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TI-lE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

THE GIIARLOTTETUWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in 1887)

President: Lteut. Col W Chester S. Mobil-re Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. F-JJ. Secretary: lJeut. Col I). A MscKinnon- 0.8.0. l-iflort and Managing Director: J. B. Burnett, F..I..l. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and inn A. Barnett

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"The Strongest

Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

ivianxizsnav, may 14, 11141.

Two Important Campaigns

Two campaigns of major importance t0 Cari- ldi’! war effort have hccn initiated (luring the past few days. On Sunday Colonel Ralston, Min- ister of National Defence, opened a nation- iride recruiting Clllllpillgll, the first such call to arms which Liiinriiliziiis have hcard in the pre- sent struggle. .\liliiar_i' staffs and civilian coni- inittecs in czich military district will now swing into action, to riiisc 32.000 men which the army wants immediately. Further details 0f the cani- paign were BllllOllllCCd at Ottawa yesterday. Each officer comniiiniliiig a military district will CSlZliJilr-il an orgzinizzuiciii within his own district, enlisting the aid of citizens‘ committees, veterans’ organization, nicmhcrs of Parliament and other groups There u-ill be a central coni- mittee at National Dcfciice Headquarters, Ottawa, t0 sce ilizit the supply of literature, ad- “hfllifilllfillls and oilicr niczins of publicity are available as required. The pressing nature of this appeal, coupled ivitli efficient organization, should make the task of campaigning compara- tively easy. The number ivziiitcrl immediately is comparatively small. This Provinces quota, as part of Military District X0. 6, has not been au- riounced, but we feel assured that the response will be in accord with the reputation which Prince Edward Island already enjoys, of having perhaps the greatest per capita number of men in the service forces of any Province in Can- sda.

Another vitally important campaign was launched yesterday by Finance Minister ilsley, in announcing details of the forthcoming Vic- tory Loan. The nominal amount asked for is $600,000,000, “with the full hope and expecta- tion that snbscriptioiis from coast t0 coast will be considerably in excess of that amount." fionds will bc available in denominations of $50, $100, $500, and $1.000 and may be purchased outright or upon easy terms of payment.

Emphasis is placed on the desirability of ob- taining as many individual subscribers as pos- sible. If, as is expected, large numbers of Cana- dians in all \\'.'lli\'S of life buy Victory Bonds, it will speak the will and determination of the ria- tion emphatically.

On the success of the Victory Loan may de- pend the efficiency of Canada's war effort iii the critical months ahead. Hence the importance of this campaign, which taken in conjunction with the recruiting campaign marks a distinct forward step in our participation in the war.

Potato Plunder

The London Times states that while Germany I: trying to obtain fresh food supplies from the U.S.A. under the pretext of saving starving wo- men and children, all the occupied territories are being deprived of stocks of potatoes laid in for the coming months.

The “Thuringer Allgemeine Zeitung" states that deliveries of industrial potatoes must be specded up and larger quantities handed over to the authorities to ensure the necessary supplies for factories.

Formerly starch and potato products were in- dustrially comparatively unimportant, snd pota- toes could be used without any limitation for con- sumption as food. Now such products are used in many industries, such as paper, textiles, plywood, and pharmaceutical industries.

Potato flakes also provide an easily transport- sble and storable non-perishable fodder of great value.

Farmers in Alsace-Lorraine and the Polish districts of Poznan and Pomorze will be deprived even of potato peclings, which they use a1 fodder.

The Census

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On the second of June the taking of the census throughout the Dominion will begin, and it is expected that the task will not be completed for some weeks. It will be mnnths later before the

information so nlitaiiictl will he available, an im- mense amount nf labour and considerable ex- pense being involved iii the operation. In view of the need of conserving both money and energy for war purposes, there has been strong criticism of the government in proceeding with

the census at all in those abnormal times. The

registration of Canada's population recently en- forced lias provided data of a similar kind to that which will be collected by the census-takers. kVould not this suffice for the time being? Is the constitutional necessity of liolilinga periodical investigation into the actual number of citizens in each province, in accordance with the pro- visions of the British North America Act —in order to determine the proper representation in the Federal’ Ilousc-of such tircssing impor- lance that no break in the decennial check-up is permissible? _

i 1g is, perhaps, out of consideration for such dpubts expressed and tiiiexprpsscrl, which are passing through tlie public llilllfl, that the D0- minion Bureau of Statistics has issued a spcci-il bulletin on The Coming (‘cnsus —\Vh_v Ii ls Tag-m; How It Is Taken. After giiriiig an iiilcr-

'fOt‘lLlll€——pL'f‘llElpS the island will now be knoivii

esting historical review of census-taking activities from the time of the numbering of the Children of Israel by Moses in the fifteenth century B. C., and cvcii going back farther than that to the Babylonian records of 4000 B. C., it is shown how the expedient was adopted by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and carried on through mediaeval times in Europe. Then there was a i gap, the credit of taking the first census of mod- ern times being given to Canada ——or, rather, New France, which in I666 undertook an en- umeration of its 3,215 population, with details re- garding age, sex, residence, occupation and con- jugal position. The first Dominion Census Act was passed in i870, the first census being taken a year later, since ivheii there has been a “com- prehensive census" every ten years, this year's being the eighth.

Apart from the electoral object already re- ferred t0, the census is regarded of more than usual importance to the country under present national and world conditions. The questions asked have a direct bearing on social and ec- onomic problems, and particular care is being taken to elict information on agricultural con- clitioiis.

The Bureau of Statistics bulletin docs not succeed in proving that the census could not have been postponed until after the war. Bull since the Government has decided on its course, it becomes the duty of all our citizens to co- operate iii every way in making the census as‘ full and reliable as possible-

-. roiiuizmi notes .. Ottawa has been counting the cost of giving Relief, and finds that from 1930 to 1941 it dis- bursed in this way the tidy sum of $396,505.54} l Nearly as much as going to war. i? 1K * 1i‘

Air mail to here is not all that it is boasted to be_ A letter airmailcd from Toronto before 8 p. in. Wednesday was delivered here Saturday afternoon. It cost double ordinary postage rate, while an ordinary mailed letter was delivered at the same time. n n- e e

Former King Carol II of Rumania was wel- comed officially by the Governor of Bermuda when with Mme. Magda Lupescu he arrived at that British island. Brothers in matrimonial mis-

as Bermagda. e u s n-

Hall Caine. novelist and dramatist, born this date, i853. lle was best known in Canada as the representative of British Authors who negotiated with the Government regarding copy- right. Among his novels and plays are “The Decrnster,” “The hlanxiuaii," “The Christian," The Iron Hand,” “The Prime Minister.’

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The British Government has asked the Aus- tralian Government to shorten their medical course “so that there will he no shortage of doctors for the Armyt." What about the Can- aditiifs courses —<inly I0 per cent 0f the whole medical faculty has so far volunteered for Army service?

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The electorate is still wholeheartedly hcliinil the coalition Government in Britain. The pacifist, Stuart Morris, polled 1,552 votes in a by-clec- tion for the King's Norton division of Birming- ham; Dr. Alfred M. Lunsden Smith, the bomb- ing advocate, polled 1,696 and Capt. Basil H. Peto, Conservative, 21,573. Thus the vote broke up into 6.3 per cent for pacific, 6.9 for in- discriminate bombing and 86.9 for fighting the war to a finish along the lines the government has set. Morris ran as an "Independent Pacifist" and Smith as an "Independent Reprisal." Both forfeited the deposits they had posted.

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During the Budget debate Mr. Raymond made a short statement explaining his stand against conscription and in the nature of a reply to a speech made earlier by Justice llliiiister La- pointc, who criticized the Beauharnois member for sentiments expressed in his speech of the day before. Hansard report of proceedings quot- ed Mr. Hanson as saying when Mr. Raymond completed his statment last night: "That is a good exhibition of crawling." Mr. Hansons reference to “crawling" in conjunction with the suggestion that Mr. Lapointe wrote the statement was "a malicious insinuation" and quite un- founded, Mr_ Raymond said. He asked that the comments of Mr. Hanson be expuriged from" the

official records of Parliament. e m s n-

IIUTES BY TllE WAY

The Sault Ste. Msrie Star recom- mends that. Algoma go in for sheep raisings. In other words, wool as well as wolves. - The Brantforu Expositor.

We bear s lot more about the ships that are sunk in the Battle or the Atlantic than about those

| that reach port. safely. How many.

of these there actually are ls proved by the statement of time Hon. AnIu-s L. from Canadian ports alone no fewer than 4.400 shins have sailed in convoy bearing more than 26.- 000,000 tons of goods to Bmlsh ports. - Brockvllle Recorder and ‘limes.

It is not to be forgotten that this spring offensive, in Europe. in Africa and on the Atlantic, iii Hit- ler’; supreme effort, the effort for which he has been preparing so long. That. it was coming we knew in advance and that it would be mrnsidaible we could be sure. Britain

. as before, is engaged in a life and

death struggle and we must expect serious sotbacks~ possibly disasters —before the final victory is won. —- Toronto Telegram.

How would you like to have e home in a cactus plant? Probably ou would not. Yet there Ls a spec-

l es of woodpecker in northern Mex- 4

ico that: often makes its nest in the stalk of one of the large cactuses. the giant cereus. Undlsmayed by the spines that cover the trunk, the bird clears a space, and with en- ormous labor, digs a short tunnel and a flask-shaped cavlt in the tough fibrous wood. Both {he male and female work at the task Thev use the nest for several years, un- less the growth of the plant dis- turbs it. Such a nest is safe from all natural enemies. — Our Dumb Animals. .

In the cigar trade the nickel is the great dividing line. N.nety per cent. of the smokes sold go for 5 cents each or less, which means that. conditions that tend to force a brand to move up or down frcm that. figure are of constant csncern to the trade. Depression forced a number of cigars of slightly higher price down to the nickel level. or below, with a consequent. lowering 0f Price by some that were estab- lished on that level. Induslrial 1w- tivity is beginning to make the cigar trade hopeful of a return of better times. far as pay envelopes increase in number and thzcknzss the men who draw them begin to reach for the hgher riced articles. - Cleve- land Plain eater.

A _Ilew_ glimpse of -Britain's de- termination to keep her sea lanes 0p_€n_ has been given by a Toronto 11115519111113’. who revealed that. while crossing the Atlantc he saw a war- ship of the ncyai Navy deliberately steam into the path. of a. torpedo, and survive a blow which would have sunk the merchan which the projectile was Windsor Star,

t sh.p at azmeu. -

The Butcharl. sunken gardens near Victoria nave been one of the great attractions of a visit to that city. Though open to the public, they have been developed and maintained by Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Butchart, who have anncunced that.

.ow.ng t0 advancing age they have

found it necessary to move town. But’ they have stated that. they are willing to turn over the property to Victoria. and the local municipality jointly if the latter agree to keep 1t up as hitherto. The man persons in all parts of the worl who have seen and ad- mired the gardens must find it hard to believe that there will be any hesitation about acccptln the of- fer. — Edmonton Journaf.

Martha Brown, who recently re- turned to the United States from Rome. reports a well-authenticated story of a conspiracy last. January among Mussolinrs councils of min- isters to do away with him before the Germans arrived. "Members of the council discussed the possibili- ties of tossing out Mussolini. They feared the increasing German con- trol over Italy and a. plan was evolved to take over the govern- ment. To do that Mussolini had to be put out of the way. Having de- cided on this step they drew lnts and the minister of Justice, Dino

that. Marshal Grazlani, as head of the Italian army, must be in Rome when Mussolini was killed and a new government set up. A definite time was set. by the council for the notified but he didn't show up. The assassination was put of! for a week but during the delay Mussolini learned of the lot. Instantly all the ministers, nclud‘ng Grimdl, were ordered up to fronts. Now there is good reason to believe that when the Germans consolidate all of Italy under their control, Mussolini will be kept. on

Lord Leathers, the new British Minister of l Transport, has riot been long in putting merchant shipping crews on the conscription list. An order has been issued creating a merchant navy re-i serve pool of which all present merchant offi-I cers and sailors will become members st the ex- I piration of their present employment on ships, starting May 26. Officers and men discharged from ships since April 28 also will enter the pool automatically and be ordered to report to mercantile marine offices. To supplement these, all persons other than fishermen between the ages of I8 and 60 who have served at sea since January r, i936, but are not now serving. must i register in the week starting May 26. Men in this group who are unemployed or whose work would be more useful to the merchant navy than ashore will be called up.

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\Vhat do our Federal representatives and Pro- vincial Government say to this? Bids being called for immediately for erection of a plant in Wind- sor, Ont., to manufacture anti-aircraft machine guns. Constructing and equipping the factory will cost approximately $8,000,000, and it will employ thousands of workers. l! will be wholly owned by the government, and will be operated 11v r1 subsidiary of the General Molar: Corpora- iimi of Canada, to be known as the Borden Cities Industries, Ltd. The huge factory will produce the Browning high speed machine guns complete except for barrels. The barrels will be turned out in other Canadian plants, Why could not it similar scheme be developed in connection with

as s. figure-head. become the Italian QUISIIIIZ~— pup- pet dictator. - Colliers Magazine.

There ls s story whose pre-

se source one is not at the mn- ment able to discover but which seems worth repeating for anyone who has not heard it. Not lon be- fore the invasion of Hollan the German military sbtacbe st The Hague presented a set of 1.500 Gen- eral Staff War maps of Germany to

the Dutch War Office. Since mel

Dutch had no intention of invading Germany the maps were of no spec- ial interest to their military auth- orities. who, after thanking the German attache for hls gift sent them tobe flied among the na- tional archlves at The Hague. Some days later the attache presented himself again and announced that the German Chief of Staff was very pleased to know that the gift had

een appreciated and wished to an. nounce that he would be moat grateful if s similar set of the or- iiicial military ma/os of Holland could be sent to Germany. The Dutch Chief of Staff expressed his profound regrets that there were no sets of his official maps to spare, but explained what. pleasure ti would give him lo present the at- tache with a set. of richly bound volumes oi the "History of the Dutch Grenadier Regiments" for tranrminion to Germany, and with those the disappointed attache had to retire, - Manchester Guardian.

On the shoulders of ' ' n dustry. now to work closely with Canadian industry in exchange of raw materials snd special parts, rate the main brunt of the task of holding that outpost across the At- lantic. To let it go is to fall bsek to our own waters. perhaps to our

Bruce Stcivrirt & Co., l.td., Is it because our re- presentatives and Government hat-e no vision, for

WlllCll reason our people perish} 1i _. \_- l -~ l. 1 \

own coastline. and to sentence the American people to live thereafter under the constant danger of attack sod under in; constant necessity of

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He would then,

GRADING 0F EGGS

Slr.— There seems to be $01116 misunderstanding in regard to grad- ing o; 38g; by poultry producers of m; pmvlrice, Man are of ilze 0P’ inion that. eggs. W en Film-l- 111"“ be 5611i; to Charlottetown for re-ln- spectlon before being ehliived- T7115 15 not, the case. If eggs are Ended by a, registered Gradln station. ltlien they can be shippe anvwherz as graded eggs. EH23, 1h“ a" m’ graded, may be llflPPed wywhere provided they are marked unlrad- ed. but there is a dlffwlly 0X1 11°‘ count of the fact tliaij-‘flefe 8Y9 11 few stations in the Pfflvmc“ “l” are unregistered and, consequently. may have not the authority to grade

e s. gThere are about twenty-nine (20) registered grading stations and the product sent. out; by these stations can be shipped anywhere. We ex- lpect, that the other grading sta- Mons wiii be registered 1n the 11w‘ |future, as they all sqm anxious to

,comply with the regulation. t 0m- Department is of the opinion that poultry is as paying a BR119051- ition as anything our farmers 6811 undertake, and. on account 0f con- ditions at. the resent time. 0111‘ f1"- imers are urge to produce as mucli .35 possible in order to assist in winning the war. We should, there- fore, boost the Poultry industry as

.well as other farm products.

1 am, Sir, etc.. W. ll. DENNIS.

Minister of Agriculture.

WHAT DOES DEMOCRACY MEAN T0 YOU’!

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Sin-Last evening I amused my- self by sitting near__ the window of my home and gazing out. over the landscape wheie Mother Nature busted herself dressing field and forest in costumes of exquisite love-

lllriess.

The mystery and glory ofcarth redeemed under the magic imam

‘or spring filled my soul with infin- ite pleasure. and caused my heari- bo send forth a thousand magnetic vibrations.

, While I was thus musing m? ,.th0ugi1l,s wandered to Europe where ithe God of Mars has changed the iserene and beautiful face of Nature ‘into a writhing, bloodflecked land.

lét‘.%.2ll‘°l..‘a'°..'lfél‘.“ W"$‘J.°.§‘,°'§‘.K ifihtiilfihl’; “Tdllilllillfil g, s gggrggg- gig "M, gggflw- m» m» sease an death are being visit/ed by all has revealed the unlimited Burma". ‘m’ Atiommqh ° '

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,raeyo ragees o -uy.pii

;der that ga second world war has which the average Britisher pose- MONEY To L05" “algal? "n7 u“ new “a icome upon this generation in the eases. 154 Pfllwl Street»

lbrtef interval of twenty-five years: , cmmsgn

a W" =° deslmmw- °"’°°l°““ “d War Aims '

widespread, that our very civiliza- tion trembles under its prodigious flood. | Minds of Satanic evil, cradled in itlie pit of darkness have sprung up ‘to destroy democracy and all it stands for; a power which, if vic- torious. would crwli beneath its iron heel those precious liberties which were bequeathed to us by igenerations of valorous men who have long since passed into the great. beyond.

We who are privileged to live in a land where the horrors of war are linknown have much cause to lift. our eyes heavenward and thank Almighty God for the peace and blessings which are ours.

The peoples of Jiis Continent owe a mighty i\ bt of gratitude to the inhabitants of the British Isles whose indomitable spirit has failed to break under the savage blows oi a mighty enemy.