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Domestic.
Treason trial of Canadian soldier in England. Considerable prominence for trials, with exception taken in some papers to fact that that of Private Galaher is secret.
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Meat. "Ottawa Journal", commenting on controversy over meat rationing, says that two fundamental facts are being lost sight of one, that Canada has contracts with Britain she may not be able to meet, and two, that failure to meet those contracts and supply Europe with at least some of meat expected from Canada may endanger one of her best future export outlets for commodity of which she will most certainly have surplus.
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1. Lend-Lease. United States decision to end Lend-Lease given great prominence, with many editorials. Widespread concern and aympathy for Britain's position, but comment generally restrained, and stressing situation is delicate, and calls for cool thinking. Emphasis on importance of Keynes mission, and hopes that United States and United Kingdom will develop satisfactory new financial a srangements. Some of more imperially-minded papers urge that, vader the circumstances, Canada must not "let Britain down", emphasizing this is not altruism but good business, with several expressing hope that Canadian Mutual Aid will be continued, at any rete until new arrangements have been worked out. Owing largely to fact that Canadian Government has given little publio indication of its attitude, there has been on the whole little comment on steps Dominion should take.
2, Australie. Some publicity for Evatt's atatement that Britain wss denying Australia footing of equality in Pacific peace discussions, and for United Kingdom denial, with marked lack of disposition to support Australian complaint. "Globe-Ma11" taxes opportunity to return to theme of need for more effective Commonwealth machinery for consultation and co-operation, but stresses that, if Dominions are to be treated as equals, they mait "assume the burdena of the views and policies they would se prevail"
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Clothes shortage in Britain. "Ottawa Citizen" pointing out nae of clothing collected in Canada under coming appeal will be cent to United Kingdom, stresses that nowhere has standard of
iring been more drastically cut then in Britain, but that British would never admit need of emergency aid, such as United States has given, and Canada is organizing to give to other countries, and that United Kingdom has actually sent clothes to Europe in rucent months.