Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights Winnipeg free press printed and published Winnipeg free press company limited. 300 Carob Street. Winnipeg. Manitoba. J. W Dafoe. Victor s1fton. President. General manage registered at the gun Era Post office. London ens. For transmission through the Post in Tho United kingdom at the news incr rate of postage. Winnipeg Friday May 24, 1940 get on with it there i no much ground for recrimination Between Cana n political leaders and parties and in the face of the serious of the situation it had better be reduced to a minimum or i forgotten Altos eth a. To the extent that the mistakes of the aft Are considered it should be solely for the Light it throws on i i p need for remedial action now and he Steps that should be to thai end. Ii it is True the present government has an effective debating Lei Wincier to charge that it did not awaken Early enough to the eed of Canada s defences by pointing out. That its Fence programme was a any rate an improvement on that Arec Dii s government of which the critical Arthur was a bul the present recognition that there 1 id i Avo been by both this and the preceding government clearer Mihk is Anding of what was going on in the world and he extent to this country was necessarily involved would better employed in providing for vigorous unified action now an a assessing the varying degrees of responsibility. It seems Piv Ity Clear now that a View of which the free last summer had a compute monopoly was not without its rats this was that elections should be called off. Party strife Bando nerl and Ommon counsel taken As to what courses were ii estion was made ailed for by european situation. The Sugge the Are 1 Ress hat or. I Lanion. As Leader of the opposition. Sulci nut the proposition Forward and had this been done his All for Unity would have been a Good Deal More effective than is later proposal Cor a National g Over Ament to be obtained by of Leticai action in Romih the polling Booths. If the parties had and the vision and the magnanimity to Sec that the times were such too serious for Petty party squabbling there would in out Colv have merged with no great delay in time a National . Eared there Pic. Which is in a Iho roughly co operative mood. If politics had been called off last september in fact As Well truce was in fact impossible with an however the election did less damage than was in existence a parliament fresh from the Canadian government solely con s part Lection around the Corner erne i in the War Effort might not have made the mistake now a Irma apparent of falling in. Without question with 11 plans 01 the government of great Britain As to War supplies War operations. The Canadian government under attack or a War Effort that did not seem to Many who were competent of orm an opinion quite equal to the Gravity had a Complete i Alibi when they pointed out that we were collaborating Hundred Oer cent with the British government and were Ijohn our plans into their plans. Any other course was not los Siulc last autumn and Winter since an attempt by Canada to German Fellows Czechoslovakia is paying a Ter Rible penalty for the incredible Munich policy a penalty which canadians while they Are not directly to blame cannot stand idly by and watch exacted. Therefore the Canadian friends of Czecho and if this Organiza Tion s plans Are carried out with any degree of effectiveness at All they must add some considerable weight in the proper Side of the Scales that Are even now balancing the Fate of civilization. Traitors shown up to some people it will come As a Shock that members of the British upper classes should be swept up in a police raid and in turned. But nothing in the circumstances of the Day is More fitting. The fifth column operates not Only from the left. Its right Wing members arc even More dangerous for they have positions of wealth and responsibility they arc Well connected and they have influence and pull in Many quarters not open to the average marxist agitator. The internment of sir Oswald Mosley is Long overdue. The Man is an open fascist. But the internment of a conservative . A member of an ancient scottish House a Cousin by the Way of sir Alexander Ramsay who mar ried Princess Patricia 20 years an old estonian an sex guardsman this is something that stands closer inspection. How much damage has this traitorous scoundrel Archibald Ramsay done not Only since War broke out but for years before he was one of the gang that cloaked his support of fascism by declaring general Franco was a Man inspired by god to destroy anti Christian forces in Spain. He was one of the gang in that now defunct body the Anglo in which in the Trike out on lines b War supplies and War Independent of great Britain with respect heyday of appeasement attracted plans would have invited political tack from the very persons who Are now specially vehement in Cir criticism. But if politics had been Tabooed and canadians and had a single mind directed towards the War Effort it is arely the government of this country might have Een much less inclined to accept the judgment and direction of of the War Effort overseas by their Sis tence upon More energetic measures they might have helped bring about at an earlier Day the downfall of the Chamberlain government which is Likely to live in history As the most invade scores of prominent britishers to its Banner. How Many More of this vast wealthy and influential clique Are tainted by the same treason that Lias now put Ramsay behind the bars ? there will be searching of heart in Many quarters tonight As they think of the number of secret confidential meetings this eminently respectable member of parliament has attended. How much vital information has he been Able to pass on to his friends our enemy this is the scandalous what is wind up of the ramp that spread so disastrously across England these last few years. It is Good news to think its members Are be present difficulties May be resolved will be Lull of problems being rounded a which those with which we have been plagued in the past be As nothing. It is a time to close ranks and move Forward isolate la. Administration that great Britain has Ever had in times uate emergency. But while it is Well that All these matters should be borne i mind it should be for purposes not of recrimination but of lighten mint As to present action and future courses. Ire to Deal today with the gravest issues with hich this country has Ever been faced the future however Long eared owl weekly in Spring and posted up for the guidance of the pupils in making their observations. Mearly Osters when the column was started there was a decided demand for information on the comings and goings of the Birds and in order to Supply this the free press in 1926 printed in the Magazine Sec Tion a double Page coloured Migra Ion Chart showing the arrival and departure dates for 120 common Western Birds. Such was the de Mand for this Aid to Bird study that three editions on separate sheets totalling copies were published in subsequent seasons. Following this successful Distri aution of Bird material a More ambitious venture was made to this picture was taken in North Kildonan some years ago. The owl severely clawed the photographer s head As he was climbing to the by a. G. Lawrence. Nest but on the Day the photograph was taken it refused to leave Hie nest As the Young were on the Point of hatching. Chickadee notes an anniversary review by a. C. Lawrence a been year or More we have looking Forward with pleasant anticipation to celebrating our thousandth Bird column and at last the Day has arrived. We believe. Chickadee notes to be the oldest regular Bird different parts of the West As is a Debutante in the social whirl in Ier Community. He changes of 20 years column in Canada in fact an a cheap Chi seller the Man. F. W. Clifford who As lined s150 in Winnipeg yes i Day Lor cheating the foreign Chanse control Board Rygula on should be n Good object ii son to any other cheap chisel irs who think they have disco Frei a Way to make illegal profit to a Canada s War Effort. This item Tible person by buying Festal notes Herr cashing them in United Money Back Here Newfoundland As Well As in can there is the anxious desire and the will to make every human Effort to Aid the Allied cause. They Are All joined with Britain in the courage and fortitude with which they will meet this most formidable test and in the Hope and the Strong determination that right and Justice shall prevail. Up. Able to Lake a few cents on every Dollar. Committing an act of sabotage against the nation and e was let off very easily with a svy Fine. Our Exchange control an essential part of our drive r Victory and those who cheat Iem. Be they insignificant persons Gilford or Large scale opera should be dealt with with by severity. The Tribune s Jubilee the Winnipeg Tribune has and getting the passed its fiftieth birthday and it celebrated the event by publish ing yesterday an elaborate and highly creditable Jubilee edition. This was a Small City when the Tribune was first published. It had the Early Vicissitudes of Many newspapers but it grew with the City in the expansion years of the first two decades of this Century and in 1914 it moved to its present Home at Smith Street and Graham some ten years later it this Victoria Day this Day has been honoured by 1 the British Peoples for More Lan a Hundred years but never fore under such dire threat Nas been in Able hands. Col. Weils remarks col. Wells protestant chaplain in chief with the canadians on Active service opposed the efforts to attract tourists , in a speech at Saskatoon. He feared that it would bring people to. This country with subversive intentions. What More Opportunity does it Ive for such purposes than exist at the present time members of the government and the governor of the Bank Canada have strongly favored encouraging the largest influx of tourists the resulting business being helpful s economic War Effort. Avenue. Became one of the string of Southam papers in Canada. The Tribune has shown enter prise in endeavouring to serve its readers and the Community in in recent years its con this opinion Cepter. What Good can be safely a will tourists do us Britain and to the British mily o nations As that which v Calk for the utmost degree of the free press joins very heartily with Many other friends of our contemporary in offering Energy and do Trmina j warm congratulations. Everything that precious in no British tradition is the an Sis what the nazi stand jew. The principles of Freedom j present Jeli government. Tolerance Ord Rcd Progress arc what unite the British family. I but these principle and ideals a now challenged in an almost inedible manner. They Are All 1 stake in the unprecedented con it that is raging. The British Peoples arc stirred. Mcmore. As they have never been in to Cir history. They hear Call of their leaders and they impelled to put literally every ast thing they have into the struggle for Freedom. They have finitely More to Light for than be nazi enemy tired by that col. Wells asked. It will do the Sami Good As it has done various european countries in the past. 11 is a perfectly legitimate Benefit and one which it is highly Desir Able we should obtain at the present time. Disconnecting every radio in Canada because of the jazz being broadcast during the War crisis was another proposal of the chief chaplain. But perhaps the people should be allowed to listen to the War bulletins and also to hear programmes of a sort that will off set the seriousness of these times a Good Rule for everyone jus of is to try to keep his balance and they Are in fact and by the it Dainty that their cause is just m Worth defending to the last. King George Speaks to All the of the British common wealth today and he will be heard intense interest to this great 5t of All crises for the British in Australia. New Zea of Czechoslovakia although the fury of War is at concentrated on the spreading est Arial Plains of the of countries of Northwestern Europe few observers have lost sight of other War areas. One of these is Czechoslovakia though it is a passive rather than an Active War area. Czechoslovakia is still hoping for Freedom still struggling. To apprise the Canadian Public of developments in tyrannize Czechoslovakia there has been formed an organization called the friends of Czecho the members of this group Are pledged among other things to provide a exaggerated information about developments in Czechoslovakia to assist As far As possible czechoslovak exiles in Canada to assist czech legionnaires fighting with the armies of France and Britain and above All to maintain Contact with the people of Czechoslovakia and encourage them in their struggle. From the Golden books from ave Imperatriz Kipling such greeting As should come from Africa India and All these Aims Are legitimate or faced the Sepo in the russian their sons their those whose fathers hordes served you snows and dying left swords. And some of us have fought of you already in the afghan or where the scarce seen smoke puffs flew from Boer marksmen in the grass once More we Greet you though unseen our greeting be and coming slow Trust us. If need arise o Queen we shall not Tarry with the blow of the Schoolboy lyrics inspired by the crazed Man s attempt o the like Queen Victoria. Today s scripture from Isaiah 45 there is no god else beside me lust god and a Saviour there i none beside me. Look unto me and be be saved All the ends o the Earth for i am god and there is none else. American official ornithologist includes the United states but we cannot vouch for this though we do know that prominent Eastern and Western newspapers have run regular Bird notes for Many years. Not being a member of the staff. We Are frequently asked How the Bird column was started. The Story is simple. Ever since our arrival in Winnipeg it has been our Good Fortune to have been in touch with the newspaper fraternity and it was inevitable that those inhabiting the inner Sanc tums should learn that a Bird a rare Avis in those Days. Had arrived in town and for the reporters assigned to write up the first Robin or that Spring feeling to come for a Story on the ids and later for correspond from readers regarding Birds o be sent to us for reply. Following the formation of the natural history society in 1920 and the splendid newspaper pub icily Given its summer outings and Winter lectures the number of such letters noticeably increased and it was suggested that a weekly Bird column be inaugurated to Deal with this correspondence. So. On March 31, 1921, Chickadee notes no. 1 appeared and we were duly warned by the late d. 3. Macrae himself a keen nature Lover not to be disappointed if no mail were received for several weeks As it generally took some Ime for a new feature to attract attention. Great was our Jubilia Ion therefore when three letters came for column no. 2, 18 for no 3, and continuing increases Foi succeeding weeks until the Spring migration was Over. Apparently Many readers were interested Birds and letters came from per sons in All spheres of life schoo children housewives Farmers railway men travellers sports men legislators doctors and Law yers All bound by a common tie in their interest in wild life. The column was planned to a peal to every class of nature Lovei and to Deal with local Bird life in a Way that books written Foi continent wide use could not Twenty years ago there were few Low priced nature books and Many letters were received re Garding the identification of Birds seen by readers but following publication by the Dominion government of the Birds of Western Canada and Birds of Canada and the wide spread distribution of the five free press color posters of West Ern Birds such letters declined in number though some Are still received As no Book is yet commonly available that shows the Many variations in Bird plumage due to sex age and season. For years we kept a of the Prairie provinces and underlined the towns from which correspond ence was received so As to place the observer in his Correct zone of Bird life. In a few years time the gave striking proof of free press coverage and Reader interest in As almost every Hamlet was underscored in Manitoba Many marked in Eastern Saskatchewan and quite a few in Alberta and Western Ontario. There was no doubt As to the Ever spreading Appeal that Birds held trait that brands them Asun desirable. Reviews of new Bird books and pamphlets that Are Likely to be of use to readers have been Given regularly a service which seems to be appreciated by country read ers who Are unable to examine for themselves advertised books or those mentioned in he column. Field glasses Are almost a necessity for serious observers and we Are often asked to advise readers what kind of binocular to buy and to put them in touch dealers a thousand weekly columns a million words nearly Twenty years of time. In such a period Many changes take place in our every Day life and these we accept and Row accustomed to so great is he adaptability of the human organism. But what of our wild Ife what changes have taken place in the past Twenty years amongst our feathered friends of Prairie Bush and Marsh Chickadee notes has served As a Clearing House for Western sird news and a Complete file of occurrences migration and tarred no records has been kept for each species so. That the changes Are recorded. Before the inauguration of the Bird column there were few known ornithologists in the West and there was Little Exchange of data. For every pair of eyes Twenty years ago there Are now several Hun dred and consequently a compari son of past conditions with present conditions is sometimes complicated As we Are not precisely aware How much of the apparent change is due to what was unknown in the past through Lack of observers and what is due to changing conditions in Environ ment. In the past fifteen years however there has been a Large number of constant observers in the West and we can now gauge More accurately what is happen ing in the Bird world. First definite changes have taken place in Many Birds ranges Southern species such As the yellow throated vireo Scarlet they Are used As targets by the ignorant gunner who cannot and mire the Grace and Beauty of b living creature. Following the slump in agricultural prices much land reverted to its original state and wild life again occupied its old territories. Then Caire the record drouth driving water Birds away with a thoroughness that no agricultural operations could have done. Marsh Loving species spread North East and West in search of water and apparently the territory gained is being held and will partially offset the areas lost through the drying up of lakes sloughs and streams. Tanager Dick Cissel Sharp tailed and indigo grouse Bunting have pushed their Way northwards Chickadee notes con ducted by our Bird editor today celebrates its appearance in the free press in the form of an extended review of its pro Gress since 1921 for westerners people in All walks in life were just As interested in in greater numbers Western Spe cies such As the Arkansas King Bird Mountain Bluebird Lewis Woodpecker Magpie Western tanager Prairie Falcon Western Grebe. Bald ate Avocet and Hun Garian Partridge have travelled far to the East from their original ranges and Eastern species such As the Black Duck Wood Duck Pinnate grouse Wood Thrush and Starling have extended their Range westwards. Such Range extensions Are due to a species constant Endeavor to obey the old Law to multiply forc ing the surplus to explore new lands to secure nesting territory. Gradually scouts extend their travels fan Wise and eventually individuals Are bred which Are Able to contend with the Cor editions prevailing in the new Range Extension and the spread continues until the species reaches a Boun Dary beyond which it cannot exist. In. The West the great increase in cultivated land with the concomitant drainage schemes Prairie and Marsh Birds 2.8 new species for Manitoba much of the pleasure of Bird watching comes in the discovery of stragglers Birds that Are not regular visitors to one s province As it is such explorers that often shows the i of extensions in ranges Lence it is important to record their occurrence in As full detail As possible. No less than 28 first records of new Birds added to the Manitoba list have been reported in Chickadee All of which have been carefully checked and verified before publication. The most important of these Are the King rail snowy egret Florida Galli Siule mockingbird Cerulean Warbler Townsend solitaire Carolina Wren Lewis Woodpecker Western tanager poor will and Cardinal. In addition a Long list of Birds has been recorded by readers which were but once or twice re ported in the province and Many species previously listed As stragglers Are now known to visit Manitoba regularly but in sparing numbers. The More important of these supplementary records Are Caspian Tern Avocet Ross Goose old Squaw Duck least Bittern Wood Duck Woodcock Scarlet tanager Grey crowned Leucas Tice barn owl. Golden winged Warbler and scissor tailed Fly Catcher. Such records show the advantages of Many trained eyes widely distributed Over the province and the value of informing Birdman. Of the sighting of rare species so that he May be on the look out for the newcomer. The Dick Cissel for instance was listed As a rare local drove farther North and brought in species that frequented cultivated homesteads Fields and gardens planted Bluffs. Small Birds crowd around human habitations for Protection from predators and for the insects attracted by Man s Field and Gar Den crops. Conversely Large Birds Are driven away either because lab re friends irl their required habitat is ruined or Supply our readers with coloured pictures to Aid in the identification of Birds. Through the Cour Tesy of the National museum Ottawa a set of color plates of forty Birds from the Birds of Western Canada was published by the free press in 1931 As Bird poster no. 1, copies being printed and distributed at Cost. The reception of this poster exceeded expectations and the Fol lowing Spring copies of a different set of Birds were published As poster no. 2. In 1934, 1935 and 1938, copies of each of Bird posters nos. 3, 4 and 5 were printed so that to Date the free press has published and distributed at Cost posters in colors in an Effort to assist readers to further enjoyment of Canada s Beautiful Birds. Only posters 4 and 5 Are at present available. A Branch of Bird study that was badly neglected in Manitoba was he nesting of our summer Resi dents Many species of Birds were seen Here throughout the season and on this basis were regarded As Breeding species in spite of the act that no definite Manitoba i casting record existed. Attention Las been continually called to hese Blanks in our knowledge so that observers in favourable localities might know what was Worth searching for in the Way of Breed no records. In 1930, a list of Ioc nesting species was recorded by readers and in 1933 the list reached 145, both lists combined giving definite nesting data for Manitoba on 162 species. This total has been considerably added to since. Undoubtedly the most important nesting recorded in Chickadee notes was the discovery at Sel Kirk in 1930 of two nests of eve Ning grosbeaks by l. E. Mccall which resulted in our securing photographs of a female at her nest and a male feeding a Young one pictures which Are still unique As no other nest with eggs has since been found in either Canada or the United states. Other important first nesting recorded in the column were Rich Ardson s owl saw whet owl Avocet Dick Cissel Grasshopper Sparrow Bay breasted Warbler. Hawk owl yellow bellied Fly Catcher Olive sided Flycatcher Ruby and Golden crowned King red breasted nuthatch and nearly All the warblers and vireos. Conservation our watchword Chickadee notes stands four Square for the conservation of our handling these instruments. This we arc glad to do but we do not make any purchases. Bird watching is a Fine health giving 3-ecreation that stimulates one physically by its outdoor exer Cise and mentally by its Many problems in animal behaviour and in the past Twenty years we have tried to pass on to others that love of Birds that has Given us so much pleasure and added so richly to our knowledge of the great outdoors. Judging by the Many letters of appreciation received we believe we have in some measure accomplished this aim. Summer. Resident Southern Manitoba but following Publica Tion of the finding of a Small Colony West of Winnipeg by c. L. Broley in 1933, readers at Many Points found other colonies and no less than eight nests were found that season in territories in which the Birds had not previously been seen. This invasion from the South continued the following sea son but the Birds failed to hold the new territory and their num Bers dwindled to their previous status. In our climate Bird study is More or less dormant in the Winter months so that with the arrival of the first warm Days of Spring there surges into the breast of every nature Lover a pronounced desire to get into the greening Woods to listen to the songs of the returning migrants. The dyed in the Wool Birdman records the arrival dates for each species so that in a few years he compiles an interesting series of migration notes and becomes anxious to Corn pare his data with those of other observers in different parts of the country. Chickadee notes has served As change of information and in notes native wild life and has conducted special investigations by Means of questionnaires into the grouse and wild Duck situations when there was a demand for definite information on the Birds standing. The spread of the hungarian Partridge introduced in 1908 at Calgary was traced As the Bird moved eastwards across Saskatchewan and entered Manitoba in 1928, eventually crossing the red River by 1931. The planting of these Birds in Manitoba in 1924 and subsequent years by the game protective league was also re corded in detail and a special circular printed with a show ing How this european game Bird had made its phenomenal spread Over southwestern Manitoba. The information gathered was used by the game commission in its recommendation regarding a shooting season on these Birds. Another contribution of Chick Adee notes 1 that was of import Ance to the general Public was the publicizing of the occurrence of the vast hordes of Blue and lesser Snow geese which Migrate through Manitoba each Spring. The Blue Goose was thought to be rare on the North american continent until or. Fred cad learn of Winnipeg brought these flocks to our attention in 1922, since when the annual notices in Chickadee and now in other papers and Over the radio have spread the Fame of this remarkable flight Over the whole of North America. There was no Bird column to record the first appearances of the English Sparrow in Manitoba or the other Western provinces and no one seems very sure when the first Birds were seen even in Winnipeg. The european Starling was successfully introduced into new York in 1890 and at first gradually then rapidly spread Over the Eastern states. Its invasion of Eastern Canada was recorded in the column and in 1925 the first starlings were seen in Southern Manitoba since when they have spread rapidly Over the West and Are now Well established As a Breeding species and Are apparently trying to Settle As permanent residents. Whether they can sur Vive a real Prairie Winter without migrating southwards remains to be seen but in any Case there is no doubt As to their ability to dispossess native cavity nesting the sub title of Rudyard Kipling by Edward Shanks is a study in literature and political to the Book which is no longer than Kipling s Brief autobiography something of or. Shanks author and journalist is Well known As a critic writing steadily. And this Book messes. Macmillan in can Ada is criticism from beginning to Eind. In a Short preface he tells that he began it in 193g, shortly after Kipling s death kept writing on it for three troubled years and finished just before the present War. Since he was so cd n study of his works is an Effort towards future understand ing of both works and political ideals. Though Kipling did believe in the Strong Man ruling that ruler must have a profound sense of the sacredness of. The Laws of the first chapter entitled in is followed by preparation for his future work in those years of hard working journalism in India and in the Early Short stories which the oldest of us Well remember. The remaining five chapters Deal with Kipling As Prophet of Empire his first maturity the Prophet of Empire in defeat die Golden years and the afterglow. The list is Given to indicate various periods of his. Distinguished career in the interest of prospective readers. Two car features by Max Beerbohm Are noted. One called on the shelf present.? Rudyard Kipling in the shape of a brass image Oriental covered with dust in an old junk shop the other is Kipling and his girl then is noted the Adverse criticism especially in a Book by Richard Legallienne and a word of sir Arthur Quiller Couch. Both of these critics How Ever admit his Genius. And Fri Shanks says the precocity of Kipling s Genius has been paralleled Only three times in All the history of g. C. Beresford m in Stalky has riven Assurance that Kipling s baptismal name was Joseph Rudyard. A Good Many informing and Inte resting pages go to Stalky the three boys who were such pals at United service College. For one thing Kipling was writing verses when at school and enclosing them in the letters to his parents. And his father lock Wood Kipling had them printed in India in a Little Book which he entitled Schoolboy we Are told that the poet never mentioned them in any of his writings. No reference occurs in the Auto biography though he allowed a reprinting later for private circulation. Or. Shanks quotes three of them. In the concluding chapter Sun set and we arc told about a Story the Edge of the evening 1913 containing his dread of the War to come. He had Long dreaded it for he knew How terrible it would be owing to the horrible inventions of science. There was in Kipling a cruelty towards the enemy in the great War which he had never shown three stanzas Are quoted from a poem written when a false Rumor spread that the Kaiser was dying like his Noble and gentle father of cancer in the Throat. Here is one this is the state above the Law. The state exists for the state alone. This is a gland at the Back of the jaw and an answering Lump by the the study by or. Shanks will no doubt be enjoyed by Kipling s Many admirers. The critical Praise exceeds the blame and the volume is a searching appreciation. I ought to have referred to the writers who influenced Kipling s style mentioned in the chapter on preparation. In the Short Story it was Poe Maupassant Steven son Bret Harte. In poetry it was chiefly Browning and Swinburne and More generally to the authorized version of the Bible or. Shanks ends his study with this Kipling s life provides a remarkable example of the artist who is not Content to go on doing what he has already done Well of the artist whose style changes with the changing View of the world which it exists to Bookman. Many schools the column is clipped species of their nesting Sites a birthdays prof. A. T. Cameron Winnipeg torn London. Eng. May 24. 1882. Marcus Chisholm. No Pawa. Man. Born Ford Hill Northum Iceland eng., May 24. 1353. A. C. Snider. Winnipeg born of lord county ont., May 24, ;