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By Mao J.**
Taitt WAR NEWS 000p
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T. . war ',flews of the last tea days
kW betas, so uaitornfly geed that aome
-144batitike ate alreittlY eseeiug an ear‘lY
eilot 0 the struggle. The people of
IFelasielaviii, have sumMerilY dismiSsed
Olie-4Goveritiaetit tfit.ct stowed Ito w0.1, -
low.* to yield to the • Nolte, and
etvislently are ready to line up with
• Illastir veigishor Olreeees and Great Britain
Allganee of, 01041040/a;gn0k91011. -Th0
rwu 'Mediterranean ''fiee;t haa, won
,eist tietaniaiiing .,ittetary-ortetsthe Italian
41,!*.% filuking 'flit se, More ships with,
, ski**, Ar14.014 440 inured or 4144144
,i0. tlitattged. sThis uttop7.-Virt1141,4
ta a itnisilt to iiiiiiiiiyatrii74640ed
Which was to aintain- the
st
. **,1-4,rrailean, ea tes: I" lbw sea. la
a; British twee are adualtIY Ob.-
, hag the +eine-n*7.401dt as 'Mr. OhnI0111,
Ptirtaitied, - t Wine Ititlea African
45114)..,, he to WOO -040 tatters .144e
14101404 "St,itift, hes -WOW further eteler
02. . 2.14 .,B.ii.tstia and diacomfit the
.44.,..st°_,,, 5. s''.
_,.., _s'Netase . rettektsea seeees4SPes for the
'TA_ tjah. Olite give Added. cstrength. to
411_6 constidente in ultireete.sictorre The
r is yet" a long way front being Won,
s' tees situation. , impre. ved, eo
tile 1.aet '
..4greikilY Alt . , , w Months that
-antliets-has giVesa-Pla '..to an optinatani
which, while Justifiable, eitould not, lead
any-ttbatement af the effort; •to, Ida,
as pt of 4 6olilieea privilege, for the
purpose ot Visiting ide home. It has
been granted ouly in the event of -some
special Masten, Oneh 'zas tbe one
Indicated hareset leave, Whea men
were sent home, free ot eharges beCause
it was -believed to be the intere.sts
of the conatrY so to do,
The -grantieg of tree transportation
simply means the addition of that much
to, a soldier's Pay S 'Met is what at
Ineans. Inothis war we IMMO inereaaed
the paY 'et ,the- -mere aud vve !Ave pro-
ricled for dependents' allowances as
well. But that not all. In tilts war
the dollar buys eonsiderebte more thee
it did at •the, time ' of the. lest wee.
Theretere there hate'beett a 'substantial
laerease bath seeSse, both.in the amount
paid to the mea and la AO 4x0,9ant the
dollar will PAY. *tale 'knows
better-thatt-ISIterirnexen-Weretwe,tiethese
men but at the feta* time we have to
deal with the matter man fatiltion—As
I saki a moment age:, I', am, not * it
Pasition, to give any itopethat,there wihl
be any sehettge in the Government's
'decialen, 'I am not In a position toe
night to make eeeeti ieguesa as to whet
ithe wet might be. ,
Later. on, saftei further Urging, -Mr.
it:Aston promised that he would' "look
FARKING
Let me qttote trout a letter I It'ave
ittet received from a man in Toronto,
‘"'l /Wee been readiug your column.eavh
week now tor about three yeare. ' I
eitjoy reading It, and have been intend-
ing to write you for a long apse. There
is eee thin e I would like to know. Are
you as eautpletele sold on farming as
you make out to be? I 'don't know
very miseh about tattnIng, but it has
alseays eeeraed, to-, ese that a tanner'sf
life is *Ott et drudgery. You make it
appear as a sort .ept heavenly existence
to lime on a farm."
lie
Well, eels' any 'farmer What his e
Is like and at firsthell say Ws terrible,
He'll tell You about the poor price of
bPgs, -and the scarcity attire% and the
feet -that the farmer is gettiag the raw
end of the deal; Then, let MA start
telling that same farmer about what' e
predicament it ntuat be to, be on a farm,
end se the difference, Ile% Start tell-
ing you ebout the freedom he .enjoys.
lIe'li. repleniher then..tbat there are no
tiing tloi*' *if -as tams -and -no besses.-
IP, all Pre/1444 he'll remember that
he , doese't have to eater , to anyone,
and that oti, his farm there are none c+.
the petty -Jealousies,..vt 4 ahap or an
steertnine is net A heevenly existence.
Tell -me any one rank in life that is,
and then prove it. You'll ,liad that
there are all sorts of ape .and. downs
in. every 'Me Batt it you look for the
. ups and lorget- about •the downs .you'll
4nd • that time -passes -a- great deal more
quickly and pleasantly:1s .
Today we went to the :bush to see
how tbe sugar camp stood the 'winter.
Some mischievous boys 'shot several
of the. windows out of the shanty w kh
.02 vies. and the sneer pan had ,
veloped a leak over the winter.' `The
hired man gathered up ,the pile of wood
we had, for :boiling down this year etel
brought it , up to the 4 house . for
'''''hezzieg," wittel means that we'll have
together another supply. '
You might eall,those the downs for
the day. Let's see what compensations
therawere. It was a bright, warwday
and everything looked well for ;she
maple syrup season.-- - .-In the - sugar_
'camp we discovered a dollar special
watch that was overlooked last spring, she exist -0010A swirled and -----eeved
i
and when We shook it and wound it, fatal injuries. WhilelY4Pg 'waiting for
aw4. it went With a haPPy eleketiele, she anibulanee to remove him to hog -
The bash seemed to be tilled With merry 7ouipit4a1e.riiiiii:myibaust Tarns and *obviously
ba4 and, wentW1' a w()Ii.cler4i; we saw aPProttehed„ihiM to render r4e'wtivlatewsearrdt?lud
a 'wild Mick. Where he 'mine from
sounds. Birds are beginning., to come
hearty and made off. through -the the -clear- ? It to . ' the could, rellyslehslclha_dhlahdill•lbeetona caused.tenda r sb yt
have no Idea,. but he was. hale andde
a fraetured gas Ilifiln•
lag .= the wing. I '' ' ' • -Nothing 'ealnPelle(11. these inen to d°
On the way back up to the barn, the what they did except an inner. will 0
--SOnversatiell occePledstteelf en a debate ,help their owe kind to the7lastsand In
all such. action's rests the greatest beauty
whether that ' wild oey iatayedi
came back to this secttes s too...early., to be found-inthissWorlds-spoeteris-and
winter tir else got his dates mixed- and
ei
Somehow, the sight of that wild duck,. nisueisatea'fireathre"a'malicidn'ig.136:1110eee' Wwahrgerneceejainvde
Made us think that spring Was _Pat' she GeorgelMedal. 'Hardly any ofthells
f the river. deedd ivere et the kind that a short
ThE POWER (1, AGAIN
.44oderich •is again
Ard'Ovelintritct i;‘1::0
Gitutrteenith, power b
-aatither Pali%
laded, of its
lathe annual
„ . ,
The ne,
, *W. that for.
lifoWer - tosting at its source .$8985..81
odericit paid $ANIA6 1- • .. , .., . ,,, '
L;0
*.Thiere is nothing*** in these figures,
,int ipla it be inted out ' that
the tremendees..diffe nee between the
test ofegydro 'power where generated
seasits coat delivered atOaderich gives
inia town tt. great, opportunity of loweis
'lag power eaets to consumers lie if an
- -aiterhative System cen,be found.
ThessPtiblic litilitlea Comm,ssion is
auPpoSed to be ;looking' into this matter,
but -to put it PlainlY--the .public is
- eet,satiefied en this score;for the rea-
- son that the seeransissioni has not al.-
'1Ii.ed. 'the public to knowl_whatsit• has
done ors,,taedeing,.to fie/ some way of
reducing Power costa. ' ' •
- ,Atter all, „ite is a question for the
• Town *mica. It waS the cootniell that
'
entered into the contract, and it Is
the ''.0oencil,?tiot the Commissions that
will have -theseesponsibility efseeteriae
into any newvarrangements if an im-
• prevenient eau' be effected. ,
„In brief, thespower question is up. to
tie Town pound!.
into 'the matter, !toe *if thew is am'
green* for reopening the situation wlth
the' railways' . . haVe stakeia note
ererAling that has beests said with
regaed, to assisted mates and` oPeelal
eates, to, See' it any better Arrangiment
can be made with the railways in that
WOW." •
EDITORIAL NOTIgi.
Rule, Britannia! *
• .•• •
The Mediterranean again looks very
MUctrlilre
• 4.10 -.-
Bliassolini is said tip' suffering'from.
a nervous breakdown, . Pretty serione
for a ,fellow whoshae*trtivelled so much
on-shisengrve.
• • •
The Governm.ent after some apparent
fiesitation has ileelded to, proceed with
the 'taking of the Census.S.- It Will east
two or three minims; ‘Mit what Is
,two or three t o days? • t
*
eglee.
TWO IiItatg %ALLOT op
MEW
Many storiere or gallantry, coolfiees,
initiative, and witless devotion to dal
are told in the latest list of awards to
members of the civil Detente ServUes
recently, publiehed, In -many eases
those diceorated did not even belOne to
any of the services, but in faeo of
grave daoger helped by resette, and
OS WV
Anetrift, Muesoollni mobilised a, vast
Italitta artny_en the Brenner arid .threete
ened to atop him, 1Iit1r reit _se -sae
retired to, bey Iris wey, to buy - itettie
f rora iltaly" at the priee 'Coulee,
Nice, Tunis" 0,0(1 perhaps, S oy, a price
wild& be weer intended to pay. The
price he ;did PAY 'wee AlsysaMia and
.4.1bania. °
When Mr. 'Churchill said that "ono
other work .0 reduce the effee 0 man and one -mite alone" was resPonle
enemy ale attacks. . Many of tiseee acts ible for bringing Italy Iota ft war
Were 'performed while -bombers were against her old. friend and ally, Great
still overhead, and some while bombs Britain, he was right, theugh that one
'Were actually, Man ;ha.1 had eighteen yeteta to train
Two award., botit'postheurtous, ot the the whole Youth of Itett" to be of his
rarely *given George 'Orme were made ' mind and of hie kidney, .Still it,
is
„ tree. to say that one man and onesixtan
as follows:*
Albert Ernest:001Na', Porter at the alone is responsible for the betrayal
*Seutit-EaStern ,„'llospitel, New 10Vo$0, of Italy to littler. That one man la
London. A, higleexploeiv0. bomb fell on Mussolini. .
the kitchens of ward. .bloe..le I at the Why did Muesolini tommit this
'hoepital, killing four nurse s and Injure monstrous crime 'and against his own
ingsthe eight sister 'and patiente In the country? Mussolini has always been
eddaning Word, 'A aurae Whet witfe in eibeeeeed4y -hittred of Englund and of
the ward kitchen on the'drat 'floor was Franee, envieua .tbeir power and
thrown through the gollapeing door into wealth and their more fortunate situ
the passage below. Together with other -ation in the world. nightnntre was
helpers DolPhiu rushed to the site and that -he , was "auffocated" insthesMedie
founds -her ,spluionetLsba",„a's ,,,,,, 4tertanean, Vesin the moment- et laiti
masonry -aeresa her legs. While they ingsPoWershessetehlmseltstoselter
were .working the wall was heard to this. trite Italian colonies, which had
creek and subsequently ecAlla,psed; The all been obtained wth the benevolent
workers bad angile time to 'lump clear, assistance Of England, were now by
but Dolphin remained. where he was him designed as points of attack, likat,
and his *sly: was subsequently &mad against England and then againat
lying, fate dOwnrsards acrof3s the Mime -France. he 'plotted, thus he
with his head towards theswall, which aconnott;d1vIettiser-itdh:iztos,b,herinieoainsurheiredwo. tatgahlauendt
e011apsed, on top et, him. • When found
he was dead, but the inurse, who was East of Afriea, including the Nile, .into
subsequently extricated, avaa. etill alive the new ."'Itomen Empirn" and .to Shat-
thoughseeverelysinjtireds :There ig no ter British • power throughout the
doubtthat Toolphin, itithatigh. aware -Mediterraneati.- -To this -end theisland
-that the wall was about to collapse, de. of Vantelleria • in the Istarrosis between
liberately remained where he was and !Sicily and AfrIea and the lelamle of
threrv bintself across the nurse's body the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediter-
'succeeded in deing et, the cost of his aud'eapplied 4,1 naval and air basesee
Or Obi**, JapaltIS navy is gettlue up
*tem. It 1#1,10141ting for lbw -444111 to
litt the stitcher ehstiait and to steam
inoto W*IM, eqUaterial water,
where, *laud* etch In oil, rabbet', tin,
said QteS invite couqueat. •
--a----krouthviard
exPetlitien aimed at the Netherlands
Indies has long been mapped in every
detail by the admiralty lu Tokyo.
These - 'wealthy islends, scattered
'through ePace alreast as large .as the
territory ot the United States and
inhabited by 05,0(19,000 brown people,
are the moat precious of the *Wing
seizes of this war. They ita,ve every-
thing the japarese haven't got -rubber,
iron, tin, sonie gold, alMest all the
tvorld's quinine, mast of its kap* aed,
PePPets and the largestedi 'fields in, the
Far East. These raw materials would
pump. new ,blood into Japan's ins
dustries, They would, through sale
abroad, putnP new gold into her Rearly
empty coffees. And the vast population
of the archipelago would, eortetitute
Safe and valuable market for #roilltets
made 111 Japan.
The protection of ,the ' NetherlandS,
/MOO" was a Part the. Singapore
scheme oven before: the islando were
OrPhanqd by, the German,oecupetion of
their mother cotintry'S Rhipecan eetrr
Men and equipment from 'Singapore to
Bntvia In ten--„,bOnttl, llanea‘ van get
therein lees than two. -Britalnref
in the colones trade and shipping is
heavy. Apart from such econemie
terests, however, British- statesmen
knew that they cold not afford to let
the Islands fell lato the hands of .air
enemy; they could not afford to have.
the emptre's communications wille
Australia Severedret will, and to taee
•the muzzle of enemy.iguns across ,the
stree. t trent Singapore. Today Britain's
interest4n,defending the-Dutelvielands.
Is levee 'greeter. .
'001;D;RES! TRAM. SPOR'TATION
The question of free transportation
for soidiere 04 leave thas -been. raised
frequently, in Parliament, hi the press,
"
-andi elsewhere, and, -no matter what
_oaf% ownsviews on thessstbjeet-may be,
- an expression - Parliament,. by the
s Minister of -National Defence (Air.
ItalstonLieW daak'o,igbenkt be of
. interest. . •
Amember halving again 'brought up
the question in the 'llouse, Mr..Ralston
Said (as reported in Hansard) :
I believe there isssome irvisiapprehelf-
sion itt eonnectlie W'Ith this matter,
,
aanti1 am eon -firmed -in that -view by
.." wttat the bonmembet has said; -There
" have beets' all sorts of ouggestions with
I respect to free transportation. Gen-
s, crafty •the suggestion has simmered
Women -some whiten--sre asking
for the "right' tto sit on )lreS.' We
don't see'bheinea crowding around
trying to get on juries, .and ifthe
women -wast the job they're welcome
to it.
• s • .
, •
The poets have done'-'stheirsbits-for
APrii, 'and no doubt In ssoine of her
Moods April is deserving of it. But •
handsome' la handsiime.does„ .and we
shall reserve_oursenco.miums until later
•
o
ill the mouth.
Yugoslavia Is following the dee ex-
ample of Greece In refusing to bats to
-the. will of the dictators. Some of the
Ilittle" nations are 'still big ilk SOUL
'What it. gloriong pat In history Greece
and now Yugoslavia are writing! •
0 • • • .
In withdrawing .a pul in ,the Legis-
lature which- would have . extended
'Government control over business
throughout 'the Province, ,the Attainey-
Generel-exprthe opinion topinion that
Government regulation was 'Proceeding
too far. It is 0 be hoped the Attorneys
General's conversion IS sincere and
thorough. Paternalism In .government
has indeed reached 'a dangerous point
in Ontario, anda is refreshing to hear
ou.ch an TexPression from a Member of
the Government. • •
'1110711MAY,
11.4
0,tr.
in an endeavor 0, protect her. Thia he 'ranean were Prtilied and garrisoned
lif... to this end and this end- alone. Abys-
Leonard John Miles, AMA', wardenis'ainla Ita9 lawn at .the oc'sgtte of 'broken'
Iblefowrda.i .villarr.,nedMileots irwminitilnoenutduoatyngewrhean, :ptwraehral xteilhieesi e tnahdo sb ay an act of iowdfa 60tihAinetta nutie:
an e*Pla4kin near by. He elYtrid have Adriatic and which was to be the point
taken a few paces and gone to,a public
shelter enly tevi yards' away, but in- from 'witch his attack on Salonika -would
stead his sense of duty forced him to be delivered, Thug was England to be
run towards the ,seene to warn mein- ewePt. out of the middle and Vastern
gwiloalletiihei67diwriavriefrein Spain
,bethertz_liefonvthes.r_b411;:_h4lon_.sueWmee' todecibe • law mbaeddiatesrir finanai;
•warnIng certain of the -residents When sotglls_theon;at 'ierfato'Oel,b, or fa; alit; si -Nest- r--linis--;
,seemed to obtain reality-, and it Was
with this 'before his eyes that Mussolini
ventured the desperate gamble of T41 -
lag Austria 01:Hitler. • "I;*IllstrantpIe-
on the decaying corpse of Liberty," he
said, meaning ngland. Men,.and, the
Italians not least, are blinded biswords.
'But did Hui ,never pense ,to con -
side; amid the 'innumerable super-
latives of his rhetoric, that if he and
littler were to wia the earning war
!left tor hiw or, forltaly to enjoy? C),er-'
a,gainst England there would- be little
tainly not 'Marc iNostilifirTaild—per--`
haps not Italy. And if that war were
lost? if, after all, the old Mistress' of
the Seas should prove too t-ough4a ad-
.versary? -Nib," said the 'Italian -4 about
heard theni-"in that ease Eiig-
land will treat us decently."
. . Today, with Austria a part of
'peeping around the bend
; The river IS starting to
water -is beginning to run'
We spent some time in
river, determined not to m
break-up. Havecyou ever;
up in the spring? The ie
to erupt and the peaceful,
swells into 4. raging torte
cinating towatch it. •
spring day as you do the chores, you
ear hea-,r-ttartsroaringssanksvines sound.
It more or less tells you that the
Shackles of winter have been broken.
We could have spent our time lament -
well up and
'ver the ice;
a tching ;the
the spring
a a break -
just seeing.
locked, river
.t.. It's- fits -
n a balmy
hag about: the sugar 'pan
and the windaws that w
replaced and the leak -11
roof. -But - whys worry
things 'when spring ,is wa‘
Soon there'll, be ---warm
the savwill be running a
happy, excited groups of young- neigh-
bors waiting for an. old-fashioned
"sugaring -off and taffy pull." 'Farrah*
is -like eVerything else. The bright side
is much more enjoyable than the dark
• -
th-the hole
1 have ter be
the shanty
about these
ng to -come?
ay,s . . . and
a We'll have
burst Of -courage could perform. •The
tasks were ..long,' ands ever as they
ted to rescue Or to relieve parasa
constant three of danger seems to
the +German Iteic144talylias no defence
'
have been at -thelr'side.- Always a coldl
. it sto 'his o osses'
'worth a .,;thenght. When. :littler finds
ettepensesOsts there. We Mint re mterest' tps himself of
ber.that in the el.arkneea and ehaos-o s.
"he- has only to, march in---prob-
raid it is easy to evade duties so iabilyY'at the invitation Of Mussolini or
at -least with his connivance. When
Issas falls out,. tiS she wen May, Hitler
wino March in to protect ;her" as he
has done elsewhere. He will seize
iGenoti. tombardy, Venetia wtli Trieste.
'Mussolini will .tryr to hand,..Alm the_
Italianifieet or what we have left of it.
Hitler swill theasbessinsthe -Mediterran-
ean, and one more country and one
more people will have been betrayed
and sold into hist„grislyjmnds.
--The Nineteenth ,Century (London).
SINGAPORE
TheEinennorc fortress' was built,
111114100 IPRO°121111114:
Sholi_post a little
Hawes kiew Glees Os
tinelawisiongligh.thanaly yeti, titillithatowdetsil"mils.eria
twenty Wastes it wig
ity,having a heeetifel
ems essistlegpolish.
sThe Caked States his soleinnlY
&140, through the Secretary et State,
her Vital interest In the Preeeevatioti.
of the status quo .in tile Netherlands-.
Indies. To help in the Wends' defence,
with all the Color and the eXeiteMent
and the sOange contrasts ot the
Orient. . • •
-Saiier''-'reteelvestallefe-trvvaY frorastisiess,
apore eity, th.e"fortresso lies:hidden is
the thick jungle, Ammunitlan _dumps,
repairsaboiSS; and the two huge decks
Term the 'naval base on the northern'
however, Americantore* might- hav.e
to be based in ISIngitlyre rather than,
rely upon the existing AteerIcan
facil-
1tis In the ilnalliipPinea,.. The mere
stationing of large Ame;icae forces at
'Singapore is, likely to deter the Jap-
anese front an .armed venttime 0 the
south. It . was 'this theuelte, that
.PrOniptc4. -Japan's" Foreign -Minister,
Matsudka., to register bus profound con-
e-et:a when filans for British-Asizeritait'
easoperationsserSSiegapore Were sfirst
elsere of Sipgapore I$14400 Th0re, re.
elattnee front ,ewantlas• and JuPg10,' 4re
the altos.' of the...R.A.0, seir, 'haw, oil
stores that Can keeP. 'Alt. entlre fleet
afloat ter belt it year, and! the most
powerful radio station in- the orient.
The basesia protectedbyseigittemlath
guns, the largest coastal tatterle4 itt
the world. There are colOssfal• Searelit
-lighta„ aatinireraft igen% and, steel nets
'Ito; sprotection against submarines. ;,
The island's air farce -consists largely
of 'Lockheed bombers Which were
ordered In the Vetted -states, before
the war -began. These planes are ec),n
stantly on patrol over thefortress,
often dying out over the ocean for it
distance of five 'Inindred miles, And
Singapore's qghting.marifforce it being
augMented rapidly: . •
Mentionedfin the press.
Thanks to its 'position on the main
berOngbfa,re tet*eetl. the West and the
East, Singapore enjoys the monop.olY
wine $250,000,000„ Worth' or -commerce I -:--;r1re Atlantic Monthly (Boston).
moves +through its harbor every year.
Some two hundred and ifietr steamers.
are tied up along its piers every day.
Thee' have to put in -here on their way
out to Mina, Australia, -New Zealand,
and ,Japan.s.,,.' . 'Behind' the bnatling
-waterftontsthemls_9 tritroiCal
It, is eviont from all this that the
Singapore scheine was conceived from
the iviewpelat of Oefence not attacl&
An approaching enerdY Oh* ,
twice before tackling '.``the-Cillyraltar oX
the East." Singapore's birc_gnns, tiring
over a distance of tielfty'sfitve sallesst
are -likeirlis keep thes.JaPetrsse. at
of Europe'a -trade - with Bast Ate*, mere. than arm'a length, •
Officer (to mart' pacing 'sidewalk at
3 -o'clock in the- morning) : "Nclhat are
yau doing here?" Gentleman: "I for-
get lily -key, officer, and Fraivvaltitig for
my:children to tome ,home and let me
• ESTIMATES ARE ELASTIC
(Simcoe Reformer)
Thel estimated Cott of the St. Law-
rence deep waterway scheme for poWer
and. navigation under the recently-
M.gned,agreement is set at $206,170;000:
The 'Itietary of all big canal undertak-
ings is that estimates fall far below
final costs. The eetimatee cost of the
Welland Ship °anal :was $56,000,000;
1 it e0St .$1.Z1,000,000. The, Manchester
It should not he necessary to so. ship Canal was to cost $40,000,000 and
that letters published by a' newspaper ultimately cost double that .amoiant,
" 1 estimate' was 130,000, -
down t* free 'transportation. on\ etn- are not t.0 .be ,saisen ss expressing tee
.
,barkatioa leave, as it is ealled. . ---.1000.: and cest $80,609,000.. The Pantuna
viewaor anybodY 'but the writer of the .
`I do not thiuk hon. membere have a Canal. was estimated to eost $1.60,000, -
clear"' uuderstaelling of the procedure letter. Most •
newspapers. welcomed 000,-. and went to $075,000,000. On„ ,this
'!.rtitiitorinection with embarkation leave. letters feign, their readers on matterfi:', basis a conservative estimate -would itte
e idea ,appareitiy in the minds of of public interest; and no newspaper I that the St. Lawrence undertaking Wil
' hon. meMbers is that men who are' ss,„,, •''... n cost at !east $,00,000,000 before it is
bleu .1,0\ a port should be allowed a "-" itl salt- "14(11 refuse 't° Publish leted.
,
comp .
. few days' leave beim* sailing, so that ' a- letter simply because it expressed
.they,might go to their homes, and that iview:; -differing from.- those of the
els account if their being a great publishers. Indeed, the chief value -of
1
eittetation ehould be allowed. The eem„ i elleh lettens., IS thtst„ they -dte- preeens t
distanee from their homes free trans. ' • ,
mittee will understand that it ie 1mpos-lyiev6 at variance with pose usually
sable,from, tile point of view of our set forth in -the newaria'ier'seolumns,
ectoducting a war, foras to give even or that they deal with, eorae subject
-o erw, no su c en sh or is -a is ae -
Ili ise. t 10 I ti t' f tor
•soliglatest haticatioe as to when men
are going to embark. * ' ' ,
' :what we endeavor to do is thi
is s ly treated in ita",Columes. -The-editor
When men are movedfrom their home does not set hiro.self up es omniscient
1
stations,' and wheu we have in mind ene alt wise and lea reader has- wine-
' 'that it is qttite poesible those men are . ' .
• thing he. wish ' es -to say he has the
being meted for sthe., purpose either
eventualle or la a •comparatively ehort
Vine of going overseas,. .the ettetom is
at'ilitch time to give what is called' era-
barkatiett leave., That embarkation,
leave is .trot a serious...linen-dal burden
to a man. It would be Sed011.9 it he he ' on -a • matter of some, degitee
Ivo taken, from the pert of embark-
ation, or front a point near the point
of embarkation-, and sent back to his
home, Generally speaking, hovitever,
befotesembarkation, and given when. the name of the 'writer must be giViA 44 the
1)*11 am at points eorneeretively -deo editor, though not -neceasat . for
to their ,homes, If necessary, we
d d
privilege of seying it. This priviler is
subject to restrictions, of course: The
stews, whatever -PO are, must be
reatonably well expressed; they must
general intereat; letters Must not en-.
eroach too Much on the newsPaPer's
space; they muet not ,he ecurriloue or
embarkation leave is given some time nbelka's or umitIlY 17.1.ra°nals and 'the
aft to it that an a Vanee s ma e 15
their pay in order that they may have
the ibenelfit ofthat leave.., Tint we do
not give free traneportation„ The rules
with regard to transportation state that
the metutravel on a one-way fate.
This question of transpartation. hae
been raised frtittentlys and I do not
propeee to mike any (-Mended ;state-
ment wikh regard to it to,night. Let
me oily, however, that hare ,tone over
the reeord* for the lot 'war, *n4
tad no %stew* of fret tftneportatIon
having been grentAt4, Veen* lit owl
special gitee In eosimbetioa with liaramit t
*IMO1 sat vet/Alas liteak o1s1gy.1
bet 1 heftier. what I say la att*Itet.
Prey trsappostattio* *loiterer granted,
publication.
or 6 ig
Inereaeed hational income is the
pool front which war expenditures
,muet largely be drawn. In 1940
the total income of the Canadian
people is estimated toAlave been
$5t's.1 million greater Mira in IOW,
hut Increased '• taxation collected
daring tbe past year Was very
moderate aa eorapared ;with the
ieertsese in ,the motional income.
Moreover, up to the present the
‘inereaeed 'burden of fixation, Iwo
fallen very hirer and finite pro.
perly on the higher income group.
It is therefore apparent that the
lower income group AS It dass- has
If 4411
dangerous that no man, or woman cou
be asked to do them eXeept of their
own free choice. These people stayed.
They showed how a community can
defend itself, and their examples are
for us ail totollow as hest we an.
- -The • Manchester +Guardian.
MUSSOLINI'S BETRAYAL ortrAty-
lit is now clear that Hitler •has won
111.3 victories all over Europe even more
by means of the treason and corruption
of his Tictims and the purchase of
politicians and "'fifth columnists" than
by arms. And Italy was no exception.
Hitler bought Mussolini with the
promise of "Oorsica, 'Nice. Tunis" and
perhaps Savoy, but the drat price With
which he bought Mussolini was Ahys-
sinia. What.Aitler received as a quid
pro quo. was AtiseVili,:-IF is probable
that the conception .of this vile trans-
action came from Mussolini, Obsessed he
he was with hatred and envy of Britain
'and the imaginary bogey ofibeing "sufs
focatecl" le the Mediterrenean. But
whoever Conceived it, it was treason
on Mussolini's part, not only to Europe,
but to Italy. .
From the erection of 'Italy as a
'United Iiingdom in 1800 till the war of
+1914-18, Italy was in this position: she
was 1,000 rrilleSdeep in the Mediterran-
ean, through which over eighty per
Cent. of her imported „ netessities
reached her; on her northern frontiers
she had a powerful neighbor, till re-
eently a secular enemys-Austria. She
Wes therefore -never itt the position ef
a 'first-class powerrshe could never .at
as' her sole interest. required Itt, the
Great War site decideastiretsEngland
and Vranee would win and she there-
fore in -1915 threw in her lot „with
them. In the peps* that followed their
tvictor,e, whatever she may say *eove
she benefited more than any other
'belligerent, not indeed in extent of
'territory, -though even here her gains
were considerable, and in Europe; but
in the (vital Importance and value of
those gains she stood quite alone. For
What did they mean. to Italy? For the
+first time she was able to stand WY ou
her own feet, as, a 'first-class' power.
She tow' her formidable northern neigh-
bor, Austria, eatirely eliminated as
forte. More, she received in the petty
Austria of the years after the war. a
'first-rate buffer state entirely under her
latineisce, between her -and the irruseian
,Germaniee; while at the same time it
had been deMonstrated that her litter --
este in the Iviediterranean and those Of
• her ally, England, were identical, viz.,
to keep that, sea open and free.
It is now clear toallthat in the jig-
saw puzzle ot the inter -war Europe
Ansel.* W98 theikeyeplece. Without an
independent Austria* the whole of East.
ern Europe Was bound to eoliapse. For°
IfI rinany poesessed, Austria, 'Germany
enjoyed enormously " 'increased
spending power. Proof of this biS
showa by the record of retail Wes
in "Canada whtch, were eStimated
to have been eleven per cent. •
greater in value in 1944) than' in
1939. For the current sear, gains '
in the national- ineome are expected
0 be of unprecedented amount,
owing to the acceleration. in in- -
Mistrial activity and the increase in
, employmeret general throttghout the
.DOsininion. In order to conserve
these- increraents in national in- -
eonte for.the war, effort, Canadians
are today fated with the problem
be adapting their consumieg, habits
to the exigencies ota war eeotionlY.
consumption . must be reduced
where it vvill release industrY,
labor and equipment or War ero-
ductioe, and it , is .'a'bselutelY
eSsential that a large proportion Of
a greatly hiereased income should
be availibitl- for ;the war effort
through *station 'and stivirkgs
vented war loans. - .1 •
The situation as thus statedkin the
:Royal Bastit's eurreutletter is it direct
with t-•capitat entree of roughly $80,-.
1 •
0400006ssissarmossommunaoss,
Everybody can enjoy the
Comfort's of Honte-7
if they consult their own intreststby selecting their :
urnittire an
from our stock. Living,.Dining Room and Kitchen require ments, as well as Beds' and Mattresses. Our Cooking Stoves
and Heaters 'provide both hearand comfort. °
toves*
0 EL-Blac- kstone-
'We deliVer in town. and witb.in reasonable
,esof town.
.PEONE 140
WEST ST.
00%000. to serve 'as a concentration ''"1"1'""`
point for a gigairtie itighting 'fleet: 7, A
look at the mar; shows. that .the Placd
was well chosen.- The tropical Island of
Singepore'marastes- the nine -mile -
wide entrance, into the Indian .ocean
where Brit aite.'S -vast and practically
-defenceless+ Indian Empire 'peckons--
Asia's most tempting prize. -It 116,
tmore'over, in the hub of a huge circle
‘vvhich embraces the NetterlantisIndies,
!French IndolOhina,, British. Hongkong,
and the rich 31alay States.. Australia,
Nevv Zealand, and the Philippines lie
within the range of -Singapore, and eyed,
the eastern coat of Africa and the
western coast of +Canada eould benefit
from its.strengtis Three-quarters of .the
land territory of the British Empire
is grouped around.Singapere.... •
. It was to defend -the white mates
colonies from theliungry Japanese that
the ;Singapore -fertrese was voted into,
existence; it 18 for this Purpose that it
may be used TIT the near future.
'les are raked- in. China;
n alt,.the battles, hut vie,
in sight. Thus, while
is strielog for a faee-
saving:tempt:melee- in -the dusty pietas
Japan's a
they, have.,
tary is not
Japan's arm
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The -March of Science:
Q..
outflanked Czechoelovak defences
invitation to Caaildtate to invest their in the lSudeten mountains; and with. the
money itt mit tertificates and war fall of Czechoslovakia Poland also Waft
lottne. The Gov'4tm0flb ratiet have the
money to meet the immense war ex-
peaditttres, and iftit, is not ftvellable
be wee of loan, it Willshafe to be vetted
us, taxation. Mid there eltould be no
dinletiltY in ifeckling Whieli 19 lithe
'laid Open f• more, it ',Germany hel
Mettle, Italy WAS back in her old
subeervieet positlen prior to 1914 and
at the mercy ot Pruseitsit GermanY.
'Mitt le 'what bee happened, andi that
lithy t WAS An ttppelling 'treason on
‘Mttesolini."4" part 10 soll Attetrla to
trettion not only to Europe
pletuointer process -for all eoncernedbut especially to, Italy, 'which now/ and
itor that. reason lies it mercy.
*t
m sure rs
eI heard a oil00 [‚hat 'Mussolini knoW wefl the reettlf
' equelikr "Well, do you went 101* to al his desperate and eriminal Act 1,44'
Et up and oil it?" tear. When Germany first threatened i
111
saCoI
Relieve Misery
!z.4 Vick* Way
Mothers, you vrill welcome the
relief from misery that comes
with a "Vaportub Massage."
With this MOre thorough treat*
Meat, the poultice -and -vapor
action of Vicks VapoRub more
effectively PENEritins irritated air
passages with soothing ineditiind
vapors • snivioutrEs chest and
bow* like a ivarmh* Pottitice or
plaster...$111iirinsa misery
right awayi mama delight even
°X friends orVaooltub.
TO COST a'"Vapoltub Message
ivith all it. birnefits- maw
Vapoltub for 3 minutes on 01-
POx Tian' OV SACK
well as throat EA duet-,
*...thich layer on chest,
with a *armed Cloth.
POWING PIIIE VITAMINS BACK' IN
At the, zwesent time,'-tiet People
ot Britain are faced with endless
aerial bombardment, - long hours
- in air-raid shelters, lack of sleep,
lowered vitality, and consequent,
susceptibility to disease epidem-
.
eics, .Aware of the danger, the
government recently took a very
simple precaution. They ordered
white flour to be fortified with a
chemical tailed °thiamin.
Hardly an epoch-making event,
yen say! As a matter Of fact, it
was an event of the first his.
• toeical importance. For the first
time, the goveptmetit of a 'great
country recogniied the necessity
of supplying vitamins as welt as
bulk food to the whole popula-.
tion. Thiamin is one of the vita-
min - bearing constituents of
whole-wheat bread. It is not
• ' found in white bread, yet lack
of it mean?! all the difference be-
tween vitality and fatigue, be-
tween courage and despair, be-
tween fight and flight.
The addition of thiamin in
cryitalline form to white bread.
was made possible only in 1936.
when B., It. Williams, a chemist
in the. HAI Telephone 4Laborato-
ries, insole thiamin out of end
tar. Now, riboflavin and nicotinic
acid, two other essential .tenstit.
uenta, Of whole-wheat bread, eau
. *
also be inade. in crystals. As A
result, white flour will in future
be "supercharged" with vitamins.
It Will nat-orily 'Contain the chem-
icals hitherto milled out, but will •
carry an extriC. ration to help
allay,. our unsuspected vitamin
huneer. ,
The man who Made possible
the addition of-thiamitieto 'White
bread, Robert It. Williams, is di-
rector of chemical research in Bell A
. Telephone' Laboratories. His worIC
on vitamins is a aspare-titne , hob-
by.. As a, chentiet in, the United
States government laboratories m
the Philippine' Islands juat before
the Great War, he was among
those who revealed that the
dreaded oriental disease, ben-
-Uri, is due to a lack of vitatnins
in polished rice. Unpolished rider o
With part of the original bran
atilt clinging to the grain and
eaten with it, does' cointain vita-
mins. When he joined the Bell
Telephone Laboratories at the end,
of the last war, Mr. Williams cort-
thmed bit, wortesonesvitamins lfl
his spare tithe. The gxtraetion
thiamin from oat ter -is one of a
aeries of successful experiniellfg
which he has completed.
It. is scientists Of this ealibre
Who aro constantly engaged in
research for the ireProvetderit of '
Your telephone servke.
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