The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

MISCHA AUER in "SUCKER MONEY" 4 9 8 x 2 Santa Claus comes to Town. ADVANCE FILMS PRESENT (A MYSTERY PLAY) _ at.8.15 p.m. in the Town Hall, Port Perry, on Saturday, January 6th. Algo Poland on Parade, Comedy Cartoon, Musical, and other ghort subjects. Alice in Wonderland, starring Joan Bennett Adults 26c. AFAR ATARI af LEIA J { To the Electors of the TOWNSHIP OF REACH: I sincerely thank you for the whole-hearted ex- pression of confidence which you gave at the polls on Monday last, when you re-elected me as Reeve of the Township of Reach, to promote the municipal interests of the ratepayers. JOHN 8. McDONALD "To the Electors of the TOWNSHIP OF REACH: APU TIARA STFA TREODIUAS NR a Cw Sr Aon TTA RR mm A nea, - Ta * Permanent Waving and all »_ MISS M, PEERS' 'BELL PHONE 78 a A I take this opportunity to thank you one and all for the confidence you have placed in me inre-electing m# as Deputy-Reeve of the Township of Reach for the year 1940. Wishing you the Compliments of the season, ROBERT SWANICK To the Electors of the TOWNSHIP OF REACH: Please accept my sincere thanks for the decided vote which again elected me a member of the Council of the Township of Reach." My previous experience of ten years in your Council, also as.a former Warden of the County of Ontario, has given me a thorough understanding of our Township affairs. - I shall use this experience to promote the best interests of the Township of Reach. Again I thank you. : GRANT CHRISTIE TNR NIRA ARAN TRAY To the Electors of the TOWNSHIP OF REACH: I'wish to express my thanks to you for the good 'vote you gave me on this-the first time I have offeied -- my services to you as Councillor. I will.do my best to merit your confidence, and ~to_promote the best interests of the ratepayers. : sil P.. WILSON To the Electors of the TOWNSHIP OF REACH: I wish to thank all my supporters in the recent . election, Although not-successful at this time, I shall always do my best to forward the interests of the people of the Township of Reach. I wish all the com- pliments of the season; STANLEY WARD APA SIAR Ea FASE INTE MULLICAN'S BEAUTY SHOPPE has Installed a DE MILO PERMANENT WAVE MACHINE BEAUTY SHOPPE BARBER SHOP SPECIALIZING IN SPECIALIZING IN other lines of ' other lines of the work BEAUTY CULTURE ~H. H. MULLIGAN Registered Barber Registered Hairdresser Children 15¢ 1 will give my best service CSN BTR Hair Cutting, and all -- PORT PERRY The Emerald Isle is a country with 700 years of culture. For 700 years there has been strife. years the majority of the people have been dissociated from responsibility in their own government. This latter fact throws light on Ireland's griev- Religious, Agricultural, Financial, and Parliamentary. Religious. In 1800, ninety per cent of the pop- ulation of Ireland was Roman Cath- olic, yet Catholics were totally barred from Parliament. They could neither be members nor vote. A very limited franchise was granted some thirty years before" the Abolition of: the Irish Parliament in 1800 but not .ex- tensive enough to prevent that dis- aster to Ireland. The R.C.'s suffered terribly under the Penal Laws which were designed to stamp out the R.C. religion and compel Roman Catholics to be Protestants. "Catholics were for- bidden to teach either in school or private houses, Catholic parents were forbidden to send their children to any foreign country to be educated. landed property became a Protestant be become owner of father's farm and father sank to level of tenant. For three or four generations terrible suf- ferings were inflicted under the Penal Laws. : : irae). No Roman Catholic was ried to purchase land, nor could he rent it for more than thirty-one years. If not accept it. never exceed one-third of rent. Every olics, people out on finding flaws in titles. only a dozen electors. few lords and rich men, to vote. for a seat. | Financial. % by rich men were exempt. Irish products from England, tariff killed the cattle industry. idleness and | poverty. since. Trish industries were strangled. Famine and populated. 7 Parliamentary Ireland's old Parliament. It was ex- clusive and unfair. Never was a par- liament more fiéedy of reform, | the horrors of the rebellion of 1708. "The first broad fact to be remem. bered is that all these grievances de- on ----------- LB I i "WE HELP YOU TO "KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING" This i is the season of the year when Depend. able Fuel adds greatly to. 'the comfort of the 'home. You can depend on BLUE COAL to . give the best heat value for your money. "If you need LUMBER for Bullding or Repairs We 3 Snail | be Pleated | to quote prices, FR E REESOR = "PORT PERRY veloped at a remote" period when in Britain herself the people were strug- gling for their liberties, Irdland alone, -but between the unre- presented people and their despotic rulers in both countries", says P, Whitwell Wilson. from 1834. * All the grievances of Ire- the Penal Laws had done their. worst. The land system 'had been in full swing since the days of Henry II who brought it over from feudal France: Over taxation and the exclusion of Irish products were already facta and thirty yeard had passed since. a British Prime Minister had destroyed the Irish Parliament, tromists is to Accuse modern England parlisment as 'England - James I and George I, IRELAND'S THREE PARLIAMENTS An Address delivered by Rev. W. J, H, Smyth before the Lions Clubs of Port Perry and Bowmanville. Reprinted from the Bowmanville Statesman - And for 700 ances which fall into four categories:| If the eldest son of @ Catholic with land came to-him from others he must Profit above rent must effort was made to render impossible ownership of land by Roman Cath- The Borough system was form. ed in time of the Stuarts in 1613. Boroughs were secured by driving Many of these boroughs contained By bribery it was easy to buy these people and elect those who would back the government. The boroughs were in the hands of a To get to Parliament you paid the borough own- er who then ordered the people how Sometimes £10,000 was paid 'All householders had to pay tithes for the support of the Established Church. . Tithe proctors collected the tiths for % to % of their collections so that it was to their own interest to .{ collect and this they did beyond what the law intendéd. The peasants were exploited, while grazing lands owned Added to these injustices was that J of over-taxation and the exclusion of The The duty on wool put 40,000 Irishmen into Emigration then began and has continued ever its attendant diseases followed and whole districts were de- Corrupt and undemocratic describes Its reform might have saved the country The quarrel] was not one between England and In England the Buffrages dates only land had 'been inflicted before this-- The fundamental 'error of Irish ex] with 'scores of Labour mains Ih her]: The next broad fact' to be remem: bered is that these grievances have all been met and largely solved. (1) Catholic Disabilities under thé Penal Laws have been changed into Catholie privileges in the schools and universities, (2) The worst land system in Europe it-is €aid has been trans: formed Into the best and at the cost of the British taxpayer. (8) Over-taxation and exclusion of Irish products has been reversed into under-taxation and generosity has been added to justice. (4) Parliamentary institutions have béén restored to Ireland. Now look at Ireland's parliaments' the passing of one and the coming of two, In 1800 Ireland had a population of nine millions of people, and a parlia- ment in Dublin of 300 members. Only one-tenth of the people were truly re- presented in that parliament. The country in 1798 and prior was in fo- ment and even open rebellion, It was the reaction to injustice. No honest person can minimize the iniquity of the Penal Laws, but they were the in- evitable reaction of the Protestants against the terrible persecutions which R. C. had. inflicted on their fathers in Spain, Britain, France and other countries. The British Prime Minister Pitt in 1794 sought conciliation and appeased Ireland and liope of the coming of a better day for the troubled Emerald Isle was strong. But unfortunately unjust representations were made to the King who was told that consent to the emancipation of R. Catholics in Ireland was a violation of the corona- tion oath. Pitt and his cabinet were thereby intimidated and fresh hatred engendered in Irish hearts broke out in rebellion in 1798, Pitt then made a desperate attempt at compromise and sought the abolition of the Irish Parliament. This was done by brib- ery. Eighty boroughs at a cost of £15,000, each, were bought and the cost added to England's debt. Further bribes, in the form of pen- sions, -- judgeships, baronetcies and other emoluments, made possible this disgraceful achievement of robbing a people of its parliament. The old Irish Parliament in Dublin, now the national 'headquarters of the Bank of Ireland, met for the last time on January '156th, 1800, and passed the Act of Union which abolished Ire- land's Parliament and sent 100 mem- bers to the mother parliament. av Westminster and 28 lords to the House of Lords. On August 1st royal assent was given to the bill-and it was put In force on New Year's day "1801. Thus Ireland's parliament - passed out of existence and the lovely Isle for 120 years subsequently had no parlia- ment on Irish sdil. © It was & crime against the light and the wind sown that day produced the whirlwind, The mitigating promise of Catholic Eman- cipation was not fulfilled. The offence maybe ranked with the folly which produced the American Revolution and lost the great.American nation of today to the British flag. In both cages people were too ignorant, and ill-represented in their own pérlia- ment at Westniinater to protest. In. England gnd Ireland alike: the destruction of Ireland's Parliament in Dublin has been hated as an unpars donable sacrilege against the © very shiine of liberty, To the Irishmen, the money changers are in the temple, Ireland 'does not forget. Mr. Lloyd George says "Ireland has struck its roots too deep into the past and has got into poor sail. Ireland needs root pruning." In 1886 Mr. Gladstone began his fight for Home Rule. In recent pol {tical history no fight more bitter and desperato has been waged. 'The first difficulty was British Uniontsm. Mr, Chamberlain and John Bright, leading Protdstant Liberals, united with nat ural political enemies, the Conserva- tives under Lord Salisbury, and in 1886 defeated Home Rule at the polls. In 1893 the second Home Rule Bill Home Rule Bll received ro From then on the only. ok Home Rule w Ireland In July 1914 Hos {old problem. wha defeated in the House of Lords. | Twenty years plasped before the third 'dolléetion of gold ornaments in the assent. then have had Home Rule, Her three .| natural leaders were -John_ Redmond, John Dillon and Joseph Devlin. They were not prepared to administer Home Rule in Ireland. The reason was Ulster which objected. g A conference at Buckingham Palace presided over by the late King George V followed and finally it was agreed to cut out the dissentient counties of North East Ulster, But alas, concilia- tion failed for an Irish reason. What was dissentient Ulster? It was the Was Fuime Italian or Jugo Slav? Did Danzig belong to Poland or Prussia? In Ireland both sides claimed Tyrone and Fermanagh and the conference broke as a result. Mr. Redmond had strained the loyal- ty of his party almost to the break: ing point by agreeing to any partition of Ireland. Orangemen were openly desirous of wrecking the whole affair, which was suspended owing to the Great War, | Then followed what is known as the Easter Rebellion, On April 20, 1916, a German vessel disguised as a merchantman and accompanied by a German submarine tried to land arms on the west coast of Ireland. The effort failed and on April 24th, Easter Day, rebellion broke out in Dublin. Ten million dollars of property was destroyed. the following day. On the British side there were 500 casualties and 124 killed. The President of the self-styled Irish Republic and two other leaders were shot. A dozen others including Sir Roger Casement were executed also. For a time the Rebellion lacked support, but the ex- ecutions " kindled the fires of hatred anew and soon the Sinn Fein party was dominent. John Redman, leader of Irish Nationalists, who desired Home Rule with British connection in Ireland. : In 1918 elections Sinn Feiners car- ried the country, but refused to take their seats' at - Westminster, - > En. couraged by their victory, they called an independent Assembly in Dublin in January, 1019, and proclaimed the Irish Republic. Eamon de Valera was elected President. - Britain came forward as a concil- iator again and held an Irish Conven- tich. presided over by an Irishman, Sir Horace Plunkett, and held in-Ire- land. Sinn Feiners, though rebels, were invited. De Valera stood aloof from this as he did from London, Then came the Asquith and Lloyd George plans of settlement.' Mr. Asquith seid the-Home- Rule Bill; be- ing on~the Statute Book, should be put into operation with a- local option clause whereby any dissentient county could vote to stay out. And he also, suggested a council in the north and south to negotiate on inter affairs and work toward a United Ireland. Mu. Lloyd George said: Put a Parliament in Belfast and another in Dublin and appoint ten men each from North and South as a committee on inter par- liamentary affairs and to work toward Union when mutually desirable; also Ireland 'would still send 42 thembers to London. Neither North or South wanted the Belfast Parliament. However, in 1921 Belfast reluctant. ly accepted and in June 1921 the late King Georgé V and Queen Mary visit- ed 'Belfast and the King officially opened Ireland's first parliament. in 120 years. The mother parliament at Westminster provided free of charge the magnificent seven and one half million dollar buildings at Stormont which were officially opened November 16th, 1932, by the then Prince of Wales, Belfast sends thirteen members to Westminster, twenty-six to her own Senate, and 52 members to her House of Comnions. Only six of the nine counties of Ulster. are in the 'Belfast Parliament, which means there are two Ulstérs -- Ulster, geographically with nine counties, and political Ulster with only six counties. + Dublin Parliament In 1922, the so-called Irish Re- Public of (1910 after violent: debate voted to accept a parliament along the line of England's offer in part at least. Britain provided free of charge to the South, headquarters in the home of the Duke of Leinster. Leinster House was built in 1760 by the Ear] of Kildare, ater Dike of Leinster. It is flanked on either side by fine modern buildings and the National Museum with one of the finest, if not the. Anest, ' orld: | "Upon Southern Ireland accepting a parliament, De Valera resigned" as : Michael Collins {who was President of the and who. supported Britain in the 5 Great War, lost control of the masses |3% anthracite. It's name is * After Hours DAY Phone 240 w OUR COAL MAKES OTHERS HAPPY-- 'WHY NOT YOU? NOTE--It's the best Feansylvania hard coal--the low ash ng". Lake Scugog Lumber & Coal Co., Eg, 'Be happy: try some Phone 20 do LIMITED CUT OR Phone 206. ceeded Collinge and in 1932 Eamon De Valera by a vote in the house of 81 to G8 was elected President. Suddenly Mr, De Valera "vefused to pay the Land Annuities to England, The story of the Annuities is on this wise. In 1903 England passed the Land Purchase Act for Ireland and advanced 160 million pounds sterling to enable the Irish tenant to buy his land. 33: % interest took care of the would retire the debt in 68 years, Part of the Lloyd George scheme of settle- ment was the cancellation of the Land Annuities Debt against . Ireland. Ulster retaining British: connection the Crown was relieved of her debt in relation to land purchase. The South refused to fulfil the terms of alle- giance and thus forfeited the privilege ! of being freed from the debt--a-costly 'case of spite on her part, for when De Valera refused to 'pay the Annuities Britain imposed tariff on the Irish [Free States cattle and other, exports, {Ireland's exports to England fell from |: £81,000,000 in 1929, to less than £42,000,000 in 1987, and for a time the tariff cost Ireland over a million doll- lars a year for each of her twenty-six counties. A conference between or, Valera and My. Neville' Chamberlain in 1938. reached a final settlement ky this contentious matter. Mr. Valera agreed to pay England in id tober 1938 £10,000,000 sterling, and to pay annually for 650 years £250,000 sterling in compensation for damage done to British property during "the troubles." Britain in return aband- oned all "rights" in the treaty ports of Cobb, Berehaven and Lough Swilly. An editorial in the Globe and Mal says, 'Though both governments have emphatically denied that there was any supplementary 'understanding' as to the futtre use of the ports, Eire is not in"a position to defend 'them on a war time basis and it can, be: assumed that 'the. British navy will "find them open- should the need arise." 'As most dritics on the Irish side have pointed out, the agreement ig- nored the main:issue in the quarrel; that of partition, = Con#idering the ob- jective properly so, fundamentally, partition is a problem between Ulster and Dublin and must ultimately "be past... A mutually and the horth. "In assessing the accord it ia pate to to atold. the 'conclusion tha re has not live oe i I a interest chargé-and sinking fund and} and taking the 'oath of allegiance to]. De settled by them, Britain cannot die- |= tate terms, » That was tha érror of the| profitable] fHendship between Britain and Eire must surely have some influence on]: the future relations between Dublin ¥ YOUR FAMILY BAKER Can relieve you from baking . worries, and 'provide the best in Bread and Pastry. - *JEMISON'S BAKERY. THE HOME OF GOOD BREAD AND PASTRY Phone 93, Port Perry. BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME with lowers POTTED Phone to WM, ETTEY PRINCE ALBERT, our. is willing, must gain by this and in a broader interpretation so must the Empire." . Eire (pronounced as "Sarah" omit- | ting the S) is the Irish word.for Ire.' land. Eire is linked to the British Crown in a way that is a triumph of British diplomacy. When= Mr. De 'Valera appointed the aged and Pro. ~ testant Dr, Hyde as virtual Governor of Ireland, the King hamed Dr. Hyde as his representative. All lovers of beautiful Ireland will hope for a brighter day after her long and troublous: history and: yearn for the fulfilment of Thomas Moore's dream at 'the 'meeting of the waters in the Vale of Avoca. ~ "Sigeet vale of Avoca, How calm could I rest In thy bosom of shade With the friends I love best; Where the storms that we feel In this sad world should cease, . And our hearts like thy waters . Be mingled in peace." 4 . SEEK TO SUPPLY SPORT "EQUIPMENT FOR SOLDIERS Establishment of a Sports Commit- tee of the Oshawa Citizens Commit- tee for Asalsting Troops. in Training is underway. Its initial and primary objective is to provide sports equip- ment for the .entire personnel of the e | Ontario Regiment (Tank). This will include rubber footwear suitable fc for use in playing indoor games and phy-- sical "training. activities -as well as equipment fdr sports events. It ia: hoped that the committee "which is headed by John Northcott and includes Barney Heard, Don Christian, Nick Williams and Harold Coppin; to sup- ply all the men with the running shoes 80 that they will be equipped with . these necessities not only during their * stay in. Oshawa. but also after they leave for overseas service. It. is likely that the committee will be enlaYged so that a drive for the necessary funds can be made in the near' future, Other activities" of this committee will be developed later on. In the canvass for finances, appeals will be made throughout the County, the committee' heing convinced that the towns and villages which supplied ! #0 many fine sons for the Tank Regi- ment will bo keenly Interested in 'as-- sisting with the work of providing thelr o own boys with such squint,