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The Seaforth News, 1942-01-22, Page 3TAKING HEAVY TOLL IN FORCE WITHDRAWALS Hardened troops like these, of the crack Manchester Regiment, are taking a heavy toll of Sap invaders on the beaches and in the jungles of Malaya. At one time many Canadians were with the ,Manchesters, A two-way Japanese offensive is pushing south towards Singapore and north into Burma. Creed of Nazism Vs. Christianity Nazis Reject Centuries of Human Aspirations, Relates the New York Times The ways of German propaganda in this war are harder to fathom than those of the last war. There must be a purpose in the Nazi at- tacks on Christianity and in Ber- thas willingness to have those at- tacks broadcast in this country, One can't readily grasp what the purpose is. Not long- ago Berlin permitted a despatch to quote from a new German best seller in which the assertion is made that "We Oernrans have been called by fate to be .the Met to break with Chris- Usnity." Ie this the way to culti- vat* a •friendship for Nazism in the'United States, in Latin Amara ea, or in Axle Italy? It even stirs TO protests in Germany itself, as a letter from the Cati:011e bishops, diad in German pulpits, testifies. The Nazis do not merely reject Ohfietianity or the Hebrew Testa. monk They reject 25 centuries of human aspirations. If they are right there is no truth in a.ny one of the following quotations: Ideal of. Civilized Men Right aspiration .. is the aspir- ation toward renunciation, the as- piration teemed benevolence, the aspiration toward kindness.—From the Aryan Eightfold Path of the Gentarria Buddha. " Perfect virtue is not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself.—Confucius. The more he helps others, the mere he benefits himself, the more he gives to others the more he gste himself.—From the Tao -Te -King, attributed to Lao Tze, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyaelf.—Leviticus. Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even So to them.—From the Sermon on the Mount. This ethical idea—for it is a tingle thing, not in the least con- fused—Tuna through all great re- ligions, and all philosophies that have had an enduring hold on men's imaginations. It is the ideal of all civilized men today, however tar it may be from realization in the individual or communal life. In the non -Nazi part of the world it does not need defence, One would , think that the consciously clever Nazis, however foul their, actual purposes, wouldpay lip service to it But they' do not. In that arro- gant and stupid indifference to other people's dearest sentiments lies, perhaps, the seed of th'elr doom, French Fear That Race Is Dying Out Decline In Population Rel- ative to That of Other Coun- tries There is a great fear that has haunted the minds of Frericimien, in peace and in war, for genera. tions: that their race is In danger of dying out, says Newsweek. IOver since Napoleonic times, the popu- - ation of France has declined rela- tive to that of other European countries. From 1870 to 1913 Ger- mans multiplied at the rate of six times that at Frenchmen. The losses o2 the World Wren' were a staggering blow to France. Actual French casualties in the present conflict were only a frac- tion of those suffered in 1914.18. Ilut the peculiar development of this war has brought the threat of racial extermination, closer to ''Mento than ever 'before. There are tt res reasons for this: (1) the plight of the 1,350,000 - French prisoners still laid by the Ger- mane, (2) the eared' of the food shortage cit children, sad (a) the' effect of rationing on *Anita. in Washington, .Ambassador Gas- ton Henry-ltaye complained re- cently that the French prisoners` received no extra rations from home via the International Red Cross—as the 60,000 British pris- oners do, and have scarcely enough to eat. In Vichy, a spokesman blamed the detention of the pris- oners for a 40 per cent decrease in the birth rate and predicted that "at this rate the French will disappear in. twenty years." At the same time Vichy Issued a series of alarming statistics that reinforced the envoy's plea. Some 52, per cent of its kindergarten ail - drat were i11 from privation, while infant mortality had trippled dur- ing the first half of 1941. French babies now average only five pounds at birth and ten -year-olds weigh fourteen pounds less than British children of the same age. 8lmilar eonaitlons—malnutrition and the lack of medicine, fuel and warm clothing --+prevailed among adults and sent th'e death rate for the first five months of 1941 up 43 per cent among people over 60 and 22 per cent among those under 60. The Germans provided the final irony. 'Recently six famous Peale restaurants, Maxim's, Fouquet's, Tour -d' _Argent, Laperouse, Drou- ant, and Carton, were freed of food restrlctione. A meal there, without wine, costa the equivalent of about $7.50 or higher—a. price that only Nails can afford. Boats For Britain Great War Order A writer in the Toronto Finan- cial Post gives a vividly encour- aging picture of Canada's "Boats for Britain" program. Briefly, this is it: Cargo ships: 163 ordered, 7 launched, estimated cost $275 mullions. Corvettes: 135 ordered, 77 launched, 40 delivered, esti- mated cost $81 millions. Mine- sweepers: 85 ordered, 69 launch- ed, 40 delivered, total cost $61 millions. Destroyers: 2 ordered. Wood boats: $9 million program over 60 percent. Complete. �L Thus Canada's greatest war order and, in coin respects, the finest part of her war effort. y Wiu I THIS CURIOUS WORLD BFergusionam i 18 IN WAINSArS, THERE ONCE LIVED 'TURTLES ?WAWA' FEET GONG/ -a-4; YAI.IFAII VAP Maw �.':^�'.• easeees- OPR. 1938 INC SCIENTISTS SAY: THAT THERE. IS NO SUCH THING AS A SPF7-1AI__ FOOD 0 w iia 3-31 DSSQ, ATTACK ANC, 6<1LL RATTd-ESYVAKE.5 THEY JUMP INTO THE AIR. AND DESCEND UFO THE SNAKE WITH THEIR SHARP. HOOFS, AND 11-IEnl SPRING AWAY. 417 A SPECIMEN of the giant turtle that once swam the Kansas seas may be seen at the Peabody Museum, at Yale University. It far exceeds in size any turtle living today. The .creature probably became extinct when larger and more voracious animals developed in the ancient seas. NEXT: How many square feet of skin do you have on your body? Arctic Frontiers Ideal Battlefields Advantages In Arotic Cam. Peiping Would Be With fie. fenders Tlae United States did exactly right, win moving' into Greenland and Iceland before the Nazis had a c'h'ance to attempt it, and in melr- ing secure our hold.ou Alaska by means of new army and navy buses In Alaska, if the views expressed - recently, in Philadelphia by Villa. jalmur Stefaneson, noted Arctic explores', are correct,' Science leer - vice maintains. Dr. Stelaneson de- clared that the Arctic regions, tar from being an area impossible for winter fighting, are almost ideal battlegrounds 101' properly trained and equipped troops. The time when manoeuvring in the Arctic would be really difficult is in summer. Then, the vast, level stretches of marshy ground, three, dad by wide, 'shallow rivers and dotted with innumerable lakes, would be veritable troop -traps, es. pecially for mechanized forces. But in winter, when the land is frozen and the lakes covered with deep ice, Lighting vehicles on wheels and tractors anti ski -equipped airplanes can get about with greatest facil- ity. The Far North, despite wide- apread impressions to the contrary, docs not have e. 'worse winter cli- mate than many parte of the Northwestern United States and adjacent provinces of Canada. Iu fact, many Arctic lands have rela- tively mild winter climates. Ice- land, which lies below the Arctic Circle, and Spitzbergen, which is well above it, are kept "air con- ditioned" by branches of the Gulf Stream. Advantages in Arctic campaign- ing would lie with the defenders. By adopting the " ludian fighter" tactics used by the Finns when they were resisting Russian invasion in the winter of 1939.40 defenders of almost any Arctic terrain could de- feat greatly' superior numbers of invading troops. But if the Arctic frontiers were not defended, the great rivers like the Mackenzie and th Yukon would term great high- ways for easy inland marches. Work of Red Cross Covers Wide Field Mr. Justice P. 11. Gordon, Chairman of the National Execu- tive of the Canadian Red Cross, in an address'recentiy, gave many people a new conception of the work his organization is doing comments the Windsor Star. It is a subject on which there is great lack of information, and on which the public should be in- formed. To many people, the Red Cross is simply an organization that sends bandages and similar medi- cal supplies to the war zone, It is, of course, much more than that. It does work that is under- taken and can be accomplished by no other organization. Its service in keeping prisoners of war in touch with their relatives, and in furnishing them with food and other comforts, for instance, would be sufficient for any asso- ciation, but it is only one of many activities of the Red Cross. That it is engaged in tracing eight mil- lion people in occupied countries for their relatives will come as a surprise to many. These are just examples of the unique services performed, and they demonstrate how greatly this organization deserves the support of all the people. Nazis Hoist By Their Own Petard Can you imagine this? Fact, nevertheless. Seems Hitler pre- sented Mussolini with a squadron of Stake dive bombers and the squadron promptly ran out of gas just as it was flying over British - held territory in the Middle East; and, quite naturally, it being im- possible to scuttle an airplane without unpleasant consequences to the skipper and his crew, the Stukas fell right into the hands of the British and they have been flying some of them ever since, Italian insignia and all. Wonder what the Luftwaffe thinks when it sees a German plane -with the Italian insignia flown by the R.A.F.? 1 RADIO RADIO REPORTER`. 1)iA41NG WITH PAVE;. He's the guy vibe knows ALL, the answers! Wbo hes been ask, lag questions succeesielly for natty Years on the networks is his original quiz show "True; 01' Pelee," True or Files comes to 01(00 Monday niglit January the 6th, at 9,80 E,D,S.T. 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