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hoping that through the preservation of thc throne they can save from tltc wreckage all that is really important to them arid so be in a posi-

Morning Daily (Founded in i881)

tion, some day, to build up once more Japan's ambitions to make herself ruler of the world.

‘dent o‘... UoL w. Chester s. MeLuro Vice-President: J. B. Burnett, l-‘JJ. Secretary. Ueut, Col. D. A. Maelflnnon, 0.8.0.

tditor and Mnnaglng Director: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. t-‘rank Walker and Lient. Inn

Associate Editors: A. Burnett, R.C.N.\l.lc. (On Active Service)

~17... Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the W eakeat Ink."

The idea that Japan can be turned into a democracy on the constitutional monarchy plan in one generation or ever. in two or three is little short of fantastic. Japan has in her con- stitution some of the forins of democracy. But they are quite artificial and meaningless. In name the Emperor is absolute, but his absolut- ism is conditioned by the will of the army, the

Motvoav, Avousrhzo, 1945

navy, big businesses and the great families. The

A Great Opportunity

The ll/imiifivg Free Pres! rflfefi l0 ti“? current situation today as llie fisliermen's 0P‘ portuiiitv. Tilt! nit-zit shortiqe has demanded a American and Can- iind the result has been in-

substitute in thc nicnu 0f adian households creasing demands for fish-

Quick to lube zidviiiniqc of this opporttiii- New iinglaizcl fishing in- ;pl;'l. large investments hiring been made to extend pm ,.|.¢,-,,;;-»n., for the belief is lliilblillfi people, having uciniircd the habit, will continue

ity, it points out. the dtiStry hris rapidly i" in steel bcniii triwl

m use nun-c [i-‘ll than lwfivrc. This also applies in Cnnniln with iv,» nii-itlc-s i;i_vs 11H’ Wffili-

llcre is. Zlll iip_!iiirtiiriiti' for Prince Edward Island. zirid the .\l.irit'i~."¢ Provinces in general. to capinili/c on their uiievecllctl fishery re- sources. 'l'l".i_< i.- a lllillififi‘ impov-iaiit enough to receive the ateniion of the ilo:niiiioii-Pro\'iiicial Conference delcquii-s when they resume their meeting at Uttuivzi.

In his addrc<< at the opening session of the Conference, Prciiticr lones pointed out that the fishing industry in this Province lacks frozen bait and cold storage facilities, while better methods of fishing further out to sea “should have been encoizragcd." Why, after gix years of war, in which meat was scarce and fishery products at a premium. slioitlil this have to he said? \\'ho iviis responsible? \Vbat lead- Qrshlp has rho Federal Department of Fisheries shown in this matter? Surely, in view of the great iii-iportzuice of this basic industry, a re- vamping of the whole department at Ottawa ihould be undertaken.

Danish Bacon Again

Mr," Christmas Voeller, Danish Foreign Minister, has been very active recently in Lori-- don, and according to London newspapers hopes to take back with him to Denmark an agree- ment whereby Britain will purchase "most of Denmark's surplus bacon, eggs and butter."

This will come as no surprise to the Can- adian hog-raiser, dairy farmer or poultryman, although in view of prc-victory food-shortage reports from Europe it would seem strange fo: Denmark to have food surpluses so soon after its liberation. '

For nearly five years now the Canadian swine-breeder has provided bacon for export to the United Iiingdom in 2m endeavor to gain a foothold in the British market. “fhetber he has succeeded will be evident in the course of the next year or s0.

There is no sentiment in business, whether that business be food, clothing or manufactures. It would be unreasonable to expect Britain to continue bacon purchases from Canado if she can get the same commodity cheaper from Denmark.

It is easy to understand the British view- point in food purchases. The London Daily Express, ivriting of the igreemeht with Deit- mark, says: “iljhis means that Britain would get comparatively fresh lritter, bacon arid eggs, as before the war, instead ot food kept in stores for many weeks."

The fact that Canadian farmers, \vhole- salers and exporters are wcll aware of these world food conditions and the special condi- tions of the British market probably explains the drop in bog production which has been general in I945 — and the tinderljiing reasons for meat-rationing here.

The Allies And Tlihe Emperor

The Japs would seem to be stalling in ini- plementing their acceptance of the Allied sur- render terms, which is not surprising in view of what we know 0t Japanese treachery in the war, On the other hand, it is worth remember- ing that this \Vll4'l€ nffiir is someiliing unique in history. Seldom if ckxcr llIS a great nation bccn forced to zicccvit unconditional surrender without a hostile font on its shores and its prin- cipal armed forces not even in contact with those of the ciicuiv. .\iid ;h»_- Japanese are being rc- quircd to execute, not only a military but a na- tionnl surrciirlcr, The liiiincror l-lirohito, re- gartlcd as a deity by his subjects, will be re- tiuired to take his ill<llUCtlOllS from the Su- preme .-\llicd (lilllllfillflflff, Never before has the lit-ad of F‘ line been put in inst this position, and this emphasizes the difficult nature of the problem to be dcalt with.

'l‘liere is a good deal .0 he said in favor of leaving the Emperor on the throne, and it i5 quite plissililt‘ that. cum if the Japanese Gov- eriiniciit lizid said iintlting about it in their stirrender offer, the Allies would still have left liim there. Irle forms at least a nucleus for the nation — an authority with which the outside nations can deal, a representative of the nation. and one who can speak in the nation's name.

There are decided advantages in having such a representative and spokesman. With such nnucleus, the nation is organized; without it, there is chaos. In die C1551‘ of Japan, the Allied militzirv chiefs, speaking in the name of the Emperor, will ln- li|<l.".l'-il\' obeyed. l/Vlthfillf this authority they might have to use coercifin. which would be lllllilfiiifllll and difficult.

At tbc same tin-re. it is possible, as the London 'l'imr.v points an‘, that the Japanese

people of Japan have no say at all and there is not much evidence that they nave any desire for a say.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

There is still no room in the inns. I i i I Tokyo seems loath to sign its Own national

death warrant.

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Not a few officers and iiien of otir volun- teer forces have (lecidczl to follow the Navy, Army 0r Air Force as their profession, and will not return to civil life yet awhile. It will be the part of wisdom for ilic tiovcrtiiiiciit to cu- wurngg n5 many as possible to reziiaiu ‘in uni-

form 3g a yiuclmig for a per ‘motif defence force. i i

Old age pensioners in Saskatchewan and their dependents, and recipients of mother's al- lowances who receive free dental services, uiav now go directly to the dentist of their choice. Formerly, persons eligible for the lieziltli serv- ices went to their physicians, who might refer them to a dentist if llCCC~FIll'_\'. lii the new regulations, the ilcniist will obtain authoriza- tion from the public health department for work which needs to be done. w- e m e

Penicillin made in jam jars has saved the reason of numerous patients at the Rubery llill mental hospital in Birmingham, bingland, says superintendent C. T. Graves. All cases iii the hospital are being treated with home-made peni- cillin and cures are reported every month, Dr. Graves told the annual meeting of the Mental Hospitals Association. He said some might scoff at the theory of the efficiency of peni- cillin in treatment of mental disorders. hut intra- muscular injections had instantly pulled around a woman whose’ mental condition arose from puerperal sepsis following child-birth. e u w z

The uranium output of the Great Bear Lake areas exceeds the combined production of the rest of the world and ivhile the El- dorado mine operations have been shrouded iii secrecy since the war, a former prospector this year turned exporter, believes there is plenty of the elment somewhere in the :\rctic circle around the 66th parallel, News of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. drew \vorld- wide attention to uranium and its chief source of stipply, but to the prospector this was a faiii- iliar subject for he was trying to promote uran- ium discoveries years ago. The cessation of hostilities with Japan will not affect the value and application of uranium, of which filtlllllfl is

a derivative.

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Says Dr. Richard lloiiahan on return oiicc more to Sharbot Lake: “People in Glcngarryi voted for King through ignorance, apathy, fear, backwardness, prejudice, fanaticism or pure cussedness and were whisked to the polls by a

their aid. Compulsory voting, as in Australia, he added, would break the back of the King machine and would put elections in Canada on a mtich higher plane. This, lie writes “would (lis- pel the monopoly, intimidation, patronage, spoil- ation, bribery and backsliecsh connected with the political machine.” After ali, theadveiittir ous medico-politician had grounds for being sore at the electorate which chose the l't'iiiic Min-

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St. Bernard, “the last of the Fathers", died this date 1158; the saintly vigour of his life, his eloquence as a preacher, and lllS courage in attacking civil and ecclesiastical wrong (loers, gradually raised him into European fame, and letters and visitors from far and near drifted to the Abbey of Clairvaux which be founded; the force of his influence became principally manifest in i130, when, on the death of Pop: Honorius II, two Popes- -iilllOC€llt II and Anacletus II-each claimed to be the true and only Vicar of Christ; the rulers of Europe were at a loss to decide between the rivals; Louis VI of France convened a council to consider the question, to WlllCll Bernard was invited; the assembly waited with awe for his opinion, believing that the Holy Spirit would speak through his mouth; he declared for Innocent, and the council at once llrolce up wcll satisfied. u n- e

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C Even in Quebec they have moonshiners doing a thriving business in competition with government monopoly and high prices. Two brothers of Brownsburg vycre fined $200 each with an alternative of three months in jail when they were found guilty on a charge of being in possession of and transporting alcoholic liquor illegally. Judge Millar ordered their automobile as well as II gallons of "moonshine" alcohol, confiscated. Court appearance was sequel to a wild chase through a dozen villages and two counties of Western Quebec province by In- spector Leopold Cyr of the Quebec Liquor Pol- ice. Inspector Cyr finally caught up with them at Cheneville, Qucn, and upon testing the alco- bnl found it to be 90 pcr cent overproof. Coliti- sel for the defendants objected lo the seizure of the car, valued at $i.5oo, on the grounds that the Crown had not provmi the authoriza- tion of Inspector Cyr. Judge .\lillar rcjt-ctcvl

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military cliinic. who have been at the bottom

at all Japan's aggression and mischief, may be understood as part of the officer's duty. _

- I - n 1 i v G - ‘well-oiled machine, wr-ile his opponents o er ermmy___ ' ' . . 1_ City Council's confusion is this: had to find their own uay to the pol It thinks houses without bub ing booths as they had no machine to come to mgnrs are gggd 1,0115% They are

cnt housing of any family. All the rtitlonallziiig in the world by alder- men or Wartime Housing officials is just. so much wind when put to test. That test is simply the opin- ion of the housewife. person who has to live in the house probably twice as many hours in the year as the husband. is she who has go live with the cliil. dren indoors on a rainy da . It is she who has to do the weekly wash- ing and find a place for it to dry on wet or frosty days. merit to her ls the difference be-

seating inconvenience. - Calgary Albertan.

writing from Berlin, which knew intimately before docs not. quite endorse the usual picture of the German capital as one vast, ruin, says ‘The New York Times.

strasse, ls a sad sight, but not, far away are large sections of the town as free from damage as Westchester or Forest Hills.

usually the abode of wealth and fashion, this report. by Tania Long bears out other reports of the com- paratively small amount of truction in the southwestern work- in: class districts of Berlin now oc-

lln in t radically from London, where the worst, fury of the Iondon blitz fell upon the wo

anger"; much less will I let the sun

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way

A necktie with g B m"! 0f distinction Sm" W" ‘him-especially u n 15 B b"! IIIVY- - Guelph Mercury

Whsl the: me the m...» the Germam chi)" Buns in preference to blmef- N°W they want the butter -_ - Quebec Chronicle-‘Pele.

[rs It ln is fugue Ignited

Scotland lul been “keel

up its oatm w ‘he

eel porridge to help 199d Ellllllle. Another thing a ‘svgfélaiggl glflklée to suit-slide?‘ is his ._Detrolt Free graft s r18 i‘ eye‘

531""! after a flying tomcat was Feliorted in fiigland, stories of winged rabbits came out of Okla- hilma- A few years back people were so urilmag native they could think of nothing more

itl ~ than sea serpents. - Wlndsexc n“

or Star.

~ Armenia! strategists claim Hitler made his biz mistake when he in. vaded Russia. He made his big- gest mistake when he believed that Great Britain would never come into the war until her territory was lnvaded-Chatham News.

British people look hopefully for- ward to the autumn when, it. 1101194. they {nay expect a reduc- tion in taxation and the some thing is true here with many oeo- ple hopeful of some relief from "10 Dresent lmposts of many kinds. ‘Niagara Fnlls Review.

Loved and hated, fought for and schemerl against, extolled and maligned, held up before the world now llS the symbol of enduring greatness and now as the battered, disintegrating remnant of an effete

political organism, the British Commonwealth of Nations still Elves lessons to those who ivoulrl

learn the secret of ordered free- rloiii among co-equal nations. —- Montreal Gazette.

“It will be said that I am ani- mated by hatred of Great Bri. tin," l~'.~tme Minister Eamon dc alera declared the other day in Etre's Parliament. “It is not true. I have often realized that if some other country had been our neigh- bor. our history would have been the same or worse." To outsiders in the Anglo-Irish quarrel that may sound like faint praise. But it ls probably the closest thing to a com. pliment the British have ever heard from Mr. De Valera-or ever wilL-Kansas City Star.

One thousand Belgians are to be enrolled in the 2nd Tactical Ali- Force for police duties in the Bri. tlsh zone of occupied Germany. They Wlll be enlisted in the Bel- gian Army by the Minister of N11- tioiial Defence and placed under the command of the 2nd T.A.F. Bearing the name of Belgian’Au.\'. iliary Air Police, members of this force will be under the supervision and command of the officer com- manding the RAF‘ police unit to which they are attached, but. the command will be exercised, as far as possible, through their own oi- flcers. They will have the tame powers as the other members of the Allied forces-News From Bel. gium.

Air Ministry scientists and navi- gation experts are studying the valuable data on the true position of the north magnetic pole which was brought back by the crew of the RAF Lancaster bomber Aries rccentlty says the British Informa- 11011 Service. The polar flight of the Aries was organized at the Em_ pire Air Navigation School at Shawbury, Shropshire. The E.A.N S. is really a navigators‘ university - only fully qualified navigators ure accepted for the intensive course which lasts 13 weeks. Students in- clude Americans, Frenchmen and Poles. Bomber navigators in training at the school were being equipped with a new technique for the war in the Far East, one vast- ly different from that. employed

not. No matter how much money is spent on the walls, roof, decorat- iiig_ etc, if the house hasn't got a basement it is not; a modern house and not, good enough for perman.

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the war,

She says that the central i

ortion of the city, around the otsdammer Platz and Wilhelm-

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entrnl part. of any modern city ls

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et upon the anger of God towards

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this contention, saying the authorization was

a surprise attack on the Russian fleet in Port Arthur" and inflicted serious losses, later in the day en- Q

Japan, _iust emerging from long feudal sleep, was quick and spectacular victory uycr a great power as a means of est- ablishing her oivri prestige in the world. Her army was highly train- ed and well armed. her fleet effic- tent, were cocky and confident. Russian forces, on the other hand, ivei-i- badly armed, poorly equipped, led mostly by incompetents. Czar; ist. Russia even then was shot fpll of graft and corruption, the armed forces were in the hands of court. favorites-the great Russian beur went into battle hamstrung and blinded by its own worthlessrulers.

astrophic for Russia and a blow to white prestige in the Far East. The eager and ambitious Japs with

me, or sleep in Every night's sleep is ii nunc til- mtttis; then the Lord lets his scr- vant depart in peace. down is n vnledlctlon, a partinrz. a taking leave (shall I say so?) a shiik

hands be clean. grave, thy metaphorical, thy quo- tidlan grave, thy bed, as thou en- terecPst into the church at first, by water, by baptism;

water", in hol inardlnate lus s of th . . . Sleep with clean han s, either kept. clean all ivnshcd at night by repentance: and whensocvcr thou ivakcst, though nll Job's messengers thunder about

mlslnterpretations yet Job's protestations shall be thy

for any injustice in my hands."-—

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the dbeuaion by earn-

rpondente of questions of

Interest. The Chariot | Guardian .

urily endorse l of eoerloendents.

. . GIANDSTAND LINE

better times

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rarigemen-t the Erandstund performance.

much headway or come

and German prison camps make matters worse. after One has

pool of struggling human-s. reaches the grandstand only to flllld that. . _ there is standing room 0i! 5'. The following solution is offered: Have the ticket selling start early, instead of a few minutes before the performance. HEIVC an arrange- ment similar to the theatres, where the crowll must. line up and only one person at. a time is at the ivlcket. Have special police to see that order ls kept rind that "chisel- ers" an», not. allowed by reason of size ernd nerve to push ahead of those who are in their proper places. Sell no more tickets than the cap. acity of the grandstand, and when the crqtncitv ls reached . .in fairness to the people announce. . . standing room only. I feel sure that the management must. be snxiotis to meet. the wishes of the thousands who have made lnoir success nosslhlo nnd We also feel that: it’ Col MacKinnori and h’; associates hnd to go through this ticket-buying "hotoven", thflv Wfllllfl remedy the situation with- out delay. "r am si- mo. ONE WHO W" "NIGHT l.\' THE JAM.

Russia’s Revenge

(Ottawa Journal)

It was noted in the despatches the other day that exactly 40 years had elapsed since negotiations were opened at Portsmouth, New Hamp. shire, for ending the Russo-Japa- nese war of 1904 and 1905. That war the Japs won handily; now the Soviet regime has avenged the liumiliatioris inflicted by Tokyo on the czarist. regime it succeeded.

The Japanese bcszan that war too with a characteristic bit of treachery repeated at Pearl Har- bor with modern variations. 0n Feb. 8. HIM-two days before the declaration of wan-the main Lat- tle fleet of Japan under Togo made