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FOUR r .- the Maine production of Cobblers reaching 2,370,- 720 bushels and that of Green ltfouiitains 2,347,- cinnto TTETOWN GUARDIAN ni- Mair this product 5i P" 0* iv erican Cobbler output and almost 90 per cent of lllflml"! 9*“? lF"'-"‘d'd l“ m“) that of Green Mountains. Prices of certified seed to growers on Dec. 1, Vice President: .1. 1t. Burnett, v2.1.1. i941, averaged 93 cents per bushel as compared leorllnry: Lieu‘. Cvlb l‘- ‘A- OAI““:_“;L'I'I~G3'SigL with 69 cents in the psreviotpsﬁycar, 99 cents in It!!!" M"! 511MB“! l"? °"* ' ' it) 8' cents in 193 an 3 cents in 1937. Associate Editors: l-‘runk Halker and [an A. Burnett A-bigdt I98 per cam of the crop was 501d a, “m: SllB§Cl¢lP'1‘l°N RAT“ date as compared with 2o per cent in 1940. 5, mp1,, p424, 54.110 per year; $2.50 tor Lmwm‘ Duty on Canadian seed within the quota limit “'25 h" ‘l,.““““h" 50° l.“ w‘ m.“ m. of 1.500.000 bushels is 37 1-2 cents per 10o Cltv Delivery 3.1.00 per year; 26.00 for b mun 1 T_ _l _ _ l_ I . l __ m 5,35 f," 3 “Hunks; 6",, m. on, Mum; pouiu s. iansport c iaigcs aie a so iigi, 1.111,, u, M,“ u, "the, p. '||1t'05 and u. s. u. $5.00 per year ing from 40 to 5o cents per ioo pounds. Saturday Weekly: $2.00 pol‘ your; $1.00 for 6 months. During the season Sept. 15, i940, to Sept. 14, 5W l" 3 "Wm" i941, Canada sold 750,077 btishles of seed pota- n, ch,,.|,,,,,.m,,,, Mina...“ may tn obtained st toes, or one-half of the maximum allotment. lligli "°"'l'"~'" 5"“ "*""""- """“‘ ““.“"°' M" ‘l""‘l "l" prices in the United States this year should re- South {sens Agent-p, turner Mills um! Wnuhlnxtol. . . . ._ _ 50mm, -_,,,.,,..,,..i...... w“. Agency, 1:411 rm s». duce somewhat the differential in price between "°"'"'"‘= J- 'l"“'l "l" ““‘ “"2 """"""l. 5"" ""d' Canadian and American seed, and it is probable Chateau Lani-tn, (lll:l\\.s; “silluu fun»: stand. Budbury. . . _ . . I Ont; lluti Tnhisvru Sllllp, Uullvlun s. 11.. that sales during the present season. if shipping is available, will exceed those of last year.

EDITORIAL NOTES —

President: Lieut. Col. W. Chester H. ltlclaure

“The Sfrotigesl Jlcnuiry is Weaker Hum "l! lira/vest Ink." _ 'l'llt'lt>‘lil.i\l'. l-‘l-IBIHTARY 12, ism.

_ The Mackenzie King policy is evidently to Timing Bruins knock the Big Interests publicly, and appease __ them priirately-

is a: at The debate on the Address in Parliament is‘ kely to peter out soon, and then we will have it all over again in connection ivith the plebiscite. i i‘ 1K i!

Mr Donald Gordon of the War Time PflC"

. ' . . v- 'l‘hi . pom,“ ,, p, i.,- ‘undated o1i__tl1@ stlwf-l; P I, mom, in 1,1,. ,,\.\~,i_-_i,.;i oi a (littictilt assign- ma,“ R.» t. fir liivc liven about CYl-‘ljllllmg ma, mum 1K. . tell. 11ml L‘; control 1S 100 P" cent compute.

It seems Vichy is playing the saint‘ game with . . U. S. A. that a an lid. In tli r S‘ t i <ti -e up] n‘ 4i 1o do with his de- I 1 . J p t . .6 PC m “him - ll llllls-l‘ *~ _ i other “Ceiling” tie soot tsayings are accompanied by the destruc- - . l ice. an partiiiciit, mete .5 -11 t‘

v_ , V. tion of the Normandie. which Qtlljjltll/ Qlli‘ ive LS not in our new s0 4

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- w , .3, ., - - l6 - . desirous. iliﬂ. ~-‘! W“ Plked PPM n The‘ AIacMillans have a reputation for ndtlinir by the practical con- r

“braiiis" of p p p _ 1 . m‘? letters to their names. and Licut. Bob .\l:ic.\lill;in fiSCQHDR OljWM- “ ll n“ ‘Cw l m l distinguished R. C. V‘. N. R., D. S. C.. iviili lie lethargy". _ bar, is proving no exception: in addition he is It seeins p; - 1 isare lecfénigl/igl; time), our outstanding w“ hcm to date. nsibiliivci initiativ . _ it is is a ‘p0 ‘ iii-en chosen for their per-

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not acrvni = _ The new City Council has been (liilv eon- "llal P‘ll‘ll ll hill-Veil “PO11 the elected‘ stituted as the result of vesterdafs election in l" ll)’ 1 l“lli~ "' “my Cannot be a s“ n “lard V. Hope there will he a ‘Clﬂlllllllllllﬁf’. of

llllll"! l“ ll" ‘l*""’7"" lllllllirs “Ow thromed m kood administration and a decent surplus of re- a irliiile 11a "w".- venue over expenditure at the year's end.

_\oi that we is is it: x government are l

those at the head of our w; in intelligence for many

The Hon. lllinistcr of Fisheries .\llCll£lll(l iold

°f 11m“ all’ lll'l""ll5illl<l' cllllllble m cerm-ni respecis" the Quebec East electors that by 10-13 we will Yet few ‘H1611 czin eii'i‘.iil'llllnalld delftol? mo? not be owing the Mother Cotintrv inivthing on ill?" "l" 1M" "Add “lie Inc,“ (hrectlniie: invested capital, and then we need Hill llllpiil‘! fairs are so vl in wiiitrilittl,’ 11¢ Peel?‘- lflrom any more from her. Fine sentiment from a lPYhCCrllaZlgq ‘as ct-lilglglldilxgt"xhefcilgldigger of loyal Minister of ‘lillkilcfﬂlVll.

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l°5llltl ‘l? “'3'- (illllff ‘nglnlllel: f? C33; Everybody is hoPﬁful that our tonri. season rimriwcadh can?“ . be _ "line , I ,. f s,‘ r will be up to expectations the comiii! son. but ‘lmllal llleaillllei’ \\ My “mu d hey “m e wa do not let us forget the Prince ilﬁ:il\\'ill'tl lslzinil

' .la? < - forTlseangqernt-rous reiviiriliiig of private initiative Wm hi“: to g0 01f the mute {Ur "Wrhllllh Ami would not affes: the re-"pimsibilitv of preventing the" ‘.5 no. Car Perry 51mm" to Sullilllllle ml

- her. Likewise, unless a second steanii-r is prJ~

- . i 1a b . . . . lllgloiiflifilii difcifliisfidiealthoiiould (ilfeoriiri “dad for wood Islambcarlbo“ lillllle" “if ‘nil

‘h! form n! MW immgiriss Canada medL Pr‘? liosepn enormous number of tourists from llllll fits in a growing business are tisually ploughed W“ Ion‘ back. Anvway from this anule it could not be more iriflationnrv ‘iililﬂ the vast sums of gov- ernment money bring injected into the “chosen" for no better reason thzin that they are self- lssertive.

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The Supreme Court bench is Cl)ll1ll1(‘l\'(’ to longevity The Chief justice of Blontriral Su- perior Court, the Hon. R. .-\. Ii. (lrct-iisliii-lds. last week celebrated his eighty-first birtlitliiy, and received from his brother judges, who called upon him in Chambers, hearty CtlllﬂlilllllilllOllS upon the event. In a graceful speech, His Lord- --—— ship acknowledged what he was pleased to note

Previous liberal assurances to the contrary was “quite a multitude of good wishes." and the notwithstanding, it is now evident that there is a gift of a huge bouquet OfCZlIll1lll0ll5 presented to connection lieiwven the restilts of the four by- him by j. A. Beaulne on behalf of the criers (If elections held on Monday and the King G0v- the Superior Court, besides hearty feliciiations ernmentls attitude toward its conscription pleb- from members of the Bar. iscite. " "' " '

The very day after the election, Defence Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the Minister l\'alstoii_ announced‘ in the HD1156 0f United States, born this date, 1809; farmer's s01], Commons that "if army eiilistnients keep close rive,- boat hand, More c]e1-k’1a\\iyer' Supper, p0. in the level of the last four months Canada. will litician’ memb" of Congrggg‘ Qpponent 0f be able t0 meet all fﬁfllllrﬁlllell" °l ll" I943 slavery; retired from politics in 1852; re-eiitered army programme by voluntary enlistments." political life two years later, and after a stormy

Alwlllﬂ‘ l-"Iowflllllflll ‘Pvllcﬁllalli Hml- .l- G- time was nominated as a Republican for Senate Gardiner, interpreted .\Ir. llalston’: statement in 1853, but not elected; in 1350 mad, a great u meaning that there was “no immediate need “sud, again“ gavery, and wa, elected presi. for conscription for overseas." He quoted Hon. dent, being fg-glegtgd in 1364, and continued ,0 Mr. Howe to the Mme ¢fl¢¢li and Bald lll lum- until the end of war, being assassinated at Wash- self was 0f the same mind. _ ington, Aprirl 14, 1865; simple and unaffected in

Mr. Gardiner iveiit further. He mid the by~ manner, tolerant and honourable in character he election’: had u med a nptiiber of disputed gained the respect and confidence of the average Pmmtii ‘llld lhll {VOEYI tlwweddthiyl W“! iniani‘ and ll still revellredldakthe embodiment of agree tiar cons 1cm is no immc iaey ne- s t at a statesman s ou . ‘ ct us have eessary to a tc-tal war effort in Canada." faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith R -?C¢0Y<l;)l’l§ l° lll¢ b81115! KW"! b? l8! U; t0 zhe end dare to do our duty as we under-

aston, etween 173,000 an 193,000 men wi stan it. be needed for the armed forces during the year * i i i ﬂdlfllé’ Illalcllfll- 1943A bglllﬁlgg 0m‘ wlalf-nn‘ Possibility that u tho war goes on the rail- e orces, at ionic an a roa , to 1 maximum w; , ma ha” m cunﬂl some of 0f 515-00" “WW l-“i ‘m l P" caPlla bam- l‘ they servicgs the public has become used very_ consirlcrfilii_v lliitl“? the enlistment: already m, in 0rd" (o cot-mm" giving {up sup. obtained in lrince lpdward Island. It is _0n this port to tum-e,“ of the war effort, was hmted by b3!" (ha! Gmflfllllmll $P°l<¢$lfl=u Clﬂlm H0 Mr. R. C. Vaughan, president, Canadian Na- lmm°<ll3l° "Newly ' lol‘ wllmrllnw" l0!‘ 0"!‘ tional Railways, in the course of an address be- eeasne mm “TH Wk in Vie" of the extreme forpthe ‘Capiadian Club, blontreal. ‘gThe rziillilvzys

. ‘ - con inue o ave a reserve ca aci , nt it wi c- ﬂvll)’ ‘if ll‘! Silll-lwl" l" lllﬁ PIIClllC 311d ll“ come increasingly difficult ti: meiet requirements

Iediterranran.‘ and r the almost certain_ prospect for 311 form, 9f "anwonalion, and it i5 qujtc P05. 0f l llllgﬁ 15 'l1'=\‘¢ "£31115! Olllﬁl‘ Vllal 111a! sible, as part of the emergency arising out of the b)’ "fxl Flll’lll.-'""ll"'~'ll"l'§ 3.23m“ G113! Brllal" war, that we will have to spread out available l1°Y5¢ll—ll‘>“' 8'11’ ‘llfll Slﬂlcﬂlclll! 0H“ b6 3C‘ services and equipment somewhat thinner than “Plcd “llll <'"llll'lYlf"ll°."~ the public has been used to in the past, and we

) _ all hope to be able to do that without undue in-

U- S- SEEd POTBTO Slll-lﬂllﬂﬂ convenience to the public. But it must be realized

that we are at war." mi

Unconvincing Statements

While the mm crop of seed potatoes was the 1" * r

largest on rv-vir-l. lllt’ criip for I941 l5 very do“ Compared with the bewilderment of the little to it in si/e :i:i»l iuiiil<< sis ihc second largest ever "m" with a mm on 1 "m" pit-Ce of bailtcgrourpt Prodllcm l'l 'l'l‘ li'll"“l Slllf‘ “flies Ml’- .l~ P- one cannot helP arlmiririll the extraordinary ca?‘ ltfanimi, .\~~:~T'l“,’ liwiile (linimissioner. NW1 acity of many civilian observers who advance ‘York. iu ill" iii"i"ii' Iii‘ of flit? Cmlllllffflill 1"‘ their theories confidently and authoritatively 0n iqlliguiici» gliiui~ ,1’ I'M- lilll crop is indicated as the passing progress of the war. They grasp the being i7,;_*y.:f_i liii-lith. only (1.5 per cent lvsi widest implications of a llattlclinc 150 miles long. than iii!‘ p11 .l~ \'("ll‘. lite lfi~ll Cobbler f5 Still They spgnd 3 few hm," with troop; in ma“. ilie nil-d ii ill l_\' <:"~ii ii ivviito in the Univ", will oeuvres and come back convinced thni our Army pr-iiliivr-iiii It'll‘ l“i"l‘_‘,' 1» 35,9 per cent of tllﬁ is twice as good as it was in 1014-18. if the oli- liitril- servant eye belongs tn an observer concerning the llir 1"¢-~l"i"l ii: of the Kiniii of Maine is of Far East it is astonishing how at F» .-\. .\l. it de~ iiiiist iiiici~l~t ti» liiiiailit. due to conditions 0f tects unmistakable defensive moves by the lap- grtiivih siitiilur lll those in New llrunsivick and ariese forces but by 12 noon it finds the jnpanese soiiiiwvlirit siiiiilir ill iliiisi- in Prince Edward Is- forces in an obvious aggressive set-tip. Yet_ the hind. .\liiiiii'.- [tfiiillll tion for iiiii is 7,692,333 most agile army in the ivorld could svrircelv re- liiislit-ls n< HQZIiII-l 3.111» i911 liu~hvl< in 10.10 and shape its strategy in the space of six hours. I We the record pr iilncii» ll of 3.510.001 bushels in have, n0 doubt for our sins, to snffi-r snrh rriiiczil I937. .\~: I‘(‘,'~'i'il‘il~ \'-'ll'l' ilos; (‘olililiirs and (ircen observers. only at the time of Waterloo Welling-

~ Ali-mutants lc_d tlie field almost neck and neck, ton got along all right without them, I

AT HE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIA§

NOTES BY THE WAY

Does any one ru_mcniber when it was generally beiiﬁf: in 11115 country tihat Chinese nrooﬁi 931"‘ rled fans and usubisallas, sIiOIPPBf-l fighting whenever lI milled. 1nd slew their enemies, 1f at, all, 17y searing them to deal-h with 8°n85 and firecrackers? The Chmese. 1n fact, were never so foolish as that. They did dislike s:~lide1'1ng_ be- catise, being a haghly cﬂlllllﬁd pwpie, they‘ thought i1 a wasteful way of set-ting disputes. _When In 1937 a dispute arcse which could not be settled except by tightlﬂl; they siftly 1nade_ i-hunselves Lnto a nation of soldiers. We think Ctiiitals allies will not be ashamed now to admit that, there are :10 better troops in the world than General Lin Kvvanlunge figihtiriz men who arrived somewhere in Blllmu. this week after a thousand- uiiie hike through the mountains and jungles southward from Kwazigsl Province. Without. truck or mule they broingtttaalong their own supplies and equipment. tn- eluding an assortment of mountain artillery, These are the soldiers who have been standing off the Jap- anese for four arid B half years. Knowing what we 110w know of the VIClOUSIIO$ and the striking pow- ei- of the Japanese, we ban value what the Chinese have achieved. Long marches under trying condi- tions are an old story to scme of them In the unhappy days of the ﬁtinese civil war the aft-called COIIIIHUUISI army marched 8.900 miles in s singe year. crossing seven major msuntiain ranges and fighting battles evcry day. Major Evans Fordyce Carlscn tells of tnarchuit: with one guerilla band during i/ue oresent- war ivhicli cov- ered forty-three miles in t-ivsntv hours And this was considered commonplace. — New York Timex.

Now the Government is to Issue a second stilt ior walking oiit- by the snlil The difference b'flf~\\'€6l1 an a.r11i_\' bziills-drees uniform and the attractive Royal Canadian Air FOFCC blue. is to he abridged some- what-, if tt- can be Brass buttons come into their own ivzaln. also a. belt, a iii-nun tie and even a collar pin ls to b? part of the issue. The soldlei" will eerlniiily lonk smarter on the Slrre-i. and he will also feel that wav. Gorrl (‘l"l|\"S have '1 rod effect nii Hll..I\'~'l~ evervnne. The ex- penditure is this new sot-up will be hearty And lt is bclniz made after manv months er demands by solrbei" (li‘12<"l1(l(’IllS for increased !lll0\\'.'1I\(‘t‘< tn meet the increased living costs. which ere being mid in bwins form to lndiistmyl work-

' But the wives and children of

.. tors "main on what is vhluai- iv n pittance It tires-Wt add no fairly or (mull-ably. - Si Catliar- lacs si-niiciaisd.

Wi-ll. at least one of the secrets of ~iie success of Britain's famous and amazing ccmmsndcs has come out. It seems that at the moment of one of their recent IQIICYIIZS in Nnrwtiy. one of their tiumber. a p‘per. strnzk up on his brgpipes. This fearful and wcnferful noise. like nothing else on e"l‘l»l‘l o1‘ in bell as all who have ever heard It will testify, came suddenly out of the silence and terror of the night It froze the hearts of l-he defending garrison with snrprire and terror. A‘. the same time it aroused the uilldest enthusiasm among the

' Not all of the » . lo he sure, were Scots. But iue Irish have _ or used to have —- bazliypes of their own. and even ilie Welsh wiil concede that there are crriafn circumstances in \\‘lIlCll a bag pine is more useful than a harp. Even the Poles and Norwegians many of ivhcm are among these hand picked troops, know now that It» is srittich better I-O have bii-giiiipets on ycur sde than

against you. _- Washington Post. Ilorses are coming back That's tht- news frcm the farm

front. With gasoline and rubber and steel 0:1 the restricted list owing to their need for flgihtlng the iviir, old Dcbbin premises to ecmc back into hls own. Horse- power 0n the fiirm is likely to mean Just. that, and in increasing measure as tlie war goes on. If was. stran e as 1t may seem, during the ast war that farm mechanization got. its 31mg big boost. in Wlhlffll Canada. In lhfse days war equipment was much less complicated than new. and mechanization did not. reunite so much steel. lfadvlilzie and tihe like. Duringathe war, too. wages of farm bor Jumped to six and eight dollars a dayi, and with farmers being called upon to the limit. or their capacity there was a demand for machines that would do a big Job faster than horses could do it, Thousand-s of the early gasoline traotons were 501d in the South Alberta fn 1918, 1917 and 101a. and that was the be- ginning of Dob-bins near-exit. - Iiethbridge Herald.

“Ofdthe gurdtnew Labor er! iin ron a r Wedgwood nn is likely to be of greatest. service in the Upper House. He Ls an ad- mlrablo debatier (not that the peers M the best of times specialize in ent-aiid-thrustt, with Mlnlsﬂw- ial experience as Secretary for Indli-i. and practical experience as an aiman, behind h‘m, l. singular- ly alert mind, and u plentiful supply of ccmmen sense. If his duties at the Air Ministry do not. k001i him tOo much away from Westminster he will add an ele- ment of substantial value to the LOTOS’ discussions. It Ls s pity that the expedient. of creating ite- peers was not adopted In this case. Since it, ls specially stated that the four peerages are simply a. matter of temporary convenience. there seems no good reason why their holders’ descendants to all eternity should be Spectator.

ennobied. — London

An army truck, driven by an In- dian soldier was travelling across a bridge in Port Sotidan. ‘Ilhere was a slight traffic Jam. and the driver did not brake quite quickly enough to avoid a eamei. Un- fortunately. the animalss llg was broken and it had t0 be shot. This vens s very serious foe to the owner, for a camel to a Srrudanese

is like his bullock to the Indian cultivator For tihlp reason. l-he owner of the beast was p!!!‘ 1 d

PUBLIC FORUM

Illa Oﬁllﬁl ll ODOI h: Ila ﬂuuulnn b: correspondents 0t nlutluu 0| lnterosh- The Chulotluto Gurllnls don Int unusually one tho OIAIIOII 0| oltlllnuldultl.

ARMED FORCES AND INSURANCE PREOTIUMS

Bin-Since the outbreak o! the war our government. quite proper- 1y, has been pram: llieiwwle 9° "serve _ saving". In vie-w or this the pubic may be interested to learn of the rather strange attitude of the authorities at Ottavira t0- wards the Paying of Insurance Pl‘?- mlums in advance by members of the uimy and sir force.

One of the best‘ masons for soldier takin out- insnzance L} that It affords him an oriportiinit to save systematically in an adini ted- lv safe investment. Tue obvtcus danger is that. the war mitht end

before his policy was old tnovgph to have eslabllshecl any eqﬂlvy and If the dsmobllired soldier

failed to secure work immediately at. some civilian occupation he ntight lose his insurance through inability to pay his premiums. Therefore, the sensbie ﬁlm! l0? him to do would be l0 DRY PXlFa rnemiums on his insure-nice while he is earning in order to get his policy in a safe pcsltion as soon as possible, qsvs is a privilege avail- able to an‘: civilian policyholder who is ambitions enoueh to take advantage of it, and stirangie as 1t. may seem, it 1s also allowed bv the government to naval ratings tliougnxiot to soldiers and airmen.

e . per authcritie. st Oitaiva as to witty this shﬁuld be so elicited tihe following remarkable QXIL-Mlﬂ- tion:-

"The purpose of the restriction on paying pi-esniums in advance_ Is to guard against the polcfaiiooer accumulating in the lzruraneie companies‘ hands a_free surplus which he could requrltion at any time. and. which if distributed while 0n active service mlfllll T5111- itnte against crsripiinary require- merits.“ _

Apparently there is no dancer if he is in the navy; _li is onlv if he is a soldier or an illlflllilll. Not‘ is there any iv-strictii-ii to pl'l‘\'(“.1l. him from assigning as much of his pay as he u'i~“iied to 511V‘ rnemb r of his family" to he lrilfl in llllil for him or plicrd to his cwdit in the bank. The Gilli?!‘ is that he nllgh‘ get his pclcy loo well es- tablished.

May I be mrmiltrd to cite n couple of actual case tn illustrate how this restrictini wows:-

Soldier N0. l-ts iin (X13611 nit typi- of young miin, who at the outbreak of the war 1rd a p11 cv vrith a heiivi’ indibtrdres ztgZlWSl. it. Immediately cu en" rg he took advantage of the o rt ' ' to nut his insnriinc= in better snap so he assigned $10.00 of his m>ritI.1-/ l_v pay to the insurance cfiwpiinv. 1n abctit eighietn moiitihs he had paid cff the entire lfan agains; ifs pclicy and was nnxons to eotttlii- ue s-avlnig at the snare rate, the monthlv pav a=sliznmeiits t0 be credited against future premiums. But. the Insurance czmpiinv, com- plying with gﬁvrrnment iegulaticns. had to report. to the TFOIISIYY Of- fice at Ottawa l"at- the loan now tiad been [Hid o"f and that. lltiture pnymrnts would have to be airpusd to future tiremiuins. Ottawa immed- iately tuck the matter up wi l1 his paymastei‘ orr‘ ' _- him to rvfire his monthly tissigntrrnts to $3.0’), the act-uni iimcnnt- ticcesmiﬂv to pay his premium 011 a snoitthly basis. 1 do not kzrw nlielrr the soldier was urged to spsitd the $700 difference or not. To be lo;- lcal they should encourage lilm to do so lest saving "militate against disciplinary NqllllClIlCIll-SZ"

Soldier N0. 2-15 an industrious boy cf 17, ciigcr to save scm-e of his first iegular income. He start- ed a policy Whitll called for a prie- mlum of only $3.00 monthly, but. he assigned double t-h-at amount in order t0 save more and at the same time get. lllS policy in a safer posi- tion. Through an oversight on the part of the company, the Tress- ury Office at Ottawa did not learn of lt- for over a ycar, when they did the soldier was ordered to cari- oel his assignment of pay for u year and toid that at the end of the year he could ie::eu' 11's as- signment. but only for an amount actually necessary to pay the pre- mfum.

I have. in my possession, letters from both tlime bcys asking vuhy they are not allowed to continue to save whatever amount they wish. The first soldier can get, around the regulation by assigning his pay to one of his parents. who can then apply it. on his Insurance. I11 the second case however, the young man concerned ls not so haipplly situated. Apparently all he can do under the present regulstionl Is serve and spend,

Thanking you for so much space In your paper. 4 I um, Sh", etc.,

EDWIN C. JOHNSTON!

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Singapore's Last Stand

The following 5r narrative appears in Time an is appropri- ate to the news now reoewtd over the wire:

For a few hoim one brilliantly moonlit night, lust week a strip 0d granite ‘rid concrete, 1,158 yards ion: and 20 yards wide. was tho safety valve oi! the B

ire. ‘Ihe Battle o1 Malaya. was 0st‘; the Battle of Slntiﬂinom was about to begin. Between the two bat-ties there lay only the narrow strip connectlngJchore and Singa- pore Isis/rid, lmown as th

e Cause- way.

Britain's aplndllng Anny eom- mander, Isieut, Geneiial Arthur Ernest Percival, mlridiful of the hazard of trylitg to defend south- ern Johore, with no avenue o! es- cape but the Causeway, had decid-

l ed to run for it, to get across the

Causeway before Japanese bcmb- ers blew It. up.

New, In the silver night, the men and their machines were on their way across Not. a single enemy plane was overhead to make things messy The men were of many ria- tlons- Australians, Scottish Hirh- lsntiers, English regulars, bearded Sikhs. wiry Gurkhas. Mailman militiamen _ but. they were of one mind. They had their s’n'!le mind on the question of how to hold this crafty enemy.

they erased 1n a weary par- ade troops sandwfohlnig trucks. ref- ugees teetering on lorries crsmmed wit-h household gcotis. cameraman looking warlike armed with all their paraphernalia, the "is-n knew that Singapore Island mieht be just as hard to def-rid as Ma‘a.va_ had been. They would have one of the advantages that General Mc- Arttiurls troops have on Btvaau — a. relatively small area. for Petr small numbers to cefend. They had about three divisions to guard more than 60 miles of the island's circumference against about slx Japarese divisions. They knew. from bitter acquaintance, the pre- ponderance of the Jfibahese Air Force, and that, Sln-gapoie Islrnd liad only four 320d felcs. ‘They knew how tightly packed are the buildings and tied-is of tlie Naval Base right across the Strait from Johore, and therefore what squat- t-ing ducks of a target they would make. They knew that t.'"e i'1:1nd‘s thirst wculzi have to bi siak'd from t-wo secondary rain-catching reser-

\'Oll‘S—lll€ kind bilastetl at Hnng Kong

And they knew that the im- provising invaders. having made

landings all the way down the Malayan coast. would try n1 lit landings on the fringes of singu- pore Island

But. as llllQV cro 5rd the Can't- way that night. they did not know that help had already reached tlic-m, that a convey of troors and planes and guns, miraculcuslv shielded by a sudden storm tum 60 attacking Jitpanesepinnzs had safely maide port at. Siiigapoi . The motley column on the Cause- W8" dwindled off. Fnnlly, with a. touch of ceremony such as oniv the British could dcvie in such circumstances. the Argyll 8: Suth- erland Highlanders, who hsd been the first Bisitons to meet. the Jap- anese up Thailand way, mas-cred across, the last to lsaie Malaya. "they marched to the defiant ski of an Argyll bsizpipe.

As SOOn as the last- sent was across. mines which saooers had placed under the Cwisctvny were touched cff Great chunks of the niirvoxv strin jumred Into the tight skv its Sift-fact d"ok ll“.d lls rolling lift bridge were biown

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'I‘nls done. Gerérei Perclval ls- siierl a proelamrtlcn to all con- corned:

"Any enemy \i.'lio =ets feet In our f0rt"es= must be dealt with im- medﬁite-lv

“For nearly two months our troops have fought an enemy on the msltiland who rad hcavv ad- vantaces grent- xlr snrevloiitv and considerable frredrm of move- ment by sea Our task has been to impose losses cn the enemy ard tn gain time to enable the games of the Allies to be eonoentrmed for ‘lielr struggle in the Far Fast.

“Today we stand bdesguered..."

BUTTER PRODUCTION Production of creamery hnttnr in Canada. in 1941 was 286.109 940 pounds as compared with 264.723,- 669 in 1940.

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UITAWH, Feb. 9—This Monday has been a red iettier day in th House of Commons and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. What a COIIIPBSI W915 presented between the sober seriousness of the after- noon sltting when worry was dom- inant and the excitement and lov of both governmental and socialis- tic elements in the evening its Lllu‘ results of the days elections became known. A more drniniitic tiny is sel- dom seen in any legislative body.

In the afternoon after one or two questions had been answered and M1‘. K111i: had outlined the govern- ment's program for the session. the debate on the address was resumed by M1". Ross. Liberal member for Calvary East. Mr. Ross is one of the older members, not a great speaker‘, and while mildlv critical expressed general approval of the government. He was followed b.\' M1". Neill of Coinox. B. C.. and Mr. W. H. Moore of Ontario. both elected as Liberals. both consistently thoughtful men of large experience. Following one an- other they held the sttentlon of a much larger number of members throughout. the afternoon than Ls

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leaders has the floor or when some particularly important announce- ment ls being made.

Both addresses had been very carefully prepared. both were de- vasttitinglv critical of the proposal to hold a nlebLscite. Mr. Neill. who

twenty vears 8K0 sat as an Xndc- .

pendent member but now sits in the front row of those Liberals who overflow to the Opposition side of the House. suggested that there should be some form of’ united gov- ernment and that if universal ser- vice could not be well applied to a minority element then tiuit element might be exempt.

Mr. Moore's address dealt rather with fundamentals-the structure of government. rule by order in coun- cil, the social consequences or mass decisions. the preservation of de- mocriicv. He is it writer and speak- er of note but I had never hesid him and was quite taken with hls out-of-the-ordiiiary and effecVve deliverv as he read his notes, You could almost have heard a bin drop.

ldom does anyone hold such close attention and seldom does a speak- er Iind his audience in a more at- tentive mood.

Neither of these outstanding speeches are likely to receive the newspaper attention they would.

have had if election results and war news were not. filling the front pau- es. But to those who have access to n. copy of Himsard 1 would certain- ly commend the reading of these two notable contributions. Mr. Johnston, New Democracy. repre- sentative of Bow River, Alta. fol- lowed in different vein, he attack- lniz the plebiscite and the govem- merit. in harsher phrases than any of his predecessors in the socialis- tdc groups.

At tonight's sitting. as I have said, all was different and the speakers with the exception of Mrs. Castlemsn (and I was tzlad to have been here when at least one o1 the two lady members spoke) had a hard time to hold the attention o! any listeners in either House o-

allerlea. When Mr. King entered- he Chamber, after the election o all hLs candidates and the defea of Mr. Meiizhen had been conceded. he received a great ovation from his supporters and the pounding of

desks wgiongiontinued. My min

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Where the green swell ls In the havens dumb.

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—Gerald Manley Hopkins

fir! made a collection on the spa a gave him enough money to bu another camel. 59 honour wit satisfied. the spirit of tiospltallty untarnlstied and the camel re- p . - Indian Information (New Delhi).

ti» brim! a shame against tihe mill- tnry authorities. when tho ca“ came up in court, the driver was put ln the deck and the came‘.- owner asked to Identify him. He. had one look at the Indian. and turned to the mitgiﬁtrate indignant- ly and said: "If this ls we man who killed my camel. 1 Wllh to withdraw the chute In ti" m»; place this man is a foreigner here and lhereitore u guest. tn my coun- try. In t-he second place, he has ntime here to defend me against. mv eni-nw " The court was full oi merchants that rriorning, and so impressed were they by the aptrilt of the camel-owner's reply that

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ii, . , _. in itself, his first. notable victory Mr. Meigiien. At that. time he was barred from showing his plt-asgyte and elation Inside the bar of the House. But. not. so now. Mr. Aleigii. en swallowed a bitter pill iiieii and lie has had to take another dose of bad medicine tonight. 1t nnist sure. ly be realized now thnthis reii is. able brain was not. (ltisigllttl for the leadership of a popular assembly; and the group who englrieercd hi; recall in advancing years iroiii that Chamber 1n which his Outstanding talents might; well have been tiers ed to high public service for still many days. in order to enter an arena In: which he had not. displiivsii much aptitudeln youth. itiust siiroi n. gret. their untimely and llllplovi. dent action. Mr. Percy Black of Cumberland, . .0

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