~ AGF FOUR ai --— TIIE BIIARLOTTETIIWN GUARDIAN Morning Dally (Founded in Ill?) President; Lient. Cal. W. Chester S. Mature Vice President: i. it. Burnett. IJ-l- Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A Msakinnan. 9-5-9- Eriitor and Mnnaling Director. J. L. Brtrnell- 7J4- Auociato Editors: Frank Walker and Ill! A. lfifll“ SUBSCRIPTION RATES n; Mail in 9.2.1., $1.1m p8!’ year; 82-50 for I monthl- 5125 ior 3 months; 50o for one month City llelivery $5.00 per year; 83-9" h" 6 ""1"" $1.75 lor 3 illnmhli; 60o lor one Month y Mail to other Provinces and USA “Ml it" 7°" a . Saturday Weekly: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for I intllltlll- 50o iur 3 months The Charlottetown Chtuardinp ml! bl 05am“ l! flotailinrs News Asfiicy. limes Square, New York. Old South News Agency. Corner Mill and WuilllllWh Boston; Metropolitan News Agency. I248 Peel SI- Mantrca, J. liint 354 Bay Si... ‘fflrfllli-Ili Nils 59111 Chateau Luurier. Ottawa; Wolfe's News Sllntl 51W- bury one; Hub 'l'obac':o shop. itlulwlvn N- B- "The Stronqest Memoir IS Weaker than the Weakest ink." flI-"IKIDAYCIDIJCEALBER 18. i942 A Serious Question /\ ruiin» oi 111; \\':u‘ii1nc Prices and "liritdfl Bijllftl c .:11p1s tl1- Provincc iruni resirictlftiiS jinpumil 1.11 1l1u t.;1.-.".1l Provinces with regard _., 111L- llwt 11f Lilrhlltlli: trcc lights. The 6X- ,p,,,;,,iu,, (.,1- 1:15. 1‘;-.111~.~d irt-atinsnt is simple. \'1_, .-,,- :1 11.1 1. 1111-1‘ slmringc area. :\'.1J 11h , .,_ “‘i M, 1,1,1 in tho power short- 1.‘ ;11~.':1 i- 1'. \\\- l1:1v.~i1't enough war indus- Hp. U, ,1_,-_1..,;;1u' r111>1.-r\;;1i.111 of power. For ..11:' LYnfl-iintis lights will twinkle 1.1 11111- - 11nd 11. .1111‘ lioincs this ycar as 11.;,;1i_ i113, l1~ ‘\.‘l'_\' nivi", of course; hilt 11:1» q11v~ii~11 1- 11Y1_v. 111 ihis fourth year of thc \\:1.', 1l1ir1-sl11n1l. l». .111v available power not - llt‘.~~."l 11- 1T1.‘ \\1ii'i'l.l-1ti'l. \\'onl<l thcrc bc any ‘- .1, 1 1.<-1- .111'|1I11> if the war contracts '_-. -.1-:1"il1-.1:v1l? .\l;1ri:11111_- _l’rov1nccs are rat-lug othrr terms. The Halifax ".11 is gmtiir; scriously alarm- _-<l .15 1- -1 r~11u-. lt drrlarcs that the cou- 1~11111":u.1»:. 1' i'.1:i111"I.-~ in ill.‘ industrial bait vnx-tch ,; ir11111 \\'i11d.-or_ UnL, to 'l'hrce Rivers 111 ijurl-ci‘ is our 11f the most striking and at the same llltli’ unc of i111‘ 11111si alarming aspccts of our \v;11' i~i-~»111-111_1. l1 is particularly concerned ilmut \\'ll'll this will lllUilll i11 regional discontent and ui1i-111ploy111v11t 11-l1c11 the war ends. "'l‘in1t- niivr tini-ii," says the Chronicle, "we lmvc poinuil nut that thc Maritimcs and the \\'g-; :111rl Grrn PYlllSll Columbia are being drained of their 111i-11 and tvonicu, that fafllli WQfQ lain; lt-it Yliclttlt and that primary indus- tries such ;1.< mining and fishing and lumbering wcre suffering as industry became more ‘and more CilllUClllTTllfffl i11 a single geographic area. “'0 l1:1v1- \'X[ll'L‘$.\L'(i thi: vicw that such a policy spells ultimate (ll$.'l.\lL‘l‘ not onlv for the im- povcrishcil provimcs of eastern and western Cllllilflfl, but for the ovcr-crinvdcd cities of On- tario {IS well." This is :1 scrious question indeed. and who will say the Chronicle's fcars are exaggerated? |1~ I ll \'.. .1 I tlizii \\Ill llill’ this arm-mun i11 L'l11'-=n1.'l. 1|.il~ *l~Il"1 Our Stream-Lined Army The increased pay and dependents’ alowances awarded to Canada's .~\rn1y at home and abroad are wcll incriicd on every count, They serve to emphasize not only the vital importance of this branch of the service but the increasingly high standards of efficiency required. As pointed out in a circular rcccntly issued by the Defense Department, the soldier of today is no mere “foot sloggcr” with a rifle. He is proficient in the use of half a dozen different kinds of mach- ine guns as well-the Bren, the Stcn, the Lewis and the Vickcrs, He can handle anti-tank weap- ons, knows how to combat gas, to camouflage himself and his equipment and what to do when enemy Clive bombers “ground strafc" with can- non and machine guns. His sky-going mate is a. paratrooper, equipped with s. chute to set him down in enemy terri- (cry, packing iron rations sufficient to last five bye, enough weapons to defend himself against g small army once he gets properly dug in. The tank man il another product of the pre- lent fast-moving military age. Trained to stand physical punishment formerly confined to motor drornes or exhibition midways, he ships aboard I land invasion barge that: is the equivalent of those putting men ashore on beaches in the Solomons and along the embattled coast of Africa. gini THE CUHARLWETQWN. EUARDLQN part; 0f m; world 50,000 at least of our civilian fellow subjects have fallen in the ranks of death- Wg havevwnected and recorded their nanics as thou of the fighting services for perpetual re- membrance. Fifty thousand-so far. Bare number; in these days hayc almost lost their rneanin ; but you can realize the illtllllliiLlC_Ol these civilian dead if you p1cture_tl1cm filing vast Westminster Abbey. where lies the Un- known Soldier who died that they might be spar- ed the fate that has bcfallcn them. Their pro- gress would be much slower than that of sol- diers. For among them are old men and women and children of all ages. The best Pa?! 0i 3 winter's day would have gone before the last of them had passed the Abbey. Think of them when you remember those who have fallen 1n battle—thc million dead of the late war and the hosts who have joined them in the last three years" — EDITORIAL NOTtS — Politically minded Mr. Joe O'Bricn missed his opportunity in not having his birthday on I7th December instead of 17th March. a1 s =1- =1- Mr. Ray Milncr, convention co-cliainnan at the Winnipeg convention who read to the dclei gates Hon. Earl Lawson's motion, altering the name of the party declared there was “no hyp- hen" between Progressive and Conscrwttivc. I‘ 1i‘ if‘ V l Our American neighbors are really’ getting war conscious. A correspondent to tlic New York TIMES ivrites: “In the lobby of a hotel this morn- lieu of cigars t0 cclcbratc his becoming a father." v It I‘ i i Conservative delegates went to Winnipeg with the proclaimed purpose of adopting a broadly progressive policy. It is apparent also that most of them went there i11 the hope of securing .\lr. Bracken as their leader. Both tlicsc aims are now accomplished facts. -1< v 1k 1k .-\n ordcr-in-Coiincil has bccn lS>llCtl pro- claiming the first Sunday 0f the Xcw Ycar a day of prayer and intercession for tlm [nip-ti Nations cause and for a "speedy and favorublc peace that shall be, founded 0n llll(li.'l'fillllltlllllj and justice, to the end that peace shall cntlnref," 1k =11 v -1< Prime Minister King's birthday gift to thc Prohibition forces will prime as exhilarating as his 30% u-p liquor, satisfying to neither ex- tremists. Still, three-quarters of a glass being better than no gin, topers will have to bc ron- tcnt, while total abstainers will be no wnit-c off than before. i II I! _Sir john William Alcock, British ziirn1:111, 4W1 this date. I919‘; served with distinction i11 the Croat War, being awarded the l)_ S. (L; was, along with Sir Wliittcn Brown, the first airman‘ to make a direct trans-Atlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Ireland, in June i919; was knighted for this font rim 5.11111’) year. if 1K 1i‘ ll! _ Canadian nationals or persons who arc Bri- tish subjects thrpugh Canadian birth, natural- ization in Canada or marriage to a Canadian, who may be repatriated to an enemy country will lose their status as British subjects bv an order-in-council just issued. The order, pzisscd l35t November 26, was prompted by the arrange- ments made to repatriate Japanese in Canada in exchange for Canadian nationals and other per- §°_fl5 fwm Japan and japancsc-occtipictl conn- tries to Canada. i l i Newspapers in England have perforce bu“ reduced to four and 51X pages. Missing from these newspapers are the lengthy description items in the news correspondence from readers, and crime stories which have no particularly iii- teresting angles. The reduced newspaper ir also} great timc-|a.ver._ One may learn the es. rcntials of what is going on in the ‘world in about l_f,_minutcs. For this war-time experi- ence British editors are all the wiser. They have learned that a single paragraph i; a lot of Ipl-ce and can be so worded as to contain a great deal of information. a a n1 1a laughs from London Court: Scissors pad Such, via Montreal Gazette): - Pufe 1°31“ "My wife is right when she coin- plains I keep secrets from her. I do this for the "9?’ 8°04 fawn that the would not be secrets if told them to her." —{Iusband at Tottenham i (by courtesy of NGTES BY THE WAY With gold mining stopped so that miners can be put to work minim; copper, zlnc and other necessary .materlu s, it. beccmes necessary t0 *expla n to Junior the difference be- ltween a precious and a valuable metal. --New York Sun. To no people of As; should Mr. Churchill's pledge of ultimate de- lthuse of China. They. too, have lshown that love of freedcrn and the will to fight on are not: the exclusive heritage of any iuit on or any race. 1—Hamilton Spectator. Captain Oliver Lytteltvon, the Brit- ish minister of production, has told ,us that the great armada which idescended upon North Africa in- iuluded no less than 850 vessels -—-. 500 transports _ piotected by B50 naval craft o1’ a._l types. The flgl-IIBB are staggering in their implications. There i; reason in Mr. Churchllrs SlEQBSlSlOII that the Nazis underesti- mated the force of the imminent blow becaue they did not: believe that the United Nations could find the shipping resources for a big ef- .ive.ance be more cheering than to l PUBLIC FORUM Illa calm-n ll 00in II III gig-urn s; correspondents e0 quotien- at Internet. 1b Charlottetown Gunilla HQ not lllellnrlli ullna in oellllll I n-Iaanoldei. ADMINISTRATION or LIUBTWE ' “- laws at. (Milt 0i‘ .113? the i-eliiii of the sum Court. session at Bummer-sine in- dicate need m: a chmlfl in °"-\' local departmen c! Jubilee? C"; you glyg an est. ate of the cos of the last session of the Silimtme court, as it. must. be a army l"! ftglurei’. s‘ m r, e .. m’ LAYMAN PREMIER. KING'S "REFORM" sun-Does it. not seem stranlfl that Premier Kln . havini It 1MP reached the conc usioii that. the consumption of alcoholic liquors is detrimental to an all out war 911011 and that. the restrictions he now proposes to put into effect are much ess drastic than those now in ef- iiig I saw a man passing out defense stamps in l feet on many other items o! PTO‘ cluctlor. which can be and ,1" "1 icai use 1n such an effort- If he means what his words say, why is a. reduction of from 10 in 30% on last. years consumptlfln. which was more than this i!"- cent. above normal, the best. rem.- edv he has to offer? The remedy he proposes does not seem to be sufflc ent accordirifl i0 his own statement. What. do you think? I am, Sir, etc. READER CITY BOND ISSUE Sir,-'I‘he tax payer's letter _i:i your issue of the 16th should 0e given more than pasclnk ltiventlml- our people should insist on an answer to the followins! i. were the Bonds offered by tender? 2, who were asked to tender? 3, was me price accepted the best available? 4_ 1! so_ why was it. so much be- low the price of civic bonds of the other Capital Cities in Canada? some or the things that. have re- cently happened would perhaps justify the doubts on the port of not a raw in their opinion of the economic handling of our City's Affairs. For instance, the failure — 0t our City Council to interest ’ themselves effectively in the __. Dehydration plant; that was offer- It has been said that Germany ed to Charlottetown, but is being muwt‘ run short cf U-bont; crews. QYECBBQ elfiiwhele W011“ b9 0115 u‘ EDCUlliflf-Zi‘ no such brlicf Hitler has lllfiifflllfln- {30L‘,030,003 hrmnn beings 11 his. I am. Sir. 9W- 1povrcr. Mcsi; of the seaports, fishing A C villages and nurseries of seamen in} Europe are his If he cannot force, or cajo c conquered seamen to serve. ‘in his navy lie can put thcm into1 wcrk which eleriscs _vonng German‘ ‘sermon for t1'_:e new mass-produced iU-Joat service -Lond0n Daily Ex- lpress. ‘ William Ewart Gladstone, John Mlioti. S.:.':h Sidzioris, Benjamin Dlsrneli. Oliver Gcldsmitli. Florence Nightingale, George Romney, Ed- ‘mund Burke. Lord Byrcn, John dogs on pr|day_ 1e; us cqnsjdg; ‘Hamlldflt- OM91‘ Q-Cmwfll- $11‘ that. many of our employees llv- Ralnh Verncv Dick Whltthiston. ing 1n a day's travelling distance, 1.101111 Lycn, 111cm Penn. Sherlock from their homes, the obscrvancei Holm 9s, Mk! ciif. Sir Cli. iher Wren —all these‘ to spend Christmas with good men and two women are to own families and friends. v |cnme to the aid of the party Int As s broad minced business W0‘, ‘other words, because each is a ma". I Consider‘ U19 Only 1110011" ‘bronze nameplate on n London Pasw venicrwe. should we observe this senger Transport Board elcctlcl Mllday- WWW be l- sllBhi 591W I occmctive they are with one excep- l l" We ltfid-luitmenl °3 59°55 911d , tlon bound far the meltingpot But 53155 n95“ folwwmf? the chrlstfl ‘who ls the one exception? The L. ""515 rush, On the other hand in P T_ B ‘ beyond saying that Qnelthe observance of this holiday we of the plates is to be retained a5 i1 would be conserving a . n ,_ twelve hours electrical l2§5§§““...‘°‘°-;.° .'1..‘“°.l..1e‘.““i‘tl‘§.i¥ which m1 mu» 1- 11-- lchwer Guardlw- lifihtll. ‘.§’.‘.%“.f.'lfii.1§°.§l.%§“£i§l51‘l' ‘*1 could be used for more essential , naaterisls, could and would be sav~ e Let us citizens of Charlottetown set the example by observing the holiday This course, would apply to non-essential industries as essentials must at all costs be maintained in order to reach final victory. » I am, Sir. etc., EMPLOYEE PROIIIBITION vl. CONTROL fot Certainly, few in the United Nations cnild have supposed that. w‘; had gnytriri: like this avail- abe -New York Herald-Tribune. An authoritative report from China. reveals that the Japs have just ie- cently slapped down Fritz Weide- mann, now Nazi consul in Peming The former consul in San Fran- c sco, an expert at intrigue, has had as his main task the (LgflDlZB-‘JOH of Germans in Chino. into the Nazi system Not long ago he got am- bitious, went to Shanghai. armed [the large Germain coiriniunlty there. and lIIflCiC plans to take over the French Concession. The Japs got ivind of his scheme and promptly informed the German embassy that they wouldn't stand for anv sucli 1more And their “suggestiom that: Wleclemann return to Peiplng was promptly acted tipon -Newsweek.| No spot l5 sacred to the vandal, as i4.- agnln jirored by the fol lug of a blue spruce on the grave of Sir Ro- bert Borden at Ottawa The per- son who committed this outrage was cvidrntly’ dcteirninctl to obtain a ‘Yulctoe tree by stealing it. even if that involved the desecration of a ‘peaceful shrine. It is difficult to inlagine how this wretch can hope - enjoy a merry Christmas. Hamilton Spectator lTIZEN BOXING DAY Sun-In previous years it was urged that we observe the old English holiday, "Boxing Day." In the minds of every employee no holiday in the whole year would OE more appreciated, or more thoroughly enjoyed than the day after Christmas. Especially this ‘, with Christmas coming as it 1 proximately ower tor, , as l Two new divisions oi Sea Cadets are bcliig formed in Hamilton, which is evidence of how the whole cadet movement is expanding and prov- ing its value in these times There are now cadets in the army, air iimd naval forces, and many boys and girls in the schools are trained in the rudiments of defence. 'Ih‘s marshalllng of the nation's youth ‘is a. realistic trend tn keeping with the stern demands of the present world's crisis and it influence Ls a wholesome one, Any movement that deepens the patriotic devotion of young Canadians, teaches them how to defend their countiy and their freedom, has much to commend it and merits the hearty sup rt of every one who appreciates t e per- tls of a world which gangsters are arivtng to rule. -l-lamtlton Specta- r. the recent casuaxies resulting from the illegal dispensing of intoxicat- ing drink to visitors to the townl of Summer Ade and to Charlotte- town, and the righteousiy indignan letters of Rev. A. D. Stirling and Mr. Millman, followed by an ed- vocate for, government sale of liquor, that the uestton of dealing with liquor woul again have to be thieshcd out. Today the amusing miniature counterpart of the Jan attack onl Pearl Harbour reported tn your paper. where three modest men of Summerside take it upon them- Lowering the mortality rate in young pigs ls the greatest single step t0- ward meeting the bacon production objective o! 675,000,000 pounds set in the new British agreement. In‘ fact, this may be the only assured means of achieving the goal. Too Slrf- It. has been apparent since‘ |m daetaibebusineu tihntcmodwm and 01mm. TM forred by executives WM flll°Y Wm‘ fort, convenience and all iiie facilities dsnr DI DQHIIIIOI SQUARE J. Aldevic Raymund — President of ainodemhotel- aul Ill Vie Ara Showin A Big Assortmei in the Followii Goods Ashes of Rose; Evening in Port; Toilet Waters and Perfumes Ladies‘ Toilet Set; Christmas Chocolate; Smokerb Goods Shaving Sets Yflfluvi/il Toiletries Cutex Srfs Lucien Lelong (71 and Hudnufs Tljoilille Waters Gents Travelling 59¢, Military Brushes Watermenb, Pens and Pencils Cigarette Lighters Schick Injector Razors Windsor is pre-_ RAW Now buying daily Silver, Red & Cross fox, Muskrat, _Mink, etc. Interested in new types. P. E. I. Fllll TRAERS I82 Queen St. fisuivnusizsioi»: RESOLUTION 1| $l!‘,— The Town Council of Sum-i merside has refused l0 004911911199, wth the Provincial Government in cleaning up that Town. That is the only ossibte interpretation of the resolu ion which the council a?- pmved, and sent to the Premier. Nor has the Council shown any determination to remedy the lin- ssvo.y conditions it has so 1on8 tolerated. Instead, when confront:- ed w’th s responsibility that calls for courageous action, the Council goes whimpert t0 the Provincial Government wit; a su88estl0n that the liquor law be changed. Thus the. summer-side Conn-ell is unwill- ing that: its ‘aw enforcement mach- inery gear in with the machinery of the Provincial Government to which it owes its ekistence as an 1 Faraday, John Wy- ‘ of this holiday would enable gain; in°°1l>°1i¢9d WW"- e r Councillor Molllson betrayed one eason for the Council's past un- wlllingnes‘; to assist in enforcing the Prob bition Act. There had been s quarrel with the Govern- ment over dividing up the Prohibi- tion fines. The unavoidable infer- ence is that the Summerstde Tcwn Council ls more interested in col‘- ecting lines than in law enfoce- merit, more interested tn a few pai- try dollars than in the moral wel- Y9 fare of its people and the reput- ation of the town. will this type of statesmanship comme ‘i itself.’ to Summer-she citizens at a time when there 1-.- so much ta‘k about the responsibilities as well as the privileges or democracy? This lnsensabe bickering has re- sulted in the conditions revealed by Judge Saunders tn h‘; recent ad- dress to the Grand Jury. Will any person in Prince Edward Island believe that a resolute effort would not speedily wipe out these plague spots? But rather than lift s ling- er to root out its social parasites, the Council whines that the law to possible to enforce. Councillor Gorrill’; opposition to the resolution i; surely based on an FIIRS cargo, McQueen of Manitoba, and set them m work. Tiitn he got his provincial treasurer, Stuart Gar- sozi, to work with them on the brief. Then he looked it over litm- atid appeared mwsomlly be- fore the commission, The result was far and away the abtest sub- mission presented by imy prov- ince-e provincial bnef mat was truly national in scope and out- look. It was an ail-Camden docu_ merit. That is the way Bracken koes to work. First, he consults the experts and then he makes up his own mind. To a considerable degree that is the way John Bracken runs tliisl province. He has collected around I himself a very able group o: men. He Elves them a free hand with their departments, but tn the last resort it is John Bracken who makes all the decisions that are * important to his whole govern- ment. He rules his cabinet council and his caucus firmly-alter full tilscussio. has taken place, Bracken has an uirrusual com- bination of two qualitiss-itrm- tress of decision iumbined with an intellectual humility which imes him from thinking that. he "knows it. all" even though he has bzeri Premier or Manitoba for twenty _ ‘mere is an honesty of mind and lack oi’ conceit tn the way he goes abouriinding‘ things out. Anyone who knows 1m will agree that Bracken asks many more questions than he answers, that the questions he asks you are often more significant and more $35?“ “out. Fyhmwb‘. “° vou- e as m u his mind. p Here is aawtber little illustra- tion, imtmportant perhaps but very revealing. ' The other day hi: octo-i- son, who works at: a 111w medical cltnlc in Winn! the plant. io showed him, that Mr. Bracken spent twenty min- utes exaznnizig an e! try-card ' wt insight into the current trends in our national life. From Atlantic to Pacific there has been l. demand for drastic restrictions in the sales o1 liquor. Prime Minister King's Wednes- day night speech, tn which he an- nounced drasttc liquor restrictions f0: Canada, and made an appeal w; a. "no; codewpf honour"; ‘h ~ es s vests g rep e Council. Thus the deiyiston of Prince Edward Island. repeated] 31mph machine. 1 . t is n0 use talking to ma in tong, scientific terms." he said. “because I am not a scientist." But at the e:d of tww . the doctor tells me. John Bracken really mider- stood the Iprinclpal oi the electro- P l EBJ8, 1 Men's Wallets Everything in Chocolates in the newest dfsigned boxes, 01ml. Clxarettes and r..- bsocoes, Pipes, m. CALL EARLY — THEY'RE GOING FAST E. A. FGSTEB Central Drug Store . 2%". . a neat dent or -~ t is the Brnikcn r1 now do mi it. RECOVERS FALSE TEETil LDNDON —(CP)— E- H. '1‘: of the merchant service em only in his umlerclothes when ship was torpedoed-leaviug false teeth in his quarters. months later Taylor met his to er skipper who handed over 1 false teeth, recovered ivhcn - ship was salvaged. SONNET: 1942 Now let us put all else fl-Sldfl l Norgiiriar l. splendid deal“ by l‘ a gh Or spend'our strength "d l” age asking why- It ls enough for Us to stnlie foe. ,, 0 In years to ccme. I m” “d” may know t fi Before they. too. so v" ° nd die , a The ‘rrut-h of lth-Ls ensazment I . the Lie. Thrgugh an or time it his M 6V6!‘ S0. Amid if wane: "n" m“ cares an. We will continue the be" longest seam , r Aware that wars by M be banned. , d, Bu; winger-like will come. H" cease _ To come ssaln: ‘hi! w? mu“ “m: Andmingtnst their rigors H" stem police. —G1inriar Wikiinder in the 5 Francisco Arsvnaut» CB given to retain Prohibition ha: been triumphantly vindicated. It rwatm only to Add um with the ‘rot-onto City Council voting 12 to many young pig are lost each year -almost invariably through ignor- ance rather than carelessness. Lack of iron, resulting in anaemia, worms! selves to advise the Premier and his government to act uickly in defiance of the will oi’ Court. Man wanted: "I think the police ought 1Q try t0 flndmy husband. I badly want to tell him what I think of himP-Wife at North Lon- Artillery and engineers, ordnance men, sig- nal corps, medical officers and ataffs-all now unanim \'l‘ into action at s. vastly accelerated pace. Each an trained to maintain himself when cut off from his unit. Each must be able to read maps, to handle fire-arms and grenades and heavier equipment if nccd be, hop aboard a plane, send messages, administer first aid to the wounded. The Canadian Army 1942 style is, in fact. a contradiction of the oft heard ltatement that this is an age of specialization, for each of the thousands now standing by in England or in action at various points throughout the world is pratically a whole army in himself. War Graves Good ncuts of thc condition of Imperial war graves in c11cm_v~occupied lands was announced recently 1'11 London by Major General Sir Fabian \\'.'1rr. 'l"hc lminlun Times reported Sir Fabian as szrviii; that lltii1rll‘(‘(l$ of British cemeteries (if thr lau- ivnr i11 lands occupied by the enemy had snift-rt-d no wanton ilcsccrzition. They and thi- grout memorials to-the Empire's missing 0n the Western Front had been less damaged than was thougght; tho French and the Belgians had arranged for their cnrc. A few days ago, said Sir Iialiizin, the Commission received officially reports of actual repairs that had been carried out in Tirnncc. 'l'hc lmpcrinl War Graves Commission of which Sir Fabian \Vnre is vice-chairman and ad- 11~-11<tr.'1tive hczid, is now attending in a new l ::v---il1:1t of caring for civilians who have fal- .'1< nscll as for members of the armed forces. \'1 .1,- is lcss than ever a respecter of persons. and the mil oi civilians is something that must be rock-mini with the snmc care. The Times rc- porls Sir ilinbinn on this subject as follows: "In the United Kingdom, in hillflifl, and Otlici‘ don Court" War commentary: "I wasn't ex- actly drunk, your honor. I am s great ad- mirer of General Montgomery and I was mere- l)’ illlfd with the heady wine of victory-at one and _|ix the glaSS."-—-M8n at Tottenham Court. Getting to the notice to quit r e we! ve slid. ‘Get to hell out Highgate Court. ry explicit. She simply of hercT-Witness at iii‘ If the Bcvcridge plan were to become an sq. utlity in Britain the people of that nation would have the advantage of all the social security measures gathered into one basket and paid for by the one periodical transaction. Herc it is a field day for the accountants. In some in- ed “score boards," dustrial plants there are so-call showing from 2o to 3o dif- or deduction maps, fercnt deductions from the pay envelope. Some of this is likely to remain after the smoke of battle is dissipated. The Bank of Canada is not liable to dissolution, subsidies to the Cape Breton industries may be expected to stay, and governmental support of wheat prices and other public enterprises almost too numerous to men- tion. Inpidentally the C.C.F., insists upon wid- ening this field to include the socialization of finance and industry—-in other words, to relax the hold on the biisificss and the industry that have been a greater factor in Canada's enormous v ivar production than the publicists have yct dis- .C_l05¢<l- It is just this vast and complex qtics- lli0li nf how far Canada and the Unitcd Stat-cs can (lelnobilize that is now engaging the atten- li0i1 0f trained and iilifltsrly practical mind; in both nations. A hint that it is nciivclr rondtl- cred comes with announcement that the two countries have paved the way for closer fisval 1 collaboration oint: “When I served her with, and disease germs are common causes of serious losses in young pigs .—Wtnntpeg Tribune. Tali tree; look taller in December. Against a gold-green sunset, they t stand like sentinel; of earth that. 1 touch the sky with stately strength. Across the snow on moonlightf nights, they cast a filigree of shad- Iows with the magic patterns of a. master artist using skillfully his black and white. Swaylng in the Winter's winds. we hcar the sound thereof, but "cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth." The sound of the tall trees that have weathered wars, survived hurri- other body of people, who. very likely. are u much concerned for the sobriety and law observance as themselves. "Because the Premier "ha; asked he Town Police to assist the R..C. |M.P. in enforcing the Prohibition Act ." What ha; that to do with condemning the Act? "Because it would appear to be impossible pro- viding the RCJVLP. have sincere," provtdps about as unstable a rounds ion for such o resolution as oouki possibly be contrived. I: is scarcei incr the I ‘cgotheui-l pipvincei. “Txipe fscht: relating e quor u cu ve lurey -§',‘,',}§‘,;d“l',l3s%l,lf,'f;"yf,§,£f,lgm°‘flflmeen presented before the people ltrees looking down on ttieir off-pm!“ enwgh’ The" l‘ on‘ “u” spring An acorn 8mm“; A winged or the business that may have been maple seed sprouting. Generations‘ °l”"l°°kefl'ug" 1:‘ i” ‘Pm? g oi’ young trees reaching upward. ca, m n W’ ‘n l” °“ Tall trees spreading their protect- g9, - 9 "mmmt ‘n, all‘ inil branches over men's abode‘? ‘lhgfa Mme? “d7 "P" 9 where mu Christmas a little white‘ P° <1" M "1 Wt in 10m candle in a wndow will glow snit- 1th!“ “mm?” mm °1 lllumlmn‘ ly beside a flag with a service star. ‘s; e of l“ Knuth‘! F?!“ °l ‘n ISomewhere in Egypt, in Australiiulthnd-I- l‘ an‘ "lixllflli? "W" m“ tor in Burma, the soldier lad may“ ° "'5" . ° m‘ NW1’ Ill! III be hearing the tall trees singing of, “m” flu-Y m°"l“d- Th" ""97! lI-Ioly Night, while he follows ‘the m: "r15" glam ‘Wflgmlttfih Wiw- in |in the Bast 4mm Christan Bci-.° "m d t; with 0111mm Bum- lence Monitor" i331’ éilluidviaemtiuii giiirerninehxtioid whit u our attitude going t» henest-siflsh breweries and diltllleriel inisfipmlngdthathlthe min whgl madaflfi fist tall’: gglghgullrlllllliwltllirm" er an a‘ wor pout eturn “b10161! an hfm, toss himsto us like i! bone whiten the money from luvinr the the dogs ilild then want to make slPwt/ihve- The mover Ind min deal with 1i. m their own bet-infirm": of th‘: resolution by heir Are we to accept the‘r assurances F9811 Ind lllcfliwidered ' let have that they nova; had nnv use for the; nried the lid on this foul and sub- little iwifp. really? ‘Phat with himderzglnetpnbcdtg cfuhgrpors and now; 1315c everylitnyv that was wrong with we a r a a e a look at, rmany ls gone? -New York Post. yhutmgpes on rintzitile “before bdecitti- ..____ .n¢ nearpoa n our e - Alberta liils nearly double the fni new order "Anything thstuiie- i1m11itzi-11nrnu1s t‘ inul in 103i. Mir riieth, neither whatsoever worketh is ivnrth ‘iving here to a good cld -1bom'nation. or matteth a iie." ago its icng as there is something I m». i", "cc, lite $25 n month held out as an II. A. CAMPBELL indnccmelii ~ Lqthbrldle Herald. Graham’; Road, P EJ, v been 51in 1 foremost lend I in favour of asking the Ontario Government for restrictions, the Summersids Council voted 8 to 1 for laxity. Mr. 1H. MacArthur hastens to refuge ‘ under the Summe Councils wings. The thorns in the Committee's former letter were not. "concealed." u Mr. Macltrth ullelel but were sharp and ex- lieit- lVOr did his critics have any- I in "my gbout" Mr. Moc- Arzhui- personnel. Ho did “stick his neck out," however, and in s most inviting manner; he she not complain when his nileeltlom receive the searching if rough, treatment thev deserve. . Name; or the members of the Press itbee appeared in the NPiIrt of the annual Federation meeting. published in inn on The Guard- - i. llfl. our oorrer- Phndent would do well to read s 0W7 0i Hie Prohibition Act which he impugns. We are Sir. etc. PIISS COMMITTEE, Prince Edward Island ‘temperance Federation. Bracken, The Man w. s." m meiiviTnissg ram» Donna of delewatce at the ron- serve ve mvointtoyohflliaga. asked m0 m er rm en- "Whlt in tie Ute as a man?" They k110i his record. They‘ know about Bracken the Premier. Tory do not know John Bracken, the men. The essence of him is tht ho ruler his om rmst timiiv on: maker his own judgments-but he does seek advice srd vices the beat. odfce evuietfe. An illustration. Wlim the, Howell-Birch convulsion W's sat up, whet did Bracken do? l-le sent or tats like Han- John ggcken would them e scod sovemzn lie would be "the they did, ‘whether were civil servants or of the House or just, plain citiiiens. froday John Bracken will ntamd at a provincial reception greeting 'y ever does, then Mrs. Bracken is in there lhaad of him with the delegates name. Newest Inlde Mr. t politician in the 1mm, The de- pression and the sufferings of ‘he prairie west made him a stat/ee- man and a notional fimre. For ten years John Bracken he! been the voice o! the West. But he be: been more than that. He has be- come national in outlook. Mr. and Mrs. Bracken have ran- tributed three some to the s~rv'~es of Canada in tre arm-d fo-ces. The wu- mole than ever has ma ‘e tiim think nationally - the v-"ar and the after war. Of all airfra- mcn in‘ Canada. Bracken tiftbcut ouestion has strdred the rot-hm of reconstruction alter vic ory "rd has a prov-ram more cobvent than any otrer yet put forwar" in Canada. Oi course. as usivifl, he has consulted the e before g!‘ 1v ' illicit- “sh i wwflellnerhtd lave" 9m" m‘ . 0i’ anpinskingapiilnmhidladilrisht