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‘The Strongest Memory l: Weaker than theflllfeolresfwlnk."

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, ID“-

Greai Expectations

Prospective rather than achieved results coit- stitute the principal matters of interest in the reports submitted by tlte retiring president and cottimittee chairnteit at the Charlottetown Trade Board's annual meeting on “ednesday night. No criticism of tlte floartl is implied in this state-

lnent. its efforts. for example, have been tiiitiring in emphasizing the need of im- proved harbor and port facilities for Charlotte-

town. La>t .\pril the Dominion Parliament vot- ed $35o,oot> fur this work, $150,000 of which was to he spent iti the year 1939. A show of activitv was itiatlt- In tlte following month, which happened to coincide with the provincial getteral rlectititi. Tilt-cit llle sununei" and fall slipped by withntit any >4.‘l‘ll>ll\' efftifl being made to utilize the grant, .\'ow-, with a general federal election reportedly in the offing, the contract has been let and assurance given that the work will be tindertitlten next spring.

.\gain tltrouglt no fatilt of tlte Board of Trade, obstacles lll'\J.~(’ in connection with the com- pletion of tlte \\iootl Islands-Caribou ferry ser- vice. It is hoped, however, that an efficient ser- vice at fair and rezi-"ottable rates will commence altotit the 1st of billy.

Similarly with the new Charlottetown airport, which should ltaie been completed last fall and

littked tip with other Maritime airports in tlte litupire air ttxtiuing scheme recently ailnotniced at Ottawa. Next spring, we arc assured. will see the eotnpletitm of the runways atid aduniiistra-

live building and. in the ntcatttime, the offer of the City Council of tlte use of the airport for military purposes is being “considered” by tlte Department of Defence.

hears were cmertaitied last year that the ex- isting air inail and passenger service would be tllSCOllllllllCfl in favor of a less satisfactory arrangement. While nothing definite is known, it is hoped that throttgh the efforts of the Board of T'rade and tlte Provincial Government a more extensive service, rather than a more restictetl one. will be established.

llope is also expressed that export grain rates will soon be obtainable for our bacon producers, who have been seriously handicapped by exorbitant feed transportation charges.

So we have tiiuch to look forward to in this reportedly election year i940. The fat kine will swallow up tlte lean: the famine resulting from prolonged inatiention and proscrastination at Ottawa will be succeeded by a surfeit of good

i gle, the exporters won ‘some ground towards re-

vilion of the Canada-BritishWest Indies treaty end the Canadian government appointed l salt fish board to assist the industry. ’

, “But the outbreak of war suspended activity towards revision bf the West Indies treaty. There is every prospect that it will continue in it: pre- sent form ‘for the duration.‘ -‘

“There was some hope, however, of action from tlte salt fish board. But what action does the board take? It engages a member of a New York firm to make a itrarket survey ln the West Indies and Latin America. That market has been surveyed until, as one fish man says, ‘it is nearly worn out.’ Nova Scotians will sympathize with the exporters protests that another survey is a waste of iiioiicy —- especially when citizens are being asked to make sacrifices to assist the war effort.

“The survey eould be hardly more than a duplication of previousinvestigations. The neces- sary information is already at Ottawa or easily available. .

“There is the report of O. F. Mackenzie and IQ H. Zwicker, following their survey of those markets in the spring of 1938. There is the information gathered by tlte government's coni- mercial iutclligt-ucc officials, and there is cur- rent information, besides, which tlte exporters can provide.

_ “The fish exporters have good reason in pro- testing this latest piece of governmental ex- peiidilure.”

So too, tiresuiitttbly, have the taxpayers in general, who must foot tlte hill.

1 EDITORIAL NUIPS =

It is said tlte Federal Governtuetit contemplates introducing llllCllllllfiivlllClll insurance-—to take

effect after tlte war. Another election gesture? i I It‘ ll‘

Thomas Ilardy. novelist and met, died this date, 19:8: \\'hat of the faith and fire within us Men who ntarelt a\va_v, lire the barucoclvs say Night is glowing grey ? IK * III ‘ If we are to accept tlte story of the Godbout Goveriitticttt llterc are more guards iii Mon- treal jail than prisoners, and more employees in tlte chief vendors than bottles of Scotch whiskey in stock. Good arguments for clearing tlte way for subsequent Liberal appointments. l‘ Ill i V

Exports of Catiatliztn cattle in Noventber, going largely to tlte United ‘States, totalled 21,- 072 head valued at $1,084,651 compared with 23,230 at $l,20()/.L304 in October atid 23.464 at." $1,133,546 in November, 1938. Exports dur- ing the 11 ntonths ended Novetubcr aggregated 277,976 head at $14,158,308 in comparison with 157,932 at $7,779,350 in the Corresponding period of 1938. =0- : it it

Mr. John H. Myers having installed his old- est son on a farm of 150 acres at DeSable, and being left with only one boy to run his 250 acre fariii at Crapautl. has decided that it will be necessary to devote all his time and attention to farming, and consequently regretfully has iutiitiatetl his withdrawal from candidature for one of the two seats in Queens. .-\ convention

things. Let us hope they will all materialize, and

that the Board of Trade meanwhile will not relax its efforts btit will continue, as in the past, to press vigilantly forward,

firm in the faith so aptly defined by St. Paul as “the substance of things hoped for, tlte evi- dence of things not seen."

Smashing Soviet Prestige

The old saying that nothing succeeds like sticcess is applicable to the gallant and successful stand which the Finns are making against their Soviet invaders. Yesterday's dispatches reported the surrounding of a third Russian division, fullmvillg within a few days of the de- struction of the 44th division which was stuasherl to [vicces near Sttoinussalmi with thous- and; killed or wounded, one thousand prisoners taken and military equipment irt huge quant- ities. The first Russian unit which met a sim- ilar fate in the Fitutislt war was the l63rd. Tilirre can he no claim from Moscow about ex- itggcrzitiou or manufacture of press stories. The details are too convincing.

The war booty acquired by the Finns in the second Russian tlcfcat is of types which indicate that the imadittg Soviet troops were well equip- prtl with llltltlCfll arms and appliances. Forty- three tanks were captured, one hundred and two pieces of artillery of various kinds. ten armour- ed cars. And along with these and other items is one unexpected in the-e tla_vs,——l,f',‘o horses.

The vwathci- is held as the great weapon used h_v the hunts iu their defence. But the greater part of lltt-‘sia has \\'llllCI' weather just as severe and Russian troops often have fought in win- ter catupaitgits. The llritish Empire has mem- ories of the Crimea, Titirkey of several wars in liitlhilll l(‘l'lll(>|'lL‘.~. Temperatures from l5 t0 4F <li"ll't‘t‘s ltclttw zero undoubtedly ltave occurred btit the attackers should have been as well pre- pared as the defenders. Soviet organization it is f|llllf‘ (‘\'llll'lll i< not the thing of ivonder and terror ivliirlt the [Vlllwl of various hues ltave tricd l0 Convince the world outside of Russia. A show- ing up stich as few great nations have received. has taken place in the litke-rcgiotis of Finland.

Squanderiirgjfioney At Ottawa

Salt fish (‘xporlcrs in Nova Scotia are pro- testing vigorously- :t;3aitist tlte appointment by tlte Kitig tioverittitt-nt of a New York publicity firm to survey initrkets in tlte West Indies and Latin America. 'lilie_v are complaining because another stirvey will be utterly valuelcss, a sheer ivaste of public tnone_v. joining them in protest is the Halifax (Ihrmiicle (Liherztl) which says:

"’l'lie_v (the exporters) have tried for years to obtain better market conditions and more ad- vaulagcotis federal policies, only to meet with (ibstruclion, inaction, and gctieral hard luck.

"Lucrative markets iit Cuba and tlte Dominican Republic have been lost through COHCPSSiOHS t0 the British \\'vst Indies, which interested other parts of Canada but were of little benefit to

of tlte Cottnty Association will be held to chose a successor. v a m w According to Hon. C. D. Howe, Britain is em- barking on an extensive sltipbttiltliitg program, utilizing Canadian as well as British shipbuilding yards. The outlay is estimated at $l7,000.000. That should help to make the industry of 5t. john, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, atid Van- couver busy for sometime to come. But we here-—? Otir older carpenters, engineers, rivitters etc. may find employment, like otir brave young soldiers, by leaving their native province. i fi V 1i‘ No gold coins are to be allowed lying about banks front now until after the war—-how long after tlte war remains to be discovered. All tlte chartered banks have been ordered by an order- iii-Council just published in the Canada Gazette, to transfer their gold by the 15th inst to the Bank of Canada, Ottawa. The power to call in gold coin was vested iii tlte Bank of Canada whenit was created in i935. The order-in-coun- cil also said that after jitnuary 15 the charter- ed banks will turn over all additional gold coin 3o days after it is acquired. The value of the gold transferred to tlte central bank “shall be computed on the basis established by the cur- rency act at tlte date of relevant transaction," the order-in-couticil concluded. l I l‘ Actually “On His Majesty's service." Can- adian soldiers when serving in the theatre of war will be able to send their correspondence free of postage. This privilege is likewise ex- tended to members of British, Dominion, Colonial and allied forces serving in e theatre of actual war, and to officers and men serving in His Majesty's warships or allied warships afloat. Such correspondence rcceivetlin Canada will, on arrival at (lCSllllilllflll, be delivered without tlte collection of postage charges. Soldiers who are not in a tlteatrc of actual warfare and who have ftill mailing facilities at their disposal do not coiue under this arrangement, for tlte present, at least, and British postage is required on cor- respondence front members of tlte forces in Great liritain addressed to Canada. Ill I i l

A prominent educator ltas recommended that cottrses in the selection and pursuit of hobbies be made a part of every college curricula. The recommendation Paine from Dr. Samuel N. Stevens, dean of the University College at Northwestern Liniversitv, who said: “A hobby may keep a nlan broke, hut it will also keep him mentally alive, It drains off (lanmicd-up ener- gies which could not be released itt tlte business world. stimulates hint socially by contact with other enthusiasts and increases his mental alert- ness as more and itiore fields of knowledge are involved. A llf)l)l7_\' is one of the most iinport- ant things a man or woutau can achieve in ottr (‘Olllfilllpflfilfy civilization. Hobbies are a tonic socially and psyrltologicallyu" As the hobbyist grows older his activity acts as an “emotional explosive in his system," keeping him from get- ting bogged down in rotttiue, Dr. Stevens as-

Nova Seotia. After years of pressure and strug-

sorted

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Ililt e world! About the time You ply your debts, drew up a Itmt budcet. and m lined up to llve some money. ycur neighbor hauls off and buys i. new automo. bllo, - st. noun Star-Times.

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The deniooro ' cgn yin yllh- out whipping themselves Into e fury of race hatred. when they W111. they wiii make a better and more lasting peace If they come to flie task with clear, dtsprsstqn- M6 mind-i. unswayed by emotion, like sclentl-"ts seeking w solu; I baffling problem. - Torcnto Tele. gram.

We hove recently been listening to the phllologlcal elegiintarlans of radio elpply the l-Ilspano-Gsnnanlc touch to the news with such things es Montevl-dayo and Graf Spay. Mr. Churchill, ln his old-fashioned WW. W910i‘! lo speak English to the English-speaking, for ln his Monday evening broadcast he call- ed lt Graf Soee and accented the third syllable in Montewdco. - Ottatwa Citizen.

. According to an liem In News- week, Russian army officers ate having qulte a time to keep order ln the ranks. Business men who have recently visited Latvia, Estonia and Utliuanla, reveal that the men get. unruly at times. A prize example occurred when a newly arrived detachment of Red

Wroops, passing through the streets

of Riga. spontaneously broke ranks before a cake slicp whose windows were filled wlth deit- caetes Ignoring the officers‘ com- mands, they pillaged the shop with cries 0f delight. -- Kitchener Record.

While the Board pf Health was wrangling in it: Sunday meeting about ways and means to reduce the tuberculosis rate tn thn city, It overlooked one of the mort ob- vious ways ln which the disease ts spread, the promlcurus spitting on the sidewalks. Years ago, when the fight. against tuberculosis was in its early stages, health authori- ties waged vigorous camtzalgtis against spitting on swlewalks and tn public places. Offenders were arrested and punished for VlOlBLltlB health regulations against the trac- tlee. But vlgllance has been relax- ed. as the condition of Buffalo's sidewalks attsss It ls high rme for another campaign to bring to book persons guilty of the perrvc- lous habit. of spitting on the sde- walks. — Buffalo Nsws.

A blatant example oi’ the crookedlness of Germany/Ls pro- paganda methods was effectively shown up by the French wireless. The French “traitor” on the Stuttgart station had announced on the previous night that a French lieutenant, Robert. Mell- ande, of Mcnt-ce-Marsan, ltad ‘been taken priscnsr; and he was even permitted to say a few words on the wireless about the good treatment lie ivas rere VIBE, in Germany. Tlte real Robert Mellande —— there is only one man of that. name at Mont-de-Marsan —testlf.'ed in peren on the Frettcn wireless that lie was still liapwily 1B France. - London Sunday Times.

They said to him, very gcod thing that ycu done, yes, both good and great, proving this other passage to the Indies. Marvellous!" they sad. "Very. But. where, Senor, ls the gold? They said, "We like it we aci- mtre it verv much (isn't misun- derstand us, ln fact we tltitik lt's almost. great. But isn't there, wcll. a little foo much of tlils Prnce of Denmark? And after all, tlisre LS no one quite like you in vour lighter vein." "Astonishing," tliev said. "Who would have tliotight you had it In you, Orville?" Tney said. "Wilbur, this mTiChTllC of yours is amazing, lf it wally ivorlts." And they were good people. too. Decent people. 'I‘lie_v did not. beat. their wives. They went to church. And they kept the law. - Kenneth Fearing ln the New Yorker_

"It ls a

1f you take Dr. Nobert Ley at his word-of-mouth value. the Nazis have invented a new kmd of mathematics as well a; a new kind of biology. Hitler's Labor Front. leader proclaimed on Monday that “the Germans constitute a master race that has a mission to rule over inferior peoples and create u new world order." The idea is a 300d one from the Nazi point of view, but. may not turn out to be practicable ‘Then Dr. My went on to say that. “England faces a solidl- fled nation of 84,000,600." This l5 will-tore the new mathematics come tn. If Dr. Ley means persona of ptire German descent, he will have to scratch gravel to find 84,000,000 ln Greater Gennanv. If he means those who have reason to be loyal, not. to German civilization but. to the Nazi system of deelvllzzatlcn lie will have to work still harder to find them. when Hltlfr took power in 1933 he had 44 per oent_ of the total vol/e. Has he really converted permanently, all of tlte remaining 56 per cent? Six months before tlte Sudetcnland was annexed the Su- deten Nazis didn't. dare avow a dalre for utilon with Germany. The Sudeten Germans never had a chance to vole ln a free election for or against. mriexatlom Not only dld the Austrians fall to have a free election. Hitler took the coun- try by aimed force prlxnarly be- cause Chancellor Schuschnlgg had the arrogance to proprse a tree election. "Solldlfled?" Maybe N0 one knows and no one can know, and it ls not within the Nazl plan to let any one flncl out. But. ore can any that the “marter race" has at least large political mlnontlrs who have 700d reason to hate Hit- ler and all his works, It ls trying to rule over abcut 30,000,000 non- Germans who would be on‘y m glad to see the Nazi regime struck am beyond all hone of rtrverv- "It! "divine r'ght to rule" ls as good es that of Charles I of E1!-

limd of Lculs XVI of Fiance. It recto solely on force-the klnd of

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A posthumous work, "The Mu- tei-‘s Wife," by Sir Andrew Mu:- phall, la vivid, discursive auto- blogrupllltill memolre, including sketches of his forebears back w o. sli- Andrew Maephall. and to Clan Chatlnn of the 15th century. of which the Maoplulls were the 14th sept.

The method la original, for the book ts not strictly autobiography thomh lt ls nuioblograpltleiil. Sir Andrew worked on ll: for a good number of years. and left lt one more example of the best Cana- dian prose literature of which lie was chief exemplar. He was the most painstaking writer of, hla day, proving conscientious regard for English syntax in conclsenea» of paragraph. sentence, phrase, which always held meaning. His humor was sometimes grim, some- tlmes subtle, but ever lo the polntl It fell to his son and daughter, Jeffrey Macphall and Dorothy Lindsay, “Good Children" 1n the Dedication, to publish lt. ‘The only things lacking for the average reader are art Index and attention to chronology in actual dates, but that could be remedied ln the next edition. ‘

“'I'he Master's Wlfe" ls Slr Ari- dl'ew's mother and the master, of course, his father who was first a school-teacher and then n school- lnspecbor, Like the child R. L. S. with pencil ln his wee hand, "I have drawed a. man, shall I draw his soul now?" In various lnel- dents and by various tributes. Bu" Andrew has drown his mother's soul-Wes. and his fathei-‘s who is shown 1n two portraits from photo- graphs, Other photographic por- traits are those of his mother and paternal grandmother. The frontls- plece is Slr Andrew from one painted. Lhe artist's name being indistinct.

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Here Ls one revealing tribute to the mother: "With her intense human sympathy, her P8551011 for all who were oppressed, he: devo- tion to those who were klnd, with

contrary to hei- desire, she had two explanations of a negro; either he was not a negro, or he eould be white lf he preferred that. c0lor"--the said negro being a certain railway porter -who lied served her. Asked 1f he was a black man, she answered, "Hrs mother might have been a dark woman." She would admit. no more, "Ami yet slie always prided herself om her extreme truthful- nes." In one place, her son says, "She was never known to shed a tear. I was sixteen years old be- fore I saw a. grown woman crv. I thought. 1t a degrading spectacle." The Masters wife belonged to the innumerable race of Smiths. A chapter ls devoted to “Her Peo- ple." She was known as a “Smith woman" which merely meant one whose "name place was some miles away." In this chapter-I

wish I could quote the Paragraph -there is a memorable description

“TNE v MASTER'S WIFE”

A Review Of Sir Andrew MacphaiPs Posthumous Book By “Buchanan” in the Winnipeg Free Press

o! sacrificing domelstlc animals f0!‘ family food. Sometimes an nnlmfll would be sinned 1mm Ye" l'° Ye“- through affection or admiration It became a sort of ritual and the procmlon moved back into the house and finished with a ‘bottlfl of rum. But tn the Master's house. the ceremony of sacrifice would be ended with family worship.

In the coneludln chaPW» "False Pride." the d wpneulshed paternal ancestry ls re ded- TM Master had known it but “con- cealed the knowledge, lest ll min" 15w; to the spirit of pride in his own heart and. worse stLl. en- gender a. false pride ln ms child- ren." In those records the Muc- phalls are eocleslastics, When Si! Andrew first. visited the Masters birthplace, Inveralrnte, in 1917, lie inquired about. his rflee. here and there. Asking an editor and vs- lurlng him that. lie was “prepared for the worst," the editor replied furtlvely: "You may not be aware that. your people were Epwiollll- tans?"

l l 0 Every page in the book ls easy. interesting reading and alsochar- ncberlstle of Sir Andrew film-sell- Many will relish the oblter dlcta. I was on the watch for the name, E. W. Thomson, poet and publi- clat, writer of short stories and journalist. But he ls caflecl the “Old Gentleman," a beloved friend of the Master's wlfe. He was also a devoted admirer and frlend of Sir Andrew. And some 0f his poetry has deep Canadian signi-

ficance. He would send his poems to the mother, a stanza of one sent just before the Great War ls quot- ed whlcli gave lier COIIIIt-Tl. I meant to make a note on the re-