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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-01-16, Page 2Pam roe ODERICII SIGNAIrSTAIR Carrot rows uott fit ION, 14 AND THE 00 421011 WrAlt , lhatliehed hY Signei-Ster Jpeeate, Waited, Wost Street, Goder1614 Ontario IMIIr CONSTITUTION" • What his coma to be called the 61.00Sit report is. tee vatcoote of the eltletIntuteut in lion of at eomanission to °mole' *au retetrt Won the relitilons between the ,Provincee aud the Federal eioverroment The commieellet as lir-St eowstitoted included Ilea. N. W. Rowell, (Wee Juetiee Onterio, and Hon. Thibendeau, leinfret, of the .1Sulirtnne 'tlourt'-okt ,canatia,, Pirst Mr. Itineret end, later Mr. Rowell retired from the 4tonpuppiton oyfiug tit -health, and tbk voppirt now, :under ceitelderation Wats eoreitered bYt, Trdeettor Zoeeph'i§ieeits .• .Tetettlelinteettitie 4. Defeo, editor otevYhtt. WittniPeg Vree. 'Prese• Piotopor: '4., 4, 001.,,A,43r:i,,a D'aillowoo lility4OW, 114114x,,, Prefei- ttoettlitietre,'Worite* Ategle ,.9f the 'elate ,vetetti 11!eitAeh-Voilliebia- FOr Tettel. there 'heti Ihelm Ostanees of conliii(44.731Wre 1,4)57a.tAlTarivWri., the .Ptolttnee* 74'ederal **or-, Sty And in.not *few, !pewee' an'om. _ . lariPtilt Of tfunctionet• and it was feet, Oat reatittiatment, of relations be tweet)," :the tProVinciel entlterftlee, on the 'elle 114410, and thO:zrederal author- 1ty, okthe ether, would tend to eg011OMY , both. of' effort and .of.; et.cpense, would remove einites Chi friction, and ,would enable the,Federal Govetnetent to enact slime Measitrea• , of soeial legislation whtell at .pkeeent are outs* ,of its cenetitutteete pewee* and Which , the Produce!' find -tt inadvisable for them toundertakeas Proytucia.L measures.. Whatieter'ethe terms of the conimis. OM were, it was the general expecta- . , time tve.eglieve, that such 'a; readtustt, meet eoule be made without eisturbing. the 'tbettlenstiteticat is twithout • giving . tete to any teeling, that the rights of, the!Provinciii*ere4eing ivaded--Lin-.4.ther-wordar that the -ord.. - -.i.----inblalon...,..would'iiitionifOralttitt *Pow . - . •.whielt there Plight ":general, agreement and temeint. , , 1_ Instead 'of' this the commission has brought n ,recommendatiens , 'which amount to reitatiVitig: of :the whole strutture",-Of Ponterlerationa new 'conatitntecnytori, the , 00141410A. term u544 by the Ottawa -CorreSpOnd•= ept kit Tt,hei. Globe, and Mail wll'ebdfAS strong stappotter of the report.. Met, rover, -the cenuntasion*Ooncludes its Tepee+ ,urgieg, that its'. recoMineedat tionS be taken holus bolus„,-!' stating that '1114 -.Cannot :With' 'fairness. either sto. -the, l'iothicei-t4i.-" *the-Dondnion---be • . - It is untlitektible that :recOmmenda• 'Lions of 'snob far-reacitiag import,- sub- mitted by friar Men of .whein only one, MetOttfoetIe known in.Canedian2Public ilfe, should. be giventeffeet witheut.the Most eereful and.detalied 'study by the -leadera. of Public opinion in the country and without a:, general knowledge by the people:, of what- the 'iteeomniend- ations ,tmean to them as Ottnadian citizens. and taxpayers. t Such con- sideration. eanpot be given, should not be ellen, in wartime, and it is to . be hoped that the conference new, pro- . teeding et ;Ottawe will adieurn weth- out; any o.ereentent other than to keep opeet....mlndititeitti, after the conclusioa. •olf the war, the *hole "eubject ean be considered the..preper atraosphere.' solving the problems of agrieulture. The meetIng. ,betweee •hlr. 'Gardiner and the WeeterntOntario fariliere cotild *et but be benelleial in lhe exeluinge of views that took. plaee. Mr. Gardiner, himself a ' son of the ;farm, (lees not need to be told tho.t agriculture' is the etalitstay 9f Caiteda, het the gathering at teeth*, Wohld letereet ..thoee eee not So eloie to, the,' soil with the, Itie. Portenee of ugricultare betit, 9tte itetteinal eeonorey and in the etruggle 'welt* Itriteilt. is weeing agelest her foee: THE LONDON GAD:LORING •Partners bad a "field day at London last vveek and Hon. jellies Gal:diner, Minister a Agriculture at Ottawa, re; eeived many pin -pricks as the griev- .4nees and &mods of .agriculture were resented in Itis presence. The farmers -sturdy ledividualests meet of theme -want ,to be let Alone; tent When their Interests are threatened - they. can get together, ae they did at leaden Get -Friday laet, and eattke 'their united voice beard:, Partners waneta better priCe for hogs. Mraediner said thore Was no.searcity- of hogs lir 'Canada and it bonith Would increase prodaction and cause it glut that .tveuld demoralize Prices. Ofeeetien Was takee to the Pegging of the price of initter. ° It, was pointed eut that it larger Price at this time would go to the advantage, not of the farm:ere, but of the ifirms "that hold in storage A large surplus of butter. Mr. Gardiner said a mini/num, Peke for aummer preduction, which eves under toneideration, Would. be of More benel to the peoducere. • • On the feed questioe Ur. Gardiner asked, ter information., lie sale Ot- tawa did not 'volute° .to Use Federal • fundi/ito ship feed grain Teen •the West until the utatseti graitte in Ontario este been dligetted of, And he desired ieformation as to the ktuation in On tart° in this, reepect 'lluron county mart who. has an lettmate knowledge , of the situation Worms The 181gna3-e4tar that on Many nes lain this county there is a great elleigass Of teed welch .the farmers are! glad to W able to turn lido marketable 'products. %se Oareitter sold he favored an ingworteatiou if Arnett thee 'could speak for agrlegietre se* body. Such aip seseelaatiole be elated, would 1* at sesbretnee te hitt Department Ln ED;ToRTATA NOUS Anti iluesolini thought thet the British race was "decedent!' • * No, DoroteY, it is not the 'etseriouse, rePotet &vet *Well there ts„."-so much eomment. Thotteli tee Stroistreport 40ritine eitoligh at thAt * •* ninny_Pria.0_171OrP„ _ate. betng by the•Rettielt, ferees in North Africk that thee ,ettvetbecome quite a .problem. Wee.. not Sere, them 'lottee en ''elthieltitt and let the ,natives deal with them?' „ • •*,• * 'Now eame doctor' Offers the opinion that e hat cheetis the sign. Pt in9trong body,: It is hard- to .keep pace NVIO the changes in medieal theory, Per haps' before long we shall, he told ° that iugb blood.ptessure is a sign -of health, t that vitamins are of no consequence, that pasteurized Milk Is unwholesome,. , , 4/14 that wooden legs4a,re hereditary. PkilOsitersit Or Wane tit Hee% 11011,SE TRADERS liars° traders, are, =met tOte'4 a vanishing rake, It's rather sad to think about it, and yet tee the truth. It seens. like only Yesterday that a week wirer went by • without a visa from someone wanting to °dicker" on eoreete 'Ibe trader ueually had the 'latest news troth .the next coneettelon and lie could tale About tIke last time he took a load of eorsee to Toronto or Montreal, and the termer found it ,quite pleasant to get a break in the day's work. rerhaps you Temeraber the ASYs' when the Wife would loot: out tee window mad see -a deteeted-looltieg horee Pulling a buggy And a -man leading theee foue Itorseat teen tust hear Mother saying, "Well, there won't beeniueb work done around here Ole afternoon." Then she would (tEltaWoi IlliARTVES "Not you, Ilya littler, but Clod i, tuY Fulmer." Tiit*e defiaut worile of Fetor Martin Nientoller were echoed Ly ulialowi tPif Gertuttet. And Hitler raged; It i Nieuutiler ;or I." tito this second 011eistuute of Hitler's War anda .Nietooller and OpWardS of 200,000 other Phrietiaes behind theherbed. wire of the froze% etael eemeetaretion camPa. elere men bear mute wituess that the Christ .eau Mel/ laapire a living faith forewhieh etel Wonteu ewe now endure .,. iniprietamtentt torture anti death as ibravely as In venturies past. More thaneighty per tent. of tee, prisoneite in the „coneezeratiote canoe are net jeves. but Christians, and tee best tribute to the epirlt of Germany' Chrietiartscomes erom., a t Jew and agnoeticeethe world'e feuemis ecieettet, Albert Einstein. Say* he: 41king a love; of freedont, when the revolution eame in Germany I looked holt to rather . And son P°11 t bting to the universitieeto defend lt, knowing that eta „ tee ." and eplutte_riii! Itavtottiltoneyt,t,oluedtue!virtu4s of truth;' fsonyettlige,.....,eTrotiPalr, owi4ohdoerlie: zuou,titleilutiLs'lit_ttv the untmottivs, iraimuately were eat .hie, head Off for supper- hero atilt $11011004.1 Thee X looked to the great tonight." , ,editors of the newspapers whosetiam- et A just light, IliPe and 'pa, Ina nap, On 1,,etabned their love ofereedem ; bee they, Father evoiddn't say auetnottee 'jug editorials da, gone by badger°. and go outsideelee'd talk te tho,,tradPr like the eniversitieS were -eileneed in 4t for a while and then they Would 104 Telvr ',8'hort iipeus; only the oteeete`' stood squarely across the Path Of Att; aigttfor never bad any special interest 4nthe iCtrurelt• before, but no* X tfeet A great affection • and admiration because the Ohetelt alone has had the courage and .Persistenee to . stand for intellectual troth and moral freedom: I am toreed thus .-to confeset that -What ',OW* de - the* War the aew *tate ethics." This ueoapesant lent the JOolefeseleettle have fought fey - wetly, the Lutheran ttoutiell let* ue- eomPretuielugly, Viet as * pfennie hes fallen the Iwo, pagan eelebration of' the teoreic 'Yule at the winter , solstice, eporteored by Dr. Atfred Roeeuberg, and other , ex- tremist •Itistele as a anbatitute tor •Christ - I matt Not einee the Reformation bits - 'Oerietian feeling in the Atelelt been • more been*. Tele Christmititele will see millions of reermens quietly eele- brating a Oertetian Cerietmas. Pro. testants .anti Catholic* alike Will. 414 that best-belOved of all earoIS, 1SO-eat Night," In the Cement hope that the Silent night will be followed ..by the da.WO., a (Chieago); over the string Of. horses awl eoon heyele.moveepue4owne-iteettheebto, renellY, they spent the afternoonethre, .4.t suPPer-thne father would bring' him TIP to teetteouse4or 4 ineel and Motber wouldglate at both of -theirelleewevert he'd start oft by praising the bisculte, and the Meet, and he'd throw out it little gossip, and. the first" thing you, knew Mother would be talking, to Mtn- seised lacov.vtal8e. raiireservemy.1, as if he were the most 'weleome guest iot the tate -of German Ohriatians that ever erossed :the doOreiele Dr. Henry t 'Leiper,, secretary Heise -traders' were, titet,' 4tea1l, of the World Council of Churcheeesays, sewer(' Men. They lived by. their wits ‘This is onetof the most subtle and .and their ability to tudee horseflesh. terrible persecutions in all history." But the 'blood' of martyrsis the seed ot faith. Though the Nazis have jailed over 10,000, pastors, priests and Monire for long- or, short periods, And an un- known number have been beaten to nipped.* in it fleet. - Many tithes it wa4 death,the ehurches stand tar higher •in a ease of their selling a hors. believing German esteem today than they did in they couldn't get a worse one In trade', the ..easygoing twentfes. Church con - ,and ending tip with a Aeceepit old nag ,gregatione harve groern rem.arkably. that .could hardly carry it e own weight Sales a the Bible have shot up from around . . . but they 'never bero.oaned 830,00(reeples in 1063 to 1,225,000 in 1.1939,. topping `Wein Kampf" by about 200,000. ! - . From dlitler's viewpoint the most -dangerous --aspeet,-,of •Christianresists. awe is the refusal a thousands of churches, both Protestant and Catholic • . . * ,According to The Toronto Star, there would be an appreciation -ht.-value of ),,, Provincial. (not iOntario,'bonda to 'Mb extent-Ot4anywhremln el -$12%.00%.000- • to .4;;Kott0000 from the adeption of the edinincialtIpropeials of the SirOis OntMlestim... Surelye_thisecanitoielaave any relation, Id the iniPatience • cll.'s-, played in Toronto 11nacia1eircles with proposals of delayin the inipleitieratie tion: 01 the report. ' • . • * •••• * , The Globe and Mall's stag wrfter at Ottatelt compares' the Dountnion-Pro. .1tiectai: conference; asseinbled, to .write "ti .neut eenstttution for the D mini "t orne wee"not above doing a little '."doetoring" ito make a horse- 'appear little better t • • •Horsettradere have alwavs been good snorts, •At various times they all were to• "apoker game, with the imptatent players 'holding their Cards . doge to their vests." A. fine wee to etante new eteistttution for Caniida! And yet' , Titelliebe,enclAtailet itelelierettrairieely at the prospect of failure for.ethe eine ifitenee. • • , _tee - . Theetelevateine News, endeavoring to stir its 'tevOn out of the rut -into Which apparently it has fallett, give it list of some -things a town a its size should; have which Kincardine hasn't.- • One' 4°01ft get mita, thanks tor dis- turbing complacency, and The News will Probably get less praise than blame for pointing out its town's deficieneles; but it It--on-the right track. A eandid • friend can be' very useful. • * * The program outlined , in Mayor Br*Vites Inaugural address' will pro- vide material for consideration of the Town Cotmell at a. good many of its rateetliitereelitWirseelienty e tg 'members d the Courieil know their opinions' on these matters "ot ,general municipal interest,' rather thee con- . fining their criticism, or approval to matters ' emidernieg themselves in- dividually. The Town's affairs ghould be the concern of all citizens: Mr Hannam,- ef the: Canadian .Pederation• Of Agriculture„ made .misstep In lds address at,the Gardiner meeting at London ,on reeilay: last "The farmer; are angry," .the Said: 4grieulture:t6day Is 111a worse petit; tion than:when, the war started." We d� not thinli that tariners pS, a elass look uPOri the war as an oppitrtunity for profiting themselyeselanadiane of all plasses are ealled niton for sacrifice in time Prosecution of the wee,. and while a `tier 1mill/duals may rad a transient prosperity under war con- ditions many fatrillles are giving their eons to the Cruise, a great many then, and women are giving time and energy unstintedly, attd most 'people Are teeing taxedas they never were •before Mr. thulium's' remark was ina.tie; possibly, witheut full tonsideration et • its eigniticaitce Time Finanelat Post, arguitig against the suggestion that the readjustment of DontinionAtreylecial relations should be left until Atter the war, aays Itwlll .he ;then too late to act "Go the !lett day of peace," it says, "unemployment will epine to thousands of Canadians. A. irelief' problem of gigantic, proper - Hope will begin to snowball." Not if post-war conditione toliow tee pattern of those following the last war, Ia. stead of aa einemployment problem, there was +for a eonsiderable time great difficulty In fftuling men tO do the work required, And wages rote leeeedented heights. It Was not until the third year tefterethe war that thie hectic petted was eollowed by udeprOli- Alen-a depression Moab leas merlons and emelt ehortenlired than plat WWII the deal. Usually they went. back to get even. Iktany stories have been told about' hbite:traderv-Verblips,otietofithe best_ stories is .thetone concerning,.ft eertain sliarP fleeter wit° had doctored up A abeevey," boree. tile -. appeared Alt -a- to pray for it Nail yietory.' The teeznertee piece- witire. thhorse-all fGestapo - can-, strTence alF-Teirpen •attacki groomed up and shiny, and the fernier froan the pulpit; •can. Imprison all out., looked the horse over carefelly. "Do spokenpastors and forbid bishops to you like the eoat?"0 enquired the trader. -write ,pastoral .letters, but' it canriot 'Oh, the coat's' all right," meltedthe make the& pray for nit4 Success. That 'farmer, '"It's the pante 'that X don't Situation is unparalleled in a nation like." itt war. •liven the Schwerze- lietrits, . elerse-triders tee* everybody- in the organ of . the Mite "Guard, admits it : county with horset, When the Oceasion `the spiritual gentlemen . . . write as arese to 'ship a carload ot. horse t thei though they want to Make our soldiers wouldeteck- Ott- the-nameleed- thettreeti disliiitt e Nrar.. -They- -de-net "ante „te with 'horses -to, sell. They'd Call and single Word to say about the purpose, Tv. a fair price and Make a fair profit ,titettae e'er. •They - do not pray foe on the trensaction. Their time be. .victory"• • Aetuatly, many it elaurcie tweet). _epee sales was apentin more or man inside. GerMany prays prieately leseiegypsying." - lake all ;other profes- for a 'Nat, defeat or at leese a check sions, there were those among them, to Hitler's' power." Said a Catholic with diseoneet tendencies. • but as it news dispatch,tronr Geneva last mouth : wbole they were a good class of Men. "It legenerallY enticIpated t hat -teethe Ready did vatting to (kern" a leveer at c.if a eictoriene war the Nazi re- "atW 'Irme, geed' telkete and well gime wouhtmro Iongeibesitate to wipe travelled, their visits helped to break out all vestiges of 'Christianity In ,Gert 1, the general mof onetony ordlnery teeny .and try to establish; it ‘nationtl farming, - . - ' - e 0 hurdle -ander -Nazi supervision !which Today their numbers are fewer and Wetild be entirely based on the Pagan In old livery stables you'll find them conceptions °of 'blood and soil.' " btalking pest times. and. making tee • As exiled N.obel Prlieman Thomas occasional ' dicker on a- horse. They Matte said lest week: ',There °Can' be drive care now and they have to eover no real pes.ce between the cross and the it lot bigger territory to buy a carload swaetika. • leationel socialism Is es of horses. As a *acrid rule they aril:: senialittedlY„ eruho,nueghhristtihane co•tninditi •eatutibeeetheist- agar tractors and they it,y, in wha • ween Onti istic watt. 'The day will come hristianity and Naziism seems La - when peenie- will all be 'using horses evitable now, it ,did not eeem, so When 'again. You'll find more prosperity on Hitler came into ppwer. Catholics and the •farms then." - . • - dP,erotatets.taInitaertianliNkeiexiiholepedi,iiimheistt coup . : ported him. And one of Hitler's firat acts As 10hancellvv or ,as to declare: Editor The SignaleStar. v "In. the fOitristiaii creeds lie the Dear MrEditor-Cten almost afraid , Poet important factors tor the preset a . . ,at -Ion a the German•epp. Qe1 teeenentimietheewe .,bengetanit of airmen's socks any more, but Teel secret did he tell his confidant teat anexplanation is due to those workersewho waited weeks for ;Hermann Rauselininge "The parsons . willirmg will be made to dig their own graves. . . A bundle of socks thatThey will betray their God to us We still thluk it was a good .ideanever Came. They- will betray anything for the sake Asfar as we can end out the bore mi - . of their seraele jebs and' in. . . the*" le was a etrend offer; but -they comes. . . I ean guarantee .thht they all. seem to feel''tt would be imposing on good. nature, ane we haven't been tible to think up any tirgument that would ettange their minds. •- 'Under these clicumstences we have -decided tie give. up the idea., but would like to take thie opportunity ,to thank all those who offered to help in eni` way. . •• , Thanking you onoe more for the 'epaee. • - elabSe A. TA.YDOR. *Keaee.18t., .Goderich. , • in ler eollowed the. great stock -buying spree of the later '20's. • ° * * • °Addressing ,o. deputation . which waited upid elm a few den; ago, Preniler nn epbUr, (aCcoriiing to press „report) etertne,d tee annual civie elec. dens 'One of the woret evils we have today,' contending that ehrtmehout the year raeniber.s of councils keep an eye on the electors, and are badgered and hareesed throughout the year, knowing an eleetion Is In tee offing" , With eharacteristie incetisisteney the Premier in -the next breath scored electors for eh not voting. Membeisne councils ould not worry about -electors tvhe vire no little what their eouneils do that they neglect to vote.. Mr. Hepburn perhaps Is annoyed et the told reception ac •- eorded les Govertunent's attempt to derive municipal voters of the op portunity of reviewing the doingseof their eouncilt in amuck" elections. A vast majority of the municipalities welch voNii. on: the question reieeted the proposed two-year term e'er eouncils, reserving the privile0, of changing their etninell or sending it beek by acclamation' at the erid of each year. ,After electors are' 4 AOMO useother -than totpey the taxes. Otherwite the eeight of felleity, • municipally enieaking, would be readied by haeing' eleetione at alt. .Ant rowan AND ITALY • While the lighter eon:tweed oe; the Itotal Air Porce won the drat Critical Britialt victory be defeitting the itt tempts. ef the 'German .airmeneto Pre - Pare •the way tor an invasion of groat 'Britain, the second tritleal. victory has been won by the Pleat Air area. Its action at Taraeto. on the eight follow-, Ing .Armistiee dtay: altered the ,whole itelattee of oval strength te the Medit terrapeae, and the ef,feetti • of that victory stay be felt far, beYolld'. that • Tactiealiy, theRattle of Taranto eget sentseeeveratepointeettOt.:inte'reete...li Was' a .triemph , for the ,airborne torpeclo, and, it illustrated the value of haeleg-eiretaftetarriere at the. place one. *Ante. theme and at the time one wante tlieet. The Fleet air, arm. has •always believed In the.torPede carried :aircraft, though the atv4r. was mseuifeleto7tog ulevt):thstb eoat wnuneaptottn,ingThit feat at Termite stands by itselfas the first outstanding success et the •.oir. borne toreedot but soh 4.-SuceesS pays vetoretanatittonnytt.,m0. tells .ef ditappointeci ,ext The.Taranto fight also adds to the reputation of the eiretrafe etterleit •: tt Is4tot ideal to use suelt vulnerable ships be narrow seas,. and ltary -Otis, Always declined , ,,hultd earriers! Their proper sphere of action , is tee OM ocean, out of the reach of snore -based tolerate. !Ship -borne aircraft ,have'their aircraftiberit 1.11 thi rye -s ando r shore-basedought tq have -better performance. ' Italy has :relied on long-range types working betvveen ,well-choeen bases to cover the Mediter- raneinr-Her seouts-have reperted when the Royal Wavy Was out ,,eif •tee Way and when accordingly would eefe..teelesPetele-euptett•ellipattoteldree and the Dodecanese. • But . when it British. +fleet, has been at 'sea ,it. carrier in its 'company this shadowing business has proved"... risky. On .a number of oceasioes 'fighters from a carrier' ,have shot down the Italian scout. Now that the new ship -tighter, the Fulmar, has arrived. in the Mediter- ranean, carriers have "Ibeeopie even mere angereust to approach, 't For the attack on Taranto ;earrle,re were ;lust what was wanted. °TIie has -since shown that it can send. •bombern. over that :harbor, but botabs-are net torpedoea, and F. -could nOt.use torpedoes. • The Fleet air arm touliteuse both,andtiOti4tleSS did SVE. Therefore, in these , special circumstances; ----the risk of taking , ear- riers into the 'Mediterranean .has been amply juetilled. . . . In the air,' as in other spheres, the Italians Are ,a surprieing people: Their best is very good; their' average falls far. itielow it. Their engineers :eomPare with the best, and have Proved' that by their motor Cars, their aeroplanes, and their aero engine,.s. Their 'best * pilots, tooi-wilt-ibear-coniparisqn with those of any other eountry. The Italian record in the series of Schneider contests is extremely, creditable... . . The vveakness •of theItairans was their inability to be ready, by a 'certain date. In 1029 they pleaded for a postpone- ment o4 the eontest because their 'mat 'chines eegines were not ready. In the race both their new -type sea- planes broke down. Exactly the same plea for a postponenientcon exactly the ,$ain0 grounds that-year-.the-dtallans were so-tartke ready that they cancelled their entry .at the last Minute and allowed a British pilot to fly round the tour,se tinchal- kneed . • • which its bomber*i ttre with* eoutfort- lebieuleinsettutilleut, a 41 pitrts 4xl! the 'Testiest -Ante Nineteenth Century (Loudon). JAVANESE AND JAVANESE Ali the Open $Page$ around the great naval airfield et ItittrahaYa• Jaya, ere eet with bavaleio stakes, about waist high, their tops 'whittled eiteor-elearp. A eleitinit toUrnalist !recently asked what they •were for. The efenettander of 'the bite et:Veined that they were designed 48 an unpleasant reception for Paracluitiste, anti added; 'When Hal- letid firet teleand We were'very eXcited, we pule poisou On the tipe a ell these stakes."' • .The eherp tnke. of 4urabayo, were just one -,sign last week, of the alert- nees of the Netherlands Oast These „Iseuitis heti new to be Vary. c, Another jaPaneee uegotiater :einereealled .what happened to',Itteliell,Indtit 40.e al.'s way' to Batavia, ostensibly selling oil to dapau might he A very Miner part ,oif the ceavereatiolas, • Thee ,talk oil; but the Dutch ,knew that Untillast.. week Japanesedeutell negotiationson the Indies 'were attdIf format, from japaneseteerenelz "negotia- tion" on IndotOhipa, as blagk and'. Inhaievte. iTnerceinjatpbeikureet, otustoreWanlekbett4'.1114stte, t rine. In • the'lletlierlertde lediee tiler got nowhere in„theifttee of deter/Witmer, DU telt' geniality., • - • „ First the 'Japanese proposed sending asenertistreereGenerartleentaitteettiette *hi:4- Met 'ti-terevione Vleit'liittilie remarks about iit,iaLpituibitiheely,ou'enattisom.4.6.tituiletievite` ;said he would not be eteePtable. The ._•TisittePar,celsevorkeontg. Inobsateyeasdhia oCtabooineilltul• Merle*: And rnduitry. ' To •keeeitte hini dittingt Iv, geeen 'Wilhelmina cabled from Bon - don -raising .110beitua X. Van .Jletilt, direetor, of the Department of Economic Affairs, to the renettof Cabinet Minister �f the Dutelt Geeernineettinetetile When the Jahanese anitsion docked at Hatevia, -tiny Savoy ICohaetisht and - his twenty-Ilvetaidei were greeted by a guard of honor who, it happened; were: (41) the tome aseignetilti rounding up all Japanese in ease of hostilitiee ; (2) the tallest in the endiet. ..(0)1 this retttrn Japan, 1r. .Kobayashi teld the press,: 41 was amazed, at the tall- ninosehebigf htthevIteePen. wieittil4doldimedo,t)cemmpeawre.• 'here Of the Japanese mission smilingly pointed at the .briatling shote dortifica- TIODS',"" 'barbed. .wire and blockhouses. Oh ye., *said the Dutch, with perfeetle etraighttfieest as these.it was quite natural that the Netherlands Indies should lie iworried about the eeperfaitet ambitions ef French IndotObitite . The Governor ',Generalinvited the jaipanese to tt,,,eeeeption. The Japanese accepted, Vanning to attend in native costume or , unifornt. The Dutch sent -wore that those- who ittended-reeete. tioonsi.nrta oftrothe3supe oeerer:r itnertelesa,lerIemYs g . ,mediately each tailor *Shop in tewn received orders for Axe or §ilt_small tail Coati.' At the reception Colonel. Use°, Istetnote of theetetteeton, drank more gin than. ,was good; for him., and became t attracted by the ioeg'curvet,' t reese of 4 Javanese prince.. ." 'The creese,, is more than , "`,SW91,,f1 to a Javanese; it is a'sacred symbol,'. ad it IstdraWo. rashly ande without prelim- inary invocations Javanese believe, that misfortune overtakes the rash drawer. Colonel 'Wilmot*, Without ttaittg Per- mission, drew -out the creese and Waved if about. A few days later -lie wentto fondling, eolliesete istith pernicious anaemia,, and died. eavenese natives were impressed.... . • ' . The mission Was ushered into one 01 the hottest rooms° in ...torrid Java. It eloped that Mr-Kobayaahl -spoke only. one foreign language; German. The Dutch politely *fused te speak the language of an enemy. The Conference was carried on in English. Kobayashi, unable to understand 41 word,slept half the -time, and protested in .Japanese half theJime. The Dutch said: illave you agenda?: The Japanese had none. The Dutch said: We never confer With- out agenda; The Japanese said Oil, we. want 3,500;000 toiret-The Date% said; Wo Otte eiovernraent, not a him , to go to offices 'of the oil coMpanieslike any tither customer, KObitYASbi AVQ14. 124...0LolLmerehants1.7....6/yAltejapAliocha home to Tokyo. .•I Elven the 011,tempanies were :nitwit .As with the 'Schneider preparations, ao !with her air force, the liegia Aerci- willr nautice. Despite the brilliance ce laet ola& the moss with our &wee: deteiteers, Italy entered the. War with tika." . , . • • • • In the spring et leen etAll`tiie. VW a Q • . [ilex itir force for the most part flying - ' ---te ------;- °clad -date types. At first we had to protestants ('Lutheran' Reformee) meet the Italians in !Libya witil a ty,pe voluntarily merged into the Gennan Divangellical Church.. To head it, the Nazis nominated Army Chaplain Ludt wig Muller, a • friend of Hitler and leader of the INazified "German Christ -- lees." Be November,' the. Evangelleels realized that 'Hitler'ie Itend-eicked can- didate was out to Nazify their aurae land aPiPlY the "Fuhrer Principle" to churl& government and the 'Aryan rule" to eherch personnel. tReSist- Ance Oared up all over the Reich; and the nelwly united clerrett split into three groups: (I) the (teepee Cerise., hills, who like' Itelehbiseop 1, afeller wanted to matte the &bur& the obedient servant 'oe the state, and who have never eumbered • inore than 3,000 pastors, (2) the Lutheran Council, (tome 9,000' moderates, who (lid not want to be dominated by the 'state (1.e., the Nazis) but 'wanted, some con. 'lectern maintained beteeen eleireh and state, (3) the Oonfessional Synod, *hese 5,000 pastors were militantly oppoeed to Nazi domination.and Ought It by every. means in their power. So vigorous. was ,Con.fessioeal and Lutheran Cottecil oppotitiott to Beetle bishop Muller that littler soon shelved him, and presently gave his powers to 'Minister Of Ohltech Affairs eltuets leeret, whose ereed "Tee primacy 01 the etate over fixe church tritest be re. cognized. 1. The question of the divinity of Christ N ridiculous and tin. easential. A now authority, 'Adolf Hitler, has arisen 'ad to what ethritt and 'Christianity really are.' 'To Min- ister ICerrt, Adolf !flitter is 'the ;Teens Christ as well as the Itoly Glioet of the Fatherland." Tee 'Gentian Christ. Ian element among Protestants, though itt numerical minority, has 'flourished temporally with Nazi !backing. But its churehet are threctsfourths empty. Typieal German keiristlan bishop is Dr. itfartin 18asse of Thuringia,. who declares: '“We would still go on with. the Puhrer even if he dosed the ettureli dome +before ltS, In etermtiny, there is no life except with the Pithrer. . The preseetelay, task of theological faience it to provide a rellgiout foundation for of fighter Which we regard as oltsoles- cent; the ,Gladiator biplane. But. that .machine, though slow by modern stand- ards and net armed ,witheighentachinet guns, is probably the most manoeuvr- able 'fighter ever suprpliedto any -air force. It eannot shine. In a stern chate, but when the Italians.' would stay to light it out the Gladiator in- variably obtained a speedy and. cane plete plastery. Of late we have been. able to :ttimply ,the Middle East OM- mand 'vvith .Iferricanes, and these modern machines have shown them- selves Atilt, more decisively masters of the Italian bombers and fightets. Even the tiny Air arm, Which IGreece Poe- sesses, wed& has not triellY 'modern machines,lits been` hawing by no means the worat of it against the Italian "Air Force. • tt •On the production side there is little reasoe to supposeethat 'Italy wiIl' he able to 'intake good • the deficiencleo of her Air force 'before .the end .ot the Present war. A program of expansion and re -equipment was Started in 'tali - last year, but if the experience of the •Stehheider tontests is' ane guide the itallaa aireratt industry is not likely to reach a eatiefactory output of new. tepee in a shart, time. 'Moreover, the blockade must make it very 'difficult for the eactOries to -obtain the materials. they need. Germanyle not likely fn supplylarge quantities of teeth,' for she needs them eerselt if she wants 'to stiffen the air effort of her oily she is !far more likely to send German squadrons to that /rout, for that would keep the power in her own hands.. Fatally, Italian, preduction vvill net be accelerated by the raltis.a the Royal Air Porce on aircraft factories,- The lirst raids on Turin and 3111an were rather lathe nature of token paymente, carried out be maeldnes of the bomber command in this coniery. That corn- intuul twee- etectehed out it8 tired As ear as Ilaple8. But, the Invasion of tatvece has brought the Aliddle Batt command Into the picture, providing it with_ (lames in Greece and on the islands from X, U.Nil.titatt* lath, 1*41 Ragging, Bragg* Pains in the lack Many women %ave to do their vex housework and the conetsat hod - log over; lifting, 'ashler bele sweeping, ironing, sewing, so nticete eery to perform their household dutiek put* a heavy strain on the biek Ana kidney. and if there were no kidney weake4es the beck would be strung and well. 'Dope's Kidney rine help' to give Pellet to weak, backache, kilinq On* women./VOA Xidney Villa are put 'tip In on oblong grey box with our UeM mark a "Maple Lee" tee the • Wtttpper,r,, Don't t accept substitute. ite time and get teDoettet'l TbS t‘ MOROI 0*.. Toe** Oak *•'Nereassemossamosiimo„,,,,,. ef eounty vouncils, and hoeing Ottawa do all our governing. When Oliveteetowat, Premier Of Ont tario, Made his battle for Itrodutlal eightsteand that was a Wet me-ateeet he converted tele writer to the prinelple .thet the letetOttteett had to do tvIth purely provincial matters ' !hater for eyerehodYt • Ontario's experience las. been that Ontario's chief .eon Leern is the et .,Administrationt_arldLnot the Federal.- Goveretinaret"IteteteiniOlher-i--I' - is always somebody easy to pettelt who nuderstande, Ontario problem.. It .18 like dealingewith it neighbor. 'At 43t- „ tawa' there is the whole 'country •to. Took Atter., a diffusion of .Interest and sponsibility and toe meet PeePle to eolitellt Who are not responsible to -any • elected authority..., Nice ehape, of „eottfee but the wheels of the gods grind too slowly, - The Datoe-Sirois. scheete is not' de- signee et decentralize Ottawa, but ,to • perpetuate and exteedtiteeetwere. Al- tegethet outside of its good Pointe the general -tenclency of the report is to grab power for Ottawa and to 'retain it. CLOTS POR OVERSEAS AT SPECIA,L RATES 31 ONTREAIL, Jan. 10, -Arrangements „have ebeen made for the,' handling by , exprss' -spetiar rates a bona.- „ gift-slilpments to members of the -04n- adian ACtiVe, 'Service -Plarcei :Canadians er to . ptivele individnins over there, 'accOrding ,te. Gt. Bellerose, generel tiiiiiitiWetelierateittnelefttiortartlexpress: - Stich ,pabkages on which. . express • eharges must be prepaid have tertain IiMitations as to /weight and'measure, ,ment, end. foodstuffs must ,not be • packed witit ether articles not in that eatego:ye he .said. By hope fide ••gift. „ shipments is meant that the .shipine has beeti. sent entirely unsolicitedeete that tai trautlfer monetvvill be made in respeete.of .such gift, .neither , gift - .ehiplhents include jewellery, money, secifritieseor. goods ..of • great Value, Mr. Bellerose eolained•. • ' ' "Ip. ie pointed' out that,. owing to the --unmkainty .of lettings and the limited" taliteteat of stea.mship space all gift ehtPiiientstare subietet to, delay, elute' perishable tgoodseteill-be-earri entitely at owner's risk, no Cold etortiee teeeeteeneships Wee: avaliablettit the -preeent. time 'While gift parcels or • members of the 'Canadien, Aetlye Ser vice Force and, Otmacliaits serving in • the United Kingdom forces enter the 'United Kingdom duty-free, stated Mr. . atellerttee, those Or priva.te indevithiels Are subject to *regular customs. dutY; however, It _accompanied- by proper . certificabes Of origin; preferential rates of day' ean be obtained.' ' ,The forw,arding of ,glet shipments, pertiehhirly.4foodetters, to the United letngdom is steadily increasing, Ile bald. • The tact that arraheements Ottn be made ,witji the ,Canadian National Sas ' press for the payment of tustonts duty and .other charges, thug. ensuring that the t3hipments will be delleered without paymeht • of. any duty or tharges tiy 'consignees,. •should prove' of consider- ...11)21e_adVan.t.agelq.„,senders_ot -packages-- overseas. during war time, My. . ,FOSe co.nclUcled, NO SOCKS TO DARN • • , sr The eonipanies, eaid they Could not pos- sibly sell the Japanese that •much oil. Tito . Japanese asked for some,. high- oetalte aelation ,gtesollee. The compare les said: Oureivietion gasoline is all contracted for. t Po you expect us to Import matelot( gasplihe so that we can 'sell you ours? • The Japanese wanted to pay in yen. The eompanies demanded -guilders or dollars. Final sale: 1,040,000 tons' of refined o11; 700,000 tons of etude ; 0 tons of aviation gasoline. Said Japanese Oil Expert Wed, as lie signed: "X will have a lot of etrplaining to do when I gee hack to Tokio." ,-Time (Chicago). • sett) Mucu CENTRALIZATION . ((Sault Ste. Marie Stare , This paper does not sympathize with the idea of the legislatures of our Provinces being redueed to the statust LOOK OUT FOR YOUR LIVER Buck it up right Innoi • and feel like a million! Your life IS the largest organ In your Soli and most important topqar lesith, Rpm: out ' bile to digest food, gets da waste, supple newenergy, silo** proper nourishment to reach Mee your liar tett eut of order decomposes in your het:tete You be*. " come constipated, stoinach and ki4tyg can't week • properly. Yen feel "rotten"—Ireadschip backs*, drum dragged out all the time. For over ti years thousanda here won pestle relief from these aisedes—With Fruit.a.tires., So can* now. TryFruitoretives—you'll be aiinply (Waked how 'middy toll feel like a new persons h,PPY ant.! well again. 2*' 504 41 . tardiest whs. Liver 'Wits -" WHEN tbliiS StRIKE ...Relieve Misery the lignag Ilomaested,Vicks Way ... Perfected for Children 11 reit No matter what yen have tried in the past to relieve misery of celdt-treat your child the improved Vicks way with a "VapoRub. Massage". Then, notice how swiftly it starts to quiet toughing, rAse Mulcular soreness Or tightness and brintenmfort. With this t401181110Itotiatt treat- ment (developed by Vickt staff) the ultice -and-vapor action of Vicks apoRub more cffectively.. irritated air passages with soothing tisedleinal vapors, inhaled deeply with every breath. , $111011EATIKS ant and hack like . a warning paultiee or plaster, *1'6 get a "Vapollub Massage" with all its benefits, here's what you do; Mese • sage Vepoltub for,3 minutes on INi*, PORTANT Rat -ARCA Op BACK as well as (hest and throat -spread a thick' layer of NapoRub on chest and cover with a warmed cloth. BE SORB to use genuine Vicks VapoRuh. When you see the results of this inv. proved Vicks treatment you will won- der how any eensit ble, thrifty Mother • could possibly deny her thiki the comfort and re- lief it brings ficont Misery of colds.'