Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade. Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights printed and published Winnipeg free press company. Limited. "100 Carton Street. Winnie Al. Manitoba. J. W Dafoe. Victor s1f1on, presiding Genera manager registered at the Genera pos office Ondon inc. For transmission thro Nch the Post in the United kingdom at the newspaper rate of Ostace. France there is a sinister note creeping into the news from France t is As yet hardly More than a shrill murmur heard now and ,2am in the pauses of the thunderous main theme of defeat it it is something not to be unrewarded As we unrewarded As we examine the Winnipeg Friday june 21, 1940 Knock out resistance behind the lines of the combatants. Exactly the opposite happened. In both China and loyalist Spain there was Little but resentment when the handling the Burden willingly first Shock was Over there was a definite stiffening of morale As indignation was aroused. La s was the effect in w i but it for it. Why. For ins acc. Do we hear nothing from the French about its Complete disregard of its solemn covenant Ith the government it is not Many months something Simi curing pact that based upon h0ollganis" comp Etc co Ope ration in wartime looked Forward to permanent Happy co operation for All time in the future. One of its clauses reads thus the of the French Republic and his majesty s in the United kingdom of great Britain and North pm Ireland mutually undertake not to discuss peace terms before reach ii 3 Complete agreement on the conditions necessary to ensure ath of them an effective and lasting guarantee of their this is thu pledge from which Winston Churchill has fused to Iho French but in the repeated statements from Bordeaux and in the broadcasts by marshal Petain who has taken Paul Reynaud s place As Premier there is nothing to suggest such an agreement exists. Instead there Are Only excuses and reasons for the French government s determination to seek peace. The agreement was signed not As a fair weather document. Its object was to ensure both parties to it that each could pursue its wartime policy secure in the knowledge that neither would diverge from it. It was the Corner Stone of Anglo French policy. Cav it is apparent that Corner Stone is in Clanger of being called out. Let us not prejudge a hard pressed government. The fog of War hangs heavy Over the stricken Fields of France. The Long delay attendant upon the preliminaries of negotiation represents another outbreak of that favorite nazi weapon the War of nerves. All May yet be Well. But. Again and again doubt and uncertainty creep into the mind. Where is ? one despatch suggests that he has been imprisoned. Is the new French government staunch one remembers that Camille Chautemps now vice Premier was a prominent Municher and who. Six months before that dire precipitated a Cabinet crisis in Paris in order to Render the French government impotent just at the moment when marched into Vienna in March 1938. And Why should Cable after Cable refer to the fact that Laval Flandin and Bonnet were Active in the formation of the Petain government these names Are Slimy names in French politics. Flandin was almost up to the outbreak of War openly pro German. Bonnet was the Active instrument of defeatism in More than one pre War French Cabinet. Laval violently Mai British strongly pro italian is one of the most sinister figures that have crawled across the european scene these past five critical years. And Why did Laval shortly before Italy entered the War go to Rome to consult with Mussolini what did he say what did he Promise and what Are the relation ships Between them and the aged soldiers Petain and Weygand Joth in the present ? can it be that the soldiers unversed in larger policies and mentally muscle bound by the narrow consideration of military effective Are unaware what Jay be the Long Range consequences of a policy of desertion at present time do they unconsciously dissociate them selves from the moral implications of the pact signed Between Reynaud and Churchill and recognize Only the disastrous fact that France As a military Power upon her own soil has ceased to exist the pact they May say to themselves was an affair in politicians As for us we Are simple soldiers and we Deal solely in military facts we can do no More and hence the Waits Over. I these Are the considerations now causing grave disquiet to allies and chiefly to great Britain. Hence the anxiety about the French Navy and its ultimate disposition upon which much May hang. There is Good ground for the belief that Tome what May those naval vessels will not pass into nazi control. It is obvious that among the French people themselves my among important sections of their naval and military bought there is disagreement with the apparent Petain policy j defeatism. This fact May become More and More important the next 43 hours. There Are Many millions of honest frenchmen who in the Bast have been unable to understand the. Agile unscrupulous manoeuvring a of their politicians among some of whom venal qty has been an accepted thing. From these usually inarticulate Polk there May come an outburst of indignation at the dealings a government which unlike its predecessor has never been endorsed either by the people or by the French parliament. Jyh at such a moment divided counsels Are fatal. The sudden presentation of an accomplished fact a policy secretly carried Tough to completion will prove successful and though we Aust Hope that no such sinister intent is in the wind we May i it see another Brave people carried into servitude against its Kal will. Assuredly be very Hasty to Antici Pate the crack up of the civilian population there from the pressure of Mere Aerial fury. The havoc May be great but Stout hearted britons can be relied upon to in crease resistance rather than to weaken. History will repeat itself to Hitler s acute discomfiture. Republican Convent Ion the republicans will Choos presidential candidate National convention Delphia on monday. The party is not United behind any candidate e a at their it Phila and there is rising interest in the of Canadian press service the Canadian press which has developed As an efficient non profit making is gathering organization has rendered As great a service othe Public As it is rendering now 1 furnishing news on the War and relating to it. It is by owned by 97 Canadian it is the Only purely news service in the through its staff in can in great Britain in Europe at times and in the United states it an accurate account of cur Tell developments. There is Avail to its staff in London All the lathered by three other great a was and the american press. And there is bailable to its staff in new York in news of the associated this provides an excellent of the news of the world. J the Canadian daily newspapers Early All of which Are partners Canadian press have shown of responsibility to their and aim at a High Stan newspaper service. News ave two main qualifications Calgary Herald Well says. Reach people with Speed must be of 1ese two essentials accuracy is Fata important. And Fai the limits of thorough and news gathering and the most reliable news available the readers of Canadian newspapers will receive accurate in these Days of startling events the Herald aptly recalls lord Haig s statement at a critical time no news is Ever so Good or so bad As it sounds when you first hear the Canadian press is a purely Canadian institution which in Deavors to serve the country Well and of which the country might be proud. It is ably staffed in can Ada and in London. At the annual meetings of the Canadian press association the constant purpose is to support and improve this ser vice and its organization. We Are on the eve of the most momentous events in history and this National news service will strive to give the most efficient daily record of the changing scene. Hitler hooliganism will history once More repeat there is every indication that it will. And the effect will certainly be disturbing to the nazis. The reference is to the whole Sale bombing which at the moment threatens British cities and towns. It will be recalled that such total was Practised by the Jap a China and later by Franco s fighters in Spain. And what was the result not quite what the bombers hoped for. The aim was to smash the morale of the civilian population fright ulness was supposed to air War anese in chances of the different aspirants. These include chiefly the youth Ful Thomas e. Dewey. Able lawyer and Racket Buster of new York senator Robert Taft son of former president Tatt and senator Van Denberg of Detroit a Man mature years who has lately abandoned the policy of isolation. The delegates will choose the Man who they think will make their Strong est Leader. But will not Many people in the United states ask whether it mat ters the convention does if Roosevelt is going to be the demo cratic candidate As he undoubtedly is in the lace of the present serious threat to the safety of the country the people of the United states seem Likely to regard presi Dent Roosevelt As a Good Man to retain in the White House. Roosevelt s latest stroke the spectacular nomination by president Roosevelt i two prominent republicans to his Cabinet both of them identified with external policy for their country which involves the Assumption by it of its world responsibilities As a great Power is much More than a smart political trick. President Roosevelt is an adroit political manager Ancl the news of the Elevation of Knox and Stimson broke like a Thunderbolt upon the wheel horses of both political parties. Its i fact upon the Republican convention which meets monday in Philadelphia May Well be profound. But. These Are the minor consequences of his imaginative act. The people of the United states already gravely disturbed about its defenceless position in a world threatening from Clay to Day to fall apart will receive the news with satisfaction As a visible Token of he refusal of the president to construct his defence policies on purely party lines. The Ordinary Man and woman not particularly inter ested in the political Fate of the local proponent the views of the Republican or democratic party will accept the president s act As a Token of Good Faith on his part. And they will likewise Welcome the Advent of men of fresh and vigorous mind into the administration. If this is the result of this consummate stroke of policy As we May confidently expect it will be the democratic world As a whole will have occasion once More to thank the president for the Broad Ness of his views and the Long Range sanity of his judgment. Ottawa remove and the no passports to .? it is to be hoped that the negotiations Between Washington will necessity of cafe Diane securing passports to enter the United states after june 30, As previously announced. The Prospect for a great modification of the new regulation and for the withdrawal of the passport requirement is said to be really very Good. Ottawa officials Are now hopeful that the regulation As announced will never come into effect according to a despatch to the to Ronto Globe and mail. The report says that it is stated in official quarters that a Means of provid ing increased Protection at the Border without the dislocation that passports would entail is being worked out to the Mutual satisfaction of both. Countries. This would be welcomed by a vast number of people in Winnipeg and other parts of Western can Ada who wish to visit the On business or for pleasure and to whom the passport would have been a blessed nuisance. And it would also remove the misunderstanding among people of the ., Many of whom got the idea that Canada would be demanding pass ports also and that they could not come Here without them. The people of these Friendly neighbor ing countries want the least pos sible interference with their right to come and so. Intellectual the Ablest advocate of United states isolation is or. Charles a. Beard the historian but he pre fers to Call it Continental ism in. His Book a foreign policy for he writes Continental ism merely meant a recognition of the limited nature of american Powers to relieve restore and maintain life beyond its own sphere of interest and control recognition of the hard fact that the United states either alone or in any coalition did not possess the Power to Force peace on Europe and Asia to assure the establish ment of democratic and Pacific governments there or to provide the social and eco nomic underwriting necessary to the per Durance of such governments. This statement is deftly phrased. All that is wrong wit i it is the Assumption that if the United states does not interest itself in anything that goes on outside the american hemisphere no outside Power will venture to intrude into he Continental area set aside by Trie United states As its preserve. Or. Beard s words Leai e the impression that America is separated from the dangerous areas of the world by wide and secure spaces and is Safe in its this reveals or. Beard As one who despite his Eminence As scholar and writer has not kept up with the times. He is thinking of things As they were thirty years ago. Some one should draw his Atten Tion to the news item which has appeared in the press in the last few Days that soviet Russia has placed a settlement of people upon an Island in the Behring Straits which is just five Miles Distant from an Island which is part of the United states. That is How Dis Tant the United states in its extremities is from the extremities of the soviet Republic. It has been reported that Russia has been building air plane bases in her Behring Straits territories which must be Distant from the United states air bases in Alaska in Point of time by Only a few minutes. Washington so the news reports say is fortifying her alaskan air bases because she doubts whether no. Ii circa so in Duck population Ood news for the sportsman j is contained in the latest report of ducks unlimited on the Cluck situation As on May 31 last. Returns from their hundreds of key men scattered Over the Prairie provinces indicate that Here was an increase of 30 Pel cent in the Breeding Stock that returned from the South this Spring and that nesting conditions Are Good to excellent Over 75 Pel cent of the Duck Range both of which factors should mean a great a increased crop of ducks this summer. In Manitoba before the heavy Rains of this month the marshes North and South of the lakes were of in water but carried Many ducks while the intervening coun by was dry. A perfect spot in Manitoba is the extreme South West Corner. Saskatchewan is much better than it was but the situation is far from satisfactory except in the South West and South Centre por ions where the prospects for a Good Hatch Are excellent. East and Central Saskatchewan Are dry and farther North Waters Are Low and there have been extensive fires. Along the Western half water Levels fluctuate from Low to excellent so we must await the next report from these sections to gauge the probable duckling crop. Where water is scarce the ducks Are concentrated in abnormal numbers on the Small lakes. Alberta gives the brightest Pic Ture in the West water conditions in the South being excellent with a heavy Duck population water Good in the Centre with an in creased number of Breeding pairs and Normal water conditions in the North with Many ducks. The nesting season was reported As being Only slightly behind that of last year the average clutch of eggs numbered eight and the first ducklings were reported on May 20. There is a marked increase in the flocks of Canvasback the species which was so reduced in numbers while there was a big increase in pintails every pothole and Slough having from one to ten pairs. . Projects havens for ducklings in some of the areas where there is insufficient water to throughout the summer the per manent water supplied through the . Projects will prove oases for the ducklings from the surround ing Miles of country As clucks will Lead their broods from the drying or dried up sloughs to the permanent water and so save the crop. This plan is working extremely Well but there is need for Many More big projects and for Many thousand Kee Ponds to preserve surface Waters before the Ter situation can be stabilized to take care of the entire crop of ducklings produced on the Prairies. This work ducks unlimited is proceeding with As fast As their funds permit states torn main Genera manager. Last summer Gordon Smith Winnipeg reported seeing a cat s Bird carrying a baby Robin in its Bill which it Laid on the Boulevard and began shaking. When or. Smith reached the spot the Chick a few Days old was dead. Chris. Ridley Norwood has drawn our attention to an article in the journal of the Avi cultural society of America by a Chicago Amateur who writes Catbird Are quite troublesome in the aviary As egg eaters and will also Rob Canary nests of their Young Johnny Catbird evidently re quires watching so far or. Smith is the Only Western observer who has noted any irregular conduct on the part of this Fine songster but closer observation May line him up with the once much beloved House Wren which fell from his High Pedestal As the favorite nesting Box Bird when it was discovered that some individuals Are vicious nest robbers. Carolina Wrens increasing in East the Carolina Wren we reported in our Garden recently has not been seen since. James l. Baillie of the Royal Ontario museum in his Bird column in the Toronto evening Telegram reports that this Large handsome Wren first recorded in Ontario in 1891, has now been reported at thirty places in the province eighteen of them covering summer occurrences with several nesting. The Southern Bird May now be generally found along the North Shore of Lake Erie it is stated. Partial Albino Robin mrs. E. Pocock Steinbach Man., writes that when the Robins arrived on april 13, there was amongst them one with an All White Back part of the left Wing and bar across the Tail. The breast was rust red arid the rest of the plumage the Normal color. Albino lesser Snow Goose Many Hundred photographs have been taken by Birdman and others of the vast flocks of Blue and lesser Snow Reese which rest while on migration through South Ern Manitoba each Spring but the most interesting picture yet taken was made by a. Haak Norwood Man., on april 24 last year when he saw and succeeded in photo graphing a pure White lesser now Goose the Only one reported out of the millions that have been seen Here in the past Twenty years. A Fine reproduction of one of or. Haak s photographs of this remarkable Albino appears in a re cent number of the Wilson bul Letin the Bird being recorded by j. Dewey Soper Federal migratory Bird officer for Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Natural history society on saturday june 22, members and friends will visit St. Vital and later have Tea at the Home of or. And mrs. E. Claydon 140 Victoria Crescent take car no. 59, Leav ing Portage and main at 2.30 . Birthdays John Winnipeg born Montreal june 21, 1888. She can defend them by her Navy against possible japanese attack thus at the touch of 1940 Reali ties tie whole Structure of remoteness isolation and Security Visioned by or. Beard As part of a detached Auta Chic nation on the american continent collapses like a House of cards. Equally open to attack is his assertion that the United states either alone or in coalition could not have done any thing towards establishing Pacific and democratic governments in Asia and Europe. The United states took the responsibility of bringing governments which were expected to conform to these designations into being in Europe and it is just Guesswork for or. Beard to say that they would not have lived up to the expectations if the United states government had interested itself in Post War Europe to the extent of co operating with her former european allies. Professor w. E. Tappard of Geneva a Well known authority on the league in a Book which Lias recently appeared says that the league just missed establish ing itself As an Agency for adjust ing International disputes and preserving peace. If this is so was it not the absence of the United states that made failure possible the world is going to pay a High Price in blood treasure loss of Liberty retrogression to wards the dark Ages because in the United states unlike the other democratic countries intellectuals like or. Beard joined hands with reactionary politicians to Poison the Public mind against the vision splendid of Woodrow Wilson of a democratic world in which the nations would live permanently at peace and Prosper in a world of Freer Commerce. A unanimous parliament considering that the Canadian Public mind was wholly unprepared As recently As a month ago for drastic War Legisla Tion the reception Given by the House of commons to the Meas ure extending almost without limit the compulsory Powers of the government in the direction of Canada s War Effort can Only be regarded As a magnificent revelation of National Unity and Resolution. A test of opinion was afforded by the vote upon the amendment to the measure offered by or. Lacombe the member for two mountains. This amendment deleted the main proposals of the Bill and contained an undertaking that military Effort in this country would remain free voluntary and Moder the vote was technically on an Appeal from the decision of the Deputy speaker that the motion was not admissible As an amendment but it fact on the merits of the Bill. Only the mover of the amendment and his Seconder Wilfrid Lacroix . For Quebec-montmorency., voted against the ruling of the chair. Opposition to conscription in Quebec and cause it is a mistake to assume that this sentiment is limited to that very often in the past been qualified by an admission that where it is necessary for the defence of Canada itself it is justifiable and necessary. The Power to con script Man Power for the defence of the country is in fact part of the fundamental Law of Canada the provision for the mass Levy under War conditions having been in the militia act since confederation when it was taken Over from the militia act of the province of Canada. There is therefore strictly speaking no Extension of government control in this direction in the legislation now before parliament since the right of a member of the forces raised under this authorization to decide for him self whether or not to serve overseas expeditionary Force is expressly reserved. The duty of the Able bodied citizen to defend under the direction of the proper authority his country his Home his possessions and his family against an invasion is one of those natural and inherent obligations which Are an integral part of citizenship. The discussion in the House turned on the merits of the proposed amendment with two ministers Ernest Lapointe and j. A. Cardin affirming the need for the proposed legislation in terms which carried conviction to members to whom it would have been obnoxious but a Short time ago. The suggestion of or. Lacombe that Canada s War Effort should be voluntary and the situation being what it is can Best be explained by the theory that somehow he has been missing the War news for the past month. Or. Lacroix the Seconder was equally unrealistic with his discreditable assertion that he would sooner rely upon the Monroe doctrine than upon conscription for the defence of Canada. The comfortable View which was shared by Many in the near past that the moral Power of the United states would be sufficient to enforce the Monroe doctrine with the actual Power for enforcement absent has disappeared with other illusions. North America May have to be defended against aggression from other continents but the defence will have to be supplied by the defensive Power of the North american nations from the Golden books from ode to a Nightingale Keats my heart aches and a drowsy numbness pains my sense As though of Hemlock i had drunk or emptied some Dull opiate to the drains one minute past and Lethe wards had sunk. Tis not through envy of thy Happy lot but being too Happy in thy Hap that thou Light winged Dryad of the Trees to some melodious plot of beeches Green and shadows numberless Singest of summer in full throated ease. Thou wast not born for death immortal Bird nto hungry generations tread thee Down the voice i hear this passing night was heard to ancient Days by emperor and Clown perhaps the selfsame song that found a path through the sad heart of Ruth when sick for Home she stood in tears amid the alien Corn the same that Oft times hath unarmed magic casements open ing on the foam of perilous seas in fairy lands for Lorn. Today s scripture from St. John 10 i am the Good Shepherd the Ood Shepherd liveth his life for he sheep. But he that is an hire ing and not the Shepherd whose own the sheep Are not seeth the Wolf coming and Leateth the sheep and fleece and the Wolf catch eth them and scatter eth the sleep. I am the Good Shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine. As the father me even so know i the father and i Lay Down my life or the sheep. And other sheep have which Are not of this fold them also i must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold and one Shep Lead. Art like morality consists in drawing the line k. Chesterton. Exerted in a manner not to be described As voluntary ant it is therefore in the acceptance of the new and startling control Over citizens set Forth in the Bill that the chief significance of parliament s virtually unanimous approval lies. That the commons should have taken a Day or so to discuss these sweeping innovations does not detract seriously from the moral effect of the legislation perhaps not at All since an immediate acceptance without debate of any kind of compulsory Legisla Tion of this Range might to some have had the appearance of panic. The discussion has not been without its enlightening features. The Case against the measure As presented by the two dissenting members in its feebleness and in the affront it offered to Canadian self respect was in fact conclusive As to its need and this was made still More evident by the addresses by which members of the government answered the Challenge. Or. Hanson s observations on the second Day of the discussion were less constructive than his initial comments but since they dealt with a criticism which was certain to be made it is Well that they Drew from the government a conclusive answer. Or. Hanson wants the drastic Powers of the act which Are vested in the government transferred to parliament. Any such change would destroy the purpose and the value of the legislation. These Are Powers to be used swiftly and vigorously by the government should the need arise. For the exercise of these Powers the government is responsible to parliament and subject to dismissal at its hands. This is an arrangement which respects the ultimate Power of parliament and at the same time gives Power to the government to be exercised if the need arises immediately and not after a time wasting debate in parliament. But this provision is of course an argument for the adjourn ment of parliament for relatively Short periods instead of its prorogation for a period of months. Is books Are a finer world within the he cover picture of the a Beaver this Quarter shows a Well Laden vessel amid the ice floes of the North and the inside cover is a of Canada marking lie . Radio stations from Winnipeg to the Arctic islands South and North and from the at Antic to the Pacific East and West. Both the coloured picture and the Nap bring knowledge of the great company s commercial geography even to the oldest of us. Years ago a waggish journalist making a tour in the far North West reported the three conspicuous letters on the company s Flag o signify Here in relation to Anno Domini and time. Incorporated May 2, 1670, the Hud son s Bay company is 270 years old and widely ramified but abreast of the times. And its Magazine of the North is abreast of the Best journals going while keeping us in touch with the past of the fur Lorene Squire is. Here with a new set of photographs ".babes, in he North with Chicks of wild fowl and pups wonderful studies All of them. Miss Squire is an sex 3ert photographer and naturalist a striking Story for both naturalist and biologist entitled Napoleon he is about a horse that turned carnivorous but not with out severe discipline. The writer mows the North Well As a contributors who s who informs us. The Beaver thus sets an example o Many a proud periodical an Indian named cheese Tschus paid for Napoleon at the handsome sum for an old sleepy Azy horse weighing sixty five Stone which would mean some 800 is. Big dog the indians Call a 1 horse and when a bag of Oats was thrown Down by the dealer Chee pee Schus said big dog too fat work better if he Don t eat much. Fish Bones and Bacon rinds he shall have at every the Story of turning Napoleon into a flesh eater is not edifying in spite of its biological interest. A Good Deal is considered legendary. But ultimately a Post manager bought him from the indians and the old horse was put on the retired at the Post after those Long years of fish and meat diet he broke into the Garden one dark night and had a vegetable tuck in All alone. In the morning they found him bloated and the manager had grown fond of him and Nap Oleon received honorable burial. Perhaps the most important article is Amundsen in King Wil Liam where the norwegian during his historic voyage through the North West passage. Forty years on the fur Trail is an account of the services of the last fur Trade commissioner now retired and there will be no More that official title. His successor called manager fur Trade depart Many in the . Service will regret the passing of the old designation one May venture to say. It is not possible to note half the Good matter in this Issue of the but letters from Letitia daughter of sheriff Dugald Mctavish Camp Belltown Argyll who married James Hargrave chief trader York factory must not be omitted. Miss a. A. Ramsay a scottish biographer had Access to the let ters by Courtesy of the writer s granddaughter. Letitia Mctavish was often a guest of the Simpsons and her letters portray the Man who became sir George Simpson As mean and tyrannical to his wife. Bookman ;