PAGE FOUR THE C llllll LOTTCT OWN G UAR lllAN Jliiriilrig Dull) il-nurided 1n 18147) ri-usiiln-iii: |.lL‘Ul (‘or \\ Chester 5 .\|1'l.l|I'C \‘|-~ Uriasiiln-iil: l ll. Burnett. I‘..l.l zLit-iit (‘iil l) .-\ Alui-kinnun 11.5.0. rldii n and Mllllilfllllg lliiu-lnv l R. Burnett. F.J.l. A,~§.|.i|;;|,r Iixlilors: Frank Walker and Ian A Bllfll?" SUBSFRIPTTUN RATES 1y ma" m |'_l<_. _ $2.50 Iur b months 51".’; for ' one month l i:\ UrlIYVP) $5.00 per war; :3.UU lor u nrlllllhi SL751 for 3 months; 60c for one Month. 8y Mail to other Provlnccs and L‘. S. A. 35-00 P" 15"" Saturday Weekly 51.00 per year; $1.00 lur h milnlhl. 5th: for 3 months The Ctiiirii-iii-ruiii. i.i:ir-|i:rii ma; uu uliiirliicil ll |lu1nliiii."~ M-u- horn-g. firm-.- blfllilfkl, New hark; 01d South .\..-i.- _ (alrllvr Milk iiiiir bbinllllllllirn. Irv-i»... aim... .... so... .\..-.-..i-_v l’ ll mm nu. lllllllffllll; .1. l - Jbl "113 >1- YI-rvl i M». amid. Chateau Llltlrlvl‘, oiiiiini: “nllej w“. bland. undo-Irv 0M; llub ‘riiiiiu-i-i. hllup. llirllvlim N. l!.. "The Slrongcsl ifi-FIIIOFI/ is Weaker than the Weakest Ink " sfuiriiiuiivlviiiivtix v s1. 1,942 Government Pledges In the \\<il'l~ oi .\lr. Xlackiiizie King's posed plebiscite. the pcriplc v.i'i be asked to re- lease the tjovcriiiiiciit “from any (ibligzition aris- iirg oiii of any p;i<r rivniiiiiiiiiciiis restricting the ' i; lllcll for illllilllfvY hCl‘ p11)- iiicilioils oi i‘; The lllllfilri dog) ll-Wl is lioill ». m§51€udjug_ l; ._-i. ull rho gilllllllllllkfllls llllltllti by Government members uii the subject, and it implies that the ohligiiriiiiv arising out 0f tllclll have been ipiifuriiilv i'-l\1t‘l'\'t‘il. l4u:li is not tlic case. V _ Mr. lfiiig. for <'\'.lllil:\‘, c-itiiiiiiictl lziin~cli to the extent 0i irriin ' ig no L"J!‘.~'Cl'l[)ll()l1 for ovcr- geas service. lhit '5 cliicf lieutenant and col- league, .\lr, ~ -sli<‘.ll~’lliLf also oii liclialf of 1h.- i;..v -i 'i\'\‘llZ fiirilu-i: llr- gave solemn as . llll'l't' \‘.'l iild ll(‘ "no coni- plllzOfV scziicc or c cllllll-Jll outside Canada." Boili thcsc coniniiiiiiciiis were inadc on the same d“ p. u... llll‘ r.- ...' (Huiiiiions, mic being sup- pkiiiiciiiarv it. ' ~ mlirr. and just {l5 biiiiliiig as 11K- mhqi- “i. 1 ~ l§ iliivcriiiiiciii. \\ hut h... | d i... li<.I\'\‘l‘lllllClll Plcdge No. 2 in this iiistaiirc? The ziiiswcr may be found in an official h:iiiillioiil< "Ciiiiriila .\t \\'ar," from which w<~ lllllllt‘ lllis‘ <i.'i'.cnic:! ‘ "\\'liilc- iIiv \\-ii'l< of llli‘ Liziiiiiilzi-lf. S. Dc- lClhQ lloiird i- sccrct ii ua- UllllfHllliICLl on Dec. 2r by the Board ihiit iiiiliia air and naval plans heretofore made arc in sat ictor_v' operation. lt “'39 also sizitcd that iIl-llllll’ ii; the (lcfciice of the lltrl'llll'l'l'i ‘iiziii iii iiii- \‘it‘-ll‘l‘ll l‘('llll$[lll(‘l".' was coli- ccrncil lltl /iii:iiiil.ii'>v i'.l It"! llU/IUUUJI l/ic two coiiii/rirs. lQirizcil States troops. in effect, may b‘: tiscd as rctiiiircil and zirrzirigiwl. in any part of (Eiuuila. iii- (liiiiitihliii trim/xv lI'.I\ .v.iiiiiltrrl_v In? (‘iii- Niivri/ fir .lfd.i'li‘.l I!l' lii.‘ (Uri/Pi! hi/(I/AYY." lf ‘ilitri: is no lung. r any itlllllffill'_\' l)Cl\\'l.'Cll (Taiiadzi and the Liiiiicd Statin- for dcfciisc pur- poses, ihcii it is obvious that the men drafted uiidcr ihc lhfviisi- of (‘aiiada .\ct can he sciit to California ilr iliz- \'<-\i' liii-gliiii". [Stan's zis wcll as to llriii-li (ioliiiiiliizi or :’i<- \l.'iriliine llroviiiccs. (i-Hllillllsivry‘ ,<~i- Fr "iiiii-filt- czziladzi" is ilicmfore already in cifccr, ilzc plcdgc‘ given h_v .\lr. Lap ' H‘. iii: lv-lizili of ilii- li(‘\'(‘l'11l‘ll('lll to the Crniti". _v ll-'l'i\‘.il. tl'illl“.l'. \'i> plclli-citc was dc- to rviizi-i t‘i~ lill\'\‘l'i\illllll ll'lllll its oh- llfjltllllll :ii. ‘=- ti - i"~l"lllllllll'lll. \\'hy should not inc <:iiii.~ lllfillllltf hc titkcii in iiitcr- prcting all govcriiiiiinit criiiiiiiitinciiis rcstrictiiiq llic iiicihod- iii vii-iii; "lii for iiiilitzirv wrvicc? \\'hvv_ iii dvirt. -liiiiil.l we havir ciiii-cripiioii fiir flPlVll-i‘ i-i Ill‘ Ikiiu-i \i'.'l'.\'~_ :i.iil iiiit i- r 4ll‘l<'l1<L‘ of ilic llri ~i l7.iiiiiii'~"? Price céiiiaifijiiéllflirili. lixi-iiiptii-ii- ‘I ivn lill‘ i wm-iliiig arc ll<'\\'. s.'i_vs ll1 official circular. iliili: iiitgiiii. .\l(1Xllllllll'l Prices Rcgulziiirviis cxciiipi exports, sales to the Department of Xliiiiiiioiis niiil Fupply and its agents. l~tlliilt"l Illlil pir-i-iiiil s;ili~.~ gafllcr; tr.- aiiciinii. l'l'.ll i-stirv. :iii.l ii"<i ‘Irv-d, l-E-csh fruits and vcgciahiv- and gir-viihoiisc products which are 1l01'lll<'lll_\' suhjccttn wide seasonal price fluctuations. wcrt- OXPIIlIilIVl "ll Xiivvmhci- 23. and a icw ilzivs l.i'i-r lili‘ t‘X('*."‘lli>ll< ivcrc cxtciiil- ed to ii\'(‘-'li~(‘l\'. lrllllllfl‘, 3Q- iiiill< (‘l‘t‘.'ll‘.l, ilairi; blllirl‘. llll'lll"lll.l'l" 5.. .. .l"l11'_\' iirid llllllllf: .~_\'ruli and ll>ll \\lli'il wld l._v ]li'l|IlZl1’_\' product-rs to dcal- crs or to pi‘i\c<‘--<>t'~'. .\ll ihc-i- priwliicts but fist. rciiiiiiii. llir\\i“.1l‘. ~lllljrvl :.. :I=- ri-iiiil prici: coil- lllg. .\ ~llll~t'llll‘l.l iirilir iXi-iiiiili-il rgivv and ilrr-scil llll‘ -l\lll- 4 il Qllllllvlli~ iiiaili- wholly 0i 1'1"‘. \\'llll lllQ prov. i» that ihc lloawl would 5c‘: that ilriiiic-tic pricc- lwiir llli‘ ii-iiiil rclatioiisliiii to expnri prices. Dflflflcl‘ ‘if a \\'l'll-l1~ (lCplCllWl! (ll domestic sup- plir-s iii fi-h llzriiiijgli <'\l|ili"i< ti» llll’ biiitcil Stat- es lll1ll'l\(‘l~. :iiid llljdllbl’ -"Zl*'>‘!?.l til-ls iiicurrcil for sonic \\‘illl('l' riiiiglit ll<il. li-rl ‘lic llozird t0 ailnriiiiicc on llcriiiilii-i" llllllt‘ (‘Xflllpllflli of li(-i'i'in_;, llllVllllllllLf *3ll"lllll"~l, llllllflitCh. =iiiclt-. iiizicLcri-l. 4.'i'llll~. liiiiw, lizililiiit aiiil Zlll frcsli- waicr Iii-h, \\ilt'llll‘l' odd l.v ]ll'4l4'('\s4||'\‘ (p-“pq-s 0f l'¢-'lilil<‘i'~. ll iliv t‘.\]l<ll'l ‘lwllhllll should cause In)’ Slilrstiiiiiial iiici'i-.i-<~ iii d-niumli; priccs the Board will zidopi lllllll mvili-iil- lll cii-iirc ad" quatc siipplivs i » Il'llll‘.'~ilt' ct ii-iiiia-r- .'ll rciisoii- able priccs. lli- lTlIlll pi-ici» -~.]liii;_i coiitiiliics to lpply to s:ili-~ of liii."l' ii-‘ii. ~'lt‘ll 2l~ salmon my] lobster. Sulnlilules For Jule Fziriiit-r- in t i =ili arr ii l: Jliililt‘ iii fci ling ilic slmriaui- of iV-r than Ii i}. fir!‘ iii:il,?ii;_' llllllll]! lrngs. llrii/‘l m? l "lilllilf ais» iit-i-il jllli‘, pzii- llC1llill'l_\' i i‘ i l"l"- ii which llr:i.cil fist‘- uhiiiit i; :i>I .; lI-ah win. ll'- 1i ' now looking f-i ' ‘ i i ' i‘. r lil'|\'i' llliV, thc l‘ F‘. llUVlt ii l i'lll| ]‘l:llll'l\, lii iliz- l'. ‘.. ii is lliQ wl fi.|~ lnrgglllg. ‘iiiil hiifgiii; 'l~-- :i 1.. -l ii-.- [or surplus cutlnii. lliit I1tl\\' \\ dri lliv liltl ‘r. llii\i' iir-t call on nillini luiqgiiii.‘ lilvii- iiii-i" llii‘; lH‘('Il sonic iti- ll'l't'\l in i'ii- posit-i of '1' .9 f-riiiih .\Illr‘l'i- can sltlhlittitcs ii-r jiiiv. 'l‘lic- jlll!‘ shortage is lll\'('l)' to ciiriiitiiic sincc liidia, si-ciiig no probable ri-livi of the sliiiriliiig shortage, has cut its jute {l\‘l't'{l_'_"i' in half. l~'.\iiiiii;ill_v llic [iiitcil States may bu; Scycm] Soiiih .\mcriciiii fibers as substitutes for jute, bu; not for >tllllC time to conic the Office of Foreign .\griciiliural Relations says. Brazil and Ecuador \\ill ni-cd ihcni at lioiiic. llrzi/il ha» iii lcast five promising wild fibers out oi about 15 fibcrwicliliiig" 1lll11ll5. These fin; arc lvllu\\ll iis paco-piico, juia indiana, malve vcludo. giizixiinzi, and papoula tie Sac Francisco. (liiiixiiiiu is siiid to cxcccil ihrcc fcct in length and to i-riiilucc- a good _vicld pcr acre. lt is used iii lllixlllfc with jiiic, it: is pupoulii dc Sao Frau- cisco_ \\'iili zidditioiial acreage in cultivation one group of mills hopes to become independent of jiiic. ziiid to export finished bagging. lii liciizitliir the irild fourcrziya plant yields cahirva fiber, which natives use for lllltklllg bags and biiggiii". ropcs, belts, and solcs for sandals. .~\t present there arc only tivo cabuya plantations. Increased production would depend on demand. Uruguay lizis at lcast right fllXT plants, but land- <l\\‘ll(‘l'S find it morc profitable to specialize on iiiczit and wool. EDITORIAL NOTES Sorry. the (cnsor will not lci us say wliiit we think, of the weather. Fl‘ ti ll‘ 'l'oiiiorro\v the first day of our shortest month iii ivliicli oii ilic 9th. we will lci-"c an hour's slccp to lliilcr. >l< 1K 1k 1’- Is it a coincidence or intentional that the Fed- eral Government has arranged to introduce Day- Liglit Saving 0n ilic saiiic flay as the Ontario and (Quebec lr_\'-('lccli0iI>? I! Ur. Lewis \\'. Douglas, former Principal of .\lcGiIl University, has been selected by Presi- dent Roosevelt to go to London as Assistant Land-Lease. lixpcilitci". This is a more than usu- ally interesting zippoiiiiiiiciit. it was because .\lr. Douglas broke with .\l.". Rooscvelt over fiscal policies in I934 that he resigned as Director of the Budget and came to Canada as Principal of .\lcGill. i Ill Ill v Libcrall Premier Hepburn has zlslvcd All‘. Mciglierfs permission to speak on his behalf in the York South by-clcction "in view of recent dcvclopiiiciiis." Mr. Ian Straclian. Liberal M. P. for TtlfOlllO-Sl. (Qicorgc, also offered to speak. and addressed a Conservative meeting Thursday night. ilk! 1h i‘ ll‘ 1i In the cadet competitions fr-r the Earl Grey trophy prcscntcd to ilic province having tlic high- csi percentage of cadets on parade zit the an- nual inspection in proportion ‘.0 the enrolment of school boys for the previous rear, British Col- umbia \\'0ii first place with a percentage of 17079, Alaiiitoba was sccoiid with 11.80. Other prov- inces in thcir ordci" wcrc as follows: Quebec, I0.- 916 percent; Prince lidwzlril Island 9.902 per- cent; Ontario, 7856 percent; New Brunswick, 4.833 percent; Saskatchewan. 3.913 percent: Nova Scotia, 3.485 pcrcciit, rind .\'bcri:i, 2.845 pcr- cciit. >l< ll‘ >l= Ill All but: uiianimorisly the British Columbia Legislature adopted 43-2 the address in reply to the 'l'liroiic $pccch which approved the Liberal- (‘iniscrvativc Clllllllltlll Cnviiriiiiiciit. 'l‘lic C. C. l’. siippiirtcil lllt‘ coalition wiili llic onlv Labor lll(‘lllll('l' .\lr. 'l'oin Uphill of lfcrnic and former Prcinicr T. l). Pzittiillo voting against it. The coalition wits forincd wlicii .\lr. Pattiillo refused an)‘ Fllcll propiiszil after his Lilirral ailiiiiiiistra- llllll fiiilcd ti; win ii ivnrli-iiiv iiiiiiority in last Oct- olii-r“ proviiirlzil i ctiuii and hc latcr resigned. llis Finance .\lllll$lt‘l'. John l-lzii-i, took over as Premier at ilic liczid of the coalition (iabiiict. =4- >lI 1‘ lii iiiii‘ \\'ciliicsila_\"s i~>llt' w» cuiiiiizciiicd ad- vcrscly on what wc, and many others. di-cni the petty way iii which llll.‘ Prime Minister i3 handling the War situation, and used an expres- sion which lizis more than one iiiciiiiiiig. the least iniporiziiit being a childish oiic. \Ve icurii that sonic of our rcailcrs have applied the the juvenile interpretation and fccl offcii led that we should iii that niaiinci’ rcflcct on the Rt. llOll. Mr. .\lr'lCl\'(‘lIZlC King \\'c- iiscd the ex- l)l'C\<l(l1l nit-airing “in ilciil or work iii a trifling or pcllyi" \\':i_\'." and rcgrct :.iii_v of t-ui‘ readers should have llllCl'])1'L'lL‘(l it oilicririsc, assuring ilicm we have the greatest rcspcct for Mr. Mac- l\'('1'l'/.lC King pcrsriiizilly though differing from him Iiiiliiiciilly. >ll 9f 9F * llcii AlUllsUll, liiiglisli ditiiiitttist and poet born this date I573; wrote many plriys which were pro- duced at tlic (ilolic Theatre. lxiiiilnii. his master- piccc living “Flic .\lchciiisit," in which Sir lipicaro Alziiiiiiinn is a grin 1f character pori- riiyiil ~tlic situations iirc good, ilic story ab-- solutcly coherent, wliilc the minor parts work out ildmiralzly; his pociiis arc niiuiv and various ranging from graceful lyrics l!) isciirrilous epi- grains: of his stings, “Drink to inc only with thiiic c_\'c is still popular: Lv dicd 5n poverty illlll iliscasc; his tomb iii “Xistniillster Abbey lrcars ilic iiiscriptinii “O Rare llcn Johnson”; liis word-picture of :i siicc sful politican: "Speak lll of no niiiii to his fa. . nor wtll of airy man lcliiiiil his hack fiprcail yourself on his hosmii lillltllClvV, \\'ll1|s(- licuyl w“ wuuk] m; in private." it III 1!! A llcczuisc iif tlic sc "city. iii;iiii' English girls dis- c;ii'<|crl stockings last simiinci- except for formal L>CCil>ll)llS_ home piiiiiivd tlicir legs with a tan ivatcrprool liquid spcciallv iiiailc for that pilr- posc. l)<iii;- ll('.'|ll_\' and ciirciiilly, tlic color pro- ‘lllull i‘ timid. >li><‘kiiig-lilvc effect, particularly with ll1(' Illllllllflll of a pviicil line drawn down the llllClv of lll(‘ log in iiiiiiziiiiiii of a flocking sgam, lk-g piiiiiiiiig \\'.'l~ (llst‘tllll‘.’l§'l'(l sonic-what by cm- l'l".\'<‘r* “ll” fllwviivd on female l11('Illl)Cl'S of their staffs who ivciit to \\'Irl‘l§ \lTlCl\'llll{l(‘§§ gvgn though lcgs were iii-ally piiiiitcil Slacks. first cgngidefed practical for \\'(‘Il1' for civilian ilcfriict- ivork and lire-watching iliiriiig uir raids, lWCfllllc more in cviilrncc when government oliiccrs uimtymlqer] tlicre would be no objection t0 female employees ii-cariiig thcm to work _ EHE CHARLOTT NOTES BY TllE WAY The Maritime Commission prom- lscs \v.15l'11llg~..l1 uiai Lil) tum-hill" snips W111 be launclvd Ills mciitii am that. after the m die c1 1941 rheie Wlll be l-Wo a . If o ship a day keeix. tine e awn)‘. W0 a, clay should swamp him -— Muntreal Gazette. Much has IJCEiT-s-d-lll about. the heroic ‘calmness oi the British under me, They .iiugiied unafraid at the l-litleriaii hcrrle and car- ried on afisi- Dun. rqiic with epic cgurage, The Clirziswmas edition of mau- humorous magazine, Punch. 1135 just BFHVCLl in Anxezica -—all gay with brilliant coprecl pages and cartoons uiat. coniiiriie to puke quiet. run at the lTaLl-ZES ‘of the 311311511 people. Bin ii ricer can search in iain for one ie of hatred or li_\'stii~i.:--- cvr-n against. thcsc who scik iu t‘ 1110m- The British nci. only kzioiv how to die, but how to livc -- Detroit Free Press. Assemblyman A. .I. (‘nffrcy "l Buffalo is lLtlLlll; ili; Nrw Ycrk State lkglSltiltlfC to iriicusijlze the St Lawrence so. ..\‘ proisct u the "height of fully" n o'er Line and to advise the ziatizral Cori- gress that the rncst eficciive ron- Lflbllllflll io defense would be a re- fusal to SJUCLAOU i110 Sraivny a-p- propriaiicin until aficr ilie war. The Assembly is likely io agree with Mr. Caffrcy in view ofpthe fact that 1t passed a substantially similar rcsoiutcn iimcduccd by him last: ycar Th3 rcscliiiiCii was rejected by the 8.1 1.. xitilcli mm‘ or may not have ciiai gCd its mind in the interim. - Monirczil Ga- lief-ft. Nlturally, it. would be a great. relief to our forces in the For East if the heart of Jajnrin vrere bombarded. as ii casJy cculd be, from the neigiiborliocri of Vladi- vostok But ilic war has to b: considered in regard to all its operations on all lis fruits. There Ls no greater service that RILSSIB. could render at this Junct-icn than to engage the massive land armies of Hitler with ail her resources, rind t0 continue lo mil. . the heavy blows she is now den rig It is true, she has an equgped and self-dependent army l2} Far East- ern Siberia, and is capable of dealing with any attack that Japan might. make. But fl is obvious that the opening of a new front would be distraction frcm her supreme effort. 1n the ivcst. It ls Wllflb Hitler would desire, and therefore, obviously what we should riot desire. - London Spectator. Film Director Anthony As- quith, son of the lziig Prime Min- lster Asquith, is troubled by iri- abllity to remember flames. Even those of old friends, waiting for an introduction, are often forgot- ten. Recently he was eating at the Savoy all by himself, when lcok- ing up frcm his newspaper, he s-aw a familiar lace in trcnt. of film. But he could not recall the name. He stood- up, shook hands warmly with the man and said: "How are you? where have you been? Have a drlrik? Aie you eat.- fng by yourself?" Oiher similar polite remarks were made while Asquith t-rlsd desperately to re- member ins name. The mun snow- ed visible signs c-f embarrassment; finally, when tne film director paused for breath. he explained quickly: “I'm the waiter, sir." — Toronto Financial Past. It l; not for outsiders to Interfere with the disciplinary system u! the sclwols of Freeporr, Island, but. those out.- slders cannot but. sympathize with Ediward Yazijian, a Free-port, Inch smool student, wlicsc sense of vihat was rlght. collided with the principals sense of ivhat. was right. As a, robest against the wearing of sacks by high school girls Ddiwanzi came to school 1n a. skirt. He could have found many a. proverb, incorporating the wis- dcm or the race, to support his conduct, but. sohocl discipline is not. based on proverbs and Ed- ward was siwpenderl. what. makes matters worse, according to ward, 1s that a number of other boys in the class had sworn to put in thelr appearance in costume similar l0 his. but. failzd to do this. It. ls bitter business indeed for a. boy of Edwards rage to icarn in one fell SNOOP that he can't trust. the men and can't. get ahead of the women. - New York Sun. I LID afraid that Mr Churc- hill's private iecoliecticus of To- ronto are not. so giowiiig as some could wish. In 1531 he was guest. at probably the dullest. private dlnziei" party he ever attended, ven in an exclusive club by a well-known public mun; a vcrv fine fellow wltii no l1‘.Sll..CL fcr enter- tatmng. It wss a ccld-watcr affair. ard the guests ptocd ncar the statesman were busricss mag- mtes and politicians who seemed awed by his presence. and at a loss for what. to say. The only cori- versatlon was at rsmce ends or the horseshoe in wliictii the tables were arranged. Afterward. when the guest-s mingled. i-wo or three of us went. to the rescue and told Mr. Chumhlll that. his irmrbcoks were worthy of Tacitus - not, an 0x- aggerated compliment Ho. looked searchlngly at. us to learn if we were sincere, and tlicn siiid lie ixas working on a new voumc. The Unknown Front. WhlCFl dznlt with '3. Allattlirs part. in the World War —a. phase of‘ which must, ople were ignored. - By ector Charlesworth. One of’ the more active Quliillng satellites ls Sverre Rlisiiaes who came out of nowhere to assume the mantle Minister of Justice in the Norweplan Nazi cabinet. Like most. of hs ccltesigues there he had not rated a mrntaon 1n the latest. edition of Norwivs "Who's Who." He loves to preach the Qulsllng cause. but. few pee-pie care to hear his curds of Qulsdcm To obtain listeners he has been known to walk lnto movie theatres. order all doors locked and the film stop- whlie he mounted the plat- form to deliver hls harangue. In fiedrlkatad he oniered the lice to literally round-up and aii fence of pedestrians for him. In Oslo he threatened Government. employee with dlsmlsal or arrest. if they they dld not. tum out. to hear hlm speak. Rllimaes likes to crack the whip, and he also like; to see ll. strike. but mcmtrn. for instance. he sum. money an un-Nazflled Oslo attor- ney to his office. "It ls my duty," 581d. "to inform vou that. your license to practice law has been revoked for life" 111-2 attorney looked Etienne.- coldly in . "Whose llfe?" lie naked. -- NQWA 0f Norwlv, Wvller P. Armstrong, preslderil of the Aaiwr crn Bar A5'""'(lll"v'|‘ l: wear-v of legal dnirle-talk. "Few brief.- and nut many 0pm. ions," he notes. "ore written 1n crown cuARniky PUBLIC FORUM ‘Ihlo OOIIIIII ll own IOI Ill dlnuulnl b! "Plfliilhl" ‘l quotlonp u! lulu-oat. ‘Ito Cbarlolwlnwn Gurllal loco I01 noouully ulna lb "All." 0| humanoid: WABTIME LIQUOR SALES SLrt—-Y0ur timely editorial note on Thursoay, suagestang curtall- inem. of liquor scripts opens a. wld- er questfuri. Sugar, as ycu remark- ed. gasoine and other commod- ules variously classified as necess- iifes, conveniences and luxuries an: now subject. to drastic Federal re- strictions. Liquor, nor a, luxury but a narcotic, and subject to prohibi- tinn during the Great. War. still nccupies a place of privlfege 1n cighi. provinces of Cariacia and there Ls much illicit liquor bustiess in all provinces. Leaders of the Rcmau Catholic Church. of mum Protestant Ohurclies. and o! Tem- perance organizations, as a dele- gation have asked for drastic re- auctions on liquor sales under the War Measures Act. This Province ls interested for tivo reasons. the nation's welfare ls at. stake and the Island’: 5mm LIC training largely in non-prohibition Provinces. What cari we do? As o Prohibition Province we can urge our Federal members and Senators to form a phalanx of attack with Mr Ralston 1n the forefront. At heme we can demand a sharp re- auction 1n the number of scripts issued and a ruthless enforcement. cf our Prciiibiticn Law with prompt. and impartial use cf the padlock. If the prospective plebiscite at two million appear; costly 1t might. be ivorth rememberln that. Cen- ada's annual liquor hi1 would pay two plebiscite; a week every wee in the year. I am. Sir, etc“ REV. R. E. SHAW Secretary. Prince. Edward. Island Temperance Federation. mmvw-v-umvnv orriiwii LETTER By Robert L. Cnllnn (Special to the Guardian) OTTAWA, Thursday, January 29th. —Prlncipal interest 1n the House of Commons yesterday af- tci-nmn-there was no night. sit- ¢m8—f ussed upvn the address of Mr. Lacombe. He has been in the House for some years, sits hlgh up in the Liberal ranks. speaks (-10- quefllly in both languages but. 1s looked "POI! as a. bit of an inde- pendent having defeated at the last election another mberal ln Laval constituency 1n which none but 14b- erals have a chance. The party machine would probably have pre- ferred the other man. H9 OPPOSEs conscription in every shape and form and announced the formation of a new "Canadian" party 1n the l-loiue ext didn't any anything about what. other mem- bers from Quebec woaii-f ‘allow lfls lead. It. ls pretty hard to imagine any from the other Provinces do- ing so. B_ut Mr. King's pivhlem just now ls how many other French speaking supporters he ls going to lose and how much the anti-con- scription spirit. ln Quebec will be stirred up. Mr. King knows that many of his supporters from the other provinces are against. the plebiscite proposal-l. 1t: delays and its cost-s. But they have accepted 1t as s. compromise h: the hope that with ft Mr. King can keep Quebec 1n the Liberal line. was its primary purpose and only usefulness. Yesterday fr, began to 100k as 1f the fonnatlon of o National Government was coming appreciably nearer. The liberals had a. second caucus this morning. Mr. Lacambe before conclflng stated that he would vote anfnst the Government/s motion. agalxist: both the amendments already pro- posed anid after they had been dis- posed of he would propose another amendment setting forth the views of hLs new "Canadian" party. Ibr that. he must at. lens be sure of a seconder and what further support ls forthcoming will probably be dis- closed 1n the next few days. Four other speakers took rt. In the debate yesterday. Mr. uglas Abobtt, while old enough to be a veteran of the last, war is the young Montreal lawyer vlio was acclaim- ed for beating the veteran R. 5. White in Westmount. oonltfzueney. He stated his belief 1n conscription and his readiness to accept, the plebiscite. Dr. Gershaw of Medicine Hat was the other Uberal speaker. The Doctor has been tn the House for B. good many years and used m be quite a friend of the late Har- old Jenkins when he was ii. repre- sentative for Queen's. Ran across Harold's son Lloyd on the street. today. He ls lii the Afr Force now and r5; a wife and two children living here. He had been on the stuff of the Ottawa Journal. For the Conservatives the speak- ers were Mr. Homuth of’ Waterloo, and Mr. White of Peterboro, both Ontario constituencies. The former emphasized how much more dlffl- cult it wlll be to sell the forthcom- ing victory Loan bonds when peo- ple know Pow much of their money fr. will take to pay for I. useless plebiscite. In thla connec- tion friends of the Government no now beginning to suggest that. the taking of the plebiscite wlll not cost. so much as the amount. orlir- inally stated and go so for u l0 say It cm be done for n mllllon riovars. The more experienced il-cr heads knowing only tun well what Liberal elections coat. Mr. White nddresiied hta appeal very particularly w thole of hi; war comrades vulro all; on the Gov- ernment side of the House Illum- lng that. their plndlu lo the boy: who have already unlined m4 on serving overseas be their first. consideration. and naked them whether tn voting for a plebiscite they would be holdlng high the form flung to them ln Flanders fields from tolling liondl. Saw R beautiful entertainment mt 1 li the Auditorium here ha: night In lean. ll ld. eimclae IMIl-lbh." Bravo! e have never fully understood the sense of errln to Joe, the fumnctmnn, for u. ample. u; “the pin-t. of lb; fir“ port hereinafter deeznatzu u the party of’ the first nut. herelnunflgr described and set forth pa follows, to wit." But WM awn with the Iowan‘) Let us l1] draw o from the handiful or Mlrljg; m, Wake who, presented with q golden op rtunlty to about about the l g beng silll there. safd ln " n, llmpld. concise Englirhz" "Sexidiig more Jwo." — Ohlcqo lug, WORDS 0F l (‘HALLENGF A Thought A Du Fur A People Al. Wot “w; have no right to ex- pect that. victory will be ours at. the present. nominal rate of sacrifice. It. ls elisy enough wsttbackaildaskGodto give us victory - but. what are we doing to help God bring victory to our Arms? Until we are able to defeat Hitler and restore sanity to this world. our soft way of life must. go by the board.’ Lt. Col. W.G.E. Aird. sen- mrnl manager and amm- of the Montreal Cotton: Dlont. it. Valleyifield. The_Nexl Casually’! (Halifax Chronicle) Canadians are lust. beginning b0 Half a Million Dollars livery dly. ‘Life Insurance disburse: $500,000 l... c Every day. ll. helps to keep homes togethg-‘alfig: homes. fnmllles united. No wonder that. Canadian women up: ‘ ‘ Llle Insurance. mil no ulnl to elr loved for-ml bled thrift has iu-Ily or themselves and th hlldrcn. The Great-West Llfe ls the Champion of Guardian o! thousands of Cuufllan Homes. Provlnclal Managers Offices: Charlottetown, Summerside, THOMAS McAVINN, C. L. U. Special Represent" realize that. many of the things we have taken for zrnnted as practical necessities will soon no longer be available. As the tempo of war in n the Pacific Increases the many w things that we have been accus- tomed to receiving from Australasia source o; supply coincides Wm, In and unprecedented increase 1n wool con- more difficult to obtain, and may Sumption brought about by w“ lllllmlilely dlSR-Ppear- Rubber and needs. Preliminary estimates of the tln have been the first. casualties. Umwd sums w“. Department 1n_ will gradually become more Wool may be the next. Nothing ls more desperately es- sential to the equipping of great. ar- cl Doctor Goebbels’ frantic appeal to ature than the gathering of the 001 of millions. of Australian 511089. This grave threat. to our clue! Kenezaw Mcun a mount-afzi in battle. lcate that 279 pounds of wool will [n8 the German movie f0‘ “Wile” States win exceed one billion, twn Perm v1’ time. clothing of all sorts for the use of Nazi forces l11 Russia Ls prov! o! thls. 1f proof Ls needed. The system- atic imd deliberate lootln: of stocks of wool, and privately owned. wooll- 0 en garments and blanketsln the oc- wool u l a“ b1 _ cupled countries has left. millions of state: £5,521 agaveawe m humans shlverlniz. All of Norways consumption of “.001 w four hundred thousand homes have been deanolled. imtll there ls not. a woollen garment of any 50ft 0X‘ d9- scrlptlon to be found 1n the country. Army uniforms 1n Germany. most. of which had a high W001 twill/ml- at. the outbreak of war. have stead- ily deteriorated 1n quality until t0- day their servlceabillty and protect- ive qualities are at an all lune 1 What are the wool pr ‘ B. hundred and fifty million pounds. duoed annually fn all of’ North and South America. needs of clothing an army of three “W195 and a. half million men, Washington expects to have under arms before the year ends. should be taken present stocks or woollen clothing and blankets. They may have to last ‘a’; us for a 1on3, lonz. time to come. r one-third more wool than Ls pro- a um. munmfla monfa cuts grease, Even with the world's ordinary meet. the 1n the middle of the which l‘ m Wool ls certainly marked out as probable war casualty. Every care l UABY_3_1.._1942 the value n; imu who" eefliacalblo loch vllal financial see- Thrlfl. and the llYNllMAN Allll G0. LlMlTEll Mllllltlgug inn-um HOW llE GOT 11‘ i A ball commlssiorierfviiiisfiimiii Gwlfila Wllfile ii father was wounded ln a Civil w: _i__€____ llstgzgty lit; successfully 3 be required for uniforms alone for period mperatures 1 each United States soldier for each of Co mles than a vast supply of woo. ye“ of me wan 0f’ slx years, state scleniki melt Uunverslty nfivi iiiii 5 For 1942 army re- taken butter out. of a... qulremenks for wool 1n the United which it: had been star: When washing greasy‘; 1 . l0 the vraiei? To make sure that ‘he Hull-ed do"!!! Will be fluffy and don civilian you have put the yeast in ilie Wei] n sugar. The 6a fn the bread ti; Professional Card; m‘ fer l0’ ‘Zllg “colt-rs iii "M, bread llgili. when flour, add . difference amazing, t0 conserve our the United Nations? Are we soon to face the prospect of "ersatz" attire, of improvised makeshift; for winter clothlni. of cloth that: will stand up to lust one 200d rainstorm and then dlslntezrate? The outlook la not quill i118?- gloomyl Bur there ls indeed gocd ground for apprehension. True, more than nlnetv per cent of the world's wool supplies come from Allied or friendly nations. Aus- tralia is by for the largest producer. But. Australians Just now have n lot of worries of’ a much more pressing the presentation of the Ice Follies These lee carnivals presented by professional fimcv mater: are one of the newer forms o1’ big city wln- ter entertainment. About sixty truly wonderful skaters composed this particular troupe presenting on the expansive ice surface a fast. mov- lng and altogether gorgeous spec- tacle. There was u. great varlnty of acts and a goodly shine or delight- ful comedy. COAL W reed 5i...|’:3{.l.i';°§ ii.."‘l2iit;i°§. 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