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ll-fitmdmumutpe_\llfiy_m ment, where he has taken over three of the most important portfolios, brings the unfortunate remâ€" nants of a once great country closer to the shadow of complete disgrace. The exasperation of Frenchâ€" men, indicated in the mounting wave of terrorist acâ€" tivities in both occupied and uncecupied portions of the country, is reaching unlimited bounds, but apart from its nuisance value to the enemy occupying their country, it is of little value. It has brought the United States closer to the breaking point than ever before. ‘The United States envoy has been recalled, and the Vichy representative in Washington has _been.told in noâ€"uncertain terms just what the views of the United States government are. ‘ Vichy still maintains a representative in Otâ€" tawa. m-flwhlh-ddbywi dmmuumuummw of the British government Prise Minister Winâ€" ston Churchill has made the fact known that the In the meantime the United States has taken the first step in recognizing the Free French regime of General Charles De Gaulle by appointing an emâ€" missary to the Free French boidings in Equatorial British government wishes this contact maintained. ‘The British leader has given this view in the British the conclusion of trade negotiations with Vichy. Genera)l De Gaulle, in a stinging and deserved reâ€" buke to the United Nations, pointed out that resistâ€" ance from the French depends upon the mainteining of that nation‘s great traditions. Dramatically, he -Mbvm“-flc“hfi-dfil"‘ ture in their resistance" if they are "treated neither as allies or even as belligerents; how can they be perâ€" suaded that in victory lies resurrection, in capitulaâ€" tion lies dishonour if their allies accept the neutraliâ€" zation of France as dictated by Hitler st Vichy?" The truth of the matter, of course, is that the neutralization of France will never be brought Vichy, Canada and the British Empire are implying Mmm-tn-ehunmw ,d.dmw--m. mmmam ‘-mh-m-ahymmdm .wmgmmuewwmum ties at Whitehall and Ottawa. If Vichy actually did enjoy an existence quite independent of the will of Hitier, appeasement of “...”ddoht-l terrible To us Comue #6 in #ka am. about mmâ€" '-â€"â€"M' umhfit)fl-'l vur‘athevfldmkanhyaflal-* of the answer their leaders seek. Let them all, on m.lâ€"dntmmhgdrm-hfi It is a question which is being asked of all Canadians of whatever racial extraction, and whalâ€" ever religion. It is a blunt, straightforward quesâ€" tion which is asked directly and calls for a straight ‘The people of Canada are being asked Monday to say whether or not they believe that they can live in a world in which free institutions are a thing of the past for all save themselves. ‘They are being asked to give an expression of their beliefs regardâ€" ing the possibility of Canada becoming another Norâ€" way or Denmark or Holland or Belgium or France orâ€"China.â€"â€"The people of Canadk Hre usked to say whether or not they really believe that Canada, with her vast living space and wealth of r«sources is not more desirable in the eyes of a rapacious conqueror than China or France or Belgium or Holland or Denâ€" mark or Norway or even Great Britian. ONMyCIndhnmtohmdutbeybe- lieve that the Axis forces can be beaten by merely attempting to keep them away from our shores. They are to be asked whether or not they concede the conquest and domination of the many European countries now in t~> hands of the enemy. They are to be asked if the fate of so great a proâ€" portion of the peoples of the world concerns them. They are to be asked whether they condone the rule of gangsterism for all other peoples of the world exâ€" cept theraselves, and whether, if they io not, they think that twelve million people can defend the vast area which is Canada should the enemy decide the time was ripe to make an assault on the Dominâ€" True independence is never afraid of appearâ€" ing dependent, and true dependence leads always to the most perfect independence. Subscriptionâ€"$2.00 per year in Canada and $2.50 per year in United States, payable Issued every Thursday from office of publiâ€" cation, Main and Oi@k Streets, Crimsby. Telephone 36 The Grimsby Independent "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekly" Have Done W ith V ichy T he Question Monday Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Aszociation, ROBERT W,. GLENDINNING Editor and Publisher o T M comdcacccmmmtaial According to «‘recent despatch from Vichy, M. an existence quite umwmmw'bwmww er, uppeasement of duce to a minimum the restrictive measures operat» dark and . terrible| ing against them. Everything else the peasants have tion. It is the apâ€" has been already reduced to a minimum. What are some of the ways in which we can make a worthwhileâ€"contribution to the â€"country‘s war effort, short of offering our services in some ‘branch of war activity? We have listed what we consider the ten most paramount ones, with reasons for such action: 1. Don‘t talk despairingly to othersâ€"The war situation is serious but far from hopeless. ‘ 2. Don‘t hoardâ€"The nationsl economy is all upset with industry turning to the manufacture of war c~sentials and with vital imports cut off; rationâ€" ing of certain commodities is to insure you a lesâ€" sened though steady supply. 3. Don‘t buy nonâ€"essentialsâ€"But on the other hand put as much money as you can afford to set aside into Victory Bonds, War Savings Stamps and support of war charities. ‘ more of the precious fluid than absolutely necessary, even though you are placed in a preferred category. 5. Prevent waste in all forms possibleâ€"And save all materials which can be salvaged. on the other hand, take a real pride in living up to strictions enforced by the government which, under present circumstances, are best for the individual and for the benefit of the country at large: 1. Give as much of your time as possible to Red Cross work or support of organizations which mmnuhfi.hdâ€"i.ldma- ed forces and refugees as comfortable as possible. Pwmummufim war effort, even to the point of much greater personal sacrifice than has been asked of him so far, the large department stores which have come to play such a large pari in the life of outlying muniâ€" cipalities would be cancelling their deliveries in the course of time. Even milk deliveries by truck may be stopped, and if the situation with regard to minâ€" power continues to become more critical, "in a year there may be no more delivery service." 1 Certain it is that despite the fact that Grimsâ€" barians are aware of the situation with regard to rubber and gascline and manpower, the number of delivery trucks coming into town each day on needâ€" less runs has not been reduced. Some improvement in the local delivery situation can be notedâ€"shopâ€" ping bags and baskets are now more plentiful than ever before,â€"but our citizens still buy bread and other commodities from out of town and pay only a fraction of the cost of the delivery of these commoâ€" dities. Many of them now realize that the rest of the cost is being born by the men making the delivery, but few of them have done anything about it. ‘The experiment which Dunbarton is na will be interesting to watch, and if it succeeds, will doubtless be several pointers which this comâ€" munity can incorporate into its daily life. Attempts at building a community hal; there will have the atâ€" tention of those who have long advocated such a building for Grimsby. 8. Write to the boys overseasâ€"Cheerful letâ€" ters, filled with news about people they know. These anntacts with the home folks mean much to the "boys" who are thousands of miles away. Don‘t leave it to the soldiers‘ relatives to do all the writâ€" your own political leaningsâ€"Runnirg a country in warâ€"time is a Herculean task. Mayor LeGuardia of New York says Canada, with its twelve millir a peoâ€" nhm.mflfld&mfldoau.uwl poulation of ~ue hundred million. 10. Pray God for an early Allied victory, and that out of this worldâ€"wide carnage may emerge a better world order and a new appreciation of the rights of others. tive.is of a more specific nature. It calls for the uecuondlconmunnyhnw:mmuy“- N interesting possibility was outlined recently Abyflmumbunhm.whom:mn enuy been thinking about the position of the smaller communities of Canada in wartime. Mr. Brown, who has been closely studying the position of small mnnictpumuhcuummmwo- posals for the smal) communities on th‘s side of the Atlantic which should be of interest to the Grimsby and District Consolidated War Effort council His first proposa) is that some sort of community orâ€" ‘unlnt.hnheutuplndneo‘nh.dlqmy. Folâ€" lowing this the coâ€"operation of the retailers would be sought in pushing the project. The third objecâ€" peaseinent of disgrace and hopelessness. It is the appeasement of defeat and degredation which no true lover of liberty can epuntenance, and which those galiant men forming the battalions of Free France do not countenance. It is an appeasement which no Canadians should longer countenance. A Community Experiment ‘‘We feel that this typ: of movement is being ed upon us by circumstances such as the curâ€" Ways Y ou Can Hel (From The Dundalk Herald) try to show how smart you are THE GRIMSBY INDEPZENDENT â€" And do not use any tlemen like to take that away*? The two men noted the semiâ€"wistâ€" ful aspect of the old ladies and said "No." The ladies seemed reâ€" lieved at that decision. As the visiâ€" tors were going out of the door with their strange collection, Kathâ€" leen, who had not hitherto spoken, | worth to war more than 200 years | ago. ‘They heard on the radio that | the Government wanted scrap metal. They had some old things , ground the house which they felt , hesitant about throwing on the vilâ€" ! lage dump, so they asked if an ofâ€" , ficial would come around to look at had been used by her greatâ€"grandâ€" Tather. There were many old relics & nurse in the last war, got from m British soldier. Diffident‘v they heavy metal inside. Would the genâ€" bombs, or a big shell. bayonet which Kathleen, who was family carried it in the Peninsular been out of its scabard since I was a girlâ€"seventy years ago. It was very rusty then." w I . drew it out and fine steel showâ€" ed beneath the cover of rust. "A fine sword," I said. Mariborough. It had an arrogant curve to it, and, although the red and blue of the tassel had faded away to dullness, it was not diffiâ€" cult to picture it swinging at the side of a wigged dragoon dashing into battle on a fine horse. Emma handled it fondly, looking at it in she handed it to me. ing, a little nervous, but grave. ‘There was rather a sad feeling in that room. ‘When I say that these two old ladies, standing there with gile," you had the idea they wouldâ€" n‘t break easily. Still, they looked pathetic. "I won‘t waste your time," said Emma. ‘"We‘ve got some old swords that have been in our famâ€" ily for a very long time, and we wondered whether they would be of any use to you." We said they would, and Kathâ€" leen went to fetch them. One was a cavairy sword from the time of were pathetic, I do not mean they !oghdvnkorhdplqM I have never seen people who deâ€" on the B.B.C. He spoke thus: _ Emn.s opened the door to usâ€" like a character in a novel: timid, inquiring, but dignified. She led us into the lowâ€"cellinged livingâ€" what they wished to offer. With the official went Lester Powell, ‘The St. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal In the oddly named village of Sible Hedingham, in Essex, Engâ€" land, live two old ladies, the Misses Emma Deeks, who is 30, and Kathâ€" leen, who is a few years younger. They live in a 300â€"yearâ€"old cottage, An Old Sword Fights Again ~THE RAILWAY AND THE WAR . . . By Thurstean Topiem Therequirements of Wartime Transportarion brought the development of several new e types of Railway cars Tne Nesm Can (at Righ)+ 1 MepicaL Orricer of the Canadian National lwn»ws It serves as the Medical Centre in trains «. &gwm KWircuen mc e denntnny in :.r:'n.flrsxnn iho Natinnal Suctem moc‘o:s in service on the National .Sgtem ystem. were conoefie:l in the Company‘s Shops â€"â€" [# s F C C L.3 A B v‘ w PF} _‘I I W ht / Tess o Warn hod. Waenme ¢ay is a bia iob. St.1 " lert, 4 Mataintnnintreminpist eate en tieni story recently =2 F ' fi @«‘fgw @ They‘re going to try it in Grimsby. And what‘s more, they‘re going to put it over! ‘There‘s a new spirit being born in the hearts of anadians. Big enough to wipe out petty animosities. Strong enough to weld together different creeds, different interests, different classes. Canadians ure becoming aware of the value of their heritage. In Grimsby they‘re consolidating for victory! If tie Axis is to be defeated, then those opposing it must someâ€" how manage to hang together, coâ€" operate, unite, consolidate their forces coâ€"ordinate them. ‘Yet there can be no effective unity, or coâ€" operation, if each party to the proâ€" posed coâ€"operation insists on one T he Secret of True Unity Sir Norman Angelli, in New World his views and claims; if all comâ€" valuelessness of any promise made Guty until each one of us knuckles. down to doing his own duty. We can win, but we can‘t win and have pleasure as usual, food as usual, business as usual! And we can‘t leave George to do it! We‘ve got to get in and give an allâ€"out war effort, every single one of us!" haven‘tâ€"stopped â€"losingâ€"it.â€"Up to th. presentâ€"theâ€"Britishâ€"Empireâ€"has taken the finest whipping in its long history. Aund it isn‘t the Governâ€" ment‘s fault, any more than it‘s yours and mine. On Monday evening, April 7, in Trinity Church Hall, Grimsby, before an intent gethering of tows and county folk, there was outlined what is possibly the first coâ€"ordinated community war effort in Canada. A plan which will utilize to the best advaiilage the ability of every man, wwoman and child in the community. Its purpose: To foster a mwmmmwonmwmm mm«mmmman«am.nm. dating into one group all the organizations engaged in war work in that district. While each organization will continue. to do its own special work, the consolidated group will coâ€"ordinate the work of the whole, securing maximum potential effort of the citizens of the disâ€" By this means, overlapping will be eliminated; the sphere of each inidividual group will be definitely defined; group activities will come to be more widely known and appreciated by the community, and each mhmwmmmmmd.w If the Women‘s Institute has jam and jelly to get out, the Scouts and Girl Guides will pick fruit, the Lions club or Kiwanis donate sugar, the LO.D.E. provide additional workers. If the White Elephant finds its stock dwindling, the members of 25 other organizations will interest themselves in replenishing its shelves. ‘When the Red Crofs puts on its drive, every organization in town will asaist. Moreover, where a group of fi‘ty, seventyâ€"five or ia hundred perâ€" sons exercises a relatively small influence, the weight of twentyâ€"six groups, combined, becomes a potent force for moulding public opinion. It furnishes a vehicle to carry out coâ€"ordinated effort; provides imâ€" petus; offers a common pool of knowledge of past errors, past sucâ€" cesses, by the light of which future problems may be solved. At the head of the new plan stands the Grimsby and District War Committee, composed of a president, two viceâ€"presidents, secreâ€" tary and treasurer, which will meet periodicaliy to act as a clearing house for ideas. Below this committee is a council composed of repreâ€" sentatives of the various organizations, meetings of which will be held at stated intervals ‘Through their representatives, the individual orâ€" ganizations will thus be aware not only of their ownâ€"particular effort but of the effort of all other organizations. A drive for salvage, a survey for home gardens, a canvass of workers for farms, added assistance in blood donorship, support of the Government‘s price ceiling, economy of essential products, & study of mnutrition, increased church att. iance, a determined campaign against grumbling and destructive crit‘ ~n: these are some of the aims of the new plan. Aims which wil; mn~ a fulfilment! For they‘re in earnest about all this, these people of Gmsby. It‘s in their intent faces, their silence while they listen to speakers, their demand that they be told explicitly how they can help. And now, after three years of war, the average Canadian citizen u-uuupwmmwmmhmw. That the war might possibly not be won. ‘That it isn‘t going to be won by the Canaâ€" dian Government alone. That it will be won only when every manâ€" Jack of us buckles in and does his part. The night of lettingâ€"Georgeâ€" doâ€"it is lightening into the dawn of let‘sâ€"getâ€"togetherâ€"andâ€"allâ€"pull! THE PEOPLE OF GRIMSBY ORGANIZE FOR VICTORY by Marjorie Freeman Camubell in the Hamilton Spectator ..cmmgummuunw. Up to the present we have bareâ€" 1y escaped losing it!" declared Mr. G. H. Lash, director of public ... ~.mation, on November 1, 1041. | N6 Since November )ias come the thunderclap of Pearl Harbour, the downfall of the Britiz» Empire in the East, and the loss of the Dutch East Indies. Now Avstralia is threatened, India imperilied, the Suez "You‘ve got to stop 7 es 23 Pa o on aamg ‘You‘re not winning the war. You Thursday, April 23rd, 1942. by the other. There are, indeed, certain abstract principles incomâ€" patible with coâ€"operation. "Absoâ€" lute independence", "complete freeâ€" dom," are such principles. A partnership in which each partner is completely. independent of the other is a contradiction of terms. It is because the nations of Europe insisted on being completeâ€" ly independent that Hilter found it so easy to pick them off one by one. Yet during the discussion one heard exceedingly little of comâ€" promise, of the need of each to qualify his freedom .of action as the price of unity and coâ€"aperation, road to victory.