PAGE TWO DAILY EDITION THE DAILY NEWS. PRINCE RUPERT. BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by Prince Rupert Daily News Limited, Third Avenue. H. F. PULLEN. MANAGING-EDITOR uS$gmaL. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1941 Voluntary Enlistment or Conscription . J As it was in the third year of the First Great War, Canada is today on the point of choosing between a continuation of the policy of voluntary enlistment for overseas military service or the adoption of a form of conscription. Due to the slowness, more particularly in recent months, of eligible young men to come forward and offer their services to reinforce the ranks of the fine Canadians whn wiMinnr nnprnimi hnvp ah-f-nrlv s;rnltprl themselves for the greatest adventure in defence of their country and its democratic principles, Canada may soon be forced to throw overboard the policy of allowing men! to cnoose ot their own tree will to choose how and where they will serve in the army and replace it with the draft system whereby men, are called up by classes and sent to such services at the authorities, without consideration by personal wishes of the men themselves, consider they are most needed or best adapted under conditions which may prevail at the moment. Sincere efforts are being made by the government, committed as it is like the opposition to the policy of vol-untai-y enlistment rather than conscription, to make a go of the voluntary system. One of the latest moves was to call into the various military headquarters across the country representative civilian citizens to hear about the army's need of men what the army has to offer those who enlist voluntarilv todav and it has sompthi no- tn offer and to send these men back to their home com-! mumties to disseminate this information and do what they can to encourage recruiting in the army. The first of such conferences were held in Victoria last week, the second followed soon after in Calgary and more will be hPIn in SllPPOCairm nnrnoj f V r, rimniniVn HTU T)t, T.. , ...v ... uuv.i.vk'uiuii cii uoo nic i-suuuuiim. A lie 1 I111CC i pert delegates were impressed vuth all they had keenUndU heard and, while possibly feeling that compulsory selec-l tive service will be the only ultimate and effective an-' swer in reaching those who are required, have undertaken the task of dointr what thev can. wit.hnnf. annwJ ing to be too presumptuous in the matter, "to sell the army." Their line of action will soon be made known. The principal talking points are the need for men, the inducements which the army has to offer, particularly, as compared with what it had a quarter of a century ago for the brave young men who fought the battles then, and the fact that there is still a chance for volunteers to make some choice in the matter instead of bein-put where they are told as is done with draftees. It is because the men of Canada are failing to rise to the country's need in the hour of danger and crisis that the voluntary system of enlistment may have to be thrown overboard. Few at heart want to see that done. The men who advocate conscription most strongly in many cases are those who abhor ir tho mncr nnVi i,m,iri most like to see voluntary enlistment meet the situation. However, there is a growing feeling that it will not work and that conscription would be the fairer to all concerned. ' t While civilian committees, even if they may feel it a waste of time and effort, will do What they can in a conscientious and earnest way, the answer as to whether it is to be voluntary enlistment or conscription will come from the men who are themselves involved. Conscription can, m the ultimate, be obviated only bv the action of the men who would themselves be conscripted HOME OX ONE WING LONDON, Nov. 12: W An R. A, F. pilot brought his Hurricane home safely from France although one wing was partly blown away, the gasoline tank punctured and the plane riddled with 200 bullet holes, LIKED THEM MEDIAEVAL SOUTHWELL. Enc. Nov 12- ( Wilfred Randolph, who died' '"'' n, i,ouu to a local catholic church building fund on condition the church "is designed on English mediaeval lines arid free from any modernist elements." Sn'trn?1'!,1116"1 "fu PubUshed or displayed by the Liquor Control "Hoard or by the Government of British Columbia. Remembrance Day At Borden Street School Observed (i , . ' ( Rsmembrance Day observance SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' "was carried out at Borden Street Subscription Rates in City Per Year, $5.00; Half Year, $2.50; One School on Monday In accoitiance Month, 50c; One Week, I2c. Out-of-Town Subscribers by Mall. $3.00 th the regulations of the Dc- a Year. Advertising: and Circulation Telephone 98 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN I'KESS The Canadian Press Is exclusively eartltled to use far publication of all news despatches credited to It or to the Associated Press In this paper and ako the local news published therein. All rights of republlowtton of apeotal despatches therein ore also reserved THE DAILY NEWS partment of EducWtan. The pupils were assembled In the music room and took part In the following (program. "O Canada." by the school. "The Lord's Prayer" 'in unison'. "Land of Our Birth" 'chorus). Recitation, "I Vow to Thee. My Country." Monica Holtby Special Remembran -p Day pray er by the school, led by Miss LU lian Halliwell. 'O God, our Help n Aes "as4 by the .sohool. Ai&tem by Principal J. S. Wilson on "Our Part in the Remembrance Day Observance and our Duty to the Country." This was followed by "The Sil-rnc?" after which the puoils sang In Flankers Fields" and then , h national anthem. The rpom was appropriately debaratetli for the ocrasion with Tr '!?fs; done by the pupils of the senior grades based on the flower of remembrance, the poppy. Aoeompanlsts were Mlas Halll-weM. Rase Marie Hart wig and Dsl-i-a Hanklnwn. ONE TIME SAM PEI'VS LONDON. Nov. 12: 9 Sir James Brooks, former Director of Navy Victualling at the Admiralty died at his home in Wlmborne, Dorset He was 78. Canada must have more than flags and phrases to check the mad dog of Europe. Britain must have more than cheers and words. She must have tanks, ships, guns, planes and shells. Not next year! Not next month hut NOW! Should defeat step over our threshold ir would he too late. ' ... For Canada's sake for your own sake stop talking. Begin to do something. All You Have Is Not Too Much To Give. We are faced with the greatest army, the Moodiest gang of Landits the world has ever known. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBT ,. GIVE IRISH LONDON. Nnv n. brigade formed' from fcJ servln In the army. ma, ganlzed won, Du-o R w' Financial Sr;tary t-,' v . Off'ce. o'.d th. Hou.- u. ir FIRST AERIAL BATTlr The first air battle W3, t m 1808 with Z Hshting a duel wl h m ascending balloons. -a A We would he fools to think that cheers will check' a Panzer drive that patriotism is enough. BRITAIN NEEDS YOUR DOLLARS, your dollars hammered into irresistible weapons of war. These are the only things the foam flecked Nazi dog can understand. Are you so dead to danger that your country must plead with you must entreat you to save yourselves? Hasn't the fate of Belgium and Norway, of Francet anil Denmark uwakened you to your periL ' & Get your dollars out. Get them husy, NOW. Buy More War Savings Certificates. Honour your pledges. The help of every Canadian is needed for Victory. In these days of war the thoughtless, sclfiih tpenderis a traitor to our war ejjort. A reduction in personal spending is now a vital necessity to relieve the pressure for goods, to enable more and more labour end materials to be diverted to Winning the war. The all-out effort, which Canada mutt n,r,l .7 i. .i ir , . . , , f . . " seij-uemai oj eacn t . rr- c r i oj us. Invest m War Savings Ccrtijicates the dollars you don't need to spend. After Victory they - 1 , ' " " " you can snd more then, uhen labour , and materials will be available for the things you need. There is no price too high for" freedom! SUPPORT THE WAR WEAPONS DRIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY SPEND LESS -TO BUY MORE WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES Publulud by w War Saving! Committee, Ottawa. 34