cease‘- , - r , v mostly £11551; FOUR TllE BIIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN Mun-In; Dally (Founded tn Ill?) Prc ldent, UeuL-Col. W. Chatter l. um Vice-President, J. B. Burnett, IJJ. Secretary. LleuL-Col D. A. vloelllnnou, 0.8.0. Editor and Milmlglnj» Dlrector. .I. B. Burnett». IJJ. f sorlale Editor. Funk Walker. SUBSCRIPTION RAE!!! k $5.00 per year (In advance) |¢ V" m“. $4.00 per yell’ ( . advance) mulled to I I. Inland 16.00 per year tln advance) mulled to Cllllfll Ind 0.8. Members Autllt Bureau of Circulation: ‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink.” TUESDAY, APRIL l, 19M. The Testing Time Cotmncntitlg on the Federal election results the Ilttmiltoti Spectator says trill)’: 3Q“? “s are critical (lays. For the defence 0f PfmclPles and statttlrtrtls which are tl1e foundations of civilizztlitut is we ltnow it, the men and women of Cattatla ltztrc been called upon to make ex- tensivc sacrifices. For this cause already a good part of the tnanhood of the Dominion has cross- ed the seas to ztid the Mother Country and her Allies in :1 grim hztttle for survival. And 1n the fatte of this pztrty politics are incidental. The soldier is the first citizen of the country today; not the ltoliticizttt. _ __ .~\ glklYc, an almost terrible, responsibility rests (>11 the shoulders of the government now sustttinttl by tltt- people. lt is for them to mend the flznvs thntwvere so glaringly exhibited when war broke out in September. It is for them to see that this country will put its full weight be- hind the proscctttiou of a \var that has already brought forward such a noble response frotn the pt-tiple of LTtmatIa. Any abuses will bring down the angry condemnation they deserve. Any failure. either during or after the conflict, to measure up to our responsibilities as a partner of the British ljottitnonxvcalth of Nations will he e~|tr:tllj' contlcntttcd. It is no picnic that the mctnbers of the new parliament will attend in Ottawa when the next session is held; it is a critical, awe-inspiring challenge to their hon- 0t1r and ability. lt is in no sense derogatory to Mr. King to say that he now faces his first major test as a leader. The some goes for his cabinet. In the Printe Mittistt-t-‘s long career, one in which he ltas bcen sittgttlztrly favoured by luck, he has been consistently brought into power in recup- pcrativc periods. He has not had to struggle with the kind of critical emergency days that faced lloi-tleit and Bennett. Now a real test is before him. His followers can well do a mini- mum amount of gloating. lu one sense, says the Spectator, the result may well cattsc certain misgivings. The opposi- tion ls too weak, and when the popular vote is counted it will he shown that feeling across the cotmt1'_v was far short of the enthusiasm for Mr. King that the list of constituency victories would itidicatc. lu its weakness the opposition must still give a good account of itself. It must keep a ccascless vigil‘ for the type of abuse that almost inevitably arises from a. top-heavy politi- cal tnachitte. \Vhat Welles Missed The Rlttuchcster Guardian, referring to the recent EUFOPCZIH tour of Mr. Sumner Welles, suggests that, if he had been permitted to visit Poland and Czechoslovakia, he would have dis- covered “what a Ilitler peace would mean to Europe." llur, adds the Guardian, “unhappily he would not have been able to count the ghosts and exiles," On a SHlJCI‘ estimate, the Manchester Guardian believes hundreds of thousands of Poles and Czechs ltave died of “cold and starvation, viol- ence and torture." As for the exiles, for weeks at a stretch twelve trains a (lay have bcen carrying Polish civilians, in unheated cattle trucks, to serve in German labor canlps. All Czechs betweenthe ages of fifteen and seventy are liable to forced labor. .-\ll this is part of the proclaimed policy of turning Poles and Czechs into a population of scrfs, working under German masters. For this purpose Germany has lately issued ; (k- crce, for which it would be difficult to find a parallel. sriziitg all the land and property in \\ csteru Pultntl. 'l‘hcse are mass methods. The campaign against these two peoples i; also go“. ducted by carrying off to prison or to concen- lrflt10n_ ramps the professors and students from the lllll\'(‘l"\lli(‘S and all those eminent in science, art, null lcitcrs or dangerous because of their capacity for lt-atlcrship. Of these professors ntaity have (licd after great suffering, and Eu- rope has lost some of her most famous scholars. The trade union lcadcrs have been swept into prison. The rlvtcrtniitation to destroy the spirit "f lWn IWIplvs itispircs every regulation, or. tlcrs :1 special place to he given to the Get-man eycrywvhcrc, inflicts torture and punishes any (icrmatt who shows any sign of pity, N0 doubt the mzm who has done all these things would it'll his .\n1(~ric:u1 visitor that the Treaty of Vgr. sailles was a “\'i11(lictivc" treaty. How would he have ilt-scrihctl it if President lVilson and his ft-llow ]’)("l(‘f‘lll.'ll\'(‘l'S had inflicted on Ger. ntatu’ only 1t few of the atrocities he has in- flicted on llll} Poles and the Czechs? \Var Cabinet For Canada The (ilnlttr and Jlai! in a leading editorial suggests that in view of the nccd of relieving the lllt'llll)l‘l'S of the Dominion Government of funny of the (lclzlils of war administration and lo ensure the tnnxittttttti efficiency in the pros- [culion of Canada's part in the struggle, a re- shuffle of the Cabinet and the creation of a War (Yonncil. or War Advisory Board, is imperative. (in-at llritaiu and France. which have ltatl wide war oxpvrit uvc. early’ realized the importance of rm .\ll-.-d \\'ar Council for the purpose of co- ordiurttitiq wvr effort, and our Toronto con- rcntporttry ttrtrut-s that it would be folly for the tncittht-rs of ‘he King Cabinet tn undermine their health by overwork when all signs point to a prolonged struggle. Var Advisory Board, it is suggested, should be composed of military, naval and aviation experts, together with members of the Government, the St-tiate and the House of Com- mons, who could answer to Parliament concern- ing all war nteastires it is advisable to disclose. “This advisory body," says the Globe and Mall, “ought to include tt t-t-rtztiti number of Con- servativcs who l1:we had experience in war ad- ntiuistratioti and organizatiotr Notwithstanding the debacle in last Tuesday's general election, there are two ntillion or more Conservatives in Canada whose co-operation will be needed be- fore Allied victory is achieved. l\lr. King and his colleagues have ntztde much of the fact that Conservatives like Major-Lien. A. G. L. Mc- Naughton and Mr. Wallace Catnpbell are prom- inently identified with the war administration. 1t would tnakc for Czmadintt unity and a united war effort if other outstanding Conservatives were invited to participate actively in the mar- shalling of industry and the organization of the nation's resources for the greater effort which still must be ntadc if Canada is to play her full part at the side of Britain and France. By re- organizing the Ctthinet 11nd appointing a blin- istcr of Supply and an Advisory \Var Council to deal with problems for which the Cabinet has neither the time nor the technical kno\v- ledge the Prime "Minister will be going far to satisfy those who desire to sce this country do its utmost in the struggle to crush llitleristtl." 1.31 - EDITORIAL NOTES -. It didn't take long for the itcw, old Govern- mqt-tt to get ituo its strttlc~—send|ng outside of- ficials here and curtailing recruiting activities. ‘K il= * IF If all goes well, Bruce Stewart's will become a Government controlled work shop for the duration of the war. >1 v v v The Legislature is not the centre of attraction it would lntve been had not the General Elec- tion spillcd most of the political beans. =1 v v n: \Vltat a tremendous ntnnbcr of youths between the ages of 16 and 2.’ are going about idle. and likely to become a prey to ":111ti” this or “anti" that propaganda. w w 4- Bartholme Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, died this date, 1682. lle painted street scenes —-“Beggar Boys" and “Flower Girls”-—- and religious pictures. The Louvre has his “Im- maculate Conception", and the faliottztl Gallery his “Pcdroso" and “lloly Family.” i Y.‘ i l? An extraordinary accident that cost two lives occurred in a barber shop in Bodcnburg, near Salzdetfttrtlt, (icrntany over the Easter holiday. A customer cnterctl the c1'o\\'(lc(l shop and asked the proprietor if, with the pcrntissiott 0i waiting customers, he tnigltt he shttved next for he had a train to catch. livery one was agreeable and the barber began shaving the 1118.11. Half way through the shave, luuvt-vvr, the barber had a heart attttclc and dropped (lead. The razor cut the customer's throat 11s the barber fell to the floor. severing the man's carotid artery. The customer dicd within two minutes, before other customers were able to offer any asistatice. J! 8< Vi‘ ll‘ For scvcnhv-eight years Mr. j. j. Jackson Barstmv, deputy lieutenant of Somerset, kept a personal diary without titissittg a day until just before his death recently at the age of 96. To the last he penned tho record of his life in a fine, firm ltnnd, three thtys to 2t page. He bc- gan the accord on Jam. 1, 1862, zutdhad com- pleted the sevcnty-cightlt volunte. “A fad, not a hobby,” he called the collcctioti. But a very valuable and profitable “fad” to those who come after him and rcatl his record and commctits of days long past. ls diary-keeping a lost art these days? n: a m n- British and French large-scale purchasing of Greek, Bulgarian and 'l'ttrkisl1 tobacco bids fair to bring prosperity to these nations, give their tight political allegiance to the Allies and cause a future famine for (ierntatt smokers. Each of these three countries counts its chief export and source of incontc in tobacco. In prc-wztr days Germany obtained great political influence by purchasing llCZl1'l_\' all their crop. The dcpe11d- ence of their national economies on tobacco ex- Pliflflfid. in large part, their care for friendly re- lations with the Nazis. A Nazi threat to shut off pnrchascswvns a threat of ruin to (hcm. Now France and Britain have gone into Balkan to- bacco buytng in a big way. Britain has an- nounced she will spend in these three countries i110 $70,300,000 which she spent for American- grown tobacco in 1037. This stun, if spent en- tirely in Greece, l]t1l_<.,n'|rin and 'l‘ttrkcy, will leave very little tobacco for the Nazis. And there is little doubt, say Ilalltati tobacco men, that their governments will snap up a chance to get francs and sterling instead of furnishing Germany in rctttrti for razor hlmlcs, aspirin tablets and har. monlcas. »- : n- n- How many recall the visit here in 1914 of Dr, Thomas Adams, Architect attd Town planner? He was the guest of the thou Provincial Govert1- tnent, and ntappctl out, provisionally, for the benefit of the (hen cily a plan for its develop- ment as a health and tourist resort, including a broad walk from Falconwootl to the Victoria Park, the deepening of the harbour and the lfcautifying and lzutdscapc gardening of the Southport side of the river. Unfortunately the war broke out just at that time, and Dr. Adams, whp met Rider Illrtggnrtl, lhc novelist on his ‘"5". returned to Toronto waiting in expect- a11cy for the early end of the war. It did not con1c,at1rl Dr. Adams, who was a native of Edinburgh was zippoitltctl in 1017 to ntakc the plan for rebuilding Halifax after (he explosion. Later he became director of the Regional Plan of New York ‘and became instructor in Community Planning at Harvard Llniversity, and lecturer on civic design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Still later he returned to the Old Country where he had the direction along with Mr. Longworlh Thompson, of the plan- ing of Greater London in hliddlesex County. Word has just been received that Dr. Adams has pttsscrl away in his home at Sussex at the age of sixty-eight. rnugcnnnnorrcrown GUARDIAN NOTES BY TllE WAY Why not. for novelty, l! not. en- lightenment, recall some of the things Confucius did spy? Here are a few: They must often change who would be mutant ln hap- plneu or wlsdom. To see what. la right. and not to do 1t ls want of courage. Better p, dlatnond wlth a. flaw than a. pebble without. When you see n good mm. thlttk of emu- lating hfm: when you see a bed man, examine your o heart. An oppressive ovemmen ls more to be feared an a tlger. Gravity ta only the bark of wlsdomts tree but 1t- preserves lt. Men's natures are alike; ft. la their habits that carry them far apart. He who offends against heaven has none to whom piewcan pray. — Hamilton Spec- r. Another and better name for the treaties in course of arrangement between British Domlnlons and the United States might besouizht. What. ll. should be does not 1m- medlately come to mind, but per- hapa a session wlth the thesaurus might. bring one to light; there Ls about the word “conclllatlon" a suggestion of existing disagree- ment. In this case there ls 1n fact nothlng of the sort. The whole intention of the treatlea la reoogl- tlon of dlfflcultles and an effort to prevent small differences of.’ opinion becoming disagreements. The idea is to have ready and available in advance the whole ma- chinery to iron out petty differen- ces almost before they arise. It. ls a precaution that must. commend itself to all except those whose de- sire ls to cause dlssension among the Allies and neutraks. — Saint John Telegraph-Journal. An over the week-end story of n runningflght. between a British armed trawler and a. German U- boat illustrates perfectly the Eng- llsh splrlt and the character of the men who man Britain's flghtlng fleet. An armed trawler, on patrol off the Scottish coast, spotted a. Nazi U-boat and dropped a depth charge which forced the enemy to the surface. The U-boat then opened flre on the trawler with her gun. The trawler replied and the U-boat fled trusting to superior speed to get. away. But her com- mander had reckoned without that. determined seamen, George Leon- ard Westerden, 31, chief engineer. He was not a man with whom ll. was safe to start things. He was a_finlsher ff it was humanly pos- slole. The trawlens top speed was 15 knots. Never had she done more. The U-boat could step along at. around 16 on the surface and would soon be 10st ln the gray mists of the North Sea. Then Eglneer Westerden stepped into the ring. Under his urging the below deck crew of the trawler pushed her engines untll she was doing 18 1-2 knots. They drove them so hard the shifted flve full inches on the bed. The little ship almost shook herself to pieces. At any time a. bursting boiler might have heaved them all to Davey Jones. But they made their 1a 1-2 knots. They sank that U-boat. The en- gagement had lasted 17 hours. - London Free Press. The smallest, speedlest, hottest and hardest-to-see planet, Mercury, recently swung lnto view for the man ln the street. Normally, Mer- cury ls difficult. to see because ft. ls so close to the sun; the lattens brllllant light obscures the little planet. Mercury has the shortest year and the longest drty in the solar system, half and Quarter phases like the moon, and a “double Ilfe" as a morning star and an evening star ln turn. This elusive planet. with the name and some of the trlcky qualities of quicksilver was a. novelty even to astronomers ln PTB-WICSCOpS days. It. never ap- pears ln the dcep night. Ordinarily lt. ls to close to the sun for a good view. Now scientists study it dur- lng the dav with telescopes and photographic plates. The infant of the sun's family of nine planets. Mercury ls more nearly moon- slze than world-size. ls one- elghtveenth as massive rts the earth and a. little larger than the earth's moon. Its diameter is measured as about 3.000 miles. Its shadow woufd just about cover the United States. The closest planet of the sun. Mercury speeds around Old Sol with a velocity of 2,160-mlles a. minute or thirty-six miles a second —faster than any other planet and twice as fast as the earth. It. makes the circuit of the sun ln eighty- elght days. (The earth takes 365 1-4 days: Uranus takes eighty-four years). But one dav lasts for a whole year on Mercury; the planet rotates for a dtxv-and-ttlght period also ln elghty-efgltt. days, turning the some face always to the sun Just as the moon turns the same face always to the earth. Less than half as far from the sun as the earth ls, Mercury literally dances with heat. in llery ffoods of sunlight. It. simmers 1n temper- atures eighty tlmes hotter than the earth. around 800 degrees Fahren- h t d and tln on Mercury would form molten lakes. This heat, however. applies only to the half of the planet perpetually fac- ing the sun. - Galt Reporter. When one speaks of Germans to- day one ls apt to forget. that there are largo numbers of them who are scattered over the world. homeless, and without the rights of cltlzcns. In Great. Brltaln alone there are more than 50,000 refugees from Germany or Austria, most. of whom love their native country, yet desire lta defeat fn war. ‘Their posl- tlon has become even more dlfff- cult. than before the outbreak of war. for they can neither return l0 their native land nor be certain that they will not be regarded as dangerous enemy aliens tn the country of their asylum. To the authorities 1n Brltaln they pre- sented a. problem which demanded delicate handling, for lt. was ob- vlons that many of these Germans might. be useful to the Allied cause, but among them were a. few who mlght be agents of the enemy. A solution was fotmd by the appoint.- ment. of n. large number of ttlb- unals which were instructed to deal u quietly as possible with the foreigners whose cases they were to examlne, sending suspicious cas- es to internment camps. lmpoalng mlld restrictions on others, and leavlngh the remainder free to do what. ey llked. Of the 02.000 Cler- mans or Austrians whose cues were reported on before Janna l5, onl 120 were lnterned, 5.11 were paced ln the second octagon, while 42,007 were released from 1 rectrlctlons. The last. named are free to take up any occupation they like, and nearly 1,000 have actually joined the Brltlsh fighting forces. It ll one of the advantages possessed 2y the Alllea that they ave on thelr clde large numbers of well-lneormed and highly ln- telll ent Germam who understand oomittlou ln and the PUBLIC FORUM fuuaolmulaun Incite 1112:1101“ .| u on Inland. Ib Qu- 12‘.'..“.l',‘.‘.'l'2.'!."fl."" "‘ "' Iovnllnlllllh. ‘DI-l... ‘t FARM PRICES Sin-This reader VII mightily impressed with the ltem In The Guardian dealln gram for Agr ulture" recently adopted ‘bythe Canudlan Chamber of Agrlcu ture. While not having the experience or wlsdom to comment on the prln- clple laid down-namely, that “agriculture Ls the basic occu lzlon of the p10 of Canada on the bnsls o the Oanudlan economy"- I suggest that the. following state- ment by Mr. F. C. Bigger, Seo- retary of the Candalan Bank of Commerce. ln the course of an ad- dress ln Hamilton last month, not only support the above prlnclple but also show the direct relation- ship between subnormal farm bu - lug-power and urban difficult ea ln the matter of pay-roll employ- ment: “Depress-form are born 1n any country when the market value of the goods produced by numerically important groups falls out. of Ilne with the value of the goods they need to buy. Moreover, the effects of that price disparity are not con- fined to the low-prlce producers a- lone. Their lack of purchasing-pow- er reduces. ln a greater or lesser degree, the volume of sale which other producers are able rte o- llate. Thus the d reulon gra u- ally spreads throng out the whole community" . . . . The Financial Times (Montreal). From the foregoing 1t. seems qulte clear, therefore, that therelaa. very direct relationship between a. pro- sperous agriculture and busy time: for the men and women ln Canad- lan factories. If this truth can be driven home to our people. I lm- aglne they would become less en- thusiastic about buying the farmer's products at "below cost" P11005- There ls. apparently, a. serious re- coll to ruinous valuations for farm products? I am, Sir, etc. STUDENT. Sir Richard Squires Stormy Career Sir Richard squucs, who passed away last. week, as knighted ln 1921. and teslgned the l-remlershlp of Newfoundland in the summer of 1923. It. was chavzechln December of that. year that he nod accepted "certain moneys" from tron. Steel and coal companies, and that rev- llltquot- Controller were pald to private individuals instead of lnto the Treasury. In April of the fol- IOWlng year he was arrested and charged with larceny of $20,000 of government funds. In November, 25, he was fined $4,000 for hav- lng failed to submit income tax returns covering several years, and ln Aprll, 1926, the former Premier was found guilty of having vlofot- ed the War Tax Act. He was fln- ed $300. The elections of November, 1928, however, were n. triumph for Slr Richard over the Alderdlce gov- ernment and were regarded as c vindication of a public mun who ltod been under a cloud four years earlier. But Sir Richard blded his time. Immediately after hls arrest for larceny, eleven members of the Opposition in the Newfoundland Legislature united with the bloc supporting Slr Richard and de- feated the government of Premier Warren on a vote of confidence. He w-ts held responsible for pressing the charges agalnst the former Premier, The Hickman Ministry which fol- lowed that of Warren went down, too. because 1t was not frlendly to the man who 1n his four years at. the head of government had made prcdlglotis efforts to develop the Industries of Newfoundland. Flve mlntsterles fell 1n about. a. year. The vrflflt question was the problty of sir Richard; since an attempt to lndlct hlm on charges that amounted t0 808.000, felled. he was elected the following year Provin- clal Grand Master of the New- foundland Loyal orange 55mm- tlon, and his supporters predicted his early return to the polltkg] arena. Slr Richard allied himself with Sir William Cooker, another war knight. who was among the victors of the Fall elections of 1928, when he was re-elected Prime Minister. I-Ils overwhelming defeat four years later was another proof o1 me up; and down of Blr Richard's career. While always ln the thick of the flflht-"IB. he was recanted an able man who had been very active ln 0811610111112 the resources and 1mm- trlqes oflthe Crown Colony. o 111 s end, he came to the t_ ed States several times u theuigp- resentatlve of Newfoundland to negotiate trade treaties. n April. 1932, a dlapaleh from Bi- Jvhns reported that; "su- nun- ard was the centre of c riotous outbreak, following which the heg- lslnture was dissolved." A mob had besleeed lmd wrecked the Go - and, lntoroeept- nLvter as he wu In: to escape. trampled upon hlm . The explanation was that. a crowd of cltlzertc had marched to the bulldlng to demand lnvestlcatlon of a charge that the minutes of the Executive Council had been falsified. ‘Phat chemo had been made by a former Mlnls. ter of Flname. Peter Cuhln. To demands u n hfm to altar lhlgnrlgt. 1d e Prltne M’ - H r " e some: tr r do!" He dissolved the Legislature and appealed to the voters. The remit m; s. routlfot- government, and success on o . C. Alderd Prime Minister l“ a 1'88 Slit‘ aloha: leaves a widow, Lady 1.1 NH; , daughml "=9 80M. and two ...___________ I'll! Till WAD" ALDEP-NEY. Channel Islands - (CP) —1'lcr centuries under ancient law no inhabitant. of Alder-nay h been allowed to wot-Ir on surtduv. Soon. bv an amendment, they will be allowed to work. farmlmz or Whirl: cnv day of the week on ao- count of the war ememcncy, v0 ... -_ - vlvcholm of the German people, and are now rend and anxious to put, their knowle go at the dla- poaal of Brltaln and France. In ex- pellln! Jews and nnlkln their country unnfe for other rrncnl who have dla with the rc- glme. the Nails have made l. prea- ent. to their opponents of some of Ge ' but. l te to. -—Ohl'lllr ntfmélslm motile??? ,__ with that “Plo- meld enues of the Department of t-he pales Level Crssing Accidents (Balnt. John Telegraph Journal) The campnlan Whlch as being was- wrou a you alter year for more careful dXlVlflI of motor vehic- lpfi l: produce some re- a t4 at leut. o0 far u weldents at level railway are concern- od. Although the annual report of the board of transport commission- crs for Oancdahfor 1939 shows that there was an tcrease w] the total number of uounltles ln e railroad ants of all kinda dunnz the you’, there were thirteen fewer ac- cidents at level eroaslnga hero cars were shrunk by lralm than there were ln 198 . ‘me total number of accidents on rallway llnes was 1.500, tnvolvln 2.015 caaualtle; — S12 persons kllle and 170 , an crease of seventy-four casualties over the previous year's record. e lt ls encouraging that even lnhiplte of nilmber of ve cles on the roads. the trend o! level cross accidents ls downward, there ls stll great room for Improvement tn this regard. ‘I111: wlll be doubly apparent when 1t is could that one-thlrd of pl these ace dents the motor vehlces ‘involved ran lnto the sides of the tralns, e n persons and nlurlnx 148. ‘Thirty-one of those m ape occurred in and full dayllzht forty-nlne of them atbrégtltt. Such ancldents must be aserl to Pure care ‘mere was a reduction during the year of thirteen accidents where the motor cars were struck by the trains, due largely, ll; ls believed. b0 the sta- tutory warnlnq signal sounded by loeonitotlvu wlhen pbllrgxlllcxlllllflg l} cross ,namey l. eng e ng o the 1x blast The open season for dense hltzh- way traffic ls now approaching. Let all drivers keen 1n mlnd the folly cf disregarding the hazards of level crossings, and above all to refrain from trylng to “beat. the truln tn the crossing." Only ln thls wav will the terrlhle toll of human life ln automobile-train crashes re- duced to the mlnlmum. Gas Attacks, 431 B. C. (Monet-on 'I‘rn.nserlpt) In the Peloponneslan War, be- tween the independent city states of Greece, gas attacks were employed. In 431 B. . the Spartans attempted to capture the cltes of Beflllm and Platea by the use of burnlng sulph- ur and pitch. Marco Polo refers to the Karen- nas, a. Persian tribe, who applied a. cloud as 1n warfare. The Crusad- ers me burnlng pitch and its nau- south? stench n their attempts on tne. The Royal Flying Corps dropped 25,000 messages over the German lines ln October, 1914. It was old stuff even then, for during the Na- poleonlc wars Lord Cochrane had pamphlets dropped from kltes tow- ed by the brig Pallas along the French coast. In the Diary of Samuel Pepys there may be found this message: "Friday, March 14, 1662. Home t0 dinner. In the afternoon come the German. Dr. Knuffler to dlscourse with us about. his engine to blow up ships. We- doubted not the matter of fact. ll; being tried ln Ct-omwells time. but the safety of carryln them ln-slnps; but he do tell us the when he comes to tell the King his sec- ret for none but Kings success- lvely and their heirs must know it lt will appear to be 0f no danger at all. We concluded nothing: but. shall discourse with the Duke of York to- morrow about 1t." Pepys first. lord of the admiralty, apparently worried less about mag- ne lc mines than Churchill. his suc- cessor for he does not mention them a . He could not. have known a ut the degauss equipment as used Oerstled, of Copenhagen. no pgpplulgate the principle or 1t untll Man-y of the modem wlsecracks which have been put ln the mouth of the ancient. Confucius have been traced to Egypt. where the fellahs appear to have been tclllnz them hundreds or years before Confucius was born. War Facts And Illusions (Exchange) A writer in the National Review (Inn/don, Eng.) has llned up some war facts and llluslons which the people 0f every Allied natlon should keen in mlnd while thLs conflict continues. 'I‘1'lls ls especially true of Canada. which does not: realize yet the dimensions of the struggle. The favorable polnts. stated brlef- y. are: The first and foremost. the Gov- ernment (British) has shown great and even unexpected imagination ln thla country's relationship wlth “mix m: oil's Cl We have just received from Hollywood a full shipment. of tun Inter Beauty nun. Included ln the lhlpment are non tum: u MA: Factor 5km and Tin-u: Cream. Mu Factor lloncymcklt Cream. “new: Clelllnln‘ cream Factor rovmer roundl- tlon cream m three uuuu. aaulnl — Rachelle -- Mesh. Mu Factor hoe Powder In the lvllloflllll IIIMIQI-Rlllllll, noeneue, nrunetw, Ouvo mu burr ‘ran. Max Factor Bongo and ma: Furor ups-lob. MAUS BLOOD FOOD The meal 5 rlul Tonto. A combination “especially vulg- nblo In the treatment of than mean when their orlgln ll lrweclm to an tmpoverlmen condition or the blood. I o“ ‘nun 1000 Ml the PIIUI PIE BOX Ill CENTS. MAC'S IMPROVED CONDITION POWDER , FOB HORSES m e t. . renown-Ti Fidiidd all. TIIE 2 inns l t and only then-did FERT 2-12-6 2-12-6 (2% Borax) 4~3-l0 4-8-13 5-10-5 t. v been put inside. The wilzli equal readlness Ind with greater Kilt of eXPT§95l°3dhlV° N‘ 8pc, their dd gener- ousl on 0- Sdcmdly, the Punch 900910 have stod up wonderful-l? will!“ an unprecedented welsht» of G8!- mun propagmdl. The I helped by the ‘ITS-Ito! of Btlltfilft. have told the Fremh elaht time: I day that mo»: ma no (luv-ml wit-h them, wished to live at Dflrfect pence with them, but wen bulked by the subtle 811811811. WM, W!" getting the French one: more w die for England. has! been 111E8- Then, tzwo Comma’! former nssocletea stand aloof If Germany's great. betrayal of the prlttelple for whlch they w- gether. Firmly, Spain, nlthmlgh heavily burdened by Gernmny and behold- en m her m may wave. hun- fused to act. 8s Germany desired. Finally, Finland by her lmmortcl courage has altered the mllltcry geography of Europe ln our favor. On the other sf : , The flrst illusion Ls that; we are bound to wln. The truth ls. u M. Paul Reynaud has said. that. we could easily lose. We have (walnut us an enemy who bouts that he will stop at nothlng. Hitler has said he will not hesitate to sacri- fice a million .0! his own men. He has appealed to the lowest. German people. and during - not. oh sulliginnatcmtmr let any 8 "b" ately endur great prlvatlon for the greater gory to generals have a talent. for wu- meklng. His chemlsu dellzht ln fresh lethal horrors. The second llluslon l: that. we can wln the war without flghtlni The Germans ln the last defeated ln the field; and then- the home morale collapse. Furthermore, ln the last. war we could vlrtuclLY surround Germany. thl-I . we slt on the front lawn. that the back door and the lldo windows are open. The t-hlrd illusion ls that we cm separate the German people from thelr leaders; or. t0 put lt ln I better way, that; we can a the German people from the no- ttnea. mad Taclttu. Reid Glb- Gennan people's vo oppressive wars wlthln the llfetlrne o people still living. The fourth llluaton ls that. the German Army commend ls "mod- erate", a clvlllzlng influence. This belief d1; dergyetgdfttomtélelmrln DN- pagan gr on gnornnoe. A fifth llluslon ls often heard: “Hitler ls not. silly enough to at.- tcck." Had Hitler been prudent and akllful he need not have had thls w Be uld have la ad Think for u moment of the < l r 5-9-8 _‘ _ ‘fr-H- IIC 1050 OLD TIME 11x1 N t1 , - seaalmetru . J. .1 1 beam-fill‘ m‘ mun. $611992? pf; ‘qr, fin m gerlenee liin Cured tea come. His mg“ tlculu luc ." warm n which a 27. 1 G. F. Ilutcheson " E t $25.00 $27.00 $28.00 {$30.40 -.a.':-. i $29.40 $28.20 CARLOTS-STATIONS - EX_ Pmnrsoe fron LESS “Island Goods for Island Growers” The Island. Fertilizer 00., Ltd. Charlottetown Frame. All the 01d silly mgadxlghea pm lflQmMl-lnlch HD1110 for many come. ~ There are other llluslozic. The» enouztt to lose the war, o: the peace. C. N. 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