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EDITORIALS
FOOLISH TALK
IS DAMAGING
Already rumors- are being circu-
lated' in •Listowel about certain
persons who are supposed to be pro-
German, an this, issue also ale ,
pears a letter from the Brussels
distract telling about untrue accusa-
tions that are being made about an
apparently innocent ratan to the
detriment Of his business. Inno-
cent and patriotic oitizens with Ger-
man or foreign names should not
be made the target of idle togues.
An incident occurred in the last
Great War when a gang of young
hoodlums raided' a Toronto butcher
shop, wheer the proprietor had a
German name. The young fellows
made a yreck of the premises. in
the casualty list in the newspapers
the next day appeared thename of
the son of that butcher, "killed' in
action" with a Canadian battalion.
—Listowel Banner
CAN U. S.
KEEP OUT?
Three out of tour persons in the
Melted States, a recent poll reveal-
ed, believe that country cannot
avoid being involved in this second
European war, A columnist in
that country eels. "Doubtless the
counsels of .misgiving and, fear in
large measure prompt the feeling,
I cannot believe—and I •have no
doubt a Sair 1io11 would Prove it—
that three out of four persona in
the United States favor their
countnyis entrance into the war, .A
necessarily limited personal sur-
vey plus a knowledge and under-
standing of the interests, attitudes,
and philosophy of all sorts and con-
d•itions of people in malty seobions
of the country lead me to con-
clude that nine out df ten men and
women of voting age would, at this
time, !vigorously oppose American
sttiW "
Participation. Isolation, of course,
is impossible for any country in
this day and age. Not even Russia
and the United !.States, the most
nearly , self-contained of any,
nations', can remain untouched by
major events outside their -borders."
WHEN HITLER
d-IITLER
BEAT US
Under normal conditions the
people of Canada would not abject
to listening to the head of any na-
tion make an address over the
radio. For a good many months we
have heard Adolf Hitler, and, he was
on the air !for well aver an
hour on. Tuesday. His purposes in
speaking froan Danzig was strate-
gic, it was part of his war plan; it
was fo rthe purpose of stating the
case against Poland just as well as
he could place it --or twist it.
The objection. eve have to titre
carrying of such an address is that
people who listened to- It might
not know the answers, When Hitler
spoke of the ananner is which
German people in Poland had been
used and maltreater by the Poles
he aright possibly have •convinced
some that he had a good case to
present; possibly he wad telling
them something which had ,hitherto
been suppressed, and perbaps he
had been goaded on to action by the
manner in which the !Poles had
been attacking and imposing !their
will upon the Germans of that
nation. Hitler is clever enough to
Present his case exactlp as. he
wants it to appear oud for the time
being he warded his world listeners
to be thinking the same as his own
people in Germany,
. . •
,die is quite possible that people
who listened to that address had
All Kinds of
Wood Working
Wheelbarrows, Wagon Tongues, Rims, Axles,
Neck Yokes' Whiffletreas, Etc.
HorseShoei ng a Speciality
General Blacksmithing
and Repairs
Mr. Raby Ethel
THE BRUSSELS POST
neither record nor memory of
Ilitler'e eltatemegta made in the
Reichstag. In his latest Tadio ad-
dres.s he Made no rederenee to
what he said of Poland on !dap 31,
1935,
"We recognize ,the 0?olisb State
as the !tome of a great patriotic
nation with the understanding and
cordial triend'shi11 of candid nations
meets."
IR one is Inolined' to say that
sue ha statemept was made In 1935,
and much may have transpired
meantime to cause Hitler to
change his mind, then It Is well to
consider his utterance in the Ger-
man Reichstag of Feibruary 20,
1938,
"In the fifth year which' tollowed
the corning into force of the first
great •international conference by
,the Reich, we stake with genuine
admiration that our relations• with
that state (Poland) with which we
hath perhaps' the greatest antagon.
len!, are not only charocterized bp a
detente, but that In the course od
the ,past years, these relations re-
sulted in a more friendly drawing
together,
''The Polish state respects the
national conditions, in this country
and that city and Germany reaped
Polish rights, Thus it was possible
to find the way to an understanding,
which, emanating from Danzig, in
spite of the assertions of many mis-
chief ' makers has succeeded in re-
moving all friction between Ger-
many and, Poland, and made it pos-
sible to work together in true
amity."
Id it had been possible to have
these dormer Hitler statements
presented gat the time he was mak-
ing his latest radio address then
the average listener would have
been well able to forma Lair and
aocurete 'conclusion. But of
course that was Impossible. So
nothing excere the biased statement
was presented.
to
Hitler explained why 1t was con.
sidered advisable to have an agree-
ment With Russia, He neglected
to state that in the Reichstag on
January 30, 1907, he bad spoken of
Soviet Russia this way:
"As far as Germany is concerned
I do not want to leave any doubt ae
to the following: We look upon bob
sateviem as an intolerable danger to
the world. We are theredore en-
deavoring to make the German
people as immune as poslsible from
this contagion. ,For this it Is
necessary that we should avoid all
close contacts with the bearers of
these poisonous baccilli. I request
the German workers, to avoid all
contacts and relations with ,these
international .parasites, and conse-
quently it will never occur that
one will see me wining or dining
with them. Furthermore any treaty
links between Germany ad present-
day Bolshevist Reseda would be
without any value whatsoever,"
If people who heard Hitler speak-
ing of hie relationship with Russia
on Tuesday had before them the
text as, quoted, above, they would
have been in fair enough position to
draw accurate conclusions. Tbey
would have found it difficult indeed
to find adequate answer to his 1939
m.00d. 111110h causes hion to share
with these "bearers of poisonous
bacciili" such pieces es two de-
spoilers may mutually agree to tear
from Poland.
As a rule we are rather tolerant
people in Canada and we will listen
to a:nytltirg a. man has to say, but
in the case at the Hitler broadcast
we believe it accurate to say it was
a fall 100 per cent. German propa-
ganda. When he advised the "Eng-
lish gentlemen!' to come to Ger-
many and; learn something of the
fine art of ineopaganda he was
probably telling the truth. And we
placed our government controlled
radio network at Hiders disposal
for more Mian en hour and didnot
change him a red cent, And we are
at war with Germany.
East Huron Fall Fair
CONCERT
on
Friday, September 29th
at 8.15 p.m.
—featuring --
WILLIE BELL
London, Ont.
"Canada's Cheery Scot"
The Ace of Scotch Character
Comedian and
Concert Troupe
Admission—
Reserved Seats 35c
Rush Seats 25c
Reserve tickets sold at Allen's
Drug Stare
DANCE .AFTER CONCERT
NOTE AND COMMENT Bell Telephone Co.
Helps Egon10yees
Not much need of crossword
puzzles with the Way things are
turning out in Europe.
September has ,become the month
when the bride enters the church
leaning on the arm of her father.
Rememlber when you used to And 9
good deal of sugar left in the tea
cups when wasbing the sipper
dishes
We notice where one horseman
devotee to the saddle variety says
he is deeply attached to bis horses,
and that we believe is the proper
way to remain.
An order' way given in Montreal
that pictures of sentries were not
to be taken but at the moving pic-
ture houses the news reels show
them of many different points In the
country.
Yes, yes, there was a time
when we used to print ,pictuses in
the paper of the men who were ap-
pointed to attend meetings of the
League of Nations.
We cannot see what good' purpose
is being served by publishing
stories saying that the German
people themselves are not in favor
of thief war? We might better
take it for •granted they are all for
it.
Italy has released' farm hands
from its, atony so they can go home
and, snake wine and attend to the
crops. !Something to eat is going
a long way in deoid'ing the outcome
of this war.
There is one place name in the
news again—Przmeysl+--over which
there was no end• of discussion dur-
ing the last war regarding the right
way to pronounce it,
The povulation, of Canada in-
creased by 89,000 during the past
year, and in a general way our
debts have also increased so there
will be ,something for these extra
folk to live for in years to come.
Several farmers have agreed that
the best plan is be keep the land
well worked in the fall to kill our
weeds. In that way we suppose
the ,farmer ie able to convey to the
weeds the general idea he doesn't
want thein.
Col. Linnbergh has urged United
Slates to remain neutral in the war
but if we recollect with any degree
of accuracy we believe the Colonel
and his faanlily did not hesitate to
go to England when he felt the need
oe family security,
'Calked fa "sedal1? prominen•t
widow," Mrs. Mary Hancock Ayer
was convicted at New York of brib-
ing customs offilciele and, smug-
gling $14,000 worth 00 goods. The
line was 910,000. The lady may
be socially prominent but she's not
very keenon arithmetic,
GERMS
* * * (By A. R K.) * • .
¶ I read a little book today, and
then I laid it rate Wwey, It left me
ill at ease; it first dealt with the
household fly, and told me how
these !pests will try, to spread
around disease,
¶ And there were figures In there
too, the more I read the more they
grew, the were brought Up to date,
in very plain and stated terms,
they told the numbers, of the germs,
and they were vett' great .
¶ They picked upon the faintly
cat, it might be them or fairly fat,
they really did not care; the book
went on. so ' twould explaitt, .how
every time it went or came, the
germs would, stili be there,
¶ I reed about our dollar bill,
which 'travels liar from till to till,
the germ life was, imanense; it
made me feel that I ,should say,
when such a ,illi came round my
way, that it should get trout hence,
¶ The drinking cup and faintly
towel, were listed asp being very
foul, and figures made new heights;
in millions there the bad• germs
came, as near as I can well explain,
they take up squatters' rights.
¶ 1 nilaok a little as I learned
the way that everything was germ_
ell, but one thing I can't see; I
read the little hook clean through,
It never told .ire what to do --so
they won't light on Me,
A bulletin issued• by the presl
at the Bell, Telephone Company of
O8nada, C. F. Mae, on the present
war crisis abated in .part;
The 8envdce vehicle we as a Com'
pony render the community was
never of more importance oto the
countnp's welfare than it le in this
grave crisis. Already we have
pledged ou eeaives as a Conipanp to
do everything within our power to
add the •Government. We have
outlined in General Circular No,
100 the extent to which we ar epre.
pared to aid these associating
themselves !with the Militia am the
Active Service Forces,
1 'Regular emeployeee in the seneeee
of the Company as, of 'September
3g 1939, shall he granted leave
of absence with eligibility to
benefits in case of death in ac-
cordance with the Plan for Em-
ployees+ Pensions, Disability Ben-
efits, and Death Benefits.
2 The Company undertakes to re-
employ such employees upon dde-
charge from the army, navy, or
air force service, and the period,
od time coveredby such service
will be credited to the employee
for the purposes of •the Plan for
Deeployeesl Pensions, Disability
Benefits and Death Benefits.
3, ,On, behalf of the dependents of
'married employees and of the de -
Pendent children of employees
who are widowers, payments will
be made by this Company which,
together with service pay and all
allowances from the Government,
twill equal the emeeloyee's basic
wage. In ne case, however,
shall the menet payable by this
Company exceed one -hale of the
employee's basic rate of Pay.
4 In the case of other employees
with dependen'ts, the Company
upon gubmlssion of the necessary
evidence as to dependency will
give consideration to the granting
of an allowance on behalf of their
dependents.
5 The Company reserves the right
at any time to cancel or amend
the foregoing regulations, but
allowances then In effect will not
be affected by such cancellaftons
or amendments.
—I am confident that those who
will carry on from day to day, the
regular tasks of telefihone service
veil Plea! constantly in mind the im-
portance of doing their part, what-
ever et may be, in a spirit of cour-
age, hapelulness and devotion,: that
they will accept with alacrity use/.
assignments for the general good
as• may be within their power to
undertake, and that, to the very
end of the grave period on which
we have entered,tbey will dis-
charge their dluties to the best of
their ability. In such manner we
are all privileged to play a wonthY
part.
Isn't It So?
• • • .
News is what the other fellow
makes it.
• • •
.Stirring up trouble's liable
land you in the soup.
* "• *
The war on disease knows no ,
holiday — and that is as it should.
be,
to
• • •
IR an indaot could talk under-
standingly, lots of faces would be
red,
* * •
The good don't die young. They
grow up and tell us how good they •
were. ' f
• • •
Man lived happily thousands or
years ago, Sure, the women did all
the work,
The great• est single•tlting in the
World. 18 trust, but never trust
yourself too far,
* * *
Nobody has yet succeeded in
❑raking a sulker oe the whole
world, but maybe it can be done.
Itis. all rightto.gerte a fellow an-
other chance — but it he le a pick-
pooket, roll your own, out of his
urger -reach,
AT THE FAiR
There are numerous new and
different classes rat the daei' this
year and the directors have put
forth every effort to haee a good
show.
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
will be held in
Knox Presbyterian Church,
Ethel
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1st
Services at 11 a.m. -
slnd 7.30 p.m.
'F EfieIVZSDA•Y, S)TM..PT, 27th, 1939
WILLIAM SPENCE
Estate Agent, Conveyancer
end Commissioner
General Insurance
Office
Main Street. -- Ethel. Ontario
"I can get the
figures in a
minute!"
Long Distance tele'
phone service is
built to meet the
most urgent and
exacting needs of
business. Day and
night in every part of the world
you can reach for the tel&
phone confident you will "get
the figures in a minute."
"O.K.--now
what about
delivery?"
Every businessman
admires initiative,
energy and accu-
racy. Because
speed is important
in business, suc-
cess is achieved by quick think-
ing — often aided by the Long
Distance telephone as in this
instance.
"That telephone
call clinched it!"
The head of every business —
large or small — welcomes
initiative; is ever ready to pro-
mote men who act fast on
their own. Long Distance tele-
phone service 0 an asset to
every business. Those who use
it to beat advantage benefit
most.
•
Lott' Distance telephone service
is en duty day and night. Low
Night Rates apply atter 7 p.m.
and an day Sunday.
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES, t
Duff's United Church
WALTON
Sunday, September 24th
MORNING SERVICE AT • 11 A,M.
Minister ---Rev. H. V. Workman
Seaforth
Evening service '7.30 p.m,
Minister --Rev. Mr. Mahoney,
Brussels
Special Music by the Choir.
assisted by Mr. L. W. Ecktniers
Brussels
HOT SUPPER
Thursday. September 28th
in the basement of church i
Supper served from 6 to 8
Entertainers—
the Centennial Church
Concert Co.
London, Ont
Admission -- 35c and 20c
Mrs. A, McCail, President
Rev. Mr. Gilbert, Minister
Mrs. N. Reid, Secretary