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jAQE_ FOUR TllE CIIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In I881)

President: Lieut. Col W Cheater B. Mel-AIM Vice-President: J. R. Burnett, FJJ Secretary: lJeut. Col D. A Macliluuon. 03.0- llflor amt Managing Director- J. R. Burnett, I-JL Associate Editors; Frank Walker and Ian A. Barnett

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Memory is Weaker than m Weakest lnk."

’l'lll'IlSl).-\\'. JULY l7. 1941.

fThe Strongest

Mr. Mac Donald's Visit

(jnrloiuitiwu l5 honored today by the visit of the Rt, iih-n. Mzilcultii BIacDniiaIdJ-Iigh Com- nliala for the United Klngdonk

llll>~litlltf to k ‘t, in .\lzi_v, i938, of a former

Iliql. t" l: her, Sir Francis Floud, KC-B. m; lul1<,,_\"t'l given lltTfi‘ in his honour on that occii-iiin, S r l ..u is said he was proud to have 5\'l'\'!d uniir lion. .\lt'_ .\lzicl)onald, who had IJLK-ll Sicrvturv of State for UOmiHiOH Afffll" and ul.» v.:.s ‘Ill!!! leaving that post for the Col- mmi ti" ll \\.'t< to .\Ir_ MacDonald's tact

Sir Francis (‘l'.'(‘l.'il'C(l, that the

.l|l.‘li! of disputes between the

lri-h iiovcrtititciits was largely due.

f r the (loliitiies, Air. MacDonald w-l \\i:li the task of bringing ,,,.;,,-,- o...“ i‘ .- _-\t:ihs and Jews in Palestine. ' a v-trt m his present position last le holding cabinet office was, in is of lfrrniier Mackenzie King, "a Clea!‘ ...t:i»~u of the importance the Prime Minister (if the [Dirt-d liitigtlom attaches to the rep-

.15. n of the (lnvcrnmcnt of the United I\"iii_{il~tti in ('.'itt:iilr'.,"

.\lr. .\!:ir!>~.i:i!<l's visit happily concides with the st sort zit vmirh Prince Edward Island looks its best. We trust his impressions will be favor- zlhh- - l tint he will take an early opportunity ' its for a longer period

Mr. Kings Obsession

“iv-n Prvniii-r King talks about conscription “gm m. 1,, dd“; about is Liberal unity. H15 uuhls: “\\'irit has zilrezidy been attempted in the \\LI_\' u,‘ ,,.,,\-%i that issue at this time makes only M, C1,... (i... Jllvgtittage that tnight have been ma... ilt- it , l_\' absence on my part from Lzuuidzi ll furl-n tho issue into the arena of party . '21-. lluw ihrc the consequences to our na- lltiliill unity t‘. ., might ltave provechnone can gjly," S. \lr. King elected to stay in Canada 1,, i,,_»;,,1 hi!‘ any ¢uiupulsor_v service movement

‘i- -!l'_’ii his PYC-"IICC ivzis greatly desired in Lou l~u h_v .\lr. (lint-chill, (lcsired at an acute

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and Cl'l'l"ll time. Hut by staying in Canada the ]t,-;;,,,. ' ' .,~ 1m not weakened the movement, . fast gaining strength and momentum

-, savs the liitlfillt‘. It is not a pol- ......., llltl\\llll§llllltllllg I\lr. King's uiivtllrrl f.»r suggestion of a possible at- “ro iiirce the issue into the arena of party

-. ' ll ll~\'l‘llll‘lli has tiothitig whatever lo

- or party tmlilicfi. It is an expres-

si-in of pr.‘ ac opinion and public opinion is not conu- ' u-i-if with domestic political rivalries,

is not in the h-zist degree interested in them.

(o: .v'~- :'_\' nil inirv service is wanted in order tint: t. s c-hrhrys 7!!‘ effort may be such as to fulfil illf‘ l. w" runic-iit's own pledgcfit is wanted alto in ordt-r that the isolationists in the United Ftizcs lli.l\.' n.» lougt-r have the right, as they have l1'!‘.\', to pint the finger at Canada as a British (‘11lll.ll'_'\', 1m llilllfll IJCHIQCYCIII, that is doing less than it. l:i"~l. lf coii-vription becomes a party is- suc in i,'t....tl>i, the Prime Ilinister, and only he,

will have llIIlilC it so-

\Var Language Change:

Up to uoiv, today's war has created fewer "air words” than the last war. Vocabulary, it seems, has tint i\"I"II pace with tactics, with the result

that tlv- It'll wtirils and terms have t0 be used in a l!<'\\' ~r:,-<-. llio uvw uivatiitig of the phrase “to stilt-Hir- zi tnrgii" is very different from the old. As l.il\'lll and at niy gunners used the phrase it im- phula near miss and ivas applied to the prac- ti. t‘ i-f uisr in; npi-rozicli or sighting shots on each

. ttlilv-‘liit’. .\'o\v when bombs are said .- .'l fungi-t it iitczins that a number of u- vliWiiti-“Fl in a straight line, each being

i-iilv it l ti. >1 ‘ buntlr.

drqup- d z!‘ fl oirmiu interval, the first falling on lllt‘ li‘.'ll” wit‘ of the titrgvt and the last on the far sll : i- ;III‘IA‘K‘II1I\'I that “if the first and last

bomb. ll‘l\i tl-o t.'ii"_{ct the intervening bombs will fall in lutuwu, (llt'(‘l"li_V on the target."

A iliffiritlt tat-girl like a bridge is attacked in this ivltv, the ztirriwiit flying laterally over the bridge at an zmglt- Iiri-sctititig the greatest possible

width to tho slicrvssiun of bombs, says an R. A. F. Pxtirrt in "Trade and Engineering" of Lon- don. If ilu- nirrraft were to fly longitudinally

(WP? 1h" ltridzc there would be a risk that all the homhs might fall in a straight line parallel to the bridge and some fcct away from it.

in oidrr to straddle a target a stick of bombs, as ninth-I'll In a salvo, is used. When a salvo of ltftllllis‘ i< tit-upped several are released at the same ntoinmt. “lien a “stick” is released the bombs fnll riitt- zifiri- the other at a certain interval of

time lll"'il‘it‘i'lll‘iilf'il by lltc bomb aimer. Bombs of tiff.‘ :11 v.. ighi~ and lt-inds may be arranged in a "Jr-l." in lllv m-dt-i- which may be expected

to pruduiw- the qn-nrt-st amount of damage The l!'~ll‘!1!"il'|l ri-lhri-iirg ihvtn, by means of a series of vlrrwir swftrlit-s. is the electrical distributor. "For some incomprclicttsible reason" this is

known in the R. A- F. as the “Mickey Mouse." Nowadays it is more usual to attack a target with a stick than with a salvo of bombs. _

Some of the simplest words have a highly technical meaning to the R- A. F: "Cannon usually suggests an old-fashioned kind 9t "gull. but in the R. A. F- it means s shell-flung gun operated by hydraulic power from_the sero-en- gine. "Briefing" means final instructions before a raid. The “pulpit," or the “office," are R. A. F.’s new names for the cockpit; “flaming onions" are anti-aircraft shells that burst into e. series of fireballs intended to set aircraft on fire; "dflw ing the train" means leading two squadrons into battle; to “peel off” is to curve away from an- other aircraft.

A "landfall” as used by airmen is the same as when used by sailors; it refers to first sight of land after crossing water. A "power dive" is a dive on an objective with the throttle fully open. “Dive-bombing" means diving vertically, or al- most so, on the objective before releasing the bombs from a low altitude. A "shallow dive" is a less steep descent at 45 degrees, or usually less, from the horizontal.

“Pinpointing the target" means locating the target exactly, and a “box barrage" is an anti-

aircraft barrage that completely encircles an area as a protection from attack by enemy aircraft.

a EDITORIAL NOTES —\

Wednesday half-holiday turned out all right yesterday though at first many appeared doubtful about proceeding far from home.

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It does not do to speak too soon this summer about weather prospects, but if there be any- thing in St. Sivithen’s reputation as a reliable prophet, we should be in for six week's ideal tourist weather.

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Charlotte Corday, heroine of the French Re- volution, died this date I793. Of noble family of Normandy; carefully educated; absorbed Roman republican ideas and, emulating Brutus, assassin- ated Marat as the tyrant who had overthrown the Girondists; she was guillotined for her deed.

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Your gas will cost you more and more for less and less from now on. But really the restrictions on supply are insignificant, as at present in this province most of the gas stations close early and open late. For Sunday's it will be necessary to stock up before 7 P. M- Saturday, or go to church.

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Some one suggested we should have a trial blackout in this city by way of practise. That should not be difficult; we recall before the last war there was a practical and customary black- out every night at r0 P- M. when even hotels and boarding houses closed their doors, and late comers had to knock to get in.

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The Rt. I-Ion. Malcolm Macdonald has accom- plished more than his distinguished father, Rt. Hon_ Ramsay hfacdonald, did. He has visited the Island; his father spent sometime in Cape Breton seeking a rest cure, and though it was suggested he should come over and see us, he failed to do so. His son has made this province one of his first places of call since his appointment as High Commissioner to Canada.

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The Woolwich Arsenal Museum, on the Thames, seven miles southeast of London, has so far escaped Nazi bombs, and although its most valuable treasures ivere two years ago removed to a place of safety, some of them are periodically put on exhibition with new ones, A crowd gath- ered around one of the latter the other day_ It ivas a dagger with an eight-inch blade, and ivory, silver-mounted hilt, with the inscription in Ger- man: “Blut and Ehre" (Blood and Honor). It was the only weapon found on Rudolf Hess when be landed in Scotland. and is said to be a present from a high Nazi official. On the evening of the exhibition the guardians were thrown into con- sternation —the dagger had disappeared. On the following morning it was back in place, and the warden of the museum explained to the guards that he had borrowed it "because an order had come through to produce it at No. 1o Downing Street, as somebody there craved to examine it.”

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Following the elimination of many of Canada's export markets, as s result of the war, and the marked increase in the value of Canadian ex- ports to India, this country has now assumed an important position among export markets for Canadian goods, states Mr. Paul Sykes, Canad- ian Trade Commissioner at Bombay, India, in a report to the Department of Trade and Coni- merce. In i936 India ranked twenty-third among foreign purchasers of Catiada's products and by I939 the stood in thirteenth position. Complete data for I940 are not available to date, but it ap- pears likely that India will by now have at- tained a position among Canada's ten most im- portant export markets Canada's place as a con- sumer of Indian exports has undergone a corres- pending improvement. In 1936 she ranked thir- teenth in position, ninth in i939, and Canada now ranks eleventh among India's foreign markets.

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British residents of the French Riviera have been ordered to leave in eight days. The order surprised more than 2,000 Britons on the Riviera, many of whom own villas in Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo and other towns in the De- partment of Alpes-Maritimes. A great number of persons prominent in society are affected. Dr. William Spencer, eminent scientist, has wired to England for an airplane to take him home- Thc Baroness Orczy, playwright and novelist, is married to Montague Bartstow of London. They will have to close their big villa in Monte Carlo. Mrs. Kate Donner, widow of a wealthy Briton, was born of American parents but has a British

, passport. She will return to the United States by clipper socn~ Mrs- Edythe McNabb, who was,‘

Miss Stern of Chicago, lost her American citizen- ship by her marriage She said she had no idea of where to g0. Many other Britons are in doubt as ‘to their plans. Among them are numerous i-letired British Army officers and their fam- - l ics

TEE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TllE WAY

Maybe the current crop of June brides will do better. Last. year's class couldn't find any kitchen use nor the electric shaver. — De- troit News.

“It Ia possible to live with bait s brain", says a eclenee note. Oh, Yes. some women do It; but he's hard to put up with. - Ottawa Clbizen.

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We are In receipt of many strange questions, but the reader who asks, "How can 1 produce e. hole In a. pane of glass?" must have had an unusually strict upbringing. -0tt.a- wa Citizen.

Bound u a (old soverellii. Bri- tain's masses are lxi this war to the bitter end, resolved to preserve their spiritual Inheritance or go down fighting rather than accept a Hitlerired world for themselves and their ulzlldren. — Hamilton Spectator.

What we are comln, now to see Li this: that. the weapons of words are of two kinds in this fighting. A

bcmb ls a bomb no matter who‘

drops it. or on whom—ihe Nazis on the English or the English on the Nazis. It. falls, It explodes, It kills, regardless of the sender and re- gardless 0f the target. But words in Lilli war are not equal wards, The wards which the Nazis can use as

eapons against us are not the words we can use as weapons agamst them. The enemies of tree- dom_ whose cause ls nct an afliimu- lJOIi but a denial can use as weap- ons only the ivorcis wmcu w.ll do. stroy hope, which will corrupt be- lief, ivlilch will poison the confi- dence of men in their own dignity. But the partisans of freedom be- cause they are partisans of free- dom, because their cause la the reatflrmation of belief in ccmmon men, can use as weapons only those words which can create and re-crcate the selfre-"pect. of men, the confidence g! men in their own worth and their own power, their belief in themselves and In the life they can build together. - Archi. bald Maclxxsh at Union College Convocation.

Above all, Hitler hope-e that his appearance ln the old, but now tarnished, anmor of me world's anti-Communist Fuehrer will win for him sortie sections of Amer- ican opinion. In this he w.lt be dis- appointed. It Is. as Mr. Chuiclnll emphasized, a complete delulon - a delusion due to the stupendous Genmui lnzapacily for understand- ing other nations- to suppcse that the great democracies will be turn- ed from uh/elr purpose of destroying Nazism by any hypocrisy the enemy may attempt. now, Nazism: tyranny is recognized as the abomination of desolation, and there will be no compromise with It. The powers behind Hitler's throne of skulls, the milltarists and the gamblers for wcrld might, see 1n the invasion of Rusia a supreme opportunity to obtain immediate supplies, food and oll, for the hungry war machine and, ‘if all goes well, a boundless increase of the wealth and power oil the Reich. "What. a city to plunder!" said the Prussian gen- eral “when he saw London. "What. a country to exploit!‘ has long been the German view of Russia and her people. -— Landon Daily Tele- graph.

In vlew of the slump which must be expected In Customs revenues. and o-I the Indirect taxes already In force, a resort to further direct levies, heavier and more widely dis- trlbuted, seems a necessary step. Elxparislonary finance can do little

00d, because It. 118,5 been evident or some time past. that the pro- ductive capacity or the nation is not capable of meeting the rising demands of governments and of the public for goods and services. Shortages»! steel, machinery, and other producers‘ goods have been painfully evident for minilis. Now urther shortages are beginning to make themselves apparent. in the retail trade and to be felt by the general public. In such circum- stances, there can be no question but. that the needs of war must. come first, and less esennal spend- lng, whether by persons or by gov- ernments, must. be posz-poned Sweeping changes are inevtablc, and they must be fostered with Imagination if no one is to gain any unfair advantage. Mr. Fadoenu Interest, in the Keynes plan of de- terred consumption during war I5, it may be helped, the slgn of a more radical approach to the prob- lem checking private expenditure.- sydney Herald (Australia).

From the outbreak of hostilities they (the Indian troops! have shown themselves quick to under- stand the entirely new weapons, vehicles and technique of nicchanlz. ed warfare, the Sikhs CSQRCBIIV re- velllng in their new charges. That General Wavell thought. high! of them from the start. ls evident. rom their selection to form the advance guard In the difficult and entirely successful sweep on Bid! Barren! which opened the Battle for Afrlca. In that attack the Commonwealth‘ armies, lri their first great. aggres- sive use of machines, made the most rapid advance in the history of warfare while conforming to an Intricate battle plan without which such n. gpeedy and‘ inexpensive vic- tory could not have been achieved. ‘me courage of the Indian troops when they met. and rout/ed the enemy was u pralsewcrthy as their skill in manoeuvre and In the general dove-tallln at their whole advance. Having poneered the at- tack on Libya and fired the other Commonwealth armies with the: success, these seasoned Indian troops were immediately moved soul w lead the attack on Italian mast Alrlca. General wevell has written glvwingly of their "most brilliant pursuit. of’ the Italians frcm Kaesela to Keren" and oi! their "magnificent performance" at Agordat, Barentu, and Kenn. mtndla may well be ud of these flue troops", he eon udee. —'I‘lmee of India (Bombay).

The action er the UJ. Robert l. bee Memorial Foundation, Inc. ln returnln to Britain a gift. equiva- lent to 00 pounds ls more than e mere gesture of frlendmlp, for It will be e. bit of aid to some home-

less victims of the ruthless Nut bombings. It wlll be bread east IIIJOn the waters returning utter e IUpQQ of more than two centuries. Back In 1729. the Weatmoieland county heme of 'I'hotnas Ice, one of the founders of the distinguished Lee family oil vlrplnla, was burned. 1t was said to have been fired by

members of a lawless element. against whom he had Issued wer- rnnta ln his official capacity as a magistrate. Upon learning of his misfortune, Queen carollne of Enl-

PUBLIC FORUM

Qila eelnsaa Ia apea he the dlsenssiea by correspondents el ‘ qneatioas of Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian leee lot

aesaesarlly anderae the aplnleaa al eeerespeadenta-

POOR CIIARLOTTETOWN l

Sln- t. I be Permitted to any a few w tn record to the present low state of mind and Ieelinl el our| Charlottetown citizens. h» l thoae engaged In the clffercnt traces. We are at the present $110k to use a familiar phrase-flown in the dumps". and can vou blame us? We have practically no industries In our City. Local work Is almost at a standstill. Inbortna men are out of work. Our skilled mechuues, thoaenaetthe leeorunfltfq ‘- tary service but etlll good

We are asked to buy Victory Bonds and War Savings Certificates. Goodness knows we do the beat. vie can and buv as many la we elm. But. lnthexiameofallthattsfioodaud patriotic. how can we buy we are not. ltlven employment?

Here Ls another recent happening’ which would appear to add insult to lnjurv to this class of Charlotte- tmvn men. A contract for an m- ditlon to our Charlottetown Airport. oostlnu In the vIcInIty of 8250.000 to $300,000. was let. This Job was given- to a comparatively small woodwork- in: concern In Prince County. not- withstanding thls some firm had the. entire construction of a. large airport In Prince County One would natur- allv think they would be satisfied wit-n their own Airport.

What Is the matter with Queens County? ls it: mat our representa- tives at Ottawa are asleep on the lob. or is It that the Prince County representatives are so much super- Ior ?t»o the Queens Countv politici- ans

Wake up. Charlottetown! Wake up Queens County! We are ln a dor- mant condition. Let us bestlr our-_ selves or some dav we shall wake up and find the Capital of our fair Is- land has been moved further West!

However. amidst all our trials and tribulations. we still have one shin- lnll light. left-some dav there will! be another election.

I am Sir etc.

“DISGUSTED QUEEN'S"

The Biggest Bomber

(Winnipeg Free Press)

‘Iiie four-engined aircraft taken oft for s. test flight from the Dou- glas plant at, Santa Monica, Calif, one clay last week ls theblggest. bomber aircraft ln the world. That may mean just that It; ls another big or bigger aircraft. or It may mean that this aircraft has what takes lt to market. In another thirty test flights the American army pilots will find this out In the next five or six weeks.