:55“? F99!‘ c. TIIE ONARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded In I881)

President: Ltcut. Col. W. Chester S. MeLnro Viiw-Prtwitlciil: J. R. Burnett. F..I.l. Secretary: tic-tit. Fol. l). A. MacKlnnnn- 115.0. lifter and llimitgiitg Director: J. R. Burnett. FJI. OSSUCIIANC klitiltrts: Fiitnk Walker and [an A. Burnett

SITBSCRIFFION RATES I7 Mull In l’. L I., $4.00 per year: $2.50 for 6 mogthg $1.25 It-r 3 inuntns; 50c for one month City Dclivr-ry; <5.0tl per year; $3.00 for 6 months b 7'» for 3 months By Mail In (nu .i and USA. $5.00 per year laturduy It ct-kl): s tut pot» your; 51,00 h, 5 mumm Sh‘ tor Ll months.

,"The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest lnk."

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The Charlottetown Airport

. um I n. ngtr i. \\ t-rlrlllttrtkl that ottt" bomb. 111;; duo l1l1llil'\ st; wt. built under the Cont-

llttill\\k'flll.i .\ll' llcl to a rccoiiti. 2o. a l»;

g ltlitll, was to be changed ill-Qt,’ >CllUUl Lutcr, on lscbruarv

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k titunc liitlllllltj centres under the Cotttttiotiutnizn st tlllt‘, lll trperation as of Feb- ruary ..o_ “If; intnoi in lhtiinttnutti. It included the sit " v-ibtul iii buiniiicrside, but no llltqtliit . Ciizirlttitcttttvti. Now it

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~ we are not in the Com- sciieiiic at all. \\ hztt

l'i‘l»:'t!.<t1_v :0 included i6 cle- "fir, inc rllf observer for rc- tlircc bombing and gun- ... wrvice flying schools. The

“.11 5t"llL‘lllC provided for 26 l ,~, t t .i:r oiucrvcr schools, l0

- . siilvttlq nitil to service fly-

" follmvitig a speech de- I ln<i October by Hon. R. c lt-zttlt-r, it wits officially l lllill "tritnsfei- of a iiuin- loixe service flying training l5 alrczitly under wity,” and

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tint: iii» .ii irtttiitts and equipment are living lllt y-cil to it country. The Czttizttliztti tiotcrtiziiizit is jcotiititig the airtlrontcs and btiiltlingg~. ‘ I-Ac sclzirils will operate under

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Stibsctjtteii: ', on November IS, Hort. C. G. Power, .\li ' cr of Defence for Air, stated in Tzirliaiiitn". ll .- nt-w "hurl pcrniissiott to incu- unrt" Illil’. llll. ll scirools have been established ltct'e_ " lilit-v utlc niniiiicd and equipped by the

Lliiited kiitpgftont," llt: said. "The acrodroirtcs were built and iltvcioj-r-l by the Canadian government at a cost of ntzuly $10,000,000 which is, of course, rciiitini:".<;rt£.i» t» 11*. for purposes of administra- tion they are atiz-iviictl to the Commonwealth Air dilklllllll" Iliélll, am‘. therefore for purposes 0f ad- mingti.r_.riri tlzty are under the control of tlte llovitl Clnintlnntt Air liorce." _

llitiisurd oi l‘t'l)l'\lfll'Y i7, contains a request front .\lr. Li. T. 'l‘tistiu (Prince lid\\'8.I‘Cl-T4€l'lIlOX)

for a cop,- “of all orders-incouncil, correspond- ence, cublcs, Illulrlufltlltlii. of agrectnetits and other titctiuit-tns" rclzttriig io the arrangements between

the Quvcrtltiieiits or the ljnited Kingdom 4nd Lgrngula, "to Ifélllalcl‘ to and establish in Canada tratniitg sulrtrols tor lltc l\'t1>_v'.il Air lflrrcc.” Prime Minister Ldrtcltcnric lxiirg replied that. the dofu- IllCllIS TLIILI Cu l't s‘, kfll/ICILCE Ill LILICSLIOII \V€l'€ OI a coitiidt-tiziiii and sc jet tntturc, anld therefore could not be ritade public at this time.’

Similarly, a footnote to the list of schools tabl- ed on February 2o states: "ln iltltllllOfl‘ to_ the above schools of the ltoyal Canadian Air horse. there Lrc certain special schools by the B03111 All‘ Force. It is not deemed in the public interest to give either the names or locations of that! gchools." _ _ _

Seeing that Charlottetown wu positively tn- cludcd in the Commonwealth plan at the‘ outset, and in not included irrtlic snost recent list sub- mitted to Parliament, in which category 1| toe nirport here included? 1t is all very well t0 tell us what we are not; but surely those located at the airport and those in communication with them have s right to know to what section of the llf service Charlottetown belongs.

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Government Criticism

in striking contrast to the hostility of thcKing Government towards newspaper criticism Ii the attitude shown by the Churchill Government in the Old Country. The London correspondcntlof the Winnipeg l-‘rcc Press has an interesting article on this subject which is worth directing to the special attention of l’rime ll/linistcr King and IIII colleagues. Britain's war effort is represented u proceeding under s constant, unccasing barrage of criticism, both from Parliament and the press. And the Government welcome this evidence of alert public opinion. It does not turn upon tti critics and accuse tlicni of “sabotagc", of “libel- Ioui, false and itiitlicititts" statements. As Mr. Churchill sztirl in the House of Commons on Jan. 22, criticism is of tlic greatest value “to the life- thrtist of the tuition, and of the greatest assistance to llis .\lajcsty's tiovcriinicnt." Mr. Churchill told the country tliiit “an awful lot of things could be done better,” and therefore, he did not resent being tulil 50. “llis Majesty's Government,” he sititl, "\velc<riiii:s the stimulus that the House of LfillIIllUIh and tltr press and the public of this island give to us in driving forward our war ef- fort iniil lll trying to gain ztn earlier inch or a more fruitful hour. wltcrt-vt r it may be possible.”

The frcc plzty of criticism is regarded in the Old Cottntrg; ats the great adviiittiigc that a dctitocrncy holds over It (IICIZIIUYSIIII). tjermany ts stinking plrtit_y' of titistzikes, although nobody livars of flu-tn. AIhITIhCS in war are inevitable -

itnd costly. llttt in Iirlllllll, the whole field of the \\'.'tt' effort is opt ll lo critics. and no one pretends that the tiovtiinnotit coitlil ltiive made anything like IIH’ iIl4|Qll\\ ninth ltiis lrcctt made without thi. ctrn-"ttittt spur.

Unc- of Illt‘ chief orgutts of criticism in the Bri- tish titnitittitrs is the IIJIIIIJIIIICIIIEITY committee on [lgtitttlgll kfilttlltlllllftlu 'l ln< committee function-

etl with git ‘ll public zitlvntttziigc iti the latter part of tho l ~t \\lll' lllitl vuns rcconslittttctl at the out- srl of tlts witr. In .1 sciisc, the Government created this covnntittt-t: to be a critic, one of the chief Critics. of tlsvll.‘ lltc (irwcrnmctrt actually ;It'1‘;lIt'1<'tI of its own ititvtioit that its policies sltottld lw sitlrjwr In cw... ‘w. "iiiwlv" srrtttiiiy and pub-

lic Q"ll‘ll:lll. 'llic cuunnittcc has power, frotn

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Parliament, to demand the production of papers‘ and documents and the presence of witnesses, ltotvevcr exalted the people may be. And the com- mittee publishes reports front time to time, lam- bitstiitg this or the other department of Govern- ment. -

So with the newspapers. The Times hits the Governntettt just as hard as the Manchester Guardian. The Yorkshire Post doesn't scent to be iii the slightest affected by the faintly connec- tion with Rt. llon. Atitltutty’ Eden-it uttcovcrs every weakness which falls under its view. The Glasgow Herald, the Scotsman, the Telegraph and Morning Post and the whole popular press are hot on the sccnt of wcaltitcsses in the war ei- fort.

All this notwithstanding the fact that every- body in Britain, pretty well, is back of the Churc- hill Government. Everybody admires it for the leadership it has shown-and everybody is keen to see it do even better. The public attitude is thus suitiincd tip by the Illancltcster Guardian in a recent issue: "In the critical temper of the coun- try, there is no hostility toward the Government . . .But in war, the ordinary canons of extenua- tion cease to hold; we cannot excuse or tolerate the second best. The Government must and will expect to be judged by the most exacting stan- dard."

The standard, of course, is the absolute maxi- mum of fighting power. Nothing short of that is satisfactory. The King Government must rea- lize that a similar temper is beginning to prevail, in Canada, and that neither recriminations hos‘ nlibis are an effective answer to the repeated de- mands for more effective action.

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At the outset Hitler promised us a "total war" —that is embracing the whole world—-and he is doing his best to assure it. w w n-

In the old country “May Meetings" is the cits- tom for Church and other organizations. In Canada for the present year at any rate, “March meetings” seems to be the rulc.

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We had I. suspicion the Liberal Premiers as a whole were not tnttcli t0 look at, but they must be really worse than we itiingincil wltcti the Toronto Stilt‘ tells us the ll0ii_ TllllllC Campbell is the bt-st looking of the lot.

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Cotigratulations to Prcttiicr Campbell on his election to the Presidency of the Dominion Curl- ing Association. blow perhaps we'll get sortie action in the way of “soojfcr up" in the political iceficlds as well_

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It is contended the vacant senatorsliip should g0 to a Queen's County citizen. There are four senators for three counties, and Senator Hughcss was known as the floating one, given in turn to each county. Senator Yen held the “floater” in Prince, Mr. Ilitglies in King's and now it is claimed by deserving Liberals it is Queens turn.

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A 40o-year-old stone coffin is the latest thing in air raid shelters. It rests in the crypt of Christ Church, Spitalficlds, and is the home of Michael O‘Connor, a Lotidon East End laborer. Blasted from his home by a bomb months ago, he has passed evcrv night since reading, eating sleeping iii the coffin. “And vcry comfortable it is, too,” he says.

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The late Senator Hughes was convinced that he was two years older than his mother gave' him credit for. The baptism records were lost. lle was of the opinion that she got the dates of the births mixed, and ascribed to him the age of a younger brother. Be that as it may, he was a young-old mart eve: at th: age claimed for him.

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The United States may become the tulip centre of the world because of Germany's invasion of Holland. Holland tulip fanciers who once ground cull bulbs for cattle meal now are grinding their prize roots for food for themselves, according to Dutch firm representatives. They say It even may be necessary for Holland to import bulbs from America after the war to replenish her stock.

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Sir John Herschel, astronomer, born this date, i794; let up m observatory at Cape T own, and obtained an enormously ex- tended knowledge of the southern l k i e s; published an elaborate report of his survey of the whole skies, and was created a baronet in 1838; his "Outlines of Astronomy" has been for years a popular text book, having passed through no fewer than ten editions.

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The grave closes over cll that ls mortsl of Sen- ator Hughes today, and the place ist the Senate that knew him will know him no more. Such is mortality. Meantime speculation is rife as to his successor, and many thcrcbe to chose from. The following is a provisional list, not arranged sc- cording to merit or prospects: Hon. J. P. Mc- Intyre, Mr. George J. Tweedy, K.C., Dr. Grant, M.P., Mr. ]_ Lester Douglas, M.P., Hon. Cyrus McMillan, Ph.D., M.P., Mr. Reuben Macdonaltl, Mr. S. A. MacLeod, Mr. E. T. Higgs, Mr_ T. W. L. Prowse, Dr, Ira‘ ].‘Yco arid Mr. D. j. Riley.

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Rcsolutions and reports are no good unlcn followed by action. The Presbyterian Presbytery committee on Evangelism complains about radio and railway inaction, but public opinion will nev- er be affected by reports held too sacred to be published, and discussion too intimate to be given the light of day. Reformcrs must have the cour- itge of their convictions, or liidc their dimisiicd ltcads, as our present-day temperance and other would-be reformers inevitably do lest they of- fend the powcrs-that-be.

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Prime Minister Churchill has given In army $100 essay contest in Etigland his blessing and lie may select the winner. Five subjects, set by blaj-Gen. j. H. Beith, better known as Ian Hay, the novelist, were:

I. Are Americans our cousins?

2. Liberty of Speech.

3. Britain's Larilrr.

4. The Effect of Engine on Mankind.

5. Is There a Weaker Sex?

Pretiminarv lodges will he a panel of writers nntl critics. The cssavistswofficcrs are barred

the Internal Contbustion

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IIOTES BY TNE WAY

We never could see much value Ist either child or adult. sing.ng the Nstlonal Atttktem unless back of In; singing there was an actual de- sire to do so. If the issue Ls forced and the Anthem Is sung under cam- pulslon it is p or stuff Indeed; nothing but lip service and there- fore stripped barren of emotion or

cslre. — From the Peterborough Hummer.

The BrltIsh

soldier, homo on m-lonial. is a very welczme vsiwr 1H ESCVDI. these days. He gets on very well with th¢ lccal- popula- tion. he upmds his money freely, and It's due to tum that Cairo is experiencing o. minor "boom." It was established some time ago that British troips were spending about a million anti s half pounds a month in Cairo; that. figure must n.w be well exceeded. If It were not for this lnfluix of British money one wonders Irw many places of’ entertainment, at any rate, In Cairo would have to lhut down. — The Sphinx‘ Cairo.

‘Pralnlng students In public 50310014 t0 Bvlve the PXJJlflns they will face In later life is a. vcry modem trend In education, finding favor particularly in the Eddie Western States. It is expected that, educated, able citizens, Intcested 111 010m living, the welfare of their neighbors. and their communities. Wlll HD1042? the rubber stamp grad- uate. It will take a little time to see 111st. how this experiment will work cut, but it would scent that any town, city or Stat-e, whose iii- terests are gutced by lntetligmg citi- zens employing the experisitce of Others. rather than a tilt or miss method, could not help but be greatly benefited. — Bcswn Pct.

_A nation-wide unlos-s n! farmgn will possess great political pzwer, svenlf It has nothing to d9 with politics. It. will fina the names bidding for its fsv:rs, I may hold the balance of political power in its hands. We trust the leaders will beware of the parties bringmg gifts. But if this is a patrlcuc or- EBIhZBHI-n. as we are tnld it is, we can depend upon the patriotic f a. m- ers cf Canada seeking no mre than a. fair deal which will not liurt the rest of the petiple, and cs-openat ng in the interest of the pecpte c! [113 Motherland during and altu the “tar. - St. Ilicinas ‘limes-Journal

Posted across the Gennan post- erswincn disrfigui-e the wars or; Paris are sometmcs to be found roneotd placards bearing gm; Strange inscription: Briton In- Vflilefl France in I870 and 1914.

rtIatn invaded Austria. Britain invaded Czechs-Slovakia. Britain “waded N_31'\\‘?1.Y. Denmark, I-lollititd and Belgium. Brit-am iitvagefl France in 1940. Olr, tlitse British! We have friends ln Paris after all. We have good friends in many ether places where. mrhaps, we had 11°13 0x11631011 them or where, at least, there was some reason that we might lose them. ew would have prcphestcd that the Greeks would fight back so g16“1- Ou-slv and chanev the fortune of the war. The Turks had every 1n_ cilfimvllt. to submit to Von Patperrs cglqlery; ‘et. they stood firm, and IAIBIZ‘ lqya by was. no diiuot, partly "Elirmsiblc for HlIlCI"5 unwilling- 1195s w save his Axis partner by a march through the Balkans. The JUSQ-ilovs have been stiffened by the eXflmple of bravery beyc d their frattiers. Fiom ill HAL: conquered territories comes

. _ s. trickle o! news, telkng cif using m. sentment against the Nazi tyranny,

a trickle which, may later mount to s. flood. In every home In Eur- One where men still da-e to cher- ish the memory fr freedcm, the w°rd5i "Oh, these British!" epitom- ize their ltrtjics for the forum _ L.nd0n Evening Standaid.

Russ“?! Iwsitlon In the war Is l. constant problem. Russia and Bul- Bflrla, both Slav.c races, would seem W, be natural allies; yet Bulgaria, wlth Gem" WOODS Poised an tier northern frcntitr, has been inform- ed- Bcwrdlflg to latest news from 50516‘. that she must not expect aid fromhswiet Russia If a Nazi army more es across her ter Lto m w the Md cf Italians tirrtndyi bail: Btlfllnit the Greeks. If Scfla do. spatches indicate the authentic atti. “we 01 Ell-Silk. it is a reasonable Iucss that Stalin has given permis- sion for I German advance on Bul- Wle- A we c: Nazi troops I-mollih t. of country could hardl take 1m without Russt i; com“ And f such. consent has been given Turkey. though Immediately men. "ed- IP03’ 110$ 01111088 the Sov.et will. Like Russia, she Is likely to remain outside the ccnfllst, looking 0n. What are the aims of the astute Stalin? Whatever they us, and whatever he may have exacted frcm Hitler as the price for s, Pwnve Russia as the Nazis push farther into the Balkans, it. cannot he believed that he wants to see Gemmny victorious, or ‘my, he will permit Germany to win gm war. — Montreal Gazette,

In other days II used to be the vld-mhtoned cockery books which struck n fine, spacious note with such instructions as “Take r. dbmn 9885-" Any little flight of that, kind hWWBY, Rem beautifully dwarfed by I110 news that the Cattixlian Fed- eral Agricultural Dcparttneiit has lust said 600,000 dmen e885 to the United Kingdom. What a magnlf- Icent mnsocticn I clutch (or clutchlsskno) o! seven million two hundred thousand eggs dypoged 0f In one vhdlstous dealt n tthey were all transformed Into an omelet It would probably make u. plaster- that would cover the whole of the home counties. ‘There vnuld be enoulh to gtve every Italian prisoner In ltlbya on egg for hi4 tea for the next three months 5nd even then leave several hundred thousands over to throw at Mussolini Not. that one would wish to nee eggs waned do either of the»

ways; It Ia tut n picturesque way of fitting w t seems o be a most lnv h c.ns ent o cue on

route for England. The cumulus hen deservm well of the nei- contribution nu been well and trul laid. The ostrich may have It In t. e mere elte of Its progeny, but. when it. comes to In expeditionary force the Canadian hen 1| the author cf the hi; battalions. — Muichestu Guardian,

Anny eves-oats and bottle dress uniforms Lie beln sent to Britim prisoners of war n Germany. It would b4,- better If some disttngulsh- In; clothes were delivered, Instead of the regulation uniforms. The Nazis are trtckey. They can seine these unlflrrne and use them for parachute troop-Y to be dropped on England s; a przlue to the

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fcrthccmln Invasion, -If and when It (‘Atfllel- t in foolish to help the

PUBLIC FORUM

Ihll column ll OBI: II Sin dlnoulon h: oorreepondontc of o Interact. l‘

l|llll I i0 Uhulottotnwn Olllrdlll duo let neoelurlly endorse the Iplllbll

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SEED GRAIN

Sun-We have had so mam’ In- quiries as to whether our Depart.- mciit Intends to buy or sell seed strain this Sorlnl. that I om uklng vou to sav 1n the columns of your valued newspaper that It Is notthe Intention of the Department to do so. But we are using our Depart.- nient as an Information bureau m lssist the puxcha. ers cud the sellers of seed zratn in order that we may make contracts between each with the hope of having o distribution of the seed that. is now In the vlnoe In a. was that will be the most sat- isfactory to all concerned. Look fcr an advertisement In thls paper con- wmlnl above.

I am. sir. etc. W. II. DENNIS. Minister o! Agriculture.

FERTILIZER PRICES

Sin-Since writing to fifteen Cm- sdlnn papers t regs: ‘Farmer Exploitation," particulary In connection with the prices of m). phate of ammonia and chemical fertilizers generally, I have beenllt- erallv swamped with letters of oom- mendation from all of the five Eas- tern Provinces. particularly from Ontario and Quebec.

As ti. would be about l-IIIDOJADIQ

for me w attempt 0o personal-y answer all of those letters I shall use this coiiintuitlcatiqn to your paper as my tncaium o1 reprv and to extend to your farmer leaders my deep appreciation of the Interest that; they have shown. If space pernutted 1 would be happy indeed to submIt mtmy quo- tations from letters I have reoetved. with your kind permission I shall quote Just a few. “Welt I-t-hink It la time romebody brought this mart»; to the attention of the public." "Last. Juiy our Assoclatlon sent a. resolution to Ottawa. We demand- ed an Investigation but we have never heard a. thing." Bud another. "To us IL appeared llke~ profiteer- inn." and attain “Thousands of On- tario farmers will back you 100 ix-r cent. for exposing this ‘fertlllzer racket?‘

In the February 25th issue of the Cliitrlotbctowit Guardian. E. B. MC- Larcn. Drcsideitf. of the Prince Ed- ward Israttd Potato Growers’ Associ- ation. writes in unborn of a. resolu- tion being introduced to the house of Commons by Mr. H. H. Hatfield. MP. for Victoria-Carleton. N. . "'I‘l1e members from this Province need have no tear of suooortinz Mr. Hatfield: resolution. '_I‘hIs Is not a. matter of politics It. is a pure and simple case of doing something be- fore it l5 too late to protect the far- mer. lest the vacant. farms become more general . . . not only In Prince Edward Island . . . but 0V6!‘ Canada."