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Are We Likely To Be Invaded? We Art Not Inaccettible â€" ^â- r From It Say* Jean-Cha*. Harvey, Editor of Le Jour At a time when the real war htt- •Ion or thf KiDK (joveninient is sitting and wbfo Cermany Is hurl- tec «11 her lorci .; of di'Struition M«in»t our allleg. France «nil Edk- land, after faaviuK violated the neu- trality of All the small natlona aloux the Baltic and the North Ski, we fcelit ve We ex^res^ the wish of an Immeiisc majority of I'uiiailians when we ask ihH leaders of the country to (alse all the necessary measures In ordei to ensure the â- eeurity of our people and our fn- â- titutions, writes Jean-Charles Har- vey, (-ditor of I.e Jour tMontr<>a!). Last year, in these v»r> roliimnB *e wrote that Canada was not t'l- •mpt from the danger of invasion. Some sceptics laiiKhed in our faces and held us up to ridicule. Days and mouths have pass.nl. Septem- ber c-ame with the declaration of war. Even then, our pacifist know- Italls declared that Canada would not be directly concerned with the bloody adventure. Kve.n the most ardent supporters of particiivation- did not dream for a second of the possibility of the invaiiion of Can- ada by the Nazi forces. The Gov- ernment, the very one that declar- ed war, did not seem to be aware <rt the immediate peril that the country might run. It believed In tbe danger, yen, but like milliocs of Canadians, it d:d not imagine that the day woulil come when our •bores, our cities, our Industrial centret!, might be attacked simI blood H>llled. A WARNING TO VS That which Is now bappeniog in Burope should nevei-^helesa be a iragic warning to us. What will the morrow bring? Nobody knows. And i»hat we do know is that we have to do with an implacable enemy, wlio has filready laid to waste a |K)rtion of Euroi>e. en enemy who rccpects nothing and who was. at leact in the beginning, infinitely better prepared to destroy and to «onquer than any other counUi-y In the world, an enemy who has •hewn clearly enough his det(-i- mlnation to dominate the unlverfv. President Roosevelt himself saW •o, in a moving speech recently b«- lore the Members of the PanAmer- lean Scientific Congress. And tor ttte first time In the history of thJe 4^ntineDt, a President of the great- Mt American power expressed tbe fear of an invai^loc of the two Americas. Our prophets declared, at the ••glnniLg of last sumimef, when the conflict appeared imminent, tbat there was no danger wh.ilso- •ver for Canada, It being under- stood that, should a defeat of the •Hies take place, the United States would defend ne; but this large re- public would have to look after lt« «wc defence and we know that If we wanted to save ourselves, we would also have to look out for oiir- â- elve«. After what has happened In the ^'ethtrland.â- 4 and In Kelgium, we know that the United States, with its present armaments alone, *annot, by itself, tight to advan- tage against the combined forces 0/ an all powerful Germany and an •fjo'eBsive and war-like Japan. FORESIGHT IS NECE.SSAHY That is our position. No one can deny this disconcerting reality. We are not inaccessible, far from it! To govern i-i to foresee. If ever there were a time when foresight waa tragically necessary, now ie that time. We shall need every eunce of our intelligence, our cour- age and our energy to perform acts Msentlal to the safety of our instl- lutioiiE, our peace, our culture and our llbirti«« MICKIE SAYS: Canadian Active Service Corp* Go To Summer Camp I I UEAViM' WAMP BlUS OR, I /APVERTISIU^ SHEETS / AT T^DlKSES DOOR.S IS ' vJESr DISTRIBUTIOKJ* WUTW/W EUSE-^VVJHILE CIRCUUTIOW IS VVWAT VOliGJTBYAOVERTlSlM »KJ T14(S WaVSPAPPR .^I'ler a winter of preliminary training at Exhibition Park in To- ronto troops arc pictured here taking their departure for summer eii- C4)mpnient.s. Included in the seven thousand men who occupied several of the big buildings are many former residents of countries over-ruB by Hitler's hordes. The Canadian corps impatiently await the call that will bring them to grips with the Hun. The Federal government has stated that it will have no use for Exhibition Park during the sumnrier months. The sixty-second consecutive Canadian National Exhibition will be held before the Department of National Defence takes over again in the fall. THE WAR-WEE Kâ€" Commentary on Current Events New Western Front Battle Is Deciding France's Fate "On .lune i Dunkirk fell after bit- ter fighting. The first chapter of tils campaign is ended." (Official ^mmuni^ue of the German High Command). On June 5 the second chapter in the war to the death between CJer- many snd the Allies began. Evi- dently having decided to settle the score with France first before .'it- temipting invasion ut Brlt.iin. the German army on that date launch- ed a terrific offensive against the new Weygand line, throwing 600.- (K>U men into the fight, siipport<Hl by dive-bombers, artillery; tanks and motorized vehicles were in the back|;round. The issues at slake, were tremendous â€" the fate of Frsnce, of Britain, of the whole of Burope was to be decided. But Hit- ler was evidently gambling every- thinK that he and Germany had In a bid for a (luick-crushing victory. <Hitler had told his troaps that he would rather lose 1,000,(>00 men in a short war than fewer In a war draggeil out over many months. He had told them th»y would be "hom«^ by August"). Gambling All The outcome of this super-battle nevertheless was seen last week to depend upon the entry of Italy into the war Were Mussolini to .-ittack from the south, France would b(< ground between an vipper and low- er millstone: should he strlkt- alco In (he Metliterraneau. the scope of the conflict would be increased to Inoltide possibly the whole world. BRITAIN: In an epic speech lie- fore a hushed Hotise of Commons. Prime Minister Churchill of Groat Britain declared that Britain "will fight on. If necessary for ye.irs - - It necessary alone," to final vic- tory, despite the "colossar' defeat In Flanders In which he said the British suffered 'JO.'idd casiialtiiF, re«cii*d .135,000. "We Will Fioht On" Moving words wwe his: "We (ihall defend our Island whatevei' tbe cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches and the landing grounds. In the fields. In the streets and on the hills. Wc shall never surrender. And even If, which I do not lor R moment believe, this is- land or a large part of It wrere sub- jugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guard&d by the British fleet, will carry on Its struggle until, in Goii's good time, the New World with all its power and might sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the Old." Although the commencement of a new battle on the Western Front removed for the time being from British hearts the fear of an immin- ent Invasion by Germany, the peo- ple of the Old Land nevertheless remained prepared. It it came, they did not expect the Invasion via the Channel ports, but from Dutch and Belgian ports, from Norwegian beach-heads, and perhaps from Kire. Experts exi>ecteii landing par- ties to concentrate on the south- east lowlands of England â€" Kent, the Thames valley, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk â€" with diversions In the Scottish lowlands and in W'ales, for tlie (;ormanB' main target would doubtless be the munitions-making Miill.'inds. Invasion Dcubted Hope for the frightened Britons came from a voice in the T'. S. Ad- miral Harry Yarnell. retired, ex- pressed scepticism that Germans could invade Kngland. Said Ad- miral Y.-irnell: "They can bomb various points and drop parachu- tists, but you nee<l Infantry for an invasion. And Infantry can only be transported by surfacf ships. The British fleet will revei- permit that." MEDITERRANEAN-: Events In tbe M(-(literranean basin moved fast during the week. The Allied fleet units off Alexandria were fur- ther inert ased . . . Egypt sped new- defense measures, closed museums I the mummy of 3.000year-old King Tutankhamen, Kuugly wr.%pped in cotton wool was removed to the basement of the Cairo Museum, to a secret, bombproof tomb) . . . the premier of Turkey warned his peo- ple that they might be compelled *o "fake up arms' nt any mom- r-nt to defend themselves against attack iTurkey, guavdlan of the t.traiej;ic iJardanellc!-, is allied to Britain and France by a mutual aid pact, operating against all en- eniieg exct-pt Soviet Hussia); and the Turkish general staff flDl8he4l iiiai>ping their final defense pla:l^ . . . reports had it that General : Franco, of Spain, would shortly order his countrymen into tli'- fight against the Allien; dispatc'i es from Madrid told of growing in- sistence that the Hrltish rellnfiui.'-.'' their hold on Gibraltar . . . Balkan Tension Subeidet BALKANS: The Haliia.i pi>t dropped from boiling-point to ju:ii plain hci during tbe week. Sov- iet liuEsia, in a .â- 'ouiheaiterii peace movi, withdrew troop-^ fiom the Hungarian frontier an 1 Hungary in return suspended plans to call more reserves to thu army; at the same time Itussli opened the way to Huiriania fo-.- out-of-court settlement of the Be.-sarabian ({Ucstion ( Bcssarabi:i, a i£umanian Privincc, was a pait of Czarist iiussia seized by llii- niania in 11*18). A Soviet an- iiouncenunt in London hoped further to dissipate the Baliciui tension â€" that Russia views her interest.? in the Black .Sea and the eastern Mediten-anean as pav- ahel with those of the AUie.-. (Russian sou ce.s also hinted that in particular ^view of Italian pressure there w'as at lea"! a good possibility of diplomatic ccK>per- ation between the Kremlin and the Allies in the Xear P^ast). FAR EAST: A Foreign Office authority, in a radio speech to his country last week told the Japanese people, and incidentally let the world know, that Japan's policy of non-involvement in the war between Germany and the Allies might soon become one cf involvement "in the sen.se of pre- venting the spread of the Euro- pean war to Asia," i.e., in the sense that Japan would grab the rich Netherlands East Indies; and possibly Singapore and French Indo-China if and when they be- came weak enough to need "pro- tection." "South of the Border" r NITER STATES: A veritable war h)-steria was seen «weeping the U. S. during the week, follow- ing a wave of reports of Nazi fifth column activity In South America and In Mexico . . . fears of a Nazi uprising south of the border gave rise to the belief that the United States might have a war on her own doorstep shortly, before she had & chance to jump in on the side of the Allies in Europe, or stop Italy from participating. Following by fifteen days his or- iginal emergency re<iuest for 11,- 182,000,000 for expansion of the na- tion's armed forces. President Roosevelt submitte^l to Congress a supplementary program boosting defense expenditures to nearly $4,- 600.000,000. This latest enlargement of the military program was nc-<>(-ssitated, Mr. Roosevelt said, because of "al- most Incredible events" in the past two weeks of Europe's war â€" par- ticularly as a result of the use of aviation and mechan5ze<l equip- ment. The one most obvious lesson taught by tbe conflict raging over- seas, declared Mr. Roosevelt, "is the value of the factor of speed." Ho .iskcd for action without delay, and got it. Parliamentary Battles C.ANAD.\: The war-w(-ek in Can- ada was featured by the attempted "blitzkrieg" en the part of the Conspivativp p;irty to run Prime Minister Mackenzie King out of of- fice. Fierce political battles were waged on the floor of the House at Ottawa as every verbal weapon per- mitted by parllameutary procedure was used against the King admin- istration, accused of "complacency" in the war effort. In the midst of an uproar that had dozens of M.P.'s shouting accusations. Hon. C. G. Power, minister of national defend^ for al.-. charged Rodney Adamson (Con., West York) across the floor of the Commons with "sabotage of Canada's war effort." Mr. Power at white heat declared Rt. Hon. Ern- est l.npolnlc minlstiv of Justice, should "Intern that fifth column over there." Prime Minister Kin^ n'.ade .in of- ficial statement to the House, after the atmosphere had calmnl down, on Canada's part in the struggle abroad. Steps had been taken, he said, to place Canadian military, naval and air forces at the com- plete disposal of the Brlt'sh Gov- miAMPOus vACc/if^wm at ^ FOR THE 2lsTC0NSBCUTmmAft Into the gruelling 500 miles, over a rough, hot, brick track at the Indianapolis Speedway, are packed all the strains and wear of 50,000 miles of ordinary driving. Tire* have to withstand quarter-ton blows, not only once but hundreds of times per minute! With thit proof there can no longer k« any question of which tire is scftsl. One lire â€" and only one â€" hai the ex- clusive safety features to witbtland pun- ishment of this kin<l â€" Firrstone â€" the lire that has been on the winning cars at Indianapolis for 21 conseculive yean I Have the nearest Firestone Dealer put Firestone Champion tires on your car now. Specify Firestone when buying your new car. l4/ken J2l^e 'Pefsendi on Saketif^ ernment. Twice, he declared, tiie First Canadian Division overseas had been ready to embark lur sw- Tice on the Continent, but had bee;i recalled by the Allied general â- tatf. He announced that a coptiu- gent of Canadian troops had taken over garrison duties in the West Indies; that destroyers of the Can- adian Navy were operating in Unit- ed Kingdom waters In co-operation with the Royal Navy; that a fighter squadron of the R.C.A.F. was ready for overseas. Heard during (he week: that thousands of European refugee children were coming to make their homes in Canada; that the British Government might ship Nazi pris- oners of war over here to be intern- ed; that the possibility of evacuat- ing British children to Canada and Australia was under urgent consid- eration by the British government; that an agreement with the U. S. was shortly to be reached re- garding the St. Lawrence seaway (whether the project could be pro- ceeded with during the war had not been decided). Canada's Towards Poetrv J. Murray Gibbtr_, of M'.:iLreil. pleaded "the case o- the Oanarliaii ballad" before the Royal Sc:iet.y ?I Canada, deplored Cauiidl.in ipathy Towards poetry zui: migges-xl ful- ler appreciation coiuii he Kf,ine<i if its teaching were ;.;ije(l witt muaic, particularly in higi; bchoolB '-ud un- iversities. Mr. Gibbon, r.OKiiuent iiil.hcr and research worKer in tolklore and music, suggebieil e-ducatloua! authorities in charge of Kchjola (or teachers could specify that in the teaching of English lltMatrre. 'he study of lyric poeti: und fhr Uallad should be coordit.st*^! wi.li the study of the nius;c j((fiuti.fi':1 ^itii the lyrics and the balLada. SHOULD COMBINE TY.'O He (Rid such a co'iisc might uct work out in ^rea; Brltair., "but Csnada is a pionet:iaj; coijr..ry m.! Is entitled to mal:€ t' owi prece- dents." 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