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r" :;SEAFORTH, Friday, April 19!40
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` ,��'r The War
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tk, Although the British Empire has
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f41 �V , leen. at war since last September, to
'i" us in Canada there has %ween sQ�-
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��, "chi -Ig of a bewildering uncertainty
,,� about it AIL Rather have we been.
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�h�,~, :inclined to ask the question, "What
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�� war. .
I4 noun, Canada is at war, and tike
"I - seertainty of that
-fact (las been
r, br'ough't to us with crystal clearness
} lily the events of this week. Axid the
I+°' rea`liza�'on of it will co�inue to
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,,t * grow 'upon , us with the passing of
-- the month&. -
f,,; Germany by a lightning st vke on
' IaAd sea and ail has over -run Den-
t� nft and Norway,. To this invasion
Denmark has submitted quietly, but
-, . Norway ha;3 moved her government
i�', ` inland and has declared her inten-
. tion of resisting the German ' inva=
F1101L (=low long Norway's decision
't',`;,. � - .' to resist will remain active' remains
r ` ' to be seen. If the Allies can render '
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�.. 1. ink. immediate and: large scale as-
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' �'. - m, stance, Norway may eventually •
figure as one of the causes of Ger-
. many's ultimate defeat,._ otherwise
w Norway will meet the fate of
Poland. .
r,, The determination of the. Allies to
mine the shores of Norway is given -
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as Germany's excuse to 'invade both
', - --- Denmark and that country, but the
F ,,., ° undoubted fact 'is that the Allies'
' move . was not the cause,,but the re-
Solt of Germany's known intention
to invade these two countries, be-
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cause such a lightning stroke could
k 'II€rt be made in a day without month
� .. t�f intense planning and preparation.
``, . 1.That the' present way situation is
dangerous to the "Alliei t may be ad
,,. . .mifirr A, but at the same time there .
a wealth- of comfort in the belief
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that the Allies have just 'as many .
nen and just as much equipment on
- _ __fid.; 'a believed equaliit_ in, .air,
,; -and a vast superiority at sea, coni
_ pared to Germany. :Further, they
;, hav>e replacement' resources of three
M1. to 6ne, so we may confidently look
". - .to t'he fut1.ure.
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Canada's New, Governor .
M a General
,u The people of Canada will welcome
as their new Governor-General, the
a" Earl- of Athlone, a great grandson of -
tI. George III.
. In fact the Earl is but fulfilling a
long postponed occupancy of this
,F great position, as he was to have
some to Canada as Governor-General
Gam, in 1'914. At that time, however, he
gave up the position for active ser-
�" . vice with his regiment, in the Great
" .: War, 'where he added materially to
"'A' Iiis already distinguished military
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• In 71914 the Govern
or=General was
,,� tl� i Dicke' o f Connaught, .. a '-son . of
Queen Victoria,. and uncle of the
they) reigning ' Sovereign, King
11 George V. It is;