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f : M " marRCH 7 TO HELP DRAW _ possigur HERE S POSTWAR PLAN ' Colonel Drew Warns ! Liberal $ 'Old Comfortable World | ,P'eS°°*; Hate Geusme I Is Crumbling' Before Us | Men of Hate Causing Siuromorcommmcrs Disunity in Dominion _ Colonel George A. Drew, Ontario m Conservative Leader, yesterday ATTACKS S$SHICLDS called for an immediate conference zmm mm maces ; of the Dominion and Provincial Religious ""'"'[""f will flare in 'Governments as a prelude to the Canada if Roman Catholics in Que-- | 4 * bee are "driven in exasperation to setting up of an Intergovernmental attack in kind," Aurelien Belanger, Planning Committee to co--ordinate French--Canadian -- Liberal -- member Canada's war effort and deal with for Prescott riding, forecast yester-- o postwar problems. He was address-- day in the Legislature when he ing the Empire Club at luncheon at charged unity was being imperilled the Royal York Hote!. 'The subject by a "third columnist" publication of his address was "Canada at the in Toronto. 6 Crossroads." The member referred to a debate "The time has come for all of us Tuesday in the House of Commons to take a firm stand against those when W. R. McDonald (Lib., Pon-- dangerous tendencies within our tiac) suggested that the Gospel own borders which may do as much Witness, edited by Rev. T. T. Shields, harm to Canada as war itself," Col. pastor of the Jarvis Street Baptist Drew declared. "Unless the sec-- Church, should be banned as a sub-- tional doctrines which are now be-- versive publication. ing preached in different parts of Mr. Belanger mentioned neither Canada are smothered in a vigorous the Gospel Witness nor Dr. Shields demand for national unity, we may by name in his speech. Later, in an some day wake up from our troubled interview, when asked to identify dream to find that what we thought the publication, he said: "It is the was one strong nation has become Gospel Witness, and this man, the a group of disunited autonomous editor, has the effrontery to mail | states. It has happened elsewhere each issue to every -- French-- 'and it can happen here. Surely the Canadian member of this Legis-- !signs of danger are apparent on all lature." sides." The House heard but one response | _ Part of the job of the planning as W. J. Stewart, Conservative mem-- | committee appointed at such a con-- ber for Parkdale, rose as the next 'ference would be to draw up a plan speaker in the Throne Speech de-- | of attack for dealing with the prob-- bate. 'lems which will arrive with the He said he regarded with concern signing of a peace treaty, Colonel > Mr. Belanger's speech and one Drew said. made recently by Justice Minister "We must be prepared before *+Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapoints. Neither peace comes to deal with the tre-- had contributed to Canadian unity, § To mendous social and economic con-- he said. | vulsions which will follow this war," At the outset, Mr. Belanger con--| Mr. Speaker, no great power of he declared. *"There must be intelli-- gratulated his Leader on the Dbo. Uunderstanding is required to under-- gent planning on such a scale as minion--Provincial Conference stand. | Stand that if the Catholics of Que-- Canada has not yet dreamed of. But "Don't believe." said the Prescott be¢ were driven in exasperation to first there must be some rationaliza-- member, "that the French--Canadian | dttack in kind, what would be the tion of our utterly irrational jig--saw can be bought. The French--Cana-- result. The result would be a re--, puzzle of government. Unless we dian character is such that places | US!i0us war on this continent." find some way to break through the principle above interest. No grants. administrative bottleneck created even double those suggested, would by our meaningless conflict of legis-- make Quebec abandon her rights lative authority, we are headed for under _the present constitution. disaster no matter how complete "Unity is growing, yet, strange our military victory may be. An old to say, there are men in this Prov-- comfortable world is crumbling be-- ince who frown upon unity. There fore our eyes. Only a few warning are warped minds and hearts filled cracks may appear on the surface ; with hatred. They breathe hate. It nearest to us. But mighty forces exudes from every pore of their have been set free which are tear-- body." ing it to pieces." Mr. Belanger referred to the re-- cmmnmnmnmmmnnmmome mm omm mm mm o onl port on the House of Commons in-- | cldent carried in the Wednesday | issue of The Globe and Mail. He ;quolod that the Gospel Witness | claimed the Pope was a supporter | of Hitler and I1 Duce. -- "I am protesting this thing. Why. ®