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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 29, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights new emergencies new needs King Leopold s defection the surrender of the belgian army and the new perils that face the Allied cause in France have done nothing 10 weaken the Resolution of the Canadian people to help to fight the out with everything they have. The beginning of the War programme announced in parliament on monday that fact. More than that our Ottawa Cor respondent sports the obvious determination of the govern ment to make in own plans henceforth. That decision does not of course n can that Canada will not co ordinate its War Effort with her allies. Such a course would be absurd. But there will be no More waiting upon guidance from Britain As to the measure it has been proved to us that we have contributed so. From now on Canada which entered autonomous nation will make its contribution to an autonomous nation. There will be no shirking no acceptance of ill judged advice. The War is our responsibility As a full fledged ally is to Winnipeg free there has been Plain talking in Canada since the cause and scope of the present disasters have become known. It would be i mistake to suppose that similar Bald language has not been used in both Britain and France. In great Britain re the invasion of the Netherlands coincided with the House of debate that brought Down or. Chamberlain there was no Lack of it. Both in parliament and out of it. The economist commenting upon the Norway fiasco said that one of its Winnipeg wednesday May 29, 1940 printed and publish cd Winnipeg free press company. Limited. Too Carlton Street. Winnipeg. Manitoba. J. W. Dafoe Victor Sefton president. General manager. Registered the Genera Post office. London enc. For transmission through the Post in the United kingdom at the newspaper rate of Postai the Mcdonald fund the raising of a fund for the widow and Young son of Constable John Mcdonald was undertaken in Winnipeg a few weeks ago but owing to the intense interest in the War and in matters related to it there has been less support for this fund than it clearly deserves. Constable Mcdonald lost his life in the faithful and honorable Dis charge of duty. He belonged to a service which protects the lives and property of the citizens and he was fatally shot by one of a group of criminals. Because he was on the police Force Only a few years his widow does not receive the Benefit of the pension scheme. She receives the monthly allowance paid by the workmen s compensation Board and it is Felt that this should be supplemented in some Way be cause of the circumstances and the character of the service in which John Mcdonald was engaged. Many citizens will doubtless recognize the Force of the Appeal for this fund and it is to be hoped that there will be a much wider consequences a night be that other Neutral countries would seek response. Neace and Security within the German the economist continued the lesson of Norway is obvious and straightforward. Since we were out manoeuvred in strategy surpassed in material equipment and driven to withdraw very largely because we could not afford to risk a serious dispersal of our it follows that no Small nation will have particular Faith in our guarantees until we have achieved a More ener Getic and far seeing leadership until we have thrown aside our financial cowardice and set ourselves to forging a War machine capable of defending not Only our own but other people s interests until we Are in a position to Issue the Challenge on whatever Field we choose. We have to rid our selves of the complacency and incompetence of recent years. We have to realize that offers of help backed by a half hearted and glaringly deficient War Effort create not Confidence but contempt. It is not too late to restore our damaged prestige. It is not too late to renew Faith in our cause. It is Noi too late to throw off senility cowardice and cupidity and fight in Earnest for the defence of Freedom and the Rule of Law. But of do so we need other measures and other men. And when before have such terms been applied to a British government by so responsible an Organ of Public opinion As the economist As readers of the free press Are we have drawn heavily from its columns in recent economist has been for the past five years the most persistent As Well As the most Intelli gent critic of the policies first of Baldwin and afterwards of the Chamberlain government. Of course its criticisms had no More effect than did the parallel protests in the commons by Winston Churchill and Liberal and labor leaders upon the strongly organized clique of appeasers who held the government of great Britain and the political parties that supported the government in the hollow of their hands. Now the heavy Burden of averting the disasters made pos sible by these years of laziness complacency and obstinacy has fallen upon the men who saw them approaching but were Power less to awaken either the people of great Britain or their leaders to the realities of the situation. They need the sup port moral and where available physical of what is left of the free world. Whatever other countries May do Canada will not fail in this dire emergency to bring into action All her resources of moral courage material equipment and fighting strength. Let us face the fact that the enlarged War Effort already announced May Only foreshadow the need of greater and greater sacrifices in the near future. The military Campaign on the continent of Europe is Likely to become Only one terrible facet in the sphere of War. As it spreads the belligerent nations that lie on the circumference of the present zone of conflict Are Likely i to be drawn closer and closer to the heart of it. Canada the Owle North american nation now at War has special and heavy 8 responsibilities to shoulder. Our people will not weaken before them. Senator Euler Hon. W. D. Euler. Newly appointed senator has repudiated Jyce intimation by a columnist of tile Toronto Globe and mail that Ita had publicly shown nazi sympathies. The newspaper has a copied his and expressed regret at the error contained is the article. The incident is an example of hat is liable to happen in these ays of tense feelings. Every Nec tary precaution must be taken within the country against those whose sympathies Are with the but excesses in that regard undue excitement Are to be voided. Euler former minister of Rade and Commerce was not in the article but it obviously referred to him. It re i de to a press photograph hard a year old of one of Canada s newest senators standing under a nazi Banner among nazi salutes a a meeting of Ontario sympathizers of Herr he was also said to have offered Public tributes to nazi Ger Many. And it was suggested that fee government has so Little care Lor Justice that it promotes Herr Hitler s admirer to the Senate while sending Comrade Stalin s j " partisans to senator Euler replied category i have never participated in nazi gathering at any time w any place have never Given or revived a nazi Salute have never a a a speech lauding nazism had no photograph taken banding under a nazi Banner Oil ppm photograph hardly a year indicated that the photo graph was taken in 1937 at a German Canadian at Kitchen aldermen there. Be was made to the the mayor re be agreement Between Canada he says there were German emblems As Well As the american Flag and Over All a Large Union Jack. The speeches were non political and stressed the senti ment of Canadia ism and the importance of welding the Vari Ous races in Canada into a sound and democratic Canadian citizen fld Germany. On the platform neighbor. New minister from us. Canadians will Welcome the appointment of or. J. P. Moffat As United states minister at Ottawa. He is a career Man in the Diplo Matic service of his country and will probably be with us much longer than his two predecessors. We have had three ministers from Washington in the last twelve months. Or. Roper was appointed just before the visit of the King and Queen last year and it was known that his tenure of office would be Short. Or. Cromwell was then named but he soon Felt the stronger attraction of Public life at Home. Or. Moffat s appointment is different. Although still a comparatively Young Man he has had a wide experience in diplomatic service in Europe and Asia and in the department of the Secretary of state at Washington where he has been chief of the european Divi for the last three eventful years. His duties in Canada will not be so serious or difficult As they would be in Many other countries at this time but they Are highly important. There Are always some matters Between the two countries that need adjusting and the United states minister can Render a valuable service in improving the understanding Between our country and his and thus strength ening the basis of the warm Friendship which now exists. Or. Moffat is assured of the cordial reception which is due to the envoy of Canada s very Good Belgium and King Leopold Belgium was one of the Small countries of Europe which after the ethiopian incident decided that it could Best protect itself against the danger of War by limiting its obligations to other Powers. In july 1936, it was one of the Powers which declared that each country must be the its obligations under article Xvi and later in the year it sought to be relieved of its obligations As a guarantor under the terms of. The pact of Locarno. The initiative in these respects was taken by King Leopold who insisted on taking charge of the country s foreign policy. He explained that Belgium desired to regain her be Lieving that this gave her the Best Assurance of Security. There Fol Lowed negotiations with France and great Britain on one Side and Germany and Italy on the other As to the International status which Belgium would occupy if relieved of responsibility under the Locarno pact. Germany Sug ested neutralization but this was not acceptable. Finally Belgium declared herself free of Locarno. France and great Britain voluntarily entered into guarantees to defend Belgium against aggression while Belgium undertook to put herself in a position to defend herself against attack. This was described by the belgian govern ment As a. Policy of Independence in the full exercise of sovereignty and of self defence. France tried to obtain from Bel cum an engagement to respect her obligation to give transit to armed forces in a league War but Bel cum would not go beyond giving what it called renewed assurances of the Fidelity of Belgium to the league and to its obligations under the covenant As Bel Gium had already declared that she must be the judge in the Case of league obligations this was a meaningless statement. Following the announcement of these arrangements Between Bel Gium and France and great Britain a guarantee of the inviolability and integrity of. Bel Gium was Given by Germany which engaged at All times to respect belgian territory except of course in the event of Belgium s taking part in a Mili tary action directed against the sequel has shown that Belgium did not increase her Security by regaining her Independence through the repudiation of obligations under the Locarno pact and the league and that the German guarantee was worthless. The French and Brit ish in fulfilment of then Guaran tee went to the defence of Belgium at the Cost of weakening their Western defences thus Mak ing it possible for the germans to break through. This put the Allied cause in jeopardy and this has now been greatly increased by the action of King Leopold in abandoning the Allied forces and surrendering that portion of the belgian army that was under his command. This miscreant and cowardly Leopold is the son of Albert King of Belgium who covered himself with glory and Honor in the last War finally res cuing his country from the grip of Germany. From the Golden books two passages show info likeness Marlowe i m armed with More than com plete the Justice of my quarrel. Shakespeare thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just and he but naked though locked up in steel whose conscience with injustice is held As proof by scholars that shake Speare read Marlowe s poems. I Trust that no women will be allowed to minister in lord Hugh Cecil shades of Albert notes on the news forestalling trouble the purposes of safety week Are not to be regarded As unimportant even in serious times like these. The Pace of modern life has created innumerable hazards n Industry on the highways in the Home and on the water. Many lives Are being needlessly Ost every year and a greater num Ber of people suffer grievous in juries. It would be a sad state of things if Earnest preventive efforts were not made. Good results from such efforts been achieved and these encourage persistence in the work and the attempt to secure the full support and co operation of the Public. It is to impress upon All the Public the possibilities of Preven Ive work and the continued Neces sity for it that safety week is every year. People of All classes will do Well to heed the precautions that Are urged. In the open season the risks on the highways Are increased and also n the water at the summer resorts and elsewhere. If a safety consciousness re places carelessness and neglect a Reat Deal of sorrow and suffering vill be prevented. There is no Alibi a writer in the Spectator offer no a defence for the pre War policies of the government of great Britain says if we look Back now in the ight of our experience of the first six months of War i think we must admit that Public opinion would not have been easily rallied behind any government which had taken up the German Challenge earlier or with less overt and incontrovertible provocation. Posterity will Lave to judge whether the extreme reluctance Britain to take up arms until every conceivable Hope of a peaceful Issue had been sex lausted was the product of a pusillanimous or of a generous impulse. There was the writer says further a Large body of British opinion which rightly or wrongly had not resigned it self to a belief that War was inevitable if these policies were continued. This is an Effort to secure an Alibi for the late British govern ment at the expense of the Public which it is represented would not Lave agreed to any other course than that which the government followed. This overlooks the fact hat the Public opinion which sup ported the government s policy was created by the government itself through the agencies at its disposal in order that its policies be supported. The British government under or. Baldwin and later under or. Chamberlain had Confidence of the British people to a most unusual degree and it had Only to formulate a policy and declare that the right policy for great Britain to pursue to be Able to command the support of a Large majority in parliament of the great bulk of the press and of a substantial majority of the electors. This was shown clearly enough n the support which was Given the government when it appealed to the country to approve to league policy of applying sane ions against Italy in defence of Abyssinia. Later though obvious y with some doubts the country agreed with the Retreat from sanctions and thereafter gave its con Tidence to the government in its Spanish. And Continental policies. The government whether headed by Baldwin or Chamberlain con rolled parliament and dominated British Public and its members must Bear the responsibility for the external policies of great Britain in the years pre ceding the outbreak of War. For them there is no Alibi. The business of hiding behind supposed Public opinion to escape having to give leadership in difficult times is not of course con fined to great Britain. The con Gress of the United states and the leaders of both political parties in that country have been bossed around for the past two years in matters of vital importance to the United states and to the world by the unknown citizens who operate under the direction of or. George Gallup. Where there is no vision which implies leadership the nations perish. The feeding of humans the intelligent care of. Animals showed Long ago the great importance of proper feeding and the present generation of humans is gradually coming to realize that the same thing May apply to them. The Canadian medical association at the risk of loss of business has undertaken to show the people in a simple and convincing Way How they can improve their health and build up resistance to disease by including protective foods in their and milk products vegetables and fruits fresh or canned whole Grain breads and cereals eggs meat and fish. When there is not much Money to spend for food we Are told first on the list should be milk or cheese potatoes and whole Grain products rolled Oats rolled wheat and whole wheat together these foods Supply nearly All the substances necessary for Good health. Always eat your protective foods. You can add whatever else you like and can the Little pamphlet which women Are urged to keep in the Kitchen indicates what should be included in healthy meals for fam Ilies of different sizes and tie quantities and Cost of the food. Canadian grown vegetables and fruits in season can replace More expensive imported products. This information about the proper food for health is based on what doctors and scientists have Learned through years of study and research. Of the value of this advice there cannot be any doubt. If it is generally followed by the people the medical profession will doubtless have succeeded in chasing thou Sands of patients from their doors. They seem to be taking a Chance on that knowing something of the perversity of human nature and its frequent imperviousness to ideas that would be greatly to its advantage. The life insurance companies which Are interested in keeping people Well believe that this Booklet should be very useful for that purpose because they Are helping to publish it. And the Canadian dietetic association assisted in preparing the food lists. The fifth column what is the fifth column we nov hear so much about it originated on the Tongue of Gen eral Franco during the Spanish civil War when he announced that he had four columns of soldiers advancing upon Madrid while in Side the City a fifth column of sympathizers was waiting the right moment to assist by espionage lab stage and organized uprisings. The term has since gone into Gen eral use just As unfortunately the fifth columns themselves make themselves everywhere Active. Dull Winters ahead the Federal department of mines and resources has certainly added nothing to the gaiety of bunkhouse life in the lumber Camps and the boys Are in for a lot of Dull Winters from now on. Why is this what is the cause of this catastrophic condition about to descend upon the Lineal posterity of Paul Bunyan Well the department has interested itself in a Little heavy re search these past months and now coming up for air after a minute and scrupulous Examina Tion of the sixteen different patterns of Buksaw Blades for Merly in use in Canada s various logging Camps authoritatively announces that two of these Blades Are definitely Superior. The other fourteen will obviously Jade out of existence in the name of efficiency. But what is going to happen at night in the bunkhouses what will the bearded boys argue Over if they Are deprived of the doubt Ful excitement of boasting the merits of their own particularly Well loved Type of Buksaw Blade will gloom and melancholy and sourness fall like a spiritual fog upon. The leather themed Gentry of the Bush let us face the situation with what Calm we can Muster. The issues have been drawn there can be no retreating the department has acted let the sawdust fall where it May. But there is surely Hope that no drastic measures will be necessary. Those who know have every. Confidence in our Hardy woodsmen they have got themselves out of tighter jams Long Ere this. Ordering War supplies Hon c. D. Howe found the Dis Cussion in parliament of the Resolution appropriating 000 to War purposes a fitting Opportunity to give a report on the department of munitions and sup ply which will spend a Large part of this Money. The department does not Pur Chase War munitions on its own initiative. The requirements of Canada s armed forces Are passed on to the Board in the form of requisitions from the department of National defence. The governments of great Britain and France Are represented in Canada by purchasing boards each of which passes on to the department of munitions and Supply the needs of their respective governments Cor purchases abroad. Or. Howe explained the differ ence in demands made in this War from those made in the last War. He said this War bears Little resemblance to the last one in the nature of the requirements from Canada. The fact that to Date Britain and France have been satisfied to rely largely on their own production and mechanical equipment and have not been Dis posed to encourage Canadian production of heavy equipment to the extent of furnishing up to Date plans and specifications has undoubtedly prevented Canadian Industry from playing its full part in mechanical warfare. I am Happy to say that there Are now indications that this will not con total amounts spent nevertheless since the defence purchasing Board was established in july 1939, the department of munitions and Supply and its predecessor boards have purchased Worth of equipment material and munitions for the Canadian army Navy and air Force. In addition the department has placed Worth of equipment material and munition orders for great Britain and France making a total in orders placed of about in doing so they have placed some separate contracts. Throughout april contracts were being awarded at an average Rale of 135 or. Howe quoted a few figures our factories have delivered up to a few Days ago Over blankets pairs of boots shirts pairs of socks uniform blouses and jackets and uniform trousers. Other clothing orders Are current which will keep our textile and finishing industries Busy to capacity for months to come. Our weekly rate of production of these articles is about As follows blankets boots pairs. Battle dress uniforms socks pairs. Underwear As to shells and other munitions or. Howe reported that eight Canadian plants Are at present engaged in the manufacture of soaks ate a finer world Inithia the e private life of Queen Alexandra As viewed by her friends by Hans Roger Madol bears the imprint of Hutchinson co., London and is dedicated to her Royal High Ness the Duchess of Kent. It is divided into four sections of three chapters each and there Are Twenty four full Page illustrations. A Good gossipy biography written with simplicity in an attractive conversational style it reminds me of those aged and interesting per sons who have a ramified family connection keep track of them All and report old things and new of relatives and the wide Circle beyond them. Not Likely a More revealing intimate life of the beloved and Beautiful Princess and Queen will Ever be published even if later biographies Are written. It would be strictly True to say of her whatever record leaps to Light she never shall be she was born in the yellow Palace Copenhagen on december 1, 1844, daughter of Prince Christian who became King of Denmark and Louisa a danish Princess. So Many of their children attained to thrones that they were called father in Law and Mother in Law of Europe. Thus there was an ample connection of Royalty for family anecdote in a biography of any one of them. The baby Princess was baptized Alexandra Caroline Mari Char Lotte Louisa Julie. Of what burdensome Christian names have been Given to Royal babes no wonder they came to be known a single name lacking even he inherited surname. The name Alexandra was for a russian grand Duchess daughter of Czar Nicholas i and wife of the child s maternal Uncle Frederick of Hes sen. Her immediate relatives shortened the first name and called her Alix. A Happy childhood is Here re ported Ere the biographer comes to the proposal of marriage. I slip dose that some of the conversation is imaginative but much of it is authoritative. Everything that led to the wooing and the marriage of Edward Prince of Wales and Alexandra is Here told. The Prince said now i will take a walk with Princess Alix in the gardens and in three quarters of an hour i will take her into the Grotto and there i will propose and i Hope it will be to every body s the engage ment was telegraphed to Queen Victoria and Leopold of Belgium always her adviser wrote later the match is really quite a love there is no reference to Tennyson s rousing Welcome to Alexandra. She was a Lovely woman and Princess and the re port of facial enamel is not True we Are told although in the eve Ning of life she used Art to assist at sixty years she was still Beautiful and Admiral lord Fisher the irrepressible Jackie told How he had been invited to a luncheon in her Honor on that sixtieth birthday. All the guests seem to have addressed the Queen and when his turn came he asked her have you seen that newspaper about your majesty s the Queen iad not seen it and lord Fisher said that it read the Queen is sixty today. May she live till she looks her majesty requested a copy of it of course lord Fisher fabricated but three weeks later she asked where s that half Penny Stag gered for a moment he replied with Calm regret sold out Madam could t get a the biographer says that when telling this Story lord Fisher was still prouder of his second lie than of ii the Reader May con clude that the Story itself May have been fiction. Of All the great Royal personages who figure in these pages the Queen s sister Dagmar Empress of Russia s one of her most beloved. The frontispiece is a miniature of the danish Sisters in girlhood. One thing to be remembered As revealed by Hans Roger Madol is that the gentle Queen Alexandra disliked the germans and with n. Bookman. Shells. These plants have been equipped with modern Shell making equipment. Within a Lew Days an additional Shell order will be placed. The shells which Canada now makes or will make in the immediate future in clude 40 millimetre 18-Pounder, 25-Pounder, 3.7 Inch 4.5 Inch 6 Inch and 9.2 Inch. To make the shells Complete Canadian plants Are at present engaged in the manufacture of corresponding quantities of Cartridge cases loses primers and other requisites. Some 60 different Canadian companies Are engaged in this work. Excluding certain explosive orders for which 1he capacity the do minion is rapidly increased con tracts totalling More than have been placed for these munitions including rounds of Small arms ammunition individual gun barrels anti Lank carriages and other the item of rounds of Small arms ammunition has been very greatly increased since or. Howe prepared the notes for his report to parliament. We now have some 250 Separ ate construction projects under said or. Howe. These in clude coastal defences fortifications hangars and. Submarine defences. The department of Public works is building naval and military structures. The depart ment of transport has become responsible for preliminary surveys land purchases and construction of airports required for the British Empire air training programme. Of the 51 terminal and intermediate Aird Romes on the trans Canada Airway and its feeder lines 34 Are being utilized in this programme. It will be necessary to establish 54. Completely new Aird Romes More particularly for the advanced flying training bombing gunnery and navigation schools. In All there arc 88 projects involving an expenditure of approximately for de motor vehicles in Large numbers some is being spent on some motor vehicles. Some of these vehicles have now been delivered overseas and the vehicles required by the first and second divisions will All be delivered overseas by orders for ships being built in Canadian shipyards aggregated on april 30 approximately 000. It is rather or. Howe said that on an order for warships Only out of is required to be expended outside the Borders of Canada. In general the bulk the order is in two classes one the mine sweeper Type costing about each and the other what is known As the anti submarine whale Catcher Type costing something Over each. In addition we have a variety of smaller service boats but i think there Are 94 in All of the two types i have mentioned. Every shipyard in Canada has orders for warships that will use the full capacity of the Yards till Midsummer next year. Our Navy now consists of some 94 ships ranging from destroyers to patrol boats and service vessels. At the end of the present fiscal year it will have been increased to some 242 the production of air planes in Canada or. Howe said has been expanded to a Point where planes will be built in Canada Dur ing the current year and it 1941." he added in May 1940, there were employees in air Craft plants in Canada and it is anticipated that this number will be increased to based on orders now in hand in the Indus further to overhaul planes and engines which is being made civil occupation under the air training scheme will involve about craftsmen in addition to the personnel for the air train no scheme itself. Buildings for overhaul work Are being constructed and reconditioned and equipped at an estimated Cost of birthdays Hon. A. P. Mcnab. Lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan Bora Glengarry ont., May 29. 1884. Or. J. R. Davidson. Winnipeg born St. Phui pc d argon toll ;