lion alonc. l\"|lll.'itll.\f.'tl has savcrl front l0 l0 20 ‘m. Cm, U," “annu- in (‘lfillii grmvn smcc lhc war. ,2.-—l1|crc:1scd skill in llll nsc of ft-rtilizt-r» Tqjgkw an agricultmwil oliicct‘ in any cnttllly can huilff a quick- lost t!» find out kg: how much lime m’ hhoéhhatcs ih_~ soil nct-ri". 'l'l1is mcans that Britain's l'llllli'll stipplii-s uf it-rtilizcr can be applied in cxtrzi luv-portion to thc rt-quirv- vane i-"otni TIIE i GIIARLUTTEHmN GUARDIAN Morning Daily (Founded in 1881) Pnlident: Dent. CoL W. Chester S. Mal-urn Vice-President: J. It. Burnotl. FJJ- Secretary: Lleut Col. l). A. Maclilnnon. 0-5-0- Eflilor and Managing Director: J. B. Burnett. FJ-l Allocate Editors: I-‘rauir Walker and lrlcnt. llll A Burnett, ILU.N.V.R. (On Active Service) The Strongest Memory is Weaker The! the Weakest Ink.” SATURDAY. FEB. l2, 1944 Outspoken Liberal Members ~1~“.U Uuhpolcq, LibcfllbiiiCillbCfS of ljarlta- mcnt knot our Qflccus L°11111Y Smlwarb’ 3°“ “my be mm!) m.“ being commended for ex. ltibiting rare llUllllClll ltoncsty. speaking re- cemb, “t aluhom meeting m Ilamtllon, they said something \\"l1icl1 mztdc the whole Cf-llllllf)’ sit 11p 'iil(l take tlvlliv- 51111l M1" Tholllas H‘ Ross, Iluiniltou l".it>lI "'I'/11* (Iwuvritiltvtif ix 1'1!!! by a p,,;-.~u1r1"r1rr\'" l/n‘ mrnilicrr are mil/Hug. will I frankly tulmit‘ it." 51nd .\lr. lclljsllCormattt. 0f Wcu,“.0,.,1,. -~//,,. "nvmln-r; o] 1m tamcu at; dcuri i/uiuuu fir/r. 1 111m‘ nuzw bccir consitllt‘ ‘ . ‘ l v ‘ ‘ p u; 0r nillcif m nn llnxrg lllttfnllltd. The ,,,,.,,__»u,-,.> yylgffqll in ltappen to bl! llle latcst ivztrtinte “IIQQS urdcr. Ml‘. Ross remark- ed that it would “MC "Ce" "rcpmkcld- b(e:'O':i'll21'll it had gone throuuli the 11011». - 11 51w no reasott "\\'l1\' 111? 111°'11l’°"5 should not ~ " ltcl." . ""t"i1'.'.l'5'."111§~..11.--.-.- mi~h1 1s the Globe and .\l2ul , , h .. .. . , . . ‘ las points out. have limit -111.\111111‘§ el5°~ _I1d In bgen obvious for a long time that we atel _f1 ; -,,,, in“, a 5\'g;cn\ of bureaucrztttc dictators 11p a 'Ottawa. "Fhis public HD0511"? b)’ sllplmrlffs a _ . 11- Dl the L,o\'c1"11111tnt._ long mcrdnc, tnayl ‘_ spit‘: some courage 111 0111"" who "llaf" at fling ~ .. . ' 1c1r treated as ciphers, but fear “Ylsfnow mo constituents. l10“'<‘""' l""°“' 1' an‘ ‘ y, that they were elcctetl to help run the countrXg . . = - . 1 . Poss szn afmns It the L1mcrnn1cnt._vas \Ir ‘If (“or is dotninatctl l1)" a l>111‘@fl‘1¢1'-1‘.1- F111 f“ ;, ' l". 1 ma" complained, the power behind 1s 1l19_11§1 . _., IliLlCli)'-iflttCl\' in thc Dank of (~111Mb - ‘V110 l? to hlamp 'l‘l1¢ (Zovcrtnticin 1s always stibservlicnl ‘ < , . ~ t ticir m a Pgirllfltllltili whose 111@111l1@1'5 "51"" _. authority \\'hcn 1 ti11\'c1'nn1cnt bosses Parlia- rnent and is in turn bflficfil l1)’ 501119 Om“ 90"" ‘,- it i; time for members t0 Sllcfik 511111 531ml,“ 1 _ . _ - ' c give up the prctcnse o1 110111;; anything m pu 1 life so ‘b6 people will know whcre they stand‘. It 1s worth itcallmg 1n this connection i t’ poet Burns’ injuuctimi to the .\l.l“. s of his lay. Would that .111 our 1¢P1'°~=°1“=““'“ 111“ ‘l‘° °°“"' nge to follow ill- rent man Qllmcll 1111' gloom? g§§:k°§.l1,ga.v ncvcr lush your lhllmbl Let. posts n11‘ pensions rinl: in" sotml Wl’ them uha SY-‘lll T1113 If ltonestl)‘ 11101" c1111“ “"111"- Far better want cm. 1n gatitcrlitg votcs you wcrctni slack; Now stand us tlztitlv 11.1’ 1'01" 1W1‘: Ne“. cm“, Wu;- 111g an’ lldge your buck. An’ hum and ltaw‘; _ v _k But raise your" arm an tcll y0111 011“- Bcfore thcm a’. H is” 'p'.a' D a y Sum;- mun art- horn rich, t7lllL'l'i work for‘ their riches, and still others arc mcmbcrs of conciliation l|1'.'il‘!l~'_ cnnnucnts the 5t. 1110111119 _'l‘im<‘s-_louru."1l. V _ The Uontinicwn Mulitor-ticncral 111 his rc- port, tabled in the Commons thc other day» rjolnlttclllcd on thc lztst-utcutiunctl class. Blcm- bers 01' concthalion hoards appointed undcr the Industrial lhspuics ln\. “tltfill ‘.\ct TCCCIVC $30 1'01" czich day :1 hoard stts and 111 sonic cases one individual is :1 lllt‘llll)(‘l' of more than 0116 board, _\n itl\’I;ttl'Jt' was citcd "l a 111011113111 f1l $180 tn a mcmhcr fut‘ a sitiglc day bccattsc mnc boards crnnnri-"in-r thc #111111.‘ l1C1'~‘701111°l~ den“ 5ltiltlll-"ll('(1tl>l\' with niuc labor disputes at halt, (>111, The rcpnrl dovsnl say so, but he prob- ably would ltztrc 1m cxlwnsc, account on top of this. Enriching Britain's Harvests 1 " ""4 ‘ . . . Tho stuptuthttn :1c|11c\'c111cnt of l.l1‘111$l1 1411'" “la-r,- in proilncii undcr \\'.'it'lllilC conthttotts, [he glTlltii-t ltztryt-sts cvm" Lninrn i11 llritain, is - smqlc lliSlllilllOli. -.-ul puriiticutal Station. '"f,'c[l'dc(l' m7" ‘lwlm l.',,,-_,_~il_ \\.11"l:l—'|';1111o11s agin- cuhural stunxisi, In hi. lllllcl llc1"t1'o1-<l~:l1_1rc liousc, and 11:1 tln cxpcrttticnutl farm wlnclt Slifffitllils it, $11" _l~-l1n .'uul his ZI~<IWiIIlCS have (_‘\'l_ll\'(‘ll 1h.’ -.=11t|t'ic ]'.l'l|l1§l]1ll’v> tn which tlu: lltitllllc 111' liruztm my.- thc llltlllotb ‘>1 116115‘ 111 11min; _L[l't|\\tl crop. \\ltli'll luirc kcpt lhcin fulc- qnnlcly 1'11] "1\l'>l.-»ut tia- 1" r. “PH: ;|\'('lll" _ 1-- an l\.t'l|'ll!'.§ the things lllm l1:1\1- twuqlit lllr L-Ncw lilL'Ill1)(l$ oi circumventing llic 1' 3gp, 01' pcsis" and ilin-a- _ which in pcacc-titin; (lrstrmcrl illllllll tun pct" rctn of lhx- cutillli"_y"'s crops. l\'1Iill:1tll~l\'il's tczicliiiig l5 that prcYCH- lion IS lt'll‘.‘t' than curc. and whcrc pi-sts can- not l1.- l\llli'(l nay. hint‘ lwcn !li~;'n\"1'1't-d of prc- vctiiing the tlzutt y‘ lhc} (lo. “m, wurnh {m- i-xunn-Z: is 1111c of tlu; fat‘- tilci} ilcznllic-t and lilo-t costly lucs‘. llcfufc Hm “fir, ,|,,. ‘m, nip-n llt',\ll'ti_\i'll mic-fifth of 1h,- “lH-q, (rial; in some art-as. ,5” l\'r)lll;llll\lt‘<l w; to \\tu"l< and tliscorcrcd £1- war of vsstiinaiing gcciiinwti-ly- thi- win- worm pup- ullilliull in zmy Qhvll znvn 111' lzlvilttltl» -\$ 41 1'9" Stilt il' llu- \\'ll'(' \\'->rn1 cmitcut is ltiglt tthcrc mar bc as mam- :1< 1,111; 1l1I'l :1 hall millions to the. acre), l'.'ll‘ll'l.‘l'\ .' zulvisi-il :1 "151 I-Ymll‘ jug. whcai m" point-u in that pa tculat" ficltl. b1" [n sou" liUiiilS or t'l:1.\". nliicll zirc almost tin- munc fruit] win- 11111-111, lf thv infcstatiutt is nlcditult, ltiil'l<‘_\' t-rm hc grown; if it is l!>\'.'._ thc ‘cheat crop will lit‘ szifc. lhus. m out‘ thrcc- tueuded the use of salt for the production of Sugar beet. It was found that 50o hundred- wcight of agricultural salt applied to the mil yielded an extra. 50o hundredweight 0f sugar beet to the acre. 3.-—Inoculatiou of seed. Rothamsted’: scien- tists set to work to find out why some fodder crops always failed on certain types of land, Experiments sltowcd that this was because the bacteria vital for their growth was deficient in the soil. clovers, peas, beans, lucerne and vetcher. troducing the bacteria straight into the ground, but Dr. Thornton, of the Rothamstcd soil micro- biology section, discovered a. method of inoculat- ing the seeds with the necessary bacteria be- fore sowing, so that, as the plants grew, the bacteria. would propagate and kelp produce an abundant crop. - . Last year, during its most astounding achieve- ments, Rothamstcd celebrated its centenary. For a hundred years, its succession of scientists, often labouring against prejudice and obstinacy, have worked patiently and quietly to bring thc gospel of soil science to the farmer. =- EDITORIAL NOTES .- _ Added to the disastrous defeat of the CCF's ili Ontario civic elections, is the defeat of the only CCF candidate to run for civic honours in this city. t i i l i If the city is to march forward in line with other cities and towns, we must face increased CXPCFKlIIlITCS, or be relegated to the back-ground and be prepared accordingly. ‘I ll IF U According to Ottawa Citizen, Mr. Mitchell F. Hepburn, fortncr Liberal premier of On- tario, will be an independent candidate in On- tario’; Elgin constituency in the next federal election and will support I\Ir. John Bracken, leader of the Progressive Conservative party. Mr. Hepburn now is Independent Liberal mem- ber for Elgin in the Ontario Legislature. U I I Q Major j. S. P. Armstrong, of Toronto, has bccu appointed agent-general for Ontario in London. He was in the insurance business in Toronto before the war and went overseas with the 48th Highlanders of Canada. He has been in charge of various instructional unit: in many parts of Britain. Since last April he has been adviser on combined operations at the senior staff college at Cambcrley, England. He has been released from military duty for his new assignment. c w u n- Gcorge Meredith, English novelist and poet, horn this date, 182$; is an acknowledged mas- ter of the art of fiction, especially great as a psjcluilogist; his poetry also has won a place not lcss assured and the great sequences of six- tccn-ling laoctns, “Alodern Love", stands alone of its kiml; the first of his great novels was “The Urdcal of Richard licvcrel" followed by six others and concluding with “The Amazing Mar- riage"; his poetry run: to eight volumes, his first published in 185x, and the last in 1901, fifty years later: "The stun of all that makes a just titan happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife..." "In all the faith my innocence could give me, In the best language my tongue could tell me, And all the broken sighs my sick heart lend me, I sucd and served; long did I love this lady, Long was my travail, long my trade to win hcr, \\'ith all the duty of my soul I scrvcd her." I I i l! Sir Henry" Strakosclt, who died in October left Prime Minister Churchill £20,000 ($98,000) from an estate of £2,454.50), one of the largest dis- closed by death records recently in Britain. The bequest to the Prime lilinistcr was described in the will as a token of friendship and gratitude for his and his wife's great kindness and hos- pitality. Brendon Bracken, minister of infor- mation, was bcqucsted £2,500 ($10,000). Sit" llcnry, a delegate for India to the Ottawa Im- pcrial Iiconouuc Conference in 1932, was a di- rector of many South African and other com- panics, a dclcgatc for South Africa to the Lca- gilc of Nations and an adviser to the India office for some years. lIe was widely known as a writer on CCOIIOIIIIC matters. Another bc- quest was $10,000 to Field Nlzirshal Smuts, |’rin1c Alinistcr of South Africa and a close fricnrl of 5h" llcnry. x >1! a a hlaj. Liladstouu .\lurra_\', addrcssitig Lotidon, 0111.. Kiwanis Club said tltc LL11‘ Rhodes schol- ars hcading that party were of a generation of Oxford undergraduates who accepted a rcsolu- l\'L‘l‘. ln his own day, a gcncration carlicr, "it “as bclicrcd that acccptaitcc of the largcssc of Rhodes carried with it lhc moral obligation to scrvc the Iimpirc." Maj. Iilurray was Rhodes scholar from {Quebec in 1913-14. “'I'l1c Bri- llnli and American coutcniporarics of our Cana- adian socialist Rhodes scholars mcllowcd and rccovcrcd their poise with the impact of af- fairs, and it is a curious comntcntary that thcrc is i111 trace of anti-British attitude on the part of the Antcricans." he said, drawing atttcntion [u what he tcrmcd "lhc eccentricity of a pro- nounced arm-British bias among the Canadian hhodrs scholars now so promincttt i11 the CCF." 1i‘ 1K ‘i1 =l< Two .\luu1rcztl_ juvcnilcs -R<>I>crt Cr0\\"lc_v, r5 "Willi a ltigll LQ. and wise beyond your yc 1 " and Ricardo Brons- scan, i8, who kcpt his fingcrs crossed while judge l". 'l‘. Iinright tlclivcrcd a bittct" lecture- wcrc nt to the penitentiary for two years for cu|1S])il'.'lc_v In Culiltliil an armcd robbcryy at- tctnptcd ltultl-up, lhcft of a11 automobile and burglary". 'l‘\ro-_vcar tcrnts were imposcd in cach of the four c . s, the scntcticcs to bc scrv- t-tl (‘!)il('tll'l'l'iil.l_\‘. “You are next duur lu thc scaffold \\'ll(‘li you commit an nrmml robbery," llis Lordship rcmindcd the pair. “I am scnding you to tltc pcnitcntiaryz whcrc you will be un- ricr (llSCIDlillC, lcarn a trade and hc scgrcgatczl from oldcr crintinals. It is the only [rlacc In send you." "Somotimcs :1 guy gets into a rut rnnl that's all thcrc is to it," lirunsscan intcrrtipt- 'l'h<- tragedy of it. nlcnts of tln: ground. ll1l't' l'\ tlllt‘ instaiuri- o‘. R0lll3lil$li.‘(l'5 slmctailtzcd aducc. _'I'|1cy rccotn- The crops mainly concerned were In the early stages, experiments were made by in- into the category of “has bcens." The City them “was says the Swiss Tfl_ Council may as well recognize this fact now, bune do Geniave- shortly before m; d t-h mt hi8 home he told mdmnte _ , _ us slept 1n complacent _ - - b . Some politicians are born lucky, othcrs have in! lthefr breasts to 6:11: ‘nfusélb luck thrust upon thcm. An Imperial baitkcr, 3:3?“ 5?; gfgllullifmlllfltohilfi llul] (lgfllllsl hcaring arms i11 any cause what- H,,wf§§,'l",,,°,',“‘,'j,';l;{1§,1§,;~p-11311;{gale sure that it need never plume lt- seif; ir1 faith as strum: as the Em. lsh earth from which it springs; in most mtsundeivtundi f f-l a . -—New York Times. n" o '8" s THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN llotos By Thu Way convincing-Jib!‘ “£110 loudest tc-lirnrt I: Review. from the mootwer rovlnoe. eanoouveu- Province. Mr. Hepburn. himself o monou- ful farmer, bells Carmdrlnn live shook ttthdey sliéould kgpt Wlllify B. Ell i2 W0!‘ 11B!‘ . The mods of Euro Mil so 1m‘- W. 111$ rovémturps, that ‘you can O 0V9 1108 OI‘ V9315 COME. 4141mm Spec Quentin Reynold in ordod o classic flout by "Prlrillemivlltniater Onurchlll to General Montgomery: “Montgomery! Indefatigabie 1n wre- DB-NXIIIOSS. indomitable 1n retreatp invincible in advance-insufferable A visiting rneolnllat Wll tahn to the cu of a mental case who thought he Wilt?‘ a king. "I 1 aim a ." lain d. "Sqitan bod meesolpan em e Romain Rolland, French author and pacifist. whose death was un- nourtced recently. was dying when he arrived in Paris a week before from a. concentration camp in nor- friends, "After all I expert need this Dual’. Year it is better that I should never be able to wrtilbe azaln, I would have to revoke all (he yyurkgo I Jinapvle ever wrrttap an? time o -—Canadlan mfihuigfitilrgfmnst or“ Admin] Doenlt: and m; 11.50;“, wmDlete with their much-heralded secret; WBHDOns. receive 10w rat bv Lloyd's. the British itisurance SD60 - The associates have an- 11°1111°°d 9118-1- Illcv have further re- duced the trans-Atlanta insurance "he l0 101-11‘ Dcr cent. At one time 111 U18 days before ihe Allies were ublv. t0 present an effective ans- wer to the submarines. rates rose 22.1153 Sfirfélf“ “Emu ‘i‘.°'°“”°" 1 e pro w on av re- duced the admtnrs stock to aenew l°W- I! UOYG’: were tsatkizzg risks on Nazi sub crews. the mfe wmild be “P0111111 95 Der cent. and cheap at that-Winnipeg Tribune. A colonel arrived in Wa. h‘ with this tale: "I was in thse gmqk- 111R w. smokmu mv bum. A may @1191“ carrying her dog, ‘Poodles. She asked me to stop gmoklng my Dive because Poodles down like . I refused. Then I let‘: my seat for a moment, and when 1 came back my nine was izone. The Indy nrinvtitlcd that she 11nd lhrown her seat- and when Slio returned Poodles was zone. I confessed that I had thrown the dog uut of the idow, . . . When the train pulled lli two detectives gere wan- 1g to arrest me. And lust 1.11m, down the truck. came Poodles _.. smvkmu my vioer- New York Post. Too often in the past too many of us have thpught of the Chinese as a race of cooltes." as n "lesser breed without the law." Today more of us lmow them as an anc- ll-‘nl PEODIG whose atllture and scholarship and civilization izo back into the centuries; a "oeoule who llfl-Ve given w hhc World the best; ln thought and learning and rich 1111110501111! A150. and perhaps more Impressive for most of us. we see thom as our gallant allies, as the brave nation which. while must, of lhdmaht of them. at very least, as 01H" equals-Ottawa Jouznwl. Roseiand. on Manhattaws broad- Wwy. is the most famous public dance hattl in an insatiably dancing nattton. Last; week it. finished (‘c13- bratlng its 25th birthday. _ Rose- and keeps only l6 lwstesses. They charm: 11c a diancc or $1.50 a nan. hour (of which the girls get 7c o;- ) 131e,»! are forbidden to leave nib ba. mo m. 1 _ though outispldbv dalzs h1g3“ among other things. to the “my- $18.36 of At Jolson and Ruby K991- fir» Roseiaxrd lms l5 well-dressed ousemen iex-wrestlers) who mix yytith the crowd-often ’way Over- -.000 a day-and stop rnttczous jig- tsrvusxlne. rho bar serves beer and a sweet, sparkling wine. For Rcselands birthday’ Louis Blockers Meets agents concoct/ed some nnni. vfirsary estimates. They flgu t. at Rosclarttl had m-ed O00 i - admissions.’ 29"l'i'6t')'B,5ll'_- 349-932 aims: covorod 10.795.497.000 mitt-s on tire datmc floor. “There flures." they added, "will not. bc t- kflfialgt-‘fl Welly a notary publicfl-Tlfne imperialist. 1-1 i~ , r oral. But. mnlreilybhc" iseblfgludfflfig“ men who cannot. walk into th House of Commons. or any ha"; or place. without creating gqmg-J 0f an electric shook. H does not do this because he ls‘ Prime Minister". lie is I-‘rtrn fstcr because ne can do it. Prime Minister because he has mfldv 811d projected an lmtnzc of what. the British people wish to be tn this war: there he stands and stand. in courage so =- E :1 fi cheerfulnnss that passes smiling into the dark Valley; in honestw of purpose: in loyuttv even the We expected. says Pleasure; of Publishing. Prolonged . and even heated discussion to arise over Dr. Margaret A Ribbie’; book, “Th Rights of Infants" especially can- cernlng her stand on the necessity of rocking the young and singing’ them to sleep - but wc had no idea that diapering is a ‘delicate question ln more than one respect, until we received an indignant; com- munication from a self styled pre- and-post Pearl Harbor mother of three. She fears that diaper service companies, inspired by Dr. Ribbiws dictum that. n healthy baby needs onlv six daily dinners. may cut their weekly supply still further. "Most. dlamrs have gone tn war." she mourns. “to wipe machinery. We nnlv get seventy a week now." We feel certain. however. that Dr. Rib?!» 119-1 m!" infants‘ vxrlfare in rr.i".1d. and 1m sinister crnnec- m ul nhcn jnilgc linriglit lnld him he should ltave acted as a mentor to the younger" Crowley. pluptrl- - f-lovs with the diaper service in- nflnn the Eric Ilmes- Wo :l.lll manage to take time or! b war to do a. fort o! aura. 11g among ourselves.- lrlidvtcwryfl-St. Oath-amines Stund- | u out of the window. Then m. 1m 111 on the Marshall islands Central Pacific is weakness of’ vhe ca be logically tntenretel as [assign c! Japan’; gracing weak- ness and further evidence of 1191‘ inability to keep ‘°"‘1"‘1'v vihwh l5 rightfully hers. periphery of defence has been gr Y is virtually its use by Japan as n valuable air be“ mung won be written off as a lose. It. is already well battered. terlni! upon .1 new 9111M!‘- advances are creetvinz forward 1n a way stages. Japan. and these are yet of rruchl o-nenaion as t: 1-21 nr rcmethtn! of a brake 9.1 Allied momentum. Before my drive count be made town“ Ito Phlllwirlea 6t "l0 Than’: no better dcfenoo lllln I ~ clmrac r: wmm honest man as UVERMIAT SALE Continued Winter Overcoat: Worill Up To $25. While They Lasl: $|5-9s HENIJERSUN 81 BIJDMURE Partridge The Cartoonist (Exchanzc) E. V. Knox, editor of Punch, writes very at. i the New York Timu mnrwm o! 111,0 man who hu been dolnl Plmclll principal cartoon; since 1901 — extraordinary record-to have car- tooned all the great scenes from Queen Victoria's death throuxh to Hitler‘: crumbti —nnd Mr. Knox does lt full just co. Sorneofulonthllsldeofthe water have come to 9w!" 111° New Yorker's brand of humor. but that 1a no reflection 0n P1111611 0!‘ the position it has held 1n Britain and m; Empire sine: 1M1. That Sir Bernard has been consider- ably responsible is what Mr. Knox seems to tell. “His unrumed con- servatism. his realistic and enro- fui draftsmnnship 1nd his distin- g11l5hed appear-any; alike give him good claims t0 the titte—I freely lude to him as the tut of the Victorians." _ Sir Bernard succeeded Sir John Tennlol, who had drawn Punchb cartoon5 from 1851 to l90l—but if Sir Bernard is Sill} B- IBW Yell" short of Sir Johns record the dgw has not lacked color C UIBQ. ‘ti’ "imlif. '5" 3.53%.“... Kn ers n Iv. 110 Hitters. Hitknisen will he easily remembered - Spiked 1161' met, clashing sword and Jet black moustache. 50. $00. l! 311111" wins-the homey Baldwin. slttinl at ease with his vine 511d °1 course Mr, Punch himself. i119 little man with the n: WW1“ hat; and winged collar. The cartoonist i: B2 years 01d. has passed Sir John Tenrpets age and number of curtoonl. blll ti; is our hope and belief that he will outlast the Third Reich a! calmly as he has outlasted the Kaiser, and be able to cartoon the downfall of Japan with the 8am!) unruffied serenity as he has re- presented the 00119980 01 M1155“ Hill's Italy. The Germans have wrecked his studio. That has left hlm unperturbed. He has reptili- ed it, and is working there 8811111- After all, he was drawinz v10- tures for Punch when Adolf Hit- ler was (regrettably) born. J apaii Saves Her Fleet oessful attack of . ch: apparent pattese defence and the distnutinatlon vi TOKIO l0 generally arlntltteu that JED!" But that, same attitude 6M1 515° 3 con- The Mnrshnllg were not seized ll this war. Japan has held them for about twenty~flve Ywf-i l5 é known to have effort in fortifllnl; than the years of peace when_she pre-, 15 pared for her program o. aggres- sion 1n gm; whrld struggle. nation puts a ‘usher "face" than Japan. For her, then. m m, key points tn the Morahnlls be wmoted from her without bring- ing her fleet. 11170 uczlnn is a de- velopment that wu scnzcely look- ed 0 and expended much No value on conii-oi of the Mar-"hnll: would give the Allies several advantages. In American hands thus uiouid Greatly enhance the pro- cecuon o! the m8 route; from the United States t: Autrnlta and the sotcmonr. The security of Harbour would be increased. and m“; important 4,! nil in a military sense. _ _ 17° partially opened to m: Ph llppines and the China Sea Jallflll’! 011W? islands Pearl would a sea corridor ave- penetrlted by this thrust; Rubuul being lay-parted and The Pacific war is lira-reforming I10 whtcn loaves ‘lap-mi in lies in doubt of what. ultimately store for the ‘come-land itself when conflicc reaches its final the so; distances ztilt favour sir Bernard Partridge. It is an q passing parade before hll Ts; 100 employ it: naval strcmzth to hold ' these low-lying tracts of coral. It: was coma not. possibly hoae_ to retain the islands wiflwut. resolving upon a sen action: he: declslfln n01 l0 do so may be explained by ""111" Tojo as shrewd strategy. a 1110816 which may not. tack mllndlle-ifl- Chin; Sea, the Alllfll would hcvo to reckon with the Carolbn, Isinndl and the Jnpnvae naval bu; M; ‘Pruk. ‘rinse lie twelve hundred miles to the vrest. and l1. is then thnt. Toklo may be forced to dis- close it; naval strata; when tho challenge comes for their posses- :lon. If ever the Japanese flee were to perform it: function o! protection m the homeland, tho fight. for the-Oaroltnes would 1-1p- pear to the occasion: otherwise the further avoidance of a naval cinch would b; almost; positive :11: or dlé proof that the Tokto war lords pet's agreed that th; war we: ca. BY crwturtng Roi Island, and mil-HE steady’ Rim: on Nemur and Kwajatefu. the Anwrlcan forces slmuld soon dominate the Marshall group, provided that no sen fight occur: meanwhile. to m:- rupt their combined opergflong, which is now Imttkely. when u; theatre has been mopped up_ the Carollnes will probably be the 5439110 0! lhe nex-t. al-tatit in the near future. It; ottocome may move to be crimml in the positional fighting 0f’ the Pacific way 1! Lhg Japanese fleet. ls disposed to fight. Another clash like Julyrmd in those waters could have lmmenge results. Casualties Of The War (Ottawa Journal) How Are Your Eyes? safeguarding Japan's mm of con- ll "I l" Ila IYIDNII long-range '9 “Ill " III — , n "COMPLETE One consoling thing about m]; W11‘. Derhaps its only consolation. , is that its casualties, compared, Wlth the last war. are light. We - read of great. battles, such as those which came In Libya, Tunisia. and Italy. and we wait anxiously for heavy losses, and then are sur. prised to find they are much small- er than we feared. ‘nits, of mung, is little help for homes that are bel'BB-V@d—We hate those rndlo an- nflllllfiemcnts and statements which tell srnuclv that "only" so many 0g our planes were lost. as though the thing were s. bargain; but 1n the general picture it means much- In the First Great War battles 11-111‘! campfllsfls casualties were in hundreds of thousands. Verdun and Passcnendaele were slaughters, 11nd lhe French nlon: 10st 102,000 men in their offensive between [ens and Ar-ras tn 1915. 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