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llIONDA-Il, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941.

Reconsecration Aftermath

rollowitig a week of Reconsccration scrvioee and spccclininltiitg, during which federal cabinet mitiislcrs gave nightly broadcasts on the serious- ness of the war situation, it \vas disquieting, to say the lcrtst, to tune the import of two news items in Szittirdziyk Liuartiitm.

One was to the effect that Labor Minister McLarty had gone "on a vacation trip to last about a fortnight. but his exact whereabouts cottld not he lvznrntwl at the Labor Department." If thcre is one dcpztrtitietit which has fallen down tnore SCl'l1“.l\l_V than (uhcrs in recent weeks, it is surely the Labor Department. The mis- handling of the strike situations all over Canada would he disqrztcrfttl in peacetime; in wartime it is dtnvnriqlit criminal. Who is responsible but the Mini-tor? ls this a time for him to go vacationing? ;\n tifiicial is quoted as stating that “appztretitly” _\lr. McLarty “is going to rc- main in the litnpire." \\'ho cares? If he is not on the job it matters little where he goes, so far as the Illlllllti is concerned; It may be that the Minister has had a physical or mental break- down. In that case, a successor should be ap- pointed. \\'hat is needed in the Labor Depart- ment is a man of otttstanding ability and in- itiative. .\lr. .\lcl..zirt_v' is obviously not the man for the job. lt is time for Prime Minister King to.stop shuffling his stuffed deck of political cards and “deal out" a real hand. Strikes and loclt-ottts should not be tolerated under present qmtdiiitnis, and holidays to ministers holding im- portzint posts should be postponed during emer- gencies. i

Another item in Saturday's Guardian made readers who had followed Rcconsccration Week Spccchvs rub their eyes. This was the announce- mcnt from llilifix that the Nova Scotia (Lib- erztl) Govt-rnnictit proposed holding a provin- cial election on (Jctober 28 next. The adminis- tration has an overwhelming majority in the Nova Scotia Legislature and it docs not have to go to the coitutry until next spring. Indeed, the Opposition leader, llon. L. \V. Fraser, in- formed Premier .\lac.\lillan that he was willing in view of the war situation, to support s move to extend the life of the Assembly until 1943 at least. As I\lr_ Fraser rightly said, an election at this time will'cattse “distraction, discord and disunity and will involve a large unnecessary expenditure when the people are making every effort to win the war." His plcs, apparently, has fallen on deaf cars. Whatever the motive behind the calling of this election, it obviously had nothing to do with defeating Hitler.

Another War Industry;

One ancient plant to which the war brings much extra business is the British Royal Mint. Undoubtedly the number of medals and decorag tions for valour on the field will increase, u the months go by, while there is, in addition to this list, the George crosses and medals awarded to civilians for acts of bravery and outstanding patriotic service. The King chooser the ribbons in all cases, assisted by a committee of experts whose responsibility it ls to see that the combin- ations of colours and other essential dctsile are not a duplication of anything before used. The Mint has been making medals continuously since the time of Charles I, when that unfortunate monarch instituted the Forlorn Hope bedgqlAn average of 34,000 medals are struck annually

at the Mint, with a great augmentation fn‘war-.

time. It is anticipated, however, that the_rccord producion will be reached immediately follow- ing the cessation of hostilities, when the valiant who have laboured to restore peace to the world will receive the favour of their Sovereign, as a. token of the gratitude of the Empire.

Unsatisfactory

The figures on Canada's export trade In Aug- ust, just published by the Bureau of Statistics, serve to confirm the impression that Canada is still falling substantially short of the fulfilment of her commitments to Britain about munitions and foodstuffs.

Both Prime Minister King and Mr. Ilsley, Minister of Finance, explicitly stated in Parlia- ment last session that during the fiscal year 1941-42 Canada would furnish Britain with munitions, raw materials. and foodstuffs to the aggregate value of $t,5oo,ooo,ooo. Obviously, for ‘the realization of this estimate our exports to Britain should have been attaining s value of about $iz5.ooo,ooo each month.

It was pointed out when the Itily figures about exnnrt trade were published that the aggregate value of our exports in Britain for the first

t four months of the fiscal year bad been only about $2fio.ooo.coo. or an average of $65,000,000 oer month. little tnore than half of the volumc ~f the mof-thly quota required tntnect our oh- ‘w-"nns. Commenting on these facts, the Globe ' w! Mail says’ w

ronto ind Vancouver. .

Explanations of a semi-official character were forthcoming to the effect that the scarcity of shipping was delaying the dcspatch of consign- ments which were ready, and that numerous fac- tories which were planned to produce \var ma- terials had only begun to produce during the summer. Hopes were also held out that the later months of the year would show a notable ex- pansion in exports to Britain But the trade data for August give Canada's exports to Britain a value of about $61,500,000, and, when exports of nearly $5,500,000 sent to Egypt but obviously intended for the British army in the Mediterran- ean area are added, the total is rather less than www.000-

Therefore, the expansion of our exports to ‘Britain during August showed a negligible ad- vance over the average scale prevailing in the previous four months and with five-twelfths of the fiscal year already elapsed we have shipped to Britain substantially less than threc-twelfts of the amount of supplies which wc promised her. Unless this unsatisfactory picture undergoes a change in the next two months, the Opposition, when Parliament reasscmbles in November, will be fully entitled t0 demand an explanation from the Government, andindecd will be dere- lict in its duty if it fails to do so.

e- EDITORIAL NOTES -.

A saving of $70,000,000 has been effected by Canada since the Government eliminated travel for pleasure by her citizens to countries where the Government needed dollar exchange.

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Members of the Government, including Mr. Iapointe, say Canada can provide a million men for active service, yet our army at lune 1st con- sistcd of only about 188,000 men, with a reserve of 170,000.

e a o u Here is one kind of rcconsecration that may not be altogether popular. Young King Peter of Yugoslavia has vowed never to dance again until his country's freedom has been restored. He announced this before 4.000 persons attending an officers’ reception at Grosvenor House, Lnn- don. a m n- =0-

In checking over their lists of imports from non-sterling countries, the South African auth- orities have decided on a complete cut-off from Canada on baking powder, yeast, biscuits, bread, cakes, puddings, pastry, cheese, confectionery other than chewing gum, and various fish pro- ducts suchflas lobster, anchovies, and fislipaste.

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At the Chief Constables Convention, Chief Constable George Smith of Winnipeg said in his presidential address that the fingerprint method of identification is being used by the Royal Can- adian Air Force and that he would like to see the Department of National Defence adopt this method for all branches of the armed services.

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Philip Dormer._Stanh0pe, 4th Earl Chesterfield. born this date, 1694. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, where he ruled with firmness and moderation. His “Letters to his Son" are the best literary production ,.of the age of \Valpole_ They are frank to impropriety, and cynical, bttt a coni- pcndium of wordly wisdom and craft. l-lc wrote also “Letters to his Gndson,“ but they are less pungent and more discreet.

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Among those to_ be honoured by Queen's Uni- versity at its centenary, celebration next month are the Governor-General and Princess Alice, Rev. G. R. Donald, St. Andrew and St. Paul, Rev. A.tS. Walker, King's Cdllegc, Halifax, Sir Thomas Halland, Edinburgh University, Dr. Cyril James, McGill, Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Sir. Ernest acMillan, Toronto Conservatory of Music, General McNaughton, Rt. Hon Arthur Mcighcn, Hon. I. L. Ralston, Mgr. Camilc Roy, Laval University, Dr. Charlotte E. Whit- ton, Canadian Welfare Council.

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The other day in Hoboken, N. Y. the honesty of theflverage men in the street was put to s successful testf The rear door of an armored car swung open and ‘seven bags of nickels, each con- taining $200, rolled to the street. This happen- ed: One men got in his cer and chased the driver to tell him Another picked up s sack, called s cab and drove three blocks. to restore it. A cab driver turned in two other bags. A woman stood guflrd over 1 broken sack. The driver recovered

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Seconded to the Wartime Prices Board from the Department of National Revenue in Sept- ember, 1939, Mr. C.‘ R. Morphy, as licensing officer for the board, has been in charge of the plan which has elreedy brought Canadian dealers in coal and hides end leather under licence pro’- visions of the board. Early in the Great War Mr. Morphy was s lieutenant with the Canadian Field Artillery Later he was associated with the licensing division of the Canada Food Board. Now he is supreme controller of all we cat and ell we wean, t

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When Hitler goes "all out" against Britain he will not stop short of "bacteriological war- fare," Mr. A. Beverly Baxter declared on ar- rival by Clippcr planeifrom London bn an of- ficial mission to the United States and Can- ada. The Toronto-born former newspaperman, |now member of the British Parliament, said that win or lose in Russia, Hitler is going to attempt to “fix England with everything he has.” ilaxtcr ‘predicted a "very noisy winter" for Brizain. “lf we gct Hitler on the run, he will concentrate on us with things you never even thought of before," said Baxter. “We shall endeavor to meet ‘him halfway, however. If things go badly with him in Russit, he will turn loose a vengeance war Ion us. After all, the object of Hitler's real hate

is England,,.altl1ough he is getting to be rather ‘

cross at the United Slates. Baxter, who will

spend two or three weeks in Qanada, was met

in New York by his wife,-who, with their two children, Clive, 10, and cight-ycar-old Mcrivan has been living for the last three years in ' To-

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It ls so nested that the ow peace move, if It carries, will benprgegdgd or accompanied by a, Qermgn m. nounoement that the United 5mm o! Europe are now 1n being. This would be intended to serve my“ purposes. The enemy would thnpe to wettest to Americans (and our. selves! that. having assured the peace and unity of the continent, he had “n0 further political or territorial claims" to make fig would ho to appeal u) the p". judlccs o many Americans (am of scrnc people outside America) who have been fond qt asking why rm Euffllififln peoples should not solve their troubles and end their uar. 191$ by 111111-1118 as the Amer cans 57.81.93 united a, oentury 3nd a ha“ 1150- he would present himself with an excuse for insisting that neutral European countries (par. tlcularly the two remaining 11¢. mflcmfl e5. Sweden and Switzerland) should at onoe accept his pcacenble New 0rder-under threat of course, of being overrun if they did not,__ The Glasgow Herald.

Rumors that Finland might con. alder a separate ace with Russia are not lmplauslb e. 1: the mm“ can induce the Russians to meet, their territorial demands, they W111 have satisfied the only inter-cg, they can have in m, war they now "6 “H8108. There is, however, m. 01-1191" 901m to be considered and it may well be the o on which peage hopes will be ed The Ger- mans will have something to so about what Finland will or will not 11°- I‘1’_ Finland is not another Nazi- occupted country at. the moment, it is the next thing to it. Germany ls estimated to have about six div- islons on the Finnish - Russian 1mm. and to assume that Berlin would evacuate those t while M01081“ Stands. or allow the Finns to do a Leopold. is going a lslitle too far. — Windsor Daily

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A blitz story from London relates that a businessman, searching for “Mes of his office after a raid was CDMNHled by a depressing array of debris. Surmountlng it was a color- r111 object. He climbed the rubble 1° 511N511! his curiosity. It. was s. loose leaf calendar which had for- merly 165151 “P011 his desk, bearing the appropriate date, together with tpe lnscrgption: "An hour may d9- 5Y3!’ w an e -b ill " -—Edmont.on Joiiinalias a u d n8 '

According to recent word (mm Norway the Germans are mppay- 911111’ making use of the p015“ Slfimps bearing portraits of King Kaakon and Queen Maud which they forbade Norwegians to use beginning last summer. The poet Office had on hand about one mil- lion dollars worth of these Stamps and prepared w burn them when the sale was forbidden. The Ger. mans. however, step ed in am seized the whole lot. caving in re- turn a "receipt". Opinion in Nor- way ls that, the Nazis intend to capltalze on the world-wide inter- est. shown by philatellsts in these issues and roflt by a demand they themselves ave caused. — News of Norway.

A plaintive little letter to the ed]. tor tlusother day showed pttilessly the futility of a certain type of mind which still. in these hard and realistic days. lives in an Ivory- towered Never-Never land. Be. wailing everythingdn general, this gentle well-meaning 5on1 leads: “I have often thought, lt. would be beg. ter if the world's gzvernmcnts were headed by phllcsophcrs rather than by tang-rolling politicians". 0f course. lots of other people have had the same thought including Plato. 2500 years ago. But, ggvem. 11161118 M9111 headed by hiloso- phers as a general thing. t's like disarmament. It's great ltf they all do it. at» once. But. a world with. 111W countries ruled- by hiloso. phers and one ruled by a Igitler ls stills. world in which an ivo

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A Canadian Commission of five members under the chairmanship of the Hon. Charles Stuart, was a . Pointed in December, 1938, for t e purpose of inquiring inm the "en- 81119971118. economies, finances and other aspects" of an Alaska high. way. Its report ls now under pm. partition. ‘me Commission has cur. veyed. 5.000 miles of potential high- way, It has worked on what, ls one of’ izhc largest road projects ever considered in the Dominion

posed traffic artery from Vancou- ver to Fairbanks. Alaska. ranges from 1,935 to 2.240 miles, depend- 1118 on the route finally accepted. 83ft. ‘ti’ Elfin? sf“... Add“ ' a r r 1n Alaska. Hence, the Oanad "' more work than the United States Commission. The work of the can. fldlw body has been very extensive. It has held bearings throughout British Columbia end the Yukon WITH-OW. and made aerial end eur- faoe surveys of various alternative routes through Britiab Columbia and the Yukon territory to asks. bound . There has been considerable oontrovers in Western Canada regarding t e ultimate route to be selected. It is under- stood that the Commission has do- scrlbed two practical routes, Vin: estimates of the cost. in each case, and also recommending whet it b0- lieves to be the-most. . The cost of the Dentin on esti- mated at between s25, , and $30,000,000. -- Brantfotd Expositor.

A new ‘remedy for odlo stomach ache, obtained gem mo Purple sheen of oosl tar, wee en- nounced recently et the Amer-L can C“ ‘ l Society's nuel meeting hero. It is s rtflwtltim for atropine and pepaverin, bum 1m.

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A TOURIST? TRIBUTE

slrz- I have just concluded my third vacation visit to Park Corner, and would like to express to the people of the Island. through your paper. my deep appreciation of their courtesy. Each time I come to the Island I spend my two weeks with Mrs. Ella Campbell, by the Lake of Shining Waters, and 1 have, each time, been more im- pressed by the friendly spirit of the people, and their eagerness to make one feel at. home. They have succeeded so well that. when I leave the red shores of the Island I feel I em parting from a dear friend, and can only comfort myself with the thought that some day I shall come back. Perhaps the following will express it better. 5

VACATION AT PARK COR-NEAR

The mornings in rosy glory

Rise from the night. that. is gone

And the crows fling their raucous challenge

Y Info the pearly dawn.

The skies weep tor dying simmer The wind elgha for a day But tomorrow it sings for Septem-

ber And the dark clopds roll away.

Now the air 1e like wine. you can drink it;

The skies are their deepest blue,

And the sun goes clown in such splendour

Like Heaven breaking through.

The Lake of Shining Waters,

Is pure beauty. pure delight

And the sea. is a cradle of glory With its breakers of foaming white.

And the Island is steeped in magic There's a thrill in every mile. The red roads, the green, green

meadows Creel you like a smile.

And its people. match their Island- Friendly, loyal. true- ‘Tls a promise I am making I'll be coming back to you.

I am, Bir, etc.

MARY WHITELEY

Park Corner, September, 1941.

Nature’s Defences

(Reader's Digest)

Many defence methods and de- vices used in modern war have a- mazing counterparts in the protec- tive measures evolved ages ago by Nature for creatures of the woods. fields and sea.

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1n its abdomen-and when it f s a gas 11601111- aanicd by a bang like that of a tiny aopgun its enemies. predaocous ggiipd beetles and birds, retreat 1n

Gra pies: News dis tchee re rt that the British havga developcp; a

rojectile which, upon exploding, rc- eases metal filaments that enmesn a raiding airplanes roperrer. Simi- larly, the Paramec um, a protozoan $111121 m1: Ingpds. protects itself by

oo o h a mass of drapplltig threads that entangle the foe while the paramecium escapes.

Smoke screen: To mask Itself from a prowl! predator that inter- "IDN its sear for food on the We“ 11°01‘. the squid elects a. cloud lIU-ld under cover of winch it Whisks away to a rock-cranny home port until danger es,

Camouflage: Of the countless ex- emples of camouflage in Nature, the spider crab has the most. astnniaa- 1H8 trick Taking cuttings of sea-

weed. it chews the ends to m better w» . then cuff: $2.111 11mm! the ---- --- bristles met on top of 14 shell. where they lake root and -- __y ' u” crab.

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