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TllE O flAR LOTTETOWN O llABO IAN

itloruing Dally tl-‘ounded ln 18871

President: Lieut. Col. W. Cheater S. MoLllre lice President: ,| R. Burnett, FJJ. mrcrulary: Licut Col. l) A. Maclilnnon. 0.3.0. rjtlitm and Alitnagmg Director J. R Burnett. FJJ. Assivwaur Editors: Frank Walker and lan A. Burnett

suosicitiriaoniizairea By .\l:.il in l'.l'l.l., $1.110 pH year; 32-50 l0!’ 5 llllllillll $1.25 for 3 months; 50o for one mantn 11.1; Delivery $5.00 per year: $3.110 for ti month! $1.75 for 3 muntlu By Mail in Canada and U.S.A. $5.00 per year Aataulay Weekly: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for 6 moutna 50c [or 3 months

be obtained ll , New hurls: Uld and Wunlilnlton, I248 Peel h‘v' ‘ haul Stand. Ne»: Stand. Uutlbury. lltlll rain-ii.- hllup. Mi nlnn N. 15.; l-llli-n Robertson .\lllll\‘l'\\, .\ h.

s-liiin Hinton; ml:

film cSPNUCIIl/QSECClECIIIOFy is Weaker than the l1 err/rest lit/c."

Si.~i\C'l‘l‘ltD.-\Y. NOVEMBER l, 1941.

The Comnluil Bond ion issucil by the Royal liriirgt ippcars an account of a i. ~ .. .. .: l1.\\ ll'til<tl'i'.i_\ iiicii1lii-i"_<-—recipients l i'i-~-. a aa-cizil Urdci‘ for civilian .i iiiiiiicilizilcl)" aflcr thc Y. C" iiii-rgci .\lt'llill, iiistittilctl for wider aiii-iiiy iliusc rcntlcring distinguished r- link of llriiaiu. In a reference _ , ,..ii and i.» tlic common bond which It. i ‘i. ii ii-z-iail a- ll l'<'\llll of ilic common dan- r l. ml 1 lll"i'll~lllll v, ilic Prcsiilciil, rt-nlarkcd: “\.\ ii r all. (i... llli‘ llllillllllt‘ significance i i1. ll \\'.'l~ ~iircly this. Among all the » of i"iviiiii.::iiici~ which divide us from if: ll 2- lilll‘ (‘Hlllllliill lioiid, Tlllll bond c r it- ltlllil than lliti-t’ differences are t0 i- lllt llltllll of our common heritage — li i.- ilic bond of tliat widcr l1eritage— r i< lilt‘ bond of a heritage still \vider— i (Uuiiiiiiiiiivcaltli. lTroiii tlic toils and en- ilic hci-iii-iiis and .~ilL‘l'lllCC5. of our fa- ll\ \\ c lizivc inhcritcil a laud in which

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life can he lived according to our gciioriil will, and not according to the i :ii p i» s c rl will of P111116 tyrant. BOT" cf li< wil wc all iiilicrit a love for its beauties-

ii.- gri cu llt'ltl>, its quit-t lioiiics, its ancient build- lil -", its rivcrs and lakcs and mountains and fells. its sca swept coats. \\'e inherit, too, a love of its ' niiiiiiii. the in-‘titution of the law before i all I!i'(‘ Pllllfll, the institution of British .- play,’ the llhlllllllfill of justice which holds nit-ii innocent until they are proved guilty. \Ve ‘fit. also. a common ilesire to put right those ct ‘l thEiig< which grow or creep into every civiliza- tion. our own no lcss than others. \\'hile we iii l_\‘ iliffcr as tii thc ways in which we may make oiii- l-illll gi-czitcr and more beautiful and the ways in which the ill things should be made right. we are atone in our belief that we and we aloiii-w-tlie ll|(‘ll and women of that land — shall n ii-rin ii. \\'h<-ii an outside aggressor dares t0 ziiizicl." 11-, or in lalic 11$ to task for not living tin- dci" some system different from that we have " i1 and fa-"liioiicrl for ourselves, we are very "n riric. Tilt‘ thrcat to our liberties and the ~ ti» our flQlIl< is met by an instant and im- plaritblt‘ uritiiiiizil tiiiity. lt is tl1ci1 that differ- eiiccs of \‘l'('(‘1l or class, of breeding or birth. flican iioiliiiig. All that counts is that we are fel- low cit ciis of the greatest Finpire the world lia- cvtT l\'ll(1\\ll and of the fair land that we in- habit, :iu.l as ft-lloii" citizens we are prepared to fight and to siiffi-i" for what we believe to be right and against what we know to be wrong. 'l'lii= triic and lasting and profound ‘liberty, equality iiiiil fraternity’ in common danger is sriiiit-Lhinq that our focs over seas cannot tinder- sianil lt is a real thing -——and our gathering hen’ is the sicii and token of that reality."

Battlefield Souvenirs

The lMIi-li (loverinnent, now centred like so fllllill‘ ~1ll\"l'-’ in lniiiloii, is restoring its long sus- pi-iwail piw-lal service. Some special stamps are ~ll1‘il for this, and will he recognized by llll‘ llriti-li po-ial IHlllIOFlllCS.

'l‘lii;i- iwll lit! unique pliilatclic examples, says a luillillill (‘1tl'l'(‘~]1"illfll‘llf in the Ottawa journal. an engraving of the ruined U. S. A. l‘ll1ll.'l~~l' hi \\‘.-ii"~'i\v_ (i(‘('lll)l(‘(l when the war l»; do tllll by .\lr. l)l'('X(‘l lliilillc, and another $hi»\\~' 1hr gallant Polish stibmarinc, Orzcl. A lMIlIl/lll firm l\ t-xcciiling the order for these .\l.'11llli<, an-l oiii- lll(‘llll)(‘l‘ of it, a former Rus-

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siaii rav.ilr_v ~lllllll'l', “'51s born in Leningrad and cilncaiiirl at Siiiiilcii-k and Moscow. He recalls Iii-iv, lll lif- >cliiiiilila_v.< a peasant showed him, ll<'.‘ll' Siiiid- -, wine buttons recovered from a Cllllllllllllill L ‘c lll which soldiers of the Napo- lrii-izii" (ivaad .\rni_v wrrc buried.

lhti-i- nir-t hi- .'l llll\'l' of liault-ficlil souvenirs

riiiiiiil Fini-lt-ii-l." 1l1|\\', and one wonders what in;i_v ll.'1\(‘ llillilirlltvl. iii ilic rcccnt fighting and liiiiiiliiii-iliiiiiii, ltl lll1' mciiioriiil erected lo the l\'ti.--iai1viciiiryol 181.’.

No Quebec Problem

Ttlaior-ticiit-ral l.. R. L.'il<'lcclic. Associate

n"l1lll_\' .\liiii-tci" of National \\'ar Services, in. an ilfl'll't‘~'4 in 'l‘iiriiiiu1 l'(‘Ct‘l1ll_\', said tlicrc is no (jut-be; prolili-in and no French-Canadian priiblini, iiiiil lll(‘l'l‘ will bc 1101K‘ tinlcss it is cit-aicd from without Taking notc of this stale- mcnl, ilii- liliilic and .\lail says: Tllt‘ l‘it l that lll('l'(_‘ is a French-Canadian pro- blem fllllillliPll from what Sir Robert Borden '(‘ll.'Il'.'l\'Y "i/id 11-" "i11.'il.'idri'iit methods" which TCZIClH/l Tll ir l1l;_‘lll‘\l point in arrangements for rccriiiiiiiq :iiiiiiiig French-Canadians in 1916.

Tht- 1'<‘~r‘11!1ll('lll ilicn created has been fostered ever since by miserable politicians, and the con- scription biigy still is being used to promote the political fortunes of petty partisans who appear

to be more concerned about party welfare than national welfare. A

If we are to believe General LaFleclie. tlicre is no justification for the notion that a Quebec problem or a French-Canadian problem exists. If there was any warrant for the hostility of French-Canadians to compulsory service in I917. the pcril which confronts this 11atioi1 and this limpirc at the present time is so serious that parochial issues pale into insignificance beside it. As General LaFleche has so well said, “We should do now what we would do if the (Ecrmans lauded on our shores."

—- EDITORIAL NOTES -: All Saints Day, or Ilallowmas. I U Q I 'l‘on1orro\v' All Souls Day—R. 1, P. is 1i v n-

Complaints are being received about the con- dition of secondary roads for hauling. 1b A‘ ‘i Ill Evidently milk distributors do not see cye to eye with producers in the proposed increase in prices. m 1- A requiem tribute to the work of the Rev. Dr. Malcolm James llacLeod who for twenty-five years was pastor 0f the Collegiate Reformed Lliurch of St. Nicholas. Fifth Avenue and Forty-eighth Street, New York, was conducted

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last night. Addresses were by the Rev. Dr. llcnry 17.. Cobb, senior lllllllsllll‘ of the Col- legiate Reformed Church; Dr. Henry Sloane

Coffin, president of Union Theological Semin- ary and Dr. Charles R. Brown, dean emeritus of Yale Divinity School. The Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of St. Nicholas Church, pre- sided. ii m 1r a Sixty _vcars ago the then Bishop 0f Carlise in- stituted in his iliocese the reform public-house system which made them cooperative organiza- tions, \vhei'ciii the manager" was paid a commis- sion o11 all the food and supplies he sold but nothing on beers or alcoholic drinks. This na- turallyi tended to make the salesmen push the sale of everything save drink. It is still the most popular syslcin in liuglzmtl. and has been adopted in many other communities in Scotland, England and \\'ales. Again in the vanguard, Car- lise taverns are rationing customers to one pint of beer a night with an extra glass to regular customers ——ii surplus permits. >11 y >t= =i< Moratorium on mortgages has its limits_ In a. Quebec case where the farm mortgaged was be- ing neglected and its value allowed to deteriorate .\lr. justice Archambatilt maintained that the Act was adopted as a humanitarian move in I933, to protect small proprietors hit by the depression arid could not be used as an obstacle to prevent a. mortgage holder from trying to realize his guarantee, particularly in a case where the value 0f the guarantee was allowed to deteriorate through the negligence of the debtor. lle there- for condemned the defendant to reimburse the plantiff and pay the costs of the case. U I U ll

It is rumored that Premier llcpbtirit is scri- ously considering another appeal to the elector- ate. Let him pause and consider the fate of Pre- miers Duplessis and Patullo rather than that of Premier Maclklillan. Nova Scotia has been Grit and machine-ridden practically since Confeder- ation, and only a. miracle like the reciprocity is- sue would give the Tories a look-in. This apart. let statesmen and even would be statesmen rea- lize that as a nation we are at war to the death with the powers of darkness and reaction and close our ranks for the duration. I~le is no friend of cur Democratic institutions who would throw a province or the Dominion into political uproar with the enemy at'our door.

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How historic names recur iii the present day. Recently we had a descendant of Shakespeare visiting us; now falls to be recorded the death of Jacques Cartier. He passed away at Dax, in Occupied France. l-le was head of a firm of Parisian jewellers whose founder opened a branch in London ivlicrc Jacques established himself in I909 as an expert in precious stones, making frequent visits to India, where he was well known among the ruling princcs. Several fine examples of his work were selected and shown at the fatnous Exhibition of llritish Art. in Industry in London in I935.

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The defence of tlie Empire is steadily being strengthened t0 itiakc tip for tlic criminal ncglcc! of past years. Extraordinary iinprovciuents made in the Pacific during the last year have resulted in “almost impreguable" American and British (lcfcncc outposts from Australia to the \Vest Coast til the linileil Slates, it was asserted by Sir liarle Page, former Prime ltlinistcr of Australia, en route by plane to Eng- land. Sir Earle began his air inspection trip in Australia on September 22 and visited Singa- pore, Manila, Guam and Honolulu. “l was very pleased to sec the cxtrzinrdinary improvement and the steps which liavc taken place along the whole line from Australia right through the Pacific," lic said. “lixtraoriliiiaryi improvements have made the Pacific defences almost im-

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Government edicts which have pegged prices and have completely cliininatcil war profitcering arc giving English people "the chcapcst bread in the world." according to .\lr. Garfii-lil Weston, llritisli Member of Parliament. who is returning to linglaiiiil after a lhrcc wircks‘ nil-slim connect- cd with lll(‘ British .\liiiistry of Supply. .\lr. Weston is also managing director and chairman of the Weston Biscuit Company, which has 4o factories in England and is the largest manu- facturer of bread and biscuits in tlic llritish Em- fill-T, "We learned our lesson in the last ivar," he said, “and I can honestly say that there is ab- solutely no profitcering in England in this war. \Ve feel that such an essential staple as bread should be priced as low as possible." Ht- added that bread has been pegged at sixteen cents for :1 four pound loaf, ~' ~ w» a,

NOTES‘ BY I'll! WAY

Th" B" no casualty lisla pub- lished m the Third Rech. Typml 01 uie Nazi meunod l5 the pnnted 038w sent, out to the next of kin o! we 1411.011. which reads: "Your son

thus-band! will not be coming baw- Hell Hillel". - Manchester Guardian.

The Canadian people understand the urgency a 1.111s war. They {cam to be l. 1d what they must. no to ensure vctory, and will re- MY-flld provided phat strong and el- fwlelll P0llCl€$ are offered them. They are fed up with hat-m-hand appeals. They are ready, more than ready, for strong leadership. ——W1n:11peg Trtbune,

If prizes were to be lnstl- filled for naivete, we have a nlce Lille ready-made list of candidates It COllSLSLs of people who play “games of skill" for money at. fa rs, those who invest 1n “money- makmg" machines peddled by Slrflnsvrs. and M1". Herbert. Hoover, who thinks Germany will let. American food shipped to the occupied countries g0 no the 5m- fezing conquered people.- Wind- sor Star.

"This war will end exactly like the last war", says Field Marshal Edmund Ironside ‘"1119 Gerfnans Wlll keep up their bluff untll the en-d and then c.a:h suddenly. I assure you that when the Germans do crash they will crash bad] ". Such statements are, naturally, encouraging, but, m; confesses a certain distaste for tltctn. They reflect the mind than would fight t-liis war according 1.0 1918 IIl€lli10d5 which has been Droved will not. do. It 1s not safe to base any present-day expecta- tion on what, happened 1n 1918._ Port Arthur News-Chronicle.

newspaper

To builil a home on a right, basis the qiullties of unselfisliness. k ndness, courage and stren tn must be predominant 1n e thoughts 01 the parents, together Wll-h 1111111121 obedience to that high. er spiritual law vrliicli alone can bring about the peace and harmony for which mankind is seeking. Tl1e privilege of bringing out, the true sense o1 home ls one of the greatest works w-hzch can be un- dertaken bv any human being, - Gneliph Mercury.

Years ago it was decided that Canada was wealthy enough to pay $20 a month to tlie indigent aged and m 1.111s Province a policy was laid 11°“! 0f Dflyllll; an allowance o1’ $40 monthly to wldcwed motili. 9P5 P1115 $5 fo; each ch.lr1, 1;, an CWISCK-‘flvc these allowances were 5mg“ ellougll in peace years. If the Government 110w conslders 1r, necessary to pay cost. of living bonuses to individuals earned $2,. 000 01‘ $3.000 per armum, haw much more pressing g-must be the need of the pens oners allowed only $240 a yiear or these mothers who must supplement a slender allow. ance of less tlian $500 a year by 801111: Ollt to irork? These people have no one to press their clalzns. their status 1n the community ls not such that tiliey can place a gun at the head of governments, vet they have as much risht to a c051. of living bonus as anyone else and there 1S littltg doubt but that Lhe Canadian pubilc would gladly see them given 1t. _ Toronto Tcle_

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Mr. Eden. the British foreign 5°°1"‘~l111'.\'. 1n a 511641211 made 5:1 the House of Commons recently, called tot production and mire produc- “(mi 997°" Blld Yet more effort lmlill victory 1s won", He referretl to the preparations ‘l0!!! 1n pro- Bress ‘for a great. forward move- ment. 1n the Middle East which will sink? lfilllllt.’ blows at the enemy 11 511°C“? 15 to he assured in this new "WW. l!» is clear that nothing can be loft undcne 1n increasing ‘the Ol-Wlmt of war weapons and

materials 1n Gzeat Britain and Northern Izeland. 1-lit.he;-w_ p, must be admitted, this pmvln 9

llfls not, for various reasons, been putting forth the fullest pgsgiblg amount of effort, in that respect. The commencement of a new am] intensive war product-ion drive which was launched at Bzlfast will, we trust. roetiit. in an adequate ans. wet‘ t0 ttie a/ppea], _ B81155;

Telegraph. N» census of London shelter. inmates has been taken recenty

so far as I know, but. the number 0f Dwnle sleeping 111 public shelt- er.» 1s surprisingly high, 1n view or the fact. that London has had no raids for something like two months. The cur ous- fiwt l5 ma; the shelters. at, any rate the better. OYBHIMZEd ones, have become social centres of some importance. An 0111-888 Pensioner of 74 was asked the other day wh he sllll came to the shelter regularly night after "fEhl- His reason, which was con. ‘#1161118 enough casts light on a f€8dSOCll1lIlL€ll "I live 1n one room", he said, "and now that. I'm not working I d(.1't. see many peg. ple to talk t0 during the day. Here at. night I get to know a lot. of Pvbplc. and I can smoke my 111110. and have 0. game or darts, and get. a cup of coffee and acme. lh 11B to eat at the canteen, and 5168b Pretty viell as comfortably as I suould at. home“. - London Spectator.

Generally, the Netherlanders have not been noted for an interest in doss- T111198 yes. old masters. deflflllfily. But dogs, up 1,0 Jung 1940 "my could take 0r let alone. NOW. our four-footed friend has devt-‘Wpvd Superlative news interest 1n Holland. Whenever Hitler meets Mussolini or Hort-by, whenever he reports "stupendous successes" 0n the eastern front, vv-henever, 1n 5110". B. bl! story breaks over the controlled wires lrcm Berlin, Neth- erlands papers suddenly remember what reader interest there ls 1n dogs Whole pages of dogs, from 51TH?» Dimes to Peklnese, decorate their Doses, and the Occupation Command 1s beginning to catch 9n, “Unless there 1,; gn end w m, billet-lee, severe measures will be ‘taken . says a recent Nazi edlct.

We pre just, tired of 1,111.5 sort o1 thing . Never mind, I-‘rltz, you w.ll be more than tired before you fln- lsh. You are only beginning to learn why tihe phrase "to beats uhe Dutch" was coined as m enthus- laatlc superlative. -- Montreal Gazette.

It In a curious eril Indeed that, while the Dcmln on of Can- ada ls the centre of the Ern in Afr Tralnlng Scheme, an en r- P1156 unparalleled and that while Camda has led the world 1n nlr freight transport r mpltl, fly. lng reaming largey the exclusive

lon of the very rfch and of

e Ill‘ force. There has never been any "flying mlllt-la" 1n Can- ldfl. no commercial flylng school

on: received either aublldy

"1-‘_l_lE‘_(_IHARLOTTETQW~l§l GUARDIAN

the illegal places of sale,

PUBLIC FORUM

‘Ihln column In Ipll Ill the illleululnl by eorrelp delta I! qnutloln of Internet. ‘Ila Charlottetown Gnarllnl dean not neeuu-rlly endorse the eplulen of eerveepnnledl.

CRIME AND PROIILBITION

Sin-The reply of Mr. Arthur Setter to the Temperance Peder- ation 1s an interesting mixture of bad logic, liquor propaganda, and hearsay. a combination often pro- duced by those of hls way of think- ing. But, too much should not. be

not approve of total abstinence.

o score hls first point, Mr. Bet»- ter quotes what he from reliable authorities during my sojourn on the Island?’ These tn- formed him that. the dry votes polled durfng the plebiscite; were cast by the Temperance Anom- ations and the families the 0on- trolled, along with the boot. elgfilng fraternity and their kin. cs0 “drys" comprised 110 per cent. o1 those who bothered to vote at all, hls reliable authorities had mid Such a proportion would leave the "wets" with a mere Der ornt Now Prohlbttton nu always hm n substantial majority here. but nev- er as sweeping as that Just, claimed. The actual figures at the last pleb- iscite, were 10.368 for Prohibition and 7,869 for the roposed liquor law. Mr. Setters re able authori- tles let 111m down that time.

Mr. Setter repeats his assertion re drunkenness m Charlottetown l-le probably saw all the drunks to be seen in Charlottetown. He would not miss many since he visited all and no doubt saw some on the streets. As to these latter he mould be re- mtrided that this province has no "hotels", taverns, or beer joints, for the special accommodation of drunks. All drunks are sure to visible, but not so 1n Montreal, No flgures for arrests for drunkenness ln Montreal are at hand, but here are some for Toronto: 1n 1933. the last full vear before the beverave rooms were o ened there were 3.094 arrests for runkennem. In 1939 under government control the num- ber had increased to 7.112.

His letter reveals Mr. Setter as either a gullible victim of the no- torlous Quebec liquor propaganda. or as himself’ one of the pro gand- fsts. He advances man of t e false presuppositions which he liquor ad- vertisements seek to squeeze into people's minds. He would hide the scientific fact that. alcohol is a poison, a narcotic, a drug, which 1s destructive to living organisms. With contemptuous reference to lson" llquor, he forgets that. "good" liquor. while a little less lsonous and slower 1n its fatal M- lon, ls even more deadl in its so- clal consequences 1n amlly and community life. Mr. Setter sfllYlJld have added alcohol to his 11st of poisons "never intended for me stomachs of man." Even emperors have not been immune from the n.1- cohol poisoning. as witness the case of Alexander the Great. He died before the Prohibition era too. at 32 years of age, In view of llquor’; record else- where. Mr. Setter need not be sur- prised that. alcohol has figured in crlme ln Prince Edward Isl-ind. though we are much more for .unai,e here than 1n other places. In three murder trials in Nova Scotla, a povernment. control area. during the 11st slx months, liquor figured prominently ln the evidence. A few days ago a young man. a soldier, was sentenced to five years 111 Dm- cliesler for breaking into *1 liquor store at Kentvllle, His four compan- ions received shorter senzenccs. Perhaps Mr. Setter would let us have alcohols crime record ln P. Q. or even Montreai.