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THURSDAY, MARCH 11th, 1948
Why Not?
When the war was ended, we were
quite sure that Russia was willing to co
operate with the rest of the world in
maintaining' the peace of the world, Ger
many had proven herself an aggressor na
tion and all the world suffered on that
account. At once the nations said that this
sort of thing must not occur again. Hence,
the formation of the United Nations’, If
any nation threatened the peace of the
world, the entity known as the United. Na
tions was to interfere and restrain the ag
gressor. Among the nations five stood out
as what were known as the Big Five. Rus
sula was one of the Big Five. It was fur
ther agreed that the decisions of the Big
Five were to be practically unanimous, One
nation was to have the power of vetoing
the decisions of the Big Five. It has turned
out that one of the Big Five has proven
herself an aggressor nation and that na
tion is Russia. Then what? Is Russia to
be asked to restrain herself? No, for Rus
sia has the power of veto should her ac
tion be censured by the United Nations.
Thus wu have a situation the United Na
tions did not look for. In the crisis that
now threatens the world with war, the
United Nations organization is powerless
to act. But is this rule of unanimity to
stand in the way of world peace. ? We do
not see things in that light. If Russia has
the right to withdraw in practice from ad
hering to her obligations as a member of
the United Nations surely the other nations
have the right to withdraw in the interest
of world peace ? Having withdrawn have
they not the right and the duty to organ
ize themselves for the preservation of
peace? What law of God or of man would
deny them that solemn right? If the other
nations cannot get on with Russia, have
they not the right to try to get on without
her? Russia is picking off the smaller na
tions one by one. Divided, those nations
fall. United, they may stand, preserving
their .selfrespect and their freedom.
Notice Served
The British lion is no .straw-stuffed
affair. Anyone who attempts to twist his
tail had better be prepared to fight. The
American eagle is no product of the taxi
dermist’s art. Anyone dropping red pepper
on his beak will find how swift of wing
he is and how terrible with beak and claw.
The bear will do well to take note.
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It Must Be Done
The fertility of the farm and garden
soils of Ontario must be conserved and in
creased. We pass over the .soil drainage and
soil erosion and the support of the soil by
barn yard fertilization to raise the matter
of what may be. done for the advantage of
the soil by such a rotation and pasturage
of farm crops as will give the owner good
returns for his labour in the way of crops,
but that will so work upon the soil as to
•leave, the .soil the richer with the produc
tion of each crop. Something was being
done before the outbreak of the last war
but with the roar of the guns all such work
'ceased. Sufficient was done to warrant the
belief that one crop may follow another
crop with the result that the second crop
undoes all that the first crop, its prede
cessor, did for improving the. soil. On the
other hand, one crop may follow its pre
decessor and add to the fertility of the
land. Meanwhile giving the farmer or the
g'ardiner paying returns for his investment.
Farmers and botanists and cerealists of
every description have a large field for the
best work they can do in this line. Upon
the solution of this problem depends the
welfare of the commonwealth.
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Bad Move
However things may look at first lush
selfishness and cruelty always are stupid.
Russia is finding this out in her move on
.Prague. In fact, Russia’s conduct in this
case was the. effort of a drowning man
grasping at. a straw. For Russia, it was
Prague or defeat of her communistic plans
for the control of eastern Europe, Com
munism was within one election on the. way
to defeat. Should communism fail in Prague
Russia saw her prestige sorely beclouded,
Of course, Russia had infiltrated Czecho
Slovakia. While this is true, the Czechs
were not seriously infected. The fine coun
try was betrayed by her rulers. And those
Czechs have the patience and the enduring
qualities that will enable them to deal with
their oppressors. John JIuss is not dead.
Further, Russia by her descent on Prague
thought to scare the rest of Europe. In
this she was disappointed. Britain and the
United States and France are for look
ing for the smooth place on their boot
and looking cross but unafraid. It is be
lieved that some other nations in Europe
are wiser than they were two weeks ago.
Sometimes we wonder why Prague did not
look to western Europe when Russia was
doing her (tuning but stupid work. The
answer is in one word and that word is
Munich.
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The Hugest of Jokes
Finland is reported to be negotiating a
treaty of mutual defence with Russia. As
well might the lamb seek for such agree
ment with the wolf. Even Britain may vet
repent of having made some sort of trade
with Russia. He who sups with the devil
should have a long spoon.
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The Threat of War
We are not at all certain that war is
inevitable. For one thing, Russia does not
see the necessity for war when she. is get
ting everything she wants without firing a
single gun. War is about the last thing the
western nations of Europe seek for a good
round hundred reasons. As far as Palestine
is concerned, all that Europe needs to do
is to keep her hands off, as Britain pro
poses to do. If the Arabs and the Jews
are determined to do some more blood let
ting, there is nothing to hinder them from
pursuing their folly to the top of their
bent. China will settle down as soon as she
really believes that the sword is getting
her nothing but destruction and starvation.
Further, we honestly hold that war settles
nothing. Had we but let the nations as the
last war concluded go their own way we
should have been at least as far ahead as
we are now. As it is, we apparently have
only ceased from war in order that we
might fight harder. One’s guess is as good
as another’s so we venture to say there is
no war in the offing. In the meantime is
war talk indulge in in order that prices
may he boosted?
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Roused
Not for many a day have the people
of Canada been so roused as they are now
over the. high cost of living. The "haves”
seem bent on squeezing the last drop of
blood from the “have nots”. It is all very
well for the “have” to pooh pooh the
situation and for them to say that no one
in Canada actually is starving or “going
hungry to bed”. What we do believe, is that
a great many are stinting themselves of
sufficient food. They are too proud to
complain. All they want is a square deal.
O?ie woman came to the store to buy meat
and butter, some vegetables and some cloth
for a youngster’s dress. She went home
with some butter, some bread, a couple of
dozen eggs and a miserably small cut of
meat. She was not in position to buy her
usual dollars worth of milk tickets. One
small dealer in milk found his customers
unable to continue their patronage, so he
was put out of business. Consumer resis
tance is growing steadily. People are. be
coming solidly angry. As far as farmers
are concerned, the producer is not reaping
any advantage from the excessively high
prices. Who is feathering his nest? Some
serious questions are being asked.
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Note and Comment
It sometimes looks, as if the more con
veniences and labour saving devices we
have, the harder we have to work
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It is reported on good authority that
when the fire siren sounds that our fire
fighters do not take time to put brilliantine
on their eyebrows.
SjS $ Sjl
That’s a fine idea in the traffic law
that requires the confiscation of the offen
ding car. That provision is ever so much
better than the imposition of a fine. Cai*
drivers will please take notice.
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Just as we were settling down to our
evening paper the other evening, somebody
snapped off a hydro pole. We wonder
what farmers with dairy outfits thought as
everything in the barns became, dark and
still?
COMING ALL THE WAY?
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«TIMES» Go By
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SO YEARS AGO ‘
Between the hours of four;
and five o’clock Sunday morning
last, the store of ‘ Mr. E. J.
Spackman was broken into by
two men formerly of Exeter.
They gained entrance to the
store by means of a rear win
dow and by prying it open with
a chisel. After entering they
proceeded upstairs and donned
themselves each with an over
coat and filled their pockets
with tobacco and other goods.
Mr. Parsons, the night watch,
was on. duty and seeing the
door blinds down and a light in
the store, procurred the lielp of
Chief Gill and they succeeded in
capturing their victims. They
were placed in the lock-up till
Monday and then taken to Go
derich on Tuesday.
Miss Smith, milliner, has re
sumed her position with Messrs.
E. J. Spackman and Co. Miss
U r q u h a rt has again taken
charge of Mr. J. A. Stewart’s
millinery department. Miss Ethel
Sweet, milliner, has taken a
position with Mr. Scott, of
Brucefield. Miss Edith Sanders
has accepted a position as milli
ner at Forest. , ■
Wes Vale left last week* for
Montreal where he has accepted
a position as printer.
Alf Davidson left this week
for North Bay where he has ac-
speted a position as tailor.
Louis Long left on Saturday
for London where he has accep-
eepted a position as tailor.
Mr. William Tapp has again
taken charge of the Central
Hotel stable.
During the night, sparks were
seen flying from the fence and
the local hydro department was
informed and soon had the con
dition remedied.
The Exeter Lodge of Oddfel
lows held an “At Home” in the
lodge rooms on Friday evening
of last week and despite the
cold weather, a large crowd was
present and enjoyed a social
evening. A reading was given
by H. 0. Southcott; solo with
guitar accompaniment by Garnet
Hicks; reading by E. M. Dignan
and a short address by Lloyd
Hudson, of Hensail, D.D.G.M., of
South Huron. Progressive euchre
was enjoyed and prizes were
won as follows: ladies’ high,
Mrs. Clark Fisher; gent’s high,
Lloyd Hudson; ladies’ travelling
priz.es, Mrs. 1 Clark Fisher and
Mrs. Wesley Dearing; lucky
number, Sydney West.
A number of the Exeter chec
ker players were in Hensail on
Thursday evening of last week
and enjoyed a friendly game
with the Hensall players. Ten
games were played by each
player and the results were as
follows: Dr. Moir 8; A. Brint-
nell 14; Jas. Sweet 13; J. Zue-
fle 12; A. McDonnel 5; I. Hirt-
zel 13; E. Faber 7; A. Ryck-
man !); J. M. Southcott 7; W.
Sangster 12.
Now . . . once again
it*s Red Cross Timei
Out of human suffering the Red Cross was born.
At the scenes of human suffering the
place.
the
fire, the
Red Cross takes its
Emergency is its call to service. The
unpredictable disaster —
uncontrollable flood and raging*
stealthy epidemic —
when these strike, your Red Cross
quickly reaches the victims, to
comfort, sustain and restore.
The Red Cross must be prepared
to spring instantly into action,
any time, anywhere.
And the Red Cross will be ready. It will be ready
because your generous dollars
always have made possible it merciful work.
For the sake of the unsuspecting thousands
who will be stricken this year . . .
for the sake of those destined for injury and
anguish . . . the Red Cross now turns to you.
It’s March — and Red Cross time. This is
the annual appeal the Red Cross makes so
that your humanity may be spread
throughout the coming year, among all —-
irrespective of race, color or creed.
You’ll help again, won’t you?
Ifs Your Red Cross Give Generously
Published in the Public
Interest by John Labatt Limited
25 YEARS AGO
Early Thursday morning a
severe wind storm passed over
the district and caused consider
able damage. Several chimneys
were blown down. Thunder and
lightning accompanied the storm.
The Bethany Methodist Church
on the Thames Road suffered
greatly. The roof was blown off
and the gable end blown in.
The Young People’s Guild of
Caven Presbyterian Church visit
ed Trivitt Memorial Parish Hall
on Friday evening of last week
where they were treated to slides
and an interesting address on
Windsor Castle and Tower of
London, by Rev. Mr. Trumpet.
Mr. Kenneth Stanbury played a
violin selection and a very plea
sing duet was sung by Miss
Weekes and Miss Hamilton.
The Young People of the
Main Street Methodist Church
held a jolly skating party and
Social evening on Friday night
last, Following the skating at
the rink, they returned to the
church were refreshments were
served.
Mr. Chas- Shaddock has taken
a position in the bakeshop of
Mr, R, E. Cook in Hensail.
Most of the snow has disap
peared the past week. It has
gone gradually and all danger
of spring floods seems over, The
fOfttlR Still 1X1 ‘COliditiOil»
15 YEARS AGO
During the severe wind storm
of Thursday night a radio aerlel
belonging to Gordon Hunter
came in contact with one of the
hydro service wires leading to
the .house and a wire fence,
10 YEARS AGO
With keen competition last
week at the annual College
Royal at tlie O.A.C., Guelph,
Harold Fahrner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Fahrner, of Creli-
ton, won the Grand Champion
ship Trophy in Agronomy (Seed)
Division. He also won three
prizes in the Agricultural En
gineering Division.
Stanley J. Smith of town is
to be congratulated on having
been successful in his musical
examination last week in Heintz-
man Hall, London, having se
cured his A.T.C.M.
Mr. Chas. Cox has taken a
position with Southcott Bros.
In the booster game played
here Monday night before a
good crowd, Exeter defeated
Forest by the score of 4 to 2.
The game was fast and well
contested throughout. Exeter
line-up was as follows: Goal,
Goetz; defence, ’F. Creech, Cor-
nsh; centre, R. Creech; wings,
Lawson, Beaver; subs, MacDon
ald, Klumpp, Snell, Wein, Wil-
ard, Coates.
Lieury Farm Forum
The Lieury Farm Forum met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Erskine with a good
attendance. There was a discus
sion on the subject “Whdt the
Machine has done to us”, after
Which Mr. Erskine entertained
with music on the violin. The
hostess served a delicious lunch
of pan cakes and maple syrup
which was enjoyed by all. The
next meeting is to be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Shaddock and the subject for
discussion will be “Do We Farm
the Soil-—-or Mine It?" The R’e-
creation Committee in charge
consists of Mrs. Ellison Thomp
son, Arthur Thompson and Mrs.
Melvin Allison,
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