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Members of Second Canadian Division Arrive In England I t it Hon. J. L. IJalston recently announced in the House of Commons ihat members of the Second Div- lalon, C.A.S.F., had arrived safely in England under the leadership of Major-General N'ictor Odium, who is •bown, ABOVE, receiving the cheers of his troops as he boarded the transport for the voyage to England. THE WAR-WEE Kâ€" Commentary on Current Events Italian Drive In Africa Aimed at Capturing Suez I I Italy's long-<awaited attack on the British in Airic<i came last weeJi, Siviit:^ !he harrasseO p&ople of Bri- tain sO'metliinK else to worry about be«i<]es an imminent Germ<in Inva- tftoD. Should Mussolini's legions vuccee^l In their objectives. It was reaJized, Italy would gain a com- plete Bt-'nil-circle ot holdings that •tretch from Tripoli to the middle of Africa's east coast, a strangle- bokl on the Suez Canal and an open loaxl to India. Should Germany act â- ucx^j^ssfully in conceit with Itnly, â- trlklng tbrougih the Balkans, the Axis |)owers would be in a position to seize the principal sources of the Britisb oil supplies In the Near Kstflt, cut off the communication Unee of the £mptre. (The ntw southern war zone was •een to extend about 5,000 miles along the Me^literrant-an, the Hetl Sea and the Gulf ot Aden, and hun- dreds of miles inland In the north- east and east corner of Africa. Spo clflcally. Italy a.ppeared to be strik- ing at Kgypt, through I^lbya; at British .Somaliland, in a 3-proug(Ml •dvani'u from Bthiopia; and at the Tasit interior regions of the Anglo- HSgyptlan Sudan and Kenya, again •jjproaehed from Ethiopia). The noted British corres.iK)ndcjit "Augur" in a wireless to the New York Time* expre8«e<l the opinion tbat the Axis plan i« to gain con- 1jx>1 of Africa, cutting that contin- ent In two. Starvation Tactics? Speculalitm concerning the man- ner of Owniany's move against the British Isles alternately favored ru- mors that feverish military activity â- wae going on in Goiman-held zones op(posile England In preparation for amie<l invasion at the wO'rd "go"; and opinions expressed by such for- eign Houa-Cfs a.9 Count Clano'e "II Telegrafo" whii-h said: "The Ger- mans' new tactic Is starving th» Brltlfli. The German generals want to conquer I.Kindon by Isolating It from (he nearliy arteries which ev- ery morning unload in Covtnt Car- <&t), in BillingKgate and on tlie docks tons and tons of foodstuffs that lyondon does not prtMiuce and ivltbout which tJie 7,OUO,000 inhab- Itrants of the city could not reS'lst one nionlli." The Nazi press itst-lf was silent on the invasion plan although of- ficial iJirman (juarlers Intimate*) tbat pri-iMirations were being made for iho final battle, saying, "Oer- maoy will strike .it the right hour and In the right place, not before." Air Offensive Seizing the air Initiative, Hriti*b bombers and fighting planefi during the week wrought widespread hav- oc In a series of systematic attacks oil more than 100 Nazi cities. In- cluded among the objective* were •be Krupp munitions plant at Be- •et), supply depots and airdromes tn northwest Germany, the naval baae at Kiel, air bases orcupied by the Nazis In Holland and France. The planes bombed and machine- C^nni'<l troops, truck and armored «a,r I'olurinr and armored trains â- ooTlng up .last ncro's the English Ohaonel. Rumania Carved BALKANS: After t» cutysev. n years of territorial controversy, Kn- â- oanla and nulgaria were s^en )a«t ireok '0 he on the verg» of reacli- ing an a>;re»ruent wliereby Biilgarl.i woul<l get l)a< k southern l>o1iruJa. (DohruJ.t went to Kiini.iiila In ID!" Wter Bulgaria's defeat In the se- cond Balkan war). It wag also ex- pooled thsf King Parol would very â- horlly cede a sirip o< wt-<lfii Trsneyivania to Hungary, who h.nl lone been clamoilng for terrilorial reTiston. The«o Bflllem»nts were obvVoualy part of an Asle plan to estiiiblish a new order In south- eastern Buropc, dominated of course by Germany and Italy. But whore did Turkey stand? Where did Russia come in? The diristian Science Monitor correspondent in Istairbul reported having learned from a high Turk- ish diplomatic source that a ticit Turko-llussian accord had been ar- rived at under which Turkey agreed to shift Its military concentrations westward in exchange for a Rus- sian guarantee of Inviolability of th6 Caucasus frontier. Such a move would effectively block any further .Axis expansion eastward. Says War Will Spread RUSSIA: An address on llu-ssia's foreign policy last week by Soviet Premier and Foreign Minister Mi*o- tov cleared up a number of mysti- fying points. After predicting that the present war would spread to in- clude the whole world (with the U. S. on Britain's side), he told the Supremo Soviet that the "Soviet Union must enhance Its vigilance Ml the matter of its external secur- ity, and in tlie matter of strength- ening all its positions, both at home and abroad." Behind his exposition of policy could bo seen the fear that the â- "imperialist" (anti-social- ism) waiT would be turned against the Soviet Union. Generally suspicious of Groat Britain, Premier Molotov ucvertho- less said that Ix>ndon had shown a desire to improve her understand- ing with Moscow by the appoint- ment of Sir Stafford Cripps Ai am- bassador to the Soviet. With regard to Germany, relations with whom he dec.laaed had Improved, he ex- pressed the opinion tbat the Relcli had faile<l In Its objective â€" to bring tho war to a close on terms which It considered desirable. Japan's New "New Order" FAR EAST: A Japanese foreign policy which seeks domination not merely in "East Asia", as foimerly, but in "Greater Bast Asia" â€" in- cluding F^endi Indo-China and the Dutch East Indies â€" was announc- ed to the Japanese people last week Preflnier - Prince Fnmimero Kon- Preoiler â€" Prince Kujnimaro Kon- oye. Obviously widening the breacli between the Japanese Empire and Britain and the United States, the government statement disclosed these Intentions: 1, creation of a "new order for Greater East Asia" with the ultimate aim to "establish a stabilizing force for a self-suffic- iency embracing not only Japan, Manchukuo and China, but also In- do-China and tho Elast Indies;" 2, rearmament on a scale sufficient to take care of the new develoj)- ments; 3, construction of a govern- raeiiit In which every person must Bsrve tho State, with national ec- onomy planned toward strengthen- ing national defense; 4, changes in the Japanese educational system, to emphasize service to State; 4, end at "toadyism" to other powers (Great Britain and the U.S.) â€" "and henceforth we will not make a vain effort to grasp the hands of those Countries which cannot be turned into ft-iends." At the same time that Japan moved to extend further control ovH- Indo-China. Chinese troops of Iho Central Government were re- ported to be marching toward the frontier of Indo-China, A Ja.pane6e thrust through from the Indo-Ohina coast would directly menace th« southwestern provinces of Oliina, Chiang-Kai-Shek's main stronghold. Tv.'0 Opinions UNITED STATES: The split in U.S. opinion over the i>olicy to be followed toward the war in Europe was throAvn into bold outline last week by two widely divergent speeches by prominent Americans, ihc one (General Pershing) urging Immediate and strong aid for Great Britain, tho other (.Colonel Lind- bergh) calling for an American peace effort and preparations to live with a victorious Germany. As a representative of the first school of opinion. Senator Key Pitt- man of Nevada, Cbairnian of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee, underscored the suggestion that the United States trade fifty American destroyers for British battleships. No Food for Belgium During the week the Secretary ot State called upon the people of the U. S. to prepare for sacrifices and hard services in this critical time. Tho\igh referring to the conclusions ot the Havana Conference, it was bellevetl Mr. Hull's words Implied approval of the compulsory mili- tary service bill, then before the Senate. CANADA: The biggest sensation In some months wa« creaf^d in the Dominion last week when Mont- real's mayor Camilien Houde was whisked off to a concentration camp and interned â€" for urging his fel- low-Canadians to disrega-i'd the law re(;ulrlng all citizens to register. Tho best news In some months came when tlio British Government agreed to buy 100,000,000 bushels of Canadian whwit. The House Adjourns rarliament adjourned, during the week, until November 5. having pas- ses! the uni'jnpioyment insurance bill and placed a now 15c processing lax on wheat (going into flour for domestic human use) . . . Before the House rose. Finance Minister llsley revealed that Canada's actual and anticipated financial commit- ments for war services in the pre- sent fiscal year, ending March 31, 1940. amtmnt to $950,000,000. Following a meeting in Ottawa of the supervisory board of the Com- monwe<alth Air Training plan, It was announced that the training lime for airmen would be cut in or- der to speed matters. Tluee weeks less training will be the new re- (luirejnent for pilots, six weeks less for wireless operators. VOICE OF THE PRESS CHANGE OF LOCALE . Wild life used to be confined to the forests; now it's -at the beaches. â€" Kitchener Record. LIFE OF THE PARTY Now the life of the party is the one who can talk louder than the radio. â€" Braiulcn .Sun. - â€" o â€" TEMPERAMENTAL M.P.'. Members complain of the draughts and sudden changes of temperature if.i the House of Commons at Ottawa. Can it be due to those fellows who blow hot and cold? â€" Hamilton Spectator. â€" â€" PRISONERS COULD DO IT Canada needs tran.scontinen*a! motor roads. Germany has a won- derful system of wide, cement highways. Many of the Gerni.Tn roads were made by prisoners, taken by Germany in the last war. There is a proposal to send German prisoners from Britain to Canada, for internment. A few thousand men could be kept, safe- ly, in camps north of Lake Su- perior, and they could earn their keep by building a much-needed road. â€" Port Arthur News-Chronicle. â€" o â€" ONE THING LACKING To the farmer has come in re- cent years the telephone, the mo- tor car, the radio, hydro-elec-tric energy, the rural mail delivery and other conveniences to make his life 'less lonely and to remove many of his disadvantages of liv- ing in the country. Among mai^y of the advantages that have not yet come his way except in a few communities, is protection against fire. And we wish to point out that there is no reason why this should be long delayed. â€" Guelph Mercury. \t^ The "Marseillawe** Started As A Royalist Hymn Origin of France's Stirrino Song Comes to Light Dry Edition An American magazine prints two editions, one for people who drink beer or wine and one for teetotalers. The features are the same but readers on the dry list may have the edition with all ad- vertisements for alcohol omitted. Light-coloured clothing is more comfortable in hot weather be- cause it tends to reflect the heat which dark objects absorb. Study Of A Princess Princess Marsaret Ho.iO, who c"elebrntes her tenth birthday on Aug. 21, is fond of painting and is seen here ennros.sed in her work. Britain's rulers have declin- ed to send their children to safe- ty of Canada. In Ontario, in the face oif an ac- ute farm labor shortage, a contro- versy raged over the Hepburn scheme to put city schoolboys to work on farms. Of course, the far- mers didn't care much for the idea â€" the boys would be "more bother than they're worth" , . . rural school trustees generally thought the "relief situation" should be cleared up first. Until recently, most if not all London theatres played the "Mar- seillaise" at every performance, and the B. B. C. used the same stirring song to introduce its Sun- day evening news bulletin. The British people began to ask ques- tions about the French national anthem and learned without sur- prise (does not most of their China come from Staffordshire?) that Rouget de Ljsle's celebrated composition derives, not from tho south of France, but from Stras- bourg. A BATTLE SONG EMERGES h was while the French armi/s were assembling on the Rhine "n April, 1792, to meet the forces of Austria, says a letter to Tho Times, of London, that de Lisle wrote his song, which was fir.«t jirinted under the title of "Chativ, de Guerre de I'Armee du Rhin." Not until a few weeks later did a party of volunteers from Mar- seilles marching on their way to Paris sing the song, and give to it name and fame. As Gulliver's Travels began a- a political satire, and became an entertainment for children, the "Marseillaise" started as a Roy- alist hymn, and developed into th-; battle-song of the Republic. To- day the Republic itself is under- going strange and sad vicissitude--, from which it is the confident hope of all democrats that it will emerge as triumphantly as the "Marseillaise." p. bt«ll'»'",Je''E'"P'**' The *'""r^u«ou.D'«^; yjOME"' ,^ ,/car. TbeBEDCBO:. ^^^ g HfOitWOg model hon^' "f fc„,ut«5. ' "^ X 'SWA" Dentists Invent New Toothbrus!! A tooth brush which works like a fountain pen, its dentifrice coming through a hollow handle into the bristles, has been per- fected by two South Carolina dentists. ?;S.i'»«'""' Its object, they say, is to appeal to some of the 91,000,000 (that figure is right!) Americans who never use a tootlibrush. This fig- ure is based on estimates the Air-- erican Dental Ass-ociaticr made on manufacturers' figures. For Better Desserts Durham Corn Starch Prwivct St. LawfHC Starch Co. Ud. 1)20 LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fired Neher the person week." REG'LAR FELLERSâ€" Mom's Lucky Day By GENE BYRNES an" the TtACHER SAID HE COULD HAVE ANYTHINQ ENQRAVEO ON IT THAT HE WANTED ^1 AFTER RNMEAD (^ETS THROUqH TMROWIN' i BOUpUETS AT HIMSELF i I'D LIKE TO READ V/HATS ON THAT MEDAL