi paper and ‘tarts out: “Marley was dca", to begin with." —— New York Times.

After three months oi‘ hns‘il‘t es.‘ it now appears that nether sxic in Dhe conflict in Europe “all hive any serious ditficulty in obtaining all of the oil supplies needed tor essential military BCllVillfS. So far, the consumption oi oil DFZClLiCl-Sltil‘ non-military purposes ha. bccu rc- uuced sharply by govemmcnt de- cree, and, in case of tiecessibv, 1i. could be reduced further or even eliminated As a result, ll. is esti- mat/ed now that it would be pzssibie for the warring nations in Eurcpe to carry on military oprrations Q1“ ficiently on a gflSfilllle consumption of probably one-half that in 1538. The spread of the war to include Rumanin and the Near East, mak- ing it more a “war of movement,‘ might alter the picture a bit in that more oil would nave to be used by the military forces and its flow from Rumama. Russia and the Near East might be SCYIOLISIY dis-H rupted. With s production of around 1,000,000 barrels daily‘, that. area so far has been an important source of oil supply for both the Allies and Germany. - New York Times.

The war is now approaching the end of its first quarter and British commodity markets have slowly but steadily adapted themselves to the new conditions. As the majority of prices and markets have been controlled right up from the be- ginning of the war the change from peace to war conditions did not appear spectacular at the sur- face although substantial difficult- ix oi’ organization were encounter- ed. In the first eight weeks oi the war "complaints regarding slow and insufficient raw material alloca- tions were frequent. Since the and of (Xztober, however, the pCSliJOil has improved and the flow of ma- terials to consumers’ works-espre- ciaiiy to those working for export- has become more reguiar_ There is still no general priority allocation for government orders. The raw“ material supply for defense work receives priority treatment oulv in cases of a genuine shortage of sup- plies and t-hese are not worth men- tioning so far. Also, in the major- ity of food-stuffs, supplies on the British markets are adequate. Rn- tloning ls not yet in force al- though it is due soon to be intro- duced for sugar, butter and bacon.

A headline in the morning pnprr makes one rub his eyes: Economics Called a Neglect/er] Study. You look again to see whether it isut really manhandied study or overdccoratcd study or uncontrolled study. hut, there it. Is. all right. The text. bears out. the headline. Professor-i Edward L. Thorndike of Teachers College urges more teaching o! economics in the elementary schools snd high schools. It Ls his oontnbution to a symposium on how to combat “economic illiter- wtfl" Moat people would say that. modern education consists mostly of economics; that and the dmma. If n young person in high school Ind wllflze is not making a prac-

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Our Own War

(Saturday mum neifi bud???» ‘Qlnmnrmm t? will} "w? 0mm; could learn to mo:

after her o n uffllrs even la war, iustsssheliu fox-sometime done in Mace. In on Ottawa despntsh to the Globe 111d Mull by the very sound and vaiulble Mr. R. A. Fu- quhnnson we rend that "Added , there are a lot of reasons why Olli- tawn this time is moving m“. fully Ind mlkll): every movein close co-ordinstlon with the Bri. tish War-Office." Ana Wong ‘,1. Ways slightly suspicious when 0t- tawn moves in c co-ondlnltion with the British War Office. The last time Ottawa moved in close co-ordination with tho British War Office. we got the Bren gun wntmt. comm-rum which. it would be too much to say that the entire country is unanimously Blessed. proud 1nd grateful. 1111s time the announcement or close co-ordination with the British War Office coincidu with the an- nouncement of the pppomtment of Mr. R. A. C. (“Bemuharno " Henry to the post or liaison officer between Cans-dais War supply Board and the Minister of ‘Prens- DOrt. Last time we were told thst. Mr. Hahn had to get the Bren gun contract because we were working in close eta-ordination with the British War Office. and the British War Office “ranted hlm to get lt. Something tells us that. we are now some: to t». told that Mr. Henry hild w have the post of 113150“ officer. because we are working l.n close ctr-ordination with the British War Office and the British War Office want-s Mr. Henry as liaison officer. One trouble Ls that we always have to get, our lnfomiation as to what the British War Office wants. not from the British War Office. which preserves the most military silence on such matters. but; from the Canadian Government, which whenever it is charged with doing something that It should not have done invariably finds reasons for believlmz that the British War Office wanted it clone and wanted it done that. way. We should im- mensely hke to know how Canada would get along i! it ever had a chance to win a war by itself, with- ‘llll 111i‘ ituidance of the British

War Office.

STARS Now in the West the slender moon .es w, And now bli0n glimmer-s through e ees, Clearing the earth with even page an ow; And now the etabely - moving Plei- a es. - In that soft infinite darkness over- head

Hang jtriel-wise upon a silver thread.

And all the lonelier stars that have their place, the distant

Calm lamps within

southern sky, And planet-dust upon the edge of 1|

,)8»C€ Look gown upon the rretful world.

n LOOK lip _ to outer vastness un- afraid

And see the stars which sang when earth was made.

-—Marjorie Plckthall. coir-temporary’ economiexpl i“ i. Yet here is a group of educators seriously concerned with the spread of economic illiteracy. -— New York Times.

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GEORGETOWN, S. C.. Dec. 1'1 —Rev. Joseph P_ King, 92, Miss Lucille Carney. 28, were mar- ried here Saturday. It was the third marriage of the bridegroom.

ELY, Engiand-(CPM-Jfhe Bishop of Ely. Dr. B. O. F. Heywood. is wfUmg to sacrifice the expensive pomp of his episcopal palace and live in s. six-room dwelling. The 54- room palace is outdated, he protests.

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