PAGE TEN WHY PUT UP WITH iThe Central Guardian TEMPORARY RELIEF How to Correct Constipation vWithout “lloslng" LONDON, Canada: Not getting enough of the right kind of “bulk" iri your diet is a common cause of Constipatiuti. If this is your case, KELLOGGS ALL-BRAN can help you become regular . . . naturally. Try a bowl of ALL-BRAN or l couple of ALL-BRAN mutfins every morning, drink plenty of water, and dl$(‘('i\\l'1"iltl\\' rrgrilltr you become. Keep ahead of constipation . . . with ALL. Bl‘..-\.\‘! ln two convenient sizes at tour nearest grocers Made by {ellogfs in London, Canada, LONG RIVER SCHOOL Honor roll of Long River School for month of May: Grade iA-l Jeanette Brown, 2 Jelni ctiriipoeil, .1 LUHLC cariipoell. uriiuc VLIA~"I I1"‘le k-Uiivei‘. tirade V1i—-l Vc-iiill cilyrlter, 2r Jean Fltzslinnioils, 3 Wuidsor‘ Campbell. UIHQB VI—l Jean Maclood, 2 Gerald Jclrnstone. Principal, lvl, 1-1. Connell. Juruor Department. Grate v-l uloytl nrotvri, L’ Ru Flnsliiiirions. a IJACIItDH L‘tl_yli.t.‘l‘. tirade lV tsr.) 1 Margaret Carnpfl bin. 2 Alvin Bernard. 3 Evelyn beliiatfi. i urade IV tJr.) 1 Earith Dunning, iii-red Doughart, 3 Ellsworth Camp- ell. , ill-ade I1I~l ftalph Cole. 2 Jen-l nie Brown. 3 Muriel Pnynter. tLrade 11~1 Arlyrtle Bernard, 2 Emmett Fitzsimmons. uratle I tar 1 tlliua Fitrsirrimons, 2 Edwin Campbell. 2i Eric Bell. Grade I rbr I Clifi'ord Brown. tirade 1 re» l Billie lyiflillllllltins, 2 Clair Paynter. 3 Orville Coridly. l Teacher, M. 1t. Wlgrnoire. Eimrsxvati»: w. i. The May meeting of the Green-l vale Women's Institute rriet at the Ire-litre of Mrs. Russel White. The iii ‘.15.! opened tiv sirrguig O Curb, ' ntl ICIJC-Illllg Club \Vt>f11t‘l1'Sl . Eight members and one vrs-' itsr were in attendance, The roll tall was followed by leading. ap- proval and signing of the minutes‘ oi the last meeting. Correspondence was received from the Health 1_.e:-. giro of Canada, Badge and Specialty CL. the Island Crusader". nlsoa 1e.- ier of thanks from a lady rn the dstrict. Sick committee reported having made one visit. School com-j mitee did not have any report. Bills cf 29 cents for chocolates and five, cents for envelopes were paid. Re-k celp; was received from War Scr-, vice Fund for donation oi $10.00.| there was also a receipt of $1.00 ."e-, t-eyed for renewal of Institute News. Th: questionnaire Canadian Indus , tries. Canadianization and National} Events were filled lri by Esther Mntncsou. Papers were read by Nor- ma Frill rind Esther ltfathesoti ccn-l cernliig the questionnaire. This was‘ followed bv a discussion. The June» meeting is to be held in the schoolu R211 call to be answered with the‘ color oi the dres you were married]. in or the color of the dross you, would like to be married in. Norrnaj Paul is to be the’ convenor of ‘ICC tiutrstioiiiiarre entitled Legislation-I Tire hunting clcscd ivitli the No- tio al Anthem. The hostess then served a delicious lunch after whichl. the members packed boxes bel sent. one to England and two to; Ontario. to men from tilt‘ 611591169 who are serving our country. lPatriot. please copy) “HARKDALE IV. I. The regular monthly meeting ofl Plirkdale W. 1. was held on Monday Jitrle 2nd in the school hall. The prr-sirlctit presidid and the meeting’ open-ed by singing the Ode and‘rw:-| beating the Creed in unison. Nine- tern members answered to roll cally three visitors were present. rrllnutes of last meeting were r911‘! and approved. Reports of comm-f} tees followed. Red Cross. 11 imrs socks. 2 pairs grey alcves- WCEXWHS- 1 pair women's long hose. 1 D1111‘ bed socks, women's. 7 baby JKCKBW- 5"" in: 5 pairs pyjamas. a The school committee reported that flag and flag pole are being looked after by trustees. The sick and visiting committees reported cards sent to members and their families during the month. lvlrsl Robinson kindlv donated a ouit to’ the Red Cross to be sent overseas. srooo was voted m be sent to the‘ Queen's Canadian Fund. Mrs. Pun- cher and Mrs. Douglas were iii?- pointed as delegates to the annual convention which is to be lieltl. ini Prince of Wales College. July 1M1 and 3rd. $3 was voted to send cigar- eties to the boys from the diSlf-Bt sewing overseas, Mrs. Burns. MFR Walker. Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. Dtiffy, and Mrs. Cock were appointed as “a committee to look alter t/ea which; Is to be held at the Experimental. Station in the near future. 1t. vlfns decided w hold a school P191110 0T the children after the closinfl. the, sum of $3 being voted for this pur- pose. Meeting closed by singing the National Anthem. CANADA PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Notice to creditors of first meeting where assignment made. IN THE MAPIER QF THE BANK- RUPTCY of William S. McLure, of sum- mr-rside, P r i n c e County. Prince Ed- ward Island, Auth- orized Asslgnor. Deb- tor. Notice is hereby given that Wil- liam s. McLure. of Summerslde. in Prince County. in Prince Edward Inland. madl- an assignment on the 3rd day of June A. D.. 194 Ind that the first meeting of cred- It/ors will be held on the 20th day of June A. D.. 1941. at the hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon at pig Law Courts Building, tn the city of Charlottetown. To vote thereat proofs of claims and proxies must. be filed with me prior thereto. ‘Those having claims against the estate must file the some with the Custodian or the "trustee when IP- polnted befbre the distribution ts made. otherwise the proceeds of the estate will be distributed among the parties entitled there- to, without regard to stich claims. Dated at Summer-side. this 6th day of June A. D.. 1941. Address Bof Custodian. . . ox . 5 e .trle. P. E. I. mIrEBICK J. It. WRIGHT. Custodian. L-UT-I-IO-fll. I. l I i n 6 cents n word. strictly pay- able in advance CRASWELL for photographs. | CONFEDERATION urn IN ANCE. NOTRE DAME Alumnae meet- 111g tonight ‘i130. i RECITAL by pupils of Miss Lil- |1ian MaoKenzie, Friday evening June 20th. I-Ieartz Memorial Hall. L-304. -9. I TIIE ANNUAL meeting of the .Rcgistcred Nurses Association will ; be held at the Charlottetown Hotel ‘today at 2:30 pm, L-295. KNIGHTS 01-‘ COLUMBUS— Rigulrtr monthly meeting this eve- Iilllg at 8:15. Election of officers. Full attendant‘; requested. L-302. THE ItEGULAit monthly meet- ing of the Ladies Aid Prince Ed- ward island Hospital will be held iin Cuiidall Home on Wednesday, June 11 at 3:30 o'clock. L-288. DIEDICAL EXAM TONIGHT- Those who have registered for the Nursing section of the Canadian Red Cross Corps will be medically examined at the Red Cross of- fice on Tuesday evening begin- ning lit 7 o'clock L-303. I. WEDDING — A wedding of unusual interest took place ui Cambridge. Mass, Sunday, June 1st. when Miss Marion New- som. daughter of Mrs. Samuel New- som. ' ston. P. E. 1., was united in rriar" drich o Ware. Muss. The ceremony took place in the First Bapris: Church. Central Square, Cambridge. the officiating clergyman bein the Rev. Air. Cununings, pastor 0 the church. The bride looked charming in her gown of white satin, made princess style. with long train. she wore a veil and halo of orange bios- soriis and carried u bouquet 0t white rose buds null baby's breath. She trralked up the aisle,tothe strains of the Wedding March. on the arm o her uncle, Mr. Joseph Darke of I-"FUVICICIICIB, R_ 1.. who gave her away. She- was attended by Mrs. Donald Hanson as matron of honor, who was prcttily gowned in pale blue orgaiidv with hut. of flowers and. tulle to match and carried a. bouquet of roses and maiden hair fern. The groom was ablv support- ed by Mr. Donald Hanson. Immedi- ately following the ceremony a re- ception was held at the home cf l, Mr. and Mrs. George Panton, l8 Bigelotv St, Cambridge, where the bride and groom received about siixty of their friends and relatives. the house was prettily decorated with pink and white cut. flowers. Later in the evening the happy couple slip-pod atvrtv amid showers of rice and confetti, léilVlllti‘ by aulo for P. E. Island. where ey will spend their honeymoon with the bride's mother in Kingston. After Julv 1st they will be at home at 13 High St.. Ware. Mass. Previous to the wedding the bride was tendered a shower by her girl friends, many and various were the gifts retell/Hi and much merriment was caused by some of the verses accompanying them. Personals Mrs. Duncan Marshall, wife of Senator Marshall, Ontario, has ar- iivcd in Charlottetown on a short visit to hei- sister, Mrs. James Kelly. Rochford street. It is twenty years since she was here last. ______7____ ST. JAMES CHURCH Rev, G. Carlyle Webster, acting Moderator of Kirk Session. rep- resenting the Presbytcryconduct- ed service in the morning. rind read the crlrct declaring the charge vacant in consequence of the resignation of Rev. Dr. R. Moor- licnd Legato having been accepted bv the Prcshyitcry. The Minister preached an eloquent and much tipprccintod sermon on "Does God Care?" In the evening the Rev. '1‘. H. B. Somers. B.D., S.’I‘.M.. eon- cltrcted the worship. and delivered an able sci-mun on the text. St. John l0. Verse 14. "I know my sheep, and am known of mine.” In the morning the choir rendered the anthem “Bless Thou the Lord" tlvanovitchl. and in the evening Efillnpcus, “If Yo Love Me. Keep My Commandments." Interpreting The War By Kit-ire L. Simpson Assnciatctl Press Staff Writer ’I‘remendous stake; tor Bntnln and her Axis foccs "tllke are ln- trolvred in the war in b‘lencii man- dated Syria and Lebanon; but for once the military odds are with the British. troops and their Free French allies. In seizing the initiative thg- All as have taken ii lctif from Hitler‘! own book. London, not Berl n, struck first, with bright pr:spects of n quick victory which could pow- erfully strengthen British control of the eastern Mediterranean. Vichy rcpor * bitter rrslstance b0 the Allies by Prrnch colonial garri- sons royal to the Petaiii-Darlnn re- gime. Britilfi and F‘rce French oo- counts speak of half-hearted stands against the triple frontflo Allied at- tack. and of increasing natlve and French desertlcns t) 10in 7/518 Free French sttiridtird. Quick Allied penetration to wlthn two score miles or less of Beirut and Damascus, capital: of the two mrintlatrd territories, tends to bear out. the Allied version nt the fight- ing. Surrender m- capo-ire of either would open both coastal and inter- ‘ lor routes nor iwnrd. it would per- mlt the two A lied columns driving from Palestine and mans-Jordan to make an ultimate junction with the forcs thrusting ‘iorthwestward frcm Iraq up {he valley of the Euphrates. It appears osslble that the two other Allied t rusts westward from Iraq toward the wast are also impending. Gocd bus-route roads norms the Syrian desert offer possibilities of a five- pronged assault that could overrun all syrla east of the rnnin north- south coastal range With hcrtvy BrltLsh ships report- ed to be lying off bath Beirut and Tripoli. bath in Lebanon. threat- ening bombardment. unle=s btth are given up. quick collapse of French resistance in that arcn is n distinct possibility. ‘That would put much Fhis column 1| reserved for new: of local interest. hut lover-thin; of n uewsy natu a may ho Inserted SUB- L-WlWAssistant Ch‘ef of the Urbanon Syrian .' Brigadier II. A. Pope‘ Gives Impressions 0f Wartime England The following address. broadcast Sunday night ovei- the CBC net- work by Brigadier Maurice A. Pope. General Staff at National Defence Head- quarters, Oitatvei, will be read with special interest here. Brigadier Pope ls a son of the late Sir Joseph iPope and a grandson of the Hon ‘ W. H. Pope. one of Prince Edward Islands Fathers of Confederation. Brigadier Pope was. before his present appointment. Brlzrdicl- General at Canadian Headquarters. Enrrlavd. and has held "varzous senor Staff appointments. BRIGADIER MAURICE A. POPE _ This task is not an easy one and it was tirade less easy by the High Coirimlsscirer for the United Klng. dom, who, if 1 may say so, opened these talks at lie end of April with such an admirable and airihoritir- 1 tive survey of conditions prevailing 1n the United Kingdom. As a mem- ber of the British Government. Mr. MacDonald could survey the tvar from the highest level; I smv 1t from a much more modest ob- scrvt-ition post. Yet I am encourag- ed by the knowledge that a dia- mond has many facets, many more indeed than can be encompassed in one view, and it seems to me at Times that from the lower stops-s there are vistas that pass unnotlc- ed in the wider field birt can be seen from the mountain top. I am encouraged. too, by the opening line of Bagehots great work on the English Constitution which quietly observes that “on n11 great ques- tions much remains to be said." I left Ottawa on the 10th May. 1940, the very day on which the German armies launched their of- fensive against Holland, Belgium and France. The voyage proved uneventful; the weather was pleasant and there was always within easy hall ng dis- tance, a powerful unit or lie Royal Navy, quite capable of commanding the wholesome respect of any mar- auding German raider then known to be at seaWbat course we follow- ed. I do not know. 0n this srmjcrq, the ship's officers would not speak and the amateur navigators, o! Whom I was one. fipcnt many an hour trying to puzzle out the cotrrse we were tilklhg, At times I was convinced that. we must be heading for the Azores; actually we arrived on the dot at, a -' ll- KTIOWII Port in the west of ELI. u. As we- neared the western ap- proaches. we were met by a flotilla of destroyers which led us through those dangerous writers. forming n screen to front and flank, In arid‘- Ufl". great llylrg boats occassi i flew overhead; their crews waving us a hearty welcome as they passed. We felt both proud and secure; proud of the fact that Britain was indeed the mistress ot the seas through which we were steaming, and secure because it was obvious that. should an enemy submarine venture to attack us, its hours would be numbered. We ar- rived ln port at day-break but tn order to adhere to the transporta- tlon arrangements that had been made. disembarkation was nit to commence until late that afternoon Landing In England By n fortunate set of circum- stanccs I was able to disembark- shortly after lunch and as my train for London was not due to have until late thrt nislrt, i had an opportunity to trisil. an cld friend. who commanded tin iiirpt-r- tiint dstrtct in the west. of B nln. His home lay on the oritskl: sleepy old town. The day w..~ _ fect and mv few hours WIHI were a perfect re-lntrorluction ‘o the English scare. It vi; ti... T“ 0f May. the very dny an rt -h *h~ German Armoured Div zorrs in their headlong rush worth west- wnrds across Norther-i Flange down the trallev of tho 59mm“ Lad arfivcd at Abbeville. The"; v/crc al- readv turning northward. tartar-l- Boulogne and Calais. further to complete the envelopmont of the British Expeditonary Force ttion we strolled about the tlclirhtirzl countryside a piece of gfflllflfl was Pointed out to me with the rermrk that prior to the Autumn of 1939. of the Lebanon-Syrian coristlne in Allied hands. The plight of the re- maining French garrrsoris, pinched between the Allied drive at mascus and that up the Euphrates. would be hopeless in hat case and Free French-British r-zcupatlon of all Syria would follow An immediate effect of Alled capture of Beirut and '1‘r p211 would be to bring Rovnl All Force fighting planes within cloze range of Cyprus, Island key to British defences 1n the eastern lvledlter- ranean. A repetition at Cyprus of the Nazi ali- invasion of Crete in that case. Berlin's retlcence over Syria. and its assertions that it is. after all. a French-British affair. iirongly sug- gests Nazl doubts that adequate Axis help can be given the French defender; there. Nrr is name seem- ingly much more confident that Allied mastery of the French lie- vant States can be prevented. j However, the Axis ‘s likely to \ make some back u "co laboratlou" deals with j Vichy. ere ls too much at stake for Berlin and Rome not to nt- tempt to strike. pCSTIhIV ln Nrth iAfrPn and simutaneitsy bv nlr at British fleet concentrations of! the Invent coast. stubbornly tailing on Dunkirk. As‘ would seem to be all but ln-lposslbe J sture of retaliation to. iflE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN» was buckling down to the B’ O r. "Our talk, of course. was of the WII‘ and of the OpQIIYROOs then in regress across the Channel. High opes were expressed, that a vigor- ous French counter-attack would cut through the an betwen Anions and Arms, Wlllc then separltAd the British and French Arniiel. i But alas, my hopes wars vnln and ifor one reason or another that icounter-attack never developed. |The isolation of the British Expedi- Itionary IPorce remained complete; they had their backs to the an and fitczmothelr poiéit of vies well‘ might 1 erman ‘gh Common exul- tlngly announce that nothing could save them now. But with German sea power ls not to be derided, at heart the Germans are landsmen and they think in terms of armies. They had forgotren that to an is- land race the tea L; not, an obstacle —on the contrary, 1t la a means of commillcatlon and, rather than be- ing 8'1 Enemy. it ls their never- failing fr end Ind ally. 1t is for this reason the Brit‘sh military opera- tions have always been based cn the sea. It is for this reason that Brltiri Armies operate whenever they can with one flank on the sea and when they get into difficulties fanher inland, the rsstncttvely move buck to regailn touch with that element by means of which they have built their preponderm. in! place in the wor d. "NO matter what the Gsrrlians may have thouult. the British Ex- Ilfllmonfify Force was far from inst. it had come back to th- sad and "19 Word hating bit-ail like ivill“. lire thwuslrtur. England that there was 8 Erect Work to b» (lone .11 r: e shores of Dxlikmk, and ultg (rut from the great number o.’ sans that th- A1 rflralty had been sble to requisition, every owner r. q 11198511112 cuff. no matte' how small. auflima l s ‘to join ire petty‘ , as they calm‘, it and to rescue their g their home p a. own from ‘no cot-nut grip, (‘are officer I met, who 1n times of peace i lived on the Isle of Wlrzht. later W11 me that to his utt=r amaze- ment he came home ram Dunkirk by means of the little puddle- l wheeled ferry that It W55 h s wont to take from Portsmouth of a sum- i mer evening. t "Brit to rezaln the thread of my SIOTY- I 110% to London fvitit half- Dflst sevw, of a ralnv morning- rrbout ire only rainy day that I can recall during the whole o.‘ that' momentous summer. On coming 1 out of the station, I jumped into a ; taxi. drove to a place the‘ 1 had I known some years previously. drop- ped my bag with a remark “here I 11m 8911f" and was down at Head- quarters by 9 a. m. where f was immeclzatey in the thick 9f it. Dunlfrlt _"Genera1 McNaughton with his, Division was then about to begin e those hBCI/c days wh'ch were to lead him across the Qlmnnel m5 back flgaln while ills troops were being moved from their training areas down to the ports, back i 1181111. and then again to the ports, as their orders were constantly be. in! Chanlffid. "On aga n, off again, BORE again" seemed to be the order of the day. But this state or order- and counter-order should occasion no surprise. A great power, France. was being humbled rn defeat and the existence of the British Exped- lliPiltlry Force was at stake. Any- thing that was humanly possible to i retrieve impending disaster had to be attempted. At about this time] Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons, had warned his country- t men that they should prepare themselves for hard and heavy tld- | lngs But the events of the next week were to astonish even Mr. Churchill." “The miracle of Dunkirk had be- gun. With the sec abnormally calm for an abnormal period. the troops were brought back in their thous- anda It was with the greatest amazement that we read the morn- ing and evening situation reports issued by the War Office. record- ing the numbers that had been evacuated during the prewous twelve hours. We did not dream it ! to be possible and yet the reports were accurate and we could con- firm them for ourselves et-ich day, for here and there one would meet. old friends of the British Army who had just returned. tired but in liigu spirits and supremely confid- ent in their view that man for man they were superior to the Gennlm. “While Mr. Churchill had called Dunk'rk a grave disaster. The Bri- tish Expeditionary Force was home. it ls true, but without equipment ‘value was low. One blessln of the Brittle of France was. tat the speed with vltlch it had been fought and won was such as to make it impossible for Hitler im- med atel to continue with the battle of, England. I am revealing no secret when I suggest to _you that in those tense days of June last year. a small resolute German force might well have taken Inn- don. But Hitler was not ready. and as one day followed another, the Brltisher Army recovered itself and took hold of the situation, so much no that on the 14th July, Mr. Churcltlll was able to come to the microphone to give expression to the one thou ht that. dominated -every mind an heart in Great Bri- tan, and to breathe defiance to his enemy. Hitler had at least nflssed that. chance. "By the ecd of July. the atmos- phere had completely changed. But lby then, a new phase of the battle ‘I ed begun. The German air force rhad reorganized and made good 1's Ilosses resulting from the severe lair fighting in France and it now set. out to gain air superiority over ,Great Britain. At the start, the heaviest fighting took place bry (lav when German ghtlng siren t en- -deavoured to over-game British air ‘lighters and to shoot them out. of tthe skies. Litter. hordes of German bombers approached the southeas- ltei-n countres and endeavoured to -bomb the Tlrltlsli aerdromes out of existence. | “Willa during the lMVdt a 0f . uly and the whole oi Airgun the battle was one between the oppos- lng iilr forces. the Canadian troops were not merely spectators. Now nnd then, small formations o’ enemy bombers attacked our areas. I well remember one instance. The Attack came very nuddexry about tea-time on a f1 afternoon. Our cnsuiqves were t. ree killed. ‘This list may not. have been heavy ll! casualty lists can . but I recall our feelings of pr de when Inter we lenrned that one, an officer. was kil'ed while getting hlg men into shelter; two others. n. o. 0's while gallantlv bringing all the flrc th-‘y cow‘ bi-‘n to bear on llre lllht. machine- enemy with ther that field had not been ploughed within living memory. Old England great task which lay, and still lies. before ,strollers were watchin ras if Hobbs had these were momentous itil And so. these three Cana- at least did not die helplessly the case during Ill‘ allantly in the perfor- he duty it was given guns. dans, as is often raids. but mance of them to do. First Air Raid Experlonw "My first experience I found lrtlcularly exhilarating. It was a 1m Sunday in August. The day was very warm. 1 had gone to thQ offlcg s; mun] and about. noon I goceeded by underground and bus lu"ch with some fr ends in Wim- bledon. As 1 have said. "e day was exceedingly warm and as I hid about. half a mile to walk from tho bus stop, I took it at a leisurely pace in an effort to keep cool. Au I was sauntering alon a pleasant street with my thoug tit probably far away, 1 heard a peculiar dron- ing in the sky and th s thought» 0°- cur red to me-.—"iio matter ii the ex- part3 any rt ls quite impossible to distnmsh between the noise of British and German flirt!!!" Hm‘! ‘even though you have not 81rd ‘this sound for over twenty 14111. there is no mistaking 1-. 11D "W"? ls a German plane." and than the "alert" was sounded. | "Immediately, all around me there were sounds of commotion. People who hid been visiting their neighbours hurried home. Children were being called indoors. Windows were being slammed to and it seemed to me for all the world like the bustle we know so well in Can- ada before the breaking of a sum- mer storm. As for myself, I had a choice of two alternatives. either t0 accelerate my price so as quickly to gain the cover 0f a shelter I knew I would find in my host's garden. or to take it eiisy and to remain physically cool. I am afraid that t! e desire to remain cool won the day, so I cont. nued my walk, cook- ing an eye from time to see 1f I could make out anything through the haze which filled the sky. I‘1ie droning of the planes came nearer and nearer overhead and yet 1 could see nothing. Then suddenly a trail of smoke seemed to rise verti- cally in the sky. It was one of our fighters. I must have been dead in line with it for while I know that the tingle of climb of arr arcraft is not often greater than fifty or six- ty degrees, I assure you rrat this trail of smoke appeared to be ga- ing straight up in the air like a sky rocket. It was soon lost to sight and I continued my way wondering if zrythlng would happen. Then a short burst. of maclime gun fire. It could not have las‘ l "n"e than a second or two. then o cc. By this tfme I was within li .“\v yards of my friend's house and looking up again I saw a sight that thrilled me as I have rarely been thrilled before. Out of the haze. coming down like a plummet, was a Iiuge black German bomber. This time 1 ran, because in front of me was a little rise from ivhlch I could look out over the neighbouring roof across the old ville of Surrey. Down came the bomber at tremendous speed and lnncled smack on its nose about a mile and n half away. It was a sight that made me feel at least twentyw-fg’; veirrs younger , and thoroughly repaid me, ff pay- ment wei-e needed, for many years l of hard work. in preparation for ‘this war. Well-this was my intro- duction to the bl1tz.. Sensational Sight. “A week or two later. in common, I think, with everyone in London, I saw another German bomber come down near Victoria Station. It was ngirn a Sunday and the time. as well as I can recall. was about half past twelve. I had left the office and was going by taxi to lrinch with some trends near the Marble Arch. An “alert" was on and as I drove up Park Lane I noticed the crowds of Sunday g‘ something going on high up in t e sky. For once the tub thumpers of Hyde Park were silenced. I soon had my head out of the window and as the taxi was speeding round the Mar- ble Arch, it seomcd to me on two wheels, again tore came down out of the sky a German bomber wh'ch, as it. neared the ground, semed to fall to pieces. At least one member of its crew baled out and he, of course, was immediately captured on landing. The crowd cheered as if Babe Ruth had just. poled out a home run, or perhaps I should say lust knocked Bowes for six at the Oval. "The feeling of satisfaction was intense and I remember paying off my taxi with greatest good will and of eating my lunch rn the best 0f spirits. "Saturday, the 7th of Septemb r e beginning of the London blitz, was a never-to-be-forgotten day, I and gm- this reason its 113mm; {remember that there had been ln- ltense aerial activity over toe east of London during the whole course ‘of the afternoon. So much so that lour work at Catiaditm Military Headquarters was sadly interrupt- ed. Between 4 and 5 o'clock a great formation of German bom- bers made their way up the Thamis Elstuary and severly bomb- ed the area oi the London docks and tremendous fro; were started. As I left for my flat at about half past six a great pail of white smoke [hung over tl'e East End and it could be seen til-lit a great fire, or fires, were raglnrr beyond control. Auxiliary fire brigades were tear- Ilng at hi h speed through the streets an everyone felt that they iwere present at a great historical event. As darkness fell, hundreds '01 German bombers flew over dropping more lncendlarcq and bombs of heavy calibre. It. W35 it'l- rleed a time that ‘gave to feelings, inot oi fear. but o riwo. and there came to my mind Jomlnrs saying .“wai- la a dreadful and impassioned drama." And. so it is v ‘Tribute To London-re a "To those of us who had known artillery and air bombardments In the Drevlous war. the experience was not new. It was simply o case of going back some 20 year; or more. Brit tl is time there was a great difference. The former bom- bardment: of Ypres. of Arras and Amiens were bombardmentrr of towns in which there were few, if any civilians. This time the objewt as not so much London itself es its inhabitants, men. women and child. ren. As I have said. there ls noth- lng of special importance when an "my tomes under fir’. It. lit its business to fight and to be Fred at. But great towns were slowly built up over the years the better to serve the legitimate pursuit; of peace. Here we were experiencing an lttembt by the enemv ta break a peoples‘ will. And how lnmentablv did I-e fail. London cnrr cd on. I shall not. say as usual, but never- theless it. earned on and this fact Ems to '3 cw how rink-kl" a resol- ute purple can adapt themselves to the most extraordinary conditions. 1 asked hlrn what he was dOIng there. IIPOITIIT q, “d cost la negligible r44 .__... ._... .. ._.._ _ No, Englzsh men and women, who had not. felt an invader‘; hand for nearly a thousand yearn, who cher- ished the model of democratic free- dom their fathers had painfully evolved down the generations, tim- ply refused to bow their treads. "And so, the blitz went on. By day there were tremendous air battles over the south eastern countries. September 15th saw the greatest battle when the official score of planes definitely brought down reached the amazing total of 186. It was on this day that the Germans made their last great at.- tempt to beat the RAJ‘. and the essence of their plan was to dive- bomb and destr our airdromes and ground lnsta txins. A Nazi Defeat. "But our airmen were not Im- prepztred. The German dive boni- ber 1s not a match for {no Hurri- cane and the Spitfire, noi- for the plots who flew them. The German! were shot down out of the skies like quail and tn addition to the number 186 that were known to be destroyed that day. a great many other; were so severely damaged that it ls more than doubtful if they were able to reach their bases across tl'e channel. Ard of those that did. our pilots repeatedly stat- ed tPat many it German bombing aircraft took home with It a. dead rear-gunner. The defeat was com- plete and it must have completely shaken the morale of the German Higher Command. for a few day! later on the occasion of yet another attempt to get through, they were over-heard communicating in clear to their squadrons in the air that if they found the opposition too stiff they were at. libeiity to desist and to abandon the attack. Sutli a "take it or leave it" order on the part of no stubborn a foe. is to my mind a striking measure of the ex- tent of his defeat. "As I have nid. the Germans continued their attempt to destroy London until about mid-October. but the old city carried on. 1on- donera, of course, did not. stroll the streets at night. for the sake of pleasure. but essential business while mpeded, was not prevented. Tnms- , portatlon services were of course irregular but many a time do I_ recall. when the blitz was at its worst, seeing a bus proceeding along its route which led to the conclusion that some resolute bus driver quite refused for one mom- ent to admit. the right of any blast.- ed foreigner. much less n German 2? interfere with his n‘ghtly rou- no. On another occnslo . 1 think it was ln November, I had occasion to go out at about. 8 o'clock. A mo- ment before I left I heard a stick of bombs come down nearby. As I was in the middle of the building and sway from any window, 1 could not. tell where it had fallen It was a rainy night and when I had rrne about 10o yards and was pausing the famous "In and out" Club on Piccadilly, I noticed that the llr was full of brick dust and plaster. I shall not try to hide from you that I was keeping my left. shoulder retty close to a. friendly wall and n so dcing I stumbled over a man who was crouching down in front of me. 1 picked myself up and f-Ie turned out. to be a taxi driver whose cab I could dimly s86 n nlmt the curb. Expressing some in igno- tlon rind much surprise he said that driving down Piccadilly, p moment or two before, a bocnb had prac- ticalfy blown til-m out of his cab. I aske him where it had fallen and he replied that he bu! beam some- one say “down by the R-lt-l" which was at least 400 yard: away. 1 kne-w that. there was something wrong about this, and looking around I any that. I. bomb had fai- len on the edge of the roof of the "In and Out" not B0 feet. sway. I llaughlngly told by newly-found friend that he was e bit out in his reckoning and that ere had pretty nearly been the subject of a dlnot nit. He got. u . 811001: himself. and with a. color ul remark which 1m- plled that there must be wmethtnl wrong with his sense of direction. he cheer-full hopped Into his taxi, and resume his search for a fare. Bnve Examples These few examples will show you. I trope. how London refused to be brow-beaten lnd how they 0b- atlnately went about their buslnou. In the morning after n bud all- night pounding Iiondon might [at u somewhat blenry-eyed, but not. up they did, and go about their bul- lneu. In this there was no d - ference between man and women. Ono W5! as bruit/howl! ‘tglet either, “t! genera y apes , a a uy a great deal. Nor was this conduit! the sole prerogative of the Lon- donor. _i'ny stay in an "I often sow during Londzn a young CIIIIQIITI wcm . whose husband. on the outbreak of 1| tn the Royal Tank cor-pa. D t?‘ auinmu of 1940 ha had transferred to the Canadian Army. Meanwhile, this young women had continued to Lve in town and had volunteered to drive a. motor-oer for the Iioridon ‘eve alert found tier at tier post. should olur out to the country but date. more wu D only of gl- \ \\ Ytlllll “BT08! BIIIIIS Hove you considered where you will keepuyour Victory Bond,’ to be Info from fire, theft, or loss through The Bank of Montreal offers you the aeslrity of a safety deposit box In its vaults, in which you can RQGNIOI‘. only these bonds, but other papers, as well as small articles ofwalue. The BANK OF MONCIIREAL r teer wli Err, she lr.".d released a man= to the fighting services. Gone was the time when distinction could be made between men and women, so far as war service was concerned. She was consflous and happy at the thought that she was useful bit of work and whatever others might think, f-hl! are was determined to do. I last saw her s. day or t/wo before 1 left London ln mid-February. cheerful and gay and still resolute 1n her purpose. to continue to do her duty as it was given her to see 1t. "Some two or three months ago the enemy resumed his heavy gt. tacks on Britain and on the night of the 16th April. Lrndon exper- ienced it: heaviest raid from which, as a. friend has since written ma, it: inhabitants came up smiling once again. The following day a messagelwas received ln Canada that during the course of this raid. the young woman to whom I have P6181106. 810118 with manv others, was killed cn duty. I suggest to ou that throughout the course of his war no soldier will have earned a better right to the honourable dis- tinction — killed in active service -thim this slip of a It'd. Her name —-wh.y should I wltrhold it? she was ‘Mrs. Leonard Green. fcr-mrriy Yvonne Sutherland of Montreal. The Canadian Corps I have so far spoken very little of the work and lives of the troop: of the Canadian Corps. although throughout the I1‘nG months that I was ln London. I was concerned with nothing but Canadian Arrriv bu! 1W5 Our troops have perfected their organization and have misid- uuoslv trained and are takin a part. than which none ‘s more Im- Wrtlnt. in the defence of that tight lltt-le island that. is Great Britta. Undo." the leadership of General McNaughton. tl-lev are at their posts renclv at a moment's notice to spring into action rhould | of my shlnmates of that voyage, in the enemy venture f-n launch h's| paving tribute to his memory, eften-treathened ‘ovation, no; duties in London were heavy and it was not often that we would findiTho lnst night at sea ls usually s the time to v'slt the un'ts. But.‘ whenever I vies able to do so. itr W11: plain that their spirt was such us to make one not the least bit envious of the fate that would 56ml! any Getman invader whom Hitler mhiht decide tn send against. Great Britain. The German, 1 gm sure- would get a terrific maulmg. "A" txfflrh-‘ilfés. however, must some tme cme to an end. my tour of ciruty in Etnglani no; ex. canted Mid 80 early in February I was ordered home. I left London on the 17th of that month. I travelled in a tight littl~ ship this limp on “first is known 3,3 an lndfipgndent Sflllinll- We hnrl no visible escort The ship was small and its speed Auxiliary Fir; Brigade. She had l regular tours of duty and at night driv n; her chief wherever duty called. I often told her that the ~ with. fine aplrlt. aha would lnu|n- englivo Invite me to brln m! vlowa I1 aegitlcl work that women could do and w driving bur our Al a volun- TlGPlT i-IVJIXIS doing a. - I with his ship and I am confident Last of me ratdofl crew go ovoi- the side while llfltlkg ht- frorn the for lard hold of "In mortally wounded fast raider, Rain» I, recently sunk In the Indian ocean by "W "m" Leander, operating with New ZOIIIIIIII naval forcol. Montreal Iiom Norma Stream, hum movlo opo n-nlr audience of mars than 60,000 in We! binning the urgency of r-nrchuhg View?! 3° Trinity United on... MONDAY:_ 31:32:! of Stewards, usual time on m:;.r;fs.;fi;;.u“("n lanttc was Just beglrinllng trlsews; clear of the danger area. more we sailed an unusu and 1 would like to to a splendid crew iviiofse Expogum to danger was Illlly equal u, m,“ of any soldier in th- l»... 9119's Captain was one of the i... 'et remaining ln rictrr - . t. , eld a master's certificate ln m] He seemed to be forevq on m,’ bridge watching out for our safety His life was not an easy one. Th; strain was great and he could only at two or three short days be. ween voyages to spend at his home in the Lake district in the north of England. His last voyage home had been a hard one. r-r; had spent hours and days Without a break on the ' ~ hands were still from holding on to the rail during a long spell of bad weather. typical English siiilor, he had but one thought in mind and that was to sail his ship in the service of his country. I-le seemed to be n lineal descendant of that rm of men whose qualities were such u, upwards of t. ree centuries 1150,131- splred Charles the Second quietly t-o observe to the Dutch Ambas- sador, "it is the custom or the Eng- llsh to command at sen " Captain George Watson was not spared to make many more voyages. Ill: stout little vessel finally fell vic- tim to the enemy. So for as my information goes. he went down > that I am but voicing the thoughts “After a. fairly lengthy passage. we approached Canadian shores late one and consequentlv there were many of us up long after mid- night to answer the call of some in- defatlgable watcher to collie out to see the lights of home. We stream- ed out on deck and there in the Western horizon urns a glare such as we had not seen during the whole of our stay’ ln Encland. As 1 stood bv the rail and looked out over the dark writer of the Atlantic it seemed to me that I was looking at more than the more reflection 01 a busv seaport. Rather did I lane.‘ that. those distant llltht svmbollwl that freedom and well-being with Canada ls blessed. , May that light never lllfltv dim- gins to r551 Italian w! slur. ild"""°dn:;‘)_ tmount P"! l“