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lilllllllil lTEl imit GUARDIAN

ly since the Government has virtually told t country that these men are not needed at t

Morning Dally (Founded In I881)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester B. Mobure Vice-President: J. B. Burnett, I. J. I. Secretary: Llellt, Col. D. A. Muolillinun, 0.8.0.

lditor and Managing Director: J. R. Burnett, IJJ.

l Allttclnte Editors:

‘ A. Burnett. R.C.N.V.ll.. iOn Aotlvo Service)

i-‘rank Walker and

he, knowing soldiers as he does, must realize that this source is all but dried up, particular-

THE CHARLIYITETOWN GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

he he

___

front. rueeleulne" u llereeL-u-n " zrlieoiinuiie resembles nothing

“It was almost pitiful to hear him plead. u“: ‘ma. “- n. if}.°l"Z§‘Zi.T§i'i§§1°aw‘§ilzsm’““l{mi

that ‘there is no other way to correct the situa- ' battles rage around Bfldflilflesfi 23a

tinn in time to be of. use.’ Certainly there is ‘he Red Army °l°s°° l" 1°!’ ll"

k ' . Tl . kill. But. music will come bee]; to

He“ l“ another way, and he nous it. lat way is to Europe when the m,“ have m;

‘The Strongest Memory. is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink.’

be called together and a vote of

Tunslfly. NOVEMBER 14. is“

ish I

- Scheldt at The Canadians on the "; 6th of Octt .- ishcil a bridgehead oii tlle

l_ V Leopold Canal. (hi the ninth of October Brit- " " ‘l isi. and Lanadian forccs landed from the

of , and Z

lTlElll

nloutli.

any an

expires

of the

Europe. cannot

have a

t

ments.

meet the

General Crcr: . Canadian, British, l Czcch and hitch" I’. . troops and iitlliil .\ll :' _ ed a vital purt.

The operations were divided into four suc- cessive attacks carried out with the support of a cousidcrzible air striking force:

ti) The soiithcrn boiiiiilliry' of the Ilreskeils

area oi the Lcopolil Canal was reached by the

Canadians on the thirteenth of September after

the Poles on the right flank had reached the .1.

i'c.<i.-‘.:liirc in

expected.

graduated

Canadian Battle For Scheldt

The present closing stages of the Walcheren fighting isait appropriate occasion to review the battle for the Scheldt Estuary, says a Brit-

nforliizitioll cunlnlunitjtic.

Although .‘\lll\\'€1'}l is a liberated area, use of the port is impossible owing to the strong German defences on cithcr side of the Sclieldt Estuary. i.c. on \\'.'ilchcrcn and in Iireskens area. The clcllriiig of the l§sliitiry will enable the ‘l ‘i Allies to use the greatest port on the contin- i ent and reduce the jflllfllfy‘ from the port of enlbarkziiioii to the front from two days to a bi hours.

.~\s part of lllc l\\'t‘lll_\'-fif‘Sl ariny group, hlolltgoiiicry tiscil mainly for the Scheldt battle Céilliltllélll First Army with

5

Polish. Bclgia S tinits. Ilrit

i Sclieldt west of 'I'eriieuscn, to the north of the l Gcrlliaii positions. j. ‘- tlfc Calladiuils made a new crossing » Leopold Canal and at its cast end linked up I with the llflflQclltllllr; on the Iistuzlry. The Ger-

' rilans gradually pushed west to the coast. l tile nineteenth of (Jrtollcr the pocket was half its original size. within a week Breskens was taken and on lllc third of November the last the (jcrnlziils

On the fifteenth

surrendered ill K

ccbruggc.

the

.\ll that remains now

llc Hliil, “l Jiirc the enclilj‘ s

ovcrltiiitjiiig the Scliclilt fortifications he will be able to >ll‘ll\'C a niortzil blow at north Germ-

d at llcllln itsclf."

i. Air Training Plan To End

Prom (Jttaira comes the announcement that ‘the llritish Lloilinicuiivczilth Air Training Plan tvill he disconiinticil ziftci- the current agreement xvas to be

This But limited operations wi

on .\I3l'Cll 3i, i945.

l tied on as long as trained airmen are needed to l defeat our enemies. in Europe or the Orient. ' '1'“- lnd a sillallci" number of boys frolll the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, and other parts countries Commonwealth Schools. 'l‘hii.<. iljlill"! from its major objective

' of training air fightcrs, the Plan dtiriiig its brief years of existence has done much to promote _ L» friendship among the hest elements of the prin- lcipal Doininioils and the .\Iother Country. is doubtful indeed that ally single factor, apart j =,_ from the Crown. has exercised a greater in- >, efilltiliflfi for good in Commonwealth relations. ,Young incn from Australia and New Zealand i end Britain have trained together in Canada, and tthus have had an (lpportuniiy to appraise the qualities of the people of this country. Later lthey have been together in the

o llllll(ll‘(.‘ll thoiiszind young

Empire and from the

friendly British

What this means to future be estimated.

greater future.

cello On A §p0l

It has not iillflfll long for lion. A. G. L. cNaughtoii to discover the embarrassing and almost humiliating position into which he been manoeuvred. of Canadian Legion members, says the Windsor slur, tliiist have come as a shock to the man who has been ltlmost the idol of Canadian troops. Hc was Sfllllclllillg less than an inspiring fig- ure as he twisted and turned, trying to answer e barrage of questions and demands, but that is largely because he, .1 blunt and forthright soldier, has had no practice in thinking tip des- perate alihis for

His experience at t

politically-minded

"One is forced to wonderd’ says the Shir, "whether General McNaughton really believes there will be sufficient voluntary~ transfers to lctive service on the part of drafted men to

reinforcement requirements.

:iic commandos also play-

Tivelve thousand five hundred prisoners were taken in the pocket. : (2') .\lL‘iill\\‘llll€ other Canadian forces ad- v vanced at “Eilchcrcil along the causeway from '~ the ili.'iiiil.'iiiil £l\.‘i'(>>5 South Bereland. i more than a wet-it's battle against fierce Ger- , Woensdrccht area ~ _ tlic hczid of the causeway, the Canadians elit- . . i‘ cred Smith iiLWfiilillil on the twenty-sixth 0f l, i .i _ October. l l1 liy means of a sticcession of moves each possibly liilspcctaciilai" iii itself and by the op- portune ll>(' of airpowcr, Montgomery over- ; i j came the jirohlciil of driving the Germans from positions >.l‘i>!|gl_\' (lcfciltlcil both by nature and by ill‘llllt‘l'_\. ILL Port of .\ntwcrp to be used by the Royal Navy, is to rcmove the mines front the Scheldt. ‘ A snfizillh: \L'l'ilit‘l llll this battle is that of a Ger- l man k"llllll'iilllllf‘t' of thc inland guns at River-

skies

llut all know from actual .cxpcrieilce tlvit they are subjects of an Empire y‘ which has lt.-id a great past and deserves to

the draftees to volunteer.

leave for men who have been overseas for lon periods. Certainly he laid tip trouble for himsel

ting home for Christmas. He. should know th

plain the seeming anomaly that, while storie 0f the desperate need for reinforcements filte back, the proposal can be made to send a larg number of men home. "Nothing more clearly demonstrates tli futility of the Government's position oil the re inforcenlciit question than this desperate spcccl by its new Minister of National Defence. has been piit in this tincomfortable spot lnere ly to save the political face of the admiuistra tion. Certainly scant consideration has

n, Dutch, ish landing

tion."

‘weulluulai nulu

Not only are we the “Illillioii Acre Farm" btit the "Four Million Dollar Investors"

of October of the

2X68.

int!

By

irlforcement situation. Q

ll l i

nockcheistc

our Sailors and Airmen, all having

After

efforts.

a; more

Straws show the direction of the

disagreed with Prime Minister King's

dress, to which they had listened ill the course

l° ellable of a regular meeting. 1s 1k

It! l

Provision for free transportation to Can- ada of wives and dependents. of members of the Canadian civilian fire fighters overseas is made iil an ordcr-iil-council. The rcgtilations follow generally the same pattern as those pro- vided for wives and dependents of members of the Canadian armed forces. Dependents in-- _clude wives and widows who married the Caii- adiaii fire fighter during his service overseas and the children of fire fighters. Announce- ment was made recently of plans to demobil- ize the Canadian fire fighters overseas corps.

fi 1i i l Robert Louis Stevenson (“R.L.S.") iiovel- ist and nlan of letters, born this date 1850; was a life-long invalid suffering from T.B., but made the most of his time, doing the greater part of his writing sittiilg tip ill llcd stipported by pillows; he loved the otiL-of-doors, and in his ivell-days, went to ivarm climates in Europe, America and the South Seas to be able to enjoy it as nluch as his strength would allow him; his ilnvels and writing are ranked'iil the forc- froiit of Nineteenth Ceilttiry literature; was described by Andrew Lailg as one of the most graceful and charming writers ill tllc linglisli language: Autumnal frost enchants the pool, And makes the cart rtits beautiful. . . The drums of war, the drums of peace, Roll through our cities witlnut cease, And all the iron halls of life Ring with the unremitting strife.

i 1K Ii l!‘

ucceeds ili

ll be car-

Canadians

have

It

The patronage of the King alid Queen and the commendation of all the Prime hliiiisieli of the Colnnlonnrealth should gain all inmictli- ately favourable hearing for the appeal launch- ed by the Lord Mayor oii behalf of London House, says London Tinlcr. It has already the powerful stipport of the Nufficlil trustees, who have promised a donation of 225,000 potinds and are to remain closely associated with its future. London House exists in order to provide a home in London where students from the Empire overseas may reside while pursuing their studies. Since its foundation in i930 it has been used predominantly by men engaged in post-graduate research, chiefly medi- cal or scientific. It has. however, a flexible constitution, under entirely unofficial control, which will enable its governing body to adapt its ivork without formality to purposes ancil- lary to its prim ry use as a hall of residence. London House aspires to bring young research- ers together, not only with one another, but with the leading authorities in England on the sub- jccts they have come to study. The facilities for this corporate life in hall and common room have already -been established; the chief rea- son for the present appeal is to increase the

over good-will

has he hands

govern-

send the men now in uniform overseas, in con- formity with the expressediwill of the people. That can be done as quickly as Parliament can confidence taken. Such action is much more likely to be “in time" than that of hopelessly ivaiting for

“Then General McNaughton seemed almost to descend to bribery as he announced home

there, particularly when he spoke of soiiie get-

preferlnent. Nor does this plan do iiiticli to ex-

llc

been shown a liatioiial hero by thus putting him tip to bear the brunt of an attack by aroused vet- erans, who still retain all their personal affec- tion and respect for hint, but are sickcilcd bv the fact that he has so easily allowed himself to be beguiled illio a politically impossible sittin-

in, Victory Bonds——four dollars per acre of our

One thing Prime .\Iiiiister King will not get away with, so long as cx-Defeilce Blinistcr Ralston is around-inisrepresentation of our re-

We have reason to be more than ordinarily protid of the part our boys are playing at the froiit———the N. N. S. and P. E. I. Highlanders, the Light Horse, the Artillery, not to mention gained latirels in France. Flanders, Italy, at sea and in the air. May final victory soon crown their

wind. Members of the Montreal West Branch of the Canadian Legion, including Mr. Fred P. \Vhit- man, Liberal member of the House of Conl- moiis for Montreal-Mount Royal, unanimously Illa-II‘ power policies, as enunciated in his radio ad-

NO REEFER CARS FOR POTATOES

Him-Unless potato cars

tew days our growers

chiefly because of the of . . officials in commodation. United States for f!

f ber of reefer cars lying

unable to have them brought here. ls evident

Ii. e Controller controls the

_ situation and social. are smack 1n front of turmoil that can cause on the battle fronts, bu]? fi0€5“§l0l3 heed our requests for the Canadla people. Our course with every long service man clamoring for {lime ‘change “Ifiglcfgslalifth lgomélllg‘; “l” lellrs ‘l’ “me l5 llked’ t° l"?

our potato growers at this time. so that he might experience the worry and the fear of those peo- ple who liave been so disappointed this season 1n netting their peg- atoes away. It is plnln that manv of these railway officials do not fully real- ize the plight oi our "growers nor the ruinatlon which faces them in the advent of severe frost. Those growers, who produced a cron cf potatoes in excess of other years, as requested, and who did s.» in good faith are much disillusioned today. and unlcss relief comes quickly there will bc no initiative to grow potatoes in 19-15. This is a matter in which every Islander should be vitally interested as it ls the most serious situation we have ever had to face at. this time o1‘ year.

I am, Sir. etc. WEST PRINCE

POTATO SIIIPPER November 13, 1944.

.__i_.%__ IVHY ABOLISH LATIN?

Sir,—_I note iii this morning's Guardian a letter front Mrs Frilllii headed "Physics nlid Chemistry for v Schools." Some days gtgo. you nub- llshcd an earlierletter from Mrs. Frank. which dealt with sanitation. or lack of it. in some of the public schools of the province. with rlie sentiments expressed in the earlier letter I am In hearty agreement, but the quality of the nrgtiments ad- vanced in the second letter lends me believe that. l1 Mrs Frflilk wishes to exert her influence for the betterment of education. she had better stick to slmnle but necessary things like fly-screens rind out- houses. She ls on firmer ground there. Not in any spirit of contrav- ersy. but. because in this latter communication slle gives utterance to several current misconceptions 0t the educational process, I ivlsh to take issue with some of her state- merits. To begin with. she says that "modern educators" liold that any subjectls as good as Latin as a “mind trainer." No doubt, but I want chapter and verse. Who are these "modern educators“? Are they of the I-lutchlns-Barr school in the U. S. Al? Or are they MP5 Flflllk and her friends? Statements like that need support from recognized authorities. Then she remarks that “Latin is not necessary 1n order w learn English; that can best be done by concentrating on English.” Now part‘. of the process of learning to use English intelligently is the rin- riysls of word-meanings. In these days when the average citizen ls exposed to a storm of propaganda of various kinds. that ls all the more important. English vocabulary is a hodge-podge; it ls derived from Anglo-Saxon. with a tremendous number of borrowings from Latin, and from Greek. as wcll ns from the modern European and Asiatic tongues. At a rough guess. about 20 percent of the words ln this let- ter-and in Mrs. Frank's-are of Li-tln origin, either directly. or through French. In fact. the GJSIPSI’. and most accurate Way of learning an unfamiliar word in English l5 to try finding a Latin root ln 1t, and to go on from there. I find in fresh- man English classes that the rnntIB of the students vocabulary. and Ills ability to extend that vocabul- ary and to use it correctly. is dir- ectly proportional to his knowlecfle of Latin and its application t0 English. In this connection, I should like to recommend three books to Mrs Frank. ’I'hey are my authorities- some of thenrThoyare nil by "nwtl- ern educators.“ One ls the Story 0f Our Language. by Prof. Alexander (it the English department at Queen's. 'I"here the curious may ‘i115 how the knowledge of origins of the language ls necessary l" “filer to understand lt. The secSnd is The Locm of Language. by Frcdc 1 Bcdmer. which ls concerned \ t.i the close hitcr-relatlcn of nll mad- ern languages. nntl llllfill‘ dQTP-“l” ten from the older forms. This hook 15,4931 the ivny. uniform with Math- cmitles for the llfilllnn and S".l.’"!(‘2 for the Citizen. beaks which do‘ less meet. with Mrs. Fra 2's ". ll- rqval. Mr B-admer assumes a lav": knowledge ct Latin. and also 0f Greek. The third is Lnmlllfllic 1X1 A1‘- tlon. by S I i-Iayakawli. This book is concerned with the analysis of word-tneanlngs. with special refer- ence to the misuse of wort-ls in Cur own time. I admit that the teaching of such Lzitln ES is taught in the Dlllilll? schools leaves much to be dc" d. The text needs to be chiinl-lfll» ‘fill the main emphasis put. upon j-llc rz-‘I tlcrishlp bettvitcn Latin and English. But I refuse to admit llili. 1t. should be discontinued. Mrs. Frank observes with happin- ess that “science has penetrated ill- most every activity" 1n our time. Indeed lt has. The ziolillaatlan of scientific lnws to production has mechanized our lives. A little more experimentation with test-tube babies. and we. like our cars and refrigerators, will be rolling off the assembly line. But what is her

S l‘ t?

C

'l

l

solution? She wishes to emphasize N

vocational (the word comes from Latin vocare. to call» training to the point Where the child will be the servant cf science. and not its mas- ter. She mentions the robot bomb, but. puts it. in the slime class with the plane and radio. and. l’ suppose. penicillin. All good. because all aciontiflclwas brought un to think that a liberal education was to fit a man for living. for the pursuit of happiness. and not solely for the

ursuit of money. Vocational train- niz is indeed necessary. but if our education is all specialized. and if that specialization begins too early. we wll end tip as an unintelligent and narrow set of craftsmen. ilnable

residential accommodation in order that more Surely students may benefit from them.

are brought to Prince Edward Island in large quantities within the next stand to lose well over a million dollars lethargy not pru- vidlnlz the necessary shipping ne- The Canadian and markets are anxious our potatoes but no cars are available here. There are any num-

le in Quebec and Ontario but we seem

that the Transport.

hitslu the muscles excruciating pains. ‘host rheumatic

their sway-Hamilton Spectator,

OI the H11! 20,000 Australian casualties in New Guinea. 17.000 were caused by malaria, gay; gen- erul Sir Thomas Blarney. C.-1ri-C. of the Australian Military Forces. Mal-aria had been beaten by the Australian Army Medical author. ities and it has been proved that. it can be held down by good dia- elpllne. One battalion Guinea had hamly any casualties 119081159 ll- "Plllfled antl- ..a1ar1al mesures rlgorously- — Australian News Letter.

Great yloblems, both economic

charted in the very near future. LcL 1i be said that Canadians used the opportunity and privilege ivlucli is theirs to take the path of their own choosing. The an- swer lies 1n an awakening of’ the value and importance of our democratic privileges and the 3X- ercise thcreafl-Knmlaops, B.C.. Sentinel.

To commemorate the occasion ol’ Lhc Prime i-Iiristcrs 63th birth- day last. No mbcl‘, when Mr. Churchill gave n dinner at Tehc-ran, at which the lxiilcipnl Quests were Preriticnt Rocscvet and Nlarshnl Stalin, n silver plaque has been presented t) Sir Reader Bullurd, British lvlinistei- lit. Telleran. It will be placed in the dining rocm of the Legiition. The order was carried our by the Goldsmiths and Silrcrsnlltlls Company, and the elrgraici‘ was Mr. Ci. T. Friend.- Londvn Times.

Though we roam the sea almost. at will, the campaign n11 the Asia- tic mainland goes badly. Further, though our carrier-based planes maintain a steady nrrsstire, their pressure is light as compared with the prrs which can be anplled by land- sed planes. A thousand- plane raid from carriers. impres- sive though it ls. entries no where near the weight of a thousand- plane raid b)’ hcnvv bombers 1n the European theatre. And before we have finished with the Pacific. the chances are that pressure on the European scale ivlll somehow have to be brought. to bear on the gapancse. - Frcln the Baltimore un.