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ODERICII SIGNAIrSTAIR
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ION, 14 AND THE 00 421011 WrAlt
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lhatliehed hY Signei-Ster Jpeeate, Waited,
Wost Street, Goder1614 Ontario
IMIIr CONSTITUTION"
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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.
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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-
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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
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•.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!'
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No, DoroteY, it is not the 'etseriouse,
rePotet &vet *Well there ts„."-so much
eomment. Thotteli tee Stroistreport
40ritine eitoligh at thAt
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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?'
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'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,.
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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
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,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. ' • .
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, 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
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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. •
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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
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of their seraele jebs and' in.
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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.'