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The Russian pact, plus substantial conquest in Poland, plus again either absorption or domination of much of Central Europe @pens a large portion of Germany‘s backdoor, Provided it can be kept open the allies sea blockade cannot be made completely effective How Will They Trade? â€" Butâ€" an open door is one thing, the ability to trade through it is another. Most authorities assume that Germany will have to make some payment in kind for any goods received from Russia. The latter is expected to furâ€" nish badly needed raw _ materials. Normally in exchan‘ge agricultural and other machinery would be exported to Russia. But experts are extremely doubtful of Germany‘s ability to produce manuâ€" factured goods for export and at the same time engage in desperate war. It is therefore suggested that perhaps instead of German goods flowing to the Soviet in exchange for vital raw materâ€" ials, payment may have been promâ€" ised in a future slice of conquered Poland. It is pointed out, however, that in the recent shipment of Russian goods to the beleaguered Spanish "Loyalists‘" the Russians demanded and received not promises of influence or territory, but gold. As for trade with any part of Poland conquered or with already absorbed Czechoâ€"Slovakia and Austria or even with German dominated Hungary, it is assumed that the Reich will be able to use while it lasts, its own might. Goods will be either confiscated outâ€" The Sovietâ€"German Pacit A reappraisal of Germany‘s _ war material needs is now necessary in view of the Sovietâ€"German trade and nonâ€"aggression pacts. Previously inâ€" sufficiency in raw materials and foodâ€" stuffs had an impressive military sigâ€" nificance and the importance of the new situation must be gauged in a new light. How Strong is Germany? Will supplies of raw materials be the deciding factor in the present war? Authorities believe Germany is seriousâ€" ly lacking in the essential supplies necâ€" essary for waging a long war. Even should Poland be decisively defeated, Germany will still be in the unenviable position of fighting a long war. German strategy is based on the "lightning war," a theory which has been by no means proved. Certainly the prospect of such a war working against Britain and France seems to have been built up. In short, Hitler, whether he wishes it or not, appears to face a war of long duration even should he at the start be partially successful. But in addition the important fact remains there are certain â€" essential raw materials which even Russia or Central European countriese cannot supply. One of the most important is rubboer of which Germany must import 75 per cent of her requirements, even allowing for production of the synâ€" thetic product which is by no means completely satisfactory. Weak in Raw Materials If Germany plans to finance much of her war needs by exporting certain surplus raw materials she appears doomed to disappointment. Coal is the only product in which there is a large available exportable surplus In the event of the British being able to force the Baltic Sea the principal market for this coal in Sweden would be cut off and what would be still more disâ€" astrous to Germany, a source of perâ€" haps half her iron ore requirements would also be lost. Considering Both Sides of the Question: " How Strong is Germany!" The following survey, that touches the matter from two different views on the question, reviews the resources of Germany, and suggests that the land of the Nazis will not be able to stand up under any lengthy war, As the Allies are determined that the war will last until Hitler and his madness are completely overcome, the conflict is not going to be the brief affair that Hitler expected it would be. To both the Allies and to Germany and to the neutrals the qustion, "How Strong is Germany?" is assuredly both interestâ€" ing and important. An answer to the question is given in The Financial Post, of Toronto, last week, the article being as follows:â€" right as needed or taken in exchange for depreciated currency. Certainly there is no force of unâ€" employed in Germany to place to work to increase production for export to Russit or other available countries. If anything, there will be a lower working force with army reserves called into active service. PForeign exchange reâ€" sources are known to be extremely limited and the gold supply is abnorâ€" mally low. Little chance of increasing purchases through financial resources appears possible. An Opposite View Of course, there are some people who believe that Germany may have acâ€" cumulated or in feasible prospect the supplies to wage a long war if this should prove necessary. G Ward Price (Continued on Page Six) Study Suggests That Germany is Not Able To Stand Up Under a Long War. _ Naziland Said to be Largely or Entirely Lacking in Bulk of Essential Raw Materials. Vol. XXIX. No. 75. Section 1. AA 'special war surtax on incomes, amounting to 50 per cent of the regular income tax. 2. A 20 per cent special war tax on the retail price of beer and tobacco. 3. A war tax on champagne of one mark a bottle. Income Tax $2,000,000,000 Pressedienst PFuer Wirthchaftsautâ€" bau, another economic service, estiâ€" mated receipts of the present income tax in Germany as more than 5,000,000â€" 000 marksâ€"equal to $2,000,000,000â€" annually. Thus the special income tax alone should yield 2,500,000,000 marks, or $1,000,000,000. Pressedienstfuer â€" Wirtschaftsaufbau quoted Secretary Frit, Reinhardt of the finance ministry as saying that "the financing of the war is assured. Meaâ€" sures calculated to reduce the value of money will not be invoked." That does not mean, however, that the citizen must not pay. He must reach deep into his pocket to hand over his share through six main chanâ€" nels, some affecting the individual directly, others indirectly. The Reich expects to add to the war chest by: 4. A tax of 100 ‘marks ($40) a 100 litres of cordials and liqueurs. This service said " a respectaDic number of hundreds of million marks‘ would come in from the taxes on beer champagne and hard liquor. Nor is the Reich‘s finance ministry planning special war loans "presently," it was said. War Cost Divided Each month, the figures showed, the cities and communes must divert 2% per cent of receipts from taxes on agriculture and forestry undertakings, 5 per cent on real estate, 7% per cent on business and 10 per cent of the tax on citizens. That would total 1,360,000,000 marks. The service said ‘the taxes were "abâ€" solutely certain" to produce at least 1,250,000,000 marks. (The nominal value of the mark is 40 cents.) Dig Deep Into Pockets Cities and communes would not be permitted to "unload" this special war contribution payment onto individual taxpayers by increased rates. Instead, it was said, the money must be obtained from increased economyâ€"paring down the communal expenses. 6. Lowering wages and prices, thus further cutting public expenditures so the difference would be available for war needs. It said specifically that there would be no increase in taxes on corporations, because firms and plants would have to pay from their own funds for additionâ€" al upkeep, transformation to wAar basis, and expansions. While it was admitted that such esâ€" timates could not be exact, Gemeinde Und Wirtschaft said it believed "its figures conservative" and distributed as follows : The tax on business and trade of all kinds to yield 700,000,000 marks anâ€" nually for the special war chest; the citizens‘ tax, 130,000,000; real estate, 420,000,000; agriculture and forestry, 110,000,000. The air express service by Transâ€" Canada Air Lines has been of particuâ€" lar significence this year in the fight against insect pests in the grain proâ€" ducing areas of Western Canada. No less than 22 shipments containing an army of insect parasites were moved to British Columbia overnight from the Dominion Parasite Laboratory at Belleâ€" ville, Ont., this season and such shipâ€" ments were also delivered to other points in the West. Berlin, Sept, 20.â€"Every German city and commune in addition to the inâ€" dividual German citizens, must pay the costs of the 1939 war, according to figures released by two economic staâ€" tistical services. Gemeinde Und Wirtschaft, corresâ€" pondence service for municipal matâ€" ters, estimated 1,250,000,000 marksâ€" about $500,000,000â€"must be contributed each year of the war by the cities and communes out of their receipts from taxation. Fast delivery of the living parasites to the infected areas is essential since they must be transferred in the mature stage. When full grown the parasite has only a few days to live. In this short time it must be released in the fields and orchards to feed on the inâ€" sect pest. Nazis Told the War is Costing at Rate of $500,000,000 Year Air Service Has Helped in Fight Against Insects arming, Forestry a n d Trade Asked to Pay the Bill. Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY respectable born, are not going to cry â€". "peace, peace" like Lindbergh ~or Father Coughlin, but from the British Emâ€" pire, every dominion, every crown colâ€" ony all the ‘resources in wealth and man power will come to put an end to Hitlerism forever. We are not minimiâ€" zing the military strength of Russia, Japan and Germany but we believe in the ultimate triumph of Christianity, of Christian democracy, of Christian Holy Writ that the way of the ungodly shall perish. sands of them travelling in such dense swarms that women and children are afraid to walk alonz the streets of the towns. Borough officials and state and county agricultural authoritiee have studied methods to exterminate the pests. Authorities believe that ground spraying will be effective. Huntingdon Gleaner:â€"If it‘s not one invasion in New Jersey it‘s another. First it was the mythical Martians, now it‘s the realistic European waspsâ€"thouâ€" (From The Pembroke Bulletin) "O, ye of little faith!" Applying these upbraiding words to the terror stricken Canadians, who see in the pagan triumvirateâ€"Hitler, Staâ€" lin and Tokyoâ€"a complete revision of the map of Eastern and Central Eurâ€" ope, and of Asia, the crash of Christian civilization, and the supremacy of paganism for in the last analysis this is now a war between Christianity and paganism. There were dark days in Europe unâ€" til the might of Great Britain defeated Napoleon. There may be troublesome times ahead, and in store for France, and all who are British born, but the light has never gone outâ€"and never will. Well armed, those who fight for our birthrights will defeat the conâ€" scripts, who have been driven to the battlefields of Europe to satisfy the ambitions of despots. The British Emâ€" pire will not be defeated. Centuries after the 20th, there will still be a British Empire, for if there is anyâ€" thing on earth etetnal it will be the British Empire. And what will be the result? "God in His heaven, all‘s right with the world." Liberty loving people, free Britain Will Triumph Over All Her Enemies While Canadian children were starting back to school, boys and girls in Warsaw were living under a hail of bombs. The German land army reached the city‘s outskirts, and children like those pictured were conscripted to dig trenches, pile sandbags, put out orruptire Adtpance National conscription of manpower, wealth and by John Blackmore, Social Credit leader, LEFT. F groups to offer his support to the government i: Britain was Hon. R. J. Manion, CENTRE Conser TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1939 CHILDREN PLIED SHOVELS IN DEFENCE OF WARSAW CANADA‘S POLITICAL LEADERS STAND UNITED IN WORK TO HELP BRITAIN "The pillbox is nothing more than a black triangle in the hillside. Freshâ€" dug earth makes it cutline clear. Pasâ€" sengers in the train soon see another, then another, of these black ‘triangles. As their eyes get used to picking them out they see first ten, then fifty of them. They can pick them out two miles away. "Across a pasture meadow. a tangle of barbed wireâ€"the black, touzh, heavy stuff with inchâ€"long sharpened claws â€"is mounted cn wooden crossed frames four feet high. The entanglement is ten yards wide. It stretches, zigzag like an angular snake, far cut across the green field. â€"It crawls=â€"rightâ€"up â€"to the train embankment. Cows graze beâ€" side it. The train moves another hunâ€" dred yards. "Here is a new entanglement, the same as the last. It, too, jerks its elâ€" bows out of sight across the meadows. A third, a fourth, a fifth, all spaced about one hundred yards apart. The lines are sometimes closer, sometimes farther from each other, as the angles distort the patterns. "As the train moves deeper into what Adolf Hitler calls the Lines of the German Reich, the passengers begin to understand. The entanglements form a vast lakyrinth upon the fieldsâ€"perhaps there are ten, perhaps fifteen separate entanglements for every mile. The ‘Pillbox‘ Miniature Fort "Then, suddenly the barbed wire is gone. The terrain becomes hilly. A passenger who has evidently made this trip before points to a black slot in the hillside. he says. Miles of Barbed Wire Said to be in the Siegfried Line Travelling last April from Paris to Berlin, Robert R. Hare of the Baltimore Sun staff, saw something of the Siegâ€" fried Line. In spite of what he glimpsed recent dispatches intimate that the line may not be as invulnerable as it has been reputed to be. Mir. Hare descgribes it as follows: French, However, Seem to Have Figured a Way to Conquer it. fires and run supplies to their fathers and mothers who fought side by side to throw back the invaders. Here they are marching to the suburbs to dig trenches., the opposition effort and alid rimeée "As the train moves farther into the ‘Western Wall‘ newer, fresher pillboxes appear. Now one is so close to the windows that passengers can see axâ€" actly what it is. It is a heavy iron dcor, set in a concrete jamb. The conâ€" crete is partly hidden by the piled earth on the hillside. Nothinz but the door appears. In it there is a small door. In it there is a small loopholeâ€" for a machineâ€"gun barrel. The passenâ€" gers quickly visualize the dark conâ€" crete dungeon behind the door, the stacked cartridge ‘belts, the oil lamp, the gas masks, the eyes peering down the sides of a karrel. "The black doors are spaced about a hundred yards apart, so arranged over the hills as to cover every inch with a ‘withering crossflire. No door faces Belgiumâ€"and France beyond. They face each other. No shell from an abtacking army could score hit. Death Traps For Attacking Tanks "In a valley between the hill, gangzs of men are working in a newlyâ€"dug underâ€" pass beneath the tracks. It appears to be sunken road, or a canal ditch. It is large and deep, say 20 yards deep, with steeply sloping sides. Its base is 30 yards wide. At the top, it is 50 yards wide. "The men are Arbeitdienst (labor service) conscripts. Their camp woodâ€" en barracks can be seen in the disâ€" tance. They are building the Limes. The ditch is a tank trap. In fact, it is a trap for anything that comes upon it. Infantry swahrming down the slopes to cross the concrete posts, would be raked from the pillboxes on the far side. "As the tarin moves, miles after miles, there are more entanglements, more piliboxes, more concrete chavaux de frise. At intervals, far from the train tracks, there are lowâ€"lying conâ€" crete fortressesâ€"ammunition dumps, no doubt. They are painted in blurred stripes of green and brown. "But it is not a road or a canal. The men, stripped to the waist, are moving heavy concrete posts into a cheyval de frise along the bed. "Then, the Belzium frontier. The fortifications stop. Since the first barbed wire entanglement, the train has travelled 18 miles." Toronto Telegram:â€"Hay fever can give a man as much trouble as a grass widow. Minister Mackenzie King, RIGHT, contends the dominion can best serve Great Britain in the presnt conflict by becoming an empire arâ€" senal and food depot, and at the same time, send a volunteer force of fighting airmen to help the moth#r country. Wl ies . es tss se matiee Published at Timmins, Ont.. Canada, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY While reporting the international naval conferences held in recent years in London, the writer heard much talk of a powerful directional wireless. When a submarine prowling off the British Isles communicated with its base in Germany, this apparatus in London would intercept the message, quickly locate the undersea craft and notify the nearest destrover. Some of the Humour in the Fighting Lines in the War of 1914â€"1918 London, Eng.â€"Tremendous strides in the science of radio have revoluâ€" tionized the war now being fought on the seas byâ€"and againstâ€"submarines. The British admiralty recently deâ€" veloped new listening devices, with great range under water, The cruising radius of submarines on the surface, where they are run by Diesel engines, has greatly increased since the Great War. But little imâ€" provement has been made in underâ€" water travel. They still must run by electricity when submerged, a costly operation, and must come to the surâ€" face in a limited time to recharge batteries. Germany‘s biggest submarines are credited with a cruising radius of 7,000 miles but under water they probably cannot exceed 200 miles in a continuâ€" ous run at a speed of only about seven to ten knots. Germany officially reparted last December that it had 49 submarines and 28 more under construction. These are craft of 750, 500 and 250 tons which take from eight months to a year to build. Therefore, most of the 28 now are completed. The United States, on its subâ€" chasers, introduced a device at the end of the last war which now is invaluâ€" able to both subs and destroyers. The invention soon became everyone‘s proâ€" perty. It is a sound director placed on each side of the submarine. A man sitting in the centre with ear phones, listening to both mechanisms, can 1loâ€" cate a ship. At that moment, the torpedo is pointed directly at its prevy. This means a submarine does not have to rise to the surface and locate a ship through its periscope before firing. Methods Used in Carrying on Submarine Warfare In fighting submarines, depth bombs were only used toward the end of the last war and are much improved toâ€" day. More widespread use of convoys to guard ships has been indicated alâ€" ready by despatches from abroad. Germany‘s greatest losses in the last war were in the mine "hells"â€"five Uâ€"boats were sunk in one day after a North Sea mine barrage had been laid. Huntingdon Gleaner:â€"In the spring Oof 1937 a flood near Stratton, Neb., caused a bridge to collapse while Mrs. W. B,. Hall was driving over it. Mrs. Hall was saved, but lost a handbag conâ€" taining $185. Recently, during a period of low water, three boys found the rotâ€" ted handbag in the river 150 yards from the bridge. The money was still intact and distinguishable enough to be redeemed,. The finders received $10 gach as a reward. British Soldiers Had Their Own Unique Way of Looking at Things No One Can Say, "Oh, That‘s An Old One!t" for it Was 25 Years Ago. Another lesson of the last war was that submarines were more effective than any other type of ship in catchâ€" ing submarines. One man was standing on the ‘Fire Step‘ looking out over ‘No man‘s land‘ one morning when a bullet hit the parapet in front of him. He shook his fist toward the German line and shoutâ€" éed: "Raise your sights, you soâ€"andâ€"so, you spattered my face with mud." To the Editor of The Advance, Timmins. Dear Sir:â€"I was reading in The Advance how that fellow in the Yorkâ€" shire Post says: "British Humour Will Win the War," but he doesn‘t give much idea of British humour. It might not hurt the younger men to know some of the things at which we used to laugh. One day Nobby Gullick and I were lookinz for our platoon and we turned up "Monk‘s French" with myself in front. I came to a puddle of water and stepped into it but instead of it being a puddle I sank to my waist. Nobby stood and looked at me for a minute; then he said: "I don‘t think we‘ll go any farther, Brother." Then there was the day when the shells were flying so thick that nobody could bring up the rations and the "Cockney" said: "Now if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs if we had some eggs." One night we were in bivouac and I was sleepin‘z on ene end next to a shell hole. That night it rained and in the morning I woke up to find the shell hole full of water and the corner of ‘my blanket in it. Of course I began to say things when someone piped up and said: "What are you grousing about? You‘ve had your shaving water brought you and now you‘re grousing. You want jam on it, you do." Then one day we were short of water and I got some water in my mess tin from a shell hole and shaved. I threw the water and forgot to wash the tin. Another man had lost his mess tin and asked me if I would get a double ration of tea, for breakfast in mine. I oblized and after breakfast we both raised cain wtih the cook for giving us soapy tea. "Why," he said, "that Dolin‘z has the butter belonging to the section and now he has got himself wounded. Couldn‘t he wait till we had our dinâ€" ner?" we kept that up for two or three minâ€" utes and then he said: "What have you got?" I said: "I‘ve got a king flush." "Oh," said he, "you beat me." Then he went on to say: "Doling was satisfied and he lay down again." What did we do? We raised a dickens of a row because that loony Quarterâ€" Masterâ€"Sergeant had sent back the rations which should have gone to the killed and wounded, and whichâ€"as they didn‘t need themâ€"should have come to us. Winnipeg.â€"BSteadfastness and courâ€" age are a vital need for the women of Canada in wartime, Alderman (Mrs.) R. F. McWilliams told members of the CGreater Winnipez Women‘s Liberal Association at the annual fall meeting. "It is essential to understand and keep in mind why we are at war," said Mrs. McWilliams. "Our enemy is the evil force of Hitlerism."‘ Then I hear that the day I was wounded somebody said â€" after the battle:â€"*"Where‘s that Doling?" Ssomebody else told him that I was wounded and he began to swear. "What is the matter?" he was asked. After one battle in which we had fifâ€" teen men left out Oof eighty we came back to the support trenches and were all looking forward to plenty of food. Did we fight the batle over in our Did we fight the batle over in our conversation? No! Did we moan over those who had gone? Nol! Coolness, Faith and Courage Will Help to Win the War She asked the women to wait for dirâ€" ection and to stand in readingss io serve "our country in war" and to "trust our leaders and men." Endurance, steadfastness and un wavering courage were three requisites which would be of material help in the war. "We must organize ourselves for a long war,. Try to have this attitude. ‘Here T am, I am ready, I am calm and selfâ€"controlled‘," Mrs. McWilliams said. Tironto Telegram: â€" Tight auto drivers certainly do some loose driving. Then Corporal Strawbridge said I sat up one night; saying: "T‘ll have one." He said: "I‘ll have one." He said It is true. When a man goes down, you share his rations and carry on. I remain, Winnipeg Lady Alderman Addresses Womens Libâ€" eral Club. + Single Copy Five Cents The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine. Established 1912 Yours most sincerely, A. J. Doiing. Timmins Sept