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PAGE FOUN ~ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1940 The Osnawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) independent newspaper published every week- a EO except Saturday at Oshawa, Cane ada, by he Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, Limited. Chas. M. Mundy, Pres; A. R. Alloway. Managug Director The Oshawa Dally Times is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Assuciativn the One tariv Provincial Daihes and the Audit Bureau ot Circulations. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs 10 cents per week: $260 tor six months, or $520 per vear it paid 'n advance. mui) anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa c.rrier delivery limits) $125 for three months, $2.26 fur six months, or $3.00 per vear-it paid in advance. By mal to US. subscribers, $6.00 per year. payable strictly in advance. Av MONDAY, JULY 22, 1940 Page the Attorney-General In St. Thomas this week, a magistrate ruled that going to sleep at the wheel of a motor car is not dangerous driving under the Cr'minal Code, and so dismissed 2a man charged with that action: It appears that the accuscd admitted that he went to sleep, with the result that a mishap cccurred, causing injury to a passenger. - As The London Free Press reported, the case "aroused considerable interest." It ought to arouse more than that! As to whether or not driving while asleep is an offense "under the Criminal Code," the magistrate probably knows more than a layman. But that it is an offense under the law of common sense needs no involved juridical jargon to prove. While compari- sons may be cdious, one would think that driving while drunk would be a shade safer for all concerned than driving while asleep. Better, under such circumstances, be in the arms of Bacchus than in the arms of Mor- pheus, for if a ¢¢ inken man sees double, a somnolent man sees not at. all. On such occasions, one is forced to the conclusion reached by Dickens as to the law's resemblance to that well-known, long- eared quadruped of the horse family. One also recalls the words of Charles Macklin (who died in 1797) : "The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science . . . and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it." -- The Brantford Expositor. Registration A National Emergency National registration, which is to be put into effect in Canada about August 19, is a logical and necessary step in the prosecu- tion of a war against the kind of an enemy employing "total war" methods. Under ordinary circumstances there would be widespread protest against such a regimen- tation of the people, but when our freedom and the democracy of our nation is threat- ened there is a willingness to give up some of our individual freeZom that victory may be attained. The lists, which will contain the names of every man and woman over the age of +16, will be returned to Ottawa and will be the basis of selection for compulsory mili- tary training in the home defence forces as well as for other purposes within the authority of the National War Services Department. Penalties are provided for failure to register and for giving false in- formation and it will be obligatory to cafry registration cards at all times, failure for which also brings penalties. It will be realized that this registration card is the citizen's warranty of his or her citizenship and follows closely the European police system. The war brings many changes in our accustomed way of living and may bring many more, including personal sacrifices and the giving up of a few personal liber- ties. But these may all be essential for the attainment of victory, and national registration is akin to national conscription of man and woman power and necessary as a national emergency. Subversives Were Busy The announcement from Ottawa that the twenty-four organizations declared illegal under the Defence of Canada Regulations had 2 membership of 80,700, should arouse the people of Canada that fifth column gc- tivities were intended in this country just as they were in those European countries where they aided Hitler to gain control. It could very well be that many of the mem- b-rs had no subyersive intentions in join- in; these clubs and societies. But recent reports from Ottawa prove conclusively thot the ringleaders had ulterior motives ~"ich were not in the interest of Canada. In a story released by the Director of Public Informetion it is revealed that both the German and Italian consulates. in Can- ada assisted in the dissemination of Fascist and Nazi literature and propaganda. It also reveals that Dr. H. Seelheim, German Con- sul-General at Winnipeg and his successor William Rodde, contributed to support of a German-language paper known as the Deu- tsche Zeitung, the purpose of which was to fan the Nazi spirit among the German born and people of German descent in Canada. There seems little doubt but that the pur- pose of these pre-war operations on the part of Nazi agents was to establish sec- ret party organization which was to be the Nazi fifth column in this Dominion. Many of the leaders have been interned but there is still need to keep a close watch on the majority of the members who are running around. Under the circumstances the or- ganization of volunteer civil guards and the further call for men for home defence would seem to be justified. Examples of the operations of the fifth columnists in European and Scandinavian countries should be ample proof that there are no depths to which Nazi depravity will stoop and Canada should profit from those ex- "riences. Rombers Gave Hitler the Right Answer Hitler's declared reluctance to destroy a world empire is just about as sincere as his reluctance to detroy Poland and the other countries which have come under his domination. And his "appeal to reason" has a wider implication than just a peace over- ture to Britain. His cupidity and duplicity of thought and speech need fool no one except his own people for as far as Britons are concerned Hitler was given his opportunity at Munich and might then have taken adveartage of a peace which he now professes is desirable. > "There will be no more parleys," Win- ston Churchill declares and in this state- ment Britons everywhere agree. The Em- pire is engaged in a war against Hitlerism because they now Tecognize, in the light of what has happened in Holland, Belgium, France, Norway and Poland, Naziism must be destroyed, no matter how long it takes or what the cost. Hitler's avowed intention of occupying England in July has been postponed. He now has set a date in August. In the mean- time R.A.F. bombers have been carrying the fight to Germany and, according to the admission of Germans who have talked in Turkey, German workers in the factory areas are jittery and morale is being broken. Nazi planes have roared over the British Isles in successive waves, dropping tons of bombs, but instead of breaking the British morale, it has but szrved to strengthen their determination to resist the invader, and also to carry the fight to Germany in increasing intensity. It may possibly be that Hitler's speech last Friday was intended as much for the ears of his own people as for Britain and the rest of the world, and was but an answer to the German people as to why they should continue the war. Britain gave Hitler his answer by: send- ing over bombing planes, all of which are reported to have done considerable damage. And British people throughout the Empire agree that Churchill gave Hitler the right answer. | Editorial Notes a "> One of the city's cafe owners, Mike Alex, has set a patriotic example that other naturalized citizens might follow. He is donating ten dollars a month to the Gov- ernment for the duration of the war. It didn't take much imagination on the part of Oshawa people to interpret the pic- ture on the front page of The Times last Friday. The rows of sedans and mechaniz- ed units have a very familiar appearance. : A Bit of Verse I ws vy WHY FEAR (By Dorothy Dumbrille) Hold fast to this: Old England cannot fall. We must not fear, though left to fight alone. Her sons and grandsons rally to her side; The little sea-girt isiand holds its own. In Compeigne, he who waded in the blood Of thousands, licks his lips; but who is he? Starvation, chaos follow in his wake, And dying children shriek in agony. God's hand will strike; the hour has not come; He has His purpose, if we will but stand; The spinning globe of earth is oyt of shape, And waits but moulding at the Potter's hands. Why be afraid? The Potter's hand is sure; God's mill grinds slowly, but exceeding small: The time will come. Have faith; fight on--and on; What matters death, if dying, we save all? A Bible Thought for Today DO NOT MAKE A BAD BARGAIN: For what shall it profit a man. if he shall g-in the whole world, and lose his own soul?--Mark 8:36, | were frequent. it sets cut over Germany. Nation-Wide Nazi oe To Prep Members of Bund Sworn to Obey Hitler -- Otiawa' Report Reveals Whole The story of the growth of the German fifth eclumn movement mn | | Canada, which came out op:cnly as the "National Sozialistichz Deutsche Arbeiter Partie" or "Nazi Workers Bund," is revcaled in a document | rcleased by th: Director of Infor- ma'icn at Ottawa. | In 1934 a small group of rabid Nazis formed. themscives into an | "Auslands" group to gather and prepare German fifth cclumnistg, | | They told Germens how they mist | hcw they must buy only | > new prs from pro- | Nazi stores, how they must teach | | their children the German language and kultur. | result, when a brown-chirted bicnd youth stccd cn a i | platform a few days before w | declax d, and shouted "Hei flor! an audience of nearly 100 | | brewn-clad Germans echoed his | yell As a ders of the group are now in n'raticn camps. Parts of the 'y, vouched for at Ottawa, fol- | Covered Dominica carried on by small group ng Its force was felt in every part of the Dominion. The members had orders from Adolt Hitler to prepare Canada fer tho ay when Maziism would take over Each of these men had storn "allegiance to Adolf Hitler and im- plicit obediznce to him to th2 lead- er appointad over me by him." Thesz men had also undertaken to sign a statement declaring "tha: I join the National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partie. I am of German Aryan descent and free frem Jewish or colored racial taint I do not belong to any Free- masons. , "I do not belong to any other party and during the continuanc: | of my m-mbership of the National Sozialistizzha Deutsche Arbeiter | Partie I will not join any such. 1] pledge myself {o further tha inter- ests of the party with all my! strength." | Before being elected to any office | a mzmber had to sign the following declaration: "I hereby declare that I have been expressly insiructed that 1 | must always maintain the strictest | secracy regarding all matters con- nected with the service of the party in their relations with all persons 'who are not members of the party service." Organized in 1934 This was no foolish and unorgan- ized group that the authorities faced. The group was fully equip- ped and under specific instructions. It had a definite job to do . . . prepare Canada for the Nazi in- vasion. In order to find a mass basis for their activities the leaders proceed- ed to organize in 1934 what be- came known as the Canadian So- ciety for German Culture, com- monly known as the Bund. Within a matter of months, branches were set up in practically every German . community acroes Canada. They attempted to bring under the Nazi influence the num- erous German organizations which existed in Canada. Many of these groups were not political in any sense of the word, but were social organizations. It is refreshing to note that by the majority of the Germans in this eountry, who had left the fatherland for Canada in order that they might enjoy the freedom ot the democratic. system, the move- ment of these Nazi emissaries was not received, with favor. Naturally, some joined up, but in the 'main the naturalized German who had found peace and happiness in -this country was in no mood to jeopar- dize that freedom. German visitors to this country Propaganda origin- ating in Hamburg and Berlin quick- that was Plot ; ' Deutsche | published Cleaned and oiled, the machine guns go into a British bomber before They are the bomber's sting and will pour a deadly hail of bullets into any attacking aircraft. Group Organized Here in 1934 ate For Invasion ly found its way into this country through these visitors. These tour- included schcol teachers on journalists supposedly id 1505 hcliday, n and many delegations presum- ably Interested in the :inviontific development of this country. No cifcr. was spared to knit the Ger- man. organization in this country io a tight, compact and efficient group. Consul Behind Paper Late in 1934, a man named Ber- | nard Bott, who became known as a 1anking Nazi in this country, ar- rived in Winnipeg after a trip from | at once | Regina to Germany. He founded a paper known as the ung. This became the mcuthpiece for the Bund in Canada. re is Ze evidence that it was | c.ganized and financed by influen- tial Germans in this ccuntry, in- cluding Dr. H, S:elheim, then Ger- 1 consul at 'Winnipeg. Pott was 12d editor and managing direc tor. shareholder, Laler it was discovered that the succcsscr to Seelheim as consul- general at Winnipeg, William rodde, also contributed to the funds cf this paper. Representatives of Germen steam- | ship companies also-acted as agei.: for the Nazis and for a time haa | considerable success. Thes2 indi- v.duals operated not only among the Garman-speaking population but alzo among the English-speaking. Arrargements wer: made by the Buid to have German newspapers | delivered free of cltarge to sympa- thetic German Canadians. In 1937 there appeared a proc- lamation in the Deutsche Zeitung, at Winnipeg, outlining the "four-ycar plan" of the Bund for Germans in Canada. Excerpts from the proclamation follow: The Plan "In accordance with the proc- lamation cof our leader, Adolf Hit- ler (2s implemented by Major-Gen- ral H. Goering), we hereby make public the four-year plan of the Deutsche Bund in Canada . . . "We make it the duty of every German manuwlacturer and mer- chant (importers and exporters) to emplcy only 'Germans in their plants as far as possible . . . "All members of the Bund are oblized to notify the employment committee of the local organization of the Bund or the German labor front of any job which is available or about to become available. In this manner, he will help another countryman to earn a living and to further our movement. . . . "Every member of the Bund, when purchasing merchandise, is to demand German goods at all times and in all places and he is to in- fluence all his acquaintances to do the same thing. . . . "It is the duty, therefore, of every German to take care that he 1s served with German products when he is making purchases. If we al- ways demand German goods at every opportunity, the stores will find themselves compelled to sub- mit to the wishes of their custom- ers and buy in the German mar- ket. "By those means we fight at the same time the boycott which the Jewish world conspiracy has ar- ranged against everything which comes from our Fatherland . . . Youth Trained "All parents who belong to the Deutsche Bund are obliged to senda their children to German schools 1n order that the children may be taught the German language and history. Newly founded German schools must receive the support ot all German competency and private persons in question, and an attempt should be 'made to convince them to co-operate with the Bund (for example -- youth groups, cultural supervisors, speakers, etc.). Furthermore, we impose as 'a special duty upon parents that they send their children, from the ages of 10 to 18, to the youth groups ot the Deutsche Bund and demand that every leader of a local branch ng cenditions in this Domin- | Dr. Seclheim was the largest | ROTARY GLUBY OFFER SHELTER TO EVACUEES Also to Establish War Re- lief Fund for Families of Rotarians Subsequent to tne expressed de- sire of Rotary Clubs and Rotarians throughout the United States and Canada, the following cablegram was dispatched recently -from Ro- tary's Chicago office to its con- tinental European office in Zurich, Switzerland: American and Canadian Rotari- ans are prepared within reason- able limits to offer shelter and care for women and children from fami- ies of war refugee Rotarians it they can reach this side. If pos- sible they should have money for transportation on this side. Ameri- can Rotarians will use their influ- ence at Washington for relaxing ot restrictions unon entry of children and women refugees. any further action we can take to help the present emergency count on our fullest endeavors to co- operate. Full details of the plan which Rotary is putting into effect are not available at this time, but a committee of Rotarians has been appeinted and will meet in Chicago socn. Every effort will be made to provide war refugees with homes most likely to be in keeping with conditions which prevailed in their own homes. The Rotary conwention, which | met in Havand recently approved | other measures designed to alle- | viate war suffering. The sum o: | £30,000 was appropriated from the funds of Rotary International ana will be dispensed through certain | agencies for the express purpose of "alleviating human 'suffering among the peoples throughout the world arising from existing worla conflizts." Another measure adopted by the i convention is the establishment ot a Rotary War Relief Mund by di- | rect appeal to Rotarions through= cut thas world. Contributions to this fund are to be made in addi- tion to contributions wich would ordinarily be made to already ex- isting agencies. The puipose ot | this fund will be the alleviation ot suffering and the rehabilitation of Rotarians and their families throughout the world. MAN IS SENTENCED FOR THEFT OF CAR, | Paterboro, July 22 -- Convicted by' Magistrate O. A. Langley, K.C., on a charge of stealing an autcmo- bile owned by a Toronto firm of dealers, Cyril Matthews, allas Wil- liam Princeton, of Tcronto, was "sntenced to a term of one year in the Ontario Refcrmatory. On 4 second charge of stealing an automobile from J. J. Duffus, Peterkcro dealer, the accused en.er- 2d a nlea of guilty, and was sen- tenced to a similar term, to run con- currently. Matthews was stated to have ob- | taired a used car from the Toranto firm by asking for permission to drive it away for his wife's approv- al, and in Peterboro, leaving the To- { ronto car at the Duffus garage, he drove another car away "round the block" without returning. "It is one cf those cases some- times refefyed to as a theft by a trick," said his Worship. "All the | elements of theft are present." | | install such a group if it does not now exist. "In the coming four years our press, that is the Deutsche Zeitung for Canada, which is our special organ, must be supported to such an extent that it might be develop- cd towards accomplishing the high- est achievements. . .. "Every member of the Bund is w take care to buy newspapers and periodicals (and books) only in such stores that are openly friends ot the Third Reich. "It must not occur that in such stores, papers opposed to our aims and efforts be offered for sale. 1t is the business of our members to take steps against such publishers and stores in order that they either come on our side or else show their true color. If there is not a proper store in. the city, then one should communicate with Mr. B Bott, press director of the Bund, and editor of the Deutsche Zeit- ung in Canada. . . . "We must and shall succeed mn securing all compatriots who are still not members, whether these people are born in Germany or are Germans born in another coun- try. «+ 2 A The four-year plan of the Deutsche Bund comes into force with this publication. We com- mand that the members of the Deutsche Bund place themselves unconditionally behind their lead- ers in order that we may accom- plish the task that we placed be- fore ourselves without any omis- sions. "In this spirit we greet all the members of the Bund with: "Heil Hitler! "For the leaders of the Bund, "HANS GRABOVBKI, "Leader of the Bund. "GQ. HITLER, "Secretary of the Bund" Today all that is changed. The leaders walk slowly around interns ment camps. Their activities on behalf of Hitler and his gang are over. But every true Canadian must be on his guard for the fifth columnist who may have escaped If there is |- | meeting of the net. ONE HOUR PARKING 'BY-LAW APPROVED Lindsay, July 22--At a special meeting of the town council a by- law authirizing one hour parking on Kent street Saturday afternoons was introduced and formedly ap- proved Ald. R. D. Butler objected to pas- sage of the by-law, claiming that it was unfair to those patronizing merchants of Lindsay, and the it could not be enforced without the assistance of additional policemen. The Lindsay Hydro Commission was granted permission to erect an additional power line from the sub- stelion at the northern limits of the town to the Dominion Arsenal at the sauhern boundary. W. E. Reesor, commission man- ager, pointed out that the plant re- quired 1,200 h.p. to operate in com- parison with 600 h.p. during the last war. He stated tha! the new line would be built on the boulevards, SUEZ DIRECTION 1S TAKEN OVER BY ROYAL NAVY Mediterranean Battlefleet Assumes Duties of Board of Directors London, . July 22 -- Britain's east- ern Mediterranean battlefleet has become, in effect, the hoard of di- rectors of the vital Suez Canal, still technically under the management of a French-controlled operating company. The "inlernational waters" of the canal that cuts 5500 miles off the cea route frcm the Atlantic east to Asla remain guaranteed to all ves- sels able to pay the toll in gold. Bu. Britain's great, gray naval sentries stationed close to the ap- proaches judge which ships may en- ter the 104.5-mile waterway, London sources say the canal con- tinues in normal operation, except. for vast reduction in its traffic, and the dues that are collected find their way to a London banking account. Actual headquarters of the Suez Canal Company which operates under Egyntian franchise are in a rambling, twin-towered building on a Paris side street. The directors are 21 Frenchmen, 10 Britons, and one Netherlander. British sources explain that a de- cision wil! be reached later what to do with the funde collected as war- time canal toll. There has been no the directors since France's armistice with Germany and Italy. Britain's own shipping has been ordered to go around Cape Horn in. stead of using the canal. Mine- sweepers are kept busy clearing out minefields in the eastern Mediter- ranean and any merchant shipping through the Mediterranean would be in dire peril. Italy's entrance Into the war cost the canal 'its second best customer in recen! years. Britain is the largest user. One of Italy's de- mands, before and during the war, has been for at least a share in control of the canal. In peace- time the canal directorate denied her any part in the mangement. Given 10-Day Term On Assault Count Peterboro, July 19. -- Stated by three witnesses to have struck John Burfield, of North Monaghan, with an automobile crank, Gordon Mc- Ilwaine was convicted in police, court Wednesde'y on a charge of as- sault, and sentenced to ten day; imprisonment. Mrs. Burfield testified that while walking home with her 10-months- old baby in her arms on Monday night she had been accosted hy the accused. Her husband, coming up in a truck, chased McIlwaine, who struck out with the cremk when he was caught. JUNE AUTO PRODUCTION Ottawa, July 19.--Production of 17,930 motor vehicles in Canada during June was 15.7 per cent. un- der the previous month's total of 21,277 units, but was 23.5 per cent. over the output of 14.515 units in June, 1939. This month's total in- cluded ,739 passenger cars and 9,- 191 trucks, of which 6,269 peisseng- er cars and 3,873 trucks were made for sale in Canada with the re- mainder being intended for export. During the first half of the year, 110,912 motor vehicles were produc ed in Canada as ageinst 93,759 and 102,158 during the corresponding periods of 1939 and 1938, respec- tively. SISFANINE TO WN WAR U.S. Writer Fears Millions in Europe May Die -- Beaten Peoples Starve Philadelphia, July 22,-- Famine followed Hi:ler through Europe. One by one, as nations fell before his man-reaper, conquered people sat down to starve. This winter Ger- many will eat the wheat of France and the Dznube, the cattle of Scan- dinavia, the pork of the Low Coun- 'ries, But at her doors millions of her human prey may die the most horrible death of all, says Walter Davenport, writing in Collier's. His article further says: "Germany has been as coldly ef- ficlent at going to market as she has going to war. Into that por- tion of Poland not abosrbed into the Reich and annexed by Russia, the so-called Government General, Hitler, has packed more than 15,1 000,000 people where fewer than 10,000,000 lived before, These 78 counties are chiefly indus:.rial. They must import food or starve. They will ea? what Germany an Russia give them in payment fo. their labor. "Winter brought the bittcrest cold chat Europe had felt for years, the deepest frosts, the vastest blights of ice. And while Hitler bided his hour and the Allies thought he did- n't dare strike, food hopes died in the ground. Spring came late and cold. -Bela.ed frosts killed succes- sive plantings. England made over- tures to the wheat growers of Ru- mania, Hungary, Jugoslavia, and Bulgaria, thinking thus to make them her allies and ignoring as something that would always be hers, Canada's 300,000,0000 stored bushels and Australia's 125,000,000. Bu' Germany's Or Else diplomacy won the Danubian granary and this winter she'll make the most of the dismal fact that whereas normally! that fecund sector provides about sixty per cen:. of the bread require- ments of Ncrth Central Europe and the western occupied countries, this year it will be different. The Dan- ubjan yield i= off a third, is not expected to exceed 3,540,000 toms, and Adolf Hitler's Reich will eat al-Jilt most all of it, Danubia can starve | » in the shadow of her own bursting grain elevators or beg from her[l| knees for a loaf of her own bread. | "What sick nature hadn't doneff to Burope grain and cattle, fruttsy] and hogs, iron heels and steel wheels did. Armies leave nothingj in their wakes except people andj poverty. What marching men don'tg devour as they go, they destroy, Even the deep-delving Hooverf] records ((records of Herbert C.} Hoover, former US. president and} Polish relief director) cannot esti mate how many food animals died in Hitler's fire. And nobody knows how mapy hundred thousands off tons of grain, and meat were de etroyed by terrified@ farmers before they fled with their soldiers before the German wrath, "Germans tell Mr. Hoover that the war will soon be over, Britai gone the way of France, The Brit ish report that Germany will be slarved into submission next win and the world will be saved to de. mocracy. In either case the tale is not altered. Famine is stalking Europe. She is nobody's ally." PICTON AIRDROME WORK IS RUSHEL Men Employed Night Day to Complete Job --Contracts Let Picton, July 22.--Work on th airdrome sad gunnery and bombing school sites at Picton and Mountain View is now under way and worl will be rushed night and day, seven days a week, in order to completg the job as soon as possible. Five carloads of machinery, in cluding steexn shovels, caterp tractors and crushers, arrived in Picton and were set up. More} machinery is to be brought here by the King Construction Co., of Oak: ville, which, it was announced, had received the contract. This consist of leveling the land and building 14 miles of runways. The MucFarlane Construction Co of Picton has the contract at Mouns tain View. In levelling the land more than 100 trees were felled, Th contract calls for an expenditure of $175,157 on ground work. ployed there are living in ti Local officials," who are 'in tle context with Ottawa, state the buildings necessary for gunnery ang mbing schools will not be bull on either site until next spring. A ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES FROM OSHAWA July 26 - 27 and A.M. Trains July 28 To TORONTO, Hamilton, Brantford, London, Chatham, Sarnia, 8 Catharines. Niagara Falls, Ont, and all intermediate points beyond amilton, July 26 - 27. To Brampion, aun. n Goderich, Owen Sound, Sodthampton, and al termediate points beyond) Brampton. To Meaford, Midland, Penetang, North Bay and all intermediate point hoyond Sarre, Farry Sound, Burwash, Sudbury, Longlac, Geraldton Jellicoe, Beardmore. Tame wid te Local Stations between Belleville-Whithy inclus} Nee handbiils for full particulars or secure information from Agents. CANADIAN NATIONAL CANADIAN PACIFIC