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3 5H | 2 3 5 Wh SAMUEL FARMER. Editer and Publisher. EDITORIAL "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at home. "offices they are seeking. Li ING AHEAD CONSTRUCTIVELY Next January there is to be a conference at Ottawa on Dominion-Provincial relations, and the newspapers of Canada can do a fine piece of work between now and then by publishing points of agreement, rather than accentuating points of disagreement. If Provincial representatives go to the conference for the prime purpose of fighting for provincial rights, then the conference will be doomed to failure from the outset. If on the other hand obvious measures for the betterment of Dominion-Provincial relations can be adopted, Every voter should recognize the fact that as a citizen he owes a duty to his country. The coun- try owes him nothing if he- does not become a constructive part in the social structure, The fact is that the average voter pays nothing and makes no sacrifice at election time, He is willing that the candidate (and hopeful persons with an axe to grind) may spend thousands of dollars to win the election; and if the successful candidate makes a misstep in trying to re-imburse himself, then we join in the condemnation. "The greatest task before our péople is the de- other matters of uncertain quality can be left to further consideration, after the principles of re- adjustment for national betterment-have been put into working order. A LITTLE JOURNEY IN SOCIALISM "Socialism is a belief that the principal means of production and distribution should be owned and operated by Governmental authority for public use rather than for private profit + ~NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA Lion Haw-Haw wrote an interesting and slight- ly exaggerated word picture of the evils that creep into state ownersrip of public utilities. Un- fortunately what he said was true. And yet-- : : Government ownership will likely increase rather than diminish. The problem does not lie in state control; but in human character. Two great evils have been eating the heart out of our political body: 1. The claim that "to the victor belong the spoils.'t' 2. Partyism for the sake of the Party only. The claim tothe "spoils" is a fundamental weakness in the political life of our people. It attracts the less desirable citizens into the role of camp followers. It is the bane of the ful office holder who must constantly pro- vide jobs or contracts or timber limits and the like for his friends and suporters. The system is all wrong, We all admit it--if the?opposite party to our own is committing the sin of "spoils" hunting; but we do nothing about it. he system that attracts undersirables also d ta good: citizens--and unfortunately many refuse to 'have anything to do -with 'the matter. The natural result is that the vicious circle grows. Based upon this "spoils" system is extreme partyism. Elections become something of a horse race with prizes to the winners. The election ides would not be so bad if the candidates all had fitness for the work of the ing the electors, and promisirig the best of every- thing to supporters, do not fit a man for the very serious task of governing a country. In point of fact they unfit him as a.rule. - Let no one suppose that there do not exist hon- 'est, industrious, intelligent' men in Parliament. There are many of them hickily for our country. "But the fact remains that the "spoils" systgm- isa tremendous handicap to free and' untrammeled service. Reform should start with much more stringent requirements as to qualifications of candidates for Government office. National and world affairs 'are: daily becoming more complicated; and the 16yal party man who knows nothing but that he must vote as he is told, may _do much toward bringing disaster to his country. There should be definite training for members of Parliament. Why should a school teacher require a certificate, and a member of patliament pass no examina- tion? velop t of true citizenship, for if we do not 'learn to act decently and control our own lives -in harmony with the general welfare; then other forces will arise and take over the control, telling us very definitely what we may or may not do. World tendencies point to a furtherance of Government control. The problem is to have citizens capable of handling these larger tasks honorably and intelligently. We cannot stem the rising tide; but we 'can study its movement and use it to promote greater happiness in human life, ' 3 * * . UNION NOW' Clarence K. Streit has written a daring book entitled--*"Union Now", in which the author main- tains that the only thing that can save the world from war is a union of not less than fifteen or more than twenty of the leading democracies Looking at a map of the world depicting this proposal we sec Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, the Netherlands, most of Afvica, India, New Zealand and Australia, would be in that union, The world problem of to-day is to keep peace and freedom, to keep them securely and without the nightmare of war. Mr, Streit proposes: 1." A union citizenship; 2 A union defense force; 3. A union customs-free © economy; 4. A union money; 5. A. union postal Kissing the baby, nam- ~~ 4 and communication system. Such a union would provide a defensive power having control of half the world area; doing two- thirds of the world's trade; and having more than fifty per cent. of every essential material, teo- gether with practically all the world's gold and banked wealth. 3 Mr. Streit's claim is: "Once established, the Union's superiority in power would be constant]y increasing simply through the admission to it of outside nations, The problem arising from this proposal is aptly expressed in the old adage--""You can lead a horse to water; but you can't make him drink"..----- And yet-- The American States have existed as a pros- perous. and peaceful union. Canada and the United States though not federated, are one in ideals, and have lived in peace these hundred and twenty-five years. Last, but not least, Britain - offered to France just such a union, and British statesmen considered the arrangement practical. The core bf democracy's problem according to Mr. Streit is their refusal to renounce enough of their national sovereignty to let effective world law and order be set up. The state is being pre- served for its own sake rather than fo rthé safety, happiness, and freedom of its people. Personal freedom and freedom of trade ought ~ to be the main ideals of democracy. Union of all democracies as to major objectives would give a power more wonderful than any dreamed of by an Alexander or Napoleon. Can that union be accomplished ? COME ono o ne Foo the Munitions, Sweep the Mines, « Ra ra ee tsa see ste te of St AAAS AAAI AAPA of this RAAT aA AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM SCOTLAND The following letter was received by Mr, C. V. Purdy, of Oshawa: Ravenswood, Whitecraigs, Renfrewshite, Scotland October 29th, 1940 Dear Cecil: I was delighted to get your welcome letter of July 80th, and I intended re- plying long before this, but as always I have had much to do and very little time for letter writing. It is good to hear from you, and believe me, we 'value our Canadian friends more than ever these days, and to know just how well you fellows in Canada are back- ing us up is indeed encouraging to us. We do realize how much is being done for us by the Dominionss, ind we know that you Canadians are putting your backs into the job along side of Britain, and between us we are win. ning the war. Since you wrote the aerial war over England 'has started in earnest, and they have had heavy and continuous .raiding now for gome'six weeks, but the Germans have won nothing and, in fact, have lost far, far more than they have. gained, because while they may have done a fair amount of dam- age to civilian property and hospitals, schools, and public houses the amount of military damage has been very slight, and the people ard united even more strongly than ever before in the will to stick it out and to get os the job of work. The raids have done nothing to break the spirit of the Londoner, and the people of the Mid- lands, rather have they intensified the grim determination that come what may we will not be broken or put off from "Going to it." Relatively speak- ing the loss of life has been very small and 'while it is a serious and sad busi- ness for those who have lost friends or relatives the nation can count itself very fortunate that the anticipated losses hae been very wide of the mark. Here in Scotland we have escaped the big stuff so far and we have only had "nuisance" raids of two or three planes at a time and they have done very little damage. Last week we had raids throughout four Ushts, and one becomes used to = : i waking up t6hthe sound of the A.A. and the drone of the planes, and some- times the wail of the siren. "The lat- ter does not always sound as it is not always considered necessary to set the whole city on the jump for one plan and so sometimes we have very funny results as on occasion bombs have fall- en followed by the warning. 'Bat those responsible have a very difficult job, and we on the Observer Corps do our full share in giving full and ac- curate information and we cannot but wonder why it is not always useful but we only see. one side of the pic- ture. I have given you all this news about our air warfare only to show you" just how little account we take of it, een to the extent of not troub- ling to get up out of bed when the siren goes to go to the shelter, as with the small raids the chance of being hit is 80 small that the risk of pneumonia ete., or lack of sleep is much more of a worry. When things get really serious it may be different, but mean- time we stay put. "1 understand that the news that reaches the States and possibly Can- ada also is sometimes rather exag- gerated, and that the report of con- ditions are by no means accurate as they enlarge on the damage, ete. | can only assure you and ask you: to pass on as much as you can that life here in Britain has not been disor- ganized or stopped; and that on the whole we carry on pretty well as be- fore.. Certainly in London and the South the constant raiding has changed conditions a good deal, and made it necessary for some people to evacuate their homes and some live in their offices to save travelling, but business still goes on and we want.for very little. In the North we have no cause to grumble at anything, we have plenty of food, even the things that are rationed are sufficient for all one requires, and the morale of the people is excellent, no lack of faith in-our eventual victory come what may. For a time, especially just after the fall of France, things were indeed serious and the outlook was very grim, but ft takes such a crisis to-put old Britain on her mettle and we got down to things in real earnest and have, 1 think, made the world realize that we have got it in us to fight the battle of the world for the world. Business for me is difficult, and very uncertain. We have lost so many of our good export markets, and the government have restricted the sale of "cotton goods in the home trade to 37% of our last years total, which was the worst"year for a very long time, and now with the new Purchase Tax com- ing into operation it makes sales even more few and far between. Thanks, however, to the tremendous demand for four months for Anti-Splinter net for sticking to windows to prevent damage from blast, we have been able to keep going, and hope to have some- thing turn up to keep us employed. It is worrying, but I find my job in the R.AJF. a good antidote, even though the hours are long and I have little or no- leisure, « Helen is busy with the Red Cross work and also is working in the Over- seas Club and comes into contact with quite a few Canadians, much to her delight. If you know of any fellow coming over here do give them our addréss, as we would be glad to do what we could for any of the Cana- dian péople who have been so very good to us. We do hope you and Mts. Purdy & are well, I was sorry to learn you have had trouble with your leg, but I hope that is now a thing of the past, and that you are as fit as ever. We send you our warmest regards and we look forward to hearing from you again soon, and assure you of our apprecia- tion of the friendship that comes to us from across the Atlantic, NNN 'THEN--- LET US to THE TASK To the BATTLE and the TOIL Each to Our Part, Each to Our Station. Fill thé Armies, Rule the Air, Pour out Strangle the U-Boats, Build the Ships, Guard the Streets, Succour the Wounded, the Downcast, Honour the Brave. Let us go forward together in all parts of the Empire, in all parts There is not a week, nor a day, nor an hour to be lost. Poster written by Winston Churchill; and issued by the British Government. PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONT. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28th, 1940 Plough the Land, Uplift Island. R | : i i PARAS EN EST AOSAH the radio from London by the U.S. newspaper man Ingersoll of life in that city. I hope you have heard a similar talk as it gives a very good idea of what it is like. Perhaps you hear J. B. Priestley on your radio sometimes. He is very good and is popular over here. We listen quite a lot to some of the American stations and enjoy the programs, especially the ball games. Checrio and all the best. "Yours aye, Bill The Greatest Enemy of Man Joseph Denny Fear i is he greatest enemy of man- kind. IFor that reason nations are compelled to maintain huge navies, large armies and modern aeroplanes. Because of fear men insure their pro- perty and lives and cities are forced to keep a well equipped police force, Fear is the foundation for the pre- dicament in which the world finds her- self thday. After the Great War 1913 the Huns began to search out why their conquest of the world was not theirs. They discovered that once fear strikes into the heart of a people at war then before long that fear is com- municated to the men at the front and once their morale 1s cracked then well organized and the best equipped armies begin to waver and the end is soon in sight. Realizing their weakness the Ger- mans began to look for ways and means of overcoming their foes by every treacherous device conceivable. They asked for a few police to main- tain order; for a small number of ships to protect their commerce, to borrow money from anyone who had it and would lend that they might in- dustrialize their country once more, and pay off their honest debts. All this appeared legitimate and very But instead of doing these things, filled with passionate hatred of their erstwhile foes, they forgot to pay their debts, began to utilize their police to build up a most efficient army and use borrowed money for the sole purpose of making war equipment. The young people of the land, espec- ially since 1918, have been taught to hate Britain with a furious hatred and wait patiently for the day of a re- venge. In the meantime the Hun be- gan to introduce Fifth Column tactics into every nation under the sun. When the war broke out they began to use the psychology of fear on all the neighbouring states. That suc- ceeded famously in every nation but one upon which they employed it and We have just listened to a talk on that one nation was Britain, commendable, if they had done this.} Watch $1.50 per year in advance, 5 cents a single copy your label; it tells when your i subscription expires BL I J Assisting the British Royal Air Force in safeguarding convoys are the men of the Dutch Royal Air Force. Not only are the aircraft flown by Dutch pilots. but the serviceing is done by Dutch personnel. The Hun thought his Fifth Column wacties, his magnineent aeroplanes and nis noisy fearsome attacks which had made the rest of his neighbours an casy conquest would work the suyie navoe in Britain, But he fgile understand the psychology of Bud that is where he made his mis pritain has lived with herself for the past one thousand yemrs and even she 1s beyond her own comprehension, and it Britons who have lived with them- selves s oloni fail to understand them- selves so long fail to understand them- has failed? We owe much to our engineers and scientists, in fact because of them an immense power has been developed in our hands. But in that development, sad to say, our intellectual, moral and spiritual sides of our nature had not made the progress that they should, in fact in-many cases has been woe- fully neglected. Men act today as Af there were no God, they worshsip, forget their indebtedness to Him, and fail to do their honest duty. As to the intellectual, where ever among our most brilliant scholars will we find a Socrates, Plato, Pericles or an Avistotle? or any one who can compared with them, such as the early Greeks possessed ? refuse His Consider the condition in which the world finds herself. Enormous power in her hands and growing mightier every day on the one side, and intel- lectual, moral and spiritual forces gradually "growing weaker, no won- der there is chaos. In the hands of good men mighty power is a good thing, but in the hands of children, men who have been trained in hell or in the hands of people of weak minds and strong bodies, it has became a terrible menace. Hitler has a strong but warped mind. He has learned to keep his body in subjection to his spirit and because of that "you must give the devil his due", but he is absolutely abnormal, he fears not God neither re- gards man and he is determined to ride roughshnd with his fiery cohorts until the world is enslaved and under his control; and to meet that terrible scourge Britain and all free nations must not sheathe the sword until Hitler and his army are completely subdued, or Britain and her friends will go down to darknes and to death. Because that terrible godléss host is let loose today in a hundred citicd are Rachels weeping for their children refusing to be comforted, hecause they where are filled with fear because of what has happened in Poland, Norway; Sweden, France, London, Coventry and Birmingham can happen in To- ronto, Montreal, Canada, and New rested in his mad career. There is one fear and one fear only "| that can protect us and that is the fear of the Lord which is the Begin- ning of Wisdom and if you have that fear, you need be afraid of nothing else that man can do to you. ~o@ or Bombing of Birmingham and Bristol has been severe. Royal Air Force pilots have retaliated by bombing Berlin. 294 persons ar reported as missing after the sinking of the Jewish refugee ship, the Patria. of non-assistance-to Britain's enemies, Germany is reported to have no intention of aiding Italians in battles with the Greeks, AbtenseeDiuntl and deso- lation mark roads on which [talians are fleeing. priations for non-military works sharply cut as Gov- ernment concentrates spend- ing on defense. Japan is demanding naval and air bases in French Indo-China. Tribal Albanian chiefs rise to aid in defeating Italian troops. Douglas C. Abbott, M.P., of Montreal, is advocating enforced savings as a war measure. "Our war effort should not be described as a maximum effort so long as we take it are not. No wonder humans every- . easy on the civilian side," Fall in at the Armouries 1 VOLUNTEER CIVIL GUARD at 7:30 p.m,--Thursday J. E. JACKSON 0. C. Port Perry, Reach and Scugon Cominand. SATURDAY, RUMMAGE SALE. has many milgs of service that some is true of almost every article that is their work. Shetlan, S. Farmer. | Money in the cellar, purchage a new motor car you do not drive the old car to the dump. NOVEMBER 30th, in Observer Block Cash in the attic. When you Tt still other person can make use of. This replaced but usually the discard is put away in a corner to rust out} The Lions Club ask you to RUMMAGE around and find articles that are of no value to you but which will be useful to others and to give these to the Lions. store and sell these articles for what they can get and use the money in Will you find something and notify one of the Committee or officer of the Club and a collector will call. They will hold a bazaar in a vacant The committee are: Jas, Kerr, Wm, Chapman, E, G, Michell, E. R. Mec- a a. AR = as York unless that fiendish Hitler is ar- Bulgaria has given pledge yr CVn 3 wt a Sa SERA Washington= All appro