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President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. Isl-Io Vlce-Preeldent: J. I. Burnett, l‘. l. l. Secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. lditor and Mans Associate Editors:

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker The the Weakest Ink.’

FRIDAY, novnrman use, 1m How Will They Vole‘?

If it comes to s vote in Parliament on send- fng conscripts overseas, how will our Queens and King's County representatives vote? Sure- ly they will be men enough to support the stand taken by their Prince County colleague, Col. Rnlston! No Province in Canada. has a better right to expect its mmebers to take this stand thall has Prince Edward Island, with its unequalled enlistment record. No Province has a better right to prote::t Mr. King's amaz- ing statement that the voluntary system has provell ‘adequate’. The following official fig- ures selected recently by the Wartime Informa- tion Board at Ottawa show how grossly inade- quate and unfair tllat system has provell to be so iar as Prince lidward Island is concerned.

Under this now about spent voluntary sys- telu, the response from the men of military age in this Province has been the largest recorded for any of the provinces, alld that from Que- bec the lowest, with a showillg less than half the per capita record of Prince Edward Isl- and, and little luore than half Urat of the rest of Canada. These are the figures:

Prince Edward Island, 46.5 per cent of all men between the ages of I8 and 45 years; Brit- ish Columbia, 45.8 per cent; Nova Scotia, 45.4 per cent; New Brunswick, 44.6 per cent; Ont- ario, 44.4 per cent; Manitoba, 44.4 per cent: Alberta, 41 per cent; Saskatchewan, 39.7 per cent; Quebec, 22.8 per cent.

How then can our Federal representatives, if they possess a grain of intestinal stamina, do otherwise than support conscription whole-

. heartedly as a means of reinforcing our Island

soldiers overseas?

How We Voted In '42

This is how the vote stood in 1942 on giv- mg the Government power to send draftees overseas if necessary.

NO 335.351’ 993.663

33.043 45.94°

4.43!

55.735

63.314

74.371

75.427 317 I20

60,885

1,643,006

YEI

.. 1.217.604 . 376,188 120,382 105,60: 23,660

221,198 254,301 188,172 186,172 86o

Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia . .. .

New Brunswick . ...... Prince Edward Island . . Manitoba

British Columbia Saskatchewan ..

Alberta

Yukon Territory .. Yellowknife and District Service Vote

.-.-....-.s-

313 251,118

TOTAL

$945.5 I4

Air Training Facilities

News items in the last few years have fold of airmen and soldiers being killed during their training periods. These fatalities, before a po- tential combatant llas had a chance to strike a blow at the enemy, always seem particularly poignant. But tragic as these accidents are, battle practice, in the air or on the ground. with the use of live ammunition and a close imita- tion of battle conditions, have been justified by the Allied combat record.

It is impossible to tell precisely what an air- plane, a gun or machine will do in battle until it has been tried in battle. But throughout the war every item of Allied equipment, from clothes to bombers, has been put through the most stringent possible tests before combat use. Lessons learned in combat have been applied to later tests. The result has been increasingly superior performance and fewer costly failures and it has been s, large factor in the coming vic- tory. So the men who have lost their lives in deadly serious training at home are no less heroes than the soldiers who have fallen in bat- tle. Their contribution is not to be discount- ed.

Copied Nazi Shovel

file intreuching tool, developed by 11K Qf. lice of the U. S. Quartermaster-General and now in general use by the armed forces, bears out the old adage that all is fair in love and war, for it was inspired by a similar tool cap- tured from the Nazis early ill the war, The original intrellcllirlg tool, issued by the U. S. Quartermaster Corps at the beginning of the ‘V31’. “I35 Simply" a small shovel with s blade S 1-2 inches wide by 6 inches lorlg and a straight handle, bringing the over-all length to l9 I-2 inches. The tool developed from the German model has a blade of the same size, but, by means of a special sleeve nut, the blade may be adjusted so that the tool can be used as a digging lllilllftCk by setting the blade at right angles to the handle, or a shovel when the blade is set in a straight line. When not in use the blade may be folded right back against the handle alld inserted into a fitted duck bag which is 5llS|)El‘l(lC(l from a soldier's belt.

When folded, the intrenching tool is only one inch longer than the superseded straight shovel and the adjustable blade, when opened, provides a tool six inches longer and with more ‘everage than the old implement.

At the same time the German intrenching tools were captured the Nazis had been fight- "ng for several years and had been improving :heir equipment apace. The adaption of the German tool by the United States is an ex- ample of how advantage has been taken of

enemy experience snd using it against him. However, examination of the captured tools brought to light many needed improvements be- t'ore they could be profitably put into mass production.

The German tool was a hand-made, care- fully machined job with the blade made of a high chrome content steel. The knurled nut, which adjusts and locks the blade in its three positions, was made of s plastic compound.

Quebec Labor View

In an article entitled “Voluntary Enlistment vs. Conscription,” Mr. Gustave Francq, vice- president of the Quebec Provincial Federation of Labour, comments adversely on the recent broadcast of Prime l\lilllster Mackenzie King. Mr. Francq does not lvree that the statistical data given bv Mr. King are good premises for his argumentation — believes that the only rea- son which could be invoked for not having full- fledged conscription is the promise made by the Prime Minister. But Mr. Francq adds:

“The explanations are far frolu being satis- factory and. stripped fronl unnecessary and ex- agerated phraseology, it simply means thous- ands of young men are mobilized, forced through military training with a view to incite them to enlist for service overseas. It is ex- pected that circumstances and pressure will ill- fluence those young men to change their status of conscripts. It may not be open conscrip- tion but nevertheless in most cases the aim is achieved. Individuals are at liberty to have their own opinion. Insofar as I am coll- ccrncd, I do not hesitate to say that I prefer the system enlploycd by ollr neighbours of the South to the one existing in Canada for lnally rea- sons. I consider the U. S. system lnore just and specially less hypocritical.”

EDI IURIAI. NOItS

d The Navy League campaign now holds the stage.

a y s1 As a Province, or even as e city, we are not getting any better very fast, are we? I U 18 C

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What is one man's drink or fortune, may very easily be another man's poison or death. U II i F

Halloa, the Prime Minister speaking: Ohl if I were King of France, or, still better, Pope of Rome, I would have no fighting men abroad, or weep-

ing maids at home; All the world would be at peace; or if others must show their might, Why, let them ensnared in quarrels be the only ones to fight. - u General Sir Bernard Montgomery, K.C.B., D.S.O., British officer, born this date 1887; entered the army in 1908; served in the Great War; was commander of the Infantry Brigade at Portsmouth when present war broke out; promoted General Officer in Command in Southeastern Command 1941; given command of 8th Army in I942, upon which his name and fame became household words, the soldiers re- ferring to him endearingly is "Monty." i i i!

“The old lady, as I've said, was very devout (writes Tom Clarke in the BBC overseas Let- ter from London), and she said, shaking her head, ‘I'm afraid this war may have been put on us because we haven't been all we should have been in the past.’ ‘How,’, I asked, and got a surprising reply. WVell, for one thing,’ she said, ‘we didn't finish off the Germans as we ought to have done when we had 'the chance

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A prototype house has been ordered by the British Government to test the possibilities of using ligllt metal alleys in house construction. Astonishing results have been achieved with pre- fabricated steel houses and it has been claim- ed that light metals can be used at least as ef- fectively as steel. as well as relieving pressure on steel supplies during the immediate post- war period, and thus speeding up the huge re- construction programme. If the present test proves satisfactory therefore British people may be found living in factory-produced aluminum houses by next year.

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The diversion of milk from cheese factories to creameries in Eastern Canada has brought about a slight improvement ill the butter sup- ply situation, but available stocks still are low- er than they were a year ago. In its October re- port 011 the dairy situation, the Dominion Bur- eau of Statistics reported October butter pro- duction was 24,500,000 pounds, a decrease of two per cent as compared with the correspond- ing month of last year. Total production of butter for the l0 months ended September 3o amounted to 269,250,000 pounds, a decline of more than five per cent when compared with

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the corresponding period of I943. All prov- '

inces contributed to the decline except Sask- atchewan and llritish Columbia. 1s I I I

The American attitude to the Air Confer- ence at Chicago has been described as the op- positc of the British, and recently it appeared that Canada had taken a new stand, sought to play the part of a mediator, with Reconstruction Minister C. D. Howe submitting what was called s compromise plarl that would introduce an element of control, but at the same time re- tain the principle of free competition. This plan has been welcomed by some American dele- gates as an indication that Canada was leaning toward the United States and away from the United Kingdom. It may not be as bad as that, but for many weeks persons fully informed on the probable trend of post-war commercial avia- tion have expressed the fear that unless the British Commonwealth presented a solid, a united front at Chicago, the hopes of Britain

and Canada could not be realized. What comes out of the Chicago meeting will at least show how good is the good neighbor policy.

‘the House

THE CHARM YITETOWN GUARDIAN

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Smoking cigarettes u" bgvtlid pressure, u does also an tn- " u i? W blll’ Ollerettes. It corre- lgiamthatslgther two-way {.11. morale-druid‘; 815.11..“ ‘°°

b h s trenafualiolii‘ wlitiuli; 0:7: bails,‘ experiment works out sat_ b. doxperhapsmgolnethln may B Cl‘ 8 .- payer.-Kltchener Recoi-llim c w‘

I! they llld such election in reform schools. that youngster- 1h llrnsl-snd who broke out of Borstal 5nd spgnt. a ltlorlous month as a colonel’ 1n th United States $1332.. .. tn . “‘°‘ “Filth.” “l

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succeed in llfe-Vliilnxdlisgii‘ Staiy m

Ever since his election in 1932.

Senator Colllngs. who holds a mlnor portfolio in the Curtln La- b" Cabinet. has refused to rake the oath at the opening of Parlln- menfi- makes an affirmation. He says he is following a family irlidmflll. started by his father", who was one of those who obtain- ed permission for members to make an affirmation lf their consciences forbade them taking an oath in of Commons. - Aus- allnn News Letter. Great “ . both economic and Swill. are smack In front of the Canadian people. Our course for Years to come ls llkely to be charted tn the very near future. Let lt be said that Canadians used U16 QPlWYil-lflliy and privilege which ls thelrs to take the path of their own chooslnk. The answer lies ln an awakenlng of the valug and importance of our democratic privileges and the exercise thera- of-Kamloops Sentinel.

A Bclklnn whii .7... Instrumental in 1118111118 use of Wehrmacht fac- flltles for resistance purposes was

believe ln Hitler. Will

tell me how you reconcile that with Yflllr-Yvlfll pardon me some- what questionable activities on the black market?" The Nazi, who had just accepted several thous- and francs to deliver what he was informed were cases of textiles to France, replied: "There ls noth- lng wrong in 1t. Didn't the Fue- Lrer himself once write that we Nazls must make the most of llfe? That ls all that I am dolng. ‘That l; what every Nazi is doing." — London News Chronicle.

Most people will doubt the ad- vantage of merely working at hard farm jobs for work's sake. and wlll wonder whether people can- not. make better use of their time by 081111111 on machines to do what machines can be made to do. Here 1n the Lethbrldge district. for ln- stance. much of the work on lrrl- gated farms ls done today by ma- chlnes that was done by hand some years ago. But. our farm popula- tlon has grown as a result. Today

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COMPULSORY AGILITARY SHI- VIOE? NEVER.

Sald Mr. Kins: "I wish now to repeat the undert I gave ln Parliament on behalf of the gov- ernment cn March 80 last. The present government believe that conscription of men for overseas service wlll not be a necessary or an effective step. No such meas- ure wlll be ‘ ‘ duced by the prea- ent administration."

(Special War Session Hans. p. 38, tember B, 1W0).

1940 ACCEPTS PRINCIPLE FDR

We are ralslng speclallzed crops wlth the help of machines-sugar beets, canning crops and the like --but there are more men bar farm than formerly. And there 1s a hlirher Income from llfllch to pay them.

Anyone who has attempted to wrlte a. war commentary knows wlth vttlat ruthless and methodi- cal regularity the censorship blue Dencll ls exercised. Passages are cut out whlch have appeared ln half-a-dozen newspapers before and the most harmless and well- known facts ‘suppressed. In the interest of safety-flrst one pllts up wlth all this good-humoredly. But then one flnds things belng assed whlch certainly are ex- remely helpful to the enemy. One (out of many) was when, early ln the war, we obllglngly told the Germans their lncendlnry bombs were not much use. Na- turally they vastly improved them. The latest ls our naive publica- tlon cf the defeat ln Hitler's VI. which causes lt to cut off. No doubt the doodle-bug specialists wlll elately correct that oversight. -Brlstol Evening Post.

Before King George V! came to the throne. and before there seem- ed arly llkellhood that he would never do so. he and the Duchess of York were rezular muslc hall patrons. ‘They often pald n vlslt quite as informally as anybody else. to the West End halls. and obviously enjoyed the Drogrflhls of those days wlth zest. Recently two famous comedians. who have achieved n tremendous popular prestige since those days on the radio and the muslc hall stage. gave a command performance at one of the Royal homes. After the showing King George spoke to these world famous artists. and observed to one of them: "You have done pretty well since Yhe days When the Queen and I used to see you performing at the Lon- don Palladium." "We slr." ve- plled the irrepressible addressed. "you really have not done so badly yourself." At whlch somewhat darlng qulp the King laughed heartily. — From London Let er. -

AUTUMN AND LOVE Now once again the sad slow sca- son tur n Toward winter and the brlef con- RY

DEFENCE OF CANADA

"Emergency Powers Blll passed to admit of the "mobillzatlon of all the effective resources of the nation, both human and material" for the "defence and security of Canada."

But-said Mr. Kln : “Those who wcre antl-conscrlpt onlsts wcre ugalnst conscription for service overseas, and as long as this gov- ernment ls ln office we are going to maintain that position and see that effect ls given to lt."

(l Hans. 1940, June 20, p. 968).

1941 MR. KING “OLEARS" HIS MIND RESULT: NO AND YES

And now snld Mr. King: "I want to make perfectly clear what ls ln my mlnd when I speak of conscription so that there wlll 2c no misunderstanding as to my at- tltude in relation to lt. So far as conscription stands for compuls- ory selective natlonal service, that. is a principle which this govern- ment has embodied 1n its Nat- ional Resources Mobillzntion Act passed at a previous session of this Parliament."

(So, having made lt perfectly "clear" that- the Government adopted the principle of Compuls- ory Mllltrlry Service, he then con- tlnucd:

"I want lt to be distinctly under- stood that so far as the principle of compulsory Sclectlve National Service ls concerned for Canada, ln Canada I stand for that prln- clple." . . ."So far as I am concerned, without any consultation of tho people on that subject, I do not intend to take the responsibility of supporting any pollcy of con- scrlptlon for service overseas (4 Hans. 19411-42, November 12.

, p. 4321).

1942 NO: YES: MAYBE: ANYWAY

WE'LL HAVE A PLEBISCITE

"My ministers accordingly wlll seek from the people, by means of a plebiscite, release froln any obligation arlslng out of any past commitments restricting the meth- ods of raising men for mllltnrv service.”

(Extract from Speech from the Throne, January 22, 1942, 1 Hans. 1942. l1. 2).

Mr. King On Record:

"By national service is nleant any form of service, either volun- tary or compulsory, which conm- butes directly to Canada's war effort."

(1 Hans. 1942, January 26, p. 44)

"1t ls necessary that. all memb- ers be released from any obliga- tion arising out. of any past. com- mitments restricting the methods pf raising men for military serv- cc"

(1 Hans. 194.2, January 26, p. 4.9) Mr. King then defln tely states the reason for the purpose of the Pleblsclte:

“I do not propose to ~erect bad flllth and the broken pledge into a prlnclple of action. I propose at all tlmes to do all ln my power to see that. the wlll of the people, not that of any particular section or group or interest, however pow- erful or voclfcrous, shall prevail 1n ‘the government of this coun-

'(l Hans. January 26, 1942, p. 50)

hm. ILSLEY (Minster of Finance) “To some members of the House, the objection to the plebiscite ls that the plebiscite ls llkely to rc- cclve a majority vote 11nd conse- quently the government will there- by be relieved from its pledge not to introduce conscription for over- selu service, and they are so strongly opposed to conscrlptlon for overseas service that. they even oppose the release of the government from lts past pledges. fhclr position la that. never. nev- ef under any condition, should the government compel Canadians serve abroad." . . . "Now these hon. members are, l am vlnced, mistaken." . . . . "I for one wish to express em- phatically my bellef that tho plebiscite will result tn an over- whelming majority of the Janad- lan people voting to release the government from any past pled- ges whlcll might now prolllbla lt from using] lts discretion to flgllt this war y any method that seems necessary to wln It." . . . (l Hans. 194.2, February 4. 11b. 811 et seq).

MR. MACKENZIE (Minister Pensions and National Health): .."Tlle first obligation upon Can- ls to make sure that. essen- relnforcements 1o provide against wastage by battle or other causes must be provided for those we have trained or are training to send beyond our borders to flght for our country. . .If volunta en- llstments should not be snff clent to provide these reinforcements, my recommendation would be to resort to all measures and means that may be necessary to see that these essential reinforcements of trained men are forthcoming, end forthcoming In time."

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tracted d The sunlight sluntlxuz throusth the

d e lnlz haz 0f wolidliaerild duskse -— now once

1 th lnlt That Isizfllilselfe firiiilrliiment lrl the

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‘Phe rllpgnrd fruit some secret tree S

Like lied lnto the silence -— now

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Of losgeiplrxlletblrda that simmer left

And always through the seasons. never ehanrtlnlt.

The season of your love that knows no cs-

The soft internal summer that a es

Wlthln you heart . . What need the ought for ran lna

Past death toward some ur goal that men beseech

(1 Hana. 1942, February (l. n.

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On Aprll 21, 194R, the King Government mcelved from an overwhelmlng majorlly of the Canadian people release from snv past commitments whlch had re- stricted the enforcement uf enm-

pulsory mllltary servlce for over- seas.

THE RECORD CONTINUE:

In June 1942. Blll 80 was lo- troduced, the provisions of which made posslble the application of conscription for overseas service. MR. KING ON JUNE 10. 1942: