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"THE, CHARLOUTTETQWN _ GUARDIAN

TNE ONANLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded In 1337)

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink.”

MONDAY. FEBRUARY 2. I942. ,

Trade Board Resolution

Elsewhere in today's issueavlxars 111° m“ °é , rcsglutiun passed by the Charlottetown Boar of Trade with regard to rlie Bordeii-lorineiitine ferry service and the loss of ilie S. S Charlotte- foicn, which has been forwarded direct ‘to Pym“: Minister ypwtenzic King. The resolution speaks for itself. Tilt reason for its being sent w the Prime Minister is explained i" ll"? 1115i Pal‘ agraph, in which stress is pla:ed on the fact that the Board‘ "having repeatedly urged oii our federal representatives, tlic. Provincial Govern- ment. and the several (lepztrtuteiits ot the Ped- cral Government which \\'¢ “heeled “mild be interested, the tirgeiicy of immediate action as a war measure, and as over seven months have now elapsed without any progiess having been made to our knowledge, the tiiatter is of such vital importance that it be brought directly to the attention of the Prime Minister of Canada. and his Government." _

This appeal, it is hoped, will result m some- thing iiiore than polite proirfises of consider- ation. As pointed out in the resolution, one mill- ion dollars’ insurance is reliably reported to have been carried on the Charlottetown for the dis- astrous trip from Borden to Saint John, and to have been collected from the itnderwritcrs; yet up to the present no attempt at salvage proceed- ings (which Hon. Mr. Howe says are feasible) has been undertaken. If it is not intended to proceed with such work, steps should be taken immediately to proceed with the construction oi a new ship. The Board respectfully reminds the Prime Aliiiister that the Dominion Government will be held responsible for all losses sustained by the Province as a result of failure to fulfill the transportation service guaranteed under the terms of Confederation.

Premier King was formerly a representative of this Province in the House of Commons. His chief lieutenant, Defence Minister Ralston, occu- pies that position todav. Both these gentlemen should be well informed with regard to the im- portance of our winter transportation service. and the precarious position in which we are placed at the present time. \Ve are not begging for special favours, but for attention to a mat- ter which, if it is much longer neglected, may result in very serious consequences

"Battles Long Ago"

Joined now with our American neighbors in a war of world proportions, we can afford to look back without rancor, but with fresh interest, oii records of earlier wartime days. "The lllaritime Province: of British North America and Hie American Revolution,” a booklet by Wilfred Brenton Kerr, Pli. D., associate professor of history at the University of Buffalo, just pub- lished by Busy East Press, Ltd., Sackville, l\. B., makes timely reading in this respect. A _full chapter is devoted to St. John's Island (Prince Edward Island) and Newfoundland duringthe turbulent years 1775-1783, when this province was not only in the “danger zone" but was actually raided by two American privateers. ,

Most students are familiar with that exciting story. The American ships, carrying 75 men each, failing in their attempt to intercept two British brigs on their way from England to Quebec, came to Charlottetown in search of loot. They plundered the houses of Attorney General Callbeck and Governor Patterson (who was ab- sent in liuglantl) and carried off a few prison- ers including Mr. Callbeck and the Colonial Sec- retary. The captives were eventually taken to General Washington at Cambridge, who received them politely, heard their tale of woe and sent them home.

\Vlien the horse had been stolen, the process of locking the stable door commenced. An armed brig, the Diligent, was sent to protect us, and re- maiued here until the frigate Lizard arrived from Qticbec to take charge of Canso and the Gulf islands. llrof. Kerr tic-scribes in interest- ing detail the process of recruiting that went on. Mr. Callback raised a compary of over 80 men‘, called them the I.0_vnl island of St. John Volun- teers and included in their ranks a few New- fouuilltiiitlers. lie erected barracks. tiitumteil guns and UlllfllllCfi stores and arms from llalifax. In July, i778, (julciiicl riillllolliy llicrlihy was sent with five companies of provincizils from New York lo garrison the Island. In the next month tun privntcers lauded at St. Peters. 'l‘ltc crow.- \iilll ll.\'(‘ll niul sheep Willi grape and took Off .1 ft-iv viirczisscs for use. tlicii captured two Sfffllllrf» .\t l'('\\‘>‘ uf ilicse (loiiigs Callbeck sent lli<'i'lil1_\"'s CltIll|llllllC€ and some men of his own l-t Si. l'('l"i'<i but tlic .\lil('l'iCl‘llS got away, evad- ing fur gut-ll measure the attention of Ilis Nial- isty-‘s arm-d brigiuitiiic (fulwl, then in Charlotte- town. 'l‘hcn czuiit- (ink-rs from General Clinton to ilsbaiul (Eiilbi-ck-‘s company as superfluous and

expensive; but the Attorney Gciieral eannily took no imticc.

“The ilaugcr." Prof. Kerr admits, “was eer-

fainly not imaginary. for St. John's was among the possible tibjcctivc-s nf the French naval coni-

ficer proposed another raid on the Island but was unable to carry out his plan. From this time only one alarm occurred, and that false, over the schooner lis/tcrancc; and the people received mere reminders from time to time about the continental struggle."

The frigates which brought the convoys from Quebec, however, generally spent part of tlic

ellllllllCi‘ here and several privateers captured iii.

the Gulf were brought to Charlottetown where the crews were landed, to be taken across the Strait and marched to Ilalifax. Once the Island had in this way some nine prisoners who ivere wcll treated but surprised the officials by want- ing to escape. 1n the fall of i779. two hundred l-lessians and five officers of Kiiipliauseifs corps en route to Quebec were Compcllfai to disembark from a leaky transport at Charlottetown. They remained, welcome guests, until June, i870. The six companies remained in gtrrison and tlic eii- giiieer had spent £3,000 on fortifications when Governor Patterson returned to the Ieland in the spring of 178d Our worthy forebears had not spared the .\lotlier Country's pocket in their zeal for defense!

EDITORIAL NOTES

Parliament still in its second week. I U

Not many people are \v0rr,viug about gasolene

restrictions these days. i- t-

Thougli dark (lays irc ahead of us at home and abroad let, us encourage the boys at the front by continuing to writc lhcui and send parcels.

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1t is about time citizens were actively interest- ing themselves in prospective candidates for the Alayoraliy and City Council.

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Had Canada been in a position to send troops to Northern Ireland it ivould have been im- iicccssztry for Prime Minister Churchill to ask President Roosevelt to do so.

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The two new members of the FCIICTZII Gov- ernment must face a contested election in Quebec and Ontario on l7ebruiiryi 9th. Justice Xlinister St. Latirciit will be opposed by Mr. Paul Latouche, independent Libcra. in Quebec lists; while Minister of Labour Mitchell will have two

opponents in Welland County, Out, viz. .\lr. Douglas Watt, independent Liberal and .\lr. Mark Krilicck, C. C. F.

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The coming of general daylight saving to Cau- ada on Feb. 9 will establish a new time relation between the bfaritimes with Lower and Upper Canada. Montreal, TOYOIIlO and other places of Quebec and Ontario have been on (layliglit sav- ing_ for a considerable period and this has placed them on the same time as tlie Maritimes. On Feb. 9 this will be changed. Our clocks will go ahead an hour; theirs will rcitiaiu us now, and the rc- sult will be that we will he one hour “ahe.'ul" of them, as was the case last summer. 1k

Australia and New Zealaiirl are a unit in fav- our of an Imperial \\"."ti' Czzlvnct, Canada zm.l South Africa iudiffcreut so long as telephone and cable tfOlllllllllllllilllllllfi be lllfll|lllllllCLI_ Would not the latter argument apply to tlic Provinces and the Federal (iovernmeut? \\'hy have representa- tives in the (Taliiiict from the Blaritinies, tlic Prairies and llritish Coluiiibfi when {he respec- tive Provincial Premiers could get in touch with the Federal Prime bliiiistei" by long distance phone or telegraph?

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Addressing the opening session of the tliree- day convention of the Canadian Construction As- sociation Mr. Grattan O'Lcary, Editor, Ottawa. told the delegates that the Allied nations “will lose this war unless we make up our minds to give all that we are and all that we have.” His chief impression ori returning tn Canada. from .i recent visit to the United Kingdom, he said, was the "appalling complacency existing in this coun- try.” There were in Canada “too many opti- mistic headlines” and “too much of :1 tendency to exaggerate minor victnrics and too iiiticli of a tendency to minimize defeats.”

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James Joyce, Irish writer and poet, born this date I882; after graduating from Dublin Royal L'nivcrsity, devoted himself to literature, and travelled on tlic Continent: made his home at different times iii Paris, Rome, Trieste, and Zurich; started magnum opus on social, economic and hutuantariau stibjects, pizblisliiug from time to time extracts, sticli as "Piurabellc," “'l‘:ile5 Told of Shaun and Shem." "llzivcth (Yliildreu Evcrywvlicrc,” “The Alime ol Alick. Nick and the Maggics": others. "A Puilrziit of lhc Artist as a Young Man (fiction) “Dublincrs" (fiction) “Exiles" (play), "Ulysses" (fiction), “Pomgg Peny Each," verses.

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Recently U. S. A. Secretary of Stale Iiull warned the people to disrcgawl reports of grave internal trouble in Gcrmanv as pure Nazi pro- paganda to weaken the uioralu of the United Nations. Now comes a further ivarniiig from Washington to tlic effect that an exhaustive sui- vcy by the Foreign Aliuerals division of the Bur- eau of Mines in the Department of the Interior shows that Germany "is Silflxfistngly well supplied with minerals for essential military needs" While the report specifically, (li-als with the mobilization of natural resources of (icrssany and its viclimg rather than that of tlic democracies, it emphasiz- ff the tasks confronting the United Slates.

\\heii -ne sinus up ilu: annual output of niin- crals, metals, mid fuels since. 1932 in Germany, and adds to these figures the tittput of the areas, acquired by (ii-rmaiiy (luring the last two years," ll": "PG" ltfilltls out, "the iesiills indicate that ticrmapy‘ toilay’ is surprising-y‘ well supplied with iuiiicra a foi essential military nerds. In some pistauces stich as bauxite, aluminum] and magms. ium, recent production has lr-an greater than th¢ combined output of the United States, Great Bri- tain and Canada, but Germauv lack.- cot-min g5- sential minerals such as tungsten, tin, copper, molybdenum, asbestos, and pnfliflltlflrly petro- leum. However, as (iermniiv has bet-n preparing for tlic present war since i933, bum. quammcs o;

tuand in i773; and next Spring an American of- these latter minerals were bought and stock-piled.

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University g Western Ontario la t ' 8 cure students of tardiness. ack in our school any-i. 1min: 1n, It recess to make for lost Lme was considered qu te effective en- couragement for ciri-pmess. - Stratford Beiioori- erald.

hat th Pacific Coast of Can ad‘: n ‘is a Dominion official 0f Cabinet rank, stationed per- manently in Vancouver or Vic- toria. This suggestion is made in the belief that the Pacific Coast ha; immune Canada's No. 1 war front, rrid that since December 7. 1941, the meme of Che Atlantic seaboard has become vsccondnfy. l0 far as Canada's act-ave participa- tion goes to the defence of the Pacific seaboard. - Vancouver Sun.

The faculty of the

w, liked and pass alone. the story about the fellow who. s-

slng Red Crossheadquarters, s uck lits bead inside the door and said to the knitting ladies: “Remember

Pearl Harbor and purl harder!" Then there ls the Chinese res- taurant proprletor in ‘Poi-onto

whose menu reads: "Free French- fried Potatoes." And — although it's surely older than this war. the one about the mritry who, hearing ii footstcrp in the dark. cried: “Halt, Who's There?" Came the answer; "An American." sentry: "Advance. American and recite the second verse of ‘The Star Spangl- ed Banner" "I don't. know it.’ Sentiy: "Puss, American!" _-Mln- neapolls Star-Journal.

Two simple rules for combatting enemy propaganda which were de- veloped by studies of the Com- mittee foi- National Morale were

given yiesterday by Dr. Floyd L Ruch. chief consultant of that organization. Everv newspnrer

read-er and everv follow-er of radio commentators should learn these rules and apply them to every utterance about. the war: "D0 not. accept unconfirmed stories told by comparative strangers and casual acquaintances. Ask them politelv where they got the“ iii- fomiation." "Ask yourself, "“‘:‘»c axe am I grinding if I believe this story and repeat it?" Too ntucli idle talk Ls just what propagand- lsts want, Idle talk breeds misin- formation. Newspapers carefully indicate the source of their news so that the reader may dstinguish bet-ween pure fabrication frcm he enemy and accurate informal-ion. RHIIOYII-DPI‘ those two rules! -—Bos- ton Post,

Into the limbo of forgotten joys has gone the sport of catching bob- slcds No longer do town boys gather along the streets to snitch rid-ES on the fairners’ slelglis-to perch 0n the back runners or to hitch their own sleds behind the flvlng bobs. What do schcolboys do now on Saturdays, and afternoons when school is out. to make up for those thrills? Never was a chal- lenge more entrancing than when a Spirited team, with bells jingl- ing, dashed down the road as though daring a, lad to catch a. ride. A few farmers were gruff. but mostly they were in the main a hospitable lot, wrapped to their cars in buffalo coals, their feet hidden ln ltay When the snow lay deep on a Winter's day there was no question what a boy wfluld do he'd be out catching bobs. -- Mmneapclls star Journal.

A dispatch from Chungking. China. quotes "an escaped Briton" as stating that Hong Hong. when attacked by the Japanese, liad an air foine of but "six old planes." Tales such as this should be ac- cepted with reserve. Unless and nntll we izet. some-thing more de- tailed and authentic we have no right to believe that. Hang Kong was without air protection. With- out. it ln the first place. Also, it. is just possible that this "esca Briton" didn't say what- he is made to say. saying lt. know lhe facts. After all, there are Win85 known as the rules of evi- dence. Clear it ls, on lh-a basis of cumulative information, that. Japan has air superiority ln the Far East; that. she had l-t at Hong

Kong, and that she has it in the M

Malayan peninsula and in the Plilllpolnes But. that dceazft. mean that, the British and United States w-ar authorities have been utterly negligent oi- incompetent; or that Kong Kong, at any time, never had more than "six old planes " If the last were true then somebody. we should sav. deserves to be shot. But we wouldn't want lo do the shottlm without a lot of additional lnfommttoii. — Ottawa Journal.

A party of hard-working Black Country miners decided m have a Saturday fishing outing at n ifeasant spot not too fa" PWIIV frcm home. One man resolved to take some of his favorite pigeons with lilm and give them a bit. of homing practice. Hearing about the pigeons, scme of the miner's mates who had to remain behind because of the shift they were on said: "if you come across any go-cd beer. really worth drinking. send us a message with the birds." The fishermen Uri additfon. one supposes, to catching some fish) fOun-l o. lltlle village "pub" where the beer was not only good but plentiful Early that. cven-lrg the minors Just knocking off at, the pll. heard the glad tidings bv plgiron. "Plenty of beer." ran the IIIQSSBKC. "Come quickly." They went - every man Jack of them- bv char-a-bimcs The little vill- age "pub" scon sold cut that. night. -Blrmlngh.am Pm.

How ls it that there is it certain type of pi-ofessbnal Social Credit politician whose main joy lii life seems to be to sabotage Canada's war effort? The answer. naturally, ls that. their lender loses no op- oooortunltv to do just that, very thing. When Albertans are striv- ing lo pay their war taxes m en- Joys new ways of spendlnir more money for more useless thin than env government in Albe ever collwfed - IIIUF" by at least 8d.- 0n0.000 a vear. He thmltq not of what Albertans are endeavorlnar to do when they enlk-t. or when lhev seek to expand their production for wai- pui-wn-t-s. But. u- "on right on talklniz about monetary rs n-n - at a time when Cen- edlans have more money to spend than they have coeds to spend it rn. The other evmlng at a nub- ilc meeting to discus; problgma to do with control of

tom and waves. one cf these 171-9- eulonal nslltlciena eoucht to em- harms the representative of the prloe board by star-tin: a discus- alcn of the wornout and IIINPII- hire social Credit emment. didn't. eel far. But. it. is ‘éil-“iif "l" d3 '° w».

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!0TTAWA LETTER-T

By Robert L. Cotton (Special to the Guardian)

OTPAWA, Friday. January 30th —8everal of Canada's national farm organizations have been liold- int their annual meetings here th week, amongst those 1:1 iii- tendanoe being Mr. Walter Shaw. our own Deputy Minister of Ag- riculture who stopped off here on his way home from Winnipeg. {es- terday morning at. the Chateau Laurlcr the Canadian Fvdcration of Agriculture was 1:1 session with representatives from every Pro- vince present.

Mr. Gordcn Taggart, Saskatche- wan's Minister of Agriculture and now foods acmlnlstrator for the Wartime Prices and ‘Prade Board was speaking about the price ceil- ing as lt affects. the faivner when I dropped in to the Convention Hall. He contended that the prices now paid for faint products gen- erally. with the exception of wheat. are fair prices in relation to any standard that can properly be set up and explained the powers of the board and procedure which will be followed.

The Federal Minister of Agricul- ture. Mr. Gardiner. was the other speaker and 11.12 chairman was a Mr. Hannam frcm Ontario who gave one the impression of being a prett strong character, well able to han 1c a mee-zirg and calculated to look after the farmers’ interests in a thorough-going manner. The Federation maintains an cffier ivtth salaried secrct-sijv in Ottawa continuously and the executive will present tli-slr rrriucsis or demands to the Prime Mitilstei" and the cabinet oii Monday.

The last tine I heard Hon. Mi‘. Gardiner speak was at. a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Vaiiccuv- or fifteen _\'(“.l"S ago. He was than Premier cf Saskatchewan. In the ‘interim h? has not gut. any bzggcr —lie is bath short and small-but lie has had a long experience in Otts-iva since then and 1 imagine he 15 bctli wissi- and WIIIGI‘ than lie used to be. The GO\'CI‘l‘.lI1:‘tl'. is reeezvnig 102s cf criticism in the House of Cccittiiciis and in all so."- tions o.’ the country, from friends and fees alike, cn aeccuiit of what it has done and what. it has ‘ailed to do for tlic farmer 1:1 war time: and two special trains bringing a great delegation of protesters from the P"'1".s are due to arriv. here

Jjteless when talking lo the assembled farm representatives yes- terday Mr. Gardiner, in a earefliilv prepared address hit right out from rho shoulder. clonucntly dell: what he had done. lriiidlnz solid punches and ferestalliirg a Ft ivliat seemed to me to be a good deal of zidroitiicss, scrub of the complaints azitlci )3 ted and throwing out suggestfcns as to the type of represenzations most likely to be effective in influencing th-e GflV-Sl'lllllitlll. Just now.

In the House of Ccmiiicns yes- terday, aficrncczi and evening, there was great. variety cf niaiuiei‘ and matter in lii: addresses deliv- ered. None of the Quebec members spoke aft-ti no m-cmber of the Gov- ernment. =irt IICIZII Mr. King has 3'0’. taken the cudgcls cii behalf of the pleibsJyAic> Doubt-less H.101. ' ple-zity going on b~ ' Mr. Laccriibe amongst the Lilscials and l-cck a seat at the extreme end of the pcsite side cf the ClIl-IJII '. senate coiicli ‘ed its r '