THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 28, 1040. MUTT AND JEFF
50 YOU'RE GONNA GET MARRIED! WELL! WELL! THAT'S ONE DAY OF YOUR LIFE YOU'LL NEVER
FORGET!
YESSIR, I REMEMBER THE DAY THE SWEET WOMAN AND ME WALKED DOWN THE AISLE! AH,ME! WHAT A DAY— BOY WASI HAPPY!
Library, Sunreals Court
YES, A MAN DOESN'T KNOW WHAT REAL HAPPINESS İŞ UNTIL HE GETS
MARRIED
- AND THEN
IT'S TOO
LATE!
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UNITED CANADA DISCOVERS NEW POWERS IN WAR
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CANADIANS MEAN business in their. against aggression. On a 2,700-mile tour of mili- tary airports, factories, and camps from Hamilton to Halifax, a visiting group of American writers and publishers remarked most frequently on Canada's sturdy determination.
sober second thought cided on total war.
and de-
In the sequel, a new fighting Canada has been born.
No longer is Canada battling for Britain as though the struggle were limited to Europe. Britain is still regarded as the first line of defence not only for Canada but for all free people. But the Dominion has become conscious of the need to prepare for hemi- sphere defence. That has brought in a new policy of military Co- operation with the United States. Big Change in Quebec
Another change apparent espe- cially in Quebec is the internal There is no doubt about how the, hostilities when war began in Po-unification of Canada under stress Canada can Canadian people feel, judgingland, Canada saw from the outset of war conditions. from the uniform expressions of that free peoples would have to now be said to have united com- intention to see the war through. stand together, or face the pro-pletely for the first time in 20 Factory workers, businessmen,spect of subjugation one after an- English-speaking, French-speak- | other. ing, military men of all grades, and_governmental officers headed by Prime Minister W. L. Macken- zie King, all are digging in on the common job with vigour and good
cheer.
More United Than Ever
Entering the second year of war at the side of Britain and other members of the British Common- wealth of Nations, Canadians unite ever more firmly in the conviction that their own freedom is bound up with that of the remaining tree peoples on all continents.
Nor is this a conclusion imposed Everywhere we
from went
London,
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in Canada we were pressed with the attitude of inde- pendence. Canada has made its choice voluntarily. Seemingly re- mote from the scene of actual
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For the first nine months of
safe from invasion. The Dominion Canada still felt relatively thought of itself as a supplier of war materials. Men would be sent as needed, but in those first months Britain held the pace of rearmament to a deliberate tempo.
A New Canada Is Born
years. Those familiar with 1914- 1918 say that the present national upsurge already goes far beyond the former war effort.
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Canada's industry, while only beginning to turn out the flow of military essentials that will pour forth in another year, has been transformed in four months. The slow-moving
pace of pre-Blitz- krieg preparations, keyed closely to the British plan for В long war, has given way to а pro- All that changed with Ger-gramme combining speed many's invasion of the Low Coun- endurance. tries some four months ago, Can- ada suddenly found itself thrown with the necessity of turning
A profound change has
on its own resources. Britain the United States for tools and ing pilots nor machine tools formerly Canadian guns could not spare 'planes 'for train- other productive equipment. For-
and Canadian factories. Also, the munition were modeled for made the Atlantic Ocean rapidity of German advances terchange with British artillery, seem as well as small arms. All Cana-
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necessity continues, and Canada is steadily sending aviators and other fighters overseas.
But we saw the newer emphasis everywhere-on preparations for defending Canadian soil if need arises.
In this airm the United States looms large, Canadians are grate- ful and no other word quite expresses their attitude for evi- dences of American support. Our when party arrived at Halifax several of the transferred Amert- at can destroyers had just been sea on trial runs. The Canadians were delighted with them.
On a visit to the ships we found them fully and well equipped, down to new typewriters!
The Courtesies extended to our party lost nothing from Canada's wartime omission of formal dress and dispensable luxury. The Earl of Athlone, Governor General, and Princess Alice graciously received us at Ottawa. The Prime Minister entertained us at dinner. Canadi an-American friendship, long a tradition, is deepening and broad- ening under world stresses!
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Looks Ahead To Peace : Within Canada, too, minor dif ferences are disappearing in the common endeavour. We French Canadians: and :- British' Canadians drilling together, with instructions. given in French, and then the commands barked out in English.
Realistic displays of modem warlare were staged for our bene- At. At the air fields and alr schools that are relied on to turn the tide of battle over England, we saw evidences that this is no idle dream. · Canadians feel- that their airmen are among the best in the world, and impartial ob- serven agree. A
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