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TllE GIIABLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily tFounded ln i881)

Iitary lileadquurtcrs has no knowledge of charges against members C.:\.b.l‘. for irregular treat-

ment tobacco parcel within unit." ' The item in question was proved to be a. slan-

, . . . that dcr of the iriirst kind, and it is satisfactory to bagplpeg c"... under the 36mm:-

Pi-onident: Lieut. Col. W. Chester S. blellllro Vice-President: J. R. Burnett. FJJ. Secretary: Lieiit. Col. l). A. MacKinnon, D.S.0. Editor and Managing Director: J. R. Burnett. FJJ. Assoc

SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

I; Mali in P. 15.1., $4.00 per year; $2.50 for 8 month:-

$l.25 for 3 months: 50c for one lhontn City Delivery: $5.00 per year; $3.00 for B month; $1.75 for 3 months.

late Editors; frank Walker and lam A. Burnett

learn that this and some other charges of a similar nature were absolutely unwarranted. The lpnsial service to the troops is safe and sure, any losses which occur being dtie to hazards of war, and these are unavoidable. The Department lis ready and willing to (lcal with all legitimate inquiries and is in a position to report that coiii- Iplaints have been greatly reduced of late. Pro- lperly addressed mail does go to the soldier, pro-

’ Mm in Canada and usiAT “'00 p" n" “ivirled it is not on Qlvesscl that is torpedoed and

B hturday Weekly: $2.00 per year; $1.00 for 6 month 5 for 3 months.

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker than

the Weakest Ink.”

THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2s, mo. A hieiiiurable Christmas

The hospiiuliiy- exicutlcd to iisiiiiig service nicii in this l'l'ti\llic'L' and througliotit Canada ycstcrday was ilupiicxiictl lll the experience of Liaiiiauas oicrsciis irutips to whom ilie doors oi all classcs lll ihc Llllictl kingdom were thrown generously" oprii. 'l'lie same rcciprocatl manifes- tation 0i the klll‘l>'.ill.t> spirit took plzice in all parts of llic liiiipiie. llie rcsult. against the backgrtiiiiitl of tiic llhllllcllltilla struggle lll which we are eiigugtil. ha» hccn it) bring the peoples oi

111g 51.3.5 cuuiiiiiiiiivciiliii uioie closely tu- gcthei‘ than eitr bciiiivs. .\iw tics of friend- ship hate htui ii-iiircil, .i.~ a t'1.1ll\('1|l1C|lC€, which

will endure tiirnt tut the liiciiiiie of this gen- eration, and \\li.cii iiiziltcs Lliristiiuis Day, il)40, one of the glUlllLBl iictuniniis lll our history.

lioritiiiaiel_v iii the i. 11d Cotiiury the Christ- mas ol-iserviiiicc \\:is iuiiii:iri'ctl by any attempted invasion, or ucii liirgt-sciile boiiiliiiig raids, the only air bottle repcirtt-tl being over the Orkney Islands, WllCfC the fleet air arm shot down a German raider.

Of chief interest, of course, was the inspiring message broadcast by llis .\liljC$l_\', who struck a note of “sober couiitlciicc" which was re- flected in other SlICCCllCS by British and Cana- dian ivar leaders. \\hile not uiiderraiiiig the dangers and difficulties aliczid, llis Majesty stressed the lengthening rccnrtl of heroic achieve- ment by British land, air and naval forces and the steady progress iii production of war ma- teria. which will enable us to seize and retain the offensive when the time comes. Uf the people of the United liiiigtltim llis .\lflj(‘.~.ly truly said. “We are all in llll‘ front line and sharing the danger together." This hzid resulted in a new unity out of which is growing a "which we must carry furivaril into the days to come whcu we have endured to the end and vic- tory is ours."

Locally, there were niairv happy family re- unions to give added plceisure to the Christmas celebration. Church services were largely a:- tended and the significance of otir being at war in the cause of Christian democracy was fitting- lv emphasized. The inu-iczil pziri of tlie services, however. was in the Cllsllilllflry’ joyous em], which also ivzis proper in h.iinint-iiiiritiiiiig the happiest and most glorious of all our anniver- saries.

The New Returned Men

There are disturbingrumors afloat that the Do- minion kbtiveriimeut is neglecting nieii discharg- ed from the Lfaiiatlhtii .\ctive Service Forces. Mr. Alec Walker, Dfillllliltill president of the Canadian Legion, charges flatly that the Gov- ernment has failed to take atlerliiate steps for the rehabilitation of zlbchzirgetl soldiers.

H011. Ian Mliclitiiizic, the minister responsible both for rehabilitation and pensions replies that his department is aware of certain cases of hardship and that these are being specially ‘dealt with. Mr. Walker is not satisfied with the: Minister's statement or with special treatment for special cases. lfe insists that if stiiuiblc leg- islation were passed or stumble regulations adopted governing .'ill cn-"cs of (licyqlulygqd mg“, there would be no special cases of hardship. And he insists further that lllC Prime Minister promised such l(‘!_’l~l.‘lll<r1l or rcgulatiuiis.

Th8 C0lllTf1\'(‘l'.\'\', L‘t>llllll(‘lllS ziu exchange, can hilffll)’ foil l0 Tithe zippri-licii-ioiis in the nlimlg of the Canadian people. If llr. l\lzickerizic’s department is iirit able to deal with the mere trickle of dischiirgtil int-u nnw coming hack, how can it hope Io i\l"‘|l il- llifilll {llwYC water when the tide of rt-yiviiriation descends upon it when the war is over?

No doubt the fighting of the war and the l<<‘l‘1\ii\_E uii of a suliplv i-f ivrii‘ 'ii.'i1r‘ri:il is the

lllfllll lil‘f‘l1k‘t‘lll1-'lil~'ll 41f ihi: giivi-i-umpnt, Pu», m?“ ll1-"I 1'11 Ilir- car ircc~< v l'l\'1)l\'('5 looking alter lll!‘ ("il-llilllifw ~f war. The government should havc llll'l'!lll'lil1ill and \'l\llvll (iuotit-l, on IF!‘ ill" 'i'illiilll l:‘"'ll'l'\l‘llilllit‘fl on by the force of an (lllUlY pubhc (ipuintn. Overseas Mail

.\ll biruiclic. nf lil" lvii-lnl wrvice are work- iwy uidcfiirgiililr t.» l1i1'\‘7ll‘ll the growing l1lIl>S of lclicrs- :i|~il l1.i'-'cl~ ii-.<'r~t-:i-, which has reach- Pil record pi-ppnriiiiii. l‘l ihi< holidav sea-son. ['1lff‘il'ilUl-'l"‘l\, ~i~riii~ iii lllt‘ lll'lll lr-s her-u lost in ship siiikiug- tlll llll‘ ltiigh -i-.'i=. Tibia-e losses represent 1i vt-rv suisill prripiirlirui of the illTil

noiiiiy in lllt‘ irui-n. nhrnr-d. Nevertheless, the Pwi F1ffici~ llciviiwiiiciii is recciviii" coiuiilaiiifl‘ and iiiuiiii- .- (or iiuiil. nivch of which acluallv h—-< been ilf'll\"‘l'('ll to lhr- |v(‘f'~!\ll 1o which if iviis

-'1<7i"'--'.’rl. .\l'\uv pf these cnuiplriiiiis are not itplificil, but ihi-v .'.i-<- l1‘\‘f‘\il'_’.'llf‘il a1 no mailer what crisi in time Illlll lnbtny

\ coiuivii-r-ii~-~‘i-ii fivi-n rli" lwlllilll‘ lick-lions nl'-'“‘t‘ll of i'~ l'n<i ‘Viicti lkviziriuicut at fil- l"“'.'t "ivc: ilc1:i“< i-f vllllf‘ false or iiii-l'~"cv1 Cl"1l'"f‘¢ laid "Wind 11"- vrvicc. t‘lIill‘"I‘< which \V""" l"'>‘.‘f1l"'l1‘1' "'1l"‘~ll“'1l1‘4l and friiiiul \\'.'1|‘ti11E i" lri"li .'"ll ii ‘c flu-i piilili-lirvl iii a (‘ac- {Hliaii l1"\\'~l"“"‘I' ll".""l d in u-lizil lvcrc termed "ibv-fi- friin ‘bi- or il- l\\' tiltlier member: of ll“ "ilifiiri" l"1>~‘"l Fwifi". 'l'li"~ crviitilz-iiif w"= c"l~l"" to (i"'l'l(ll"‘l ‘liliwrv llz-iirhivwrtcis iii

5"“? n"ll"iu. and ll" v-vilv crime liv return cable: “ \r'irlc l‘ it-"i-“ivir l'f"'"l"(lll"' 1"“-

bar Postal cn...7;i..-..it.i.-iy false. Canadian Mil-

sunk, Very few mail ships have suffered Q11 misfortune

_. EDITORIAL NOTES .-.

Boxing Day—not a holiday here yet. s- iv i: i:

Next month there should be speedy mail ltrziiisport between here and the New England states. The United States Postal Department announces that airmail service would be extend- led from Bangor, l\le., to Moncton, N.B., be- ‘gllllllllg about January 3. Mails will be carried twice daily. The extension wilhprovide con- nections at Bangor with Bistori and all points throughout the United States U i I I

Si. Stephen's Day. One of the seven ordained

.h_v the Apostles to attend to the finances of

the Church and distribute alins. His defence

‘before the Sauhctlrin contains the first state-

ment of the universality of the gospel to Gentile as well as Jew; was the first (ihristian martyr, and his death was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus, the scene making such a vivid impression on his mind flint he recalled it years litter in justifica- tion of his own catise in time of trouble with the Szuihedriu, at ii- in =0-

Predictiori of Agriculture Department econ- omists at \\'ashiug1ou that sharp increases will occur in United Suites pork prices by hlarcli hears out a forecast which L‘:iii:iili.'ui bacon ex- pcris are tinder-stood to have submitted to the British Food liliiilsiry when the latest Canada- Liiiited Kingdom bacon agreement was being negotiated. Ever since the first agreement went into operation November l, i031), zilloiviiig (‘zin- atla $18.01 per too pound for grade .»\ \\'il1- .~llil‘l' .~iilcs,_hng pric: ~ iii (‘ziirztlzi have bccu much higher than iii the hinted States. Hogs in the United Slates now ziverzige about $13 25 for 100 potmds live weight at iihiczign, \\'.'i>liiii_::toii ex-

ha rmoiiy ‘

pet-ts C>llllllllPll the price Wbtllfl he $1 to $2 higher before the winter is over. If a $2 in- crease occurs. the American price wih be equal

l \ . . . r‘ f0 the 53.25 live weight price oii loroiilo mar-

kct. it >l< >l< n:

hlorlcrii mziu is more than 30.000 vezirs old. Rev. Joseph Dolicriy. Si, head of a Boston College anthropological expcutlititiii, says the grzivtflvzirtls of pYU-lllsltifll‘ Syria had yiclzlcrl evidence tracing modern iiriiikiiid back at least in 30.000 Bf‘. Father Dnheriy. who has just rcttirned to the Yiiiieil States. said the expedi- tion tiiicovered a petrified skeleton and wel‘- preserved skull of a child. scvcu or eight vcars old, which he (l(‘.\L'I'lll(‘(l as “probably the carlic<l rcniaiiis of a defiuitclv miidi-rii iiiaii vct found." The skull has the rouudctl t‘ll."l'llCl(‘1‘l.~'llC: of the

i modern face, he said. and hicks the undeiisluug i

l71\\'. reccdiuf.’ l”"°l‘°i"l and itiassive (>‘_\'("-<Ot‘l\'(‘i§ of its ape-like Ntwiutlcrthril fnrchcars. The aii- fhropcilogical age of the skull was cstziblishctl bv the cnuieiuprirarv sfriiit--:ige fur-ls and \ve.'ipr~u< fotuirl with if, 3| fret belon- the stirfacc. after three years of excavation. The site of the dis- covcrv was at the lifitlom of a cliff in the vallev of Aiitelias. six miles from lleirut in fhc mod- ern republic of Lebanon, Svria. n: w n- n Yes, they have got no dictatorship in Oii- tario, all the sauie one town there does not think it should have its name changed without being consulted. RFSlflClllS of Swastika. are prepared to accept mail addressed to the ncw name, \\'iu- stun. But they still are augiy because they were not consulted before it was decided that “Swas- 'tika" must go.’ lion, T. ll. McQuesten, Min- islet‘ of lligliiviiys, auuouiiccd last week that Sivasiika would be rc-uamed Winston, after Prime Minister Churchill. Later Premier Hep- burn in reply to protests fioni Sivastika resi- dents, who objected to the change of their his- toric name to a less historic oiic, said they could choose any uaiiie ihcy wanted. but Su-zistika must be replaced. Hail addressed to Winston has been received although the Dominion Gov- crnmcut has not changed the name. One resi- dent, giving her approval of \i\"inslon as the iicw iiziiiic, haul a tuiique rlsasou. “i “'35 told lodav of a federal niiiiistcr who could not have certain mail coming to him from a place called Swastika," she said. “lie asked to have it re- lavcd by a fricud. That's a giJOLl enough reason for changing the name." n u- m o Poor Cinderella did ultimately come into her own. \Vhat about P.l'"..l.? According to the Ottawa correspondent of the Montreal Gazette the mak- ing of shells. guns. tanks and tiniversal carriers iii Canada plains has reached a level of nearly a billion dollars a year. Mr. W. F. Drysdale, joint Director (iiPflfTill of hlunitions Production, told this to a press conference. It was also disclos- ed that the maximum output rvi the entire pro- grz-ui ivoulil uni be reachcil until next fall. Shell output. .\lr. llnv-rlzile said, would reach its peak early next $llllllll(‘l'I guns of niaiiy calibres wiil be iii substantial production in the spring; tanks will be running off the Rfiselllhly line early in the 'uc\v veal‘: ivhilt- universal guii-czirricrs are now being made in cnu-irltirable quantity. Linked -witli the new naval policv announced by Naval Yiliiiisier Angus Macdoualil in the l-louse re- cenflv if was lllilllt‘ known h_v .\lr. Drvsdalc that a naval qiui production. lo he shared by almost everv province in the Dominion. had been draft- ed. Barrels for the puns will be made in three filfllllS and the iiioiiutiues in five other factories. -\"‘"v plants. ii it- stated. have already been tool- i-d for this work and are nnw busv making cer- tain rnumnncitt I'v"T°~'. ‘lie tninl of which i" a modern naval pun mirvlil reach R000. “ihat about this -~~~~*it~i~, the Ciudcrflla of Canadian war produstion?

A, THE CHARLOTTEIODYN GUARDIAN A

iitmas BY TilE WAY

Ottawa announcement uya

l The Duce’s“War Screed

(Bonanza)

beIllAll/T itinforiiinaw thlgfitlldnnlfin: ‘of niuscal instruments. We can't ‘Wren “mm” "D say much about this as the very géiregrélfmgvfsfiazurpmbasm “iech

|excellent mechanic who turns this

into type is from Aberdeen. —Peterboroiigh Eaiamlzier.

me unneu states secretary oi Ccmmerce. Jesse Jones, declares [that Britain is a. good risk. Secre- iiflry 0! the Treasury lvfurgentliau agrees. But before the war is over.

as well as loan. In so doing, it will be contributing to its own protec- tion. -- Toronto Star.

The etory of Hitler in one that might be told of any lunatic whose lunacy hadmadehlm run amockAs has been said by H. G. Wells, any ldot who secures a revolver can murder a whole family. but it does not make him any less and idiot. This was not. said about Hitler, but 1t ls

Titties-Journal.

One of the gains of the last war is the modernization of Turkey. Un- der the leadership of Mustapha Kemal and his successor. President Ismet Inonu. Turkey has liberally transformed itself from a backward Asiatic nation to a. modern west- ernized one. No loneger can t-lie “Turkish people be referred to as "the terrible Turks." Within the brief pcritel of less than 20 years they have undergone what must seem to those who knew the _old Turkey. a startling transformatron. This is due chiefly to the extension of public education and public health. on a. universal basis. to the social reforms affecting the ‘status of vwmen, and social institutions.- Toronto Stan.

Another anti-wai- candidate has lost. his deposit. in by-election in the British Isles. That makes the twelfth in succession scattered all over the country. lii each instance the candidate recewed cnly a oom- pilfaliYe handful of votes. Perhaps there was mm; significance izi the most recent. case than in any other because it came after more than threc months of terrible bombing, the purpose of which, ill German minds, is not so niueli to destroy military objectives asta “sofben" the popullltiJl by terrorism. The elec- tion shows that policy has failed, Just as the defeat of a p..c.fist res- olution in 1h,- Hoiise of Ccminans, [also last. w ck s-lioulcrcrl by Leif.- wing extremists’. “'11s defeated by 341 vet-es to fur.

no doubt. that if they lnid all been ther¢ the paciflsfs ivotild nflb 1111116 got. any more volts, bccruse oii nu 000831911 of that kind they would muster every man they could. —— St. 'I'1"i.mn.s Tmes-Jcurual.

It was Spengler who said the story of humanity was a, s21 s of 010165- each rising 1o its ealeand sinking again to zero. In- acriaica one may see entire litimaiiity at its broadest, at. its lowest, and its b-zstt. Herc there l5 the e1ii..re cycle lined by fate, the half-savage nat;v_ with a rampant. primitive mind; lite b4;- gar, priest, business mini. iri- dusfrialist. robber. Here is a land. fantastic as lh-e fables of Aesop, full cf jelly pecple Qulxctt" illLllg flier lanes a itnaglninve ivinzlmills. And full of administrators who know the mean- ing bcliind the King Janus ver- sion of the 8.121.“, wherq peace and ‘plenty on CPYlll is ])l'Clll$L(l only l) linen of g0C(l\\'lli. Th0 Jamaican is buhf-Jliiig with geo:l\iil._ lii the mgtjcrn city wih its cub cal stacks -' nitl apartments, iiS - . refs" like Jails for criminals lii t. icil and conliisi. . geodwill has betn squeezed out. lfe. if I weiq a dwtor, a.1(l my pa- tituis \\'t".-c‘:i1i1¢‘ l9 -‘-111'\'-\1-‘ ll"! i5Cl‘P\\'l)flll cioiiflcviratitiii iiicii call clvilivai-Ion. I shnuitl send tlieiii periodically to Jamaiva for basic reaclju tnieiii. _- Claiid hl“l‘l'ls_ in The Canada-West liid.es Magazine.

It is told in dispatches, some til ivhich treat oi t-lie 1001111118 [P11111119 in Europe, how ilie town c1 Villa Grove. Illinois, set t-abivs along its pr‘ cipal streets the other day and served pancakes and syrup lo all what, msll-ed this typical and tradi- ltloniil American repasf. Ii. appears ‘that. they make a festival of pan- leakes and syrup each fall in Ville. Grove foi- the reason that syrup and pancakes are the 1111110111111 P10011918 ‘of the toivzi and the reg_.on. What prcdlgies 0i pancake eating must surely have been performed that day! For there 1s scmethng about a pancake, or there used to be- before all this nozisc-nce of diet- ing became the vogue - that on- stitutes Llie splendid spur. the Chal- lenge to high empire, gastronomlcal- ly speaking. And still they bell, here and i-liere in th<i nation, how in those more vigorous days 1-7: hired lllflll ate [Olly-SIX P91193ki5 at. a sitting, and grieved that he had failed tlie goal of four down.- Portlimd Oregwiiiaii.

The United States are now [et- tlu [2.000.000 ($10,000,000) worth of savlle Row tailored niens wear from Britain a vear. Oil-e N1 w York house. famous as “out-fitters w gentlemen" has just reoelved in n. single order £20,000 ($100000) {worth of British tweeds, sultlngl, tlee and shirtlngs, The crate. mark- led "Britain Delivers the Go ds," ls displayed in the middle 0T 0119 01' their windows in Madison Avenue. The suits are selling at anyhting from twelve t: twenty gulneas (fifty-eight, to one hundred dol- lars. The demand for British men's wear grows so strongly from 1m nth to month. despite Hitler's |"total war," that a special retail ex- port group is now being formed by Britain's tailors, bootmakers and saddlers. The vanguard of an 1n- vading army of fitters from 300 British tailors are already on their way to the States. complete with samples of next. 513111183 511M118! and taking their tape measures with them. American men continue t-o look u; London as American wcmen used to lock to Paris. -- By Robert. Williamson. '

From two authoritative lonrcel we have been given warning against u» much optiqnism as to the out.- 'come of the war. An “excessive and dangerous" optimism as to the outcome of the war exists 1n Can- ada. Finance Minister Ilsiey warns "Instead of being consctcus, every walking moriient, of the deadly peril of a powerful enemy, many at us have a feeling that the batt of Britain f: won. that all is well." .14: war was not won. he declared. A far closer englgement with the encmy would be necessary long be- fore victory was achtev .... "Not only must our fighting force en- gage his, we must hm in rur civilian iictivlties- the mak- irtz of scarifices, the ongoing of pleasure, the devotion of our sub- l to the common cause," he

_ and right close by is another from Ayr. l $31,213,: ‘gfifilfirlm

the United States will have to give I kingdom of Albania. llslc

entirely applicable. -- l'~‘0rt William these w

A full House; would be 615 members, and we haven

full if Dilil l

us. sollni on June l0 last. when he bold decarntion war

Tue watt of that or: ilon.

fated b.v the Nations... Broadcaatlna

Corporation of the Jnlted Staten. as as follows:

"Combatants on land. be: end tn the air. blackshiru o! the revolution and of the lesion. men and of Italv. of the empire and

n.

, “A_n hour slimed by destiny in leknie on the skies of our country. an hour of the in . ..ble decision. declaration of war has already.

n elven to the Ambassador: of Great Britain and 1 . l "We shall descend. on the fields against the blutocratic democracies and the reaction de of the west-who in l times have al- ways obstructed the march of the Italian beoble. Some facts of more recent history can be assumed in

orde. Ul . meriaeeo m threats aizainat us bv 52 states. Olll‘ conscience ls absolutely ouiet. With us the whole world is a. testament that Italv has done what was hum- anelv possible to avoid the storm that is overhaniz Europe.

“It was enouah to see aizaln the treaties. to zealiu that they were not adequate to the times and that they would have to be charmed. The Allies shoulclhave accented the pro- posals of Hitler before the Polish

camnaizn.

“Todav we are decided to face the sacrifices of the war and the risks o! ll” h‘; "’é°‘“i“‘li."‘i“l§£°“i.%2 “J33

e res o e u . a

a izreat neonle is only such 1f it con- lsiders sacred those bledzea which ‘ determine history.

"You will take arms to safest-lard our frontiers and also to solve the maritime problems. We want tn break the fzhgldnsbiévchlch e41“; 55412151122:

as cos . aiiae glusgeuls are not free unless they have free access to the ocean.

"Fhislgkhzantiti eflorlt léitghe film

f .1 r‘ beobeazuns osew i..."i°"°ii“a “are “are” w“ l‘ W -

“gugxiwlll: (lately does not intend to

s“ in" emit ‘“°°T“l.‘.°t§§"“l.‘§% 0s av a. . ESSEDL will take notice of this fact.

Pelee-B. l" i. ’“‘l§i“‘£l.“‘l‘°.‘é%$‘ (if 11E h l‘ !‘l. S8 B B " int: to the laws of Fascist morale. WR€EIIh§AI tlgayfi a friend. vou march

i e en

w"Wll.l"l Germany we shall march with these victorious armed forces. In this vlizil of such an important event we think-of the Italian Em- E°"°‘i"§“’"" 353%’. 32.'“€i?é‘i‘aui’$i A as n rore e

Itzilv. Italy-Fascist. and nroletarian luyy-is for the third time on its feet. stronz and united. The word of order ls onlv one: Cateizoric and