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SAMUEL FARMER, * Editor and Publisher. | i g 5 * EDITORIAL = "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at home.* 'SHIFTING BALANCE OF POWER" Major George Fielding Elliott, in Financial Post We must look .forward toward a future which seems likely to shift the balance of world power to the continent of North America, a future in : which both..peoples can co-operate to the pre- servation of Anglo-Saxon free institutions and the right of man to exist as the master and not CN as the slave of the State. 1 Above all, let there be no bargaining and chat- ' fering at such a time. As between Canada, Great Britain and the United States there are begin- © ning to be recognized by all three peoples certain | areas of common interest, in which common ac- fa. tion is possible in support of that interest. The United States is strengthened by helping to make Canada more secure. Canada is strength- ened by the assurance of receiving American help time to be of use.~ Great Britain is strength- ened by a firmer position in the Atlantic and by increased possibility of help from overseas--not less by the moral effect that such events "will have upon the neutrals of the world, and upon Germany itself, y Hq > common aims and common action to attain them that we should enter upon this new relationship, on the success of which depends in all human pro- bability the future of freedom in this world. : eo 4qep o : - . : TOOLS OF VICTORY Slowly we forge new tools of victory. i One useful tool is our national regisration. It d wll give much-needed information as to actual { and potential manpower. Its value will depend on the- 'speed with which we put this knowledge to use in 'channelling and mobilization our industrial and military forces." Our defense alliance with the United States cannot be overestimated. Premier Mitchell F. "Hepburn did not overstate the case when he de- = scribed it as "the most advanced international gesture in the history of the American continent. » It was most urgently needed. Now that the first steps'have been taken amid t almost, universal approval there must! be no | 2%] stumbling: blocks to complete military and eco- TIL ~~ nomic co-ordination between the two nations. By this"means, Canada can make one of the greatest single contributions to the common cause. 1 o doh o TAXES ARE CONSCRIPTION OF WEALTH § Registration has been accomplished in Canada; and very sucessfully accomplished, too. It was registration of all above the age of sixteen years --rich and poor alike. That registration gives an index to the resources of Canada as to man It also, to those whe __power and woman power. wealth of the registrants--occupations will tell that pretty well, This war is not providing an easy opportunity \ for the rich to grow richer and the poor poorer. Profits are reduced to a minimum, and quality % products are demanded. , Moreover, wages are determined by the Government in all war work. Prices are also regulated, so that the con- sumer may not suffer ig el y ---- ~It-is in the spirit-of a common Tecognition of can read between the lines, reveals the potential "Churchill," - when NOTES AND COMMENTS France is no longer the drinker's paradise. Cocktails are cut down. The law now forbids the sale of beverages with over 16% alcohol in res- taurants and bars. - . * * Lorentz, the re-captured German prisoner has been given twenty- fe days solitary confinement. CHer 1) "Democracy must vgs be two years behind dictators."--- Baldwin, One of the best means the Government can adopt to advance trade is to teach proper methods of producing and insist upon good products. * * 4 * - The wars of religion, we are told, are ended. Perhaps the wars of rival irreligions have begun. -- Churchill. - ~ * * * _ Ever in a democracy will the parliamentary candidate be tempted to present a popular plat- - form, a= avoid a statement of unpleasant truths, The scench--They have done what they like. The aificutly is to like what they have done.-- ¥ * * LEARNING BY DOING Under the guise of laying a broad foundation much: time is frequently wasted in the education of our youth. Years are spent in a monotonous study of rudimentary clements without applying them to real life. The effect of this system of acquiring know- ledge may readily be seen in our social life. Local entertainments are of two sorts--those depending upon imported talent and those in which local entertainers provide the program. Of late years" it has become noticeable that our much appre- ciated group of local artists has not received many young recruits, What has become of the young people who took many, many piano lessons? Where are the young people with good voices, who have been taught to sing 7' Are there: np young musicians to play -for us on wind or 'string instruments? We have a few such; but they are far too fern - Constantly we have to call on the old brigade-- and they dre splendid performers--a real credit to Port Perry. But we would like to feel that these - entertainers pass, others of the younger generation nny be ready to take their places. Of course, there are many reasons. why the young people do not take their part in the field of entertainment. The chief are the radio and the motion picture. Our music and ow' drama have both been"canned.""} It is much simpler to turn a knob on the radio, than it is to practice daily in one of the arts to attain proficiency. Another reason is--our young life is full of a number of things--eyes, and cars, and the sense of motion all. demand' instant_attention.. A In spite of thes¢ luxurious drawbacks, our young people should be urged to fit themselves for happy self-expression and to enable them to take a constructive part in' the life' of the com- munity,' When our young people in the group do set their minds to entertain, they give an excellent t of themselves, The talent is there, but it seldom takes solo parts. oe Sets : 3 pad : Seers of Visions: Our enemy has been boasting of his "secret weapons." days ago our paper stated that his! Lucknow, Iridia, and as she places ---- -- It calls to our minds the little Scot- Just®a few tish maiden shut up in beleaguered | the young adventurer, without batting "I man spy." Dreamers of : Joseph Denny x At one time in sacred writ it states: ; "There was no open vision." N would infer that there was no moral nor spiritual uplift left in the nation. _ At another time it says: "Where there is no vision, the people perish." Later on we read that a day is com- ing when our 'sons and daughters would prophesy, our young men see visions and our old men dream' dreams, How true it is' that when one is content to live in the past or in I the immediate' present he appears to make little or no. progress. Let one aim at nothing and he will surely hit it; and even though he aims : : "too high he is most gid yf miss it WE but he will certainly ative some- o-oo &§ Where. Better aim at something than i \ " nothing. | . Even beyond the desperate A in which we live we can see a silver : lining to the black clouds; For many Hy | years we have waited for the storm I to burst, and now it has come in all F © ity fury. It is not so bad ay it might have been. Every day finds us better 4: prepared and more able to meet ita onslaughter, It is true the Hun has made many a lightnihg stroke but the lightning conductor was waiting for a] him so that his blows, were not so damaging as they might have. been, for he found Britain ready for him, This "gecret weapon" was about to strike, but in the same paper was another announcement to the effect that | Lloyds had reduced Insurance rates on shipping in the Mediterranian. The first statement was propoganda, the second a plain simple truth. The first item was to sell the paper the second a-fact that could not be denied. 1f you 'would know the truth don't he carried away by glaring headlines, but see what the world financiérs have to say about it. The "Ticker" nlways j tells the story and the condition of "world affairs as told by it is the most delicate and accurate international . barometer that we possess. 1 The scare about "sccret weapons" is only a myth. In glancing through a 'British paper the other day, it said "History has told us that never hy a go-called "secret weapon" succe wed in winner a war. One of the best known British military experts 'sum- med tp this lesson in these words: "When tatics fall in decadence, tech: nical perfection grows." In. other words, when generals realize they have to turn to "stunts" to extricate them from defeat. These never do-- but that is a lesson that Hitler's Germany with its talk of "gecret weapons", has evidently yet to learn. Our foes seem to have caught an apathetic Europe napping and having mesferised it have devoured it, just a3 a reptile fascinates its prey and swal- laws it. But tve have caught a vision of a free Universe, free from Hunnish thralldom and all the horrors that term implies, her car to the ground she catches the strain of the rescuer's band, She calls out, in glad surprise: ¥Dinna ye hear it, the popes o' Havelock sound?" What can be sweeter music at this moment of our Empire's agony than to hear of the Fifty Destroyers and other assistance . that our cousins across fhe border are about to send to our relief. The news that General Wolfe heard on the Plains of Abraham could not have been more assuring, when the ery came across the field of battle, "They run, They run!" Whe run? cries out the dying General. aThe French, Sir," is the reply. "Thank God, I die happy." All ready our foes have seen the handwriting on the wall. They are caught in the téap they set for others. Calamity tongue-waggers would do well to copy the example of the Grosvener House, clevator man, of London, England, who greets his pas- sengers every morning with "Good morning, another day nearer victory. Le wp o---- Dr. Duncan McArthur New Minister of Education Dr. Duncan McArthur, who as Deputy Minister of Education since 1934 was closely associated with the late Dr, L. J. Simpson in education reforms in this province, has entered the Cabinet as Dr. Simpson's success: or, it was reported at Queen's Park. "You lad Perry Hob- Princesses and a Peer By Ronald Campkin "It is a good thing 1 had my best suit on!" "L'his is the nonchalant way in which a lad 12 ended his story of how, by chance, he was introduced to the viee- regal party at Ottawa. William ("Bill") Hayes' of Port Perry, son of the manager of the Can- adian Bank of Commerce branch in that village, motored with his father to Quebec for holidays. On their re- turn journey they visited friends in Ottawa, where they stayed overnight. These friends had tickets for a chari- table performance at a local theatre in aid of Red Cross work. ~ There was no persuasion Jodi 0 induce young Bill to take pot luck in getting a set, and so he 'accompanied his friends. At the theatre, Bill was left to shift for himself, and was not lacking for initiative. Spying what Bill termed "a swell spot" very close to the front, and right on the centre isle, an eyelash, "parked" himself in this lone vacant seat, preparing to enjoy the performance to the full, 'A gentleman sitting next to him, seemingly anxious to make the boy's acquaintance, asked him his name. "Bill Hayes of Port Perry, sir!" William replied promptly. "William? Did you say William?" queried the gentleman, ' "Yes, sir!" "Don't you know that William is a jerman name? I believe your a Ger- said the gentleman, with a twinkle in his eye, . "Oh, no sir!" Bill quickly respond- ed. "I'm just Bill Hayes of Port Perry!" At this juncture, another important looking personage appeared beside Bill to claim his seat. Bill, by this time, was beginning to realize he was PERRY STAR PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 from Port nobs with (Star Weekly) 'Gee, shouldn't away!" "Oh, no!' said the first gentleman, emphatically. "Please stay here with Oh, usher, bring this gentleman a chair and place it in the aisle be- side Bill" This being done, sir, I'm sorry. heve, TN I guess 1 be go right us, Bill began to feel at home with his new-found friends, but was still somewhat bewildered as to whose company he was privileged to-be in.' After much joking and fun, the first gentleman quietly asked our hero it he knew who he was, . "No, sir!" "Well, Wilkiap, | I'm the Earl of Athlonel" "Oh, please, s mistake. Please let me go!" "Not at all!" replied the-gemal governor-general. "I want_you fo meet some of my friends. Oh, Alice, allow me to present Bill Hayes of Port Perry!" : Princess Alice very graciously ac- knowledged the introduction. Young William was also presented to Princess Julianna and the entire vice-regpl party, including the senator whose oly he had inadvertently oc- cupied, } + -- , I've made an awful "What impressed vou most about his excelleney," 1 asked the lad. "The way he sang "There'll Al ways be ah England." I could- n't even hear myself!" Gosh, At the conclusion of the perform- ance, while everyone gathered outside the theatre to catch a glimpse of the vice-regal party, Bill's father had come lo meet his son. Somewhat disturbed at not finding the lad, he was amazed and bewildered when he spied him with the governor-general, in the wrong "pew". whose arm was on Bill's shoulder. "THIS IS WAR! The: Japanese lied about Nanking. The carnival of bestiality staged with- in_its_ ancient walls was not, as the Japanese officially explained, a mad debauch of troops temporarily out of hand. These outrages have never, stopped. They are calculated and deliberate. Precisely the same hor- rors occur in precisely the same se- quences whenever the Japanese army marches into a town. The first step is to terrorize un- occupied areas from the air. Open towns are systematically bombed and civilians mowed down by machine guns. The object is to drive the pop- ulation to demand that the Chinese government make peace. Though it has failed in its purpose, this program is still being pursued. The list of citics bombed for no mili- tary reason would fill a page. In un- defended places, low-flying aviators pour machine-gun bullets into every méving object--domestic animals and human beings alike.- The planes often time their visits to coincide | with market days when the villages will be crowded with farmers and livestock. After the raids, the troops move in and promptly stage a mass execution, the idea being to make a convincing show of force, Next the soldiers are given a three- day holiday from all but essential routine duties. Householders are -or- dered to leave their doors unlocked to facilitate the search for guerillas, This means that the soldiers can en- ter any house without warning, be- fore there is opportunity to hide girls or valuables. Japanese prostitutes are Faved for the officers at all garrisons, but the soldiers are. encouraged to forge for women as for food. They range [We have Our Orders In Reader's Digest, condonsed from Survey Graphic by Carl Crow. manding women from the elders of the village and even from American women missionaries who are trying to shelter their converts. At Chung- king I saw many diaries of Japaness soldiers killed in battle, and had some of them translated. They reveal that the ordinary Japanese soldier be- lieves all Chinese women are lascivous and 'that they welcome the embraces of the manly Japanese. A foreign doctor in Canton told me he knew of 68 Chinese women raped within the first few-days of Japanese occupation. Victims include girls of ten and women more than 60. = One girl treated at a mission hospital had been defiled by 30 soldiers in a single night. The Japanese have preserved evi- dence of their depravity. With their ubiquitous cameras, they took snap- shots of women stripped naked and made fo stand beside Japanese soldiers. I have such a picture before me: the weeping woman, the grinning man. There are other pictures of women violated, murdered, their naked bodies decorated obscenely. There are scores of pictures of exe-|" cutions --, piles of headless bodies, ditches full of bullet-riddled villagers. The soldiers took these nauseating filme to Chinese shops for developing. The three-day holiday gives the troops time for thorough looting. Every - -Chingse town under Japanese control*has been cleaned out of every- thing from rare works of arts to chickens: Plunder is divided accord- ing to a well-defined system, The officers, commanding the use of army trucks, get the bulky objects such as furniture and rugs. The noncommis- sioned officers and men help them- selves to such articles ns they can' carry away, But that is not a serious the streets ard Phe go ountryside like packs of libidinous hounds, openly de- (Continued o nback page) " Watch your label; it tells when your $1.60 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy subscription explres *. Rev. J. C. Clough There was a large attendance at the farewell party tendered to Rev. J. C. Clough, Rector of the Church of the Ascension for the past three years. This event took place in the Parish Hall on Thursday - evening of last week, August 22nd. part of the proceedings was presided over by Mrs. Wm, Me- Clintock, President of the Ladies' Auxiliary. This section of the pro- gram consisted of a number of selec- tions by local artists. They included vocal selections by Mrs, Ernest Hayes, Mr. J. C. Cockburn, and Mrs. Frank Mann; violin solos by Mr. V. P. Stouf- fer, and readings by Mrs. LR. Bentley. --At ther conclusion of this part of the program, Messrs, H. G. Hutcheson and J. B Lundy took charge, and re- quested Rev. Mr. Clough to step for- wird. Mr. Hutcheson then proceeded to express his appreciation of the The séearly Clough in the Church of the Ascen- sion during the three years of his ministry. The church has prospered under that leadership Mr. Hutcheson said, and the members sincerely re- aretted the fact that Mr. Clough was leaving them. He then presented Mr. Clough with a handsome watch, and a sum of money, the gift of the con- gregation, Dr. J. B. Lundy then told of the good work done by their Rector, both in Port Perry and Brooklin, making particular reference to his work among the young people, especially in the formation of the Boy. Scouts Troop. Me. Clough made a very happy, re- ply to these expressions of apprecin- tion and thanked the donors of the beautiful watch for their appropriate gift. He had learned to feel thor- oughly at home in Port Perry, and had greatly enjoyed his work among the people of the Church of the Ascension because of their wonderful co-opera- tion. Dy. Lundy then called on Mr. Harvy Peel, who read the following address: August 22nd, 1940 Rev. J. C. Clough, : Port Perry, Ontario. Dear Friend; We heard with feeling of deep re- gret of your contemplated departure from this locality. Mr-- Editor you asked me to write an appeal to the young people, instead I want to write an appeal to' their parents. ) We all know these young people have many talents which are being undeveloped. Many parents are real- ly worried because sons and daughters seem to be drifting nowhere, I would like the parents to ask themselves exactly where they are heading. Just what is their goal? Are you really striving to some de- finite end? Haven't most of you be- come lost in a rut of bread-secking, or just acquiring something better than your neighbour? Well, if you are so husy getting nowhere that you haven't any time to spend working or playing with-your children why expect anything more of them? If the important thing is the hap- piness of your homes, why don't yon Cut-in Driver Blamed Ripley, clerk in the Beaton Dairy Products store, Oshawa, fata)ly injured "early Monday afternoon in an automobile accident, between Oshawa and Whitby on No. 2 Highway west of. Thornton's Corners. Ripley expired shortly after admis- sion to Oshawa Hospital. His light I roadster struck. the rear end of the "gravel truck carrying over five tons of gravel. The collision allegedly was caused when another car "cut in" James Ray was work that had been.done by Rev. My. | | rowing Double Presentation presented with a Walch and an Engraved Address In the brief period of your sojourn among us, 'we have learned to love you, not only because of the valuable aid that you have community but Association, It 'does not surpirse us that a gentleman of your calibre should re- ceive a call to a wider field in our vast Dominion; and we feel that your departure from our midst will mean an advent to a greater service in the cause you represent; in faét for the benetit of all who are fortunate enough to come under your kindly influence, For the splendid work you have ac- complished for us we offer from grate- hearts our sincere thanks. You may rest assured that your seclf-denying helpfulness, social and spiritual mini- strations will not be speedily forgotten by those whose privilege it was to know you here. particularly to our Signed on behalf of The Business Men's Association of Port Perry, W. H. Peel, President. Several other persons spoke in ap- precintion of Mr. Clough's work in Port Perry, including Rev. W. J. H. Smyth, Reeve Letcher, Bill Baker (Commodore) and the Editor. Bountiful refreshments were served by the ladies, of persons at this farewell was a real tribute to Mr. Clough. They came from all walks of life and the dif- ferent churches of the town. Rev. MF. Clough has done excellent Worl in the community by his cheer- fulness, sincerity, and naturalness. He has unbounded energy. His prin- ciples and convictions are wholesome and constructive. In "the field of general community welfare Mr. Clough found a ready channel for his activities in the Lions Club. This organization will miss him greatly. He did excellent work as a member of the club. The new field to which My. Clough has been assigned is in a district north of Toronto around Bathurst street and Eglington Avenue. It will be a real piece of Christian pioneering in this city area. The field is an entirely new one so far as the. Angli- can Church is concerned. Port Perry people wish Mr. Clough every success in this new. venture. The Younger 'Generation Comments parents get-together and make some thing worthwhile for your children here? Why don't you parents plan and supervise a community club where young people could get good entertainment: could learn to express themselves: could receive encourage- ment, inspiration and jelf reliance? When your children { small you treat them well. But yolt scem not to know their needs when they. become older. They will soon be adults but they still need your understanding, help and guidance. What are YOU going to do? Well, it is your child who is hang- ing around street corners, learning indolence; some of them to smoke and drink. It is your-child who is spend- ing your money trying to find an easy glamorous way to "grow up"; hoping for some miracle to land them a sbft job. . . Eg 2S a as Death Car Strikes Rear of Gravel Truck. on Ripley after passing him. The accident victim was 32 years old, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip J. Ripley, Oshawa, formerly living in the Seagrave district. He was employed in the Port Perry Branch of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce some three years ago. Sur. viving him are his wife, and two small children, his parents, two brothers, two sisters, rendered to the The presence of so large a number nT ~3 aR re Ny Ra ER EE Sree = ~~ a om, T--~ Tr RN Ba