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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1948 THE DAILY TI MES-CGAZETTE PACE 43 Our 'wish for you is that 1 : the joyous spirit of. Christmas reside' in your hearts all the year Neshitts Ladies' Wear 33 KING ST. E PHONE 133 ; events which 'the peace. . "Most notable aadian activity: May your Christos be full of Joy and your New Year Happy and Prosperous. W, DAVIDSON HC O. Al LAR BRUCE" ST. «PHONE 782) OUR HEARTIEST THANKS FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND CO- OPERATION. ..BEST WISHES FOR Luly HOLIDAYS LUMBER co. 53 ALBERT ST, 'PHONE 127 TE Rg SE TEE I CE TR ES IE RE "a || ening the ig of+the world. . CE AR; those same ime. spokesmen are. = | i : : : : Dominion Plays : An Active Part In Peace e Plans By CLYDE BLACKBURN Canadian Press Staff Writer " Ottawa, Dec. 23--(CP)--The end of. gp finds Canada wading neck- i affairs for the first |' ] ptury Canada has, 0. total war without "much; Ht Agi say in the was or the pdl- have prevented} Next time, théie is: 2 hext time, this. country" Will Wave the satis-, int of 'knowing 'that""she had 2 Pari] tr 3 7 bring about worl id in-attémpting to make it. Tohesit y for an. aggressor break icles - which wight, » politics this' "leading role, i 4s the out+ in the 'arena. df Wo year, apart § pom Het: ra essively de! 05 tne as threat-' ; sheaklig: loudly in «their advocacy of a regional defence alliance, in conformity with United Nations charter provisions. Sse Disarmed Quickly: ae 0 "It is true that Canada, and the United States. rushed. sb.$wiftly. to get rid of arms and. fi nel after the hostilities ended in 1945 thaf-they ares.ill-prepared to speak in a warlike tone at the mo- But i$ equally true that Canadian leaders. today are alive to the dan- gers to this country's' peace which may lurk" in uprisings disturbing tiny countries on the other. side of the world; Fr Canadian foreign policy; like that of the United States, is fairly new and unplanned because, like the United States, Canada has no ag- gressive ambitions or delusions of grandeur, But the business of being dragged | into unwanted war, has alerted the government and the people to the necessity of taking a global inter- est in aflglys a and. of being ready to fight, ~i%e 3 The then' Pre "Minister Matk- enzie King, immediately the west- persoh- \ ern powers signed the Brussels pact on defence last March, hailed it as proper procedure and one Canada would support. Later the present prime minister, Louis St. Laurent said: "We believe that it must be made clear to the rulers of the totalitarian Commun- ist states that if they attempt by direct or indirect aggression to ex- tend their police states beyond their present bounds by subduing arly more free nations, the, will not succeed unless they can over- come ®s all. . . Let nus be not will- ing, but anxious to unite." Since then Mr. St. Laurent and his chief spokesme: at home and abroad have been losing no oppor- tunity -to advance the formation of a defence alliance between Canada, the United States, tl.e United King- dom, France, Belgium, The Neth- etlands 'and Luxembourg. Ambassador Speaks Out Canada's ambassador in Wash- ington, 'Hume Wrong, has attend- ed the preliminaty meetings of the western: d:urope and North Amer- ican countries in the proposed pact. He has.been speaking to the United States . public "in support of the union and mineing no words about its desirability.' Canadian high officers of the services have been observers at meetings in London and Europe on the defence "aspects of the pro- posed alliance. The Liberal, Progressive Conserv- atives and C.C.F, parties, in nation- al convention, have approved with more or less warmth. Canada is carrying more than her share of economic relief to Europ- ean countries as a means of restor- ing a measure of prosperity which may save them from falling prey ' this Merry Christmas! OOK MOTOR SALES 139 KING W. Santa never received more pleasure giving toys . . . than we in wishing you many joys PHONE 503 to totalitarian temptations. She is supporting the International Trade Organization project which is de- being 182, She has also--eleven ren; and three great-g: grandchildren, 17 great-grandchild- children. . signed to remove trade barriers.and discourage the causes that lead to Wars. : The present minister of extern- al affairs, L. B. Pearson, put the new attitude in a few words when he said, of the risk Canada was taking in participating in a western defence alliance: A "Such a sharing of risks, resources and obligations must, however, accompanied and flow from a share in the control of policy." REFORMS IN ASIA The British took the island of Cyprus from Turkey in 1878 aspart of a plan for the introduction of reforms in Asia Minor. Dorking, Surrey, England--(CP) ~Mrs. Annie 'Scrivens celebrated her 103rd birthday in November at the County Hospital and four gen- erations of her family were present at the party. Four of her seven children are still alive, the oldest Ai A AANA; FAVAANVAANAAAN VAAN JOHN COPPING WISHES TO THANK ALL HIS PATRONS FOR THE PAST YEAR'S BUSINESS A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a a HAPPY NEW YEAR JOHN'S LITTLE WHITE FRUIT TRUCK "PHONE 4450W bbb Coen tl EEEREERY LH 3] 3. 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