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THURSDAY, JANUARY l, 194C

Maritime Producers Handicaped

When the Bacon Board meets at Ottawa next ivcek no doubt details with regard to thc agreement for the marketing 0f_ Canadian bacon and hams in Great Britain will be fully discusscd, and information released for pub- lication. The fact that the British market 15 prepared to absorb tip to 5.600.000 Pmlmls a week is news of the first importance, and there is no doubt as to tlic desire of our farmers to rise to this opportunity‘ of contributing siib- stantially to the Empire's war programme. But there are tutlicr important factors to be con- sidered. For example, while it has been stated that the price got bv the British \Var _Purchas- ing Commission works out t0 about nine cents per pound live weight, there has been no as- surance fhat grain prices will be controlled in such a way as t0 give a reasonable margin of profit to the Maritime producer at this price.

A correspondent in the Uoiicton Transcript points out that with present briccs for grain products it is almost impossible for the blari- time farmer to produce pork at nine cents per

i pound tiiiless he has an abundance of skint milk

or some other lo\v priced animal protein pro- duct, lie just can't do it regardless of how in- tense his patriotism may be.

Involved iii this (itiestiou is the tiiifiiir freight rate stniciurc which permits Canadian grain and gratin products to be ilclivered to livestock feeders iii litirope at a lilwer price than Mari- time lﬁuuicrs are obliged to pay. Under the \\'ar .\l(‘£l>lll'US .\ct this gross injustice could promptly he removed and the benefits that would accrue would contribute much towards economic assistance in our war effort.

Since riuieiitliiiciits to the Transport Act are expected to be made at the coining session of Parliament in relation to the already existing Agreed Charges for railway transportation, and since various reductions have been made in the interests of ceiitrzil Cimzitlirtn farmers. it would appear that a rcuucst for the allocation of ex- port grain rzitcs for Maritime farmers, at least for the duration of the war, should hg favorably rlcceivcd by the Board of Transport Coniiiiissitiiicrs.

Legislation along this line would be facilit- zitcd by a izivorzillle recommendation from the llzicon lioziril. stressing the importance of

placing Klziritinie producers in a position to contribute their quota to Britain's bacon re- quirciiiciils.

Prince l‘_.\l\\'ill‘\l lslnild, as lll(‘ principal bacon

producing proviitci- in the .\l.'iritinic.s. .is vitzilly interested in this matter, and it is hoped that no" cfirlrt will be Sll2\l'C(l to co-opcrate with those in New llrtiiisiviclc and Nova Scotia who a" ""“' ‘llmlf-Il)‘ ﬂf-Iliilil"! for reduction in feed run-s.

Yuletide Al Doom

tVritcs Judith llobiitsoii, mistress of iionv, in (he Lilolic xiiid .\l:iil: In a czistlc iii lhorii, tlic old ititiii who used

to be liiiipt-ror of Ucrmzinyi called his house- hold stzitf together for prayer service Christ- mas morning". Accnriling to tlic dcspaiches from Doorii, thc old iiiziii IIIZIITL‘ .'l speech at the scr- vicc stressing tho sigiiificziuce of the Christmas festival to the world, "cspccizilly iii time of war." lii tlic evening. wearing his (itiai-ds tiniforin \\'llll‘ orders, and ziccoiiiptiiiicd by his wife “in ‘evening drc~s with pearls", the old man dined ln state \\"lll lIl('lllllL‘l'S of his court.

That would he about the time when, a few hundred Vmilcs west, the steamer Slanltolitte, struclt Wllllilill iinrniiig bv a torpedo from a Qermziiisiilliiiziriiie, Slllllv", leaving eleven sur. vivors ot its c|‘c\v of fwciiiy-five to spend Christiiris night clinging to a raft.

- The licriiiziii custom of torpcdoiiig without warning gocs hziclv to the Old Empqror‘; d3“ Bill 1l‘\\'f1>" 1W1 I1 part of the traditional (it-r- niaii (llflsllllils lC-llvill that the old liuiPeroi" flwelt on in his. iidilrvss tit lloorii, if the report is correct. Shipping Control

The current monthly review of the Bunk of Nova Scolizi ls" tlcvott-d to a review 0f merchant shipping :it the prcsciit time as compared with

the (lpeiiiiig mouths of the last world war. Sir Arthur Stiller is (punt-d as ., iiig of the last conflict: “It was its much il \\';ll‘ of compet- ing blocl<:i<l<-s, the siirfiicc zuid the submarines. as of coiiiitt-iiiig ;ll‘llll(‘.<. llt-liiiiil tlic two bioch- ailcs the economic sistems of the two Oppos- ing gi-oiiils of countries were t-iigzigerl in a (lg-hilly slfllgfﬂll‘ for lixistciiicc." .\l the present

time this rliiirziclerizntioii set-ins oven more apt. Tho coiiiplctt- Ill'lll(llll'_\' of cciiiioiiiit" \\'lll‘ifll'C -- bloqlqhhg (‘illlllll‘l‘lllild§illll‘, rind the economic nrgziiii/Altiiiii l‘('(]llil't'll lo riiforce or combat lilticl.'.'illc--li;is lii-cu l.'ll\l'll up as it ivris laid (pm-n in pills, lii lht-sc circumstances, lucr-

chaiit shipping occiipii-s the centre 0f the pic- ture, for it is at once the chief object of enemy lttack Zlllfl tlic most important weapon against ecouniiiic ilcfeat.

'l'lic lliost important (lifferciicc between the shipping sittmtion now iiiid thiit in i914 lies ll‘ the immctlizitc assumption by the Allies of coii- trols, not only (I\'(‘i‘ shipping btit over imports and a number of other factor ivhich affect thr- shipping pnsilirlll. llritriin nlrezidy has a Minis- try of Shipping iiiid zi Shipping Controller with Cilmplctp p<i\\.'l‘l'\' lo ilirrct .‘|ll(l .'illoc.'itc sliiilpirg rpy)“"“(l\_ Import Illltl tnxtiort rinilrul has hcvﬂ in force siiivc iht- bt-giiiiiiiig of the iiai‘ and

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preparations for rationing certain foods are al- ready complete. Moreover, under the economic co-ordination scheme into which Britain and France have entered, shipping is one of the six main departments for co-ordinuted planning and action.

The outbreak of war found the world with a considerably larger tonnage of shipping than in 1914-68 [-2 million tons as compared with 45 1-2 millions. Britain's tonnage is a little smaller than previous to the last ivar, but from an Allied standpoint this slight reduction has been more than offset by the increase in the fleets of the rest of the Empire and France. Their combined tonnage, about 24 million tons, is a million-and-a-half tons larger than in i914 and comprises 35% of the world total. The United States, japan, the Scandinavian coun- tries, Holland, Belgium and Italy have much larger fleets than before the last ivar. A signifi- cant change is thus the increase in the amount of neutral shipping, which, if necessary and feasible, may be called upon to carry Allied goods, says the Review. This comparison is valid even if japaifs tonnage is excluded or without counting U. S. ships \\‘lllCll are now prevented by the Netitrzility Act from entering “the war zone." But it is not logical to exclude American vessels from the pool of neutral ship- ping, for they might well replace shipping on routes outside the war zone, thus releasing ships of other nations for liuropcan trade.

= EDITORIAL NUTPS -=

It is too early to predict precisely the dale of the opening of the local legislature, but accord- ing to precedent it should be about March I2.

l! it 1K 1N

Marechal Joseph Jacques Ccsaire joffi-c born this date, 135.3. “The .\l;in of the _\l:irnc," who was credited with the “niirzictiloiis" retreat of the Germans there.

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Now everybody-ivell, ncurly everybod_\'—is satisfied lhirlizimciit will rcsuiiic with a full re- presentation of lslzind members, iiiclutliiig two outstanding liiiitince Blinislcrs, (Ill “is” and El "has been.”

in a 1- u-

Rt. lion. Leslie Ilorc-llelislizi, llrilziiifs \\'ar Secretary, visited the iiicii of the Ciinzulian 15x- pedilionary liorce zit Aldcrshot and paid them a tribute, saying: "No fiticr body of men has ever crossed the ocean" and atlding: “\\'hcu one secs these incu one has not a doubt about the result of tlic war." \\'lici1 .\lr. llorc- Belisha lcft he said: “One must congratulate Canada on producing such a fiiie force and also the officers 0n the brilliant organization they displayed."

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Sir \\"illiati1 Clark. British High Commis- sioner to the Union of South Africa since i034 has left for London to talce up his new tlulics as chairman of the lmpcrizil Shipping Cullllflll- tcc. Sir \\'illiaiti, who was lligli Commission- er to Canada from I928 to i954, was most popular in South Africa and there were mniiv expressions of ragret at his tlcparttirc. The Rand Daily Mail, in an editorial typical of Olll- ers published throughout the Union, said: “He has handled problems with wisdom and tliscre- tion. with profound tiiiilcrstztiidiug of the hopes and feelings of tlic young South African na- tion. lie has been a true friend of this conti- try.”

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§iugiiig is tlezir to soldiers, :iiid the Czinzitlizui Legion is iloiiig its bit iii organizing entertain- ment for the troops. .\ national public coiii- paign will be opened in Canada February I2 to raise funds to aid in this work. Corps of train- ed entertainers such us (‘zipt .\lert \\i'. Plunkett, Gitz Rice. Capt. Ben \\‘. _\llcii, Alain Murray, Ilowrird Large and tnziiiy others, some of thcin veterans of the famous “Duiiibells" troiip of the Great \\'ar, will go overseas to help form and train concert parties iii the \'l\l'lLlllS tiiiits. Cos- tumes. "props" and other iivcvssities of thea- trical troups will he PYOYldCIl b_v the Legion. Nucleus of a concert tiarty has liccu fQfnlQd in many a unit before it starts overseas, aiid the legion organizers report a very high standard of talent in the Czinziiliiiti Active Service Force.

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Tihcy are all doing it, every blessed one of them, except otir province. going after a rea- sonable share of the war trade. Our politicians arc themselves so comfortable iii their cushy jobs that evidently they don't trouble to think of the other fellow. he who p.'i_\s the tax bil‘s. llon. \V. _l. Asclsliiie, .\liui~fci' of 'I‘i':ide aiid lndiistry in B. C. ziniioimces zi trial shipment of 4i tons of British Loluitihin uiillcil flour will be made soon to the British iinvul hn-c zit Singa- pore. lle said tlic ordcr was iiizidc through the British War Office. It is the first time a Bri- tish Columbia mill has participated in this hllsi- ncss. Mr. Aselstine said the Department of Trade and Industry is co-opcmtiiig with the Canadian lhmtifattturers’ .-\~sl>ci:iti0ii and vari- ous purchasing boards to promote British Col-

umbia industries iii supplying Empire wnr needs. \\'li;it are our office holders iloiiig iii the mzittrr? w u w: m

l\lr. Alexaiiilcr Roy, Tomiilo, billed fhc Toronto Tlwmsportatiou (liiiiiiiissioii for $5,- 000 on grounds hi: htid imported Florida wcathcr to Tioroiiio tluring the Christmas shopping sciisoii. llv withdrew" the bill soon af-

ter. .\ foriitcr mining m:iii. .\lr. Roy said his small wezitlicr-tnztlv-iiig iiittchiuc Cl'('.'lll'.s' a vacuum 100 miles wide extending completely zirountl the earth on any givcii wave-length. ly iticzins of tlic clcclorzislnlic wzivc-s \\'(‘.'llll('l‘ cziii be coit- veyetl from one point lo :iiiotli<-i' zit will. he said. Claims of .\li' Roy that he czui influence the elements are “pure ltuiiibiig". zicctirdiiig to .\lr. Edgar C. Tihrupp, retired Vancouver civil engineer. .\lr. Thrupp claims the new law of gravity hc has developed allows him to l1l.'ll\'9 accurate predictions of the wcntlii-r, earthquakes, sunspots and occurrences of the Northern Lights. Ilc says nothing mrin can do will change tlic weather. "I cam prcilict gzirlhquaikcs and lllf.‘ weather-for 50 years ahead if necessary-but

you can't iiifliiciicc lhciii" hr said. “"l“licy' are ("Iuiscrl b_v iiiirrplziiiclzirv grzivilzilirliizil force. I'd h|<<~ in we .\lr. Roy shift the illniivts ivilli his lilllc box." '

"run CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TNE WAY

Oddut llory of the recent evac- uatlcn of children from Lzndon, ls that of u very small Eds-t End bay who Arrived at ms destination Wlfh- out any kind of identification 111191. The llttle lad was asked what be had acne with his ticket, lull bursting lnbo tears remarked sadly “I was hungry and I are it." - London Sketch.

Quebec women have been sub- jected to legal political and pro- fezslonal disabilities long after their sisters all over the rest of tho Dominlon were freed of them. Quebec laws have classified tnem as minors. denied them t-he fran- chise and barred them from the professions and, If married, pre- vented them frcrri controlling their own property. When they gaLn the vote it Ls felt that they wil. be well on the way to securing other re- forms. — Edmonton Journal.

News photographers complained of the difficulty o! finding impart- unt faces at the Soviet Elmbassy reception this week, yet there were two wersons there who seuom mss u Washington puny. One was William, the negro doorman. who wears a coachman’: coat and trill silk hat and calls out lll a son- orous tone for the "Finnish Ain- bassadofs car." The other was Rldgewell, the man who repeats your name to the host and htstess. Both are Washington llISlllllllmIS. They belong to the caterer and oome to the party along with the food and silvsi~ware_ -— Christian Science Monitor.

The joker In Japan's declarxtlun of neutrality, that the Powers "must take due ctire not to errtitc such a situation as might cause Japan to abandon this policy," shows that she st.ll has not lcniii- ed to her elf abandon the pclicv oi threats. Despite all her bludsr, it ls evident that a Japan abiuclaiicd by hci" Nazi lillv n eds Britanls friendship much more than Bri-iiiu nerds Jupairs. And still more (‘Vl- dcnt. is the lirt ll1ﬂl——(‘Xl)'.‘fllCllc}' aside — it ls China that bath dir- serves and can sincerely i-rcipro- cafe tlic full measure of Brit sli friendship, cspcczally‘ at tlizs mo- ment, when both couutrie. stiiiid in the same line against the \\'lll\lC principle of aggicssion aiid are irrevocably committed to figrlil it to tn,- end. — Hang Kong Prrs. .

There is not. Utt- slightest tloulil. that. Ribbeutrop has antagonized large fractions of 0pm on in ll s own country-the holiest Nazi and otli- ers who genuinely consider tnat Communism ls an evil, the Rosen- berg theorists who believe in the doctrine of expannoii north-east- ward, the admlrals who do not care to see the Bali-it: become a Rtsdzin lake, and the lndusfrtals who look- ed to South-Eastern Europe for willing partners in German trade. All these in greater or 1ess:r dc- grce, have seen their hopes (‘IRSlI- ed and their aims miscarried. The author of their disillusionment is now trying by bluster and 1a. so charges to absolve himsell from the consequences of his own ineptitude, and to put upon the generals the responnbllity for getting lllL"COUll- try out of the dlflficillt prsition into which he has thrust it. — The Times. (London).

“This new titan conceived by thc brain of man will, it is cxiprclrd, iii

last provide man with the long- sought-lor philosophers stone foi the transmutation of vase metal;

into gold on t; large scale, will pro- duce limitle=s quantitlrs of proc- lous radium out of common sa L an?

other cheap materials, and lll"r,l startling of all, will reltasc the enormous, practically limmless

amounts oi cosmic energy locked up tightly within the cares of the atoms of which the matrrzal uni- verse is constituted" Thai. m y sound like an ancient alclicmislls dream. It is a newspaper account. of Prof. Erned O. LRWYCIICPS pru- jected giant. cymotron.

W. G. Stamp, Collector at Fort Eric. conzlububes to the RENEW tlic following story 1n connection w.tli the tourist traffic at. that port. Arriving at the Customs insure- tion pliittornt at the Peace Bridge, a tall, slender young man (lflvlllf! an autcmobile bearing licence plates of‘ one of the So tiiciii States, informed our olfimr that he wanted to g0 to "Canadyf U.ou being advised that he had arrivcn he produced a crumbled scriip of paper and tendered it to the 0lf.cer who read aloud frcm it tlic iianc of a small town l0l51ll(‘(l iii the tobacco-growing district. o1 inls province. Th; young mans lace brightened upon hearing the name‘ and Indicating with a nod of his head the figure of a little old lady In the seat, beside hzm, he informed the officer that he and his “mnw’ were going to visit their kmstolk who were curing tobacco at Hint place. The litllc old lady in turn nodded toward the young man. saying "Absalom, lies my boy." The officer then inquired about. their baggage and lils attention was directed to a burlap bag in tlic rear of the car, which, tlic _v.u|ig man stated, contained their "wear- ing utensils." In add tion to wear- ing apparel the bag contained a package of four poiin s of tobacco. The young visitor was lulornied that. Customs regulations twrmill. d him to bring in not moi: than t-wo pounds fol" his own use aiid that the excess itmcunt wouxl have to be detained. Tl": Yﬁlllll! mrin 11'1- pearcd f0 CQIICCIILITHC for l moment and tlicti m his soft. draw.- ing voice, explained that. liiill the tobacco was for him and half for his mother. Evidently interpreting the expression On the officer's face as one f doubt or disbelief, the sharp-eyed hlllman svggzsted to his mother that she "give up her Missouri meerschaum." whereupon the little old lady reached into a pocket. of her black drcs and brought fort. a corncob pipe: from another pocket she prdiiced tobacco and matches. Exgrrtly lumping tobacco into tlic bowl of the pipe she stuck ii match on ill‘ solo of h"r shot", t,"n'i lcrrotl l-‘ir flame to tlic bowl oi lie pp: and

H,-

PUBLIC "FORUM i

0hr- ugullon dun _ I-Ol n;

unrrolllonduntl.

“CITIZENW MEETING"

strz- As one of a number of nth payers who responded to an Invita- t-lon from Mr. John Anderson to meet at his house for some genera discussion of clvlc affairs I would like to cxplaln that. during the tune that 1 was present no consfdemtlon whatever was glven to mulbllltles to elec n to the

as candidates for Council; and for myself. on every occasion when naked w consider

such a course have met the mquest with an emphatic refusal.

Discussion at the meetln: centu- ed largely upon the advlsabllity and prospect of lnstltut-lm bare a clty managerslup system in connection with our clvfc government and wags and means by which this mfzht. be brought about. An fncrcaal num- ber of municipalities operat un- der this system seem to be workln a. rather remarkable Improvement in their affairs. and In Charlotte- town ll. ls worthy of consideration by citizens generall . A plebescitle for or against at e February el- ection would brln the issue to a decision and In e meantime the grpsdand cons could be actively de-

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If citizens were favorable to u changed system In this respect they imglif. 8.1.20 express at, the same time by plebesclfe their preference or otherwise for a Council of say four, five or 81X members to be elected with the Mayor by the whole civic electorate to replace the Council of eight elected from the flve wards as heretofore.

I am, Sir, etc, ROBERT L. COTTON

CIVIC REFORM

Shy-Our friend Mr. Hamming Stub‘ “your correspondent. “RA!- foriner," scolds me quite ardently because I differ with his suggestion that the long established system of civic government. can be re- fortned . . in the short weeks before ilie February elections " Also, that, the “good service” by our tire-sent Mayor and COUDCll,“l.l’l8.i»l-$ simply my own opinions."

To answer these personal ele- ments let ine say that "scolds" was its far from my intent as east from west for I esteem Mr. Hemm- iiig as one of our best assets as a lfJlplllfll‘ pnblic-sipirited citizen, and tlnit I am in agreement with film in the belief that the personnel of the City Council, is as clean in

intent, as any we have had for many years.

And yet both have views differ- ont, to mine. and both liable to

mistakes and imperfections, to ivliich I do not claim myself to be exempt. We are all in public ser- vice or utterance, and all proper subjects for criticism as to our words or acts.

Mr. Heimning mlsconstrues my attitude of “reforrnﬂ to be worked out between now and the election. I think, with exception of details we are in much-accord, but. my view ls that methods of reform should be at once grappled with. candidates should be ln a position to Itty their views and intentions before voters, enabling us to selnt the most promising for the future.

With this objective I criticise the acts. lay bare defects, and expose the faults and defaults so that those seeking cfvlc honors, and taxpayers making their choice, will have some lair knowledge of what they are voting for.

Mr. Hemmlng introduced the subject. of our Civic Charter. In this. there is a large field for sharp criticism. Our Act of Incorpora- tion represents a system, an excel- lent one developed in yearly tests ivith almost yearly amendments and improvement. The Legislature alone has power to amend or alter this system. yet to the close student there is scarcely an important fea- lure of it which has not been r-i-mpped and inferior unauthorized methods substituted.

For instance sec. 36 enacts that: "The City Clerk Shall be the Gen- eral Accountant for the City." This section ls deliberately, and. I mnliztain, unlawfully relegated to oblivion, and without authority of statute, another is appointed who iii any litigation would be without slnuis 1n the courts. The City Clcrk Ls the statutory comptroller of the accounts, which. when certi- fied by the auditors. are the only safeguards of citizens having fin- ancial transactions with the Clty, ivlicse vouchers and receipts have a legal status.

Why again was Sec. 113. re- quiring that the 1938 accounts be "published ln detail," consigned to the discard? There was no excuse for this. It was not dominated by or contingent on the proposed ape- cinl audit. It only commanded ac- counting for their own year o! business. the record of their own- stcwardshlp for that. year. The illness of the City Clerk was not rin excusable drawback. They had their Acting Citv Clcrk with all records of the office for that. year un-der her supervision. There was the help of two auditors. all other departmenttal reports immediately at command. their own Council commltteas on the spot fully lc- qualnted with civic operations un- der their personal supervision. Just the same its in the past sixty years, and yet the statute is set. at de- finanoe. and the taxpayers kept in ignorance of that. which In their

lnalonlttble right. And lf this phalanx of regular officials was insufficient to accomplish that

whlcli for trt-ars has been u. "one man job." the Council 11nd power. and could have secured a score of efficient bookkecipers to comrplete the work, and at a much 1m cost than $25. per day.

We are told that (at n stagger- lTllZ cost) a new system oif uvount- in: has been adopted. To follow the instructions of the Act 0f the LetziZsTaliit-e. there was an almost “erfeet system outlined. Any in- novation upon this will have nel- ih~r status nor value. and unleu it conforms to the requirements of the Ikwislatlve. enactments, lt will be that much more of money dumped into the whirlpool of ivnstr. Or. at least until coated by the visionary white wash brush of

legislation. I cm. Blr, etc REFORM‘!!! LONDON-(CP) -Alr-rald war-

den William Neale. a self-taught artist. uses his spare time while tending the evacuated pictures from the Tate Gallery by painting amid the stpred_plct_ure_s_.

exhaled several clouds of smoke; alter wlilrli she sat. 'nd contented-

l\' [lllllffl on the pipe. - National Revenue RKWIQW-

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avoidable/ti

FROM “A ST. HELENA LULLABY"

‘How far l: St. Helena from the Capes or Traiaigar?’

A 1011mm way-a lﬂﬂﬁh way-with

_ fen years more run.

It; ﬂouth across the water under- neath a filling star.

(Whit- you cimnot nnlsli you must leave undone!)

‘How far l-s 5t. Hglem. from the

Beereslnu. l e An lll way-a way-tbs lee

cr . But. not so tar for gentlemen who never took advice. (When you can't go forward you must e'en come back!)

‘How far is st. Helena from the ﬁeld of Waterloo?’ A near way-it clear way-the ship

wlll take you soon. lace for gentlemen with ft. t0 do.

e (Morning never tries you gilt the afternoon.)

A

How far from St. Helena to the

Gate of Heavens Grace?‘

That no one knows—t.hat no one

knows-and n0 one ever will.

But fold your hands across your heart. and cover up your lace,

And alller (niill! your trapesfngs, child, ie s .

-R.udyard Kipling.

The Valor Of The Finns

(Winnipeg Free Praxs)

For Just a month now. the lit-tie people oif Finland have beaten back We Bgzresion of Soviet Russia. but for how much longer their heroism and Dheir fewiicss can thwart a force capable of infinite “P31151011. 15 a question anxiously pondered by almost, every itatimt tihe world. Oii the answer may depend the fate of nations. The heroism of the Finns has done more than defend them. Their mil- lion men, three-fourths of them civilians. assisted bv tho hundred thousand women l'll their Lolita Svard blind, have lnipitgiicd

lﬂvlllclbillly of Russian arms. Eiwland was to be 0\'l‘l‘—l‘llll by the steam oilcr of lllf‘ mighty So- viet, RUSS! ins lllf‘ other "restrict- ed objectives" were over-rim by Germany's armored forces. but the plan is not working out. Either the Finns are too good meekly to sitb- mll. or the Russians crumble under their 0\\'2l unwieldly bulk. Can the Finns liold out? Or. it miglil. be better to ask. can they liold out. long enougilt to disrupt the military alliance they are fighting as as- suredly ft. Ls being fought by the Allled democracies? The Finns have been overpoiveringly pressed. but have not been overpowered. In- telligen-lly as courageously, they thrust, back the enemy on the four strategies] lines of his advance

The war opened with a concocted border shooting incident, and a Rus- sian alr mid on Helsinki on Novem- ber 26. and has been a rout. of tilie Russians without insuring their til- tlmate defeat.

I O The Russian plan of campaign ln- volved four distinct operations.

The operation ln the Gulf of Fin- land were to gain Finnish ports ard islands ivhose occupation by the Russians would girt- greater" secur- ity to Leniiifr-rad and Russians con- trol of the Gulf of Botlmiu. The only nation against ivhich Russia might dmlre llhlis added security was Germany . But the majestic Russian Baltic first to which these operations were entrusted has been lgnominioiisly “sirnfctV b_v Fin- lanxfs navy of two monitors and five submarines, and Russian vas- sels lnvelgled within range of Fin- nish shore guns, have been sunk or drlveri off damaged.

Three other main operations were conducted simultaneously and have been carried m1 disastroiisly. On the southern sector the Russians fought

L) “ACKACN; u; nwiu

JANUARY 4. 1940

Our fine‘ stock also discounted. - DOME

HENDERSON

Men’s Overcoats 25% ito 331/370 °ff

of Men’: Suits

TODAY

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wmun Q13)’ reach of Leningrad and should have rapidly advwwd on i; narrow from by Lake Ladosa. Their progress was crippled and cle- morallzed by every conceivable trap and ambush.

The maln Russlan BDBHNOH W55 laid in a central sector. It was rn- tended here Do out Finland ‘in two. from the Russian l0 We, 5W°dl$h border. but the weather in Poland um, wgs propitious to line German operations was foul in Finland for the Rusian tactics. The mlldnm of the season combined with Lille difflcutly of the terraln to m1! B easy prey of the mechanized forces. and those that dld not sink ln the

lakes and sudden z1<>1111<1 We?“ disposed of by Finns concealed in small detacl‘ f8-

The northern sector ls left. The f1ghtlng in the neighborhood of Petsamo has been heavy. and the control once 8811166 by the Ruisllﬂ-"i of the rich nickel area. was no 05f till Finn skiers fort-ed n march t‘? one lnmdred miles w recaivwle Pia sumo. The Finns Ln the I101

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ve established two deifenlvo iiiies, one renclilnc to the Norwr gian border, and have tn recenl days been reported u uttunptbu to cut. off 511F011” l" m" Emu" by fighting to gain control of the railway to Murmansk. This tactlcal necessity has been berated Ix the Russians as an imperialism: to conquer Dart 0! 50W“ 39mm?- a. statement whose vitlldl-t/y la about. 55 ciiedible as were the absurd claims that Russia besrm the W111’ with Finland to defend hemlf against an aggressive people whose total number is less than four mil- lion, mostly Deﬂmnl-l- -

MINK COAT FIRST Tlllrl‘

INIDSQR, Ont, Jan. 1- (OP) - xiii/rt of a $3.000 Canadian mink coat. became the first. crime f0! Windsor police to solve In 1940.

‘The coat was stolen durlﬂﬂ I N9" Years arty at n. Windsor hotel from rs. Simon Meretsky, wffe of ii. Windsor theatre owner. No_ other articles were taken from the suite.

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