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‘dent: Llent. Col. W. Cluster 8. Hahn

Vlco-Pralilent: J. ll. Burnett. I‘. J. I. Secretary: Llcnt. CuL D. A. Mulflnnon, 0.8.0.

ldltor and M ‘ Director: J. l Blflwll. IJ-l.

Aalocllte Editors: Frank Walkar and Lloul. III A. Burnett. R.C.N.V.B. iOn Actlvo Sorvlcc)

‘The Strongest Memory i‘: Weaker Thu the Weakest Ink.‘

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Momenlous Six Months

In the six months that have passed since D-Day momentous progress has been made in the conduct of the war. The Allies in that per- iod liave chased the Germans otit of all France save a small corner of Alsace-Lorraine and a half a dozen besieged fortresses on thc Atlantic coast; out of all llelgium and Luxembourg aiid a considerable part of Ilolland. More than that, five ;\llied zirmies now are fighting iitsidc Ger- many and thc battle for ticrttianfs highly vital lfhiiielaiul goes on with savage ferocity. The war has tiiovctl to the Reich itself.

In that time, and on the Western Front oboe, the Allies have captured 750.000 G"- nizms, have killed and wounded scores of other thousands. .\iid zilmost daily bombers from thc United lxingtltini have torn and blasted German industry and t;@........y*.~ war effort.

liven this is not, of course, the complete picture of German reverses in half a year. An informed quarter in Paris estimated that the enemy have lost another million men on the Russian front and 300,000 in Italy. These months also have cost them Romanian, Bul- garian atid Finnish aid, have seen the armies of those satellites withdrawn from thc war or turned against their former master.

Those same months have seen the RUSSIMIS moving forward into East Prussia, the Germans driven from the last bit of Russian soil, Paris Qf Czechoslovakia and Poland, most of Ylllloslavla and all of Lireccc cleansed of the defiling Boche. They have seen by far the greater part of Italy captured, as emphasized by thc splendid exploit of Canadian and British troops in taking ancient and historic Ravenna, far up the leg of Italy 0n

thc Adriatic.

Despite this encouraging prOgIBSS. fl" war is by no means won. In a statement which would havg slioivn iriore sincerity had it been made before the conscription issue came to a head, Prime Minister Mackenzie King warned that the situation in Europe "I135 like" l)" 3- seriousness that few if any of us can hardly imagine." "I doubt if members of this I-Iouse can even begin to imagine what the war is like at this moment,” he added. Acknowledging this to be truc we can still reflect, of course, that the situation must be very much worse for the enemy.

Silent Ministers

In Parliament last week justice Minister St. Laurent said he supported thc conscription order-iti-couiicil because it permitted him to hope that compulsion will never bc used. The other Ministers sat silent, as Mr. Diefenbaker laid. “divided in discord." But worse than this was the silence which answered Mr. Diefen- baker's charges that discrimination is already be- ing used in fulfilment of Mr. St. Iaiirentfs hope. The Opposition member declared on his own responsibility that at Petawawa draftees were being told that if they would vol- unteer their enlistment would be postclated lix months, which would mean increasing the gratuities they would receive; that the non- commissioned officers among them have been promised their ranks would be confirmed, and that all “volunteers" can secure their volun- tary service medals in t2 instead of I8_ month.“-

So there is to be not only discrimination among the draftecs. but discrimination against the men who have been doing the fighting 0n the western front and in Italy. For draftees to retain their non-commissioned ranks would mean that they would outrank many of thfi troops overseas who were reduced in rank on going overseas or on transfer from one arm of the service to another.

Yet no hlinister stood up to deny that Such inducements were being made. And none, said that if they were lic \\‘(ll.ll(l repudiate them. How then. asks an cxchangc. C8" Ill? "Filo" h“: confidence in the equitable application of ‘the KYng-hIcNaughton formula? \Vho can behcl/VC that the discrimination between Provinces, WI1lCiI Mr, Dicfenbalcer established from the Govern- ment's own figures, will not be continued. 811d continued for the purpose of restoring the Gov- emmenfs prestige in Quebec, it’ that is p0!- liblc?

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The London Economist has warned Britain against an tmstiiind attempt to maintain its wartime zigrictiltural indtistry after the war. Such ati effort to produce at high cost many farm products which can be secured more cheaply elsewhere, by the export of efficiently- manufacturetl gnOds, will certainly reduce thc total income of the British people. Moreover, it will gravelyi affect the future [fildg of the world and especially the trade of Canada. Not only for reasons of sentiment but for its own pros- perity, Canada is bound to co-opcrate fully with Britain in solving this problem, even to the extent of giving Britain free goods in the immediate period of dislocation after the war

However, the problem is two-sided. Brit- aiii needs from Canada and other exporting na- tions as much cheap food and raw materials as it can get, on the best possible terms, and it needs freedom of entry to markets in other nations which will permit it to pay for these imports. But if Ilritain is to secure these markets i1 Iuist be prcparctl to admit imports with thc 1st restriction possible. And iii deciding the

.'lllS on which she will import, Britain must

consider. as a main factor, its agricultural in- dustry. ‘

As the Economist explains in detail. Britain was compelled in this war to raise every ounce of food it could extra from its land, regardless of cost. In this process it has achieved "an amazing food production which has aided greatly in beating the tjerman stibmariue bloclc» ade. But some of this food has been bought dearly in high production costs, which have been paid partly in high prices and partly by enor- mous government subsidies to farmers.

If Britain attempted to maintain such pro- duction in peacetime it would still have to be subsidized and the subsidies would have to be paid by the British constitncr. The Economist warns the British farmer that lie cannot ex- pect the taxpayer to carry this load indefinitely when it is obvious to him that he can buy cheap food in countries like Canada, which can pro- duce it more efficiently. The British farmer, says the Iicoiiomirl, should realize now that his nnly sound course is to produce sticli protective foods as vegetables, fruits and dairy products and perishable foods which he can produce eco- iiiomically, and to favor the importation of such things as wheat and meat from the countries naturally suited to their production.

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EDIIURIAL NUItS

General McNaughton has had provided for hint a safe seat in Gray forth, Ont. I Q i Q It is regrettable another airplane accident has to be recorded; it shows learning to fly is even more dangerous than learning to drive‘ a car. a ‘The political crisis may be all over, but that does not mean everything is now plain sailing in the Department of Defence. It will require a firm hand and wisg direction to restore inili- tai-y la\v and order so far as the nialcontcnts in the home defence forces are concerned. i w a y

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The City Literary Institute in London has received 15,000 applications from people who wish to resume the studies WlllCIl were inter- rupted when they gave up their leisure hours iii order to undertake Civil Defence and other war- time duties. The majority of these applicants are people over 35 years of age.

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A special fibre now being manufactured in Britain is claimed to be the strongest in the world. The new fibre, called “Fortisaii". l5 manufactured by British Celanese. Limited, Elig- land. Its many wartime uses include para- chute canopies and cords for dropping stipplies from aircraft. In addition to its immense strength and extreme thinness Fortisan fibre has very high insulating properties, so that it is especially valuable for covering electrical wire. In this capacity it is far superior to silk. Other advantages claimed for thc material are high heat-resistance and low ntoisture eoiitent-—-thc latter only nine per cent. Fabrics made from this fibre weigh only 0.85 ounces per stiuar" yard.

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Robert Browning, English poet, died this date, I889; wrote voluminously, and much of his poetry and philosophy was dark and mis- understood; what he lacks iii poetical form he makes good in thought and vigour of expres- sion; his profound knowledge of thc itiind and heart of man, his fearless optimism, his manli- ness, his tenderness. and his humour account for the high appreciation iti which he is held by cultured readers: _ We find great things are made of little things, And little things go lessening, till at last Comes God behind them. . . .

It is wiser being good than bad It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad.

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From the University of New Brunswick comes the story of a college freshman whose desire for an education has, to date, surmount- ed innumerable obstaclcs. According to an ar- ticle appearing in a recent issue of The School, Reid Scott, of Gloucester County, New Bruns- wick, this fall entered U.N.B. as the Beaver- brook scholarship winner for the northern part of the province. Theozightcen-year-old lads home is on a farm Io miles frotn thurst, where his father carries on salmon fishi g in addition to farming. One of six children, Reid covered grades I to VIII in a rural school one mile from his home. Since it was impossible for hint to go on to the Bathurst lligli School, hc enrolled in the New Brunswick Corresponding School. For four years he helped his father with fishing and farming and. at the _same time, completed the work of grades 1X33 11ml XI. Last July he wrote his matriculation (‘X- itmination at Blthurst, passing with first division marks and winning the Bcavcrbrook scholarship for Northern New Brunswick, a scholarship which will cover the etitirocost of his four- vear-course in electrical engineering.

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"Why do so many women hesitatg to make a {ii-St blood donation? (asks ‘Mrs. Florenct Murray in Montreal Gazelle), Mainly for two reasons. Some say, ‘My husband wont let me; my health won't stand it.’ Perhaps this is so. Competent doctors at the clinic will soon settle that point. I myiclf Wflfi YCICQ-ted on my third visit, to my great surprise. I"_was told to build myself up and have since given several donations. I am indebted for the excel- lent advice. The second reason is fear of ill effects. It is true that while the great triajority notice no effects whatever, there are a few who feel faint or otherwise below par for a few hours or even a day or two. Well what of it? Isn't this a light price to pay for saving a soldier's life? Plastiia is precious beyond price- Should we grudge it if it costs us sonic dis- comfort-some inconvenience? All of those who are not yet donors: who arc iveighing the pros and cons; who can't bring themselves to go to the phone and call np the clinic. should visual- ize a soldier dying for lack of plasma. If they

could see him, they wouldn't hesitate, upultl

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flutes By Tho Way

Sovlct foreign policy c. h, illfllllest terms. 1s as follows: First. ll’. Peaceful relatlons with all me 51"“ lFFBSDectlvle of their political

Ies (co-existence o 5y5- 3gp’- “Thlrdly. alliances wlth any be“? W lti the Pllflllose of protecting i par ners from not; or gggrgs- s on. Faurthly, categorical rc- muncemenf °1 lmllerlallst expanslon M tlie cost of other nations. Fifth. 011 ltntthe lnlteignlal r s a es. Sxtiy, iltrengfhflllnlf of the coalition of the reedm" liwlmz nations In the flght fltffllnst the Fascist aggressor-s, _. ggicg. Giilln, of the Soviet Foreign

f five years, blrogght on an avalanche of night- glll". mpvle and radio offers. Wnen

..~ Lllle, or rather Lady Peel, was here lust. she was offered a role m fl Blni; Crosby Picture. "First; yourc ll bar-mold," told her.

mtild, because I'm Lady Peel told hlm. “but I'll not play a Lady, because I AM a Lady." __ Ronald Lyons. In New York Post.

not a barmaid,"

"'5 llretty certain that IICXY. ICW for foxes.

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weeks people wijl b. 5

They always are at this time

gt itie year and nobody seems m t tuft: been able to figure out. n way {Q15 Q1! 1t. As lnevltubly as autumn o1 oivs summer, excitable individuals thote firearms t0 the Woods. lose their “"151 blaze Bil/fly at unseen tar- gets. It would be an unusual year in which nobody kllled the father of slx children and wound up giving n c0roner_t1iat lamest and sllllest of all expiaiiattons-“I thought he y“ *1 dlwk- — 5t. John Telegraph- ournnl.

RAirecent Issue of the Cartwright el/kiw. one of Manitoba's worthy f}??? y papers, carries a note stating ‘at an error crent into the report of he marriage of Mls Mary Lovely, which appeared 1n last weeks Review. We omitted to glve the ‘flame °I the bridegroom. and we now usten to make amends by diving- 111i; hi5 Identity? We must confess that on brpuislng through the Re. V 8W 0f the: particular week we mad the account of Miss Lovely's charm. lng weddlng and dldnot notice uny- thmiz missing, _Arid who Would, with the possible exception of one person? Brldegrooms are neces. sary evils at Weddings anjyivny, The 1515b they can do is to be as inconspicuous as posslble. The way they try to get their new dork suits mentioned In the iveddlng “TllB-lllls is an ungallunt attempt to steal the limelight. The Revigw did the right thing 1n the firs; Place. It should never have publlsn- 6d fill IIPUIOEUK-Winnlpeg Tribune.

Owing lo the shortage of fodder l" 391111-1113’. a stern Nazi decree has lust been Issued requiring every hen l0 produce at least 70 eggs per an- num: The official order has causr-d considerable consternatlo ‘ the bufll-yflrrls of the Fatherland, for ‘SQCIIOXI 2 unequivocally suites that If the egg production falls below the necessary total of 7o the lien-owner will suffer unpleasant consequences. Our own Hentelligerice Department reports that, rather than take any chances in the matter, roast chick. en, fried chicken, and chicken fri. cassce are becoming increasingly frequent Items on the German farm. firs‘ menu-Christian Science Mim-

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whit" "Illffllc. what steadfastness and faltli the home from, Qxhlhitg as these later days of global war demand the nation's full strength! n calm and patient ded. A page In the Sunday Kansas City Star which m- cludes ten stories about local boys In the service well illustrates the Dolnt. Four of them are about miss- lng men-but three others are se- quels to previously published stor- Ies of the same sort. One tells that a mlsslng bomber Dllot ls a German prisoner, another that n pllot reported missing over France has returned to his base in England, and the third how a gunner wno had bailed out. of a bomber over Bol- glum 1n April had returned to England after having fought wlth the Belgian underground. The cur- rent film. "Slnce You Went Away,” a commendable example of inspii-a- tlonul picture, offers a beautiful model of conduct for a family tin- der the stress of war. It 1s unusual for a motion picture to enl with a quotation from Scripture, and the verse from Psalms so used not only 1s appropriate to the plot but. might well be a gulde for the conduct of many tvllllyi “Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen vour heart, all We that hope in the Lard." - Chrlstlan science Monitor.

Mlxed feelings wlll greet the an- “our cement that; Lady Astor, first woman to slt 1n Parliament, will not seek rc-electlon. She tias needlad and nettled colleagues and oppon- ents alike, and there are many who would classify her as a nuisance. Yet, after a review of her career, 1t. wlll have to be conceded that she has been an influence for good. Her worth will not be found 1n any light; she has brought to foreign af- fulrs, but rather ln her contribution to those issue; whlch are of closest interest to women. She made her- self their voice 1n Parliament, and in their name campaigns zealously for widow's pensions, guardlnnslilp laws. temperance, and improve- ments ln the educational system. Low wages, too, become rm object. of lier interest and target for her scorn, which could be subtle or barbed. according to her mood. Nu- turally. she has enemies, and some- times they have stopped at nothing In their attempts to dlscredl tier. She fins been, for Instance, linked

. to the ss-ciillsd “Cllverlen Set," an

Ideological invention, and reflec- tions cnst on her loyalty. But. In the test Lady Astor has proved a better Brlton than the mtijorlty of her crltlcs. — Windsor Star.

Soldiers who get seasick crossing the Atlantic liiive formed a new orgimlzatlon. It 1s: "The Associa- tton of Americans Who Don't Want to Go Home Untll They Build n Bridge Across the Atlantlc So We Can Walk." — Leathemcck. U. S. Marines Magazine.

Whether llltler llves or ls In the clutch of madness really doesn't. mutter. The foul thing he spawned

stlll llves and menaces the world. Nazism remnlna just as black when headed by a n‘ ‘

cimrsrms ONCE MOI!

5I!‘.—0nce more We are at ink ‘door of Chrlstmns, that great tim 0f JOY and lauflhter, home-coming and feastlng.

One wonders 1f In terrible agony. sorrow and suffer- lflE. We In many cases are not reflclilnz out too far for our own pleasure and happiness, stufllng WFSEIWS Wit-h the best In a world that 1s starved.

F" the 1135f 18W weeks In the stillness of the night I have stud- ied the daily and wggkly papers; I have looked again and again n;

e Pictures and izropcd 1n my 1i:- norant mlnd for some small pic- ture of the great suffering of hu-

Imutttty at this very hour.

We cannot begin to understand the suffering that ls golnz on a- cross the vast expanse o! war-torn Europe today. Let us picture little childrni crvlniz their llves away for just. allttle something to eui. eyes sunken Into tiny heads, tiny fingers faded to bones, faces of mothers gone to skln and bones In a last», effort to glve their all for llttle tots that, God Himself has sent. into thls cursed world; this ivorld that has been cursed bynian himself, cursed by armies of men locked ln battle to the death.

Nothlng ls too terrible for nu- mans to do to others of the same tlrsh and blood.

When we stop for one moment and watth the pendulum on the clock swing back and forth and think of our own sons Dnd daugh- WPS Who may be interned In filthy prisons, laughed at, scoffed at and starved. We wonder are we not go- Irig too far 1n our feasting at this season and still crying because the stores are not filled with candles and frult. Little children of all ages In those battle-cursed lands who know not the taste o1’ candy in their little mouths see nothing but- army guns; reach out for something to eat only to be slap- Pfid down.

The pictures of those cursed lands make us wonder when we rend o1’ women and girls being raped and butchered like cattle, worked like slaves and herded Into torture chambers to be put to death, 1n many cases. We won- der if we here tn a land of plenty, basking In the sunshine of life, helping ourselves to llfe‘s pleas- ures, are not going too far at this Christmas season. True we have been sending parcels to those a- way; we have not forgotten.

But at least one day In the week, on Sunday, have we forgotten to go to church and 1n serious thought and prayer begged al- mighty God to crush once and for all tllo terrible cruise of so much suffering that He has sent to this world. Too miiny of us would sooner stay ln bed 1n the morning. Too many of us have other ap- pointments for the evening to ut- tencl churches. Too many of us have no time to go to church with the crowds. No, no time! We will one day have time to dlc, time to answer for what we have done to erase the sorrow and neony of this clay from the world. Many of us will find time to get drunk this season, drunk wlth greed for more pleasure, more sln, more shame, and forget the agony of this hour that ls betng stitfcred by so many so far away to keep It from nut- llttle liomcs.

I rim. Sir. etc,

W. A. O'BRIEN, 26 Spring Piirk Road. Charlottetown

South Africa Facing Vital Domestic Issue

(Ganadfan Press) »

DURBAN, South Africa, Dec. l2 (OP CabIeJ-An important domes- tlc Issue has arisen in South Af- rlca regarding the position of In- dians 1n Natal Province. as affect- ed by three ordinances recently passed by the Natal Provincial Council.

They are the resldentlal-prop- erty regulatlon ordinance, the housing ordinance and the exprop- rlatlon ordinance.

The greatest exception has been taken by Indians to the resldemlal ordinance, which provides for con- trol by agreement between racial groups of the acquisition of fixed property everywhere 1n Natal. The three ordinances, ln the oplnlon of the Natal Indian Congress, are instruments 1n a policy of racial zoning and segregation and m dealing wlth matters already cov- ered by Union of South Africa leglslutlon, 1t 1s contended. tney conflict with union ‘statutes.