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orse "ay epee that a, readjustment
elf 11)41104410.-rrefirkti011a 're -
Ie adrisahlo twithout agreeing
10114A \ Aloe receroomeidettonts' the,
Strata report and agreein% that
tant yeesioat ,thate;, ',-with• -4 '''vva,F-,„te., the
death --rikirizoir, Isi,t1*.time to .4AttanPt
Oath a, reedjaigetneent. As thlo Raper
Woo rePeitted/7 (stated, the 'matter -
ofoo ma)41X- tartsoachlug Instortance
that gleetile. (should .hate op-,
„
illotrt4Ity.*Of exAmining, tinderStanding
Old theree0Manelidations
bitiore Abe retoert is placed , (before,
.• eitirlianieet fer adoption. '
.We tihrthat
,
,
more* reason, as lie steppe to pi*
up the ?ride, that he should. adjuet
the rest of his Peck as welt Ite he
• • 11,13 tar As, it is praetioll`
possible -so that he van. earr7
rjtkbetter and ao that be eau be,
,,, tree ese it in the defeuee his
„life. and 14i. family unit his VOreSes,--
• - . • .
ape little illustration. But,
here is another one, in language
aolution *of Canadian pule'
Ile finance tu•Obietite reqtdres One°
striittliveltetion,baeed,ou the °On-
-1410fttilltittitOttiteWm*yrroftlaor—
tbeak•OrtIOar ,hilakporiling.";
.neeeiree the develOpmerat, of ,•st
ertein can -
$011-tx'ar- 01300110e ,and 'coherent
polielett intelOatediwith"other VOW-
' erfUl ecenetoic•
rather han. Intertstlieution 'Of •,--the
Ptea'ents.tOrtilliot at the expense of
t4e:VrOstiltte' -tOPAY'er."
report 'iproposed.
IA* Teklitaliettt of taxing Vowers.
_And teSPOnsibilities 'between the
Federal ',and Ooverw
men*, with a view to.iproduclog,a-
;better balance Within eaen splyere.-
Miielt,„ekt the • present trouble was
•trarOttble to ' the tact- that, While
rrevinelal revenue 'senrcea'.'Wete- .
tb.e respensibilr
• les of the Provinees.:had . beengradually .
,eXpanding. . partly-
' thretigh the evolution '4ocirern:=,
,AtIttitetions and partly through,
..•litteretetationto of the '
• :Orightal Jurisdictions. • laid * detect
44 'OcinteOration. "
ealtallY loWlet
family (the Canadian family) hel
be* il.eina for Years the arrange.
moat At the (furniture' in; the house.
,Anat Betty wants IP this way; „ftklanty
BsphY. Wante it that , PAO,thq
thinks someether way 5.s better;Oster aturPh,F,at the store, and bad fligured
bas stilt anatier plan that she, says is be twoeki tekethe grist to the Will and
the only .'"nakoelate." way; Father W0014,13 400 'Week onfthe'lOad when he
cenaulted, and the kids don!t eare. The, **(Kid 1441!)*744e' At ti* 41411er table,
r UZI
UNIT go $1,110
THE BMW MAN
Farmers, es a rube, tunPlala 00,4
hired men, They dellghtt• Pointink
out that so-aud-epo never takee a bath,
and tbitt another wan abvs.ys trying
to 'dud euay joba tor 4iAnsaf, and $till
.anothor will do only 'what you toll
hina. Yeti, doWn Underneeth it all, I
boeestly believe that theY lweukt rather
'have men inelined a ',little:ea ilte,•144
side Marten tbre iliVbstrietts" side.
Take, ter Inatance, our hired Anau,
thired hint. in the lionestbpinion that
be would be just the 'tlipe to tett in a
winter of _eheringe and -Who wouldn't
Mind ofverltioling the odd fhb.* as
long as X dithrt aviation. it. First, of
• the• inurdWritinlg 11,epeared on the
,wAll. wheu lie couldn't understand why default on Wormer debts. . Tlwee, • a
evio, of fus ehould,go to the *village tor was good legie ttt the Jehnson Aet,,.. It titteations eVitat it MAY iatbde,
the Owe). iFraukly 'speaking, .1 had to Vas not tItereetinginess thatprententedl, Liam of "capital is a aerviee. Ineurante
awe In for 'et.' little Chet with TIM 'Meat of the, ,belligerents -the itiet1 * aervice. Perhs.68- Britain * now
war treet Paying their idebts. Teo rendering eervieeo no.. that are out -
money, we lent them was sipenti-uot for I. ilelent to Pay Tor the Vane* ahltiS and
additiono to their nationalywealth, but Vtattirs• • What about t''W s-orile
for instrumento of doortletion. Uteri the ntitish and RoyalVtir PlYre,e?
reeelPt- Or- all theSe expel:14Tc .What ahaut Ole Britone who, line Sight -
their eapaeity to Produce ,)fer peace,w2(4,J0.isg 41kileedro'tistYblitglorin:ettOwtrti, 'thicoturko,lujedrees'gt!i,
CI SIC,TNAL.ST
T,
&must Ewa on Ike War
HOW ORITAIN CAN PAT i• nee In order to leoly fareigners Inake
The Preoldenrs' propooel that we rwir, aa well , a$ QZbIddtU them to,
lend 4truiSt Britaiu eney sound otrauge eati t'IC'tWar 1434" The leheneekt
that we Shalt never meelve ler
axe
to uattw bentufied .14r *the aYmbolio Britain enough itoPOrts to pal tire
money and debt,- But, before we pess intetea• and dividends on the eert
Judgment vfru it, let as see just "Mott cates Of 'wealth with whiebt eome of our
tbeae Onthibols mean. Britain starteiL•eltizero are now being . The
this war -with Urge financed resources envie truth la that in so far as the
Jo the United 4tates. (She noW' near " etatuarY siguu aud' Wax& wealth.
the end of her money rope. Though I are vonteerned, we 'have not been Pam
iibe 11.4$ rot lyet vett all she has, the t anything we want for the war suIPPlies
necessary toMmitineuts ahead (it often Britain has bought *et tar, and ProbahlY
tales, eighteen months or 4A:tow i never twill be paid for theta. We have
tween orders and delleeries). hate.: merely beett Ole, by vie% through
nearly exhanated her available pia. ithe iproPer te; give theSelitingo
dutsing power, away without troubling our tender
• Britain irolgbt berretta* from -Prive.tel hu_stuem e0u4olenee•
sources in this eountry, Mt it were not International trade, say 'tee text -
tor sthee;folartson Mt, (eatiee itorbeee Our boeks of eeenemlea, fundttmentally
hte on the worde"services" and
eitirenYto lend enoney to governments exebaltee et goods tted Pervieee. Our
X eatMally :mentioned "that be
-"Antt-the'.-:kids.4getetoesteatilt,to-egi b„„youeee_en_lete,J. ,village and not increased one iota. What capacity
the lire, but 4tent Betty. and ,A,linty it that emptylbox; stall. 'IlarrtheYedttt-•ha,verwoogeaio,,e.oeAe„,, _the Atlautie in our luteeest?
In fur-
phy. and iStsterlieep„,up their• otarteet to Hay something, but Saw Permit - then), exercise. ditor UisipiertritriVaIrOone-rit1Uns'
house takes ere. Father and 1(' *0440 in Or the cbo o pr te ted
A 'cre
,
*eat and.Peater those who are trying•
torexthigiitsh the blaze' by:initiating that
the question of the re-arrangergiont of
the fulnitiireahoiald [first :eett14*. , _
, There is tilenesteertainto be a grand
row over the reeiO0.' •.`tet!..tataeial-
talons. are preSsed °upon. Parinent at
this, time, and •we doubt very muela,
erime Miniater King will invite siren a
sittiation. '
gDITORILTs NOUS
- The price of !butter. Was a national
Issue in 1930. Is it goly.g to repeat?.
,Xtf efitssoltal latafIlt to do over agitint
iviould lie butt into the war as lie did
last summer?
* *
Out, of ther.iintize-,01.WO4S-thiri does Another prOlea.„ can -Wei .be
pear the more or less definite fitate- shelved until attter,,ithicwar is the
-meet ttele TellA000.., MOO deep 'wee' rway eetrie)ne.
• * • • give tip Canada need all the labor ,and
• „
etiVe,apntialiOaktie.8> Niva ho've all the imoneY she eitn-Conimand for the
rowu arP haplrazard,;basio, - •
woula rebeive tetosecution of the war.
- - tional
Vst(rs. COvering her troice with. her
hand and knew that there Was no
need to go any tfurther with the
Matter. - ,
That man ,van think et' the oddest
Jobs. ;Our lattatoeS,' were.:.hit by th.0
Wet weather last 001 and '1 had been
inteadirne"to ,tirem ,over. -.We were
sitting areand the ilibuse. after dinner,
enjOying a' little rest, , when he sug-
gested, "flow be We pick over those
potatoefetoday?" 'There was; trarpped
again., There, wasn't . logical excuse
hi the world to (tont terward that Mrs.
.11.411 cOuldlet see through. ,She elhiched
it by SaylUg,'"That's an exeellent idea.
arttie." OD We picked potatties.."
job rather' detest. • .
. ' Ver two weeks •be has been talking
about getting the'lwtod up., I Zanaged,
to sidetrack hiln each.,tiae. Casually
I like to talk' abeet_getting the wood
cut early Ino•the winter, and then on 111
the early :ttiart .W1 , when the
.0now begins to get 'warm, *nate a mad
,tlaSit to get' Ili'4Woed-eat. 'TM -her Lt --
'reliable system . 'but it does 'give
You leisure in' the in.1.4clieeet
winter, „- .„
rinalli I *consented to getting' 1114;
Wood oiif.'""it- Wirsuippy,frosty day
when we started for the bush.. A. day
tO make your face tingle . but the
nation cannot .get its loans repai•
!unless it Is IWillieg in the long run to meat.- In any event we ha11 not get
aeeept a surplus Of imports, Our any other. The real cerestion burps
eepnomy was adjusted-to.eueiefes of large and direct, behind all. deceptive
exports.-,eespeclally of •agrleultural pro.. 'monetary .smoke-sereen a business
duets like 'cotton, eVheat and tobaeeo., .eeorteraY. Is it ,worth the real 'coot Of
In -order to:keep, out the.toreign goods munitionseneklug to strengthen • Bri.
necessary. for -payment, we added tall* hand? X SO, 504.' shonld
we
enough new Courses -to out tariff vital, desist .stmlelY
• terra '
cause she eannot
13
de that; We need ,sit tor no other paye
to Wake it bigher than ever in history.
The johntson lAt (whs therefore a.
sign erected' :Which read, "Ipailread
OrbisiVg: !Stoic Leelvand 'Listen. The
next time any nation wants to borrow
to Make MIA, ientember that it • won't
,want to pay and we may not want
,to pay- The best fplan is !not to make,
the loans in .• the first plitee," .• That
.was, and is, sound common sense.
The ,Neutrality Act' was misnamed.
It had little :to do with traditional
legal neutrality, and should have been
*called, .An Aelreto---belp keep 'OS from
being drawn' into wars. that we do get
want to enter." By its eash-and.earry
-policy it. seeks. to, provent"..the, UV/6re-
seen pressure° Olf tfittle eine from drag -
adjuStMent giants; •Thesb (would * * * .
exereise o -----------!ed you up.
be .selentifically calculatedon aWar costs are aoL a total loss. • It What do you Suppose happened when
.481s, of ,,oeck..with.the *impose if
Matta, g eaek,provinte ili ananoial,
position to maintain. educational '
and welfare eervie on a national
ny'eragestandard. " (Sudden but
temporary eileee would be met by
- emergency ,grants.
calculated!" How
Nandi &deice would enter intoacalettla-
,, rien•of 'what each Province should get
grout -the Federal Treasury? The Men
la/10mA scion -Oats; and tettless-bY some
alchemy our representative men pan•'
• be eliangecl..into Cold-blooded
itieltuas the ° iiinanelal relatious -be-
' tween:Pretnees and the Porainten will
S'Ol: be conducted on a scientific basis.
Along with this proposal, or pre-'
paretorY to it, is one...that the Federal
Government assterae the AdOts. _Of all
ithe rrovinces. „This.wotild be nice` for
4b,e Ptovineial tGavertunouts, especially
. •
these that have been freekless and im-
provident in the conduct of their lin.-
*nee% And more especially when no
provision is made, SO far as is revealed
by casual observation, to prevent the
Provincesratter laari.ing unloaded their
indebtedness upon the 'Dominion, from
straightway going Into debt again.
There are ether feature e of, the re -
!port whieh,„ certainly do -not eontmend
themselves Lit Iirst glance; and . our
belief is that if It is Presented to
Varliament in its .,pesent shape It will
be torn to pieces.
Is estimated _that.15„900 refugees from
'ZurePe. have brought to 'Canada
$25,900,000 oteapital with which More
than a thenuwinduutries
been -eitablished.` It is eertain '.that
after the war Canada willhave a
larger °place in the industrial •world
than ever before. Some of the new
industries are devoted to .0'ae .making
Of -goods :pever before- manutaitnred
in tlus.eountg. . '
,The Toronto 'Globe and Wail, which
ItAdON AND' BUTTER, AND
iiirat&T AtE IMPORTANT
Bacon and butter and wheat are as-
Waning large proportions ft national
,. affairs, anfl It Is not surprising to heat
o .tt roirival of the VnIted Farmers'
movement which was so attive' twLenty
Xears ago. Mr. Ibrittatt, seeretaryof
the uia,itid. Farmers a Ontarie, says
th* organization is not going 'bitej 1140
fpolitlea; but . that mewls little. The
movement of 10119-Z was spontaneous,'
. and if .ribe farmers in aziy riding want
• to get togettter ,In political action yre
• -don't know anybody 'who can stop them,
Gardiner,.F'ederal Minister
of ,ilherieultitter IS the toftn.,wite,js "on
the 14P0t" Just noW., If rhe eau 'convince
the larruers that he has been looking
after their interesta, his position will
eecure. If , Mrtlardirter
tobe present at a farniers' .conference
at London -this week; and It will he
interesting to observe the outcome.
TAIT'S! rcrk OUT T4E-FraE
•
neVers loses an opit. ortttnibi to make
itaelf ridiculous, attadlos MT. A. W.
Roebuck because he opposes the l'ecom-•
men.dationS or 1-1): done
missiqn. What Mfr. Roebuck's politital
history, his motives or his ambitions
have to do with! the settling' of Domin-
We got to the bush? He Wouldn't be
.k.party' to eu.tting down' trees in the
usual way. No, he wanted to Clean en
the bushor.old tope and dead trees and
snap:, , • leacetW that 'were too ancl
stinting.' one another's growth:",,
Hae you ever epent a week tugging
at elf:1'11111W . . . and sawing up dead
trees? .rfave you ever tried to thin'
out thickets ot anaple or beedh? I did
. and let me tell you, what little
thrilL°Iihere is in wood -cutting (certainly
has nothing to do . mini/I:that kind- of
, -
Work. °
..sliWed' wood like he did every-
thing^ eise. lie worked in dead earnest,
ifund anyself :with a back that ached
. and a cluin, splitting feeling
in My bead Lound 'myself -stalling
for something to talk ' about that would
break that dead monotony of 'pulling
a saw. ,FinallY, started asking his
advice about- how, he take care
-
of the bush lot. He explehted . . .1111
fut. he talked all afternoon, but be
giag ns. into n new war,- It does let.,
„,„ belligerent and then 7 we shall ;fatly
oven 'try to 'prevent irs Vroa_m-Aielolz*:. "fee 'iett rsvar," This SUPerstitien dings
-itnOthet lAt'.10,n ;It .;s74r. 17ivellVIer 1.to the.old tworld that -Hitler lollg'sinte
all deeide,: at it itt our tiatianal Itt, ..
tereit to do so. .It Is'buttifibther'sign--. has' than .
pest which. says; "Before you help again
in 020 Way, stop and decide where the
turn w
. We Might, 'just to Make thiegscasier
for the stupid,- Put a money 'value Oil
SO auech resistimee by !British sailors
and .a.iimen, and mat elb it the
y 'of what% they . need for
lug. We could, IT we Med, ••lenci"
Britain money; provided enough olr us
were -willing to ectknowledge in advance
that it would not be returned. we
could adept Mr. Roosevelt's a le
formula of lending the ships,' planes
and guns theinSelives. Any ritual will
40, provided we really know what We
144 about and have +weighed the cense:,
tfltenees. '
There, is a enrions superstition 1511:t
We-depar Cede -in -the `ordifittrYbus*em
routine recognize ' us as
that. 114 does. fief 1401,ft 'technical hairs
about 'belligerency- ankl.
cloy, deatior warIle knows
about declarations Of :neutrality
and clarons . ,
ANUARY SAL
Rugs
Congoleums Towels
Sheetings Pillows
litany of these lines are beiff sold at prioes coneideXablY
lovirsr than premix prioes vantage sho4d be tetlten Of
this excellent oivertullity.
Barrynuior
Axminster
Ar4D
Broadloom Rugs
.4n IsiZeS.
Congoleunt.Rugs
$Iteetings
Heavy Wahasso' Shade.:
Hem Stitch, 81x3,00. Pair
Bed Pillews
Sterilised. Per Pair .
$BliattOe $3,50
- ts
Our finest anowool in Scar.,
Given or Camel. On,
Saki 004
Men's
Sweater Coats
Penman's heavy all -wool
in- shades of Heather, Brown'
and Blue. Sizes 34 to 44.
Our regular 5.00 for .
$3.95
Bed or car Each
$2.48
Towels ,
Heavy British, size' 2,440.
Iillurldsh with Rainbow Istrili-
es, 'Value 790. Pair
& SON
taion's Church whieh, is still intaCt houseS ifi,c Toronto . up& - a • •
despite botribe. all •round. The body Of
kept' in 'a golden coffin, enclosed in.ttum.
'ia a 'silver tone;,in 'front. of the altar.
The islanders believe that -he will save
them from the Italian b0Miha, and I
-stood- ilyy„..the.eollin,.,..1m,subtino4Aandiet
light, while women. -filed past, kissing
the silver casket or. murmuring prayers
,-to .the Selnt:
national interest lies." °
At the 'beginning of this war we stood on a pile of rubble twenty feet
had already gone as: far as to makup i perfectly -well what we are doing, Ile bigb,, which was ell that ,waS left. of
our minds :that we wanted to help
does not hesitate to 'Attlee any nation (fifteen houses under iwhich 'fifty people
'
Britain and .prance oeuttb to repeal that is in the way of 'hie PunPoses, no were buried. • Phial people had been
our partisanship in the Stfuggle and -to-offend-it mat ber--fiff--it-has-041b-hed.- --dexigitTileangt26(1:?26' Ibut,
ale
etsill'1.-11heuarrietil3i'-lligneroen.,-,' "„1-1-'s
the eMbargo on mtinitions. ISinee then ... Matter how Pare and hutment a intent
the requirements of Britain have in- no provocation he, invents one. • If we As I watched bugles sounded "the
ereased. But we are on the' brink of aid Britain legallyor illegally, by de- retreat,".whiCh was taken tip thretigit• -
delving -'Britain the arras she needs idgm or by force .rif circumstances, it Is out the toWn * Other _bugles, And
and has been,buying, for the irrelevant all one to Wm' . 8° long as we give •P°13.ceinents IwbIstliFi" *Unein5r 1Pirineg
reason that ther 'means -of payment are 4115 aid to- 'Britain ' et all,'•,he will be had been sighted., Until the 'all Clear' '
,
drying up.
the decisions-wbieri 'the Johnson and (I) he ICSAUDt get at lig, (2) w, are toe sonnded 'five Minutes. later, with the
l`icilw is the tivae terauflig 14re'vente""nif34411t111 Ps 4InlY lbecaus•e
Neutraiity-lanlii-hame-definedHfor us.- .9tr°11-1* The 'Sole rtit6teetim altailia-
hi - - * '
. Most c),g lis si42430e thtitorifithi his. In la to make sere that Britain stays
been "paying" for what she baibought. In' the *0, *1111e- 4" ' Prepareour
But .what payment have we received? second lines. Inexchange for arms
''''
Fto Britain we should beprepared to
irst of all, told: Or what use IS it?
,We do not eat it or build houses of it, aceept anything,froin Indian waMpum
or even make at into Wedding Bap or to promises of green cheese in the
watch 'ieases., We * buity it in ..Fort in°°n' ' ,„lic Wow, oaii: „-•,.',
r,i,
Knox.- Precious an•aterials and labbe -The Neeedlepue
hours-which might have gone toward.
lon-Frovhicial - teiatione we klo not never , slackened speed on the saw.
etaggered up to the house for supper,
genoW. If "Oan-athes !national neWs-
paper" desires-' its readers' to view the
proposals with favor, we
viroUld suggest that it devote its space
to explanation and elucidation, ,rather,
-than to abuse of a Man who exercises.
lits rights as a Vanadian citizen in
critleizing those _proposals.
*
Itt the resolution' passed at a rate-
payers' meeting in the' township of
Morris, an ingenious -and -yet quite
.legitimate arguntent was used in asking
that the ipropeta, al to'elose the Clinton-
Wingham branch or the CNA. be dee%
allowed. This was set forth in the
(following +words ; "Whereas' the deficit
Thes !St, alarys, Journal-Arguequotes
the reply of Professor ,Angus;a mentber
of the 1$1rois Commission, to the cow'
ifintl011 that the Commission's report
should be piponholed until after the
tonelitsion the war. Professor
Angus, says The Joutrital-Argif4, "explain* the whole issue in this alinple
language:" .
blA man (Oartatie) is carrying a.
toad (the present netuip of govern.
vent). It is a badly adjusted load
-ea badly stOrated that the asett
glide an inereasing difficulty in
carrying his berden. It * $51,1g-
gesto4 (the rommisiliqott,A recom*
readationa) that the load eau be •
adjure.* bt certain waye eo that it
'rill atember to ram. Then,
oldie the 11641% I 'oist4rthg
s.askiatly happen* to bin* the he
* *177 a rIlle Its 'well, The
sarieglif that We fa all tke
on, this -branch is ',oely the sum. •of
$9,000 a year, and the tetal...deficit
tor the system IS $40,000,000 a Year,. We
feel the, carrying of this dedeitoxi.V115
branch, is oalY it reasonable hare for
the services paidifor, In the total ded.eit
Of the ralIw40, by thepeople of this
41strlet" We think it ean be easily
shown that -the People) of the district
affected are carrying a share at the
total railway deine4 otoch greater than,
'the loss on. the Clinton-Winghttra
and, they qtAte" reae6rtab1y objeet.Lo
carrying -their share of !the deficit arid
,at the`sitine time, being deprived of the
railWay service. -
EACIZ 11,11JST DO- 1118 •SHARE
(Orillia Packet and Times)
For peace of mind tifeetiveneeS'
of effort, it were welt to pay...less at.
teetion to -the prophe'ts and coMmentat.
ors, and more to the part we as in-
dividualS are playing towards ensuring
a British victory and towards hastening
:ComingThat 'victory- is assuted if
the Tull everight of :the :Empire's strength
is threaten into thc• eortflief.h But that
full:strength can. only be attained g
every Individual' Is contributing • his
share Of the total.' That ls the task of
the year 1041-4oisee filet no effort and
10 sacrifice4 withheld that Will lielp
and stalled for time beforeelhoring . .
tett he had the lantern lit and was
silting by .the kitchen door in a madclene
ing way *that made. :me 'want to take
the 'axe to Mtn.
He's talking about joining the army'
now. 'I'm hoping he'll becoatt-mar-
tialled for telling the general what to
do on a day when thegeneral doesn't
teat like doing. anything! ' • - •
ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH ,
(London Free Press)
Everybody' liked' Oft: Roosevelt'e
speech exee'pt Hitler, 11 Duke, Tokyo,
iSenWheeler a Montana, Col. Lind-
bergh, De. Valera and -the president of
Panaraa, and they 'Weren't aneant to.
"BlirY BErrisir
(Tnisodbutg $ows)..
,It IS remarkable the way that Great
Britain 'has .kePt" up her industrial
aetivibyedesoite the incessant air raids.
The men and Wemen of the factorlee
atc43.6 leAs brave than tile .nten 01 the
navy, the army and tile air force. They
know that Britain must keep up her
trade it she is to win this WAT:---The
men of the navy; the Meretant Mari,ne
and the-ait tforee see that the manu:-
&oinked goads are deliveredto our
•country. Our part' is to buy .titose
goods. • Let Us 113 -ase British" to help
Win the War. "
TRADITION QUISITIONED
,(11Viimipeg Free "Press) .
' - DEFENCELESS CORPU
increasing the _ welfare ()Cour (petiole -
have been shipped abroad in exchange A measage 'from 'Corfu, dated $ovem-
tfor something we have to dig eellars ber 30, which was delayed in 'trans-
.
for. Worse than that, the gold is a milission, says the island lias been
source of greatworry, Tor It increases bwzbed reachine-gu'nned and shell- ed
bank reserve's ,to mountainous heights ' • _
and one -'quarter of the town of Corfu
and threatens as with a potential fin,
controllable inflation. The gold might has been Made tminhabitable, g:Mt the
be .of Use in the futatre if there /were islanders are still doing their best to
anything of' real value 'abroad which, Call7 on. „Three thousand bombs •have
we wanted' and for which foreigners been dropped en the island sinee the
would ,titeePt gold in payment • But 'first Xtallau.bombers came over, flying
Hitler will not actept it. IT Britain the Greek colors, e:montli ago-
l'oses the war, the golti standard: will There isnot a_Single„„anti-aircr'aft
, go too. Our energies 'Will then, have gun or 'plane on the island and the
been poured down a. rat -hole in, Burope, people,. now gettiug aecustoatted-,ba the
wibile South 'African and Canadian warning bugles that tell of approach
-
gold, dug and shipped' with great 'pain, ing 'raiders, have improvesed shelter
will have been poured deem a rat -hole arrangements. e„... •
here. Weare fool p to believe that in Five thousand people from the town
taking gold we are getthig value re •ot Corfu, whiee normally has a.popntia-
ceived. 'We hall (be eceriomic,lanatie.s, tion of 28,000, llive in Oillaetka"
as well if we allow Britain to be de- •stairs rooms, and cellars, It es •estlife:
treated after she has -paid us so much ,eted that) 430 civilians have been killed
.of it. • ' and_ 100 •injured .• in • a month's bombing
We are also being "paid' by bank ofthe town; Four churches have been
lances and Seouritiee owned by 'bombed. • ' ° „ 'transport Assodation of 'Ontario with
Britishera. But disposal oT this The island, (writes a 'British United three a the major oil companies and
tritis•h, property- *does just as ma& Tress eorespondent, 'appears . at first* the Red Cross atithdritieS. '
to make this nation a laiger creditor .sight ai Island 'or the- dead, I toured Nearly ditty motor transport coul-
ee 'if we lent* Britain an equwiilent this devastated• toivn, where thee is @tallies throughout the ,Province of On,
amouut, of money. It- does just as not a single pane , of glass left (whole tarle are furthering tile plan by-trats-
mach to alter the balance of payment s and.where the wind howls through the porting free of charge 4940 lieense
and trade. Tile johnson Act, to be wooden_sbatters„ uow kept closed by plates eolIected at .serviee stations of
eemplete, ought to fi•ave 'forbidden day as wen es by ,nIght. '011 Ltd. 1, British-Ainerican
Nmerleans to buy 'foreign.ovened securi. I event into the red,toweredJSt
VitiMittelf . they will ,be -shippkd by
Given1.60 per cent. eo-operation by
all, motor vehicleowners the Red fOross •
will benefit to the extent er the. saiest.'.'
proceeds teem about sc.° tonaor metal.,
•,:While,their.sitixage.„.wili...help; Canada's. • •
War effort by conserving what was, itt--
forMer years, 'regarded as v.:E./ewe.
serap. ' •
:VitteS from ,Goderieh and vicinity
are being- transported Metropolitan
Traesport, focal truekleg organization.
Citizens are urged by the Red Gross'
authorities either to take their old
1Teense plates to -the- neareet -service,
station .of any of the oil companies
meetiened or to have'their 1941;• plates •
(put on their ears, and the old Ones
retained or this cause by any: one
of these service etattons. In to doing
the --- be aiding Canada's lwar effort .
eingieg .bells, the avelcole Sat noly ittaow]. juayadnutLaw
-rows in • tile . Shelter -tun'ww& .44 i I e eellective measure, tbe Red
Church. ' ' .Cross -states.,
"We are lreing like 090,,lea in One or
131 jolin Pappadaleis the
. Placing great value on hemart life
Is characteristic of the British. That
sea eaptains should feet their responsi-
Witty so keenly as to voluntarily pay
the penalty of death. it they lose their
ships,. is surely a high and. gloriona
tradition. Could full eredit ever 110
done to the brave tnen who thus teepee
nize the great trust which they hold?.
But evert SD? Should the 'min who are
real men .enough to follow that noble
fra.ditioe be allowed to do it? Surely
they' are {too 'valtrable to lose. I They
will not thauge onless the appeal is
otaele to them, and it should be made,
for men with, that heralesense a duty
always help maintain a ,Very high
standard ,of etvtee --
A wan who had a Agra (with Ills wife
to make for the effectiveness of in sent for a doctor to treat .ibis faeer
acres war effort, No question ef profit %Odell rWaS'13011sr bruimid and fleratieheil.
or loss .malet be allowed to stand in the Alfter trcatiug %the Man, the doctor
way. When Canadians feel the leirderf turned to the wife, a.ed eaid, "I should
Is heavy, and that much 18 11)6111g asked think, madam, that yeted be ashamed
of them, the Y have only to look aero m'e to treat your htleband ee-Yotee'lui
the Atlantic, to where the British, 'band who la tile head eT the ....franlil.Y."
People and Canadian trooPe Are holding "Doctor," she onswered, • "hasn't a
the front line for ue, torealize that any woman -got a right to scrateli lier own
Orifiees. they are tailed upon to make hoed?"
Giandfaiher vet. (firewood' in the
timbet, • Walked' limeade the Wagon in
nem weather. Carrigat linos, over hie
ehouhler and whictipM his hands around
his body to keen front freezing. Now
hin grandson thinks he is roughing It
are trifling compared with the Moll
that has been to rourageou4Y .endured
in the old tend.
"Ilow nicely you here :matte your
4044 AiOnn'Y,"" Attld hie mother Mt e
IWYrnifirisr.•
*I **eyelet made it," he replied. "I If he hos tO driye a14,(tart without a
oot mat of it efireffniiy." I beater.
tw ,rooms, ,
British. ViceCensul, told Mg.- •'
can't 'venture out in the daytime?' His
nouse has been bombed. ,
• Most ottne raid deaths, he, aid, were
cauSed in the first two days of the
The :big touring car slowed to a
crawl to priss a primitive ox. wagon,.
'ariVen by an ancient graybeard.' ,
!liook . at • nip Van' Winkler ex -
raids 'when the people of Ciorfu Were datuted the 'smart aleck' at the party,
taken by surprise by the Italian 'planes • 'ISay, Grandee, didyou ever ride 14 an
automobile. - _
'"Sure I did! It was a dandy auto -e
mobile, too --a iliveWheeled one.'"
"Good for you! ibut rvvIty the fifth
twtheel?" • '
,oro steerwith, smarty. Gidelap,
Buick." • •
Greek colors. "The -people- -all
tame out 'in the streets and squares to
applaud," he said., 'Then the 'bombs
began to Tall among tire= We had no
time to prepare air-raid,Aelters?'
I ean think of no explanation for
their bombing Corfu 'unless It is merely%
itt 'vengeance by the Italians, for their
reverses on the Greek front. They
have even macbiee-gunned. docks of
sheep and, solitary , walking
or cyeling along • •the roads'. After
Italian des,troyers shelled the northern
part of the island Italian 'Planes ...111a.
ehine-guened the north -'western part.
-efrb.e Inancilester 'Guardian.
• SALVAOE LICENSE PLATES ••
Funds Ter the ,Canadittre Bed Crass
Society to aid, in ,its efforts on behalf
,ef_Canadies fighting forces will be
'raised front the salvage 1ii.)40 Ontario.
motor vehicle license plates* under a
Plan 'worked out, by the Automotive
'
• .
Buy war saiings Stamps.' and help
defeat Etttler.
hildren7, ft
.. ,,,
oiolily 1101/6voi
.
. It is hard to keep the ehildren
'trete taking eold; they will ran out
of doors not properly clad;' haye on
. top much' Clothing and get oierheated .
and. cool oft tbo apAdealy; they get'
their, feet wet1 * kick off the hod
• Clothes at night. ' The mother cannot
watch dein all the time, so wb....e is
she ping to doV • : • "
, ,Mothers should never neglect the
'child-% eoUgh. or cold, but on its in -
option, should procure a bottle of
Dr.: W'Ooa's 'll'orway Pine Syrup. It
Oil Co. iLtd. and. +Shell 011 Co. of Canada es rio pleasant to the taste the •
•Ltd. Bendles al)iates are being made1 , yeunogs.tertitakep! wl.ititouoroito. On.
tattiyinekt•
up at nearly 100 points lit Ontasie aed •
are being trneked to transport ware,. rtvuinnivai4T-
,.4
'blue foot toot It prove in your furnate why. thouottrifis
Foty Ws the greatest heatinrvalue money can buy,
•
PINION* FOR' A TON TobAy
"GROEND- IPLVI.,40"
A student 81t15 at the controls of a Link trainer at °flea the Sebools,eet
up in Canada under the Vommenwealth Air Training Plea. Thin ingeff.,
lotus devioe teaches the rudiments of “hlintl" flylag withont the tke,c+4','
Ally of leaving the ground. •