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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.
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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 $3 unc ti jusiti e o
• tinue to publishehis brieht d I '
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remarkable achievement. We, don't and tit
uttriesatlil•esuinc?" 01-401_,,tiajoit41 tune ieelTtini°rattn,otYre iaritd. the risIaliza. POland, "space to live in become
men with a green' eYesbaue neutrat eon
eetb2g paper foe mani, years to come. over lila forehead is sitting whit- ilia ea see asp ra ions, Q le$, 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.).
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When somethirigmears out or breaks 'down on yogr machin
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)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
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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. Irottelfoot, .Seafortit* Wil.
liana Xnox, Londesboro; Chris,Aaeon-
liardt, Deblin; jamee ConnollYe, Gode-
rich ; Thomas Moylan, Seaforthe-W. IL
Arehibald, aleafortli; Alex, getwilig,`
Ineth s Frank McGregor, Oliriton.
Oilicers of the Compaily are; Presi-
dent, Wm. Knox, Londe`sher0; ttlee-Pre'
sident, W. It, Areldbald, Reaforth; mans
ilger anti seereiarptreaknrer, M. A.
Held, Moulton'.
rang. A few' Sundays later 'Ile Spoke, "xlotr'A -your wife's Mental eon
'IsTow we are in darkriess," and theic$111Ce the peyehiatrist has been treating
IIgbt vrent out. We hope he doesn't..-lierr "Sites better, but the psychiat.
speak on :Noah and the Ark ; i
,• et Went nuts."
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