THE CHARIJXI"I'I'I'I‘UWN GUARDIAN

TIE GIIAILOTTETOWI Gllllllllll

Morning Dally (Founded ll llfl)

Pnlllut: “out. 00L W. Chester i. Mob!" Vloe-Prollhnt: J. l. Burnett. F. J. l. lantern Hut. Col. D. A. Multan-Ii. 0.8.0. liter and I ' Director: J. B. Burnett. F-J-I- Alloclatc Editors: Frank Walker and Lleut. hi: A. IIi-nett, R.C.N.V.R. tOn Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER lll. 1-914

Parachute Padres

The British Army Chaplain: attached to

ratroop units have dropped with their men Into battle behind the lilies In Xortliandy, North Africa, ltalv, luriiia and wherever airborne troops have ‘seen action, says lbccklyi Wur- WHIP-l‘-

Like the paratroopcrs themselves, parachute padres are 10o per cent volunteers, and they g0 through ilic Slllllt‘ tougliciting tittiuiiig, wear llic same iiniftii-iii ~-b;itt't- tire-s, aitklcts, tinliat and the (listinctivt- bitty: >1 ‘t Jllll’ blouse. The only difference is lllt‘ ucclr~.:i~ti\al "tlug-tollat” and their lack of airtiis.

Till)’ share Culliplctely‘ the lives of the tiara- flyopers, 3d the men hJtvt‘ accepted them li e ],r;,th¢r_._5nqn-nw, '11. ipiiipi- tlil‘ of llll‘.~L' padres: "\\'e do not lliHL’ to hurl .-ti.' religion at the nieii. lt is enough that they luv-k at us and say to them- selves, ‘\\‘cll, at lea~t here's a bloke who doesn't have to do itY"

Iii the iiii-ilst of b:itt‘t- uzul in close-qtiartct‘ 5truggle they _'_1l\'U Cttllfitiilllttll ti» the wounded, help to bur_\ the (lead, azul some give their own lives. ‘

The pa < {ind ous ten-ion . "l its; . tense inoniuiit jitst bcf by talking "zihotti t chaplain. ‘Viilll: ‘z- . the men see that we are ready lll jump ....l the second half see us do it. lt gin-s flit-iii litwrrl."

\\'licn lllv ptirtichtitt- padres ilrtip into action, they carry n1 their br<-;i~t»|i<>ticlies, instead of the customary spare clips of aiiinittnitiuiis, their coniitsuiuoii .<l‘l- :::u‘l tl: '" first aid cq-iiipmciit. That is all. " trained in first aid, and often a path an ou-tlie-stiot dresser or strut brtirir.

The terms of all enrollment are the same-no arms to be arried, protection titl- der the lit-nova Célllvt‘ ‘it'll, and the privilege of being repatriated if lalcen prisoner. This last named advantage is never claimed; by an tin- wriften law the padre zilwtiys stays with his fel- low prisoners-of-ivar.

In the first twelve wet-ks after D-day‘ seven Army Chaplains were killt-il in action in France and twelve wounded-a high proportion to the

number serving.

'llt\ can ("i-e the nerv~ gxiat coiifiilczicc in the lllt‘ drop begins simply t-s, inustlv," says one

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The office of the Oil Controller has at last produced an “explanatioii" 0f the divergence in gasoline constimplicin between Quebec and other provinces in Canada. It has done this, complains tlie lVi/idrai‘ Sim‘, by much torturing of figures and the production of some highly suppositiuus theories.

The statistics are clear and simple. They chow conclusively that the consumption of gas- oline per car in (Quebec is far in excess of that in any other part of (fanada. They cannot be controverted. The Oil Controller's office —- the reply is not from Mr. Ci. R. Cottrelle him- self —- trots out the statement that differences in the proportion of trucks and other commerc- ial vehicles would lcziil to discrepancies in per capitzi llSc oi gasoline. That is readily admit- ted. But no attempt is made to show that Que- bec has a proportionately higher number of such vehicles [ilflll other provinces. The coli- lrollcns offirc, iii fact, dot-s not dare cvcn itiakc the statement, iiiuch less try to back it up.

The rest of the "explanation" consists of the production of more columns of figures, showing consumption in lfLtI, and reductions in gallrinage and plTCllllllQC. These are merely conltisiiig. Il\ thl-v zirc apparently’ intended to be, and quite pointless. The Oil Controller is charged with enforcement of that law. Caiiad- ians would like some indication that he is siiffic- iently conccrncrl to probe into the situation and leek to rt~iiicd_v it.

Dutch Quislings

The Xetlierliinds \\'lll not Tanking (guiding. lll bring" tn trial when that country is libcrtilerl. the Netherlands News Bureau revealed in a ClICCk-ltl) on thg Cabinet Of Anton lftissert, Dutch puppet ruler. One member was shot and killed before he ever took office; three rillil-rs have since been shot and killed: one illlldlllllfid SlllClflC and became In incurable mciilal <'-l\('.' two were dismissed. one for catising a deficit of several hundred thousand guildvrs; two resigned. Only one member of the (Xibiuct. tlcptitv leader of the Dti-tcli Nazi par‘ . is left.

Obituaryi notices ul<o yloint out the resist- lnce to the local Qlllrilillg». More and more of them tell of Nazi party members meeting “with I fatal accident in the service of the Fuelirer." Most of tlicm k-illtwl are group leaders or org- anizers for the [iartyf

have many top-

Six Million Words hlacleairs hlJlgZlZlllC has lately been analyz- hg the debates of the last parliamentary ses- ion in Ottawa and produces some interesting figures. It calculates that 6,000,000 words were uttered in Parliament in 123 working days, or 49,000 words per sifting. l'. cost $l(>f>.00f7 f0 like these words iloivn in shorthand and print them in Iltinsartl, or 2 2-3 cents per word. Maclean's_sa_vs that about 10o out of the I23 working days were uscrl iii discussing relative- ly minor matters. while legislation involving billions of dollars of expenditure was “rushed

through with the, speed of a Mosquito." In I5 days, at the rate of something like $25,000,000 an hour, the members voted for-annual tax col- lections of $L5 billions to finance family allow- ances, war service gratuities, farm price and fish price guarantees and housing. Only hours were devoted to debating children's al- lowances, the largest single social reform ever attempted in Canada, Barely 4o members ivei-e present when the new housing legislation was introduced. But (i0 hours were used up inde- bating the generalities of the speech from the throne.

EDI IURIAL NOItS i-

An optimist-a little boy attempting to fly- a kite in some of our telephone-wire roofed streets. a The Battle of Poitiers, France, this date 1350 when the English, under Edward, Prince of Wales, “The Black Prince", defeated the French for the second time, the first at Crecy ten years earlier, when the French armv stiffer- cd terrible losses. i

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At a Grand Falls, N. B, meeting, some 20o representatives of the Victoria and Madri- ivaska Counties Agricultural Society [iassctl a resolution addressed l0 the Federal Department of Agriculture, ziskiiig for a floor price on poltitocs of one and one-half cents a. pound. Thig- iires were presented to show the cost of pro- duction pcr acre this year at $201.20. ¥ i U V

\\'itli fairly good price in the United Slates now and the ban lifted on the exportation 0f table stock to that country, potato growers have been given some relief from weak potato iiizir- ket tendencies. The ban removal iiicaiis that potatoes will l {in to move over tlie border at once after littviiig been stopped Sept. l. \\'lieii export was_cttt otfpat that time the price began to drop. \\ith issuing of tlie permit and ship- nicnt anew, it is expected that the market price

will start to stiffen.

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The R. A, F. .\liii- a feminine officer,

.'\ woman “who did." islry has announced that Flight Officer Constance Babiiigtoit-Smith of the \\'. .-'\. A. F, was the expert interpreter who first spotted the flying bomb model in recon- naissance photographs of the (icrnians' Feciie- munde Experimental Stallion l8 months ago. Daughter of the late Sir Henry Babington- Smith, she has been in the \\'. .-\_ _»\, F, since 1940. It was her clue ivliich unleashed Allied aerial might against the robot stipply centres and bases, set army intelligence workers afggt and led t0 the building up of the huge organization of spotters and anti-aircraft defences which \\'0n

the Battle of London.

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The unconquerable spirit 0f England WhlCll has made her great throughout all the ages. Fig- ures for total damage covering air raids and flying bombs in the London area were 107,000 houses destroyed representing accominotlalions for 500,000 people; 170,000 seriously tlamngetl andiieeding repairs; and 700,000 which have received first aid repairs and still needing fur- ther work to make them reasonably comfort- able. Sympathizing with the “acute discont- fort" in which many hundreds of thousands were living, Lord Woolton said: “The forti- tude and discretion with which these brave Londoners have borne their discomfort witli- out complaint is beyoud praise. The world ought to know it. The morale of London ha; never flinchec." In the words of Churchill, never "was so much owed by so many to so few" airmen and Londoners alike.

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“Criminal and juvenile de not born." tlcclzires Dr. vice-president_ of the C Home and School. fessor of educational

linquents are matte $- R. Laycock, ivestern anadian Federation of Dr. Iaycock, who is pro. F _ _ _ _ psycliplofly» College of pducntioli, Lniversity 0f baskalchcwzui, spoke in .\loiitrcal 0n “Normal parciits—iioriii.'il children." “That is to say," Dr. Lflycgck 5,1,1, “heredity dealsthe cards but environment plays them," and he cited as an instance 0f bad child training l3_vron's mother's reaction to the poet's club foot. She used to refer to liiin in his hear- ing as “that ianie brat." Sticli treatment, Dr. Laycook pointed out, is hardly likelv to bring zrchild into proper adjustment with his en- vironment. While broken homes were obvious- ly bad for children, Dr. Luycock said, what he czillcd cracked ones were not iiiticli better. Ile laid great emphasis on consistency of treatment, and the necessity 0f a degree of harmony in the home. n- 4 w w Discussing ])05l~\\'fll' trztrlc. an Ottawa corre- spondent writes: “The tariff barriers between gigltglabilpoielhttthifratilcrd States were vastly re- y two far-reaching agreements, but formidable obstacles to a {mgr exchange of goods remain. American industrial- ists continue to complain zibout the restrictive the discriminatory features of the‘ Common: wealth tariff. pact framed here f2 years ago, while Canadian grain growers still protest against the retention of the prohibitive dutv against Catizidian wheat. Again, Canadian manufacturers and primary" producers will want to know how far one of the central clauses of the Atlantic Charter is to be implemented and respected by the larger nations, whether or not there is to be a real attempt at removing the barriers to international trade. TllCy will also want to know how eager rind reckless is to be the scramble for international business. Can- ada's enormous stake in world trade calls for close study of fiscal prospects both in the Uni- ted Slates and in other members of the Iiritish Commonwealth. This country will want to rc- tain its present high place as third in the list of world traders, and it will want a fair share of the business bound to develop in FJIYOPC and Asia. It may be that for two or llirce years this continent will be so busy filling the void of constimer goods in Europe that its consti- tuent parts won't have time to engage in fiscal arguments, btit long-range tariff planning must‘ be considered soon, not before the presidential campaign in the United States but soon after."

4 Item ly Tliii Way

In In». Allied troop: wet-s forbidden by military order to in. dulse in soft drinks, ‘rfme relates.

awe" is‘ "mt: ‘tie n cons g . fnfectont, alcohol.

Flame-spitting drqonl of 1|}- clent lezend were butterflies com- pared to the Churchill “Crocodilw flame throwers that now advance upon the Nazis. They can melt. a cement building from n hundred yams-Vancouver Province.

Women are Iflillln‘ fmpmnt. Positions 1n this war. It is now revealed that 30 women, specblly selected for their mathematical ability, were responsible for the whole of the work involved 1n cal- culaif whet war materials would be n ed 1n the transform-Niagara Falls Review.

We have lielrd too many dfag. noses of the cause of Juvenile de- 1m uencv. and too few cures. Most: aut iorftles, self-styled and other- wLso, agree that the fault. lfes with

Pre-Electioii Job Filling Now Active

By EC. Meats. (Montreal Gazette)

Ottawa, - Departmental rivalry and m; itch to enlarge staffs ze- anidleas of the need are likely to prove formidable obstacles to any demobilization of governmental persc/ntiel.

An advertisement appeared in newspapers last; Week-End stating that a considerable number of typlsls were urgently needed, and t. cl-r the sponsorship of the Cfvll Service C mmlssloii.

This came after the clrcular- fzlng of departments which were asked to detail their staff require- ment-s, and ti. looks as 1f the usual fall drive ls on to add more names to the public payroll, and tlfs at a time when tit least 1n one depart- ment- Munitions and Supply- there has been a steady combing of persons not needed.

There Wfls a personnel of 4.800 in Munitions and Supply at. the peak of wiu- activity. but. that has

the patents. But. the City of San Francisco ls doing something about it. Parents 0f delinquents are “sentencecP by a juvenile court to elght lectures on how to rear children. Perfect attendance may bring them a suspended sentence, other things being equal. But the cause fs not disposed of till school l; finished. Sounds like a 200d idem-Kitchener Record.

It is not accidental that Can- ada has achieved its high stan- dard of pmsperlty and comfort under a. system of private capital- ism operating under democratic rule. The s"Sl.€m has its opera- tional fatiltg and abuses. but basi- cally lt 1s strong. WDiiIar and suc- cessful. Whnt we need now 1s a sound plan for-putting that sys- tem back on a peacetime bass with fewer- faiilts and abuses than 1|; htid before, and a willing and co- operative belief in 1‘. by all of its who must miike it work. F111 that need-as undoubtedly it will be filled-and we need not g0 look- ing for red bogeymen under the bed.

Ont» of the greatest problems of tlie future will be how to pool ade- quate power iii an international agency and yet satisfy some sec- tions of pitbllc opinion in all coun- fr Q5 thnt natlollnl sovereignty 1s not endangered. but more fully guaranteed, by so doing. There is no‘ etiotlgh education on this point emerglnc: from official statements or conferences. But it is possible that when the statesmen of three nations on whose power _fh1s policing of pence must be bred cat- ed come face to face with the ques- tlon of fulfilling their responsibil- ity. they will be forced to the ccii- clusion that new concePl-S 01' sovereignty mus: be ceveloped. The more they can talk about the job the betten-Chrlstlan Scence Monitor.

The heroic Queen of fin hlffllfl country is surly-foul‘ vwrs 01d- For the fifth consecutive year she is not among her own b90919. P9P- ple who adore her. Yet. deslll"! n11 that goose-stepping Nazi bully- boys can do to curb their patriotic fervor, Nether-loaders’ ivill be out all over their little land iveai- 11$ the forbidden colors of the House of Orange ln tribute to Her Ma- jesty, Wilhelmina, says the Mon- treal Star. And this year, too, as the Queen reaches another there is a new spirit; tn the air milestone. Hcr exile s nearing an end. In a few ivceks, or months, Allied troops, including Nether- lands soldiers trained in Canada, may be pushing their way through the Lowlands and there ls little doubt that on her sixty-fifth birth- day, Her Majesty w l1 be able to join personally in the jovous cele- bration which will resound through- out the country-