v ._ ‘. i .. 4. . v -.......‘._..».u-\-..,,-..- “w. - Ictrwie- - _.... ... ‘ m. .. _,..__._,... a... _PAGE FOUR TNE GNARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN Aluriilii; Daily (Founded ln I887) President: Lleut. Col. W. Uhuler S. MCLIIII Vice I resident: J, R. Burnett. F..|.l. Secretary; Licul. Cnl. l). A. hlarlfinnun. 0-5.0- Eilit-ir nnil Managing Director. J. It. BurnelthFJJi‘ Associate lirlitiirs: li'iiiik_ Hillier and [an A~ ""19 SUBSURIPTTON RATE! By Mill] III l'.E.I-. stun prr year; $1.50 Ivr b mmm" $1.25 fnr 3 months; 50c for one month i:i:\ llvlnrr) scum pl‘l' vcar: 23.00 rut b‘ mom!" 51.75 tiir It inuiillis~ 6Uc for one Month. B)" .\l'.iil tn iillivr Pruviiicvs and L‘. A. $5.009!!!’ 3161’ DLHUTUJ) ll HRH‘? 5'51“) I!" W”; 5km’ I" l‘ monuu’ 50c for 3 month: ‘Inc- (jtiiiriiiiii-iuiiu liltilfillllll iii.i_i~ bu obtiiltieil l! ",,,_,,,,,,,_ w... i; ._ in...» sqiuir». w" Aurli: ma blilllll \I'\\P~ \;.; v. (lll'lll'l" Mill. unil \\lh|l|lllllilli Ihmlivlll .ii.-ii-..|...iii.iii -\\'\\Il Aiz-nvr. 134K I've! l!» “,,,,,,-,.,,|; .| lllll‘. .i.\i llii.» .\I., rllfhlllll; New: Ullllll, (‘liiiiviiii laiiirii-r, uii.iii.i; \\lll|MI \-\\: nluiul. liiiilburl. Uni; tliiii llllhbPlWl D|lIl||_ iii-iii-iiin N. IL. ' "The Strung“; Jiiviiory is Weaker than the Illa/r" Isak.” _ i311, 1942. "fliflll -\\'i. .l.\!\ L Civic Reports H,- _, z’, _, n, night's annual i t t JUIlCll was the submission “illClll, for the yctn‘ ending; it ll Sllifilllllllill surplus 0i .l\(“‘| lw- tlic auditors as , and our citizcns . lilw- :iiiiliti-i'< furtlicr , p, 4.1‘ ilgg prcn-cn: p0ll<.‘_\' to El matters, and gradually Qiiltinq fiiiiil, will place the wiifioiit the tax- [if lllk‘ 1i;.~_ _§l 3,... .._»_ . .'lll. l‘. . haul; account izccl, but the auditors rc- irc this charge be nict from li‘.'-t\‘ltli‘tl for in the esti- Uin was ~iiown in lhc nct urcs indicate a further iv ~nt iii this direction. lFl‘, finance chairinzin, is to be iiiiin iii-c-"t-iitiiig; such a satisfac- -' u; illflilt‘ pus-‘ililc, as he slates. i-l slliqicit‘! of .\l'.i_voi" llohuall cr of the Cotincil_ ri-pni-t, and tliosc of the other r!~-~ tho _\i:ii~ was one of pro- , <1 ‘, and that the coniiiiiz- litzil and conscicntiouslyu Farm Policy Needed The nccil of a national agricultural policy H1 the interests of Cznitiilzrs war effort and OI ll1¢ post war vcars ahcad was the tlicinc of the ad- (17955 of lirtrsiilciit ll. ll. lllllllall at the annual ,,,,,Vm,,._._. n; i l-_i;t\\';\ this wcck of the Catiadian l-‘cdrrii >n m’ .\‘_‘,l'lc".llllll‘t‘. That thisiiccd Should “p; “my mo :i:i<l a half yciirs attcr the out- brczik of unis, is s/iiiiviliing our farmers fitid ‘It rigfflcnli, p, “wit; 11nd. l\‘i-cciitly' we rcvicwcd in i all out effort which Rus- lllPFf‘ rnhini .- . _ <31 5.- ll‘ ig in fun-l llTiHlllVlhll, a policy which 1mm... l: ivith zh~ ~iw ful rcs tancc tha‘. .~...,p~.\ . i1 .. ('lt(‘lll_\'. ln llritain 21!‘ l7". ‘l . cs ti»; \\'l.‘ll. fzirin production is gcfirrrl ti» iiiiiizi. till; and other -,-.'.'ir prodtictioii as n ,,._-,-,¢..,~ ,,{ w...» liiiizula, ~\‘th its litigc agri- cnllntnl l' i ‘tun ~ far lithinil in this rcspcct. _\.- l'i~.~.-l n: I s.i\"-. Hill‘ fariiicrs have < i iinigiiiifct- , llI(‘_\'ill?l.\‘C broken production : in a niinihrr (if commodities. tnaking if pttsilllh‘ for (Email-i fr» fulfill cvvry wartnuc lOOd cniiiriiiiiiii-iii to tin-zit llriiziin as wcll H5 l0 lml‘ \lilr" .ill llli'l'l';|~~4ll \llltl'l\' of fix/d for an expand- ing (lfllllCSllC iiuirlv-t. Yct lll":.' have bccn given neiilicr Oppifllllllll)‘ flftl‘ (‘llC-tlllZlQClllClll for an sill-out c~><\i"i...i'itril effort. lnailcquatc farm prim. and lll"li‘l‘f‘ tlll the one hziiid and a govern- uiqui suppurtiil ll‘.']l| \\;t',1<' p Jc)‘ for industrial plant: on lllt‘ other. has iliuiinrd zigriculttirc of ‘l"l‘lll"‘ll fzirin hclp. its young (‘Xlh inuiiniiiiril that the challenge of .\lr. ll.'i iiiri-<-:i=ivl ""'"ll""l n l‘! ziqriciiltnrc could only be met: t. lf l.""ll(‘i'\ ilTt‘ ri-stircil the fullcst [Joisihle quota of llcfl ll'flllliti\\'f't' co tent with a bal- aiiccrl ali . "cut of f'.'iii'iil.i's av able manpower brim-cw t i‘ P» f~ -."i:r<. .'l"l'lt'lllllll'(‘, and indus- C! lr_\' ; g_ If l-drlll‘ r. jtlf‘ .l~~lll't‘il;1lllllCItlllC atlcquatc to tJl\' Slxilil il lrili» l'.'ltl and iiicrcasc fariu I . lll' * hcril= aiitl flocks; i» givcn guidance 0n production 'l'l nv-r" than :1 ycar with tlic will cnalilc- llicni to iiicct gipiipni" 7i "lilliilit .il ills", .\lr. llaniian suggested, bc .. ".'i.ii~n cf firinrilic= to cnsiirc that agri- culture woiill hav." essential supplies and mach- C‘ 7 '3' ircijv. .'il~i~.t: v. ‘h -»li_i<-:tiv<-~ (H, goals for cach Milltl" Pllllfilliitl 1;. l‘i'i tliiriiriii rcqtiircniciits should h1- lii"i-l.i~i-. ll<l\\'ll according to Provinccs, and Proviuciiil fjtivi rninciit Slli.llll(l scc that farm- ers ivcrc givcii qniilaiicc iii production to incct nzitivinal iiliitcti\"c-. llic-i: priiii-~-:il- lll't‘ ri ii-zintililt‘ and (iliviously Itc- ccssari; 'l"i lllt‘lll might hr- addcil another which is of ziliiiost equal iiii]iiiriaiicc to our farmers in this lhviviiicc. 'l‘h.'it i~, chi-up and atlctiuatc trans- llhflililiin facilitics. lit-tfi hi" illl and water. \\-'c llFl\(‘ llll‘ lzirgcst pcr capiia fiiriiiiiig population iii (‘;iii:i<l.i. and lll(‘ int»! .~<.'l'li|llS transportation liaiiiliuiiis to (J\‘(‘FCl)ll'l(‘. Tho Lhiiadian Federation of .~\;'i"fciilti'rc .\ll()llltl not liisl: sight of the signi- flFIllWt‘ of ilirsi; two facts. in any representation it lll flu ~ ii-iiicilizil at .oii at Ottawa. The ‘ilinportanlr’ Thin}- w; li.l\ riniovi-il the iiiiisk more coin- ir-iiii 1h» political character of our ivar ~ , ~.l\ - i‘ii- Hltaiva journal than tlic illfltlvfl la-i \\'l'4'i\ \\ll<'|l .\lr. King rcplicd to Mr. Hanson! rlciiiiiiul for a public inquiry into thC Hung [sting iiffziiij .\lr. llaiisini frankly admitted that as llf‘ prissi-s-i-d little military knowledge lie hail not iii first approrinii-il the fiill significance of Colom-l hahtiiiil- ziniziviiig zulmissiiin in the Houst- of (‘iiiiiiiiiiiu llll‘. rl. _' bcliirr‘. Mr. King agrc/‘il to the inquiry without ob- jection. but before doing so saw fit to suggest that Mr. IIansoii must have been receiving his in- structioiis from outside as lie had accepted Col- onel Ralstoifs statcnicnt without question the day before. This brilliant sally evoked the joyous approval of the stibiiiissive party toolls behind Mr. King, who pounded their desks iii a convincing demonstration of their political patriotism. Young men's livcs lizid been lost. 'l‘lie se- curity of other young lllcll and the security of Canada were at stake. Iiut what did that matlcr to mcii whose highest service is subservience to .\lr. King? The only question bcforc the lIouse was wlic- ilicr or not thcrc sl oiild be a public inquiry into the incompetence and bungling admitted in the statement irliicli had been forced out of the Min- ister of National Dcfciise. 'I'hat, however, was of less importance to .\lr. King and his abject adherents than the opportunity‘ to direct a con- tciiiptiblc and iinivarraiitcd jibe at a Iiolitical op- poiierit. The fact that Mr. King had no possible choice but to agree to such an inquiry is in itself the most serious coiidcniiizition of his cynical asperity on this occasion. .‘\l1(l hoiv can :i'i anxious public hold out hope for courageous action among fol- lowers who saw in their Leadefls party jibe some- thiiig more important than the seriousness of the lion; Kong tragcily‘? — EDITORIAL NOTES - \\'e are just cxpcricncing the blast that blciv liIlll~('l in on Robin tltt- rovi ' boy. >k >l< >l< i- Uf 70 phonograph rccords 1n a wrcckcd can- tccii in England, the only one remaining unbroken played “God Save the Iiiiig." if N‘ N‘ if Our (iovcriiincnt can go gillivaiitiiig about seeking how to raise taxes, but whcii tlicrc is an opportunity to increase our industries they are not to be found. It It it v The birthday gift of 1594.000 to Air. Churchill froiii the pcoplc of the Netherlands lfast Inilics will be dcvotcd to the purchase of two Churchill tanks, four light cruiser tanks, and l4 Bren-gun carriers, and £180 ivill go to a hospital. r it >l< ». These sccniinglv good people mostly down south. who during and prccctling tlic last Great \\'ar lustily sang “I did not Raise iiiy Son to be a fiddler," are now wishing to goodness they had (lone so, to kccp the ll(‘\\' tcrror, that sti-ilks by day as wcll as night. from their door. l! i it i An English Woiiieifs Rural Institute staged a beauty contest in its neighbourhood recently ap- pointing an artist and a medical doctor judges. The winiici" was a pctitc farmers wife, who credited her youth and beauty to the fact that she "had bornc and reared fiftccii children. 1t’s the way of nature as well as C0llllllCl‘CC-—5ll6 gave and got in return. Ill 10' i i The tragcdv of the L ‘. A. official report on the Pearl llarbotir disaster liCr. in its effect on Admiral KlllllllCl and Ucllcral Short lloth coni- niaiiding officers had trainer] for upward of 5o years to be rcady for a single moment. And when that nioiiiciit cainc, they were found waiit- ing. Will Prinic Alinistci" Alaclccnzic King plciisc lake note? g. q. 4'. l‘. They are thinking of the future as well as tlic prcsciit in Britain. The (iovcrnniciit have ap- pointed a coinniiltcc undcr ihc chairmanship of .\lr. li. .»\. llcniaiis, .\l.'l$lCl‘ of 5t. _l0|in’s Col- lcgc. Cambridge, to advise 0n the gcncral plan of the official history of the war and provide .i link between persons ivorking on the history of the war and historical profession. 1K ll‘ 1'! I “Blaclc Market" traders who btiv and scll in zllicit (piaiititics anything of WlllCll-llle use is ra- tioned or reserved by the law, or deal in goods at prices other than tliosc ivliicli currciit regula- tioiis allow, hcconic liable to an additional fiiic equal to thrcc tinics the valuc of tlic goods. 'l'hcy remain liable to the ordinary applicable fines and to imprisonment. The measure is aimed primarily at those who may be tcniptcd to break tlic law on a largo scald Tlicy may bc fciv in iiuiiibcr, but their iiiisdoings being calculated and systematic must be dcalt with by a heavy hand. l‘ Ii l! fi President Franklin D. Roosevelt born this date, I832; a man of records; member New York Scllatc I910 to l9I3 when lic rcsigiierl to bccomg Sccrctaryi of the Navy, 1913-20; clcctcd Gov- ernor of New York iii 1928; rc-clccted 1930; elected President i933; again in I037, and yet again in 194i; being the first President to be rc- clcctcrl for a third tcrni: undcrtook to lead the pcoplc in the way they should go in the critical period in Europe 1927-9, and continued to active- ly create and develop public opinion in favour of preservation of democracy; ultimately persuading Congress to actively support the allies in their \\’ai' efforts so far as iiiiiiiitiiiiis and food stuffs ivcrc concerned: when japan iiiicxpcctcdly dc- clarcd war on the United States, Congress and people ivere practically at one in giving the President cartc blanchc to carry on ii. the inter- t-sts of Christian civilization iii gciicral and the United States democracy in particular. a: Ill iv a in order to bring Canadian army medical re. quircmciits closer into line with tliosc of Britain and the United Stair-s, the Cidtildlall standards were aniciidctl last October i to permit enlist- ment of sonic iiicn PTCVlOZAlV i-cjcctcil as iiicdi- cally unfit Defence Minister Ralston has just, told the llotisc of Commons. The Minister, an- swering a question from Dr. ll. A. Bruce (Con. Foronto-Parktlalc). did not give full details of thc changes iiiadc, but lie said: "Oiic revision ap- plics to the visual acuity standards; anothcr ap- plies to tliosc who had siiffcied from a radical mastoid operation: and a third applies to those who had suffered from some infection from '1 dry pcrforiiiation of ‘tlic oar drum.” Ilc salt] one clause of tlic ariiiy order putting the changes into effect reads as follows: "Those rciecteil iin- der tlie old standards for defective vision, radi- cal mastoid (one side), or dry perforation of the ear drum (one side), Sllfillltl lie encouraged to [ircsetit themselves for rc-exaniinatinii for pos- silile re-eiilistinent iinrlcr lllCSC revised stand- ards. -.. . l 51.1.12 CHARI-UFFETQYYN GUARDIAN NOTES BY TNE WAY There can be no doubt about. the lpyglLy 0f the Franco-Americans toward the country of their adoP- . Llori. We are Americans far sev- eral generations back. Amflifflm o; canada and Lhg United Suites who have never known B11)’ QM" regime thin that. of Amrrlofln Irw- dcms. no other mode of existence than that. of citizens of Aoinh America. We are unanimous in preaching unity about the, Sta-s and Stnipes. pig-operation witli the clvll and religious leiiikrrs in the mutual task of defence. the sacn: flees necessary to victory against the powerful, dangerous and un- scrupulous enemies. In_ mun)’ New England village; the first marines acid soldiers w m1 on the field o! honour in defence of their country g5 in ti“; Great War. have been Franco-Americans well RHCWD in their localities — L'Avenlr Na- tional tMancihesier, Nil). A Wliltq P2. er Issued recently explains how he present reorgan- ization of man-power" wlll a-ffect the Hcnie Guard. It had already been announced that, f-JL‘ prnlClllle of compulsory service was to applied tn some degree to that. force; and seine anxiety had been felt on that. score because the Home Guard ls rightly proud ofatis volunteer status. The White papar, hsivevcr, makes it c1621‘ that this anxiety was 111N113“?- The adoption 0t‘ conscription in rlngiiplg l5 l! high tribute b0 the ome Guard. If it lrd not been indispensable lo the me of tia- tional defence there ‘Ollld have been no nerd to ccnsidcr measures designed to bring" it up’ to fu.l sticngtli ln all arcas. It is a rc- marlcaible achievement, that the Home Guard should, at an early siag¢ ¢f its career, have reached the formidable total of about l.- 5000011 men and should have main- tained itself at that. total in still"? of progressive calls from other services, and ln spite of normal wastage. - Landon Times. win. a population not fai- from ii million. Montreal possesses one library. we are not erring cn _lhe side of extravagance. Its librarian, a distinguished writer and stud- ent, ls the first to drplcre this 1.1- menlablc lack. He ccriffded to_ ii newspaper man recently some fig- ures which enable the setting u: of a. cccnpainscn. The circulation of books dues not excxvl iii flit- ures 200.00). whereas in Toronto, a city which does not comprise 700.- 000 inhabitants, it ls of 4,500,000. Expenditure shows the saute dif- ference Mont-real spends $80,300 B. vear on its llbraiflv; wliercas To- ronto spends from 5500.000 to $520.0fl0.....'1"here ‘is nerd _lt:r decentralization. for ogtenuig branches in the far-out districts in order to serve cltiuens for whom our libriirv 1s at. present vrliolly useless. Here again comparisons are not 1n our fcivour. Toronto has 21 branches. Boston has 3'0. and New York ‘ll. If we do not adopt. this solution, in our opinion the simplest. and the one that. cori- forms most to existing demands. we will remain forever at the tail or the other cities. and it. is our population vrhlcli will suffer. In face of these facts. which cannot be denied. serious-minded people shrug their shoulders. - L2 Cati- aclii (Mantra-ah. Russia's task this winter has been ccmplleatcd by Japan's tit-tack on Britain and the United Stairs. Japan. Ml’. Lltvincv said in Walr- ingtoa. s the "CCIITUTCIT enemy." Will Rwsia, for that reason. soon go to war with Japan? It ‘is clearly not for us first to decide and then to advise. we (to not. know Russians Far Eastern strength and how much of it, if any. ivvs ivltliidraivn to help l1‘) the West. What we can plainly say is that. Russlals re- sponsibility. for the ccminon front as well iis for her own sake, can be found li-i the land ivar a ainst. Ger- many. She 1s better paced than any other Power to amage and vi-eakezi Germany. and lf she were dist-rained from this valuable work lt would be a general misfortune She has, of course, to think of Ja-pan and Germany as one. We do not know much about the chances for campaigns on the Manclioukuo border at this time of winter, but we can suppose that. lf nothing happened this year Gor- many would almost ccrtniiiiy want Japan to balance her spring of- fensive ln the west with one against Vladivostok. If that. fut-um strategy seemed at. all likely Russia she might lhlzik lt gocd to use the winter for as much bomb- ing of Japan iis possible. -Mi'in- chestcr Guardian. Six hundred workers ln a British radio factory have had themselves X-reyed in their own time by s. new process of mass radiology to be used eventually throughout Brlt-aln so that large numbers of people can be examined for tuber- culosis and heart. diseases quickly and economically. Only 1 per cent, of the total were found to be un. flt. The process. which has also been used for soldiers ln a mllllafY camp for the first, time la Eiiglan k called mass miniature radio- lrraphy. X-rav roll film photo- graphs are taken with a. miniature roll film camera. and the 35m. PBdlCZTHfII-is of the lungs are thrown on a screen. If leslons are observ. ed, the cxcmlnlng doctors make a further X-my and general ex- tlllllllflllOll of the mtlent. A special camera with a faofprcof system nl’ numbering and ldentlfytlng the lunq PhOWBTBPhS cf patients hfls DENT deal ed and patented by an Englsl-mim who set up ln bi“- liters 30 veers arm wiin ii (‘Bnlilll 0f I5 and new. with an electrical 9381""? Y0!‘ Partner, has a concern worth £21000. Presented by the Mflwnlllen Co. New York. this iinlt is now ln use b_v Britain's Rflval Army Medical Cams other units are being used bv thi- Royal Nlvy and the ROY-sf Alr Force. Electric kettles of porcehln no WW bqlnc made in mnqiiind for the first tme. Many tl-iauunds of them lre already on trig market, roi- in Brltaln lO-day in, dcmupd for electrc kettles l: as great u ft ls for the meta’; fr~m whim they are usually made. The kettles hold "lffl hints of water iii-d thev are 9159M W l! good deslqn ln plaster moulds frcm llqiild ClMI. BDVElI-illv prepared. After the first "firti " in the mmiri- ktfn i». w”, ‘l; Blamed ii dark blue and flred l sec- ond time at a very him iqmm-q- tine. A wicker handli- and the "GOES-SEW efectrfc Memcnt, flex and plut are then atlrrhed. All the writ. except the kiln tirinii, ls done liv women. I-i other direc- "9"! BTW!!! Ln iiiilnz notfevv w'd¢- b’ t0 release metals for the war. Chemical stoneware replaces afaln- leés steel for certain tvnm 9f jim- 2“.2"‘.’§.‘2.il"“i'é;.. “i%“'1‘“‘“°'i "i"? ii r ware ns ee of ebonlte. Electric fire: have sur. round: of awnewuiu iii place of -~-. ...-... A British Liberal Looks At Churchill (Harold Laskl, in The New States- man and Natlrn, London) Mr. Churchill 1.x a personality ui the same ultimate sense that. some half dozen historic figures are per- sonalities ln British history - we may love them or hate them. we cannot. remain unaffected ‘by. them. He has made lilmsclf, ever since the Boer War. part. of the inevit- able backkround of our lives. We have al\va_vs been anxious to know what, he is doing. and what. lie is going to do. W0 tire iiripressc-zl W his inexhaustible energy lils _lm- mense gusto wtli which he dririks at. the fount. of life, his lncitraole and half-boyish eagerness always to be up and doing, and mostly to be doing scmcJiing new. He alivays makes us trike notice of the fact that lie is there. We like his unaffected joy in the bottle. We are moved b_v his Inner power to rise above the buffetlni; of fate. He ls often wrong-headed, often tlmes,sometlmes too prejudic- ed even to know that he is ignor- ant. But we fe-cl alive lii his vivid- iicss. We feel tnwgflfc b_v contact with his exertions. We arc stcclcd by his resoluton and elated by nls audacity. Say what one mav against the Prime Minister. no one ‘ran deny that: he is in ‘lie full sense a niaii. O I O O I I think his defects are gigantic. He rarely llstcns to other people if lie can have the privilege of llslenliip to himself; and he is cue cl’ ‘I c supremo talkers nf our time. H» has a mind that thinks. if it possiblv can, in rhetorical Lvrms; images. metaphors. fllll\l£'.‘{.,'l-~‘. pour from liim iii an iinceasiriz torrent. He is so quick to form a conclusion that. the power to ponder over the foundation of his thought ls usually denim lilm. ' Opposition tends tn make lalin obstinate‘: it tlocs not easily por- suade h’; l0 s-Plf-scrutliis‘. Ha is so much We man of action that, even when he writes. one can see hlm marshal his sentences as though they were soldiers on a paradc-grcurid. I-fo has the unlit‘:- lairs vice (If beli flint when llf? has mastered a , he knows a subject. l-Ie finds it lcult to iLs- cover limitations iii il se who have been loyal to him; and that tends to make him qiilck to GIHDHRSZZ". the limitations in their ci-ltics. H" does not easily learn lits way about the things that do iict interest li‘ui —and little really interests 111m in the world of econcrnc life. He belongs to the race cif the Wlelz oligarchs of the 18th century. He has, therefore, a profound res- itvct. for Parliament. bun he expens Parliament to think in terms oi a scclctv sham-d bv. and conforming to, tifiit Whig tradition. He loves the feel of power. its trappings and lts excitement. He sees history as great babies b€l-\\'[‘(’l‘l great person- alities. so that their relation to the vas impersonal forccs of hiswy raises problems that he has nevi-z" scPn and could only. I think, with difficulty be broiiglihtc understand. I I I O Yet his virtues are not less gigantic than his defects. His nwii cnitraze i: iiiatclils-ss. and it onablcs him to respond to courage ln others. He knoivs the spell of a great idea. and hf.‘ will spend him- self relentlessly" in its service He halos cruelty ivitli a loathing that. goo: to the root of ‘ii. uattirc. He Pas the gift of arotisiw! tar-scinti- ate lomltics in lllDSE‘ who work with hliii, and the ucncrrisi": to give tlictn full crr-dit for the col- laboration. l-le has imaaTviation: and ivhen his interest is dccplv arcu=ttd that imagination is both sensitive and profound. His will is lnflflC of slccl: and lf lie drives others rvlcnllcssly, it is no more than the price Izc r-xacrs from hiUlSCY. Though he can be hard, and even ruthless, his capa- cit-v for tenderness ls profound. Not least. he lins the power of llic natural lciidci" to fuse l‘ie whole of himself \\‘lll the cause fci- WhlCll he ls fighting. That. is why he lius qiriboliacd Britain 1n this hour with ii completeness which no other man in our WSfOVY has surpassed. He ls a good frlcrirl and a clcaii foo. If the hnsrcn of his ideas boundctl bv tlin Palli- tinns of the past to ivlilcli h" b.“- long: rather than cxlcntlcd bv the inspiration of that future m» might u) make, h:- stnnds for WllRl- ls best. in that tradifion as it l: lntorrtfcl- ed b_v a romantic aristocrat to whom the greatness of Britain is a religious prwslon. I \\ t I l Arrogant, ambitious, resolute, un- breakable, self-confident. all that he ls he gives to the thing foi- which he cares; hf‘ lives for lt. and, if need be, ho would die for lt, too. And because the Brit-tun that he llws for has lts fate lucscaygally intertwined with that of frcedoin. the driving motive of lils effort makes his immense faults of loss importance than lils "supreme vir- tues. He has Cliatliamis maieszic power to Will the confidence of the people, and. at. least tlll the vlc- tory ls won. nothlnc wlll (if-Pact hi]: from lts devotion to the vital en . metal. Pottery is al=o guiding maple through the black-cut, tn the form cf tiles with raised ribs which reflect the light. 'I\*ese tiles are being bullt into karlis in black and white groups or fixed to door- WRYS. gatepcsts and those tempor- ary obstriicfions which arise in the path of the Wayfarer. 0N POUR SIIOPPII/O {/57} Remu- coon a/eu wmv A rmcr arm: wlwr MADE - in - CANADA ' WORDS OF (IHALLENG F A Thought A Dny é For A People AI War i “There la a long road ahead — a hard and bitter road for all of us. We who inherit. freedom must now de- fend our herltage with ‘blood. sweat, toil and tears" —- Lelgliton McCarthy. Canadian Minister to Washington. Public CIVIC ELECTION JANUARY so, 1942 Notice Voters lists have been prepared for the Civic Elmio to be held on Wednesday, February 11th, 1942, and will}, posted for the inspection of all Electors at. the City Co“, HW Room, City Building up to and including February 41] Saturday Night Announcements (Financial Post) A strong case ls presented by The Winnipeg Tribune against the grow- lng government habit of maid!!! 1m- portanl: announcements 0f D0110?- vla the Saturday night radio. Our contemporary points out that. lhll was the time chosen by Ottawa for informing the nation of such drastic application of the general cost-af- livlng bonus, and other sweeping pollcles. The result has been I. week- end. of rumors. About the only advantage of with- holding important a-nnouiicemen’: until Saturday night, of course, ls that. where buying habits or price! are to be affected, there ls sorre chance of adjustment and none fcr hoarding, before the bitsincss WCI-li opens. But this atlvantiige is more theoretical than real. Moreover since the war at lcast most. of the changes announced have been so revolutionary tn character that much more than a more Sun- day ls needed for adjustment, nlultiple Voting: whereas that period is amply suffic- ient for tlic starting of hard-to- catcli rumors. Will Eire Stay “Neutral”? (Exchange) The Dublin C0l‘l‘(‘S1)flIlClP11l of Tlte New York 'I‘imcs ls by no mcaiis convinced that Eire will be able cr 1942 from ll mm. to 5.30 p.m. daily. Voters are advised to ascertain that their names a; All males and females must. be:- (a) 21 years of age and upwards. (b) Residents of City for One Year (except (4 (c) British Subjects. (d) Not. in arrears on December 31st, 1941 for Ciri Rates, Taxes or Assessments. changes as the ceiling of prices. lhfl And must be;__ properly listed in all wards in which they are qualifiedt vote. ' Voting qualifications (General) (1) Owner of freehold of land or premises for months previous to the Election to the value o One Hundred Dollars. (Males) Tenant or occupant for 3 months at a, nual rental value of Fourteen Dollars. ((Males) Have paid Poll Tax of Five Dollars to 194i on or before December 31st, 1911. Male or female- non-resident but otherivisc qua] fled as above. If doing business and business premises in the City. If qualificatioiisi (2 (3) (4) \./ freehold, to vote only in Ward 0r occupyiir “iflftlfi Whey freehold lies, otherwise only in Ward of liiisines occupancy. Persons voting: 0n sections (l) and (2) as above ma vole in each Ward in which they are so qualified. Persons voting on section (2) may vole only in 1h Ward of which they are resident. Properly or rental qualification sufficient in time bu having evcn intends tn keep out of the war ])_, 19.11 to the end. His report ls that be- lief grows stranger ln Dublin that the country ls getting closer to the Will‘. tiotivit-listanding Eamon deval- erals frequently asserted. determin- ation to keep the country neutral. The facts cited lii support of this vlciv are impressive if not couvlnc- lug. One is the United States entry irito the war, and the virtual cei- tainty of an American request fcr SOB. bases in the west of Eire, as uicll covered by the six Northern count- ies. 'I‘lils figure may be taken as the mfixllnlllll- 115 ll “'35 Bil/fill l" 1119 British sentiment in all pirts of t! Parliament of Northern Iceland by removed from one (Signed) Ward to another within months next preceding date of Election, entitles vote ii former Ward only. Dated at Charlottetown this 28th day of J an uzii-y l E. F. SELLER. Electoral Officer for the City of Charlottetown. L-SBS-l- "Euros leave no rconi for qiksit as to the trend and fort-r cf pr< Island. Eire‘s Government miiy ii as for alrflelds at strategic points. Prime Minister Andra" last wick’ "ml" mmlnany ""<’"l1'"1-" "l" 1‘ Obviously lf such a request. were made and granted, Eire would be classed as n belligerent automatic- pcssible for Elre to icmaln aloof from B. ivorld struggle whose arena. extends into lts coast waters and over lts skies. One interesting sug- gestion put. forward by The ‘Pimcs correspondent is that dcValcrn might. be got lrito line with the A1- lies fcr an sill-out iviii". if the prob- lems connected with the partition of Ireland could be satisfactorily solv- ed. ‘Ilicre ls reason to believe, this correspondent thinks, that feelers along this line have already been made by tlic authorities at Dublin, as well as rcqttcsts for arms. anti- aircraft guns. 111211105 and tanks fcr defence of Eire’s cities against all‘ attack. Another of Birds needs, if not actual demands, ls a supply of raw materials. of sucli n range and in such quantities as to enable llfl‘ industries to stand on their own feet, and the country to become cc- onomlcally self-sufficient. But Ire- is hardly likely to be procured by pact or barter. Two statements made by this u-rltcr as to Elves attitude toward the war command interest. One ls that 90 per cent of the people of Ireland are unquestionably pro- Brltlsli ln this war. The other ls that Southern Ireland has contri- buted on a voluntary basis bclivceii two and three times as many men as Northern Ireland. to the Brltlsli Armies. Here are the flgiircs cltcd: Northern Ireland, 23,000 enllstments. those including the whole territory Professional Cards Morrell antl Company ll. F. ANGNIBALD Chartered Accountant: Eiuteni Trust Bullillng Charlottetown McLEOD 8i BENTLEY W. E. HENLEY K. C. J. A. BENTLEY n. c. C. F. BENTLEY. LLB. 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