t-Acr. rout: __ _ TllE UHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

llluin-‘rlg Daily (Founded ln 1887)

fir-sidcnt: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. McLuro Vim-President: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. ltIac-Klnnnn. D.S.O. kr-‘ur and . "Iflglllg Director: J. R. Burnett. FJ l. A fillflldlt‘ L. in. Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

Sl‘I¥S(‘Rll'T|(\.\' RATES by Mall in l’. L l., $4.120 per year: $2.50 for ti months S1325 r111 3 mmrins; 50c for one month City D(’ll\'l'l‘)'f $5.0!) per year; $3.00 for 6 months $ for 3 months

By Mail in (‘a - 15A :S5.00 per year int-Jilin “vi-kn: s.. 1 a $1.00 1111- 6 months. 5111- for 3 ininitlis.

"The Strongest Memcry is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

AIONZJAVI .i il- [TA III: 34, lllll.

"A Matter U1 Lile And Death"

Coinmviiiiii: 1111 111111 .\lr. lloivcs assurance of a "full 111111 .-11i11;11-.-:1- i-xpaiiiziiiun" of tliu lio.dup in t..1n:i<l-.1'~. airvrsiit production the llalifax Lihriiiiicli- tLiiii-iyil; says;

K111111113; 11-“ \\1l1 b1: adequate. Aircraft pro- (luction \\.1.\ on.- 111 i1».- \-i..-i.ly lllllltlfllllll activi- tics on which 111c- _1;11v1-1i1iiicin was ziskeil to act when war l1 i1_ llicri- is siill grcatcr need for airciaft ti-Wii. \1:il i1 1. 1111- 1111111- alarming to 111111 l1l'11<lll-.".1 -ii :11 ~i11-l1.-1 1~|\\'lL‘\'t.‘lllU\\' that the

\\{‘.l'l\ 1i1ii~ \1 11-1111-11,

.\1r. 11-111. ~11‘ 11:11.1, 1111 his return from til-eat lJiztaiii, 111-11 . -.\-1~ 11111 ivt-ll \\i111 Liuiiidzfis aii- crait 1111111111.. ~ ‘LlliiV where licdcral .\ir- craft \\.1~ 1-1 1- 1, .1111 llc dizclincd to make any 111111111‘ cl1.11..;\- 1:1 1. sluaifoii. 11c iiiiiinateil ratiii-r, 111.11 1.1; 111111111 sirive for some improve- nii-nt within 1l-11-1-.\:~if1\ sclup.

The .~..1i1i11 -11 111111-11 .\lr. llzinsoii attempted to i1-.:r1nlii1"1-::i1I.1 11111;~1- oi Commons Thursday indicates iiI-1v 111111111 .\ii'craiI came so to the' fore 111111111. 1 \\'lL‘1\'.\'. lt stems from a ini-ctirig 111’ . . 11g" lllllll<lt.‘l" of munitions and Slljlllll, ' q 11-1» 111 111s. vczir, with rcpreseiifa- li\'1'.\' 111 1 -i: l|111'llllitt.‘illl'\‘l'>, 1o discuss the proilizw- i1 1 1 fiizo .\1i~-111 lioiiilicrs, which hed- ernl .\:1" . '1 ivas siipposi-d to produce.

1111- l2l.'1lll!.l.'ii‘ill"<" sais .\ir. llanson, recom-

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l 151-‘ dissolved. 1. 111111-1111, the chairiiiziii of the ~ 1111:1111 111111 an aircraft execu- ~ 111111-11 States took the same view.

l .\ircrafts be

tiie fr11111

1\\l'tl—.\ which Federal Aircraft is Sltl1l)1)~1.'11 1.1 proiliic-r, were il-ssigiicd originally as r1-c11iii1;1i~<.1i:1:c and 1111111511; aircraft. \\'itl1 .1

rclaiivcly 11.1w 111p speed oi only I88 miles per hour, a 1.11_:,1- t-i 1,0011 miles. and ablc to carry a hoinii 1111111 11f 3'11) poiiiuls, the .-\vro-.~\i1sons were found to 11c iiimiiisfzict-iry- for military servicc. 'l‘he_v are rathi-i- t-(lsv to produce, however, and are cxccll-riit iiii- training purposes. portaiicc iii the (1111: iian program is that they are vitally imporiziiit iii the lrlmpire Air Training plan. 1-1111; oi ihl-m endangers that plan_ Complaints have cciiirctl for the most part arouiiil 1111- direction of l-‘cdtrral Aircraft. Those in charge, it l.~ Ci1lllL?ll(l_C(l, lack authority to act or to 11111111111; coinpcti-iit technical executives. Tlilte

real director of 1111- zii-tivitv is the minister of muniuons aiiil siipplv iviio has countless other activities 111 >lllll‘i‘\'ls1". .\i raft production is a

highly technical ii11l1i~i1"_v. The cry comes from many ilitzirtcrs to iiistal more 1111-11 0f technical trziiiiing and (‘XPCFfUIUC to responsible positions in the llflltlllcimll program.

Ciauadu 1111s turiit-tl out some elementary trainer plain-s, such as acts and Tiger Moths. but h. s fallen down l1:11.1v iii 1111- output of more ailvanced types of air it. \\'l1i1-l1 are cssciitial to the train- ing 11f tighit-i 111111 1111111111-1- pilots.

The 11111111: 111-111111-111 is of such vital importzin "e that .\lr. llnivcs statement will be awaited with intense llllt'l't‘.~l. lll.\ <t111eii1cn1 (leiiiaiids the most exhausting scriiiiiiv by every member of Commons. ;\11y incmber who fails to study the. statement to ilisciiver present weaknesses and 1o point the \\'1fld\' to iuuii-ovcment will be derelict in his ditty.

This is not a political squabble, nor an oratorical contest. It is a mzmirr of life and dcatlr

'4'There"ll Always Be An England"

I According to a uirrcspoiiilciil two hundred and forty years 11311 l.iiiy__1l.'1ii1l fact-d a peril so like the present one lilLll the remembrance of what she i116" Sllnltrfl 11111)‘ stirarly our belief ‘hat this too will be ovr-rcnnie. “The, apparent danger of an ‘ill\'fl.\llill, bricfly- Il‘]il‘(‘\t.‘lll('tl iii a letter to a Min- ister of State, by a licniilh gentleman," was written in i701, and coiziains this passage: “ling- land is now the only nation in Europe, that hath any remains of sitb~iantial liberties; for arbitrary Iioivi-r, like a mighty 'll‘lllg(’, has in a mamnr oi-i-rsprciiil 1111- 111-1» of the whole cartli, and is ready to l)l'(‘1'll\' in upon us with an irrcsistilfe fury, Lmlcss we make ready to withstand it. Hol-

land stands now exposed to military execution, and s11 11o i111: 01111111111..- ol Kent and Surrey, who 111W" full)‘ iii‘ llll_\‘ llli>ll~llllfl nicn rcady to land tipon 1111-111 :11 a 111v 111 iii-ifs warning from llou- lognc, (aiap, lil'1‘t\'t‘1|ll, llunkirk, Xcwport, and

Usn-inl; lllt‘l'(‘ i» 11111 a hair's breadth betwixt us aiiil ruin." '1 ltis twiss-zigir may be fottiid in the llarli-iaii .\li<11-ll.u1_v, printcil for john \Vliitc, London, 18118, \‘11l. l, [rage 100.

Britlaiifs War Bill

The most ri-rr-iit issue of the London Econo- mist Wis 1111-111 figures for llritain tltat are stag- gering in size. 'l’l11- 111-"11-11 in the current fiscal year is 1~»1ii1i.-11<-1l 111 112.5110 millions, and this figure will amount in the coming fiscal ycar to 13.400 millions.

lixpcinliiiire in lritain is estimated at £5130 millions, and l‘L'\tllll(‘. on the basis of existing 111x115, 01111- [ujoo |i1illi11i1<_ The gap bctwrcu tin-w l\\'t| llQllltjs 1111s to 111- met by new taxation or b) .\\\1t'lll‘lll(‘ saint-gs or by inflation.

'l'l11- t'.1i1.-11l1.1i1 situation is not as acute as this,

but it is 11111-1. us" that the present war savings czimpiiig1i in this country must go well over the top it \\t' .1r1- 1111 111 face, in tint too long a time, a situation in ivhich we will have to decide 1n a luirrv \'.'ll"Ill<‘l' to take a wise 0r foolish course in \\'2ll' 1111:1111; 'l'l11: foolish way, of course. ivouhl b1- 11111 to increase taxation and s-Ivings; t n-iviilil bc 1111111111111. 'l'liis is the last ilvspcratc rc-

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A Classic

judge Herbert O'Brien, of the Domestic Re- lations Court of New York, appeared before the Foreign Relations Colllnllltcc of the Senate at Washington, and delivered a fiery pliilippic against the Lease-Lend bill, ivliich he declared would create “civil war" in New York City. Later Alayor La tjuarilia testified before the sziiiic committcc, giving strong support to the Uill. 'l'licreupoi1 Sciiaioi" Bennett Champ Clark. rabid isolationist, asked the Mayor if it was not ‘true that he had O'Brien to the Hench. Quick as a flash came .\lr. La Liuardizfs rctort: "Senator," he said, “l have made sonic cxccllcni zippointincnts in my time——and l think l'iii good. llut, Senator, irlieu l make a mistake, it's a bcaut."

EDITORIAL NOTES n

_- Dcbcrt is some sink for Ljovcrnmcut funds. ‘ll i‘ i W‘

Contributing to \\'ar Certificate funds means saving zigainst a rainy day. 9F *1‘ A‘

'l"l1e lit-st ilirifi l\' 1111111111111 thrift; the bcst iii- vcstmeiit national investment. a =11 >11 =11

Feast of Saint Matthias. The disciple sel-

ccied by the casting of lots for appointmtnt to

1licap11s1lcsl1ipin succession to Judas. Some

critics identify him with Nathanael; a llLltlllllC-

:atiuu for election was association with the apos-

tles from the baptism of John till the Ascension. ll f! A‘ F

Gasoline retailers in Cape llrcion, who boost- cil prices a half ccnt last wcek have restored lllClli to their previous lcvcls. Tlic restoration was iii conformity with a ruling by Uil Controller U, R. Cottrclle, W110 ordcrcd the increases wiped out. pending an investigation. The prices had been increased after the Nova Scotia board of public utilities refused to sanction a ouc-ccnt rise in the authorized spread bctivccu wholesale anil retail prices. Dealers in Halifax and vicinity also had jumped their rates but restored the lower sche- dules Saturday.

I i I‘ ll Our American cousins are not so smart as thcy claim to be, or they would not have fallen for a. recent Nazi stunt. Uvcr n1 Berlin they wanted. to have some idea of the number of fans who listened into their broadcasts, so they offered ti: defray the \\'ll‘€lt.‘5> cost of lllusc who would sciid briefly their opinion of the broadcasts. limiicd- iatcly the fans thought it a good joke to take a rise out of 111cm, and cndlt-ss ivircless messages were sent, till called off. Now the Nazi arc sai- istied that their Lord llaivs-llaivs do not wasic their breath on desert air. it v 1k

“The Forty-Ones have not been a vcry dis- tinguislictl set 0f years, au1l lcavc plcnty of room for the Aimus Mirabilis” ivritcs a British c111- umiiist. Thcy produced a king in lidward Yll (who turned out quite ilificrciitly from l1 s fzithcfs expectations). They saw the execution of Stafford and the beginning of the civil ivai". And they marked a further stage in the matri- monial career of l-lcury Ylll, in the divorce 11f Amie of Cloves, followed by the execution of Catherine Howard iii the following year. Ainoi g military exploits, the Forty-Ones sa\v included the capture of .-\crc with the loss -of only sixty- six British killed, the optiosiiig livyptian army losing 2,000 lll ltillcd and \\‘Ullll(l(‘tl, and 3.000 ill prisoners."

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Total wool production in Canada in I940 was 18,127,000 pounds as compared with 17,846,000 in I939. Shorn wool production amounted to 13,812,011) pounds, an increase of 253,000 ‘wounds over the 1939 clip. .-\11 increase in the number of sheep shorn was responsible for the increase in shorn wool production. Cash income from tle i940 wool-clip is estimated at $2,329,000, a gain of $892,000 ovcr cash income from the I931) clip. Consumption of wool in Canada in 19.10 amount- ed to 101,010,000 pounds, greasy basis, ivliicli is the highest figure in the last IO years. Con- siimption in i939 amounted to 04,900,000 pounds and for the rive years, 193.; to I938, aver- agcd 01,958,000 [rounds a ycar. 'l"l1e high level of consumption in 1940 resulted largely from Government orders for clothing for the armed services.

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Inspector ]_ Fripps, late of this province has been on a gold liuni in Vancouver. Royal Can- adian Mounted Police in a ivcek-cnd raid found gold bars valued at approximately $54,000 packed in trunks bearing the name of Leo E. Alorlaiid, New Zcalaud mining engineer arrcstctl last 'l‘ucs» day by United States Customs authorities on charges of attempting to smuggle $55,000 worth of gold across the international boundary. It was learned today that trunks ivcre seized Satur- day in a west end rooming-house where Morland rented a room last. Novcmbc-i- folloiving his arriv- al from New Zcaland. lle has bet-n ltcld 3L1 Seattle since his arrest near Blaine, Wash" ivheu customs officials found 57 gold bars hidden iii his automobile. The dozen wooden trunks were packed tightly with technical lxinks on niiiiii-g subjects but when police ripped them apart they found the centre pages had been gouged out to make cavities in which the gold bars were cou- ccaled Fifty-four bars were recovered. Inspec- tor Fripps xvould not say whether action was planned against Morlaiid.

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Prime Minister King is so intimate with U.S.A. affairs that he considers it hardly worth while lo have an Airibassador at \1Vashington in the absence through illness of the present occupant of the position. 11¢ expressed himself amazed and pained that newspapers should criticize the Gov- ernment for its alleged lethargy in the matter. To this the Gazette rejoins: “And yet, with this in- teriiaiitmal relationship and contact of such para- mount importance, Canada lias not had at \-Vasl1- ington a i\lllllSl.(‘l‘ capable of carrying an excep- ltioiial responsibility created by admittedly excep- tional circumstances. Mr. King himself as 119ml of the Department of External Affairs allowed this condition to g0 on. llc is only now doing something to correct it, after one or two Canad- ian ncivspapers. discharging an extremely dis- tasteful duty, brought the matter to the attention of the public. Mr_ King says that he has been amazed and somewhat pained, but he is about to lacl. nutivitlistaniliiig the pain and the amazement. Ilc is probably 10s,- aniazcil than are the (Tanailian

personally appointed Jud-Bel

was CHARLQTTETQWNIfiUARQlAN-

lltlTES 11111111 1m

There will be those who wlll say BEAU] 1.11111 the plesoent, has g.ne too far that, pub-i: 1p.m;ri will not. be behuid hm m tlLs radical step. 'I-:i.at is probably true. It w.1l bc ahead o1 h-Ill, There are plenty at indications that he is continuing his deLberaIe pcLcy of letting pubLc opinion g1) ahead of him, that wnat, he has cane rvw ls EXBCM’ wliait. the bulk of the American peciplc have been wanting him to do for months past. — Windsor Star.

Q. In the dictators-hips of Germany and Italy, with especial reference to Germany, is there not. 121cm f r WllIl€>8lu graft since titer-e neat be no accounting to the people by politicians? Is tlieic actually any graft. in government, local state and national? F. B. SHAW. As-ssi- anit Professcr sf Eczncimics, De Paul Uinverit-y. A.—’l‘liere is graft. on a. lrcal slate national, and in- tcinatlonal scale beyond the widest, dreams of the worst grafters Airiorics. has ever seen or known. 0n the whcle, petty graft is under fairly good c nti-cl. Grand larceny as a vmtual mcncpdy of the parry, howl-I'm”. ex sis on a. scaie wp have never imagined 1n bins country, - Wallace R. Deuel, form-er Berlin gorrespcrident tn the Chicago Daily

ow.

India's already impressive con- tizbuticn of the Alli-cu war cffcrt .3 st/eadil expanding both in volume and .vers.t.y. posmon makes i1 clear 111.111 her most import-ant eccncmc function is t: ant. as supply centie f;r all points cf ctuseqcnca Loin Egypt. to Malaya. A CCuLipILFlSCII be. 1 India's economic the last. and 111.1210 present, war snows two vital dffererices. India is n;w far better prepared 1,. meet call; upon her. In the last war she was ILilP-DBIOG by h r inadequate GCCIlL-IfllC equ pmen; and .1. w until 1037 that the o.ga created began to functlcn eff. five- ly. Furiheicntre. 1h.- ln-crvenuig y-e-ars have 5.1211 remarkable develop- ments in the industrial output. of India. She has advanced to a 5.6111. place am ng the industrial nations of the wcislzl. Tsc-ay IIZL only her vast reserves c-f raw 1na.2r.a.s, but. also the variety and qual- maiiufaotuirts, 31k cf csrsquuice ....IL is aiitlclpaied that. India w.1l become an impoitant ccnne of munitions pfCfillCilGll and t it. 1511c 2r

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w 11 nt 1.u.y be abl: 1o s1'.-;.p;y own nee s but. to a 1 appxc. extant. those c-l Ll‘..- AllLd f: 0.5 abr ad. Even now it is computed that, India miiiiiifactui-es ninity per cent of licr own W31‘ requie- meuls. - The Elzctrlc Crimes iMeI- b.uIn-., Austrelia.)

vast air-training scheme that. s;me acci-

In a 1t l5 lllOVllillll€

dents happen, and srz-me fiycrs meet di-atli. These d.e at the p.51. of duty. no less than lf

they were $11.1 down by an enemy far i1. is only at» tlie tran- ing Lclds that, y can be gained. Nor is their .1.-c.if.ci- in vasn. Fr..m these misaps other men Learn how t: 113V gate them plans-s safdy and eflzcbvely, — Edmonton Journal.

Mr. and Mrs. It. P. Butcharli. wliis: garden -_n Tcd Inlet have long been one cf the show pauses of the Paella: Ccast. are m ving int, Vic.o:la, ard Vlctmia and the neighboring mun.c prillbes are wandering tvliat 1s to be the fate cf the iamcus gal-ticks. Pro 11m- ably M1". and Mrs. Butcliat wll nqi keep the-m up any m-xe. The public-spirited coupe aze getting along in years, Bcsdes, vriiat with provincial and Dominion tame, no pzrson in British C lum-blfi can any longer enjoy an lIlCJllQ that will

:l.tu.e cn the scale that ‘p cf the Butcliart. gard- ens requ. as. So, an era ends. It is undcrLt-ood that, .f sum, responsible puiblic body will undertake admn- tstratlcn t! the gardens, their use as a public asset msy be cnitnued. The gardens are a "l public asset. bewu a '51 attraction mngiiitutle and their znatlunal. - Vauctuver

f amq is Province.

Among the innumerable bomb stones going round I selcct this as one .11 the b.st - paixieularly because 1t was tsld me by the em- ployer in wlicse ivarks it actually happened. A German airplane had been brought. dawn whale ln the area. It was denied to display lt tn std of the Spltllre Fund. A canvas s-wninz was placed around it. On the morning of the day when the exlrbiticn was t.- be cps-lied two of the WCYlimQll flBC1l€d to have a free VluW and czeipt uriier Ilia canvas. A foieman raw them crme out and asked what they were dcln-g. "Oh," they sud "hav- ing a prevlcw as it were " They went on lo say that l1 was n21 6K- cclknt show They parlicul rly liked the large bc-mb so res ally pliared by tlie Messersclim L. "What. are y.u talking about?" asked Z113 foreman. "Tilt/era's no bomb. You are seeing 1h rigs." The min stuck t; their point, until the fercman in alarm inves- tigated. There was tl b:mb. It. had fallen during the uizht and lay. unexploded by the plane. -— London New Statesman.

Gen. Robert I2. Wood seems ln danger of bring caught. 1n s cross- fire. Testifying in Washington, the acting national cliaLrmarI of the America. First, Ccmmi1te¢ came 1n conflict with b th economics and grammar. He was discussing the extent of British assets in this country and thought, the-y had been greatly undmvalued. Conveying this thought, he ls reipzrted b0 have ut- tered the following phrase: "Wztn- out throwing any osperslmis, it lo ks like our British friends are holding out on us." Postponing 1:1- ttie moment. comment. on this tum of speech - which presumably is now grmimently lmibedded in the recor of the k wrnmerit, for cnr- ruptton of the taste, ss well as the misinformation of such as may 0'1!- sull. them ln the future — we will quote authority as to he correct.- ness of thq; witness's statemrnt of racts. Writ-rig to Sexist. r Bymes, s member of the Senate Fcreign Re- lations Committee, Herbert E. Gas- ton. Acting Secretary of the Tress- ury. informed liim that Gen. Wood's statement. was "completely incor- rect," H; added that every available source 111 funds had been fully ac- counted f.r. The trrms ln which Gen. Wood expressed tits suspicion seem equally without support. Fswl- er-s "Modern English Usage" s standard work, speaks rather ge-I verely of "the most flagrant. and ensll r-(cogrilzable misuse of ‘like?’ I1 s d5 that, the practice ‘s gener- ally condemned as vulgar and sl v-

people, whose iiitercsts have been so flagrantly disrezardcil "

enly, but handsome] concedes that b9 lb

Her gmgrapti cal 1

3 mistaken, he may receive full bene-

. infirm citizens may

PUBLIC FORUM

‘lhll column ll I!!! l" u: dllouulol h! correspondent: O questions of Interest. The Charlottetown flulrillnu doe! II" noeunrlly eullorso tho Ollllm" of norrhnnlcleutl.

PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS

II

guy-qt; 1 said in a recon; letter on this -.i.ib1e.ct, I would point out the terrible candnloas existing in families caused :1. pro-cured 1ll_- ncss or death of the bWBd-“JIY-fl- Why this aoii-sziiiresusii IYIJUBLRLG is beeau e the. DOmlll-XI and Pro- ‘vlnce now provide t-ho followlriz services, each of which I will brief- ly analyze.

But. all affected by‘ these services please note that. it ls only 5833"” I consider them Justice that I wLl lanalyize them to prove that. the .~ub- ject here discussed in an INJUS- TICE

Service No. l-Penslons for wsr veteran. All the comment ne- cessary on this service ls that the amount to be paid ls determined -by the extent of’ disability. Service No. 2 —Penslons for the blind. This service ls similar to No. 1 in that l1; ls treated us s per- manent disability.

Service No. 3-01d ago pension. This service Ls provided for needy aged citizens. Its nrovtlons are similar to Services No l and 2. n that a citizen need not. be ut- terly destitute to receive its bene- fits: that, ls, 1f the appllcnritts partially able to provide, ‘he may receive the necessary balance for adequate provision. And, 1f I am not

fit while he has a certain amount. which l believe to be $300.00. In other words, if an aged citizen has not; more than $300.00'.s worth of property or cash, but. is unable to provide any part of his livelihood without using thl- amount. then he is considered eligible for the full amount. considered necessary to bro- vtde the necessities of life so that. he m-iy retain this given amount of $300 00 for burial expenses.

Service No. 4—-Inflrmary. This ls an institution maintained by the province where needy. homeless and be cared for mf-d receive all the necessities of

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With your consent. I will continue

1n R. later lsue to outline other

SEIVICGS.

I am. Slr. etc" IIUMANITARIAN.

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