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which'
the Germans had •made into
one. of their most important bases
for the .drive on Stalingrad. In, this.
phase, "The German: Fascist troops
lost in killed alone 21,000 men, and
5,20:0 enemy officers 'and men' were
taken prisoners." ,
Moscow put . the :grand total of
.Germans • kited or captured since
Nov. 19 -at 312;650. Of coluuse, the•
number, of .eneipy • killed: is bound
to beans"t
at
e i
m e,. and
may.
bet too
high. On whole however Mos- .
cow's, official coinmuuiques have
a good -reputation :for ',factual
curacy. The picture:' as 'drawn .in
-the` review, is, one ef,ghastly foss
es,' for the Germs 1, Army;
, Ofelikio,°` ?`s I Falls
Iii the North, the "Gentians are in
,another° tight place .through the
capture of %'e:lilde- Luki which .eon'
trots railroads running from �Mos-
cow west to ' the 13atvian • border''.
:and from Leningrad to' Odessa. De-
spite German .denial of the Rua-'
'Man claims fo _ha've taken so lin=
portant a . center, the Russians
maintain that nota single German
remains' in the 'city;'.en'd :that large
, quantities . of supplies and. equip-
ment have been taken over. •
Assuming the 'Russian claims to
be accurate, another large block
of German. troops, that for 'months
Has been stationed . around Rzhev,
Will. be in serious. danger:
• The . Russian ; aim is . clearly 10
Ships,Still Crossing
.Channel to France
A Naval' :Co respirndent Tells,.
of Hazardou5 Night . Trip
' "This' way for steamers..•
to the
Ceptinetiti" announces p . -tattered
peaeetiine ''poster at a British, port.
It ',is Rot so out of date' as you
might think.' Only th'e other even- '
lin boarded I bo '
g a .da
P
s i.
h there e ~hie
h
took me to the.. Continent. But in •
stead of a• happy vacation steam~ •
•er, the ship wase "speedy motor
lagneha unit ofCoastal ::Foreee, •
"Plying ' the White,-kEtisigtf r'of ' the.
• Royal. 'Navy ..She was ;engaged ons
a h:azar.dous operation ,which, took+.
us to 'Within two, miles of a Ger•.-'•
man -occupied 'town. '
• It was a town' which i' had last
•seen on 'vacation. Then, it was
`ableze,with lights from a thousand.
' doorways—from cafes; cinema*, .
flashing advertisement, signs ..and''.
the-ancurtaleed windows of homes;
.No.w ,there wonitFbe'~nathiiig to .see
,except• the faint outlines of 'build-'
Ing •tops .against 'the slightly light-
er 'background. of the sky, and an
'occasional -wandering ,light • from,
the mashed fieedlanip' of an auto
teuck . driven by 'the enemy.
Details 'Of . the operation Were
�known only, to the ship's captain
hen,. the motor,' launch east' Off '
roui her -
13ritlalr..base -_.•
• "Tiil the guns', crews to keep
their eyes peeled," . the captain• -
said. "It may be -lively tonight."•':
No Navigation L'ighta• '
In'•the wheelhouse - the navigator ,
unfolded his charts and started
lvork, stopping" occasionally:to ,give
the 'order 'for a. changer of :co'urse-
se
•into the voice pipe,'by :his side.
On this one `man, probablymore•
than .an any' other 'in the' ship,
depended the' sudcess orfailure of
the operation...and he wait ;24 years
old, a bank clerk to N:eFv" Zealand.
les ' „ _ . ', a. • y -ears . age.
T ,Without• the help' of thpayiga-
" :i>Llunal lights • of peacetime .he shad.
to plot the -ship's course =to :a pre
• determined point two- iniiea• off the
• enemy's coastline,.: across. 'many•
miles of sea,• through .mine -strewn
waters•. Working,' With stop watch
and tables inhis blacked out .chart
room,• •the young navigator kept' +
the ship on a sure course.fgr•her
- destination. .
A.'little way` out an old wreck
.; on the port quarter gave the guns' '
•crew the chance of a little practice'•
and brought, the captain, scramb-
ling, up on deck; From that-' m�.
inent, till the. finish -of the opera-
. tion; many, hours later,, he never �I
left the bridge, except far ,a, quick
visit to ,the- ehartroom' •to, confer
with the navigator, •
•
In Danger Zone '
Twilight had• given way 'to full
, . night"when brilliant flashes astern
illuminated •'the horizon. "An' ai=,,
attack on doe of our. -convoys or
on a coast toaan,"• said 'the,,captain.•
The three lookout men on the
bridge were on •the • alert, for the
ship was now in the tiag�,
• die !tome ..waters :of &Wits. s. The
guns" crews were ready. for in-
•• ;•stant action, Ahead; the' ship's bow '.
cut a phosphorescent wedge in the
• dark water. .Fire -tipped , waves '
caugiitt.up in the luminous. wake,
' sentn green shadows ,racing over.
the ship's •up,per ,works.
"We're too good a 'target for air-
craft•," said the captain•, "Half
.speed ah$adl" '
That reduced ' the phosphore9•
cent glare- as. we. neared' the enemy
coastline. ' •
Ashore a twinkling light stab.'
bed the darkness every few sec-
^ands, a signet• by tfie Germans' for
• their coast -Wise conv'oys. That
meant aur' presence was still un
•detected or the light would surely'
.have been 'extinguished,
Close To Shore • •
We sailed ,farther and farther in
till ' %%e. could see the .outline's 'of
.-the buildings ashore and 'the'auto-
moliile lights. •N•ow she engines
'were just 'ticking over, but they ,
were ready to leap'full ahead in an
emergency. •
As the ship 'turned for home,
the tw-inki,ing light ashore died
„ and did not. -co mire an again:' A star '
- ell burst from th:e shore 'bat- ,
, es. Something had alab•uied the
•. shore watchers.' Fortunately the
star shelis were all between • the
, ship and, the shore. That meant we
would not be silhouetted 'for their
gird. 'More and more star, shells '
screamed: high into the -.sky.
•
Searchlights sent long white fing-
•ers skimming in. vain over•the sur-,.
face of the waives as we switched'
to . '=hail' -speed :ahead" and ` zig-
za:ggi9'tr. tritaty.. .. .. ...� y ..,. . - ..m
Now we ' were clear and opened
our engines. And so imine: with
e first gray streaks, of dawn..
THE WAlt F• WEEK ® Commentary on t urc nt Events
Nazis Outwitted, Out eneraled
And Outfought'By Russians
One year ago the ,headlines ,reraad:'
• "Manila, Cavite Lost; MacArthur
Fights !On" and. "Malaya Battles
"More Mindere.", It' was the. oppn-•
•ing of a grim year, says the New
' .York'
HeraldTribune. ribn.0
e'
. D!sestets"'"
Piled' • aeon one another. at Singa-
•pore ,and ..Jai a, - In Burma, Libya
end Russia. By' summer '•, I�itler's .
• armies were sweeping into Egypt
and the Caucasus, and, tieople talk
7.
ed gloomily of a ten-year War, • -
This year of 1943- opened,
.tho -with
gloom on enemy Laces. Experts •
hal said Hitler would have -to 'win
In 1942 or' he. never Would. , He
. didn't. And • the 'United Nat'ione
were' on the march.
Hitler and .Goebbels, ; although`
naturally'. sticking to their predic-
tiens, of •victory,,, were less bouy-
ant than usual:- 'Der Fuehrer said
Germany would win no 'matter how
"severe the struggle is and • will
. be 'end no matter howoften the
scales seemingly tip. in 'favor of
our war, enemies.". Said.G0ebbels
"Gertrrany -. has mors or less ., s te-
seeded -in overcoming certain. mill •
-
tart'; difficulties which !toys arlsen.
Even • counting tike changing
• • luck •in such 'a, gigantic; battle, las
• that: in Russia; -we can to k
confidence, into the future' •
'The -Japanese
nation,. which, had
been fed on news' of'lig victories,'
•sudden1ay • received •,from Premiers
'Tajo a warning that the war would..'
be. long ''and • Bard, and ' that. the
-United Nations were preparing to
;deliver ',:counter -blows : of , °'great, ,
•importance." •
• .Hied Outlook ,More Cheerful . .
.On the other- 'hand, the. Britfeh
Wii{ii, Office, fissuiiag 'its• third'an-
nual. review .of the - war, permitted
rays of cheer to shine through
official stodgi'n'ess: The first signs
that, the . Axis flood "alight'. be,
-,t -tutting to: ebb" :-came on: , Aug.. 31,
the review „ said, ,when Rommel
was rebuffed at ,the gate of ,Egypt.
BLit" it was not until 'the, night'. of
Oct. ,23, , when- Montgomery struck,
that • "the • .United Nations may be
said •to have begun demonstrably
to capture 'the' initiative." The Roy-
al,,, Ait••• Force ' noted that its
strength rose one-third in 1942 'and
was now superior to the combined
air° might ;,of Germany and 'Italy,
In America Dopaid Nelson . re-
ported that war -factories made in
November ..the largest production•
gain of any mon • ee the. Un-
ited States began to rear • ' 40-
• About four, and one-third times . as
much war material was, tugned out
as in November a year ago. •
Red -Army's Triumphs
T1e.
Ru s a
n
'year-end
review Y W
-made "°the finest reading of all.
From- lt', emerged the; picture of '
• Soviet strategy, ani-`tlthe 'con'clu-
sion' to which it pointed was that •
thii. German Army; had been out -
Witted, ' outgeperaled. ,. a n d :out.
;ought. per, Fuehrer.'s•.- grand, cam-
' Deign for,1942, said Masco* quiet-
1Y,
uietly, had been formed "without 'tak-
ing „lute account the Gernient4 ac
•tual resources and • t' ' Soviet re-'
serves."' •
Evidently the Red . rmy -had'. us-
ed' the ' barest minimum, of troops
to , hold at • Stalingrad ' during,. the
fah,•° biding 'its time and building
its reserves _'against ' the moment: •
to strike. The tnement cane •on•
Nov. 19. Soviet troops 'were orders
ed tq surioui}d the main body of
German. troops before Stalingrad..
"The aim was ' accomplished" said.
the review. Thur§ for the first time
Moscow: - made ' the flat' -assertion
that the ring around the •_Nazi
forces besieging Stalingradb had
been closed,. Within the • trap • were
•• twenty two ' ene, py • divisions.' ."In
these engagements our troops
wiped :out 95;000 Germane and
took 73,400 prisoners." • a�>
Having achieved the, encircle-
mtent. ,before Stalingrad,- the .au- •
prenie command' ,ordered 'the •.Red`"•'
.Army. -launch 'the •second -phase.
of• the offensive in the last., two.
'weeks' of peceinber, The 'objective
• 'here
•was.
; t
o break
r
eak t
hroug
h the
enemY: dof�nses, in the
region on
g •of
Boguchar •"and to. eotne Out into
the rear of the 'Gorman Fascist
• army operating • •in ; the .- greater
bend • of: the ;Dion, soy as •'to, prevent •
the • enemy, -troops ;surrounded be- •
fore. Stalingrad .from getting. away
and froze .receiving ,help' from:out-.
side.", :This aim, .too, .•.was' "con••
pleteiy :carried 'out. In these en-
gagements :the enemy troops lost:`•-
,'in ,killed .59,000 men and ,60,050 of-
ficers :and men were". taken' prig=
oners. • •
•• German Losses -
. 'In the .meantime the • Germans
had, concentrated • along. the' Stalin-•
glad-Tikhoret: railway to the .
north of Kotehatirovski 'ina des-
perate .attempt'to liberate the 'sur-
rounding d'ivi sions. The . third • as;
signment• for' the Red Army, then,
-was -to break• 'up that ,;counter- -
offens:ive. It ,did so.' Last Week the
..Russians • captured Kotelnikovskl,
•
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make the most of thewinter aese
son to drive back" tile' Germans "
from their spearheads 'at Rzbet,
Stalingrad, and Nalchik. From
these, points Hitler •would !aback
a ;new n#pring. Shd
his.-troopsofiebe.ive forcined sout of °.themoul,'
a• 'serio "rearrangement of Gee-
man plans clearly will be needed.
Mordok Captured
Capture' by the Russians ar Mos.
dok near 'the Grozny oil fields fits.
:the. Catrtasus•threatens to entrap
a,, large , force; of Germans in , that .
area. Some- 400 milesto the north.
are the 300,000 or so Germans,'uu
der General, von 'Roth already foie: •
Mended, around Stalingrad.
Hitler appeals.to be breaking
•all military tradition by refusing
to operate retreats from advaniced ' '
positions, where ' supplies a,r e •
threatened,. or completely cut oft,
Whether be •expecta,;the forces at -
these • points to hold 'their greet*
until reliefcan be organized, .(e.
whether' they are. to. be sacrificed
. in order to delay as long. as pos-
sible" the , Russian 'advance reinalns .
•tobepeen, r;
That ,the Russian ,Army,
retarded' considerably ds• :clear
both frem ., the, Want...of i,'ailroad
•connections between theip forces
and from the 'winter ;rainsthat itt • '
'the Capcasus are softening
sutiface-': of :the ground.
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On Wednesday, December 16th, ,the Prime Minister broadcast a speech on Temperance. Canadian Breweries Limited'
respectfully submits to the .Prime Minister what it considers would have been a more suitable speech. It does so,
tot from any profit ,motive,: since its profits are already controlled by the excess profits. tax, but out
of a desire'to retain the public's respect forits industry and those engaged in it:
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Hf-use"of`beer;` wine` and spirits has—for long been a controversial worker on a night hit shift will .have ve to resort to a bootlegger to get his drinks
subject in Canada and from.. time to tithe- your government is called • • It is important~ that, in this .Parr of the British 'Empire we retain -as high a
upon to find a oint ofharmo y between those vilio do.not-drink atalLaad.:._._.-resery as. -possible -of --ph sica1 and nervous ,energy. •We -roust encourage
•wouIalike all those beverages. prohibited, and those who drink'moderately e f
arid. resent any interference with -their. liberty. If such a point of harmony
-could be found, and the whole subject put outside politics and -religion;
it would be a good thing for Canada's unity in wartime, and later, in peace;
It is important to decide whether or not this should be a moral issue or
*nether we should look upon drinking in the' same light as eating arid
smoking. The evidence • before me shows that many Canadians indulge
moderately in beer and. spirits. "These consurnets, as well as 'those vvho
Manufacture the beverages, • resent the implication that they are not good
• Christians. -
a
very orm .of wholesome relaxation to relieve.the strain of war. • •
, So --far as the army is concerned I am certainly not going to .put myself.
in the position of saying that a soldier who isold enough to fight and kill is
•too; young to choose his refreshments with good judgment Here again the
. ,deputations of many are:spoiled by the. few.
It has been suggested to me that I should ban liquor and:,beer adver.
tieing but how could I in fairness do that when'we continue to permit -other
manufacturers, whose goods are rationed, or in short supply, to Maintain
• their advertising in order that they may keep their trade names before the
I think.the issue becomes a moral one only at the' point ~!lei's individuals "public. Furtheiiftore, no one will want me .to banish English and Anneri
•drink excessivelyarcd become- a-nuisatite.- A11 parties should be able to agree
on this. Let us say therefore, that moderation is the ideal which all good
;Canadians are eager to attain:
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The next thing to determine is whether or not ours is a temperate nation:
I have every reason to believe that it is. I know that we consume:less, beer in
• Canada, per capita, than they do iri heat Britain and . the United States.
This being so, the problem ' reduces itself to • Otte of dealing . with a few
irresponsible people whogiwe the advocates of prohibition a falselydramatic
irnpression of current. conditions. •
•
'My attention is drawn to the increased' sales of beer and spirits since the
beginning of the'ivar, but these increases are only at half the rate ofthe rise
in -the Nacional income. Many workmen .are now busy 'who before were
idle and'penriless..
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Let ine say at once, there's no question of any unwillingness on anyone's
pact to Make sacrifices for the war, least of all among the brewers who have
co-operated in every way possible and I am sure will continue to do so. But
it should be pointed out here4that fifty men can'produce a million gallons of
beer, and the basic raw materials necessary to supply the whole ofCanada's
need -ofbeer ,are availabie.locaily in abundan e. Any curtailments that.do'
become necessary we will 'make with precisely the same attitude and im ar-
r tzsumer g 'Rif '= llreot tin"rir 5 rega
g Y g.
e made is that moderate people are invari b1y th;r ones
' iality�-s'h�n t•�"'�re
, when restrictions
• to be deprived. '-
There is a great deal of medical evidence to'prove that a hardworking
man who drinks beer moderately, not only nourishes his system, but relieves
the nervous and physical strain of hisbusy day. No one will want to deprive
him of this • form of relaeation, not to make its availability st difficult that a
periodicals .from Canada. Most of thein. carry-advertiseinerits for brands on
sale in this country. l-Iow: could we ban such"' advertising in our own
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publications and allow them In those 4. -. -1... T•T_].:_'-1 States.
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In conclusion ler me say this: veryone of us 'has his own ideas of what
character 'our' fast growing nation should develop. As our urban'centres
grow there. are bound' to be differences of opinion between people of some
rural districts and those in the large cities of what civic rights shall be
allowed to the people. Onr laws must be so. designed 'as to allow.to each as
much freedom of choice and self reliance as•:possible. Some. sections of the '
population look askance on dancing,' theatres, smoking,: drinking and many
type of literature. ; ' '
community on -the a other.. Whence reasons a views' of one section: of the
terxrorce
Yreasonable self-reliant people have an
unreasonable law imposed upon them• they simply 'ignore that, law with
disastrous •results to the legal istitutions of the country. We learned this at
bitter cost during prohibition •-years. The .greatest friend , of temperance
would not,want to greet.our men's return from abroad with the evil spectacle
of -prohibition.
I am convinced we cannot force the principle of moderation but we can.
teach it.. I aj- ell to all in this nation to bedeth *Cate in e e in r
zrna:rr•n.<, .-e,.r .:c..n�uN.Fxra..rc. .,✓a.a.�,.wn,c,..,,'�.,•.... � g�(�yri'�',
order that we may exert t e diaximum impact on the enemy, In •particular
Y appeal to brewers and distillers and those interested in true temperance' to
join forces and use.every additionalmeans at their disposal to spread the
principle of moderation. I appeal to the provincial authorities`to so frame
the regulations for retail sale that the business• will be conducted iri the
open and -on the highes,t ethical standards and not driven underground and
- to the bootleggers. Surely this is at 'effortto which' all patties can agree
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