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“The Strongest Memory l: Weaker flan the Weakest Ink‘

FRIDAY, APRIL I, Ill‘

The Governor's Veto

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His Honour Lieut. Governor Ixfage acted within his constitutional authority.in vetoing for the present, the Bill to Amend the Prohibi- tion Act. The previous occasion 0n which this right was exercised was when Lieut. Governor MacKinnon vetoed the Church Union Bill, but in that case it was not a Government measure. The Prohibition Bill was. When Governor Mac- Kinnon so acted, the Department of Justice repri- manded him, telling him that he was bound to act in accordance with the advice of his coun- cil, which was the Government for the time being, and as they had endorsed the Bill, the Lieut. Govemor had no authority as an in- dividual to veto their action.

This remained the attitude of the Depart- ment of Justice, until Premier Aberhart came into power in Alberta, and started to pass leg- islation contmry to democratic usage. After considerable controversy between Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King (advised by Justice Min- ister Lapointe) and Premier Aberhart,- the two Governments agreed to refer the question t0 the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that the Lieutenant Governor of a Province still held the right to reserve assent to Bills, and that the Dominion retained the power to’ disallow Prov- incial legislation. Premier Aberhart appealed the (lecision to the Privy Council, but after- ward withdrew the appeal, leaving the ruling of the Stipreme Court the correct interpreta- tion of the right, privilege, and duty of His 1\Ia_iest_v's representative in each Province.

While His Honour is quite within his rights in the cottrsc he has pursued, the advisability of his action is Zl..l()lil(’l' question. Reverberations will be felt for a long time to come, and may probably‘ result ultimately in the Governor's prerogative in this respect being abolished, for what it mcans actually is that into one man's hands, n. l‘art_v nominee, non-elective at that, is placed the vcto on all legislation. Take for example, a Conservative Governor in office, and the Liberal Party in power. There would be nothing to prevent the Conservatives wait.- ing upon the Governor and urging him to use his prerogative regarding any measure the Con- servativcs disapproved. And there would be no appeal. That constitutes a power in one,man's

' hands more autocratic than that even possessed

by the l-ltiuse of Lords, Britain's second cham- ber. In the case of the British Parliament if the House of Commons passes a measure three times in succession it automatically becomes law independent of the veto of King and Lords. Here no stich proviso exists, and in future the Party in power may be at the mercy of a partizan LieuL-(iovcrnor who may render their labours and legislation null and void through caprice or political malice aforethought. This may be the outcome of a so-callcd independent Governor vh-w zicts contrary to his duly and constitutionally appointed council of advisers.

The Ignored Province

All the proviticcs are represented in Prime blinistcr Mackenzie King's reconstructed gov- ernmcnt save and except ours. We have been cut out, whether in revenge for our backing the lion. Mr. Ralston, or because Mr. King is dis- satisfied with the calibre of our present repre- sentatives, must be left to conjecture, but the fact remains that we are the only province to bc ignored in the constitution of Mr. King's pre- clcction set-up. \Vell may the Hon. Dr. Cyrus h-lacMillzin, after the matmci- of Wolsey, moral- ize: "Had I but served my province as dili- gently as I have served Mr. King, he would not have given me over in my necessity. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my in- dulgent pains and study, not regarding my serv- ice to my constituents, but only to my Prime Minister." Of course, like all blundering and misservice, the punishment falls not on Dr. Cyrus alone, but on his constituents and the Province as well. It may M noted that without exccption all the members who have been pro- moted to portfolios have been active vocal mem- bers in the House, not mere voting machines, and vcrilv they have their reward.

The Prime Minister, though he has already increased the membership of his government from 2o to 22, hints that should Prince Edward Island politically behave itself he might later relent and give it representation. Fortunately he is not likely to have the opportunity, for, from all accounts, after the election, Mr. King him- self will be among the outs. '

"Lord Haw-Haw" No More

It is possible, says Montreal Guam, that the news that "Lord Haw-Haw" is no longer to be heard broadcasting from Berlin may be re- ceived with some regret. For what he had to say in recent months must have provided his listeners in Britain with a good deal of inno- cent merriment. Events have now moved far beyond his fondest hopes and, if the truth must be told, in the opposite direction.

But there was a time when what this Eng- lishman turned traitor had to say struck home bitterly. It was a time of failure, of groping, pf disillusionment and of danger. It was in that hour that Joyce lirl his greatest audience. lt is n commentary on the British character that in

' their darkest hour they switched on the voice of

thin npaegade, probing their weaknesses, up-

their virtues and boasting of Germany's certain

Did "Lord Haw-Haw" reinforce the British people in their determination that the Germany before which he prostrpted himself would never set ita foot on their necks? What was the ef- fect of his nightly tirade on the working men of England as the wireless was. turned on in the pub and they looked thoughtfully into their pints of bitters, listening to the upper-class voice with its precious diction and ita umlaut accent? Obviously it was not what he hoped it would be. Never can a radio salesman have spoken so much with so little effect. The nick- name they gave hirn spelt their contempt. Ger- man propaganda ip this cane was grossly mis- tuned to the audience it sought to reach.

Probably Joyce hoped to return to England some day, no doubt to become the fuehrer of the Broadcasting House. His contract _with Radio Berlin has come to an end. There is an essential iustice in the fact that it has. been terminated by the approach of the forces he scorned.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Perhaps it may be as well His Honour has no immediate occasion for taking the salute of

the Legion. , u n n- n-

Junior Commander Mary Spencer Churchill. youngest daughter of Prime Minister Churchill, who went to Belgium with a heavy anti-aircraft battery early this year, has been awarded the medal of the Order of the British Empire (Mili- tary Division). She joined the Auxiliary Terri- torial Service as a private in September, i941 and by I942 she had become a second subaltern. During I942 the 21-year-old girl was in" action with ack-ack guns against German raiders in the London area and during the flying bomb raids she was posted at a gunsight near Hast- ings.

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U. S. President Harry S. Truman, the slim Missourian who in little more than to years catapulted from an obscure county judgeship to the Presidency, is a friend of Canada but knows little about the Dominion. In a recent conversation President Truman told a Canadian in Washington that he was sorry to have tu admit that he knew virtuallynothing of Can- ada and its people from personal contact. But he said he hoped to remedy that" lack, and that he always felt that Canadians were just the same as Americans in their thoughts, their ideals and their aspirations.

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Before leaving Hyde Park after her hus- band's funeral, Mrs. Roosevelt alone visited the grave and took a last farewell of the coffined remains. Workmen were returning the soil to the Roosevelt grave. Mrs. Roosevelt came through the hedge and walked to the grave- side. She gazed a minute or so, then turned

ington. Col. James Roosevelt of the Cgrps, eldest son, arrived at Floyd Bennett field after a flight from Manila, but was too late to attend the burial. He went directly from the airport to Pennsylvania station, arriving there in time to meet the Presidential train aboard which his wife, mother and President and Mrs. Truman were returning tn Washing- ton.

Marine

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Adolf Hitler, German politician, born this date 1889 in Brauna; formerly a house-painter went to Munich in I912; served in the German Army in World “far I; wounded twice; found- er and leader of the National Socialist German Labour party in I919; sentenced in 1922 to a year's imprisonment for participation in the abortive risings of Nov. 23; he re-founded the party in Dec. 1924 after his release; was de- feated by Hindenburg in the presidential elec- tions of 1932 ; made Chancellor of the Reich in January r933; proclaimed leader of the Reich and'Chaticellqr for life after the death of Hin- denburg in Aug. 1935; made commander-in- chief of the armed forces in 1938; made» war on Poland in r938, and on Britain in 1939; as- sumed supreme command in Dec. 1941; consti- tuted himself supreme judge in I942; since 1943 has hidden himself in Berchtesgatlen from which he has directed the war; '5 jmblicatiotis. Mcin Mint/If, volumes I and II.“

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Mr. J. F. Pouliot. M.P., who is a great ad- mirer of Hon. Dr. Cyrus MacMillan. has no use for lion. Mr. Ralston. In the llouse be- fore dissolution he declared intrigues are being carried on to supplant Prime Minister Macken- zie King, and charged that nepotism exists in

intrigue is carried on by some men who have his confidence," said Mr. Pouliot. “By some who are near him, by some who are Tories, but who act as Liberals." He said he could not see why former Defence Minister Ralston and former Air Minister Power had resigned during last year's crisis because they were the ones to whom Mr. King had been most kind, to whom he had listened most in the shaping of his poli- cies. “They have not been fair to their leader," he said. "They have not been grateful to him for his favors.” Canada was faced with a danger of Fascism, said Mr. Pouliot, a danger of plutocracy, a plot by a few very rich men to gain control of the country in order to make themselves richer. There was a ‘Traitors’ nest" of men inside and outside Parliament who wanted complete control. Mr. Pouliot cited a number of high positions held by men who were at one time or another associated with Bar- day's Bank or with the law firm of former De- fence ‘Minister Ralston in Halifax and Mont- teal. The names mentioned were Henry Bor- den, former co-ordinator of controls in the Department of Munitions and Supply; J. Ger- ald Godsoe. Mr. Borden's successor. Charles Burchall, Jiigh commissioner in South Africa;

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and walked awayto catch the train for Wash- b”

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MRI. were mouth” a u m“. dcnld an m.” W416i’! touched thudill.

Canada has rum-mu Qlfig. territorial rights in China. Since :a..°.:"':'-".:.."r: m" .2" “m

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all abou m: more ob’. ma“ n" uro of re eL-Montreal

I00 la aua [at tho that, while we reduce our comum tlon of pork In order be gum lflgllyln Britain, the people of the En iiid x om m}: u. " 0 P01’ we sen em. a Brltlah bacon ratlon gefour Villa]; a week.—" llle oorder 1nd Tunes.

The Unified Sl-ltel navy reveals that. the battleship Pennsylvania, one-tune flagship of the fleet, has ranged more than I .000 miles through the Pacific since Pearl Har‘ bor and in actions from Attu u; Luzon has fired more heavy shells at the enemy than any other war- ship. That's not: bad at. all for s ship the Jabs first “sank" in their raid on Hawaii and at least twice sfnce them-Montreal Star.

It In obvious that If the new industrial era ls to depend pri- marily on agriculture for its raw

oclucts, we cannot afford any onger to destroy the soil which there can be no a

ust keep it from be 11a wash. ed into the sea, from becomin nrld through deforestation, ad from becoming less cultlvatloir-From the Cleve- land Plain Dealer. 4

Now as any one knows, the nloeat part about Spring is its delicate promise. Some people follow it all he way up from the South in order to lengthen that promise as far as osslble. You can't itch nto the midst of it his winter _clothes and expect him most out of it. And recent wea- ther betrayed hlm. His thoughts flew on the wings of June; the soft indulgence of April and Mhy were denied him; he was as ripe as seedmenh catalogue, all promise suddenly fulfilled. His w. uscles were'nb adjusted. His brow steam- ed under his old felt hat. But we look for a. healthy reaction, as the wise men say about the stock ma:- keL-Provfdence Journal.

rfculture.

It was recently announced In 0t- lawa that Canadian shipyards hncl secured contracts to build ships for Brazil, 1n competltl with bids from American yards. This may In- dicate what we can do with other productsand processed goods. We must sell in the export markets If we are to use our wartime indus- try and our newly-skilled labour ef- ficiently, and use ft all. Wartlrre industry ls an artificially “ ' ed situation without any relation o supply and demand. We shoud not allow conditions of the past four years to blind us to the dif- ficult problem of re-converslon and of providing full employment after the wan-London Free Press,

Inst about the most useless thl

the Germans could have possesse

this war was all that gold they had cached in a salt mine. Not because the; had it; hidden a couple of thousan feet under round but ause it was no use them in any place or in any form. Gold is. In fact, the one "non-strategic" war metal, as our own Canadian metal regulations reveal. It wlll n serve as rations and ts of no help in the provision of munitions or equipment. lead or even wrig- lron makes effective shrapnel - lets and copper serves best in the driving hands. of shells. Gold has no place in war-making; and as a "standard" of exchange t. has been given a fictitious importance. Knock away the statutory props, looks pretty useless. It mental and se es well in c: but. as an aid n war it jus doesn't measure up to the ob performed by the base metala- allfax Herald

“Hold that formation!" shouted the officers. And hold they did through slx-bomb-packed hours, those thousand American and Brl- tlsh captives of the Germans, Their guards had run away when the American planes attacked the freight cars In which the soldiers had been held without food for 36 hours. But Allied officers quickly gave the order to bare their backs to the sun, and bend over to form the letter POW as a signal to the fliers. Many a mun must have been desperately tcmotecl to break and run, as the P-4'I's dived and TIJBICG. But all’ afternoon they held‘ through blazing sun and blast- ng guns, until sure their signal 1nd been recognized. Such an ex- am le sheer courage and in- dlv dual consideration for the wel- fare of the whole should prove on Inspiration on the home front in the days ahead after victory in Europe. When temptation comes to relax the war effort or quit an essential job while fighting con- tinues in the Pacific. It would be well to remember and heed this admonition “Hold that formation! -Chrlstian Science Monitor.

British armored forces have hurd- led the lower reaches of the Weser rlver. Bub the Amerleanmth Army

the distribution of high government posts. "That 1,, a,

Ilamellnh Tova in Brunswick,

B famous Hanover city;

Tlhe- rlver Weaer, deep and wide. Washes its wall on the southern

side;

A leasanter spot you never spied. Robert Browning gave a lilting de- scription of the Hamelln of Pied Piper's day (the Germans call it. I-fameln). But more than that. I-lls verse about the vermin which in- fested the town In these da s la fair comment on the Nazis o to-

‘m The fought the dogl and killed

h . And hilt Ihe babies in the cradles. And ate the cheese out of the vale. Andlllcked the soup from the cook’! Bl.

5m nk sofoamd mate, brad; ozfests nside menu Sunday

a And even spoiled the women's chat-u

B drowning their speaklz:

Vilth shrieking and aque lnn

In fifty different sharps apd ‘flats. e

Pair . rnwnlll

: The follow-

‘ ,, editors has

t cefved over Canadian Press wires from New York: ‘B ‘Ill’!!!- mmt. amon the four se ees, CF, AP UP an INS the German town of Pied Piper fame will be spelled Hamelln the mgllelned form - stead of Hameln." This poe um- ous victory of Mr. Browninn spell-

and John Kearney, high commissioner in Ire- t

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sterile through eariiz‘ m

to get the N

a in order to undersell

arrnacmns swarm eu- We u. v proud of the st ourbwo egbianfromlo mm 2 u» Pmhlblgirti: ""°“"‘“‘°"‘i..“‘.i..".i..'.'.€t."‘“.”‘.'.; l6! the l-ealelature mu. se two

men ha ' The t y: 552ml themselves very

dlatrlc - m. ma ' “iii; '2. tried tn

respect of the citizens w the real welfare of our fair Pro- vince at heart.

We do not live near Mr. Wright and were not members of the dele- gation who waited on him but

ort him wholeheartedly in the n e stand he has taken.

We are, Sir, ete. A FAMILY OF FOURTH PRINCE WILL JAPS B! WELCOME?

Sin-The adian-bom Columbia to other

arts of Canada should be opposed

y the people of nce Edward Island, insofar as

reasons why for the good of people and the prospertt of Islazlild their entry shoufil be op- pose .

The first of these reasons is that they are very adaptable and will take to fur farming, poultry rais- ing, dalrylng, mixed farming, mar- ket gardenln

ow we are not afraid of t elr competition along these lines but we should be afraid of eir low standard of livf which makes them satisfied wth lower prices others.

If not; engaged in any of these businesses on their own clue to lack of capital. they wlll accept lower wages than other farm workers, workers who before the war re- celved barely enough for such frills as medical care or education for their children. They lived ln mis- erable huts owned by the farmer who employed them. Only since the war has their lot improved somewhat. What would happen If s. lot. of cheap Japanese labour ar- rived? These people's standard of wages would revert to its former low status.

The next olnt concerns our fishermen, ano her section of our

eo le who had a hard time com-

atlng poverty before the war. The Japanese would grab the lob- ster flailing ust as he matched the gniilmon, fish ng ln British Colum-

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Lastly we have no colour prob- lem here. Why create one? The liquor question gives us enough to fight over.

In closing, these people will work for low wages willingly in order to get n toe- . They will aggra- vate what may be a, serious post- war unemployment problem. If they are desirable cltlzena, why is British Columbia. so glad to be rid of them, so anxious to make sure that they never return?

I am, Sir, etc, A READER. RIICDNSIRTICMON

Bun-The thinkers and writers at the present time are most all . mlndln us that the ending of the war will usher in a different world from what has been. A num- ber of people lma lne that: a worse condition wlll ar se, and nothing we can do will prevent it. Others, of an optomlstlc turn, are looking for better conditions, morally and spiritually, as if those blessings would come to us from above, with‘- out any effort on our part.

Prem er Jones must have sensetf the need of planning ahead. when he appointed a committee of twen- t or more with two clergymen as chairmen, to make a study of the whole matter. These men certain- l are appointed on soc unt of their capacity to. deal wlh the

uestion of morals and edu_ca_ti”on,

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beauty, with hands and eyes Compfrlng end, he soug. Througtl lonely years no comprcmlse To shape in marble what. no man had wrought . Missing the wléolo ,he seized the

tt And er W: that. beauty

knew. at. last stood ensnared. He turned to men, contentment in his heart: Some

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that knew

mumbled vaguely, others blankly stared.

Theruwas 1n him, perhaps. some flaw; he ,

Gmtesquelymbroken, from the rack o . ,

No moreptlone . . . eotnpanloned y cold hate,

Twisted by bitterness. with hand and heard