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THE   PRINCE   GEORGE   CITIZEN
Thursday, SeptemK.. 2?
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
(Established 1916)
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"There is no death! What seems so is transition.
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Whose portal we call death."
Editorials
THE   CRISIS
Human nature being what it is, it is possibly natural that the most drastic criticism of the solution offered in the Czechoslovakian crisis by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain and his ministers, according to press and radio reports, emanates from within the British Empire. It is just another example of the splendid democracy under which we in the British Empire live. Such phrases as "the most humiliating experience" and "the most ignominious surrender" in the history of the Empire are allowed to be published in the press and broadcast over the government controlled radio from) London. One does not have to be possessed of much imagination to visualize the fate of any editor or radio announcer in Germany who used such expressions in speaking of any action Gf the Fuehrer. At the samt* time it is a debatable point as to whether such drastic and severely critical utterances should not be withheld until both sides of the question have been thoroughly discussed and analyzed.
Apparently a widespread feeling exists throughout the British Empire that sooner or later the democratic nations of the world will have to take up arms against Hitler, and that now is as good a time as any. That is purely a matter of opinion that may be classed more or less as flag waving. The members of Prime Minister Chamberlain's government evidently do not think that the Sudeten-Czech situation justifies throwing the world into a world war that for downright frightfulness will surpass anything of its kind in the world's history.
The war of 1914-1918 was certainly understood to have been fought in the interest of democracy. In the Treaty of Versailles boundaries were arbitrarily set by members of the peace conference and it was then generally understood that the heterogeneous people thus banded together under the new boundaries set by the peace conference should ultimately have the right of self-determination. While it is probable Hitler is not very deeply concerned over the rights and wrongs of the 3,500,000 Sudeten Germans who have signified their desire for a plebiscite to determine whether they will be absorbed into what they call their native land—Greater Germany—his championing of their cause under the guise of fighting for the underdog gives him a tremendous edge in the negotiations with the democratic nations which virtually places them on the spot if they oppose the right of self-determination. The Sudenten-Germans claim they are being ruled by what to them amounts to a foreign power—the Czechs—and they say they v/ish to be ruled (or persecuted, whichever happens to be your opinion) by the Germans.
The land occupied today by Czechoslovak! was parcelled out of Hungary for strategic reasons at the finish of the Great War at the demand of the French, regardle-.s of the nationalities involved, and the move was possibly influenced more by the historic custom "to the victoc belong the spoils" rather than to the more laudable and constructive idea of benefitting the peoples involved.
This being the case there should be little doubt in the minds of democratic people of the world that the Sudeten-Czech situation does not call for a world war which would destroy millions of lives of innocent women and children regardless of the fighting units involved, particularly when there is hardly any doubt that when it finished there still would exist the canker in middle Europe caused by the ruthless partitioning of Hungary,
Rather than the drastic criticisnvof Great Britain's prime minister and the premier of France for their action in trying to avert a world war, they are deserving of commendation for their tactful handling of the greatest responsibility ever placed on two public leaders in the history of the world.
It would be much more helpful in the ultimate solution of the difficulty were the public to fall back on the facts of history which prove that the leaders of Great Britain are more often right than wrong in their handling of international situations, and so far have always satisfactorily "muddled through."
ROWELL   COMMISSION
Fears are expressed in the eastern press that with the province of Ontario and Alberta definitely refusing to participate in gov ernmental sessions of Canadian provincial premiers, and Quebec holding more or less aloof, that the Rowell Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations will follow in the footsteps of the long list of Royal Enquiries that have from time to time been appointed to try and solve our National difficulties, but got nowhere.
Alfred Miller
Erects Cream Plant at Telkwa
Will be Modernly Equipped for
Butter and Ice Cream
Making
Alfred Miller, proprietor of the Interior creamery located in Prince Gorge, and one of the city's most thriving industries, left on Tuesday morning for Telkwa to establish his third creamery in the past ten years-A site has been secured and timber is on the ground and Mr. Miller goes to personally supervise the construction of the   new   plant.^ It will be
ALFRED MILLER
equipped for butter making and ice cream making and will entail an expenditure of between $7,000 and $10,-000.
In 1928 Mr. Miller built the Derwent Creamery in Alberta and operated it until 1931 when he disposed of it to other interests. In 1932 he came to Prince George and organized the Interior Creamery building in the fall of that year. The Interior Creamery has been manufacturing butter steadily since and has built-up an enviable re-puttion for the quality of its products besides helping te establish the dairying industry in this district on a solid basis
The new creamery at Telkwa will prove a welcome addition to that district and will do much to assist the dairying business of that section of central B.C.
"CORRIGAN"
J. Gillis. of the Prince George Home Oil Agency, has handed the Citizen the following verses, commemorating the lone flight of Airman Corrigan across the Atlantic recently:
The Wearing- of the Green, i938
•Version O, Paddy dear and did you hear the
news that's going round; The shamrock blooms as ne'er before,
all o'er the Irish ground, Corrigan has come   to Dublin town,
and right on top of that, Dennis Mulligan winks   his eye  and
says "What's that?" O, they met him at the airport and
they took him by the hand, Says he. What place is this, O, tell me
where I stand? Sure,  you're in    the  most delightful
country this world has ever seen, Where they're hanging them no longer
for the wearing of the green. You say your name is Corrigan. Indeed you're one of us, And if way back in Washington they
should raise a little fuss, Remember    Denny    Mulligan,     he'll
laugh to beat the band. Then cut red tape until you've crossed
the Rio Grande. For he's a son of Erin, and Irishmen
are clever, Of course he'll understand your most
collosal error. So put this   shamrock   in your hat,
don't cast it at your feet, There's   a   grand    reception    waiting
you, sure you need a bite to eat. When the law said JNo" to a lad like
you. 'bout flying from New York, 'Twas the smart thing that you did, to
head for County Cork. The  weather  didn't  matter  with  its
fog and winds and rains, The power that brought you over lad.
was the blood within your veins. So stick around a while my lad, we'll
take you to our heart, For  Irish sons  and  colleens  will  always do their part; There's whispers of a grand reception
whe'n your truly headed west. If you know    New York    Irish, you
know they'll do their best To spring the biggest   welcome that
Broadway's ever seen, The Goldstein's  and  the Inskys will
all be wearing green. So now you have our blessing in this
free and happy land, Where ne'er again we'll feel the heavy
tyrant hand, Of course God's with the Irish, that's
plainly to be seen, In America today, they're wearing of
the green.
—Neil P. McGowan.
Concrete abuttments are being placed at the Kitsegucla river highway traffic bridge, Skeena Crossing, near Hazelton, and the superstructure will be placed on them in the coming spring. This is a replacement of the bridge carried out by the floods three years ago. and is a necessary link in the Hazelton-Prince Rupert highway.
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