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PAGE TW() THE C.\NADI.\N STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 1940 Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which are Incorporatedl The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 85 years' continuons service to the Town of Bowvmanville and Durham County. MEMBER Canadian lVeekly Newspapers Association and Class A Weeklies of Canada. SUBSURIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly ln advance. $2.50 a Year in the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH. 1940 Veterans to Aid in War Work Throtigh the Canadian Legion War Ser- vices. lue.. the~ Canadiaîi Legion hopes ta do mucli to improve the position of those who are serving their countr - in the pre. sent war. Experienced as they are in the needs of the men who give their services to their countrY in times of war, the Legion is making a drive for $500,000.00 in Canada to assist ini completing the education of those who gave up their studies to join the colors: to provide our boys with suitable entertainment and hostels iii Canada, Eng,- land and France where they wvi1I always find the Canadian atmosphere and enjay good. wholesome entertainnient. This same orgaîîizatian ivili also be on hand after the war ta see that each soldier is given far treatinent bv the authorities in the miatter of pensions and assist ini getting him back f0 civil life. If is no small task that this organization has undertaken, but it i5 011e in which the,, need the financial support of the general public. Menîbers of the Canadian Legioiî know whvlat these services are going ta meun ta the fighltiing meni of Canada and it 15 UP to aur people ta support the effort with wlîatever they *an afford. Bowmanville and West Dnrham's share is $2,500. Every famil vwil I be expected ta do their bit for the mnuîin the army. The canvas for funds openîs next Monday. Election Policy of The Statesman The prohabilities are that duinng flic next six wueeks feelings mill run high and words will flow freelv on platform. press and broadcast i connection with the general eleetion canipaign now underway. Much will be said under the stress of the moment that would flot be uttered in saner times; mucli that wil! do littie fowards solîdifý-n'y the war effort. And so, before flic campaign gets too deeply involved, The Statesman desires ta make ifs editorial policy- clear. It is aur intention fa report the local cain- Paign as fairly and împartiallv as it is lin- manly possible s0 fa do. Ail the major meetings will be covered and reported as fully as the occasion warrants. No efforts wilI bc made ta caver the sinaîl meetings iffi the surrounîding districts unless the ad- vance plans of fhe meeting( seem ta war- rant it bein- important enougli fa do so. There is no0 intention at flic preseut tine of editorially particij)atilig in flic argu- ment.s. Lu ther words, there will be 'no active support of anY partîcular scbool of thoîîght. Should editorials lie earried tlhe% will discuss the point under considerationi in an abstract manuer. Iu short, everv effort will be miade ta give aur readers a complete anîd impartial picture aoflicellocal campaign as if advauees. The p)icturi, will bec r 'ît'lwitlîout re- foluehiugý or x'aru ish îng aiîîd witlîout coni- ment. The columus of The Statesînaii are availa hIe toa aI political parties w-ia wish to use them, What Use is a Chamber of Commerce? Site fîmth (luamlieu ofCort aiier-cc ias sfnrte'uliî No vember- t Imequcsfiom lmis becu asked 1)* vseveral douubltiimg ,Thuoumas' and ofhers w-li have alw-ays beemi oppo.se(d fa aumy ca-operative st'ps bhî-ig umde for thme prgi-ess, advamieeiieimt anmd prospcrity Of flic commuutiitv.-Wlmat ise us n (luamber of Commerce?"' Weauswem-fhis questiami bs- quîot imî an editoniail iii the K'Iawiia (Courîier, wii town lias auîc- aiflie nosf active C. ai C. 's in British (Colummbia: "A Cîanîbe(r a of uu-eis aa rganiza- tion of buîsinmess anid professiaimal mnmi, for- ed and maiitainîcd for flic purpose ai ad- vancimîg, 113-united aetioi. flic interesfs auud welfare aifliheeî>lmimuuiiîv it serves. Ifs fuanctiamîs ezubrave a wud1' variecîsofai ctiv- ities anud ifs rel'm iîu1 ieliunIes puic i- spirited cifizens ai aIl walks ofi fi." If there w-as eve(r a l imeiî iii ftie listorx- of Bow-man-ville whimsou- h nuamai ztu was neerled, and imeded l illv. il is right now. lUnited auliieand o- ffant 113 Bowniauivil le bmsics, oft-,-ijîial il(1idii- dustnizlmnîiilicheC. aif c. i., eqi cd ta kçeep Bow'ni vil le iii)flic' sait f i ii- and pI-eiarvi' iffourflic grial -rieid 'Xluai- tioni fluntis pl-etictt(ifoi'( uM'lhulîui tht' Mar cmies tfa necud. 'Thle Biiî ofiilu the, fuitire ivill be w-laf ifs citiziu., iakî-iu. .Aertiess t(> iiiketheflic îst af alp - îi itu's is ,seutil. e' '. ai c'. is mb i Iv besf equipped for thlis service auîd vciiii wo,,Ifîulei u Isup)amfta othle TownuComui Iit., by fluirprsle at ieetiuigs amîind aîîi tiouu il]iiiuu îuuuiit \rmmud(eitakiîîg-s, these ul11-41 give fliho .ai(,. i lueiî-wliule-learfed sup)- port tluis 811011](1u1)('d le hueOaiadvance- Ment fou,' Bowinamuvilîc. Beverage Room Not Wanted ilere1 Sonietiînes wc tlîiik the yoîîtl of fuis eoinntr 'v have moure-eoininaîi seilse and bet- er judginc ut flaîî saine af their eIders. Thait ivas tflichtiinglit Nvliclicaine fa aur mid wlien %e rend flic repart a week ago in fuis papcx af St. -Johni's AY.P.A. discussiiîg flic qluestioin Shonld Bow-niaîville H-ave aBc- erage Boom ?- Thlicunaiiîius deccision ivas that if vould bc docidedly dctrimnnal ta thet om-i as a whole. Andi still wc lîcar occasionallv a inerchauf plcadiig tflicaenuse of a beverage rooin be- cause if wiold lellî business. To suchi advo- cates w-e vould direct ta flîcir attention flic recenf statcîîîeîf aiSccretarv Wilson of flic Aniericaiî Buîsiniess Mcniss Research Foinid- afian that flic people oiflice United States ,will iiaf contiue ta permniif flicvaste of liquor bîiying as a basis for soutid reasaît- Iîivestnreiit ai mouie*v ini an automobile. a hanse, a suit ai cloflies, a waslîing mach- ine not oiily iniplies continucd use aîid enjainent aiflice article purcliased, but ini- sur-es furtiier emiployment - of mechanies. ail workers and refiners, paîlîfers and paper- hiaugers. dry cicaners, soap makers. and a score of oflier types af warkers. Sinking nioncy in liquor - at the enor- mnous rate ai $3,600,000,000 a year - meaîîs nof only diverfing if froin constructivc channels of trade but failing ,ta provide further employmenf. Liquor affer if is cou- sumed -ives nia one w-ork, exccpt, possibly , hospitals. The Anti-Saloon League of America cites the failure of repeal ta salve the United States' economie prohlems and declares the people evenfually will vote ouf liquor again. This view lias support in the stafement of Mr. Wilsoii. The Rink as a Community Centre In an endeavour ta hiave aur cifizens more rink consciaus w'e are publislîiîg ail article anîd pictures ini this issue about I)uudalk's experiece in buildinig and aperating a skatiîîg- and hiockey rink. Alongi this saine ~topic w-e wrotc ta flic edifor ai the Aefom Fi-ce Press ta (,et bis views anîd lîre is w-haf hie said editorially: "We had a letter durnîg the week fromn ail edifor ini anothler caminnnitv. askiuîg for details about the' Aremia iin Acton anîd ifs ereet iouî. 0f course this ivill be answ-cred iuî due course, but the tlîouîght oecurred ta us the other day when sumlnin.-np flic pro- position iii Actoiî that there arc fbings fliat figures are apt nat ta cauivey. There are thing-s inybe last sight of affer the' build- ing is erecfcd. "The' biggesf fhing is communitv interesf, and w-e neauî that fa caver flot only Actaîi but the district arouîîd. Cerfaiîily the O.H.A. teains dmaw the' craw-ds aîîd pravide a bulk af the' aperating revenue. But there is tht' appartunity for the youngsters ta work off that surplus energy w-hich cvef-y normal child bas, but which sometimes gaes astray if not properly direcfed. Tiiere is that caina- anunity centre thought which gives neigh- bornîg districts a wclcome ta make the arcua a place ta play- their gaines. Saine who reekon withou tfhiese may~ coutend ail arcun is not a payiîîg propositiont and pre- sent figures w-hieh bear ontmthflict. But an areuîa in auîy întincipality, properly con- ducted auîd operated withi thet' fîamght ai servuce ta tht' cominuuîity- and distruct, us an asset that is iucalelablc i ifs binefifs ta tht' yaung folk. We hope Actaui Areîia will coutiue ta operafe itli these iu mid. Bookiiugs show- flat sncb ail arranugemeuut ha.s not lcft an open date unfil well iuît< nmxt moîfhî. Fortuuîintelv tfle weaflu(r lins erahled tîmis streumuuaus scliedule ta becîmainî- taîuued. Doing Things in a Big Way Onie canne at elp huit adire-. anid sailli- tines cuai-*-. the wlolvlearted aim n îluu iaustieC ivay flche(eple aiflue w-estem-îî pr- vîices anmd partieuinrly Brit islm (Columnblia tackîe their problemuis as weIl as aii objet-- txi e the>- go after. Just iaXow fli B.C. Appli' ~rwc-s are puttinîg aonflîcir' anim uaîuid e cauipa igii. Ontario apple growem-s w- li arc cut-ogfaIea-veut for Iaek o ai imrkets anud plt-adiuig for lielp fromi ftic goveriuieuit ta u'elicvc- thimem of surîpluîs stoc'ks igh-it leauum wif l profit lîow B.('. uilds up thein doiuis- tic marketf fa stimulate auîstiinption <if apples. litre is flueva *fvlte * <1<> if aceardiiig, ta li t htefaîlIvraîd: -Today. Coast apple cenîtres are coi- ineaiiug tliem aunumal B.C. Apple Week anud numeraus omgnîizatiaiîs au-e combiiigii- make this 1940 effort aime aiflue biggesf puuliliity camnaiguîs ever ougaîuized fa boo.sf tlic sale ai B('. apples. Vanicouver, New We-stuinster andî Victoria are eoinbiiuaig miu the procimutiomu ai apple sales. Sixty thousanmd apples are heing distributed fa scîmoal ehild- reî ini Gn afer Vanucouver. 'feu cars ai apples Icit flue Okauammî last week as the' iniial unavemcîmtta fkv cane ai the' general iucrease ini apple blmntu expected fa result froin the' puibicity caîuî- j)migii. Moriuîe cars of apples. prnicpally Mc- I it a-d andI Ronie Beaîify, with sarine Spit- zî'iberg, Stavinan annd Neivfowim, are gomîîg fuîrw-mrd fîis w-evk. -Tiis B.C. Apple Week is beiîîg spciisor'd bY the Vancut ver- Buoard oai radv eanud ifs B.C Praulîmets Burreauiand will be assisteil 1) - v thle fr-ut iiid îst ry s alv eu-t isiuug cuomiti- et in i Rd owîma, thle St(ewîrt-Mc(-Il iisî nad- 1i-t isiumg ngelmey, (lanîadiauu Fruit J)istri- bli:ois, lietaîl Meîchaîts' %ssoeiat ion, auId wu iwitus organizatioîs and serviic cluibs inm \\'I*v iiiu frtu-s îîs il min Toontumo, as ak i-.wliere inaiuv chidren in iîm iuul homes di ti -u kîmow flue faste tof a good lmsiouis )uli: :phîîu- In this coiumn if is suggeste( thaf froin fume fa fume reconnais sance flights be made in man3 directions and observations mad( on ahl kinds o! tapics. The fun o: flying this particular plane is th( almosf coinplete f r e edoinmo choice as f0 the course f0 be cov. ered. The fîying range is un. limited, because the plane is fi dependent on gas or ail - weîl nat ao], anyhow. Somefimes we inay fake off on seriaus journeys that lead infc contemplative considerafion of the greaf events going on around us. Sometimes if will be urgently necessary ta fly quite high in or- der fa see critical events in beftei perspective and froin a more ob- jective point of view. But othex fumes we may go on liff le jaunty ftips just for fhe sheer joy of flying. The facf is thaf I have neyer been in a plane and most certain- ly have neyer made a real recon- naissance flighf. Even if I coulci fly well enough f0 be sent on such a miliiary mission, the Air Force would nof be greatly impmessed wit h the results, for the aerial pictures would offen flot be of milifary objectives. If I were fly- ing over the Rhine, for the life o! me, I could nof inake a camera focus properly on rows of pili- boxes when the glaons scenery o! that district was looking up at me. Then this business o! bombing - no, hopeless af that fao. A miii- fary objective fao close t0 Cologne Cathedral wonld surely remain intact, because I could flot run the risk o! desfroying thaf cathe- dral. This is indeed a mosf un- practical attitude, admittediy, but rightly or wrongly, I cannot help feeling thaf Cologne is as much ours as Westminster Abbey or King's College Chapel, C am- bridge. The cathedrals, libraries, museums, galleries, are not Gem- man, British, French or any other nafion's. They belong f0 man- kind, fa the peoples o! the civiliz- ed wold, and they must not be crumbied. The bombing o! civilians, and childmen in particular, is sa fright- fnl, that I hope the day wili neyer caine when we can read o! these fhings without a feeling o! horror and shame welling up within us. And yet theme is na sbadow ci doubt that we must win this war, and none o! us can sit idly by and feel if is not our aff air. EacJ must contribufe in the way be feels most suited f0 do so. Our politicians tell us if is gaing f0 take the "best brains" in the country ta carry on our war effort successfuliy. T r u enaugh, but it is going ta take in!initely better brains fa con- stmuct a wise peace. If bas always seemed unreasonable f0 me, that the men, who bave ta conducf the war, be they politicai or militamy, sbould also be expected ta con- ducf a far-sigbted peace. In the fimst place, they must be inentall and physicaily exhausted, and ir the secand place, their peace- making frame o! mind is nai likely ta be one o! caîrn, unhur- ried, unemofional, wide-spmead considerafion o! ahl the problems invoived. What would be flhe ne- suif o! baving a second. !orward- line in charge o! the peace nego- fiafians? This, fao, composed of very intelligent thinkers, but men w-ho have worked throtmghout the wam only on plans for the future pence, and mcn who have very specific traning in the- necessary fields. If is not the countries' leaders ahane w-ha are exhausfed and full o! bittemness at the end o! wam, but the cammon people as ,vell, wba have suffened in every con- ceiv ble way. Tbey are the ones wba demand a revengeful pence, because o! the hatred that has been stirred wifhin then. Now, befone this Sping, is the finie xe must remiumd aurselves wbaf revenge did fan us fthe hast fine. We have ta win the war again, but this fine w-e musf win the peace fao, and the latter is much harder fa do. Wifh the be- ginning o! Canadian casualty lists, hystenua and hate wil be under- standable and will need no en- couragement. But if we again are stinulated fron every source fa bafe and detesf the Germans and whaever else may be aur enemy at that tino, right then we have conmenced ta hase the pence. Hatmed is an emofion which cannet be turned on and off like wafen fron a tap. We must remind aurselves again and again that whether we like if or nof, and whefher aur enemnies like it ornona, we al bave fa live fa- gether on this eanfh - and if is a veny iffle earth. If we hafe in wan, then we mast cetainly wilî hate and revenge in pence - and then thene is no pence. This is not an idealistie point o! view, if is ane o! cold realify, which hau been learned fran al other wams. Nom is this an appeal fan a half-heamfed feeble effort fa win the war. If is a phea for a strang, self-discipiined deter- mination, penmeated with sane and intelligent behaviaur, the in- cubafors o! a lasting pence, ns-1 then than hysteria, nevenge, andi batned, the breeders of anothen war. ie is e FIFTY YEARS AGO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 'S From The Canadian Statesman, From The Canadian Statesman, itFebruary 12, 1890 February 4, 1915 The brick residence owned by L. Mr. and Mns. '%V. H. Clcinîî and -Connish on Queen St. lias been pur- MNf. Edward Doidge were given a echîased bs' Thos. Knight. farewell surprise before they nîoved y Thas. Baker, Solina, and Albertý from Salcm ta Haldimand Townshuip. ri Tamblyr. Orono, attended the 'Ccii- C9ulirillor Geo. A\. Stephiens acted as - irai Farmens' Institute at Toronuto.. chairmalu. t F. F. McArthur w-as apruoiiiîcd .Mrs. Harriet Bragg was the ne- -High Sclîool Trustee hY Coulities' rcipent of mais- conîgratulations on lber Couîuril. 89rh binthday at the lhonue f Mrs. S Miss Cîiniie. M.\iss Russell, Msr iRobent Rodgers, Hamilton. - XalIs ad igior ibeat faourd1 South Dlarlinugtoandaiîl Clarke - WalisandSigiorLibrat faourd [Thnesimg Syndicate held a social ai -the band w ili solos at tlhe gatlîcrin iîg î#bomne ai Mn. and Mrs. T. C. flielil at W. S. Russelî's aiten the Band Bragg. Short spîeeches w-erc delivcned iConcert. by W. J. Bragg, Frank Allini aid W. Town Courncil appoinited th e ai O- E. Giîbaîîk. Solos 1wv W. S. Bragg, ficials: Clerk-R. Windait, $51) iiss Reta Caldw-ell, Orm A. Gainsby, *Treasurer - Tîinas Bîirden, $150; Mns. W. H. Mlircer andINMiss Leta .\s,.sson S. Bmrdcn, $1,50: Coller-- Bn'agL,, Pnesideiit George Rickand tor-abt-rt Virtie, $150: Clil Con- w-as iin the chair. stable-K. larvis; Sîut. of Cetiiete-vv Boys, of B.H.S. have been recels'- -D. Tniskct. $350; Chief af Vire ilug lectures oni Agriculture in tie Brigaide-Thas,. Hoar. $2000: Clief evenrings frain Dupatinelit officiais. Eigiticer-Geo. FHainets,$1 10; .As- LpwIortli League ineiîmg was in sisialîl Elgiruer-Tlu'N Tap4'mu. S60); charge of Ernest Freemlaru and Miss Steward of No. 1 Co.-G. Fle-tcher, Amy athway. On tire prognalin wcre $45; Steward Sontli Wand Co.-W. Mirs. B. Dailey, Rev. E. A. Tonikin, Todgham, $25 ; Coîstablcs-G. Flel- 'Miss Mabel Noon andti Msses Belle cher, R. Darch,. G. Dowuw-s: Feixce- and Doris Countice. vliewers-W\. I'ierr e. T. Darcbi and At the .-fteriuoon Tea givei bv J. McSorley ; Potiindlkeep)e-T. Lonig. St. Pauls% ladies vocal solos were New- Salvaliouu Xrv fficers are gis-clu y \%,. S. Ro.v, Orona : Gi-o. Camu. anmd Mrs. Temple. Roy, Mrs. J. C. l)udlev and Nins. E.' Chie f larvis is a terroirlu' aIl evil- 'S. Seiuklen : anîd violiîu duels I1w Chas. doers iii ihe tow-i. The havi btegiiî and WiIl Carnuuthens. ta fiiid out that lie kîîows bis dtt1 Miss Janie Gale, uast libranuamu, was aîîd venformi it.11 presenîed with a siîjcase hy Miss WVest Durham Reforn Association .-\icc Tiiompson sud( Miss Genlie selerted WV. T. Lockhart. Newcastle-.j Youing and a parlv was given ini her to u for the fonthominug electlon. * lonoun 1w Mrs. \\'. E. Tilley. Beecli Others nominafed 4-erv- Robt. Beitih. ýA W. F. .-llin, Dr. J. C. Mfitchecll, G.V miî~ Iîsitule w-as held ai M. Long. A. Yoinie, C. J. Thorn ton.iM rs E. Beliman's wiih prognan iin Thos. Sînaie. James Kniglit, C. XV. charge af irs. E. R. Boutîsail and, Smith, M. A. James, Robert K 110x, IMn. Gri Bounsaîl. Cornelius Osborne, \V. H. Williams, D)urham Old BovsExecutive af F. F. McArtbmir, Cea. Grav and T. 'Toronto,. met af Mn. and Mrs. Mel- Xhiifieid. ville P. %Vlites.,. Rosedfale, witim these Died - Mars- Jane Hoirîge, ivife aîu-îîdiîug. M r. and Mrs. J. L. Yoîung, ai Joseph J, Hoidgze iin Toronto. ni. Banroîî, Mns. V. F. Marlous, farmcnly of Hamptonî. Miss Vairs andI Drs. Hughes. Trebil- Maille Grave: S. Snow-den bas sold rock and Xikelt. lwa saws, anc la E. N. Varinnun, I Lfîu-ld:.A sleighinmg uarLs- iroin Solimia. the allier la C. B., Simupson, Raglan and Columbus spelut a.uJ esen- Brooklin. lirng at Mn. .J. Sianks'. Couintice : .-nnual shoolinz af 49t1u Mapie Grs-e : Those laking liant Royal Staiidlbacks oojc place ai S. laithue Red Cross meeting were the C. Hmtinkings restilling in falvoun ai Bragg quartette, llampton.qutîanette, tire barbulors who werc irealed la an Mrs.. Arthur Tnimble, Miss Edîma av-,lcr siper )y thue beniediris. Snaowdenl, Miss I-lazel Crago 'and 1-nniiskillen : A- hosi af inriebours Miss Flarence Osboneu. sumr-prised ?'Mr. and Mrs. W. McLaren Hamiltioni: Officens ai Court Ar- and urescnled l liinî wilh a fuir roat cher .0..: C.D.-X'. .J. Langmnaid; and bier wilh a set ai lurs. Tliey wiil Phys.-C. \V. Sienuom, MI):CR. soamu k-ave for Calgary. A. 1). Langmaid; V.C.R.-J. A. Nvw Ilaven: W. T. Xileridge XVrr,-; R.S.-XV. R. Allin: FS.- bias gîst'lî tie riract ai re-iniodell- R . .Xs-ery; Treas.-X. L. Pasroe ; O. inz bis baril taO0. R. Hall. Vice Bras -A. He1rring: S.X.-L,. T. Pasroe; svil dIo lime stolue usork andl Hannr ..V.G Sunînierbayes ; S.B.-J. D. Saller tie carpenier w-crk. HogaZirtl ;J--I M. Law. ýy le )f ýe )f 'f IMPORTANT YOUR WAR BONDS ... should be kept in a safe place. We offer you the safety of a Safety Deposit Box in our vault, which may be used as well for any important papers or small articles of value. 'Me rent for such a box is small. BAUX 0F MONTREAL As 1 eet. By Elmore Phllpott -SECRET 0F PREMIER KING'S more telling force ta Canada. SUCCESS Toronto is not Canada. Hereabouts real aid timers who Kitchener, Ont. Jan. 3th. - I knew Mm. King as a boy are likely have offen wondered about the f0 falk about bin as eifher Billy 1 secret o! the success o! thaf realy King or Wiiiie King. Ladies, 1remamkabie man, William Lyon beaufiful but no longer young, Mackenzie King. No other na- will tell you about wben Willie tional leader in the entime deno - used ta go caurfing, driving the cratic world can compare wîfh old white borse. Tbey wiii fell hum for lengtb of service. Hîs you that bis father was a bard, whole career bas been marked by shrewd, subfle, effective lawyer. what bis enemies cal iuck so un- They wili fell yon that bis mo- usuai as fa be almost uncanny. ther, a beaufiful woman, bad thaf To me bis successes seemn due ta penefmafing mysfic look in ber factors wbicb bave nothing wbat- eyes thaf bespeaks the berifage o! ever fa do wifh chance. For if the prophef. If was the mother, there ever was a made-fo-order a! course, wbo bad vivid personal political fecbnician if is that saine memories o! the barsh privations leader who has been Prime Minis- suffered by the little family o! fer o! Canada for so many years hem own, greaf father, William thaf most o! us have lost count. Lyon Mackenzie, burning-patriot, One of the easons which seem exasperated ebel, penniless exile, ta me ta have greatly confnibufed reformer, who lived f0 see bis fa the making o! the man was reforms acbieved and hirnseif for- thaf he was born and brought up gotten. And if was the mother in this essentiaily Teutonic cify, wbo made if hem ife work ta see now caiied Kitchener but then thaf hem son was as tborougbly cailed Berlin. For while this cify f itted for public life as the best is as effecfively loyal f0 Canada training centres o! the womld and the Bmitsh Commonwealth as conid make hum. any other part of the Dominion, jIf is no secret that the shrine including Toronto, Ont., and Dun- in Laurier Hanse centres around can, B.C., if is nevertheless 'Dutch' the portrait o! the daugbtem a! in ail the essenfiais. If there are the ebel who lost so much, and any better womkers in the country 'the mother o! the leader Who bas than ight bere I have not foundî won more years o! power than then. That goes for men and 'any o! his contempomaries any- women, and womkers bath city where in the womld. and country. Whaf I think this coiniunity THESE GERMANS ARE did for William Lyon Mackenzie OAIT King was f0 give hum folemanceLOAIT and that breadfh o! outiook wbich I remember seeing a map a few is nof anly sucb an advanfage for years aga wbich Hitler was using a national leader in a country in the Gemman youth camps ta like Canada but indeed is aimost 1 teach the German youngsters an imperative necessity. F o r!1 about the "unredeemed" Germans wbo only England know" is a! was sbown. As a matter o! fact tbonght whicb applies witb even t recent decades bave brought f0 In the Dim and Distant Past From The Statesman Files 1ý-Recoiinaissance By Dorothy M. James ir- Stai-t now using Famous sand. Al waste and im- Reading Anthracie-and purities are eliminated. you'Ulend thehbeating sea. Every penny you spend son with a real saving on buys pure, clean coal. Letug coalNlls.Everyton-evey send you a ton or so now. pound-of this premiumn See if you don't get more hard coal is "laundered"- heat from every shovelful. scrubbed with water and Just telephone your order. J. J. FLETT FUELS Res. Ontario St. - Phone 2695 Yard: C.N.R. Sidlng - 2673 The Premium Hard Coal at No Extra Cost "'Is il trime wbat they say about Ted and Mary?" "Weit, leie6 sending ber a lot ai Sweet Caps." SWEET CAPIORAL CIGARETTES "The pui-est tar i n which tobacco con be çmoked." Bymore beat per dollar wiIh Yluzt4 Ce"(QL this ferritory some German immi grants who had some sympath with modern German aims. They,j Th one r Canada for obvi'ous part he Co-nselo the language bar was not Sa great (Copyright Reserved) a handicap at the outsef. , V But there could be no greater mistake than fa imagine thaf the -We wvere in a straight betwixt people of this district have any- two seas." If was thus thaf a dis- thing basic in common with Hit- tinguished voyager of antiquity ler's Germany. Indeed, so woe- described his experiences on the fui is the ignorance of most of ihsa.Opin urt we Canada about particular other lahig oeas ppsi cenths wre parts of if, many Canadians doHeahngdo ethe rsieof inbark.em not realize that Waferloo county He and tohe cwasere n a ie- is loyalisf of the loyalisf. For the coausf hchwsth e pioneers of this sefflemnent camecore f0 Canada by covered wagon be- The present generaf ion is "in cause they were defermined f0, a sfraight befween f wo seas.» remain British affer the secesonVe are in a state of transition . of the American colonies. Thaf is! between autocracy and democra- why, ail thmough this part of cy. Autocratic thoughf-forms and Canada you will find on monu- practices have not been complete- ments erected fa the memory of ly abandoned, while democratic the Unifed Empire Loyalisfs, nof ideals are taking possession of only English and Scotch naines ýmen's minds, and demnocratic but naines more fmul-y Dufch than, mefhods are beginning f0 find ex- Hitler can ever make himself ouf pression in society. fa be by ceasing fa cali hiniself In no country in the world has Schicklgruber. For 'Dufch'. means: democracy been c o mi p 1 e t e 1 y German, pamfly because there was achieved. Like Chrisfianity if has no Gemmany in the fume when neyer been tried ouf in any kind these people first came f0 Ameni- of fhorough-going way. There has ca, and partly because that is been a definite reversion fa, auto- what the Germans caîl thein- cracy in certain parts of the world selves. pamtly because if serves certain Mosf of fhese Pennsylvania interests betfer than democricy Dutch who firsf came fa Water- because the latter has been so loo county were Mennonites. They slow in demanstrafing its worth. ariginally settled in Pennsylvania If is evident thaf the world wili under a solemn confract with the flot gef ouf o! its present straights British fhrone, thaf fhey would, for soine fume fa come. be allowed fa live fheir lives in. The only way in which we can their own way, and flot be corn- meef the situation is by training pelled f0 fake part in wars. In' a generation fhat is adaptable to renewal of thaf pledge they mov- if* Democracy bas ifs roofs in ed f0 Canada. character and -not in political The Mennonife element bas systeins. Whaf is needed is the long since dissolved or dwindled sensitiveness f0 anti-democratic 1in relative importance. To me forces with which we are sur- this seems a pity. For as far as rounded. I can learn these Mennonites here- If will, at once, be ecognized abouts were as fine a people as that this throws a responsibility God ever put beath into. Cer- uo i aettahr n tainly there is no apparent differ- lenaders inreiint, tif st ence in the attitude of the people flot be assumed that this training here fowards the war. I had din- should be confined f0 children ner the other nighf with one of only. A great deai of fimne will the finest Canadian airmen who be lost if we have f0 wait for the served in the Iast war. His naine mafurîng of a new generation. is as German as the sausage on e Au euaini h edo gets hereabouts, which is better Auteuaini h edo than in any other part o! Canada our day. If is a mistake f0 assume I have yet discovered. thaf adults are immune ta educa- To me the lesson of Waterloo tion. They are quife as susceptible county is that Gerinan and Eng- ta certain educafional processes lish races can live fogefher jusf as children. We need a systemna- as amicably as any f wo people tized and aggressive prograrn of in the world if the basic nature education thaf will enlighten the of their relationships is righf. masses as tri the straight we are The trouble wifh our internation- inl and give direction as to the al system is thaf if cannot pro- way ouf. duce anything else than arma- ments races and wars. For the sible basis for peace, when if trump card in the gaine of power comnes, is the federal demnocmacy poiifics is the fhreat of force. scheme proposed in the book Incidenfally, on my tour of "Union Now." This book which Canada for the Canadian Clubs, is now sold in four different the most hopeful fhing I have f0 languages will shorfly appear in suggest f0 my hearers as a pos- a fifth. U- l'- PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO -THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 1940