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f'The Strongest Memory is Weaker than Utl Weakest Ink."

TVEDNESDAY, JUNE ll, I941.

Summerside Clears The Hurdle

To Stinunersitle goes tlte credit of being the first provincial centre to achieve its \\'ar Loan quota. Ycstc-rdafs Summerside subscriptions went $15,000 beyond the objective, totalling $240,000 in the eighth (lay of the campaign. This achievement is inspiring. not only to other parts of tltis Province, but to all Catttida.

Total provincial sttb-‘cripiiotts now stand at $877,350. No reason wlty \\'e shouldn't g0 well over tlte $t.50o,o0o objective. The hurdle look- ed high to begin with, but the example of our energetic Slllllllldtliitlt‘. citizens shows that where there's a will there's a way.

“The England Of Canada"

Prince liitlivsirtl Island: The England 0f Cattada" is the title of this year's booklet adver- tising Prince Edward Island's tourist attrac- tions. It is profusely illustrated and most artis- tically printed by T/te lllnriiiute Advocate. The cover design, in brilliant colors, features typical scenes at the seaside and at the National Park. The reading matter, brief and to the point, describes our farming and fishing activities and central points of interest. New views of famil- iar scenes make their appearance in this issue, the effect of each page being enhanced by a distinctive layout.

Included as an item of special interest is an account of what is claimed to be the world's first automobile, built and operated in Prince Ed- ward Island in 18116 hy Rev. Father Belcourt of Rustico. The vehicle is described as "a single seated steam wagon.” The Charlottetown Ex- aminer of July 5, I866, is quoted as reporting a unique tea-party held at Rustico on June 24, wlten Father Piclcoitrfs “steam carriage was put in motion and with great wonder and delight was observed steaming away for half a mile on the road and back again, at a fast speed, after which the nteéting dispersed in good order, all appearing well pleased with the day's pro- ceedings.” The article suggests that the Sire; and Monuments Board of Cattada, whose re- sponsibility it is to mark historic spots, should erect a cairn or plaque at Rustico in commemor- anon of this historic event. In the meantime, publication of the story as an item of tourist interest should serve to stimulate curiosity.

Full justice is also done the Island's reputa- tion for production of silver fox furs-

Altogether, the booklet should prove of much value in attracting tottrists to our shores, and thus recotnpcitsitig us in part for the loss of other wartime itidustrics. Visitors are assured that "there’ll always be an England-in Canada -—\vhilc there's a Prince Edward Island to wel- BOmQ 0U!‘ COItSiHs from across the border, with a beauty of ltntdstiatwe similar to that of Eitglattd \nd with trite British hospitality."

Bringing The War Home

A striking tnctltorl of brittgittg the war ltomc to its readers has been atloptcd by the \\'iitttipcg Free Press. In its issue of June 5, following the city's first “black0ttt" as a stunt for the \Vat Loan drivc. the Free Press devoted the greater part of its editorial page in featuring details of an imaginary attack of (iiCflllilil night bombers over “innipcg, with all the attendant horrors. The top ltearlitig reads: “This did not take place but it could happen ltcre."

Some of the faked details reading:

"Death rodc thc skies of North America for the first time last itight.

"Roaring ottt of bases believed located some- where in Chnatkfs northern wilderness. Nazi bombers spread death and destruction in eleven cities of the Dominimi and the Eastern Uttitc/l States. The death toll ranged itt the ihotisaittls, while propcrtv damage was conservatively esti- mated in billions of dollars .

‘Totally unprepared, uttcqttippctl with adequ- ate (lcfcticcs. the sprawling. lighted cities were rocked with land ntincs, high explosive and in- cendiary bombs. There was no warning: no time to seek shelter . . . .

"At least 400 parachute troops, cqttippcrl with

light artillery and tnachittc-gtttts. are believed to ltave lattdcd in or around “Wituipcq, and taken up position behind a screen of aerial bombs that flattcticd buildings and caused littgc fircs in re- sidential and dmvn-towti districts . . . . “The Ottawa attack. almost as fierce, blasted the Ilottsc of Commons chtitithcr and the Peace Tower. razed the great memorial to Catt- ada's Great \Var dead and left lhc city bathed in a vast pull of crittisnit smoke. lluge fires dotted the citv . . ."

("nhtmus arr taken up with situilar startling statements. with picitifcs illustrating the ltavoc.

F/lilnriflllv, tb» Fro/i Press emphasizes that \\'l\ilP thr- pirittrm and details are ‘falcetl.’ they will renresritt grim renliiv some dav not inn far awnv. if ibe wnr i: not won. ".i\ few rears ago. In Europe." it recalls. "people said this kind of thing cottld not ltanpett there. T.ook at them tn- day. Bombing raids can be made real so fast now

ntake startling

that it is not a joke to practice a blackout in Winnipeg. What we can learn front it ts that the people of Caitada are ittto a total war. 'l'here

first task -—ihe job that lies at hand —-is to tnakc the War Loan a success."

EDITORIAL NOTES

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They are not afraid of a free press in Britain, as witness the recent campaign of adverse criticism of the Churchill Government.

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Portugal has barred mention of any ship of any nationality arriving in or departing front Portuguese waters, atlvicrs reaching here said yesterday, on the ground that this information in the pas‘. had inadvertently led to sinkings.

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There has just died of pneumonia one of the I2 richest men in the United States, viz., Arthur Curtis jantes. His investments were estimated at $350,000,000, tnore than half the Dominion Gov- ernment is seeking to raise in the whole of Can- ada.

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Hon. I. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agricul- tttre denies that his department was respon- sible for the "no-creantless-days-iit-Canada" news bulletin which apeared in New York news- papers, and which has been adversely comment- ed on in various quarters.

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The Special \Var Costs Committee of the I-Iouse of Commons, in reduced numbers will visit various parts of Canada during the vacation to “seek means of promoting economies in the war effort.” Alas, there Will be no occasion for them visiting this “forgotten province" of the Confederation .

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Canada and the United Kingdom purchased to the extent of $t.724,t41,ooo or 43 per cent of total United States exports in I940. Ship- merits t0 the United Kingdom were valued at $I.009,623,000, or almost double the 1939 ex- ports valued at $505,404,000. Exports to Can- ada were valued at $714,518,000 as against $489,- 103,000 in the previous year, a gain of 46.2 per cent.

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For the British Commonwealth of Nations there can be no turning back in the present con- flict, Viscount Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, told the Columbia University Alumni at the IS7th Columbia commencement. “Vile in the British Commonwealth of Nations have made our choice," he declared. “For us there can be no turning back, for we know that for our bodies, as for ottr souls. the only alterna- tive to victory is slavery which is worse titan death. You too have made it plain on which side you stand, both through the \vords spoken in your name by the First Citizen 0f this country and by the invaluable help which you are giving to us. I can have no shadow of dottbt that to- gether we can, and we shall, save the causes which we have made our own." i Ill ‘ll 1

Crown companies set up for the tnattufacture of munitions ltave been instructed to contribute to the cost of local improvements and schools in the communities in which they locate. As Crown companies are exempt from taxation under the

taxes. They are instructed to purchase the local services fur the specific prolacrtyt they 'l'hcy are cmpoivcrcd to contribute part of the capital cost of any necessary extension of such

structions to the percentage of this con- tribution. Serviccs particularly titctttioned are ivater, sewerage and fire prutectiott. As far as education is concerned the cotnpttttics are elit- powered to pay for school services necessitated by the location of the industry. 'l'his is taken to mean that the Crown companies would pay for portable school rooms to accommodate the child- ren 0f employees and ptty part of tltc szilxtrics of extra teachers rcqttirt-tl. Practically all the large (joverttiticttt-owtied plains are ltictttctl close to small communities which are iutztblc to bear the hurdctt of providing the extra services. i 1i H‘ 1F

liillfCltllCfitCy vcrstts dt-ntocrncy‘ illuslrzitctl. Sir

Trades Union Litingrcss, recently tnttde a survey

adians and Americans he had been talking about . might, like to hear how he fnuttd conditions in | his ltomclzttttl, invited him to brttttdcttst these things for their bcucfih-"lttnv wcrc tltc British taking it, etc." Sir Citrinc galdly accepted the in- vitaiiott and prepared his spccclt. llis. text was Submitted to the ccusor, who cut out a passage calculated, it is said, as being uttplctisztitt for ccr- taiit (jertnatis in the United Status. .\s tltc censor declined to reconsider and pass the passage he 0b- jccted to, Sir \\'altcr dcclittcd to broadcast. Later he cxplaiuctl the situation, as ltc interpreted it, in a spccch itt Loniloti. llc prepared a script in which ltc told his overseas listeners ltow he found things ivhctt he came ltomc and how the people were standing up to their great task. I-Ie had told them at all his meetings in North America that Gertitttn ltombittg ivas indiscrimitizitc, and he ivtitttcd to carry a cottviction on that point by telling them itt his broadcast that ltc had sccn con- viutrittg cvidcucc of indiscriminate bombing since he got Ironic. But tltc censorship had forbiddcti his reference to “stttuctlting which ivtts iii tto scitSe a secret or tutknmvn to the ciictny, btti was wide- ly known throttgltottt iltc United States," and in ronseiptettce he had rt-fttsetl to broadcast. “dial was importnill. and i0 him profoundly dis- turbing, Sir Walter Citrine atlded, was the notion that seemed to prevail that responsible men

is not a day, an hour, a ntiuute to be lost. The

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normal services, but there is no liiitit in the in-'

\\"alter Citrinc, gcticval secretary" of the British

of the war situation ltcrc, patriotic, sentimental, itttlustritil, and on his return homc intpzirted the rcsult of his iutprcssintts and judgntcttts iii a series 0f atldrcsses which, it is reported, were received with great applzittse and gratitude by his British attdicitccs. Then the llllC, thinking that the Can-

THE CHARLOTTETOWN cpatgotnu notes av TilE vnv '

A "Chins Up Fund", for the bcttetit of B.y scouts ln Britain who have become casualties while on seriuce duiung bombing raids, or who have lost homes and pos- 5€$$l0llS, and ln many case. their parents, is being raised by the Bay Scouts c-f Catiaia. Approval of the project has frtrmaliy been given by the Executnve Board of» the Catiadlan General Council of one Boy Scouts‘ Association. Can- tributlons will be made by Wolf Cub Packs and Boy Sr-uut troops, or by Cubs, Scouts and leaders individually, and no subscriptions will be asked of the public. Already the Scouts of Toronto, who first launched the fund, have raised and transmitted to London Scout Head-- quarters the sum of $1,500. - Scout. News.

One of President Grover Cleve-' lattds favorite sports was fishing.‘ One day two of his coheagues heard that. he was going to a favorite haunt of his to fish. and begged to come along. Aware of his prowess, they suggested that the fwst one to catch a. fish should treat time crowd. The President agreed. "Do you know”, Cleveland later related to a friend, “these fellows were so downright mean they both had bites and let their fish get away." "I guess you had to treat, then", suggested the friend. "Oh, no," re- plied the President with a twinkle in his eye, "I didn't have any bait on my hook." - Chkzago Dally News.

A syndicate of Insurance compan- ies has made a 13-to-l bet with the Douglas Aircraft Company that, the eighty-ton bomber it has been building for the Anny will stay aloft at least one minute. That is w say, the company has taken out a million-dollar pollcy 311 the bomber, for which It is paying a premium of $82,000, to insure the first, minute of flights in its official test. fhere- after the premium drum to modest $3.000 for each hour it is put through its paces before delivery to the Army Air Corps. The slze of the gamble sounds fantasttc, bu; so do the size of the bomber and the other figures enterlng iito ins con- struction. No plane so large has ever been bullt and flown before. It has a wing a read of Z12 feet and a. fuselage ength of 132 feet; its rudder ls 42 feet high. The two main wheels on its tandlng gcar weigh about '_4.000 pounds each with tires 9 feet. in diameter. It is designed to carry 125 fully equipped soldiers and a fuel load of 11,000 gallons, sufficient for a hop from New York to Europe and retum without refueling. Well, lf present. plans go through we shall see eltlter ohis coming Saturday or a day or so later whether her four 4,000- horsepoiver engines can get her off the ground and. for how long. If the test flight is not postponed, that. ought to be an exciting day, with every one rootzng for the favorite against; the frailtles of the runway and the uull of gravity. Le; us pray that. Itcr performance is as ntagtiificeni. as her dimensions. And yet, us we do so let us not forget the lesson she embodies. He: trolp capacity, her non-stop cruising radius-surely these suggest that the Atlantic is m longer the bar- rier which our isolationlsts s-z love to dwell upon. Suppose she flunks her exam. It will merely mean a little more time, in all probability, before she or an improved successor- spreads her wings suocesfully and before across the tvatet‘ similar monsters are given to h-t: air, Not a nice thought, but necessary. —Neu' York Herald-Tribune.

Sir: -- In the House of Com-

British North America Act, this means that m°1l5 the Minlslel‘ 0f l-t-"lbvf Md l therw ise mi ht h'v bee an Niitloniil service Qommnncd the _“' ‘at 0 g ‘he n shtpbuilders of this coimtry for intolerable burden for a itumbcr 0t small cout- carrying Out. Hllfilfl‘ V10 llIfl<l01‘F11.-l1 iittiiitttes tn Latiada \Vlll be borne by ‘Ottawa. §§h§,‘,§,Jg§“°S,,‘,-,‘§g§f,?j,;,g,{{°‘“‘1$‘,§§ lhe companies will not make the contributtoit as House", he declared, “alloived l

Jorge industrialists to close down-

shlpyard after shtpvatti". and he‘ added‘ that their action rcsttlicd‘ t in 49,000 men being driven ttui. oft the in-dustry. Wttttt. are the fa ts?‘ The industry emerged tr. m the ltstl war with facilities ‘or building» 3.000.000 tons of shipping each ycatil In the eight, years 1923-10 the avcr- ; age oltt-put of vessels -0 the ortici‘ of foreign, Dominion, and British owners was just over .,000,000 tons annually, or a tlltlrd of the capactt Wot the yards. In 1931 the f.»

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fell to 502.487 tons, in “re following‘

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year it was 187.794 tins, and in i 1933 declined still further to 133.113

tons, Then a moderate recovery occurred. but. even so in the year before the ottilbreztk of ltostiftitvs the orders which were placed for less than 300.000 tons and lit the first three months c .930 the co' - tract: were for ottly 1,000 totts. The lndttstry, with a rational 70d CZlDflC- I lty of 2.000.000 tcn a‘mua"','. was facing the gravest. ' it " l tory. and the mniotity/ ‘ who rcritaincd in it were in em zl ' idleness Tlicitsrtttris of -'raf\ir-.t=t1 deserted the itttlttstvy in tttc 20, years after the War of 1914-18 be-' cause there was lime u"\l‘k for thetn m do. and even after the rationalization scheme ‘aid bet-it carried nut the unemtfnvmcu‘. ratel was itigltet- than 1n my ctdc: ln- dustry ln the country. _ Letter to Landon Times.

The crucial question before the

' WORDS OF (‘HALLENGE

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"1 reel sure that we have no need to tear the tempest. ti. roar! Let it. roast W6 511,3“ come througltl"-—Prlme Mm- lster Winston Churchill.

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Haushofer’s Arrest

(Wlittiipeg Free Press)

Nothing much has been heard lately about Britain's chief prisoner of-wsr, Rudolf Hess. But students of modem Germany, particularly of the Tuna Reich, must- nave sot a thrill when they learned that. the BBO mid confirmed the fact. that GCDCIBIHHUSIIOfGl‘ had been arrest- ed in Munich. Hess was a disciple of’ l-laushofer, and Haushofer him- self was the high priest of one of

be l-laushofer, one 0f the FIR thinkers and ancients hlih in thB confidence of the Nazi leaders. Most of the gang are not llllflfeéled lnideas for the!" own sakes. '1I'.ey are interested in wer for its own sake, and for the r power in particular. I I I I

And this suggests something else, which Ls good news for us-that as the war goes on, the Nazis are hav- lhg to lean more and more heowly upon the army and to take the

army leaders’ sdvloe. ‘this may,

mean that. it was the army that urged the sup ression of Hess and Haushofer, an this may mean frat the army is feeling the strain of war and is unable to ttempt some of the objects that the wlldeyecl fanatics of the Nut movement would like to tackle. Hence the army's power grows, and the Gar- man army has never been oom- pletely Nazlfied. It may be that the Nazi gangsters are on the way out; not out yet, but on the way. Whether this would mean a diff- Emll P0119? in Germany nobody can say. The chances are against, it, But such supposition: mean the’ internal distension ows, and that

own position of _

MEN ol ollolrs naturally stop at The Windsor because ol It; convenient location and ltt well- estobllshed reputation for courtesy, comfort and service.

The Windsor ls recognized oi the proper place for Business and

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coitld be dictated to about ivhtti they were to say.

and that in any conflict of judgmctit the bureaucrat could muzzle the dentocrat, —

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American people today Ls the use of the American Navy to snfcqttard the seas for the delivery of war materials to Britain. Senator Vi-n- denberg insists that "in a question which so fundamentally and vital- ly affects the lives of Americans we ought to have all the facts lam before Congress. so we can react a proper conclusion and not a propaganda oonrlitsior. We agree wholeheartedly with this. but do not share the opinion to Mitch Mr. Vandenberg apparently subscribes namely. that, we ought. to wait, be- fore making use of the Navy. until it ls clear beyond all doubt that Britain's plight is desperate. 'I‘his is not a. logical position. If we really wish to help Britain, why should we withhold our aid for final proof that, she ls going down, and then act when it may be too late to save her’) If we are determined in act. on prerwntatlon of sufficient proof in figures of lost. tonnage that. the situation has actually be- come desperate, why should we not mt well before it has reached that pOllll, and so simplify our own problem and lessen our own risks? If a man wishes to save a friend from drowning. he docs not wait- lf he has the choice-Jar his friend to start down for a third time; he goes in while hLs friend still hns strength enough to help in his own rescue. - New York qtmes.

AFTER SIIOP-KEEPERS In ore month neat-Iv 4.000 ‘Bevin

the basic Nazi doctrines-the, science of Geopolitlk. Geo-politics is not a familiar

term to many people, thou h it 1s

not a new science. It has ad its supporters and advocates for than? years. It is, broadly speaking, the relation of geopraphy to politics: economic geography, strategic geo- graphy, the application and inter- pretation of power politics and power factors in terms of geopra- phy. Hess learned Geopolltik from Haushofer and, throttgti Hess, the general has had for many years a Profound influence upon the Nazi

party and its thinking. That influ- l

ence can be found in Meln Kampf. It. can be found in much Nazi writ. ing. for Haushofer was a Nazi too and was venerated as a man who had found semi-respectable reasons and theories for some of the abo- mlnatiolts of Nazi foreign policy.