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self and nourish his family if he dares to pub- licly express his opinions, individual liberty has

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Morning Daily (Founded in i881)

President: Ueut. Col. W. Chester 8. Mchln Vice-fresident: J. It. Burnett, l‘. J. l. Secretary: Lieiit. Col. D. A. MacKinnon. D..0. Miter and Managing Director: J. ll. Barnett. l"..l.l. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Lieui. hi: A. Burnett, R.C..\‘.\'.R. (On Active Servlcrf

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker no; the Weakest Ink."

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A general rise in Canadian living standards, iibined with efficient methods of catching,

been sacrificed to the tyranny of those who doin- inate the masses, he said. Referring to the manner in which hc was attacked and castigated by French-Canadian leaders in the province after his sensational maiden speech in the Seli- ate, he said: “My comparatively tough experi- ence lias proved, among other things, that the

creation and maintenance of the lustitut Denio- i

cratique Cauadien was a necessity of the past and 2i duty for the present. Our principal ob- jective is to establish in this province the lib- erty of opinion of which the corollary is the liberty of speech. I do not infer from this testimony of your confidence which you have given me that you approve of the opinions which I expressed in my speech in the Senate; I simply conclude that you have rmognized my right to

--_. l! n feller has a good , 8°04 1118191011 and a clear consci. Elloelhe ca): have about all the app ne t e isi _. Detroit 5;” gut n this world.

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For Hitler on m, d" 0; mum ing, the embarrassment begin; with the first question put by the Al. l"? liiwfm-‘l’! "ls that yotu- right

name?”—Stratford Beacon-Herald.

Word from the north any; b mg oi’ the Eskimos believe‘ we are Zr... 1n World War I. Not an inexpiica.

2C; t3 yhe Eskimo keep- mbii-ottiwa hiftziiii.“ m’ "s m“

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oi work. he suddenly noticed their

Through 90 Years

(LleuL-Col. R. S. W. l-‘ordliam, K.C., II,D., in The Legionary)

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Few ihinss are more certain than that those who‘ devised the Orcss in the second half of the last ceii- turv could have had little idea of extraordinary nets of heroism that were to occur. Some of the most remarkable ones arose in the First Great War. Here are a few ex- amples: In August, 1918. a Lance- Corporal of ‘The Devonshire Regi- ment. alded by a private soldier. c-cmpleteiy broke up a counter-at- tack lnunched by several hundred

G a troops. Happeniniz to be ineylflonlidan‘: Land" on observatkén

a . vance. He and his ccsnpanion steal- thily placed

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preparing 1nd (li-"tributinv fish-food products express mo“ opinions‘ ‘md that is sufficient", . . , ,, .

night restilt in Canada's present domestic con- iumption of fish being doubled after the war, recording to \\'. II. Lzuiceley, chief of the fish- eries and animal products branch, Dominion llurruu of Natistics, writing in the Commercial lnirlligt-iice louru.'il. The industry could be ex- pzuitlcd io pr zlucc a uiuvh larger supply" for export as wfil. he .'i.lils, but export outlets will depend upon wt-lfzirc and trade policies in the

mu-iuiiiiozutl fufd. ' \\'nrt.'uu.- uccd for increased production, .\lr. - [mist-luv observes. has lwl to >Olll€ zittempt t0 the l"‘lll~il‘\ on the Atlantic for The “Dominion Gov- ernment has stibsidi/cd ll';.\\'lL’l' (drngger) cou- ‘ii -n b_ firms and rips of fishcriucn and ' to perfect other cy it-Jliuiiiiit-s for catching ground-

INCE rh b; ' - S indePeflflflilixfrgnln own initiative and

' ed most cppor- tune/The Germans advanced to a point about 100 yards distant and then wavered. some threw up their hands. The two British sslciers bounded forward nnd took sibout 200 of the Germans prisoners These they then conducted b:_i:k_ to conipaiiv headquarters for viewnul by mi astonished. company com- mzinder September, i918. witnessed n_re- marknble feat on the part of Lieu- tenant -inow Brigadier- u l-l Gregg. M C.," near Fr c The l)!‘ ' u. belonged was CIIIlCJM. ncivuizcc Fire from both fin thick, uncut wire stopped all ress. Gross craivled on fli"l“ recaniioitred the wire in w ultimately found a narrow u turning for his men. he lcl . throuizli nnd’ not into the trench. The Germans la . strong counter-attack and men son found ihemselv straits through lnck oz‘ thouuh wounded. Greiziz Obi yl furtltei‘ supply under ' heavv He tlieii led his nvzn-ivli c ber had became cuiisiclri‘ _ duceri bv casualties —- adorns: Germans position nuriln anti

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EDITORIAL NUTIIS - --- will. It ll asked for the thou- sandth time-why can't our radio ilrlxlglgulgfis Efilél-ingh gipeeaktliemseyves, ' ilig S1‘ VCIS. Why can't they take a leaf from M13 aClll-lfchllls book where lie $8ys.— It not customary to guogeapaittilermt in a foreign laiigpagel, a own, a o i. place, when there exlstgeagxpaeliflelgii. Bnwell-knovyn Enziish equivalent." , _ l some ou- gdi '. 2.. .'\\‘Clll‘\ll|li,{ to .\ttorni*y-Geiieral Leslie E. tors nnd R0lin0llll‘-'.'l;ls cilowiillflef-lfiii lililL‘l\'\\'(‘ll of Ontario, thcrc are no fcwci" than glliliivalllgxetlieitfitpellingi ‘the Etigljgh half-zi-millioii amateur" bootleggers in Ontario c313,. mofisnosfly“fi§,§{°,,§,.e}:'f$§; due to restrictions in liquor supply. “Boot- vnllmd or scab-Halifax Herald. legging exists", he said, "because those who are church-pilot's on Sunday jirovidc substantial custom for booileggcrs during the week. =r s a *

WIY Of living, _l'¢Y0nd the b0 have mad f H each has lievc: 15mm has ‘treasured hi‘; ~ ilmbition. This i, f,

On the last lap of another great month add-

ed to one of the best seasons ever. l< =F T ll

No sooner were the important changes an- nounced in the Air Department than the As- sistant Blinister betook himself to Ottawa.

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One of the only places known

me personally Where rabbits are a worse plague than they ever have been is over a Wide space re- served for slmriery practice. No- lWdY cares to take the risk of fly- ing bullets, and it is extraordin- fir)’ how crooked some recruits can shoot. ' n suspicion that

When women were fir ed by the United s o? Efilflfl,‘

swernmeiit they appeared on ti“ relaffvam u“ Mme M m“ ""19

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[he \\'.ii' bug pi-uvfdcd the Atlantic Coast industry nub a greatly expanded dsmaiitl for it- product. aud 1hr uwd of ensizriug equit- abYt- distrzbuti n of food suppllcs among the

It is realized today that no city can be cal- led a llllt‘ city, however gay may" be its princi- pal shopping streets. h0v.'ever well kept its "select" residential areas, while a vast section

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There 1s some of them make stray rabbits their target. It l.S odd that neither

of its pupuliitlOil is hidden away in dark bov- els and tiirless tenements, says the Loudoii Daily llerald.

ceedcd in occupying it Dirt-in: operation he persoiinlly' killrtl or wounded eleven Germans and cap- tured twenty-five prisoners. ‘Twelve mnohiine-gutris were also ypvkon, as en erprisme o iccr rc- lnieincd iylitli lidktCflillllLlll)" {irslc its wouii s an wo toys n or c A hundred-kroner hill doesn't go his m?“ is gnnlhiii TltllSJ€\l‘\lll}(‘linll‘l" very f“ the“ duyi u yo“ “lam llflisC“gl‘1diIifelE ‘klfltiéfc Hlso rfiilflfk: to invte ycur friends to a iiitle ab]. Coumgl. ,1“ (n.1,. up,“ ,~..,, imtr in a restaurant lu Ccllifl‘ hrldntieb advance possible ‘but also .- 111189". according io Beriiugsaze Tid- m-évetitcd many casualties ccctirr- _ ,. _ cnde._ Four open-faced Danish 1ng_ sandwiches, two with lobster and In i917 n Canadian Captain who two with smoked salmon, cost 22 had already rccciveo 13.8 ’. kronei‘. In Fsbjerg a night club nldcd oiilv by two runners sut- cliarged 40 krolier for three saiid- ed iii copturinc two German of‘ wiclies. one beer and one Akvnvit crs and 75 men. as all as two (no, a bottle. mind you, just a lit- murhulv-suus 135‘ l “ I tle shot). For nn empty Akvn-{t llllllkllllll ill?" “w”, bottle the ‘Panes pay up to 35 igpgflllfléivlmiggngilg“irfl-l°l"my iifizxtielyou ‘Icaiingyfplblililyilugnbof.ldhiif ““““l“"¢15°t"l° ‘fflllcfli. bu“?! 11,3?“ Akvaflt unless you have an empty encmv no Sll.l(’lltt‘llfl_gflflll n w“- , ,. .- ing themselves to be dismrnczi This Anal“ bottle’ A sarldmch "ml 11s ri itlv be-"i dr-scmibed r" "no roast duck is priced at fcuz- kroner ‘ —.-\ M, - . .‘-. ' . of tl.. b. ,.. V .C. awards of the 111st and 5f! Ore (Just about sit. - Scan- Gm“ w,“- dlnavlan NEWS- Another Canadian soldier. on nef- ins Corporal, ii formed what scrms er

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rabbis nor pheasant seem to on- ject to target practice, however loud and long. I have seen pheas- ants strolling unconcernedly across B "Ilse while bullets were ivlilst- ling over their ll€1ldS.—-I4OZld0ll Spectator.

Allied couu u-s lxus [PailllCLl lll the rationing of the export blc plus of salted fish among the countries “lid-v cod is grvaiest, Less rigid re- strictions llll\'t' "ed upon the trade in [iickIt-d fi-li. 1.. 4e its uf frcsli and cau- ried fish hsiie bwu t cd for the United Kingdom or rt“ rehabilitation pur- pose); 5.) i1“- u.‘ p . c‘. however, the uiarlcet contacts of :’i.- trade uaw lrccu preserved.

imprint-muffs in zhe -\, ifuud-fishitig indus- try on the .\:" utic Coast may be cxteutlvd aft- er the war to tire prlzigic industry; with the pos- sible establishiucu: of floating factories equip- ped to handle both ground and pelagic species. The sult-fi-h lllllil>ll'_\' will probably continue to decline, with tllt: t‘illltll.'l$l: shifted to the pro- duction of fresh and frozen fillets; while the wartime ifnprovemenis in calming sardines may permit of greater‘ competition with the European market.

\\‘bt-n the effects 0f the removal of the obstruction ill the l“ scr River are fully real- ized, the Pacific " be

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The §irge of Paris by the (iermaiis began this date iSfo; Paris capitulated on January 28, 187i; it has been the centre of liuroiscati civilization since the reign of Louis XV, and has been the scene of many important peace treaties. including those of 18m. i815, i856, 187i, and 1919; the probability‘ is that the new peace treaty will be signed there also. ll 1K V i

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Progressive Conservative Polls Meeting

Giving the devil his due. Mr. _l. Fournicr de Bclleval. secretary‘ of the Retail .\lerchants' .\s- sticiation of Canada, told the 34th annual meet- ing of the body in Quebec he hoped ilie "es- sential elements of the Wartime Prices Board will be maintained after the war. “lithout the board. without the discipline and order it intro- duced into the retail business, without the con- straints it imposed upon the public as well as upon the itianufacturei- and merchant himself, all would be chaos today-f’ he added.

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_ _ A delicately erfiim d . There will be a meeting of all the Progressive Conserva- "'"“°" " "h imitati-

Ali of France's art treasures. iii- cluding the famous “Venus de Milo" and Leonardo (la Vincfs "Moria Lisa," of th safe and iii gfJOd co~ learned auihoritaiiv evcr reason, the Gcrtiiniis lcft the treasures of the Louvre and mos: of France's great chateau museums behind them iii their hurried .'e— trvnt from France, Not n single painting or sculptural work ‘if timonri lHlDFJFILiIlCZ is missing, it was stated by Second Lieutenant James J. Rcrlnicr, of the art and monumen s dvision of the Amer-i» can Army's civil affairs section.- New York Herald Tribune.

‘..ll'l'l'.'s' will probably lllCDIIiIiIY-lll) able to produce a greater ivuck of salmon and ‘m “my. l‘? should be able 1o mziuiiiizi zhe position of this product in the L‘: it-d .l\lil',filllill market against any likclv corupci . n, .\lr. Luncclcy continues. \\'artimc‘production of cazuicd herring will pre- stiniubly be rt-tlucerl but uviv be rrplaccd by the production of szthrd he g if cottditious in

i:, ovc, lixpnii,-'ion of the herring- niczil zuid llLl Y-oil industry‘ will depend upon the ab>orp:i\'e ipucity of agriculture aud the chemical industry \\':u"time production of vita-

The S. S. Prince Iidwaril Ir-llilkl is expected back on the llordsti-Tlirmciitiiic route this week, which will be a tuzitter of satisfaction t0 all concerned. \\'heii she left here in ‘lune the anticipation was that she would be again rcacly for service before the middle of August. and zilrcudy she is ovcr a mouth bz-hiutl time. if it takes as long as this to replace four steam boil- ers by oil, and do other necessary overhauling, how long will it take to complete the new car

min oil may cuntinu . but any expansion of the f l k l f _1 - I , M q halibut fishcrv is limited by the demands of en" on he Be 0 “ no.1‘ ‘:6 are to ’ ‘ ma“)? ' Rlclutyre has been standing.

conservation. _ p ,, * ,, Service Men's Viewpoint

IZllOI‘ in lliflClllllP-fllffl . the crcu‘ and ca‘ .. The next. (lav h-o Iced : . machine gun fiivjllTlvlliflili nl killctl three of the crcw our‘. t blew up the stun and cniuhco cu ' i hand fil“lll ‘in two cl f.‘ ocninqs he was crcr‘ killzn’: at least l6 of t‘ H~ is now l‘ll"|YJlfl_'JCfl in the Parlia- ment Builriiivrs at. Ottawa. (To be Continued)

N ewsm en Who Received Little Nei 's

ilvlouircal Gazette.)

There l5 an hlttzrical echo to these recent days when Qucbce presented the curious picture of n city crowded with newsman who were receiving little news. It was Just eighty’ years ago-in the autumn of ISG-i-aliat another Quebec Conference was held. Then, too, tiewsmezi crowded lllc city, and tlicii, as recently, thev had to be content with the crumbs from under the diplomatic table,

The Quebec Conference of i864 was held to decide whether the colonies of British NorthiAmericn might not. through the efforts of ststtesmniishiiw. be welded into n single great dominion. Since it was one of the lending questions of the 19th. century, the principal papers sent their correspondents, There were representatives from the Lon- don Timcs. the London Morning Herald, the London Dnilv Tele- graph-oven from Punch, Some of the America ding the fact that they were con- cerned with ihe job of reporting the Civil War. also had their cor- respondents at Quebec. There was, of course, a large number of Cn- iiLdian IKWVEIIZCH, nmunz ihcm Just how much heat doe; a unirm Brew“ Cimmbm-inin o; The Ga. moon bring to the Arcuc Circle, “my and ylith how nyucl}! cgielliyiesslcilpes - - e cod moon re res a h a ey As soon as these corres ndents or the Dead Sea. plainl-Victoria had found mcms m l? city-S Colonist. crowded hotels, lhov went about

————— _ searching for news. But, very little

Gent is purged of Nazis ail-er a was forthcoming. The days passed

captivity of more than four FEMS.

and their impatience rose. Finally comments The New York Times. they dgcided w When we are old enough to read

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propositions made "and ithe_trcati-ffl'y'il‘iTougii_the merit they meet witl ‘ advantageously

and wlicilie; such a course ivculd not lzcst accord with the real ii tcrcsts ClllllilllllEd to the

31150. Suchb a] kind of comprciiiisc, _ . . S s , _ _-_.. ‘ "l" “ iiilthsealfifiiiylifl. ‘éB-Véblfilt‘ "5 "A" PM writ-wt e. observed in case where nnlhist i,

European congress hcldi ilic peace cry “A :1“|nu:na|e§:,c£e:'1"m'| of the world nnd the fat;- of iia-' n h m“, on“ ‘if?’ lions in its hands, And we have, w ._ '-" - hqg qmmy |néreflim|s_

Perhaps science is arranging for a more comfortable anti conveni- ent world. but it threatens to rake much of the spice out of living. Predictions of stockings that will not run and suits that will not shine are not to be hailed with un- alloyed enthusiasm. The removal oi such annoyances is likely to make the dullness ‘n our exist- ence. Consider. for one thing, the blow that will be struck n. the humor businem, Runless stockings and shincless stilts may be Just the fore-runners of umbrella that cannot be stolen and tools that canno. be forgotten by plumbgr. The po§lblliiies nre appalling. fore science gets through, we may be almost entirely out of Joke ma- tei-lal.—\vindsor Star.

There are still many people here who think they can predict chaiillei in the wezvher by observing the Chang-e of liizht cu the surface of the moon If the crescent of the new moon is titled downward, it will let down the rain, but if up- ward iike a cup, "t will hold i. and it will be dry. Likewise, there seem to be Warm moons and cold means. ln view of the fact that the some old moon changes over all the world at the same time, it i; inerestirig to inquire just liOW much rain a wet nicon brings to the Sahara Desert or the shcrcs oi’ Peru? And how much drought the dry moon mposes on the Amazon jungles and the Aleutian Islands‘?

live hlcmbers of the Poll Committees of the under mention- Ilhkceniiitllifmnqglu “mum's ed Polls at Eldon Hall on ’l‘uesday evening, September 26th m" m" l° "is vriiilnil in Eldon at s P. M. Md‘ ,,'§"°‘,'.',i§,,,',’,"‘°"- "',‘"""- v ‘ ‘ , , enema and stilt» nrreffifdi ll IlhLLE RIVER, POINT PRIM, :l:ll'-rhrl'l'\;:;'ll\is ahncw , , , _ _ _ y I ‘ * w ere

B 1h l‘: I I P ORWFLIV LOVE, CALEDONIA x1; “mam, ,1,“ h, unmflkf 9 “"°l"l l'<l.1tl'l-""'\'e Conservative Candidates for ii “rev” “f Queen s County will be present and will be pleased to meet aadngilgeéoiicuiitslfultla l"

the (Tomniittccs of these Polls. M“ YOFTROUBLED

liillJOR '1‘. B. ROGERS, President, I Loiiilirlilco J. A. Kilt-DONALD, K. C., Secretary, so" “m; ., lo we have one of the remedies to offer namely dffiltidm"

»-l'5.°°s"$i'f.'i°i'2§,°‘~...llls, 53b‘. Muscular and other forms of Bheigiltism. Price 50 cents

Names of British Army formations are latti- iliar to all newspaper readers. But how many mcn does it take to make up these formations? Numbers of uieu vary from time to time ac- cording to varying rolcs which the unit has to play. ln general the figures for British (and Canadian) units are as follows: Company, Eighty-loo men; battalion, i,ooo-i,5oo men; brigade. 350035.000 men. (The Germans do not have brigades. Instead their rcgimetit, rough- ly corresponds to our brigade, although rather smaller). Division, i2,o00-i5,000 men; corps, two or three divisions; army, three corps; army

QFOUP, l\\'O Ol‘ IlIOfE armies. l? I it

A rcsolutioti has been ivassctl by the Brit- ish Columbia Cunadfiwii legion executive coun- cil. urging iha: \'-l).'i_v plans be based on the spirit of "fluuksgiviug lIllIliCl‘ than jollifica- tion." Cclci ions, the resolution suggests. “should be :tvoidcd bcirause of the tiiany who have made the supi-cuu‘ "

Sn fur u- our figliti g men arc concerned, there seems to be liitlt. ‘sire for flagwztggiiig, at least until final victory is achieved. This is the view cxprcsscrl.editorially in T/ic Jlu/ilz’ Leaf. [iubli-hcil in lfrztuce and Italy for the (‘zinailizui liTillvil forces by the Cauatlizui Army" I‘ublic l\‘cl.'ui in». lt is worth being reminded 0f some of the lllClS stated iu this editorial, which vve quote in full:

"Canadian soldit-rs lav sprawled beside the road. 'l'h:~_v \‘.t‘l't‘ (brad. Tbuv wcre men who. in the initial .'i<-:i".ilt on (lic- licruizui Gothic Lin: in li:tl_v, had states-fully‘ moved through iuinc- fields uudcr c-vt-i- of ilfiflvilifl-S but, at first light. iverc ob-vrycrl and caught in a sudden storm of urn" lt-ziiln. '["u-\ ll'lfl iricd to find rover. Tliurt: un- none. lhvy were blown to picxc:

" '11s men ivho fight armada’: battles, who know what it's like to be on the receiving end, don't lli‘('ll to in‘ rr-ruf rlvd that ('aii.'irli.'tu sold- ier.- arc being killed u-id wouudcrl. lint. iu the enthusasfu prompted b\ continued .\llictl suc- cesscs. oilicr- ibcrc are \\llit would forget the bad, think only of the good, figure the war is just about over, there's siithing to worry about, it's in the bug. _

">7: lot a- (Yuiziiliw-i withers tlir- on the battlefields of the world. Ibi- war must remain

thought that the British American _ Conference might perhaps consider.‘ u!“ remurnm’ m" the precedent not applicable to the; present case. Such a course wouldl have the further advantage of, preventing ill-founded nnd nus-l chlcvous rumors from obtaining. currency.

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This ingenious appeal brought Deem no result. Every day the dobrsl te press closed on the delegates. nnd theof U115 WCYWS child"?! I'll“ m! newsman were left in the silence _ failed r1108. ivithout IllCl€Qdb this ciacluriou vThm {Ierlégsgxljgeélelfi “Klimt l PM‘ woud at time e made all the‘ _ - more exaspcrntfniz, when a suddeiflor leawm "meamell u" 1°" "1 burst of cheering could be heard, h e55‘ ppgncerninlg tlhe lilflfllgfig ofAwhtiplh

“Y cwd ‘mm m’ "9 ‘1 elvihose aureole urninea not niy delegates had silently convened,‘ m“ so did they silently depart; nnd ; 3 ' the newsmcn WCTe left to go liomcl Bu agree?” m“ we Ecru‘ ha“

i0 explain ilieii" ineffectiveness as Ta “nu-h the pa“; and mum“ best they might. i have gcvcg$,