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A. far as wv can leunl at this moment. chu11cL'. tor :1 Dupla-ssls vu-~l tory are bx'ighL, ins1>iLe of mo 01) position of the fcdm'uI 1m~n1bers and the signs of dissutisfm-Lion within the ranks of the Quebec P1'en1`1er`s organ1zat1on--Lhe resignation of Hon. Gilbert Layton, M1ni.sL0r without The 1940 Cars- A Chinese coin was the burial place of 11,000 cigarettes customs ofcers discovered when they inspect- ed a liner enroute from the U.s. to the Orienn. Vvhere else would you expect. to nd cofn nails" than in] a coin. They couldn't have been the kind advertised as not; a cofu 2. ca1'l0ad."-Chatham News. Not So Daft- Mr. Aberhart s latest feature is a court jester. This fellow turns out to be a Mr. Jack Jones, who de- scribes himself as the Singing We1shman." The first thing hetells the audience (under the approving eye of his master) is that he hails from Ponoka. "But,he wittily ob- RIAYUDK T'yn nnr 1-.....-n. ..... .__...... -- , -__-.__.. ......., us. u:uuu_y vu- lserves, I'm not; crazy any more." He can't be. He s on the provincial payroU.-Calgary Herald. Cofn Nails- .. .. .- v..uy..u-- Looking back a little way, were inclined to agree that Father Divine had the right idea about peace.-- New York Wor1d-Te1egram. It Was Wonderful- 1- _-u_.-_, Press Opinions Mail. .\...u uu. vqucucx. bets, led by H011. Er Jumped into the fr agz1inL:. Dup1c.s.~,z., the came a Dominion pro inLcrc.st to all citizens. 1 _ ,.., -vnauv vvx. 5wLuc bu UU dat billy goat in do crate, He's done et whar he s OF HUMOUR- Johnsing," .-... 4/, I :y.stander--"My good the doorman; I am L the express gwine to do er wondered rd the sleep- 1 and retire, of the train. 6 before it 1: was more I ; have to, ma-! I 2 " said the Th< the worried knocked de Om xd 0` yourn." "You means. Ant rctor. Dey Anc git well. But 1 of knowin" But We uniformed me A cab. It 1 ._"1\/TV zrnnrl I O mighty men of money, for wh favor kings must sue, Pray, spare this precious viand another year of two! With golden bands our railroads like mighty shears of steel; The ox. likewise the porker, place 1 -.-4. `Though mentioned in derisive glee; though jeered at and despised. In moments of neces.s'iL_v how truly it is prized: -The saccharine embellishment in I which it lighbly rests Is nectar for Olympian gods to place beneatli their vests! And yet it holds no haughty pose; at mornings, nights ,and noons The simplest and most frugal board is proudly graced with prunes. A PLEA FOR PRUNES 3 am waiting, sadly waiting. for the '! very worst to come, `I am waiting for the wi]desL, weird- est woe of all the sum. : The,\"\'e monopolized our bread and they have cornered all the beef. Our coffee. tea and sugar they con- trol beyond relief. And all the luxuries of life are drift- ` mg past our reach. And iL doesn't do the slightest good - to rise and make a speech; ' }But while the prices soar alofL like 1 gay and light balloons. s pause. and all are glad there's no monopoly on prunes. `It is a steadfast friend that clung when ckle fortune strayed; That sta1\va1't fruit has staunchly , stood when others ed. dismay- ru-Il ` ...,...\. .u..;.uuD un Au: the provincial electiw Quebec swings imo People in Ontario A kind heart greets me here and there ; I hide from it my doubts and fears, trudge. and say the path is fair Along the years. ,_. . _ `The time is short at best. I push right onward while I may; I open to the winds my breast. And walk the way. I take occasions by the hand; I m not too nice twixt weed and ower ; I do not stay to understand; ' I take mine hour. } MY LIFE I strife to keep me in the sun; Not with the fates--noI; even with 0 the one That holds the shears. I pick no quarrel with the years,` INOW again I hear the robin softly` ' calling to his mate. And the lonely loon lamenting than I her lover cometh late; And the wavelets on the shingle, and the ripple in the reeds, ` And the crackling of dry branchean i Where the shy deer-mother] feeds. Oh! I hear them in the morning! when the day begins to break.` And the long, grey lines of sedgesg lie like shadows on the 1ake;z And my heart. responds with rapture and my pulses thrill with joy., For kind Nature's gentle magic makes me once again a boy. { CALLS ON THE WILD Oh! I hear them in the morning. at; the noon and quiet night, 4 And I close my eyes and listen` while my heart throbs with de-[ light, ' And I bless these myriad voices that! would call the soul apart, I T-Tarn fn rust mu. -n........v.i _:_:u,L,,~ If I may but harvest, I Ere this Autumn ies, Friendships indissoluble, Memories to prize, I shall challenge winter With laughter in my eyes. ; --Mo1ly Bevan. I would be as thrifty In a different way, PT1tting bits of beauty by When the years are gay, Food to feed my spirit When life's skies grow grey. -THRIFT In the golden wonder Of an Autumn wood, imkle-deep in printed leaves Silently I stood, To watch a small, swift squirrel Store his winter food. While the eyes of Llm wor. turning speculabively toward all countries \v0udering wha` war events will Lake. Canal vv vusl. Here to ,,,_, ._.- _,,.....,. --John Vance in Independent. ,,,,. --~__ ---~ Iu\v`.6 IAXJQJI \-. `| we rest with Nature's children near her tender, healing heart | } CONDUCTED BY THE PATHFINDER -Irene Pomera_\~' Shields. QUIET "CORNER whose The tie, for uuxnux 1;IbC;: ,L1L_) U1 um-.`UIlU-b'lOVaKla. Saarbruecken. Oct. 9. Hitler spoke Lu me Ger- man people: We have no more wishes or de- mands. We want peace." Jan., 27, 1939, Foreign Minister von Ribbemrop visited Warsaw, reafrmed the German-Polish ten- year non-aggression pact signed Jan. 26, 1934. March 14. 1939, German Lroops marchecl on Plague; Bohemia and 2u1d declared a Reich protectorate. March 22. 1939, Lithuania bowed to Nazi pressure. surrendered tne treaty port of Memel to Germany. On April 28, 1939. Adolf Hitler summoned the Reichstag, scrapped the Polish-German amity pact --....,.,.. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Graham and Mrs. Joe Graham, of Barrie, and Ben. Knapp and his mohher. of this place, spent Sunday in Huntsville. BL. Snrniu. 0nl.. tmyn: "l wuuhl gr! urixl indi- gestion nml wnuld ln,-lrh gas. I ll? lilllc. wun unalurwcigln. xli4ln'l sleep well. nml felt an wcuk. Dr. Pll!fC(."I| Gnlrlcn MI.-(llrnl Discuvxwy helped to build me up just wonderfully. ll improved my tllgt`.-Illnn. rcllcvcd me of the slnmuch upset; and hrlpcd me to rcgaln my normal weight and um.-ngll)."- Gel Dr. Pierre`: Cnldcn Medical Ull- cover) from yuur drugglst today. for when We'll know j bright. ax So learn to don't swc Because the lc incide wi But always cares you That God h spill balm -J L. ...... ... .4.uuuu. Mrs. G. Pybum and Footc's Bay, spent Sunday Mrs. W. Knapp. M-.. ,..., ll ... .. Art. Mc.-Kce, of Midland, is spend- ing his holidays at his home here and in Buffalo. Ir", Mr. and Mrs. Hmuy family spent Sunday at son's, Apbo. A... nu-..1-v.., .r --~-~ POOR DIGESTION keep remembe1'in' when your path enshroud, has lots of sunshine to behind the cloud. -James Whitcomb Riley. swear at the pours Lord's opinion don't co- with yours; .... \I . \.;AA|w (AA; DALADLICL And that's just how it. ( the clouds just how to and smiling 5. take it as it .2-..-l Sept. 30. 1938, Germany, Italy, B1 France signed the Munich agreement Sudetenlancl to the Reich. guaranteeing torial integrity of Czecho-Slovakia. Sam'h1-um-lzpn nm 0 u;+1m. This world at best is but a hash of pleasure. and of pain; some days are brigm and sunny, and some all slushed with rain, Am-I 1hnf`;- hm. \....... .-. N-,. 1 - .. ..=,nu uuu Luuu. n -' That God will sprinkle sunshine in the trail of every cloud. If you should see a fellow man W13 .tI'0uble's ag unfurled. `An lookin' like he didn't have friend in all the worlci. Go up and slap him on the bat and holler. How d'you do '5'" And grasp his hand so warm he know he has a friend in you. Then ax him \vhat`s n-hurtin' hi1 an` laugh his cares away, And tell him that the darkest nigi `is: just. afore the day. Don'I talk gmveyard pnlayver. b Ev 19 ...'n1~4 ..... 1...... lIHere, too, go roaming pirate bees, } Who nd the Winesap with its ,j bruise =,;And drain ins honey to the lees, Then tack upon the homeward nnz~.. Across the orchard-scented grass `t Wind wayward paths the boys have made. 3 I And here the shine and shadows pass _[ In autumnis endless cavalcade, IAnd fallen apples, ruby red. U Or bright, as newly-polished brass, !Sm1'le at their fellows overhead. - Just as the .,..... ...... nu. Have blem : And made tl `IQ ....v Each droning out its sated croon ` Until their songs in drowsy keys j Are pushing t11rough mid afternoon. In the c That. ( Arise a Blent MINEsIN-E"ZT_Iw5' ULHCL u'c1Lr1U11b. Sept. 26. 1939. in 5. world broadcast from Berlin. Hitler said: "This is the lust territorial claim which I liaw: to make in Europe, but it is one which I will not renounce. We do not want to dominate other people. We do not want to see other nations among us . . . and if one should offer the whole of Czecho-Slovakia LO us we would re- fuse." |A1l sturdy veterans are these That stand sedate and dignied- The calm and patriarchal trees Whose freightecl arnm are open wide, `As though they gave a. friendly sign That all their apples, should we please `To reach our hands, are yours and I m:..... neath a giant; heel; But this, our joy in eeting youth, our prop in years mature- 0, let us feel tlmt, for a little while :4 __ _-_. 1 .v .u uopux . Though all our other comforts fly, as wax and wane the moons, iln this one case have pity! Don't : put up the price of prunes! a..,.-,....u W. say it righ out loud. o n,..1 ...:n THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1939. SPRINKLE Sl73\`SHI.\'E IN THE OLD ORCHARD olcl orchard! Here it seems out of all other years x train 01 happy dreams of the olden smiles and an:- e with 3 . back. ,-r1'..... _n,._,, - --- wuu uuzu1L'eu01' : March 11, 1938 plained the Rein peace. She does of other nations," Q..ny -m 1n0n ' Ishine and the rain 1 the ripened spheres 1 sweet, with honey --u > `preciate the sky. Almrd and Irwin Car- ought to be. ; roll by night and him, he'll but umnc un xzouxupc. On July 11. 1936. the German Governmem signed an agreement wxth Austria formally recog- nizing Hitlerls Reichstag pledge of May 21. 1935: Germany neither intends nor wishes Lo interfere in the internal aairs of Austria, Lo annex Austria or `L0 conclude an A11schlu.ss. At Berclztesgacien, Feb. 12, 1939, Hitler person- ally reaffirmed the July agreement in conversatiom; with Chancellor Schusclmlgg. 11. 1938. G91-rnmw Qnnnvarl `II("I'I-r\ rm. Page Two 1u_y UL .L.|UUu1'LlU.' July 25, 1934, Austria's Chancellor Dollfuss was assassinated in the abortive Nazi coup. March 16. 1935, Hitler publicly scrapped the military provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, an- nounced Germanys rearmament. May 21, 1935. nineteen days after the signing of Lhe French-Soviet mutual-assistance pact, Hit.- ier told the Reichstagz "The German Governmem will scrupulously observe every L1-eaty voluntarily concluded. In particular they will hold to all obligations arising out of Locarno . . March 7, 1936, German troops reoccupied the Rl1inela.n(l, in violauon of the Locarno pact. Ex- cuse: The Franco-Soviet pact. Announcing the violation to the ReichsLa:_.;, the Fuehrer said: Germany will never break the peace of Europe. Afrfll. H.,p4., vparc T ,4. ,.m,,,..,1 .1,.,. ...........'.. ,A---~ < / ....-. I/\l`l ...u-u nu.-1 un terancc of our public mm. Mr. LapoinLe`s declurzttion commu attention. In a note to the French Government. made public in Berlin, March 13. he stated: "The Ger- man Government have never questioned the valid- ity of Locarno." Jnlu OR 10'1A Anne. ru_-._.Au .. .... October 14, Germany quit Lhe Geneva. Di.s armamem Conference, resigned from the League of Nations. January 30, 1934, Hitler marked the rst anni- versary of the "Third Reich" by assembling the Reichstag. To it he pledged: After the Saar has been settled the German Government is ready to accept, not only the letter, but the spirit 01' Lo- ca.rno. _._, . To the first all-Nazi Reichstag, May 17, 1933, Hitler said: Germany will tread no other path than that laid down by the treaties. The Govern- ment will discuss all political and economic ques- tions only within the framework of the treaties . The German people have no thought of invading any country. Germany has only a single desire, namely, to preserve its independence and protect its borders. Background to Peace Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany Jan- uary 30, 1933. At least once a year since that that he has used the Reichstag as the microphone for important declarations of foreign policy. Dissolvinxz the Reichsmsz F`ehnmrv 1 10? : Yhu nu uupuxuu-uh uc`L'1'11"d.blUIlS OI lorelgn poucy. Dissolving the Reicnstag February 1, 1933, the new Chancellor vowed: . . Lo rmly protect Christianity as the foundation of our entire moral- itv." of the Times , , ,_.__:-cu curl Published every Thursday at 123 Dunlop Street, Barrie, Davies (manager), owners and publishers. A weekly news ger and better Barrie and to the fostering of closer co-oper. TREND ` ....... .. . \l of bilttiv cl the Quebec cepted. vu,.... :uU1 OCH usunmgg. 1938, Germany Re1'chfueln'er: not wanb Lirn-1:" Duplussis and for The Barrie ,Advance 111, what. U011 V) W85 stcppgdl bitter limit. I . 'e . rin In nc um mum 'xxmko it pe1'1'ccLly ti1e.sv,"Gove1'121nex1t is not u u. ,- than any other group But cummumty to ensure lauds present war, democx should not be jcopa this Hex-v indeed is u vic-[from a country's lea .x.. 1.... 1.....- -H, -- - annexed Austria. "Germany wants Lo add to the s< ', Britain and delivering uaranceeing the terri- unlzio _ _. _....... uuaurv nu-. u v (;`uvL-1'|1x11ex1L 15 H0! 1955 concerned group or party in thc' Lib mmmunny Lo <.-1251111` that, during the .~.`p1'es0nL war. dunlocrucy in Canada l.shuul( not 3-up:n'(i1zv(!. 5 indeed a timely assurance from co1mtry s leader to his sup- - p01`lCI`S. Pecul'm.x-Jy enough, to carry i on :L war against freedom, to down 1 the elements in the world who would 5 who practico ruthless regimentatlon of farm workers. industrial workers and business men. Canada nds it.: Luna 1. uctu C1 aauu; Europe. `x1e slrmmlp nnnr-hm- --`...-... Now. t.i1nv.s v I , ,, ` `to guard 1 Canadians J_.- . ,-......_. ...... \.AAL~|/ uu. Auuoh nuxcly UL`- vclopment of a victory for Duplessis ? would be a general election, in which `Mr. King and his cabinet would seek [Lu reinforce the country's determina- press its war effort to the hiHm- lemu- l I If this is the siLuaLion. men what?f lwhat. men, would be the meaning !of Mr. La.poinLe'.`s staueznent that the In-rciict of Lhe electors will be ac- . nun: n.-1 I) iPorl1`olio, and the c !;Bulloch, member Duplessis, through works progranl, ha: | , Most cheering note of the past.` , ow days is the solemn undertaking ` rt` Prime Minister Mackenzie King 1 0 the democratic rights of 1 tanadians against the encroachments , 1` regimnntution necessary `during , nu` time. In :1 letter to M. J. Cold- ( :01], Nationa Chairman of me!` I It 1:: x;-.. rr:,- pted `E \. VL nu; uyc. `uggle conclud- rhZIIv\nv1rI:- +,. aho, desertion of W. R. 11. for Westmount. is, a gigantic public has long been pre-; for this appeal to the voters. L would require some unfore- `if-'.'cl0pment to shake the ma- o1' French-Canadians away mo Union Nationalc, -Esta.bl1nhed 1847- nu uuu isccp I115 root. 2 But Senator Hanno highly prophesied the pre- dicament of his own and the Nazi regime when he quakecl at the thought"o1` peace terms which would be inflicted once the tables were turned. and by an enemy possessed of the courage to refuse terms Lo the victors." E. uuxu that he and bets would plessls` (':'o\\` ..4- u ,... n.u.uuu was urging that his make 3, peace which, obviously. mg to consider. Herr Hitler. would gladly make a peace if he to consider peace on his terms. ' ready to cry pa:-:" to the policx he can keep his loot. R111 . Krlnsafnr `Llohnn `~-'~`<`-- - L40 LU uuuuluue an auvantageous peace. But if we allow this moment, when we can appear to give rather than to accept peace. to pass. I fear that the effects of these stunning blows will vanish into thin air. And if fate keeps serious reverses in store for us ,I quake to think of the peace terms that will be forced on us, the van- quished. by an enemy possessed of the courage to refuse terms to its victors." The eminent statesman who made this speech was Senator I-Ianno. He was speaking to the Car- thaginian Senate around 215 B.C. Hanno was nrgrimv H-mr 1-nu. 'rl\1`r\u-on -......;.-A Ontario. S. R. Pitts (editor) and H. M. Lly newspaper devoted to the building of 9. big- 'co-operation between Town and Country. ______ _- _ -r vcu-nu A student of classical history has written to the New York-Heralcl-Tribune to recall the words of "an eminent statesman on :1 subject very sim- ilar to the recent "peace" negotiations or Herr Hitler. now that he has concluded his temporary subjugation of Poland. The quotation is as follows: My regrets regarding this unl'ortunate war are still with me, and I will only consent to praise and applaud your invincible general when I see that this war has been terminated on honorable terms. To be sure, the brilliant successes which gladden your hearts give me great joy. because these victories, if we use them wisely, will allow us to conclude advantageous Rut if um I\1`r\-1: LL: Senator Hanna Speaks stndpnf nf r-lam-imn :.;...,.... An underground operating room is being built under the foundations of a new block of buildings at the Hospital for Sick Children, London. The underground accommodation. the first of its kind in England, will consist of a receiving room with eighty seats and six dressing rooms where minor in- juries can be treated; an operating room for major casualties with three tables and nine dressing and anaesthetic cubicles; a duty room for the sta and :1 xtnrili-rinn v-nnrvs run.` 4, : u.uuuuL1b1C5. The evacuation of the patients from the hos- pitals in London and other cities was performed with celerity and smoothness. As in the case of the evacuation of children, plans for removing hos- pital patients had been made months in advance. Details were so carefully planned that clock-like precision marked the actual evacuation. Ambulant, patients were taken away in cars provided by friends of the hosiptals; then at a stated hour coaches arrived for patients waiting on stretchers. At some of the hospitals strong sub-basements protected against gas have been made ready for casualties of air raids. foundations nf 5: nam mm. at L...:m=~-- and the London Naval Agreement. Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler again summoned the Reichstag, announced the invasion of Poland. Seeing no cause or reason for any further revision of the treaty (Versailles). apart from the demand for adequate colonial possessions justly due to Reich," Hitler yesterday again summoned the Reichstag. To it and the world he urged that the leading nations of this continent . . . come to- gether in order to draw up, accept and GUARAN- TEE a statute . . . which will ensure for them all a sense of security, of calm; in short. of peace." --Globe and Mail. Underground Operating Room Nothing is morn: riirranflv nm....n.: L... __._ -(__----v- wrvnv-U-nu: -`U3 Nothing is more directly affected by war ditions than civilian hospital management and way the crisis was met in England gives an of the irnmensitv of the nrnhlpm hnfnv-n Mn!- against conscription ninl ....u.\. nu way mu unsls was me: 111 England or immensity the problem authorities. T`hn n...........;-.. ,. outset. to that the concerned } zsuuzul ccuabe around 215 B.( was urging that Lke Dean? whiz-h f\hUir\n(-In Advertise in the Advance for quic` .' results. I don't know that it ant," replied the story-t4 unperturbed. "If you n however, I believe it was of a summer :-; day." ; _.........y 114:, IHLCIT would-be wit, "but. can what Ohn A. .......- uv wu, IJUL C811 yot `what the evening wore on i casion '2" I , I "The evening wore on, contmued i the man who was telling the story. I Excuse me," xnterrupted the would-hp um "hno ..n-. .._-- ,,,_ -...... .uuu..u\.u LU hut: uxuurzu Mold and lormer Premier Drury has retired to the sanctuary of a govern- imem, uicc. Of the other members I01 mu U.F.O. Cabinet. only :1 mem- lory remains. The death of Gordon Waldron, 'K.C., stormy member of the United `Partners 01 Ontario, removes almost the last link with that once power- Iul political party. Hon. H. C. Nixon has returned to the Liberal `flilli sun! tn.-r...-... n..,.....:.._, -. ...._-.... .,.......,..` cial autonomy ',_,, ..--... ........... nu.) iuuae HUL grow. And the big problem that faces Canadufs Government is to see that these personal 1'ighL.s of liberty, will- ingly given up for the sake of bet- ter p1'o.secuu'on of the war, are re-[ turned to the ovmers after the war is over. It will likely be parliamentfs task at the conclusion of hostilities Lo protecc the people against some bureau officials who may not be will- ing to hand back some of the auto- ,cmtiu power teinporarily entrusted to . I them. ` _-- .........-mu. uuuLAUAJCD. 3 I ` Already industry and nance have Ifelt. the tightening of state control;l some industrial workers have been! told that. they cannot enlist, that they are required to stay aL home beside their work benches. Soon` farmers will be told what they must` grow and wlmr. they must not grow. 1.,- [compulsory to adopt the dictator countries. A I..n...z_. ... . ,___, .,..., .........-mun cuuucaotb WHICH aearts me them allow accept. t these S[l`l`hninn' hlnlvrr uavullu (LU .D.U. xrging fellow countrymen hich, they were unwill- Herr on the contrary, :e if he could get anyone What burglar isn't x" the policeman if he thinks loot. " _,,,,-__ .- "nu; can A LZLL must g rig than is import- stor_v-teller quite must know. 2 the close nu n Ll before the tactics you tell us that oc- plvvincial p1'emier'.~. rm-...'..... rt. ,_.:-. I LC` is e 9 rury I. .__u.,.,, Drunk Lo byst;anc1er)--SI will ya ?" Uniformed man. I am In a naval oicer` Drunk--Aw bout; 1 <;mL.; Mrs. Brown 11 Illallllvqlllll go-'n worn by The Barrie Adrvance \VG1 UUl1' and the idea hospital :ontrol; ` 3 been I whether mg car ahead 0. Can Soon ! sLa1`t.s 9" I must` ' _ The 1 faces, worn thz I I'm sure you'll like Charles, father," said the love-sick girl; "He`s :1 11110 young man." "Has be any money 1" Oh, dad--you men are all alike- so inquisitive. That's exactly what; Charles asked me about you." Look her husband to :w.:ua:!r~. An evening- ,:u\\'n an extremely pa, `model atmracted her attention. 'l"kno ...n..V,1 v..-x_ __, {-_..- ya. s.vv\a\4 u\.A a.uu:ub1Ul1. That would look nice at our party next Saturday." she said hoping her husband would buy it for her. Yes," agreed Mr. Brown. ..Why not im'iLo her?" 8 The worn traveller she could board Hing in the yards 0 01 the departure n I get on No. ;,v'sta1't.s ? she asked. information clerk ;; than she. You'll t dam. 1; ,, ..v., nu. uuuuuau, 1. 8.111 ofcer. right, then; call me ','( >I'L.; gm`. home." I (Lo splendidly bystander)--Shay, call mm 11:: on Just consider for MT. Lapoinu: said I ' `r ..1., I)\ II ' uu nu. wuu mu 1 wife. "Ah has nely fevah outcn (lat husband ' She nu '3" she said. means he's gwine git well?" No m, said the doctor. "Dey ain't no hope 1'0` him to you has dc satisfackshun dat he died cured." I Colored Employee (at [oic-e)--Now, what we g about dat i` I boss? I . I VI V--, ;v;4u quill. I colored physician ' Ah n - I V`a.nderburg on I{oosevelt- ` Any time 130,000,000 people tell one mortal man they can no longer nd another among the remaining 129,- $999.999 to cz11`r_v on the American system, in the American tradition, it is their 1'au1L and not his if his de- llusions of grandeur transport him `to O1_vmpu.s.--Libert_\' Magazine. I A TOUCH _,.-4 Bystander--"J ,,-_ -_...-_--..... Aauwvv In some respects the amended Succession Duty Act adopted by the Legislature is commendable. To the extent that it takes proper steps to lfacilitate the unearthing of frauds and enables the Government to col-i lect moneys justly due it merits sup- `port. But some two dozen changes! [in the original draft of the bill do] not alter the view already expressed in these columns that it is a vicious piece of legislation, unBritish in prin- ciple, because of the arbitrary bur- eaucratic means provided for launch- Jing shing expeditions into estates and the forcing of payments prior} Eta court. acljudicati0n.--The Globe] {and mrnn ` An Unbritish Law- Many 1940 cars are equipped with a new type of headlight which en-. ables motorists to avoid glare light- when meeting another car, but which also gives them a more eective light for driving when no traic is approaching. This makes it more than ever necessary that lights should be dipped and advantage [taken of the passing device when traic is encountered. It is an ac- cident-avoiding` precaution and a common courtesy which every motor- ist should emp1oy.-Toronto Star. I I .--- BAIL .,.,..... sider this :1 purely ment--tm's Quebec moment, L116 Quebe< ).n.., 1...: |.., Ir