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first: rout: _ TllE ' BHARLUTTETUWN GUARDIAN

Morning llaily (Founded in 1887)

President: Lfeut. Col. W. Chester S. McLure Vii-e President: .I. R. Burnett, 1-‘.J.l. Secretary: Lieut. Col. l). A. Mneliintitin. 0.50 Erlllflr and Managing ilirerlor. J. R. Burnett, F..I.1. Aesiivlnte Editors: Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

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attiottg the .\ntcricai1 people. They now realize, as perhaps tuaity of tltetii never did before, that their President was right itt his foreign [)UllC_\', and that in cottstatitly’ warning them against the treacheryt and ilesigns of the aggressors he was seeltiitg to ztrottse tlteiii to a setise of the peril tltat rings their country and their way of life. They tioiv l\'ll()\\.', if they did not previously, that this is world war. witli world conquest and the sub- jtttlgutttin of free peoples tlte cold-blooded ob- jective which the gzittgsters are bent oit achiev- 111g.

'l'lic- irar may shift to two tnain tlieatres~——l\‘ortlt . ‘rica and the Pacific. But, as the New York 'l‘iiiit-.~ emphasizes, t e American people should not lose sight of the fact that Hitler is still the rt-zil etieiiiy of mankind; the (lecisivc battle for fi-eiitltiiu will be fought out in the English Cliatttiel, and not in tlis Pacific. lf llitler is

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in. ~ bio-til Hi its own way. ll not sooner. llns is sriutitl ir-o-"m “""""‘ “"“ titli-it ' fut’ bipan despite her tiaval aiitl air llgvl, Hub |tllltll‘l‘lr \tli\t|, "Ilill ~ ’

i"I‘/tt' Strong/ctr! Jlenitiiii/ Wen/cor than the “Trikes! lnlc."

B 1i 13, 1941.

line Island Record

A; inti i. .~l _\'.'~'titlf_\' itt a flt‘~|>1\‘.Clt front (jnhip, lily-hurl l~lllflilis resptilist’ tti t L i ,3 ui w ill~ hititn :~t1 t‘fllllll\lit>lli' l liltltt t i- ‘i. |\i‘l‘l1\.lfl\‘lll t,‘ , , t_ . \'i, l iwttti“ t1 eeiitre has it Quit t Lfvil. lbw enntre wall t'i-ti.~vi|tteittl_\ _li<‘ t". ~wl nit lleij sf, lift! ll‘i('l'i' will lir- prtivtstiitt tor , k ‘ jpi- iipetatioti of tiioliile

.1» wli iii \-..ll tiiur the Province at

‘guhir ' .

11w t ittziwzt ill’ also tioies that of Prince lHfiiuiiwl l-lziiitl‘. .\'.\,ioti ptipttlzitioit, nearly 7,000

are ttri-tiwl tn the active foreis.

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\\'lt.u tl*‘(‘~ this iiiixitir .\tipl_\"ing our l~l:iit:l eriltiiieiit riciiril l!) the wliiile Dntttttttou, it iitiiilis that we sliottlil tiowt ltave about one nul-

limi iileft itt (ftitiatlzils active forces. This would be equivalent to about sixty zirniy divisions. ']'1,ig- i; a rteiiyll of which l‘rittce liihvartl ls- laitd ntay well be yiriiiiil. liil‘, what of (dllililtlfl as l whole. and of the ciinipltcettt statements i~'Si1(‘(l front time to time by goverutiieitt spoltesttten

with regard to recruiting totals? a

mhi=1a The Christmas. Spirit

Today's issue of The Guardian contains spe- cial Christmas features, illustrations and atl- vertiseutents in accord with tititc-ltottorcd tradi- tioit. \\'e rectinntieiid thetn to our readers, old and yottttg, for their tonic value in tltese ltarroiv- iiig times. We need more than ever todayt a lirezitliintg-spell, such as the Christmas season af- fords. to it'fi'\‘~l1 ottr troitbleil spirits. It is not itirtittsistent with our sternest wartime duties to ctlclirzite it as joyously and wholclie:irtedly' as possible. As R, 1.. Stevenson pointed out, and ltieketts eiitphasizerl itt titorc than one itnintirtal (‘hrisitnzis story, no duty is so sadly tinderrziteil as the duty of being happy. it means shedding our selfish cares and preticetttizttiotis, and extend- ing ottr ititcrost and .sy'iitpzithies to all around us. This is the kilififilltiiifi s Irit, the very sytnliol 0f the things for which we are fighting.

ti:t't giritig must of iieces>it_\' be curtailed this (‘hristttizis in so far as expensive lttxttries are concerned; hut there is a ivide choice of bargain goods on the shelves of ottr local merchants. (ltttsirlc the circle of ones ititiitiate friends and

lffflliilt’ tht re are :tl\\':t\'.s olliers to be reinetiilier- til. \~i eirile slltilllil lie bio (tllllll to (‘xrltltlrf ll"|ll 1'1Htlfilili|'.til\f‘ iiiio or itiiiir‘ ll|k'lllli(‘|§ .if on: gallant siiiire foieos, at ltouie or itlimail.

'l|icte are also the lotto; established ehaintels for Charitable girittg. suelt as the Fri-e l)l>'li(‘ll$lli‘_\', the balriittiiii .\riti_v, flit: lllllffllilfl’. the hits- pitzils and ti1‘]ill1lill‘._ ‘s, which liflYC special rlaiiiis tipoti us at this time.

'llhcre arr now tiuly nine more sboptiiitg (lays before lilli‘l~llll.'i§. little etiiittelt time to eoiiiytlete Web <lltllifiillu Flier“ l"‘l<li't' the llfe-tililf‘ lzisf- lllllllflt‘ I'll-ll l Qllt‘.

1hr? lleltiy Iii South York

\\|'if~ for four fT-ili-ral li},'-<-lirtiiiti.~. iticliiilitiq South lurk, llil\\' zit l.'l.\l li\t‘ll l>\llttl. tlie-"elet- tititis to take plqtei- oti .\liitiil:i_\‘, belt, t). .\ spolces- titan for the briiut- .\liitist<'r'~ office is quoted its .- 1 " the dair- \i‘l<‘4‘lt‘<l "inc the earliest it"s iii 1hr tin- law." llint. of (‘iitff'.~t‘. is iltit: ti» tbi l.i\l that tlie \‘.l'll,\ were not i>>tted wiiillvi‘.

'l E ~ ltlitvils of $otttli York Iiavitig decided tin‘ lit iipiiii-t‘ ‘iltr- ‘leelititl (if l\'f- lltitl. .\Flll1ft‘ .\l-.' zi- ~-tt<'t't'~stti' to .\lti_i_tiyj__ tfiielteniiu. it

i- ilifiiitilt l't illitli'l'~l.'llltl ‘why the fiovt-rttiitetit (ltlayetl the is-ue of the writ for this by-elee-

tion As the ti/ri/tr tin/i llriil points out. the 5p‘ .tl.i r of ilte llott-t‘ of (Yiiiiiuritis \\'.’i.s‘11'illfi("l :tliiiti' twii wtiils" zigo lllIfl .\lfl_lfil' (forkerriiii ltad ftwiglittl and the foriiizilftie= reqttired by tlic l-tw could bate bevu t‘tiil![illt'tl with itt :i few

lltlfirs if lltt,‘ fi4i\‘i‘l'l1i1l('1lt were tiuxititts to facili- tate the .'|fl'.ill~\l'\ll of .\lr. .\lei_;heii to the (loin-

llittlls (‘lizittilii-r, when‘ his l'.'i'ftl(‘l'*lll]i is urgently teipilttttl,

ltifortttiiiitrly‘. the ilelriy which has already (I('t_"lll'f'(‘tl trill ]ii‘t‘\‘t'i1l’ the (Iuitservatire Leader

from l)t‘lf|Q‘ tirixsettt during; the first week of the new H(‘\~lfHI of Pitrliatiteiit, ‘

Thi- 'l‘iirtitito cxeliziiige recalls flint when Mr. lvittu ltiitisolf was tflll>st‘ll l.<‘I1fl(‘l' of the Liberal ‘tirty on Aug. 7, toio, lit: w-zis accorded an ac- clatitatiiiu on (Jet. 2o of the satne year, cittere-l tlic lliittse tlirce (lays later. and made his maiden speech as Leader of the llpyiositioii (luring the (irand 'l't'tiiik Pacific debate. Tho Cotiscrvatives iiiaili- Illi atteittpt to keep liltii otttsiilc the llotise. ff thin» Ii.-i< been It (ll‘lflJ(‘1'5ilf‘ plot uoiv to delav the entry of .\li'. Xltiigheti to the place to which be has liet-zi called. all fair-titiiideil people in Cau- ada. will 1ll‘i'|]i1Il‘U\'('.

N0 More Isolation Talk

\\'itli the bonibitig of llawaii and other Pacific otttposts of the Ynifeil Stairs, the la<t vestigc of isolatiott ltas disappeared overnight

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art-truth. .'tppt~;ir_s to lie no niort- than a puppet it llt-rliifs hatitls.

lite free trot-Id is tiiovittg quickly and solidly‘ ziuaitist _l.'ip.'iit as the .w\'¢|'.'il ileelzirzttiotis tif war testify‘. itielttdittg llrttaitt, .\tistralia and (tintitlzi. This wee-It's eveifts britig the conflict closet‘ to tliis coittinettt and they will call for sterner sacri- fices oti the [tart of the Caitntlizin people. The gattgsters are now all on the tiiarch and. if frec- tlotn is to survive. the free peoples will hi“ l0 iiiakt‘ a tutril iffiirt for total \\‘lt‘.

- IDITURIAL NUlf-S -

.\iliilllt'l‘ wtc-l: gone, and little tiiiire than au- otliei‘ till killfihfillliS. it v w a Don't forget to ~t'l1tl lilll'l.~lllli'"i greetiitgs, they help to win the \\":ii'. s it it n. “lo hOpe you will like ottr special ("ltristntzts (‘tl1ll011 Pilllll>l1(‘(l iii €ttilfl('t‘llt'lfl with this issu". It is likely to be the last for sortie years a itt it it

flow tliatikfttl those iii voluntary‘ etnploviitent

slttiuhl be that they are not like those in coitquer-

ed countries compelled to slitvc for llitler itt the. production of tuunitiotis of war. st *

The Patriot offers sound advice fri atttoists to avoitl following beaten lf'.'1Cl\'S in the streets. and thus lielp to tiiake a tiaveitieitt free from rttts.

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\\'ith reference to the Iiroptisctl curfew law and the example supposed to be set by part-tits, a correspondent reiuitids us that “a bachelor's wife and an old ntziids children are always the pink of yierfectioit.” .‘\las, and also fllfiClif

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A letter frotu a stildiet‘ overseas this week eottiaitied the following st-utetice: “\\'lteii ill‘! tnail arrives there is a rush for letters, papers and parcels. attd, oh, the tlfSfilllitlllllfllClll of those to wlttittt the postal clerk replier-"tiotltittg for you!"

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Attetitioti of fox ratieliers is (‘>pt‘cl.'tll_\‘ ilii-ect- rd to our Fox Notes in this issue, where the good news is given of a pheuotttettal atlvatice in tirices for silver foxes at the cotnbitietl <'lil(‘llO.i sales iii l.iiit<ltiti—-—.'t too per t‘t‘i1l tiilvauce nu last year. v

it w io- it

Evidently Italy is now feeding on horse flesh. The newspaper 'l‘ribitu:i attriliutetl the rising price of l1t)1'.~(‘S, tuules tiiiil fl4tlIl\i‘_\'~ to the gi-ezn

ilt-uiaiiil-avttt-t-il by the .~';tt'rit_\‘ iif beef and lllffllfllf. The iie\\"~p:ipei' stud the Sliiiigllltd‘ of horses tiinst be controlled "in tirrler to safe- gttzirtl the national equine pzitrituiitiyn" n= it s 1r

The if. 5. “diet-let's. lletirsfs and all that Atiti-llritish kidney are now falling over one attollier in their (letertuittatiott to have an "all

out" ivar policy. Isn't it heztrt-sicktctiittg, when bitt for their attitude we would have long since

been iii a better tiositioit to tut-rt the eiii-iiiy with l-otli traiiiwl turn and the 1lf‘t'(‘-*~;il'v\‘ tiiit.ui~ liltii“?

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ll. ll. ll. the lltteltess of l\'t‘iif, (i. ll. l‘), litirii this ilate, IQOlI; was l‘rii "e~s .\lartiia of (ireeec and llenttitirk; is Illlllflpfl __~t,‘iilotiel thc Buck. ittglizitti llattalioit of the (lxfortlsliire and Buck-

ingltztittshirc Light Itifaittrv: has two children. ll. R. ll. Prince lidwzirtl George Nicholas l':ittl lfitfriek, born (let. t). i035; and ll. R.

ll. Princess .\le.\'atiilzi lleleti lilizztbeth Cliristztbel, born December 25, i936.

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This is a little cyaiicisnt from "The Little l-‘loirt-i” of New York: "I w-atit to assure all IJCHUILS who have been sneeritig and jeerittg at dc fcnsc activities and even those who have been objetiitg to them and placing obstacles in their path. that we will protect them nmv," the Mayor said. " ittf we expect their cooperation and there will be no fnolhtg."

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Ilt-semlilaitces between statements by Lind- bergh and Hitler, stinie of them complete par- allels even to the actual phrasing, were shown recentlyt. (lifter examples of like nature abound. The similarity between expressions tised by Lind- bergh and yiassages in the book in ivhieh Dr. Alexis Carrel some years ago revealed his synt- .patliy \\'lll1 Fascism. has been commented upon by .’\1‘i1t"1'lL‘-'lf1 writers Dr. Carrel and Littdbergli, it will l)(‘ recalled. for some years lived and work- ed together, carrying nut scientific experiments. on an island off the coast of Brittany. l)r. (ifarrel is now somewhere in ttitocctipietl France doing chores for Petnin and Darlrin. Von Rib- beitfroti now reveals liiinsr-lf as another twin soul to Lintlherglt. in an address to the puppet and jackai Quisliitgs who were (irileretl iii put in a" zippcaraiicc recently in llerliii. he put the respon- sihility for the war on llritziiit and Franet‘ lie- cattse they joined with Poland in resisting ("fer- tnaiiv's etistwaril aggression itt i039. This was the btirdeti of .\lr. lindlierqlfs recent speech in New York. 'l'ho,<e complaints that no resiltariee should have been offered to Nazi aggression sotnitl the same and are in tiltnost identical terms

coming from the twin Nazis,

l 11§CHARLO1TETOWN GUARDIAN '

NUTES sinus witv

"The Fascist beast is bleeding t.o iledinl" Moe-COW Radio taunted the other day. The nranstet‘ is bleed- ttu; certainly, wftti a w-riousness winch must. be alarming t0 Hitler; but it is still enormously savage attd strong. In faiet, the three tnontiis‘ campaign, ltf it has re- itealed Russia's unexpected vigor- ous powers oif resstattee. has also denunsiratcd anew the colossal sirikiniz-foree of the German mill- iary machine. This battle of giants, ‘in which tanks and aero- planes have been consumed by the tnousand. has finally driven nome

‘The Gateways To Oil

tBraniforcl Expositor)

The two gateways which guard the Caucasus otl fields are f-toswv and Kercn, and tn the vicinity oi these strongly fortified places des-

erate battles are taking place. The German high command nus gone so far as t.o ctaitu that Rosmv. as wed as Ketch. has already been captur- ed. but the claim appears t.o be pre- mature, although mere has been hand to hand rtgtttittg 111 the streets.

Rostov is spotty with a population of huff a mJuon, and it ls an 1m- portattt. industrial and, railroad centre. A city of such dimensions would be a rich prize in itself, but inasmuch as it. is one of the gave-

WORDS OF CHALLENGE

A Thought A DI! . For A People At War

“What we must. suffer and

endure in the days to conic

are much more than we have

suffered so far." - Lcrd Beaver-brook.

crack, but he did know that, given shot and powdar, his men would

tiie lesson of the decisive tntpcrt- ways to Russia's oft fields lt. Bull“ stick to the job Ind do it somehow.

tince of material in modern vair.

additional stgntticanee. If. is the ter-

"Strs." three-quarters oi the

How long -_ supposing the Nazs minus of a great pipeline tothe Cas- world now cries, “for the love of

had not criizily hurled themselves 0:1 Russia — would it have taken t-lie British Emipite, packed by American industry. t.o create the nttnitmettts needed to match and tiit-tster the "tnecfiatiized Attila" now littigittg East? -- Sydney Herald tAiLwlftlllfll.

’l‘iii- Nazis are hard btirguiners, and they have tnost. of the cat

plan Sea. Even the Russians should lose this vital city, titty will not. be cut. ofl‘ from the otl supplies. but. thev would have t.o be_ sent north over a difficult and circuitous route. Rostov is the key winch unlocks the first corridor t.o the vast. Baku field»

However if the Gertnittts no eup- ttire these two cities. the prospect before them is not u. 191M811“? 0i"!- The Kerelt strait. is ii foriiudable

God let us have with some speed some great shot“ and some of the ships and tanks and heavy bomber; and pursuit and ammunition and motor transport which the task re- quires: there is no doubt that “this service will continue long," but. given the means. it. now will and can be done. The Russians have had to retake Rostov with horsed

d‘ barrier. though it is only from two cavalry; but the fact that thev did

“m” Peml“ 1155 ll“'°“'“ “way “l5 to three miles wide at. its narroivcst. 50 implies the first. weakeninglin

one face card. Weygatid. They have lite prisonets, (note than}: tiiiflloti and a half". rev: persons in this country seem to uttderstand iviiat this itteans to the French people. The Gertnan-controllbd press in Paris mntinually plays on the feelings of the families: "If

only the men of Vichy would ‘collaborate’ wholeheartedly, you would grt your husbands. your

‘.1111 brothers brick" The rc-

Sill

n. at of wieygand. we now see, was the (jernzatm attswet" to the Dititft cffetisive 111 Libya I can-

zioi believe that the Nazis really feared Weygand, but they had to ntttke suie that in the event. of colla ‘.0 tn Libya and Trip: uocps could withdraw 1111.0 Tunisia. And they wanted to prepare faster than Wtygattd would allow for the dzty when they will take everything over down to Dakar. — Jay Allen in 'f‘lie Nation tNcw York.)

1n Lfllltlflll a few necks ago Gett- eral d4; Gaitlle. head of tit: Free Fl'(11(:l1 forces. indicated sctirtttiiiig of the urntatnettts he bsbevcd it would be ne: ssary to pae up to win this writ He metvuoned that M0000 tanks vtuuld be reluked and 100,001) attplanes and perhaps 511600.000 [C115 of shipping. These are large figutes but not nearly as large as they" might, be. 1t nttzy be that. General o: Gaulle kept his

oints, The only servlcable port on the other side is Tamansk, Lw;nty miles by water from Ketch, Beyond this port stretch two narrow denies through swamp land. As the Rus- sians from the outset of the con- flict. have understood the object of the German drive in this direction, they have erected strong barriers t.o tl-ier advance. and the German armies would have t.o fftglit. btttery for any progress they tittgltt make in this difficult terrain,

Moreover. ii. is probable that Mai‘- shiif Timosheitko has not been .dle in strengthening his defenses. The British advance upon Libya would

seem to indicate that the British

1i “m, authorities are confident that the machines

Russians can hold

until the Germans and Ita ans ate

cleaned out of North Africa. It is

to lit! hoped that this will prove to rue.

these pateways 1

“Sir, For The Love Of God”

tNew York Herald Tribune)

“Sir, for the love of God and out country, let us have with SOIY“; speed some great shot sent us of ail blgttess; for this service will cott- tinue long; and some powder wfta It." 'Ile date of the dispatch. ae- wfdillk t0 "The Economist," winch

the armored and mechanized might. of Germany. With reserves of tanks and artillery in sufflciet quantity 1n Ubya at last. the Brftfin are now sweeping up the fragments of three Axis imnomd divisions, and what ls being done in Africa can be done in France and fn Germany when the tanks and bombers be to accumulate in adequate quant ty. The overwhelming importance of the battles \‘.' the last few ditys is not in their actual developments: lt lies In the first clear evidence which they bring that when the machines are available the mech- lne war can be wan. And the are now beginning to come In quantity; only they are not, coming fast enough.

let us have them “with some speed." Wifh fewer Mme-misting disputes and strikes. with more from every one. great or small. sacrifice of comforts and privileges with better organization, with a more total mobilization of everv individual efforb-“for the love of God and our country" and for the future of the world.

Pacific Coast Secured

(Hamilton Spectator)

Alaska is much more than the

figures as tow as he could 50 8-5 recalls it in its current issue, was Elm“ °f a spemwum‘ 3°“ rush-

nut to alarm pubLc thinkng and yet sufficiently fat‘ ahead of Wnat. the public it..w Lititiks to be iitt- pti. 2 In actual fact 11.5 100,010 taxi t. and 100,003 aitpianes are only a. $11311 ficrticti of what will be re- quired. As far back as 1938 the Star-Phoenix commented that it. was time for ntititary attfftoritis Lo begin thinking of war tifatnes itt terms of ftititdtxds of tttousatus wntete they were t-fien thinking in t-licusatids. When one reads the figures of f0:s(s on tiie Rustin ftuit. one begins t.o cot. all idea of the quantities of material that. will be required There tanks are counted iii tens of thou ands Tiiat is a 2.0C0»titi1c Loni. By the time the lrcnt has exttztdcei from Lin.- Cautasgs around south of the bfediiertaitictiit to ti'.e_A.ltitatic or when a ivesttti}, front is opened up tit Eurzpe, Gtneral cie Gauilefis 100,- 000 tanks wall be needed all at the same Lute Aitd ff that force is t.o be mtunianted then productmn of Lllllisg at. a i':t.e oi 100.1100 a year or evut tnore w.li be necessary. — Sasktitocn Siur-Pizoctttx,

From Scotland comes comforting evidence 0f the faitn which men ccse t.o the Scottish soil huie lil the future of their country. At a te- cznt safe of Ayshtre 011.110 frem the world-famous Lessncsscck hero of A. W. Montgotuerie prices pad by English and Scottish breeders are boleved to have been p118 high- est average for an Ayrshire sale wtliin the past quntaei‘ century 111515 ti 011131-11‘ trzth the threat nf iiivtistuti and hcntbttig tntsiaiil- 1y hat _.. g orcr ll Aetnrihtitz to 1'1. etihlrd 1 irt of th..s great aiiztiial

iiitctlttt o fine dairy cattle receiv- ed Ottawa b1’ Mr. Frank Na secteiar f the Ctatiadtan

Ayrshire Btecde Assocl- a, the

total for 52 ycung animals sod at '

the Lcssttessflck sale was 862.902.92- Thit-ty young burs averaged about $1345 etch and 22 young heifers about $1.025. The lghest price paid for a pup calf at the sale was $8.417, and .r a ysurg female $2,653. The farmers oi tho Untied tcttiqdetn mitt fret teruic in their future to 1w Willing to pay such prices for young animals. Firth stitli as that. may be (ftifficttlt- for some to Ui1(li.1‘SlB1‘(l but. lt- is an insight. ititothe determination of the Bzitish pectile. and et-peclaliy these who must be icatfcrs ‘tn one of the great itidustrles Mt‘. Montgomerle is well known 1n Canaan and many animals from his not/ed herd are

to be found on Canadian farms. — ‘

Ottawa. Journal.

Every man in this country be- twcer. the ages of 16 and 70 slmuid be taught. to handle a rifle. machine gun and bomb. ‘Iviere should be only one reaszn or excuse for ex- emptton-genuirte physical incapa- city to handle any arm. Duty of this kind should be compulsory and universal The penalty for evasion should be imprisonment. The necessar order is well within the powers o the Government, and there is no reason why the Lsstie cf this order and its enforcement stiould not, be completed in a week. Such is the lessen we must learn from Russia and from the present state of the war. In Russia, which has much t.o show its in efficiency and fit the conception of service to the State, this obligation is ac- cepted. 1n Kiev or Leningrad or Mcscsw when the enny is at. the gates, the citizens do not run about. in helpless circles or hold indign- tfon meetings t.o denounce their rulers and oontmliers or get su- pfnely itt the way. They take n weapon from their ovm annoury or from dead friend or foe and tum ft on the Hun. They defend their cities and sell their tivcs. --I.icndon Sunday Express.