The Lucknow Sentinel, 1946-05-02, Page 7•
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[E' LUCKNOW . SENTINEL, LUCKNOWA ONTARIO.
tying To Teach
armed
German
Refused to
(By Hori.�Capt. R, 'D, MacDonald)
'February 6th, 1946,
I am on Norderney Island •again
for 24 hours. Instead of coming
over on the . naval` patrol boat
today I carne , ons .the civilian
► ferry, It was: rather fun. sitting
in, the lounge, listening to the
garbled, . guttural. conversations
' thatwent'ori' around us. Every-
• onie'seerri.ed, quite happy, and the'
atmosphere though very' smoky,
was =.quite :continental. When 'the
;tip.
i rstart:ed a stewardess 'appear,
.ed ; from, somewhere: below and.
started to serve coffee to those
who wanted it/ '
The `crossing today was very-
i• rotgh, especially fortthe last half`
: of.the trip,, and we reallyi pitched
about.. The stern of the old tub.
:'Would lift high in the air 'and,
ithe.,
screws would .thrash the
water a and • air madly, • then . be
buried; again as; the stern hit the.
,water- •with. , a .great whack,: like
the slap of a beaver's • tail mag
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Idled .many ,,gimes: 'Eventually
people began rushing 'bo' and fro
-to get tet a,vailabl plac_ea:ixrarke&L
Herren anal Damenr or to' get
outside into: tile: 'fresh air, 'Which
made others, who were not: af-
▪ fected. . adversely by the • ferry's"•
action; :laugh ;heartily.
.Februdrry 10th, 1046,
I .went t Oldenburg wi,£h tie
.paymaster -last -night` and had a.
very- ,e-njoyable- eves irig :with- a=-
German''' fami.1v. Tho fa.th/x,
•veteran from the last war, Borne-,•
'wha rippled , by it; is a, nerve:
:Specialist, and Avery .clever; Mari.:.
There are: five .Thr t1 -e- family
three laoys'E izd two girl§, The old-,
• , a Widow, whose hus=.
Who , was lost in. fhe Atlantic ';in=
1942: The, °two oldest" :boys. were
•in• the Gerinan army. and ' carries
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thru the wan unscathed, I thio c
-Incidentally .the widowed dough
ter has a -little: girl quite e,sweet
• littla tli p• .: to:o; Whey- e.ild errly
come to the Canadian soldat after
senie persi.iasibn. Stupidly ; en
ough'l'f0reot to pu,t•ar y chocolate:
in my po ket bi` fw e . I left so
eQuldn't hi,ibe: my •way'. into her
�,confitler ce;::The younger 4a -ugh,
,..ter ;is quite live wire who has.
a appsrently="ta een, making -pract-`
Ise of Wheedling , campaign r.ib
bons frorn allied:soldiers, Sle has.
quite'' c;)llectron�:.I think' she isL.L,
ahout- 7 Years-IDrka. Before I`
lef 'l discovered that • they ,are-
Protestant -
re Protestant- •family who have re-`.
. tained •• their Bibles' through: the.
war" Si apparently they rare: quite
religib'us T.he father reads the.
l�ew Testament-.irt-Greek and`the
Old: Testament in Latin.: And for
the first. tune in,•,Gerniany.,'• I met
'---a-man-w-ho•-admitted that he had
been a Freemason before Hitler
stepped iViasonjc actii ii;aies .in Ger
many. The:•mother'-dug away -o_
her -handbag. 'rid .resurrected • a'
• masonic .insignia which they had
saved --.through all' the°• ye'n's; So
•all in all it was quite -'an interest=
mg evening. ,
February 14th, 1946,
• I have an. idea. treat T may- be -
sending another parcel ',before
very long ' You will . recall, n that
• when I told" you of, 'the church
service. on Christ xras Eve .I.,xrieti
tioned ' the model • of.` the Stable
and the manger'.and so on. Later•
l was ° in - a private "home i e (from,
Which,:I `took a.' little grandchild
i:to the Christmas party) and they
hada smaller model by their tree
Which admired., He was' pleased
and asks 1, f ;.ve. 'didn't .have therj.
in Canada.:I told him we didn't,
' at least that, they weren't -Com,.
mon. Today I got word • from: 'one
of the fellows.; . vitas
AuAde one ricle that :he Lias- made up for me
February 15th, ' 1946. ,
There have been ,times when I .
Wished I could 'speak German.
fluently sod that 'I, might .discuss
4uestions more • freely with the::.
Germans whom I meet. And I
have• •Wisher .
..enablit toa • because
mfgh}•rt
trines me to prea,ch•some.
to a German congregation,
because I think lit •is most •un fort-.
mate'• that so few Englis) ,, or
Canadian or American people can
speak to the german. people to
IeiIeve
tell 'them- What we are thinking,
and why we fought a. war'. I�ou
see, ,although :the rest' of the
world .hated Hitler and.' -fought
against hirn,,there are 'many .Ger-
mans of -the class I call good; who
do not think' he -Wes a, bad; marl.
As a matter of fact;, .they took;
upon him as a benefactor.: of Ger-
many,' because' he was responsible.
for ehanges, which iinproved:,•the
lot of the 'German people trey en
,dously It .is hard, when, one' is
handicapped by '. a'
language,. to tell thein' that- their"
econorny, geared as it was to. total
warG.,._;tvas., a. falsely.' prosperous,
.one;: a wrong .one, in spite of ,the
fact that•, it,supplied wv.Qr.k to eo
ole who :had had . no work for
years, They recall, a happy, work
ing.' people arid to•wns'' and
countryside .beautified': by ,labour
and they see in: -all that .only good
because' it made . it 'possible: fnr:
men to:: work • and retain • their
manh000;:. to marry and ;'have
homes and, children. The •realiza
tion` that war I was irievitabbLIU
end i.n :
view hof• such. an`.econgrn'v
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comes hard to them. And who are
we to criticize• them for being
hard to :persuade?. There -Were
many among us, many experts
who,for years before the war,
were criticizing the ,German.
:economy. They told us: it would
lead to war. Wt didn't listen.; On
the conitrary the British people'
spent. millions of pounds invest-
ing • in Nazi companies: The Brite
ish .government" Stabilized Ger-
man. 'economy: by great loans. We
who are.now trying to :teach' these
:people sornethrrng, ,refused . for.
years to believe• it ourselves. It
took a war to•iteach us that those
prophets of',the middle thirties.
were right. It is going to' ,take>
more than 'a war, it is goiig to
take .a lot of :Christian . teaching;
Christian living to persuade ;these
people 'how; unsound 'their' ,Way'
of 'life has; been, Most of them 'are
willing to: listen, some. have been
persuaded and ..many are begin-
ning to see the wisdom of what
we. have ;•to .say.. But, 'there aren't
enough •to:'say :it as -often :as it.
should '-be: said: While . I'm • here,
l'11 do all .I . can for everyone I'
meet, and I think. I'll `alwaysad
mire e good many of the. German-
people`s and; 'wi11 pr'obalSly advo'--<
nate .the lowering :of any barriers
consti uctedai
ag nst tli it+ migra-
tion to Canada.:
Febrti.ary-;1,6th, 1:9:.4;6,-..
Payr Tie o:
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•INCREASED `EARNING
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MY.
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10A MdjION W. Olid '
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If you 'want to i'nclrease your 'income by
buying more•cat'le, the BofM will, be glad to
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finance thepurchase, and you: can payback
your' loan out .of- your : re lar milk cheques—.; ..,
80
;;See your, nearest B of M manager today. Ask
or write for, folder, "Quiz' for "a Go-ahead,'
Farmer " ,
BANK OF MONTREAL
Aoo working with 'Canadians hi every .walk' of life since 181..
The :,mon entouS news concern-
ing the' return. of the C�A.O.F. to,
Canada should ,. make my • work
easier and'. at the same . time, I'xr
hoping that the' Effects of: my at-
tempts.'to . turn the: thoughts ,of
the ;men. towards . preparing . to,
live at home' a,
t o e a_aiin m. y be in to
easier because there will be few-
er requests: for .compassionate re -
.turn to. Canada. althoug h requests
g q_
for ` : a rmission .to marry
n x , :may ..
come as ; somethin • of .:a' deluge-
g' g,
from -now on. But, generally
speaking, I expect . that the
,morale of :the :`men will improve
Abe seen' ---My workrmwill lye made' in2spite of jpoorfood:T F r
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ONTARIO;' in a sgoograpbical 'sense only, may be said
to be sharply divided .: a "natural. division .into north country
and • south country that emphci'sises. the province's.' variety :of
c tm'ate.'o indust;y—of character. . •-North
• .. f �" � f ivai'd; Ontario extends'
to the semi -arctic region of lcludson Bay .. Southward,. to the
o � the Ng ults ia ` ara '.Penin . �;e
semi -tropic ,fruit belt f s....The
• Garden:of Canada" .... a blossom land overflowing with nature's
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1gifis�- where ' Iebhes�11tims�•pears, grapes- _and. • cherries come,.
richly in their seasons::~ h'ruit ,anteing is but, one of the untold ,
opportunities ofeied by the fou r,h.undred•thousand square "miles,
and more, that are Ontario . . * d veritable entpii"e,•::of resourcess.
Published by THE 13 WLtiA l.NDUSTR-' (ONTARIO)
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A COfNEt ON FRUIT'
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90% of the acreage devoted ;o°the oulti�'
• vation of : !
PEACHES . GRAPES ' . PEARS
•' ' PLUMS and CHERRIES
in•the Province of'•Ontario'centres in .the
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• rich Niagara district which%:•produces .9170'
: of the province's total yield.. '
• When the Ontario fruit
' belt's ' two . million
peach .
,trees, seven million. ,grape
• vineS .and 'hundreds of thou- • �:
sands of other fruit trees
bear•thcir abundance,. arriniies
o>f, Workers: are on handto
gather
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