The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

â€" Oe Vormmpine Advance TIMMIXS®, ONTARIO m Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebece Newspaper Association; Class "A" Weekly (Group TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year PAGE POUR "I have never received anything so touching," I¢t.â€"Col. Fraser Hunter, Liberal member for St, Patrick‘s riding, Toronto, and chairman of the committee in charge of volunteers for service in Finland, said this week in referring to a donation and note received from a little girl and her little brother. Lt.â€"Col. Hunter recently asked the proâ€" vincial government for a million dollars to equip a division of men to go to Finland to help that brave nation in its battle against aggression and worse than slavery. Premier Hepburn‘s reply was to the effect that the province had nothing to do with military matters. In other words he placed the responsibility on the Dominion Government, and, of course, Premier King may be depended upon to see nothing but constitutional difficulties in such a question. Sqmetimes it would appear, from Premier King‘s attitude, that the chief funcâ€" tion of the constitution of Canada is to prevent any active war effort in Canada. In Monday‘s Advance reference was made to the fact that the people of Ontdrio are very anxious to give prompt and effective material assistance to Finland. It is recognized that Finland, like Poland, is really fighting in the cause of the Allies â€"the cause of the world of decent nationsâ€"and that any assistance to Finland in special way is help to the winning of the war. The general feelâ€" ing is that province or Dominion, or both, might well find some way to overcome constitutional questions and provide the necessary money for this factor in the war. No one seems to question the ability of Lt.â€"Col. Fraser Hunter to provide his part of the planâ€"the trained force, equipped and ready, and the method to get them to the scene of action. Indeed, it has been disclosed this week by Col. Hunter that Toronto alone has conâ€" tributed five hundred men to the cause and that arrangements have been made to send them overâ€" seas under convoy. Many people will feel that the money necessary for the plan could be raised by voluntary subâ€" scriptions if there were only time enough to orâ€" garize such a plan. The two youngsters in Toâ€" rono apparently thought such a plan was necesâ€" sary, and so was under way. In any event they sent a letter to Lt.â€"Col. Hunter, with two nickels glued firmly to the sheet of paper. The letter read:â€""Would you please give this ten cents to the fund to help Finland. Five cents is from my brother. Terence, and five cents is from myself. I wish I had lots of money to send you. . . .I hope you will use this money. It is all we have. (Signâ€" ed) Angela, aged 6, and Terence, aged 4." No doubt these youngsters have heard the whole question of the position of Finland and the need in Finland discussed at their home. With the directness of the intuition of childhood, they have gone tg‘ the very heart of the matter, and shown action. There is little question but their contribution meant real sacrifice for them. "It is all we have," they said. Surely, here is a sugâ€" gestion for interested adults.. The letter of those little children indicates the popular feeling in reâ€" gard to Finland and the general desire to help thatcountry. It would appear to be a great opâ€" portunity for all the Toronto papers for once to combine and coâ€"operate in sponsoring a voluntary campaign to help the cause of the Allies and the cause of the civilized world by helping Finland. Never mind such questions as:â€"‘*"Would it be posâ€" sible to do anything of this sort so long as Canada is not at war with Russia?" This is a case where League of Nations gave the nice touch of internaâ€" law may be twisted to some advantage. The League of Nations give the nice touch of internaâ€" tional legality, to any procedure for assisting Finâ€" land to repel the gangsters. According to the niceties of the proceedings at Geneva help of this sort may be tendered Finland without the necesâ€" sity for any formal declaration of war. As for the moral factor, let no one deceive themselves into believing that from the moment that Russia attacked Poland there was any doubt as to the Soviet‘s intention to wage war against all the democracies. Equally easy is it to disregard the question, "How can trained and equipped soldiers be safely landed in Finland?" That may safely be left to the capabilities of Lt.â€"Col. Fraser Huntâ€" er. It is also worth noting that Great Britain has given special permission for the recruiting in the British Isles of soldiers to add to the Finnish forces. Most people seem to have forgotten all the deâ€" mands of the last war on the people of Canada. In any event they seem to see special difficulty in the number of calls in the present conflict. Of course, there are many callsâ€"calls that seem to be imperativeâ€"the call of the Canadian Red Cross, Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 22nd 1940 tm P PA P P PA AL CA PA â€"AL P â€"AOP: Te LA M PA P3 the Polish Red Cross, the Finnish Red Cross, the Canadian Legion War Services Incorporated, the Salvation Army Red Shield fund for war work, and the many other patriotic calls of the day. Instead of looking upon these calls as a burden, it might be well to consider how easily this country is escaping in the demands made toâ€"day upon the nations that desire freedom and decency. In an address during the Canadian Red Cross campaign Mr. Austin Neame gave one answer to those who feel like complaining about the number of reâ€" quests for money for patriotic causes. "We are fortunate, indeed," said Mr. Neame, "that so little is asked from us, in comparison to other peoples. They are asked for more than we are asked in money, a~d in addition they have to sacrifice their strength, their health, their lives, their all." Still another answer is given by the children who sent ten cents to Lt.â€"Col. Hunter to help the Finâ€" nish people. "I hope you will use this money," a little girl of six years of age wroteée, "It is all we have." The Polish people have given all they have. The Finnish people are giving all they have. The people of Canada are not asked for all they have. But simply for a littleâ€"a little that may surely be sparedâ€"even if it means the sacriâ€" fice of an occasional luxury, the odd pleasure. The gallant soldiers who have gone from Canâ€" ada and other parts of the British Empire to fight the gangster nations, the men and women of the Allied nations, the people of Poland, the populaâ€" tion of Finland, these may truly say of what they are offeringâ€""It is all we have.". There have been many calls. There are many calls toâ€"day. There will be many calls in the days to come. It would be well, however, to hold the right perspective on all these calls Compared to what others face, they are little indeed. It seems a distant day beâ€" fore Canada will be forced to say, with the people of Poland, Finland, France, Britainâ€"and with those two dear little youngsters in Torontoâ€""It is all we have." Probably no other incident in the present war has given such general pleasure to the people of the British Empire, the Allied Nations, and many a neutral, than the case of the rescue of 326 Britâ€" ish seamen from the verminâ€"infested war auxiliary ship, the German Altmark. With the pleasure, there is also a considerable amount of quiet amusement at the discussion that has arisen from the incident. Britain has protested to Norway against the irregularities that appeared to be perâ€" mitted by that nation in not only permitting the use of its territorial waters by a belligerent ship but actually giving apparent convoy to what was the worst type of slaveâ€"ship. Norway hnas proâ€" tested against what it considers a violation by Britain of Norway‘s neutrality. Germany has made hysterical protest, censuring Norway and completely damning Great Britain. With all the fiagrant violations of neutrality that have been permitted to Germany during the present war, it seems absurd to be making so much fuss over technicalities and legal niceties in this particular case. The British people are quite content that the episode followed the strictest code of honoutr, decency and common sense, and so are not much exercised as to the possibilitiees of technical breaches of international law. There is a general belief, growing stronger each day, that in view of the absolute scorn shown by Germany for any kind of law or decency, the British have unnecesâ€" sarily handicapped themselves by observing a code of decency and consideration that was completely beyond the comprehension of gangster nations. Natural sense of humour is stirred by the attiâ€" tude of the Nazis. "The Altmark crime tops all the crimes of which Britain has been guilty in world history," says the official German statement from Berlin. It may be that by sheer acident the Berlin statement approximates the truth, and if the Altmark case is the worst crime in the history of Britain, then the Empire has an even cleaner record than British people would claim for it, for the Altmark incident was not a crime at all. Inâ€" deed, there is question whether it was an interâ€" national misdemeanor, or even a technical violaâ€" tion of any of the rules and regulations of nations. Britain‘s protest to Norway in the matter not only shows that the Empire followed the strict letter of international law in regard to the Altmark, but that Norway itself broke internaâ€" tional law in the incident by giving improper asâ€" sistance to a belligerent vessel. Further the Britâ€" ish statement points out that Norway has been actually making a practice of this unfair and unâ€" neutral attitude, and that this illegal assistance to the Nazis will not be tolerated in the future. The touch of comedy is given to the situation by the ravmgs of Goebbels, who, in this case, shows himself just as hysterical and unbalanced as the head gangster who was formerly an incompstent paperhanger. There is a rare irony in the of Nazi Germany referring to the Altmark case as a "crime" to be condemned in screechingâ€"tones, while the world has in such close and painful memory the brutalities of Germany, the utter disâ€" regard of that nation for law of any kind, or deâ€" ceney, or humanity. Fresh from its murder and pluder of literally rmillions, the beastialities in Czechoslovakia, Austria, FPoland, to say nothing of its inhumanities within its own borders, with the dead bodies of innocent men, women and children in defenceless towns bombed by the THE ALTMARK INCIDENT THME PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Music, Might, Sight Rats, Fuss, Flakes Kilts, Slips, So On Writing in The Toronto Telegram, Thomas Richard Henry has the folâ€" lowing thouvhts to offer:â€" Music It‘s music to the allied ears to hear the Scuttlers squeal. Might "Might," says the German fountain head, "is the only deciding factor in international affairs." "Britain violated international law in attacking the Altmark," screamed the German commentator on station DJD last night. No wonder the Nazis felt justified in referring to "The stupid Englishman." As a matter of fact we think Gerâ€" many has a perfect right to feel highly indignant over the Altmark incident. Any violation of neutrality by« anyâ€" body but Germany is certainly a violaâ€" tion of German copyright. It is a high handed way Of stealing German methods without German consent. "And they did it without the slightest pretext that it was not ordered by the British Admiralty." Form and Substance and a Ballad. Nct satisfied with stealing the Gerâ€" man stuff, Winston Churchill abruptly departed from the German technique in a most insulting manner. He did not immediately issue a stateâ€" ment (after the German fashion) that the Altmark was attacked by a German cruiser, disguised as a British destroyer with the object of dragging Japan into war with Russia. Mr. Churchill announced that the Altmark was taken by the orders of the Admiralty. Stealing German technique and then deliberately twisting it into simple directness must be interpreted by the Nazi navy as heaping insult upon inâ€" Jjury. Mark Twain). The delightful humor in the situation is the German threat to punich Engâ€" land for the affair. No doubt Germany had no desire to harm England up to this momentâ€"but now she is going to punish her. And so with the British prisoners rescued, Mr. Churchill is able to lean back in a "So what?" attitude, probably feeling as complacent as a Christain who is holding four aces (apologies to War would be droll if it were not so sad. Writing in one of the leading French newspapers Genevieve Tabous, a noted French journalist, preâ€" dicts= that the Swedish and Norwegian governâ€" ments will shortly be,forced by public opinion in those countries not only to extend direct military aid to Finland, but also to cut both Russia and Germany off from Scandinavian iron supplies. This opinion is in line with ideas expressed some time ago by local people of Scandinavian origin. These local citizens suggested that the people in general of Norway and Sweden were altogether with the Allies and particularly in favour of the Finnish people, but that those in some high places, many of them with German connections, were not carryâ€" ing out the desires of the people in general. The incident of the Altmark seems to indicate the truth of this thought. Nazis crying to Heaven for justice, the thought of Germany even mentioning the word crime 1s enough to make gods and men alike laugh in derision. What a difference a little election makes! Justf British soldiers would yield inch by inch at bitter a few short days ago members of the Ontario | cost to the German hordes, they would taunt the Cabinet were on the platform with Premier Hepâ€" l invading forces with the words, "And then there‘s burn to denounce the shortcomings of the King the bleeding nivy!" It was the sort of joke that government in the matter of the present war. Toâ€" | the boastful invaders could not understand. If day these same Liberal Cabinet Ministers are on | the Huns had any imagination they might easily the platrorm with Premier King to laud the King| toâ€"day picture the 326 British seamen rescued Government to the skies for its wonderful work in | from the Heliâ€"ship Altmark singing together the war. A few days ago it seemed that Premier | "And then there‘s the bleeding nivy!" King was the only man who wasn‘t doing anything * * * to win the war! Now it appears that Premierl It still holds true what the Finnish workman King is the only man who will win the war and , told a Finnish lady:â€"‘"The Finns still have God that Ke‘ll do it all by himself if given the chance! and Mannerheim! And Russia has neither!" But the larceny was not the worst of GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Bank of Canada has just moved into it© handsome new brick buildirg in South Porcupine, Ontario. This branch was first established March 8, 1911. Since that date South Porcupine has becotme a businres; centre in one of the world‘s richest mining districts. . The Bank recignizes the fact in the well appointed banking facilities pro vided by the new office. Bank of Canada has just buildirg in South Porcupine, North NEW IMPERIAL BANK BUILDING, SOUTH PORCUPTINE Head in Sand It s a little strange to have the German troadcaster ignore the fact {hat there wore British prisoners on the Altmark. If he was talking primarily to the United States he must have realized that his audience knew all about the prisoners through their own news facilities and were curious to learn how he would treat that aspect of the affair. But like the ostrich, he shoved his head into a maze of international law. Incidentally, he closed with "Goodâ€" bye, North America, and good luck." The point that annoyed us last night was the pious proncuncement that the Finns appeared to be in retreatâ€"and apparetnly they had attempted too much. It‘s nice of him to in:lude the Canâ€" adians. Brother Rats We always preserve our amiability in listening to this bird up to a pointâ€" and then we get sore. In effect it sounded like "brother Rat has been impeded by the perfidious Finnsâ€"but the aggressors will inherâ€" it the earth." The brother Rat might even arrange a composite flag with a sickle and a scuttle as a main motif. Fuss Quite a fuss was made over equipâ€" ping the sailors of a British destroyer with warm clothing when they arrived in a canadian port wearing sun helâ€" mets and shorts recently. A navy man tells us that the British flailors always carry three uniforms on board ship. If the order of dress for zero weather is sun helmets and shorts, we wonder what the other two uniforms are li.ke Snow Flakes The ~snow flakes were quite large this morning. They reminded us of the oid days up country when we used to spread a couple of snow flakes over the garden in the spring to save it from a late frost. The heavens are rent by Scotsmen lamenting their cootie pleats. To listen to them you would think that these lads were losing something that was their heritage from birthâ€" and the impression is implied that they may even have been born weatrâ€" The chances are that few of them ever saw their knees in the daytime until they joined the army. So why all the fuss? Form and Substance We started quite a controversy when we discussed the "slips that pass in the night," as one paper calls those ing kilts The Kilt To every lover of freedom, of gallanty, of right, there is joy in the news this week from Finland that the Finnish soldiers have annihilated still another division of Soviet soldiers, with 18,000 killed or taken prisoners, and the capture of twenty tanks, 36 guns of various kinds, seventeen tractors, thirtyâ€"two field kitchens, twentyâ€"five automobiles, and two hundred other vehicles. To this good news is added the fact that the Finnish armies have received relief forces to allow rest for the men who have been pressed so hard for weeks, and that the new lines of defence set up by the Finns have been able to disperse enemy columns and halt the advances made in recent days. On the successful defence of Finland rests much of the defence of the world of civiliz>d naâ€" tions, and it is no wonder that the sympathy of all is with the Finnish people. It is not well, howâ€" ever, to forget even for a moment that sympathy without accompanying material aid is of little value. During the last war, the "Old Contemptibles" had a jest that held particular irritation for the Huns. After the comparatively small force of British soldiers would yield inch by inch at bitter cost to the German hordes, they would taunt the invading forces with the words, "And then there‘s the bleeding nivy!" It was the sort of joke that the boastful invaders could not understand. If the Huns had any imagination they might easily toâ€"day picture the 326 British seamen rescued from the Hellâ€"ship Altmark singing together, "And then there‘s the bleeding nivy!" Professor Wallace gave him 98 per cent with the comment:You wrote someâ€" thing that was really interestingâ€"there were mistakes but I overlooked them in marking the essay because it was inâ€" teresting." This grup prevails even in the ‘halls of learning. A young student at the University of Toronts once wrote an essay for Professor MalcolIm Wallace. little errors that crecyp upon us unâ€" aware. i The same student wrote an essay for Professor Alexanderâ€"and received 10 per cent. Professor Alexander said: "I should really have marked the essay zero beâ€" cause of the construction, the lack of continuity and irregularities in gramâ€" mar and English, The content of the essay may have had some merit but it was more than offset by grammatical indiscretions." So there you are. There‘ll Always Beâ€" Royal Szot revises an English favâ€" ourite to: There‘ll always be an England So long as Scotland stands, For it‘s due to dear old Scotland That England‘s wealth expands. Our friendly neighbour England We always will defend. We‘ll help to fight her battles, Her broken ships we‘ll mend. And when the war is over And victory is won, We‘ll sing of England‘s glory And the wonders she has done. Apparently in appreciation of the written word all people are divided inâ€" to two groups with one group worshipâ€" ping form and another worshipping substance. Kitchener Record:â€"Granddad was satisfied with a gig and a gal; Dad wanted a flivver and a flapper; son Foreign Exchange Control IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA New problems have been created for importers, exporters, and everyâ€" one concerned with foreign investments. You are invited to discuss these problems with any of our Branch Managers who will, if necessary, obtain the official ruling. BR ANCHES THROUGHOUT CA NA D A Head Office: TORONTO thinks he should have jane. Wot next! THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 33ND, 1940 ‘Toronto, Feb 21.â€"AÂ¥ir Marshal W. A. Bishop, V:C., will address the 67th annual dinner of the Institute of Charâ€" tered Accountants of Ontario at the Royal York Hotel Friday evening March 1, J. W. Taylor, PC.A., president of the Institute announced toâ€"day. The air marshal, in his first speech since accepting his present post will discuss "Canada‘s War Effort," Mr. Taylor said. Mr. Taylor will present diplomas to the 31 studerts who successfully passed final examinations set by the Institute, bringing the membership to a total of 887. W. G. H. Jephcott, PC.A., first vice president of the Institute, will award prizes and medals to candidates of exceptionally hizsh standing. R. C. Cowle, London, receives the Institute gold medal; Martin W. Burns, Toronto, the George Edwards prize; S. G. Henâ€" nessey, Toronto, the W. T. Kernahan prize; and L. G. Arnold, Toronto, the E. R. C. Clarkson gold medal,. James Simpson, Windsor, a student of the Ontario Institute, this year won the siulver medal given by the Dominion Asâ€" sociation of Chartered Accountants given for highest standing in Canada in accounting and auditing papers in the intermediate examination. Air Marshal to Address Chartered Accountants Gicke and Mail:â€"With the Duke of Montrose and General Sir Ian Hamâ€" llton (the latter in full highland garb) among those demanding of the War Office of the kilt for Scottish soldiers, on service or on leave, capitulation by the authorities may be looked for any moment. w An officlal reseption will be tendered the guest speaker by the Fellows of the Institute, of whom there are 63. And the executive committee of the Domâ€" inion Association will be guests at the dinner. In addition, 500 registered s:udents of accountancy have been inâ€" vited to attend. 14 Pine St., N. ". . . opened before my eyes when I first wore my new glasses. My eyes had always been defecâ€" tive but I didn‘t realize {t. ~Not until Mr. Curtis examined my eyes and prescribed these glasses, did I really know how beautifui <~things could be. They gave me an entirely new outlook on life." ' OPTICAL COMPANY Liberal Terms May be Arranged at new world .. plant 254 11