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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STM!EgIMAN, BOWMANIm.îar nigAmnr J~. v. t I t: I 'y Our Empty Factories "A 'bits-blutz' lias been startcd f0 break wnm supply liottleneeks, spread output into thousanda of aniali plants across Canada, and save millions of dollars on ncw plant cx- penditunes;" so wrifcs Kenneth R. Wilson ini The Financial Post. Tic' mcaning, of this is fiat tic goverment, tirougi Hon. C. D. Howe 'a Deparfinent of Supply, ia rcs- sesaed ifs policy and revcrsed ifs former stand that amati town plants were nof need- cd. Wc may acccpt tic above information wifiout reserve because Mm. Wilson bas, for fiffeen ycars licen an outstanding, authorit- ative journallat, and ia only a fcw days ago, establislied an Ottawa office for Thé Poat. If will lie rccallcd fliat sorne montia ago a Bowmnnvile delegafion.ý met Mm. Howc in liii privafe office and placed liefore hini facts and plans of Bowrnnnville 'a rnpfy fac- tory buildings. Tic resuit waa "notiing doing" and in bis rcply flic Minister mereiy rcifcmafed fie set formula whicl was tic * policy of fthc day and whiici ieked bofli sense and sinccrity. Now if appears fliat tbey have come fo accepf fie idea of de- centralisation; tînt cîployment of Canada 's full labor capncify cannof lie aecommodafed, until cvcry at amaîl facfory is equippcd f0 manufacture sornefbing, no matter bow sial, fihat wiil fit info an nil-ouf war effort. Witli fila intimation, apparenfly.autien- fic, if would secmflic part of wiadorn for Town Concil and Chaîlier of Commerce amain to make known ta Ottawa, fie facil- icies and dimensions of aur fwo idle plants. ThJe way tliings seci fo lie shaping, some- thinig may corne of if, for flic goverment polcy lias been ta aupply complèeecquip- a1tSt. Thc matter of hclp eau lie solvcd. Qenenal Mofors, Oshawa, only at wcek laid of f thcm damesfic car workers, iiadefinitely, au4 thousands arc idie flirouglouf Ont ario, wlubh is somefiing of an anomaly. This in- *Smtezafion may move to action ail those wlio çf iont'sud also any who may froni t totue lie obligcd to negofiate aven- 1$' Ot Back to Drled Appien In t&e oQd days.Wc emember sitting a- d[w sb*.aenhon dining-room table, wifi - IIWg oUt, and aIl flic fnmuly, about ten ~f~4g,~ ~ yars to 50, quartcming and .0,14 ppli. ,¶hgoe wcre cold winf cm , - % p- Ure fire was aglow and ~. ..- aWgo ensonethmng ..ht ift iravel through. Ta en~d flicquarfercd the icret; flic Estabflsbed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER WIth whieh are Incorporated The flowmanviUle News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 85 Vears' Continuons Service To The Town of Dowmauville andi Durham County. ~ Member Audit Bureau of Circulations/AIE Canadian \~IW Weekly News&Paeis Assoiatiou Chas A Weekfles of Canada SUBSCRIMTON RATES *$2.00 a Year, strictly lu ativance. $3.50 a Year in the Unitedi States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor.- ---- THURSDAY, JULY 24TH, 1941 The County Federation The picuje at Orono, Thursday, an ae- count of which wiil be foumd in another column, should be proof for the doubters that The Durham County Federation of Agriculture w ill survive and grow anid be- corne the first stable and authonitative farm organization ever formed in these parts. There have been attempts before but noth- ing like the enthusiasmn displayed in the splendid turnout the other day despite the busy season and lack of help. The picnic was a success and those who niissed it snay have gained a few hours work but they lost a holiday worth more than that. It is true that many did not corne when they learned that a substitute speaker would take the place of Miss Macphail, but they rissed a bet in not coming to hear Harry Scott, President of the Ontario Federation of Agricultusre, with which the Durham unit is directly affil iated. Hie made it plain that farmers of Canada from coast to coast were at last united within one great organization, The OJanadian Federation of Agriculture, which only recently has established an of- fice at OttÈawa, and that recognition already accorded by the government, foreeast fui- filment of the aiffi that farmers achieve par- Ity with 'other comparable groups. Thle Statesman was one of the prime mov- ers for a County Federation and will con- tinue its interest; the officers should informn this paper of what gocs on so that it niay be published for the benefit of our rural subseribers. The matter of finance must be decided upon to sustain the Federation. Study groups should be organized. Officers should take time and pains t0 inform them- selves upon organization and marketing and national policy. And tbère should be a fali get-together, probably a dinner and dance where the younger directors would bp aldppu.Q' their views from the platform. They must Iearn f0 think and speak because if is upon their shoulders and in their interests that the Federation must continue. The "punch " necessary to these ends must be maintained despite Iack of help on farrns, and The Statesma<i is not only helping with farm work, freely and directly, but is behind the Federation 100%91. _V War or no war, industry, agriculture, lab-' or, and ail the kindmed ai-lied services and components which characterize our nation, will again this ycar, go on, parade in the wvorld 's greafest annual exposition, com- monly known as Toronto Pair. More flan that, theme will bie attractions from across scas that scldom before have borne exhibits to our shores. The tide of tmade and ficnd- ship bas turned southward to Latin America and we shail be glad and curious to sec the goods tiey propose to displaY at our Nation- al Exhibition. If is probable that tic Directors are busy with plans for displays that will typify the economie cohesion'of America and also con-. vey some idea of théiechangcd and ever -changing industrial production of Canada in fthc race and rush fo meet the needs of war. Ail this would convey juat what labor is doing and how wcll if is doing if. And, for most of us who are concerned with fun- damentals, there wiil be, we are told, the greatest agriculfurai displays in the history of thc fair. It is fitting and important that the C.N.E. sbould go on in wartime because there is no -more pactical, -educative, concept extaut than an exhibition of ifs magnitude. Ail classes of cifizens meet to sec for themscives just whaf Canada is really doing and to get a clear view of what Canada can do. Thaf is réal education. And f bey get a réal holi- day in doing so. In these days of stress, that too is important. The, Statesman will lie there and wc wish General Manager Eiwood Hughes and Board of Directora "flic big- gesf suecess yet. " An Editor Passes There were no great bcadines on ncws- print thliC oher day wien one of Canada's fincut editors passed f0 bis last long rcst. F. N. Leavens of Bolton, Ontario, for haîf a century one of the first citizens of bis community, editor of flic Bolton Enterprise, humanitarian, Canadian patriot and Chris- tian gentleman, finaliy laid down bis pcn and pasaed to slecp from which there is no awakening. And with him pnsscd, f00, part of flic vcry life of the town and district which lic had so long servcd. Those who knew Mr. Leavens wemc awarc of bis lifelong, intense and invigorafing sponsorship of plans and programmes de- signcd to make bis community a better place in which to live and work. Hie was typ- ical of tirne t ricd edif ors who. countcd serv- ice f0 fhcir -communities fimst and flic wel- farc of their own business second; whosc real fifle f0 higli citizcnabip sems nof really rccognized unt il flic grim reaper takes bis foll. No counitry editor dies midi in worldly goods; m.oat of tbcrn spend too mucli tirnc and encrgy in civic welfare f0 become ac- quisitive; ficir wealti, gencraliy, is eekon- cd in flic ichuess of buman service, and, with flua as a celestial criterion, we sbould say fiat Frank Leavens dicd idi indeed. With alliose wiom lic leff bchind, family, friends and acqunintances, flua editor mourna flic pnssing olf an bonourcd con- fcmpomary. War and Weeds Town Oouncil, Township Councils and County Council bave an obligation fo flic commuinifies and flic constifu ents fhcy arc supposed to represent, in flic matter of wced control. Lasf sesson was bad enough and this season promises f0 lic jvorse. Wccd in- specfors arc ciflier too lenient or bave nof sufficient autliorify. Privaf e propcrfy own- ers, in many cases, ignore warnings f0 flic detrirnenf of flic wholc neigliborh.ood. This bas been particularly truc in flic cases of absentee landiords. The saine condition oli- tains in winter wlien taxpayers refuse f0 rmrove snow from in front of premises. Now fiat war bas deplcfcd labor suppiy fo thc vaniahing point and solved flic proli- 1cmn of 1"'meliefees, " if la évident fiat cradica- tion, of wceds wiil require a new tecliniqiýe. The use of power maehinery wii bhave f0 lic considered.'1 Thc Ontario govermient lias mower-traetors fliat take care of main higli- manufacfured product, witliouf suiphur or preservatives, we ealled "dried apples" and they kept us going tbrough spring and suri- mer. That was part of the subsistence econ- omy of bygone days. And we ccrfainly had good apple pies and apple sauce. But as fthe world grew "modern" we fack- ed on dehydrafed" and "desiccated" and glued on preservafîves but most of us have seen no0 dried apples for years; we grew lazy and the factoties took on the job. And fiat- lunged parliamentarians wifh an overnight whceze from nickel cigars began dcbafing the rncrifs of applesauice when they should have been exploring ways and means of get- ting unsaleable apples info fhe camps and overseas for cnibattled Britons and Canadian soldiers who wouldn't give, a hoof îvhetlier apples were dried, drawn, quartered or des- iccafed, so long as thcy got a helthful change of diet. And that is the burden of this preacli- ment: Get out of fthc habit of looking for handouts froin the governmcnt for constal apple surpluscs which permit them to flood Ontario. Eat fresh apples af home if you want to, but dehydrate ail the remainder and get them into the menus and onto the tables of the millions who nccd them and want them. Brifain bas been asking for 2500 long tons of strawberis in our shortcst crop yeam. How they and our troopa over- seas get along on bread, 'bacon and cheae, monti after nionfh, is a mysfery. Bomb ex- plosions must have a laxative effeef. But fthc sensible thing to do is coxnpmess our whole apple crop and. ship it across for a balanccd dief. That ouglit to solve flic surplus propo- sition and stop the gabfest.2 v- t The Canadian National Exhibition ' ways and make a good job of if. Something could be vorked ouf iii wartimc, probably wifli fli varions councils colaborating wif i flic government. But propety owners sbould lic compclled to eut weeds and thus profect neiglibors. The season is licre for' action and wbefher bclp is scarce or nof, - some concemted plan can be worked out; ofherwise, when wnr is over this country wili beca mess and mass of weeds. Usuaily, governing bodies plead iack of authority and flua dodgc their obvions duty, but our contention is this: That in, cases of emergcncy wc abould suspend any constitution that stands in flic way* of civie wclfnrc and pullie improvement, and get things donc. And -one of fthc moat important things in 4ny civiiized, productive. coin- munity, is control and eadication of wccda., If is finic for action. _V idIe l-ands Wc shall stafe somcthing lieme tint almost evcryonec knows but wbicli a great many people bute f0 have mcntioned. If is fhil: We know that a war is on; tînt wc abal l c lienten to our knces unleas we use evei~y at ounce of cncrgy we can summon and train and put fo work or to bear arma. Wc know flint theme siouid lic no idie banda in this countmy; fliaffliere is vork of some kind to do duing cvery boum of dayiigbt. Wc know fiat money cannot win this war. Theme is only one way of, winning and fliat la f0 cm- ploy and kcep employed, al -flic employable banda wifhin tlic nation. In other womds, wc, cvery basf 'éitizen should WORK and kecp on working until war la finislied. And aIl of us know fiat there arc literai- ly thousanda in Canada today wlio are mere- ly dnwdiing and playing and moocbing and loafing, doing wishfui thinking fliat somc- timie, somebow, we can win. Look around you, in villages, fowns, citica, and sec tliemý ait witli folded bands and cmpty licada. Look af tic "socicty" pages and sec tliem tan- ning usels bides af Pointe au Pic, Murray Bay, Lucerne in Quclicc, at allic coves and baya designcd to sbeif cm nakedness and use- lesanesa. Tien f urn and look af flic under- manned farms and sce what goca on; and look int o flic weat and grime qf factories.- Tien fnkc a mirmor and look at yourscif and just measume youm stature as a citizen and pafriof .. . and lie ashamed. We lielieve fiat tiere shouid lie compul- sion in this country and that wc aliould bave if now. There can lic no "lail ouf" effort ini a policy thafsanys "please" as prelude f0 national effort. Such as "'picase suliscrilie fo flic ban," "please join flic army liecause you are urgcntly necded," "1please save gas and caf lesa pork " . .. and "please go ont on iolidays and help on flic fari. " Ail this business is pussyfoofing and everyone knows if. And if you, as you rend flua, do nof yet realhir i, tien just look about you day liy day; yea, even take a look at yoursclf and tien get ouf and get busy af something for there isan war on and this ediforialist las been pracfiaing wbaf lic preaclies since 1939. _V Liquor Barons Wleld Mlore Influence Than Çhurches An editorial in tie current issue of The Ujnitecd Churci Observer enlia attention f0 the facf thaftich Dominion GovernmeInt sougit flic support of flic Churclies in con- nection wifi tic ecent war boan canipaign, but whcn tic major denominiationa wcnt f0 flic governmcnt. last July and asked tint restrictions lie placcd on flic sale of alcoliolie bevemages during wa-fime, "lich govcmnmenf cosuplcfely iRnored flic reqileat of flic cliuclic." Tic edifomiai continues: "The govermient neéds moncy witl w;iicb fo carry on ifs war effort and yet takes no stepa fo reduce fie $200,000,000 whicli will fiais year lie apent in Canada on intoxicafing liquor. Heavy taxes arc imposed on luxuries and on many necessities, but in flic lateat budget no addifional faxqo werc imposed on spirifs, and only fen centb extran on a.dozen bottîca of beer. if flic go'terliment is sincere in ifs dcmand for an al dut war effort, if if means wbaf if says wien it plcads for nat- ional econorny and efficiency, if lias yet f0 demonstmate t] ligions Peopli tlic Ciurcli's liquor taffic.' Pire Frnm time t1- fýom Ottawa, tail and formidable looking bookiets called "Presp Censorýhi'p Dirct- ives."' These tecll us wbat may or ratier what may not lic publisbcd in fiese fimes wlrcn war ragea overseas. And wc bave mens- on fo know fiat tliey foliow up and dcck up sbould any paper a'bscnf-mindediy for- gef these "directives." But cuiousiy en- ougli wc find fiat things wc arc told that we cannof aay, are said by Ministers and M.P. 'a, and sent ouf by Press Associations to lie printcd in daily papers. It is ail a mat- ter of "suffusion" of thlougbt ... witi more lian a suspicion of fie political angle. The Statesmânia been aceuscd from fime to turne of being foo crifical of Govern- ment. Tice. compiainanfa, of course, arc al- ways fiose wifli an ingrowmng partisan com- plex, and whnt tliey say gets short ahniff and smaliliceed fliese busy days. Our con- cern bas been fo kecp wifbin fie Demoerat- ic concept; f0 crificise witli vigor, and f0 pQint ciflier an alternative or explore fields of action tînt bave been, appamently, outaide of govermient tliinkini. Adoption of wliat we bave long since advocafed is nllich proof wc wisb tint our stand lias licen one of "constructive criticism." Now flicre comes from tflicCenaorsliip Bureau, liy wny of elucidation, n fwclve page bookiet from whieh wc quote as follows: "An agitation fo criticize flic government, to repince the governmcnf, even fo amend flic constitution, is a legitimaf e, democmatie aef; we welcomc tic crificism of ail those anxious to win flic wn," and, "Criticisin wbicb expresses incompefeney or corruption and whici resuifs in the. substitution of atrong men for wenk or of good poiicies for bad, ia of course a vainable contribution toward flic afmengfli of the stafe and the af- faininent of vicfory." "We confesa fliaf ail of our editorials are conccived and expressed strictly wifbin fie limita of our vcry omdinary way of tbinking, and if is a plensure fo find thaf, no*, mucli lafer, whnf flic censora say, seema to fit our case pmeccsely. So let fie critica camp! _V Labor Pay lllgher Than Physiclans Thc J ournal of fie American Medical As- sociation says, "TicIliglicaf rate of pay given appenra to lic fiat for a liricklayer vibo la a skilced forcinan. Hec receivès $1.79 an boum. Nexlý cornes an imon and steel work- cm, wbo gets $1.65 an bour and affer fliat an ordinary liicklnyer who gefs $1.62 per hour. There are st il some otier occupations w.iici arc more remunerafive flan tînt of rtfhe pliysician sucli as marhle setter and polialier at $1.60 an lour and piasterer at $1.55 an hour. In flic ncxf group corne fhe doctors. Amongaf f lose wlio are ailowed *1.51 an lioir are tic nir-compreasor operafor, flic power-sbovcl operator, flic pump and moller operator, fie dredge-operator, flic ardhifeef, fie atatistician, fie lawyer and flic phys- ician. Ail of flic foregoing reminda us of a fricnd, who workcd in New York during thc susamer season as a carpenter fo gain sufficient money f0 allow hi fa attend medical achool in aufurnn and win cm. lie was fia grent campenter but lie drcw $11.00 a day ah flirosigi tic season. Finaily lie was graduated, apent a ycnr in Belîvue as in- terne and f len put Up bis shingle. Hec was linrely able to live on lis incarne during flic firat year, so le wenf liack to campent ering unfil lie lad savcd1 enougli roney to enable liii fo carry on unt il pmactice iîproved. Under present circumsfances if takes six years of college and from tflre fo 5 ycars more of popt-graduafe afudy liefore a young man or woman fechs sufficiently qualified to begin flic practice of medidine. Thon b. or aIe lias fo find a pmactice. Why nof be a liricklayer foreman? U. S. ON SPOT 'This particular contingency may neyer arise, for the Nazi armies rnay neyer get f0 Moscow. My guess la that anything fIat Japan las prorniaed f0 do is contingent on the arrivai of flic Nazi armies at flic Red capital. The Japanese lave flot ahown mudli wisdom in flic pasf five yeara. Yef fhcy can hardly lie sa stupid as ta forgef Mussolini'a experience of at aufumn. Hitler lef t lis junior partner ouf on flic end of a linib by fniling ta do wliat le lad dcfinitcly promised to do - in- vade Engiand whie Itnly sfruck af Egypt.1 But if Japan doca strike af Asinfic Russin Uic nexf move la squarely up to Uncle Sam. Al. thàt wc af flic Brit ihEmpire can do is ta suppomf whaf la under- faken by our neigîbaur. TIc ai- lied fleets, plus flic Chinese arîy, plus Uic Russian f ar enstemn forc- es, miglif wcll inflief on Japan, within a matter of weeks, a de- Maps, kcy fo aIl milifary situa- tions, con uow lie sent over tele- phone wircs frai general iead- quartera f0 divisional ieadquarf-. ers during active warfare. Tic resulfa of fie lafeaf nerial sur- vey of enemy Positions eau lic mtde available ta fie fighfing forceswlfhln n few minutes affer fhe map-maker lias complefed is drawlng! This miracle le accoin- pllsied by felephoto. Developed as a resuît of re- search ln Bell Telepliano Labora- tories, fhe art of sendlng piefures, chant and dia gms by wlre bas been n general commercial aue for soverni years. Many of fie pic- turcs of fan-off evoutas een in Your newspapcr have reacied you so quickly beenuse of telepiofo. Now, fils amnsing devolopment is rend y o take It s place lu tic baf- fle Ye! Tic essential element iu tels- Photo la fie "eleef ric eye"l or pliofo-clecfnlc cell. A picture or map whici la ta lie fransmlffed la mouufed an a roller in fie send- lug apparatus. As fie roller ne- valves at 100 fîmes a minute, a tiligit one-huudredfh of an cisquare moyen aven the pic- ture. maan d ligif arças in fie piofograpli are trasaated bgya pbto-eleefnlc eyc lufacieltcal impulses flashlng aven the wlres of fie telsphone aystem et fie ratecofl00,00()lmpulses n minute. At tie nccelvlng station, fie In p Iss are tunned back Int o lit, cxposlng a negafive mount. ed on anothen roelir, furnlng at NOT PEACE - SUICIDE A Hitler pence - however "gen. erous" on papcr wouid lie just another naine for~ postponed an- nihilation of Bnitain. If is no doulit truc that Hitler would say: You keep whnt you have, go your own wny in pence, but let me set up my New. Order in flic countries I contrai. Thnt la jusf another way of snying: Cali off your blockade whicl la atmnngling me, and kecp your bombers home. I wiil pro- mise you nnything I have fa pro- mise ta get you fa, do thaf. TIen I will undermilie you af home with a whole legion of Nazi agents who arc now unable ta show their colofa. And if fIat won't work I cýn stage on Brifain a super-surprise blitzkricg, wlien thcy are al aaying pence, pence, whidh wiil make me master of Britain as well as flic reat of Uic aid world. exaefly tic mame speod as fie one on fie sendiu machine. A pic- turc eiht luches by ton Iches taies eiglit minutes fo nun. Thc negafive ls develôpcd lu leas tiai hal an hour, o that in about 40 minutes a complete reproduction Of fie original plefure has becu recelved, periaps tho quds of miles awaY froai ties alng ma- chine. Moreover,fithIe au b. sent te sevenal reeelving *nchinos at Once. Tic Associa Press than 30 sations ju * United States and Canada, an noces- sary, a pCture eau eoit ta evcrY anc of them at tiq 58111 fiine. Few People are -awane tb.t Portable fêlopiote soendlug appa- natus eau operate from auy tale- phone. ITcpiotograpier mercI>" places an andlnan long distance calf ticthenumber wiero fie ne- celvîng equlpinent lu located. Wien fie conneeflon bas licou es- fnliluid, flic Portable sendlng machine la adjusted fo the mo~ pico cff te telephone frauU1 t- fer, and fhe »lcf une la on fs wayl By meanus Oftfis portable equlp- ment, pictures faken ln the inidsf Of storrnansd flood have licen franamitteçi almost frara the spot where they wcre fakon. Thus, tu fimeocf pence, flic foe p iota sYstera lias pnoved lIfS alillîty te operate unden thceuiost rigru conditions, It la ready fo"meet fihe rmout exaeflug ne- quiremeufs oncauntered in utirasof war. $de- .1PCW.d , Ail readers betwccn the ages of is rcquired, for it la conscription: 19 and 45 and particularly from (first paragraph) "Ihas now made 21 to 24, who are subjcct to mil hlable for military training for tar duyshould read the- gov- the, defençe of Canada," etc., yet tary utythere is no statement as f0 crnment advertisemcnt «'Import- WHERE you are to dcfend Cîin- ant Notice" in this issue on page ada. It is the duty of ail citizens 4. And having read it once, just to read, understand, and obey this rcad it again f0 be certain of what proclamation. [ The. March of Science 1TLEPHOTO TRANSMIT MILIT.fY MPS tý M Il A0 Çeet. By, CaVt. Elmore PhilPott BATTLE COLOSSAL lral mountailis tels its Wf As w lis en t the. tory. It la at leat possible that As e*lste tatheradio gsvmg Hitler's armies should push their the statlstics of the latest heat way f0 Moscow as Napoleoii's also wave, yesterday's basebail score, did. But wc would be extrernelY and sa forth, it is hard for us to foollsh to assume that in that case realize that the news covers the history would repeat itself. The greatest battle in ail the history total disaster which bef cil Na- of the world. poleon was due to his inability to The battle for Russia, at the maintain communîcatons with end of its fourth wcck, is not only countries furfher west. The Nazis titanic because millions more men would face no such difficulty. are engaged in it than have ever 1 arn not taking for granted before been continuously engag- that the Nazis are going to win. ed. In another sense it la a real In a matter of days, even of hours, battle of giants. Win, loselor -draw the Soviet armies rnxght win as if will have profound consequen- great a victory as has ever been ces for ail hurnan beings. won in war. This could be a com- What writers caU Uthc irony of plete victory, by actually revers- fate is a Meature of ail history. ing the tide of battie on fthc whole But there neyer was in historY front. Or it could lie something anything more irônical than the almost as effective fromr our point fact that western democracy, fthc of view - the bringing to a dead home of the capitale system Of haît of the Nazis. econornies, watches' with real But what I arn tryiiig ta do la anxiety the batfle in the land of f0 .show that the victory, which the Soviet.th Nai- biul hoet For if the thick Red lme finallyathevNazis'oiously herope to. does coilapse, as the Nazi press woaceehn a mattrofd sta- agents are shrîcking to alhtin woldcate a n c w orsta- world .that if la on the verge of mtion e whichwoud eqc eactifornh doinig, western dernocracy wil lbe onthrofte d netcactsion- in peril unlike that ever faced ldn the arnofte dnSocaes In- before in our tim'e or any other cuigteUic tts n trne. deed, it would be more correct to say parficularly tic United States. VAN REDS HOLD? For if tic Russian armies losc Moscow but meanwhile escape The Russian armies have Put up destruction what happens in the a magnificent fight in the past Pacific Ocean may well decide the four weeks. It la, beyond ail domi- fate of this generation. parison, -the most effective resis- A Russia with an open gateway tance f0afthc Nazi armies in fli a t the outsîde world miglit main- whole war (in its land phases). tain and even increase an arrny 1Yet thc fact that government so formidable that by n.ext spring agencica in Moscow are setting up it would be strong enougli to sailY alternate hcadquarfers near the forth frorn behind its Ural moun- tain position to turn the tables on sat 0 te dcen, parioiere- the Nazis. But a Russia withouf in t the cnt byacfing , re sucli a gateway would be a sort ý inthiscounry y acing pon of prisoner within its own wilder- suggestion for restricting the ness. >2 Ail of which suggests f0 me that vwhaf Japan does in the near fu- flua war - because wc will then ess Censorship lie forced to make up our w minds about what wc are going b time thre omPe 1ta ur 1esk ta do. THURSDAY. -JMJY 24TH, 1941 feat so decisive as to restore cr plete peace ln the Pacifice CII I have always believed that such a stable pçace ia the neces. sary first step toward the endin of the world gangster threat. And if Japan demanda war therAfi, but one way to deal with her.' PECACE SHADOWS Hitler. pursues his objectives with a persisterice that' is alîmost uncanny. We should have learn. ed by thia time flot to Under. estimate either Hitler the soldier and even More, Hitler the trick. ster. President Roospvelt, and !nan lesser figures,. have rece~L warned the world about Hit7 comning peace offensive. It isn4o clear that &Ul the reent flanoeu. vres, such as the Hess expedition were either deliberate parts or by-products of Hitler's invasion of Russia. Tis, according to numerous authorities, was to be follow*d if succesaful bY an ail. out bid for llpeace"l with Britain. One might well aak what Hitler hopes to gain by 'makmng a move which is dooined lni advance to failure. Over and over again Churchill and Eden and Atlee and Bevin have told the worîd that they will ot even Parley, let alone make peace lVith Hitler or any of his gang. But let us neyer forget that Hitler invariablY uses two wea- pons in his war of nerves- de. ception and confusion. A peace offer might further several of Hitier's purposes:, It would convmoce many of the war weary Germans that their feuhrer reaily was a humanitar. ian, and that those responsible for the bombings and the bloodshed, were leaders like Churchil and Roosevelt. It would deceive some of the fools, in ail the democracies in. -cluding Canada. It.would supply the knaves - those who are secretly or operîly working for the Nazis in the U.S. and elsewhere with another wea- pon with which to injure the de- mocratie and particularly the Bri- tish cause. J For months Lindbergh, Wheel- er, Nye and others hâve been par- roting that rnost sinister of lies "after ail England and flot Ger- many started the war." A "gen- erous" peace off er would be new grist to their miil, which is now running out of-raw material.