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» THE WARWEE lU-Commentary on Current Events Plans Declared Complete For Canada-U. S. Defence "Complete pUnt for iha defanc* of Canada and the United States arc now in ax- i. teace." â€" Mayor F. H. La Cuardia of New York Cit^i Chairman U.S--Canada joint defence conimitsion. Committed by their Prime Min- uter MackL-nziv iCiiig to an all- out war effort, CauudJans last week saw gigantic jnvparations being inude ir. the cupital to etcj) up the training of young men for the army, r.avy ' and 'iir force; and lo tpiod the manufacturing of mouutainf of war material for Britftiii. In more detail, the 19-11 objective of the Dominion Governincnt'j ir.ilitaiy plans wore: 1. To provide 25 Canadian air squadrons for overseas lier- vice, graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; 2. To ir.crease the present strength of men in the air train- ing plan to doutjio what it was in 1!»40; 3. To increase the Can- adian Navy lo double its present number ot ships; 4. To manufac- ture destroyers and long-range bombers and concentrate on pro- ducing weapons not obtainable in the United States; 5. To send overseas the Third Canadian Di- vision now training in Canada with complement of corps troops for the three divisions, an army tank brigade and a Can- adian ainiourr-d division; 6. To recruit for the active armj' 40,- 000 to 80.0C0 men; 7. To put 200,000 additional men and wo- men to work in war industries; 8. Diversion of a great part of Canada's peace-time industry to war production. The Canadian Army Pi..intiug towards these objec- tives, the compulsory military training period for young men of 21 was extended from 30 days to 4 months. (Fir.st period to begin March 20 â€" from 6,000 to C,500 to DC called up each month). And every reserve mili- tia unit in Canada, e.tcept the ones with battalions already abroad, was notified by defence authorities that ic mu£t prepare for rtiobili'/.iition for ovcr.-oas ser- vice. Legislators Re-convene All these projects â€" and how they were going to be paid for â€" occupied the minds of our mem- bers ol parliament this week as they gathered once again in the Goes to Brazil Jeun Desy, former Canadian minister to Belgium and the Netherlands, is being named to the newly-troated post of Can- adian minister lo Brazil. Dominion Houae of Commons, and in the Ontario Legislature. The session at Ottawa was ex- pected to laet tlurough till May, or maybe later; the session at Toronto, it was forecast, would be "long in debate and short in contentious legislation." Canada the Pivot In an address at the Univor^ity of Toronto last week, Professor R. A. MacKay of Dalhousie Uni- vwsity, HaliiuA-, declared that Canada was taking the place of France in world .strategy and had become the i)ivot "around which the present world war was being â- taged." Furtlicr, he said, Can- ada had liccuinc llritain's second partner in the sv^r against Ger- many and the principal partner ^f the ('nitt'U States in defence tt the Western Hemisphere. "We arc aliietl now with both Britain and tli Ltiitod iltatcs . ." Corroboiating this statement Mayor Fiorello La (iuardia of N»w York City, Chairman of the Jcint U.H.-Canada defence rom- mlaaion told the United Stales Senate Foreign Ik-lallons Com- aiJittae that "cumplcte plana "for Mlat defence of Canada and the waited States are now in exWt- Ce«. These plan^, he said, cm- wad tactics, (lucdtkna of ter- and co-ordination of fore- Bill Pa»a> U.S. Hout* By a rote »f 260 to 100, the United States House of Repre- sentativea last week passed the momentous "Lease-Lend" bill, empowering Piesident Roosevelt to lease, lend or otherwise trans- fer the sinews of war to embat- tled Britain and other nations whose defence he should deem vital lo the defence of the United States. The bill was not expect- ed to fare so well in the Senate where the legislators, ».it was thought, were more anxious to put a curb on the Fre.sident'a im- pulsiveness, by passing a number of restrictive amendments. Aid Mora Immadiat* AjI sorts of rumors were cur- rent last week ai to the Presi- dent's plans for provision of Im- mediate aid to Britain. Final pubiage of the "Lease-Lend" bill early in March would mean that merchant ships, bombing planes, tanks and infantry rifles would be transferred to Britain as soon as possible. But in the mean- time, it was expected that the Prebldent would do something more spectacular, following Wen- deli Willkie't recommendations â€" trade American destroyers for British battleships; or destroyers for land bases in the Pacific. (The Bill does not prohibit provis- ion of American, ships in Brit- ish convoys). Japan and Canada United States' entry into the war, now viewed as a strong pos- hibiiity, would also mean Japan's, according to the terms of the Tripartite Pact signed last year by Germany Italy and Japan. A new front in the second world war would be opened up in the Pacific, â€" with Canada's west coast as a springboard for attack and a new area to be defended. The war would be brought much closer to Canadians. Inching Southward A hint to "watch Japan" was thrown out, in Ixindon last week, by informed diploniatic observers surveying Tokyo's activities in connection with the Thailand-In- do-China dispute. Japanese troops were reported to be ready to land at Saigon, French Indo- china, only 648 miles from Brit- ain's eastern stronghold, Singa- pore â€" in which direction the Japs were undoubtedly inching. The Phillippines were also menac- ed. At the same time a little farth- er north, the Japanese began a new drive against China after effecting a surprise landing on the coast of Kwangtung Pro- vince. They hoped shortly to cut off the route over which large quantities of Chinese war sup- plies had been moving from Hong Kong to the interior. Acute dissension was known to be raging within the ranks of China's war leaders. Edgar Snow noted authority on China, writing in New York's "PM" told of calamitous events happening behind the Chinese front. He declared that the "appeasers" with Chiang-kai-Shek were fast gaining the upper hand, might, if not stopped in time, come t« terms with Japan. Stories of Chiang*! falling-out with hie Communist armies came from other quarters. "Time" said: "The clique of Chinese general* who hate and fear their Com- munist allies have gained a vic- tory in the forcible disbanding of the Fourth Route Army. But it is no victory for China. What has kept the Communists fight- ing for Chiang i« the fact that they fear Japan more than they fear Chiang Kai-shek.' If Japaa (or Russia) could convince tha Communists that they have leaa, to fear ^rom Japan (or Rtissia) than from Chiang Kai-shek, China's jig would be up," "A nation does not have to be invaded in order to lose a war." â€" Dorothy Thompson. a©©!i o o o a©4i THE MARQUIS OF LORNE, K.T., G.CM.G. GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADAy1878-1883 A Charter wos signed On February 15, 1881, the Marquis of Lome, then Governor-General of Canada, signed tlie cliarler of tlie Canadian Pacific Railway. Thai siflitafure consummated the vision of great Canadian statesmen â€" Sir Johfl A. Maedonoid, D'Arcy McGse, Sir Georges-Etienne Cortier, and Sir Charles Tupper â€" that the new Dominion of Canada should be linked from Atlantic to Pacific by a trans-continental railway â€" and implemented the pledge under which British Columbia entered Confederation. So began a new era in Canadian unity . . . and Empire solidarity ... for the Railway expanded into a system spanning two oceans and linking three continents. Today â€" as in 1914-18 â€" a proud responsibility rests on our transportation and communication systems â€" railway, steamships, freight, express, telegraphs and engineering shops. Canadian Pacific officers and employees everywhere are co-operating â€" each in his own field â€" towards the common goal ... VICTORY. When that goal is reached â€" and it will be reached â€" this will be due, in no small measure, to Canada's contribution, and to the vision and foresight of the men who, sixty years ago, planned the construction of the first Canodian trans-continental railway. â- -^ RAILWAY . STEAMSHIPS • fXPRfSS • HOTlLt • COMMUNICATIONS • SHOPS