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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-02-22, Page 2IVAN *we ILI 1 - Net TUE 0414F,sttI0111 SIGNA,14 AND wIU1.,OODE Published by Signal -Star Press, Limited. *est Street, Goderieli, Ontario ILPtDAZIlll;1111ItA,KY 22nd, 191.0 TIM NAVY WAS pinil The great now of the 'week •Is the itoacite of tile 1)ritisit sailors ltaP4?(RICA on the Germat,t naval auxilialiit"ship Altinaria !Vic) impriqoned Ikerg about three ..Inutdrirl:, Were $rOrei the crews- o .0zettatt vesel3 sunk bY: the,: battleship , Graf Spee, which la.ter Was scuttled off Wittevideo its ,Gernatincrew. The Altmarle had *mile itSr *WaYu» frena' the seuthern Was to ,Norway, and was prek:•eeding. through Norwegian'territorial yeactrs on. its way to GermanY when it Was :-d*overed by 4, British flyer and „soon ,. dead _British destroyersat'Its heels; 'The Altmark was:being eeeetted byono or aware Norw „allay. -warships, to whefl • the commander 'ot the British ships - first adclresSed leinteelf but received -no sattAadetetiatie- Mon et- Vag "dePtriver flossack•„then, boarded the Altrattrk, took *essesliolf,of ile,r---.Uftera hand7Whand Ighp In, *ditch „ Several; GWrnitelas were 1,iberited, the iniPrisona Men brotight%them. to a British port, the Altmarle.bard"dgtearnd on the. Norwegian Ceatist NewS„ .of eethe held eaxPloit of the- eetlossack rang dxaltantly throughout the - lianpire," while ,tlie‘: Nazis can hardly. ,fixol worde tocover their ehagrin. They toeuee Britain o p1sa.ey".10.,"vielating affOrweglan neutrality,"'t and threaten all "'-aorts .•of rePrisals:--,, The: Norwegian; 3Governmente toot. prOtests :the, Dri,tiOh action, butin return -the British Jaov. era/tient' stelts--.-Why the, Altipark. was being .alltivateel to proeeed thieughNr • wegiana Waters. with a Norwegian es - a a • " • . • ,elowly to ,tlae surface fron,i otdepoits and may be distinguished frona-ejases that denerateoi Vie eurfate. r THE GODERICH SIGNA Phil Ostforif Lazy Maim Harty J. Niarr 'MAIN Do you like to watch traine?' I do! It°3`one of the'pieasures of life to: come up at :night freers, eV,p4.1.14; Cbore3 and to bear and ,see the Atight trairk glid- ing along into the V'illage. You . hear it Whistling fer the croseipg upeon the 41-11 conceeelon and then the' headlight mat Views on tke THITIODAT ntikirr UM? 100 Great Britaiu, But Mai& the Britiali I many. That ther toe are 10!1..10414 a ger. squaaatesefita-it meat *tuna* s4 tatoilA ise-ama; but teeworlisin atid alie engage, PePulatiou more than ta00,000,000. i sat -or aceuiiiseenee of the vicit HE AMERICAN CIIIrSCHES AND but mainly to twographie seeurity. It The coniparatively low avgage vale tTite deeliment here Printed is a but rather for thankegiviug and . the th i4 eaused by e inclusion of THE WAIC is ito oceasion for self-righteousness, I of population to territory n, the British deeleration 'recently ieseited o'er the assumPtion of a larger resPortsibilitY aefintriea as Vanada and Mie - Empire 1.'wstarto of nearly 14,000,0001 mana who do OI&a razovinattaa;:juloiyer.:Itl,volywii:toilettb:tsht:iis:r1r:ettraththaieefia,oalialdimpbar.:300qtairEati: : Ilitier did not create tit() tow OU13. The neW Germany createdl, 14 If he ;vere to be removed, the aew Germanys* though anteh more haebar. united. Given armed unity, the Derfxn . 4:,nfeleh.ealeeardmectruisal.omfeas.eteicanittil;r1nyealmn:arlint: PoTirtienril4ptuleria)ogs5elee5thtlii nal61'ec:1101fala.veTilhe° removal of Hitler and the overthrew oe JaIcietelevI,tittsbnale 111'e, ('1i(', Nytaille,ersettficlurise.,- ;:rlyilrt oil. w,aerno- true (and there is no eyhlenee tO sh that it 'h.3 that 'the generals' ana ' i..._I,1_,,t.,1:4;0 ate sten.): onyter:01: 0: e, rftraraenvro.it 02 should have uo ea.Use for satisfacti the- generals Is Ato dIsPlaY great siva- plicity o' soul -as though the generals would risk their lives to promote inter. national peace, collective eeefiriti, fed- ertii. union, a better' Europe, or indeed eignatureS of meaty' Prolninent Chrietien the scoria; of -merff •and the building tralia, which average fewer than three ieadere, both elerieal and lay, in tlae Of Pea.e• • -, persons to the Square enile, That ie United States. Antong the names are The 'United. States eannot hope to bee -u343 66 much. of these coilutriea la those of such well-know/1 men -as John „have a part in detterealuitig a. just audIatinieveloped or uninhabitable. It. • 'Mott, Sherwood Eddy, William st Ole - veace unless, during the ' eoit- 'Hitler ought to have learned In. • the Adams Brown, Lynn. Harold, Hough, ilicts. she proves her,eelf ,ealve to the last year that the , problem of Leben. , deeper Issues involved, synapathetie srauxa (living -room) Is not eolved •,„ 1 * u I 11," and Robert 11 iSpeer4 , .. flashes.into isight, rides along over tile their bitter inerelt by :seizing more territorY. In ,A. W. Wright, of Tlie Nrounii Forest 1 glisterthig snew and sereeches along ,, i, i Christian ehurch in America, desire to straggles, and PrePared 10 make ber ,1039 ko selzerl Memel:, Bollemiao mora-`" We, the undersieried Members. of ti ' with tile warring' Peoples in tionpacrate, L3,3t ,cmpiz observed els over the river bridge and loseS lisete vontribution ,te a better future, ' That via, SloVakia, and. Western Poland, Ile state oi eonu co 1 ti o the ir non rtv c ona re 'el the distante ' „ contributionecannot be merely in 'Willie thereby, added about 90,000 square eighty-fifth birtlidaY, and The 'Sipa'''. 1 , • bearing of the Ohrlstiall faith upon the 14verv time that I'M in the village at present international conflicts and the . nill? moral preachments and lofty ideale A Ai t th Ge ° 4,1 t - Star desiree to join in the congratula- /eget l'ilee to /nosey , along down , nu es 0 a 'man amain, an area t° ke t* n of t 6' United Stu es to them, • . . - - - ,t - rela 1,o 11 t . t of other nations but larger than Great Britain. 'But be - Xor the condue , tions •and gotid wialies which are beeug 1 railway akin: jiist before: train thne. , P We,are moved to 'd0 tnia Pertlysbecause rAtb" of responsible national, par ic - a sO 00 'a Jt. , t* i 1 -t k v`th it more than 21,000,000 ,shovvered upon 'the veteran, editor. • i „ . .. .... of i t 1 S ut e at .. o i *4 is e f 'one pasftion, advanced nation „ n e on . . , Tids time of yea ' it'e generally dark .i the 1 g and peinful task added population. In Bohemia; and the little teen light le s atrium f eteet al r coustruction • . Alor atlaa traelt os:4'4;r' the awitch:' 'The by Maly who are regarded as sivites- 0 e Aiaghtyffive is a good age for' anybody tO reach; for a. newspaPen editor it is i• avia there are 3$0' persone f,O- the • ot lie churehes Nati& seems to The best elements in all lieiligeretit square Wile, t d peen, t , age 'foIke ere Welkipts arirtindiaailkins t b e, ea er ensity ef poP ng in be way ue tile agent: e due to intelleetiial confusion nations Are hoping and praying tor 1 ti W an 1 t t know what thetTeeord is but e' \Ours I tli a a, on than In. 'Germany There ,is no o„ etad toward mor(1. ealleuenesse new international order. - That order Lebeasraum to be f lend ' e itud, uateoual seeerigeteoueueeess alid : muet promise to everSt peeplee agaves. 'the native population:itis att1141:)IL:enTit14.1.deaS8y ope ius yg fpods out on the trolley ( side the big bay Wiralowe a the statieet rresponeibility; That position is that, 1 °I's no lesa than victlina of aggreesion, teredeein Which ease ' " e 641 h' theft. Air. Wright will beat it, arid eon- 'ears to the edge of the platforms's'. In- , ,an •, nter. house. a •since all war $3 unc ti jusiti e o • tinue to publishehis brieht d I ' a. 115 remarkable achievement. We, don't and tit uttriesatlil•esuinc?" 01-401_,,tiajoit41 tune ieelTtini°rattn,otYre iaritd. the risIaliza. POland, "space to live in become men with a green' eYesbaue neutrat eon eetb2g paper foe mani, years to come. over lila forehead is sitting whit- ilia ea see asp ra ions, Q le$, 1 mate , between • belligerente. ,, ini#1.ies that Christian -citizens. of nations ar , war are disloyal to their Christian faith , if they give„ eupport to their goVern- merits or ,arnaleie- :It ignores the reality ef relative° but important distinctions between the eontending parties. ' '` In contralti we offer the, followiug interpretation: „ • , 1. ..For the ultimate ,eauses of the nations, Including our own, must share responsibility, • 2. This admission, of eommon. kuilt as regards,' the origins of the present wa.rS must not -blind us to the incalenl- ahici-ssues at stake in the outcome of these wars._ ,A,Oiettineti,94 inuet alwasa bp made between moral .e.ccountability for conditions leading to war and moral obligation to deal with those cenditions thair threatening- eensequences. 111 tile -.present conflicts all, nations -are moved largely -by national self-interest. °Butethe feet that all are involved in a , head Coelted listening to the clickety.. The RePublican ,p4rty of the Milted chic" the telegraph instrutuent end- gettimg up•everk now and again to sell ('States „Will meet at Philadelphia on :ft, tweet answer a •que'stion at the june 'Oth. to name its presidential and wicket. vitee-presiaential eandidetes" for the It's strange how everybody seems SO November, eleetion, AS already an- cgastusoily„_°td* a -et T,plartei'vv,$.aay ;ttbanstieollr!s., a. barnit osat,,, pulleed, tlxe-Demoera.ts will "Meet. at eifv,Z:e .,t4turtl ri,:r.h2-6Iti is ' epaeksminrtg to fixed. 'Inc Republieansebelieve monstee of a trein• tliev Orne haVe better ProSPeC6 of success. this suitcases and valises. They're g,osingag'" . -down to the city. Other folks areavait. year thee. in the, last two eleetiona, Inigoiflortilveisgitrhst, or :kinfolks to pome ,but the teak; of choosing their cane dida.tes would be simpler If they knew As regular as 'el.14ojenkftvvork, u e minutes before train time Ed:illste'lt111;§- ,WhateMr. Roosevelt- intends to dO ' ,T COWS '-rolliiig---down fronr-' the via tialige with- that old-fashioned bee of his. The Fergus _News -Record has been _Wintertime and he leas _the sleigh with conducting a 'voting cOMPetitiOu .to dee, the covered top . . summertime -he etermineethe: most fatuous persons con has the eta that's 3.1ii.1111§ the horses . „ aud -hose.been modernized by means of fleeted with the County of Wellingtee, an exigine: That, livene-. the -gather- ing up a littleeand as Ed. swings dawn sinful situation, and that latuntin justice from his seat with a bag of mkiil there's is never perfect ..or human metires always bound. to be a' few wisecracks.- wholly pure, eannot eicuse diaristiane • You - hear the rumbling, lia.., the' Ols- from :seekbeg such , justice as IS attaha- tame and all, -heads'. crane for ' that able. Discrinainate moral judgments -first glimpse of the headlight around Are of theeessence of Christian's the ,bend: There it is! 'eli. mere pine tag,. lit life. , . : _ , • -prick'ef light that gets bigger and big- more ' particularly,. ait interpretation ger tie the rushinge.qairerinr soitied.gete of the ' prep% conflicts, as merely e. greater.intil it' pounding in. your ear- 'cla.sh of rival . imperialisms' can spring grt drums ami the engipe looms up awl , le -fiaenesePast, to como to a shudderin .,()senoife-43' Tile lig):816,nrciejs_toinretinioen..ra.libe-...etyvonef;4- Stop *it, the track. The pasSenger and CivilizationS lit Which JUsfice*aid.fi-ee. mail aoirches ere. in ,front of the Plats dom are sail realities and those in form ea . the brakeMan'SWings his-lan- which they have .been - displaced by tern .., the conductor .s.M2sr-down-witir, raebeeeeeryraauyeealeuotabeeigaueed, /Iv ,,irirlyttiriireir , . _7Elig, (4001rTirilte'x-•-: equate Whet the 'iSoviet -Republics are Press ancr-mell coach 'come ?pen and:, doing to Finland and what the Finns thelittletrucks are swung :in close to - are'-dolug --ti defend their liberties is ethe-train, '' . e ,- • e..., .., ._ —. e. to deny all e,thical discriminations for r Everybody's talking -au* the tense: the sake of a emirelysabstriret perfeetion. eess is broken. •People are kissing each other•,welcome . . . others kissing each other goodbye. A brakeman looms up with ,his -flickering lantern over e coach. . . . and the shiny, bleck-lecometive is ",para-pamming" as ' if :to- get its According' ti:.; 'number votilo,received the.twelve,ntoet-fanteus Wellingtoniank (lead. or residing elsey.ihere, are, in orelerp.ir,*Abrelient Groves; Hop. Hugh `Ge*ithrie, Adam zFergusson, Col. joini,.).NicOrea, James J. Hill,Edwarde The British People arelnot,eoncerning 'johnston,, Col.. George A. Drew, Jobe •themsetves over any internatienal coin- Galt, ,Itev. Patrick Bell, Dr. Jean Dow, Plications; They haereetheir-menebac „ • ...Lyman P. Duff, Dr. Georg Me. „, . 4-0-pree-ands-eyeeNseer•Itulye may -teufboan. • The eightireitre th.is saisteise . .1 .4,0,0 iii.dds to their leY •over the exploit, which Puts a fitting finale to the story ot the victory -oyer the Graf' Spee., rrarlurr, It Wale not 1, theerfalebudget that Premier end, Provincial Treasurer Hep - urn „ *aAibiettted, 4n"'. the Legislatuee last , :week.. • : is. a -.deficit of :nearly 43,t00,00 for, the -eurrent year,. oeadetheaprovhielal debt IS increased by - ***0 -r $2.00604.. •fell:O'ff appeteilliel,y.lia several de'partneents nate ably nueettsetom duties,- ,motor. vehiefes, ner,r0rodts. a' re4u1t dr the litateiele!!#tegrethe'iiitala 'etatitietale reduced front one. L.71 eloubtleas the el'ohn Galt .who could be equally elainield bee, He.roja County. A.meag presentalaye,reeidents of the seertentketleelfiliardistinglItatelrEtviVe' • ineltule „Se B. .Stotlierse...4 tiuron old boy' who eseagricuiturel. representative for Wellington allowindthat cOuntit .to claim him teniPorarily. • * • -* „* The Manchester Gua.rdiansof Febru- ary 2nd gives Seme•partieulare of -the cold spelt ewhich - Was experienced in atter nations, 1,1 to be guilty of the- -Old aCoiiiitry fliefore- .and . aiter breath baek Mei* A long Apeziod;hiearidtiP,uthile. i 1:1tQlloetrIlaisle'lleri raespownesrisbiloirtyt. orst.crilietory for Ohristnuis. The weather Was, the -cola.: epaiseelnikeert° ' watch the esiedoesy it alvvag not of Itself assure the estaltsreelde est- since 1804. *est Yorkshire had 40 „eeems .passenger bec-°wacarm -a of:justice:and peace, but.the-victory of degreeleenf frost; there Were 3.3 . degrees. light and, kiSt'''s, tie steam 'on' the To suggest that nothing of consequence is at stake the euccess of Japanese, Geimateaand 'RusSian_designs-:Sitt -China, Czechoslovakia., Poland; and the Baltic States, or in. the- successful resistance IrtYgt: '14:11taltrellestaOrtid-Je,-464-,.. 411470---Peoplet-ar ebeuslrhig-eaeva.Y- . • the 'steam "and peering lel beremitits tUreS-111,Lond,Oh.. ead tethe.r plaees tar,, e.re faces battened g °" es. al. thOrt, o one mill, which IS 24 fteezhig- • • • Against e winder, a • poin. -a w-hol heepeople-standingeoll tilePlatfortro, gplag. • to 'make' WM-Bent, Piefarr annie ,:e`f 'week. The Thames and other rivers Here and there a chile presses' • n 'eager hifger eon. the glass - and an the.-mintelpaRtlic? werefrozen over and one place the' " a* I , The 'mai aewe lieftexation Imposed is .att sea froze. Boller ex:Nos/0AS and ga.s eas the 107 ameeproerations, iroin cracked pipesecausederaanydeiths-, - .4hiehfiiexpeeteAt9.rafse an additional- 'lid plumber§ had the busieeatinmefor years. There Were widespread falls Of The Premier has -given orders ',for snow And people in the Country suffered drastiereditetionaoteattenditures in all aetitely;Thilik-ImPris—Orted -in. cottages teptirtments, and he estimates a stir- for days, often without writer §upplies. IZUS Of $356,000 for the .coming Year. The Guardian state l that the lowest • 'e - temPeratureeever- recorded In -Great 'Britain was at Bleekadder, Berwlek- .shire,' On December:- 1879, 'Oen it fell EDITORtAti NOTES Vine - to 55 degrees beletvefreezmgepeint ( fIggrges below zero). iStiacit'elemPer '11140 U,ns deeserye semething more • -""' th"--tkreVeheers . for the fight theY ture'voquid be unusual, but not e ussian - alarrn- *ordes. auSritain they are not •Ocenstomed to Tlieir4e IS ours ,xtft and find it uncomfort. *; . B ' ererae ros_ _ 'Ore' Putt/44, againet th jug,- in tbia part. ot Ontario but hi at. . ,The _story ;of., the -Cossack and the - itt'eaniek: reads like a Northland saga-- • uNPAIE COMPETITION. . iitept ' that, the Norsemen this thne: (Collingwood. Enterprise-lulletitt) lieveltirignombeious part in the tale: litroade which the departmental «.---* stores and other large -concerns 'are They 'are laving i hOelseer mato la making sin-tbiljusineSs of the smaller * , , • retail -concerns throughout the Province Toreato ta raise, hinds for__ Finland. Is _ . • frequently the, slibiect of discussion, ' And we Suppose the boys will- giste;;a pbut so far...4s)thi.hg hiheh has been dope ognionstration' of h'Sriv' the Plans-„. I it is unfair aout _ it is 'freely admitted that *eating the Reds. 4Lteerding,..,to report, the Government at enTo *reposes rieW to assume is In theirs hands, to wit, more regulation Or salaries •of players and• competition, but .our legis- lators,. are ,either unable or. unwilling. to troublestheMseIves•fittaing rentedy, To .a lierge-extenti the loga,1 fRIStaeSS concerns- are reaponsible. .The re,medy. . tormeits, There seems to heeno lim t to lifiia -Centralization ',folly. - -pox§ no salary to its Mayor or but ff for- any reason it should decide „. to ehango.its policy in this respect the PeoPie *Om **A beeketsethe money. eeroidd. eoliae:, Should ehate the' -titiefitioa nip to how big or how little theSalary �boultl be- e e ; On by one the Provincial Ministers irhp "voted forahe Legielatilre reSoltition teastirlag ',Prime! lilinieter Mackenzie rebig tare finding their Way up to the penitent, beckand declaring their 'atie 2,000,000,000, onla *640,000,000 are not actively. engaged in human conflict. publicity through the home newspaper, which, by the way, is constantly boost - 'ng 'eftertelioine-taadtigettting and grumbling, Ven relying on wintlaW' displays to do the trick, is not solving theproblem. '‘ • MILLIONS, AP WAR ,(VictoritteTimes) llostitities in Europe 'already have embroiled two empires and three ;counteies *ith a joint population of no 'less than 850,000;000. Ineeddition to this . the thirty -month-old undeclared: ever in °Idea., continue's. to .engage-ap-' proximately.' 470,000,000 Chinese - and id,000,000, Japanese. Ifi other words, oat or the world's population of about port of . Mackenzie Xing eandhlates. *loon'Pretnier -Hepburn Will be left aR sdo/le in the seat Of the ,scornful (en the'Llberal side of the Ilorise).WUl illiteh TbO contotat to, sit eine, or will It try 'to whip Ills ministers bite line *gain? Ana if he does, what will they 410 • , .41 11' seleJtrists elaim to have a new. ittethod d± detertnining where *ills to be found in -the earth-V*4110d less orponsive than and -biore cer- lain than the divirting-roii- It is siraPIYI the analysis of a bit of earth dug front withi* a few feet of the surface. Per- , hapov those wbo'intve spent money tin- inceeftsfully tn ,trying to find oil in Pr sron county will have ,reeourse •to Ode ittW withal, 'illicit, 1 imtaed the prineletr that tiro' hits 0004 Arrhp. /11E FO Ct .110101. (Amhet8tburgi U00) • it happened Ainherothurg. A Chinese came to town'to keep luneh. room, He. wits very interested in • the river, the -beats, etc. tgeeing And hear- ing the lig,lithouse fog 'bora he en- qttired "Illhat him for?" , -•„0011, that's for fog," he was told. A. few weeks afterwards be. re- marked : °Lighthouee elite no good for fog. Light ehe shine Iron/ sbe blow!' Iteli she ring: Plog she COlae samee.q „ ' r " DOESN'T WANT A FLOOD (Hanover Post) A, 'Walkerton minister spoke oil, "Let the Bens Iting Out" aild the tirebell mere y space to die in. eon. from. recent iiistbry: is clearer than There is, Iluallya not enlyeno logic that such an order is, impossible imieee but no sineerity in Hitler's argument: every, nation` is read's' to 40Celit some If Germany is a_"llaxe-not" nation, was liflUtlttiOfl ulain 'unqualified matioual- ,Ctiocho-iSlovakia, upon which she action in the Interests of the welfare pounced; a "leave" nation? Was Pohlad, of all peoples.. 'We 'believe that it is a' "have" nation? ,Ilitler'S' pintloSoPhY the bustnesa of -the Chrtstien eleurch. * is merely plailosopbx loot • and pile neutral: as well tta in Warring nations lage.by the strongest. ' to PrePaVe -their people for' the neces; ' -The New York Times. sary sacrifices and responsibilities. For • _ . etieleeettertfice-ofela-measareeof :national self-interest- to the higher ideal of the community -eo'f. nations', the American, people neuet be prepared. Here IS the epeclattesk 'end obligation of 'Christian leadership at tile Present time, These obligations spring from the 'Very heart of Christian faith., That faith commits -us TO .the ideal -of a. community of nationa,adesigned to •ars saaARMEDaGERIVIA'NYTHE-ENEIVir The qiiestiou is:' "What will 'Hitler do?" He Welt the initiative .in melting himself Master of 'Ger:Many, and now that he is staving to Make hlraSelf master of us4 all, _he has the initiative still, The queatioaa Is never "What shell we edo?" but always a*what' lie de?" .A.U4 yet In himself he is noth- ing. A Wicked creature, as evil of dis- rest the anarchy of .nations and to raise the lif,e c2 i11 peoples to , a' new level 0-:-P_Qsit-t°4 as of „eppearences ,Without -,seeurity, and to recognition of the Puigle'14 partieular national -loyalties. gogue, would pass as unimportant, er; and a cheap, though crafty,"dente- Ole qualitYea superficial:think- elaims of humanity superior to all e. even if repulsive, vete a'private per- "IIAVE-IsiOTS"' $611. But as leader of the armed and -1in 'eelehrtitlein,•cif the -seventh mini. united' 'German :nation:, he -is the most irteirleall:Yto:'61S hthiseoniing lilto power, Herr e (PameratnuY1 niaII 02 our -e-t.1;e. Third that they were in the :War for economic Realm existed under, the cover of Re- ptiblican Demeera.dy,. It murdered Re w''Cl'eerjelugarileaYi_nratatilY''onsilttlabitlill:be' Ilene publican leaders Eriberger, ,Rath- e,..ietheittsteidm'opfostshiebirie:stnhaarte-,40",,,01I0e0,-Wooer Eoz.: °ram, and others, using those same methods Of eonspiracy, terrorism, .and t4e reamed, itt4I''"n.rw• speeeh once again illustrates now to overthrow the Whole European that does vitaenee to all'Oose,,regional, theY ere using -11Pon herseltait'aetiliciall'eoereive nliisehtineresu upiliodsseasosio4000;,000:6,aoserinsquitanr: a rtned Iriolauee which ,00.000-square-lkilonieteret--- -•- the-,profetirat truth of Voltaire's remark Uiat people will•:,;_ac,ornitintrzu,e_, etait..t-meottenuti,,tvit believe absurdities. If the reason. given ,by Hitler is the reason Germany is at _ war, destruction ,and plaughter area, going on today because Hitler and the clearly. s ot add right Or think • Let us glance at Heri Hitler's arith. metle. The 46,000,000 Engliehmen to whom he 'refers .constitute the ,pepulas, time ,of England, iScotland, Wales, and, -Northern Irelttada But these People are _crowded 4nto a territoryof 94,000 square There ,are '480 ;,ef them to thesquaremile, which is mach more crowded than the-78,000,000-0er- Germany, -Russia •,or Japan would in-- imatitla4:, the Justiee, freedom mesianneseewl:neto'letilt:(9841",:aineegull, leehd-eleeere of „thought aud, worshir‘ andinterna-Austria, and. the Sudetenland), inejoa tional co -oleander' which are funda- Teopeleteien of 341 to square eine. mental to ,Christian world order. When Hitler makes- his contrast bes 'Therefore,-Oliristians in neutral coup- e tries cannot evade the ethical -issues eween the pdpulation and territory' of • the -British Empire and the Germano anythilig safe' a ElliPPe under es.ermalr• tionainatien..- Gennep armed Unity was never an end an itself -it Was always ameans., Hitler and the"geaerale. Want the same end, and if any generals ever thotight a revolt, it Was 00$ beeause they - believ,ed that, the,ir woUld• promote that endiaore effectively than . Germany did not unite and rearm to edrese her grievancese exagger- atea--sortie-e-grimmees-eand others so that she could unite Aad, erin the more platisibly; and therefore More easily, thanks to the trustful idealism,- s that preitallea in Loudon and rare, - And she 'united ad armed so' as to s =Ice hereelf master of Europe:, When the hatreds aud suspleloas-eugendered by the fireteiTheild'Whi. had suliSided w(eibtoetitdtrhaeftetidir tGlieermboacnayrnourrs*opti.m$41:S sOal#0, :agalmt potential foes than any • great' power, the United States alone excepted, No one threatened her ,frentiere-orsany vital interests of hers. • , Her Material resources and her skill • and ,her organization Ivaeld have en- abled her to Secure 1N:eighty and uni- versal influence, .No great nation. ever had a trotter prospect,of achieving euch An ascendaacy in commerce and- the arts of peace. But domblanele,ITot pre- eminente; was her aim. And to achieve • ,order„,--111-tler:anct.hiS-eupPortersho; as_a: 'matter= of practical polities,- are lalentioal with -the incited „Geriittue tion, -are on the domination -6f, ""Tall"IDuroPe-exaatlratterehettnad'etheeNte-' tional Socialist Party dominate Ger- social, -and. political variations. of oute charadtervand biteres,t that are so - essential to healthy- and harmonfous national existence. „ Tife'Etlit-Tii'of"rfe-Ntnefeeiitll Cal; teery (Lonclori.). ,.....16;imormionmovii.11.111.11111111.1111.1111 We'lllake or Mend-- achinery _ s r When somethirigmears out or breaks 'down on yogr machin , j)riug the,p.arts to us; it itslibtable, 'Imam fix It )WELDING . PiP- 1 , ' CHINN WOAK commercial, traveller, ItneWn----bY ems involved Med the censequent iipo Abele sympathy and. support Christians throughout 'the World are agreed' •;•that 'war is a particular demonstration of, the power 'of •sin the world]o jUstilication of war must- be-allosved fee -conceal arm this. face (OxforcleConference Report.) Christians are divided as to the re- sponse whichindividuals and churches should make when their nation. becoMes -Involved in ,armed. In .every recent World confereace Of the ehurehes two'a,tilrernative- _positions have -been. recognized .as equally conseientious, honorableeend worthy Of respect. •Solne -Chriatianseholding that the use of viol- eace in international relations is• • al- ways Shiful, declare that'they can have no part in it. We respect the sincerity of those who iold this "view and are • readr lelarefendatheM' itgoUit ftif.c1( e constraint- or • persecutitm, Others, equally honest and peace -loving, (believe that when Christians- are *convintede tha theirnationis engaged in resistanee :to aggression or in defence of in- ternational order- they must obey its cafl Thretighotit Christian history tha latter'hes been the viete a the majority in t• he churches. Me- believe It is 0 today. • - " It is mistakeeltran'ageet• that CMist fans have' no alternative,between total absteeittonsfrona War on the Ohehand -,andrrthe7pioelaroatiOn of'a .-41rdly Warr on the other.- We -record with -grad.titde that 'itittify Christians in *warring nations are facingathis ,issues- with a lilgb senee of, responsibility,. a);e,Aem,, 7Cirealiire7the reality of a :Christian cora- fiteks ashes and looks oatas if sizing the' village ata bY•the amount of lightseethat are -on. Some walk' out on the .platformsfor. fresh air a'S the -passengers are all aboard and the .con- ductor Sande by patiently waiting_for. the .mail and, express_ to be loaded., There's -the signal . land the Con- dUetor steps on.. • . -the brakeman -pulls up the step and with watch in hand the conductorepulls the cord for the ,litj1e eseaties of Stettin and the train starts moving ,stowiyeas tile engine strains ever so -_,Alightly and then -starts With a jerk to go rolling down the -track and-wesstand and Watch untilethe: lights. of -the lest *coach 0611de and disappear at the curve leading -out -of town. ' „ Mrs, Miri A., MeGrattan,,Xupit otOld ' Log School in,S;S: No. 3, Colborne Mrs. Mary A. McGratten of Midland, Ont:, formerly Mary A. Item daughter of B,obert Kerr, aapienedr settler Of the ir:PoneeSsiOn Of-''Colberate township, and firobably the senior living gradit- -ate of the old logschool,No. Colborne (Young's school)* was ninety- two -years old on Tuesday, the 20th - of February, 1940. . - In May, .1808, she WAS married to ,John•McGrattan of Dungannon,ill the old Zion Bible 'Christian, church, south of Smith's Hill, and the early years of, her married life were spent in Dungan -1 non. For many years she has lived, iii, Midland, where several members of her 11 11 Reich, he' take§ in all the territory of the 13ritlele Empire, but blandlY leaves out all the population except that In • 1 • • 0. . East St Cokes 0 coutigni . family reside -Nr. •Mearatta, died In. rai,Irtity transcending all ,dioots; ere IDA ••••• • ' eee s • eultiVating ,tetitrition for 'the ommith She as bright and active- for her „guile in whle.h lilt =Mug eahare e ere Yeats, and likes to beer about old Col- even now preparing for Jut andlaet., borne; the home of her girlhood. Mr, Ing Peaee, and are •exalting, 'the ivel* Andrew Milian as cousin of 34rs, midst- of te'rrige conalet, the Christ XcGrattan. Whom no nation ean elaiiii as peculiarly its own. The churches In the tutted States are .under no obligation to lead their uation to aSSUM.0 a resPonsiblerelation- ship •t� the present eondiets. Thiki nuast begin WW1, reeognizing that the freedona from war vvhieh the United States now enjoys Is not due to greater devotion to peace or superior moral excellence, NfellILLOP MUTUAL 14,41§URANCiE • .1, COMPANt ' The annual meeting orottie-Meitillep Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held in.. the Town Hall, $eaforth, on February Dtb, when it *was revealed that' the Company had enjoyed -a splen- did year during which the onionq of Insurance in force had -Substantially in. creased. :The fetal assets of the' Com- pany 5F $S1 and the total ties $7,266,32. The fire losses during the year Amounted to .$10,8,52.64. in force Pecember Mgt, 1939, were 2,755, policies representing insuranee Of, $0,134,682;50, James, Sboldiee, former- ly of I'Velton, and now living in ISCad forth, 'retired as e director Mid IIugh Alexander ef Waltoa was clioSen, ,The '• otlier.direetore were re-elected as fol. lows; Alex. 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