Show Canada Fights Strangest War With Industry Instead of Guns Gun When Canadian Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- O OTTAWA dian Prime Minister W. W I L. L Mackenzie King won a vote of confidence in his special war mandate election in late March it unleashed forces which permit continuance ance once of the strangest war any nation has ever seen Having straight straightforwardly straight for for declared de dared war against Nazi 1 find themselves forced to fight not on the western front PHILIP but at home U. U S. S Volunteer Their weapons weapons ons are Industry and agriculture not guns To be sure one division of ot troops has already been sent abroad but this was more to pacify pacy the Canadians Cana than because Great Britain wanted them There are already too many men on the western front and the allies are In greater need of economic resources To make it even more unusual a large number of the Canadian troops sent abroad or held for training train ing are American volunteers of whom between and are said t to have crossed the border since war began Unlike 1914 when hostilities brought feverish recruiting of men I Ifor for cannon fodder and women for i nursing and bandage making the war of 1940 19 finds Canada going along much as usual Only a few select troops are accepted and they must pass rigid examinations Women no longer needed for wrap bandage ping and sock knitting are cone conc i- i instead on saving food working in offices and factories Nor is Great Britain demanding huge quantities of foodstuffs as in 1914 Canadian farmers who expected expected ex ex- such a rush are left with bulging granaries I As a source of war supplies and anda a training ground for allied aviation Canada is rapidly becoming so Important Important Im Im- that many believe it may maybe maybe maybe be the British empires empire's most Important Important tant Industrial center when the war warIs waris waris is over Some pilots from England Australia New Zealand and other parts of the empire are being given their final training in Canada The dominion is also manufacturing ing planes shells and automobiles Battleships may also be built there eventually for Canada is now making making mak mak- ing smaller naval vessels As never before Canada at war warIs warIs waris Is emphasizing her financial independence independence inde inde- from England acting almost al most as a separate nation Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- dian dlan securities held in England are being repatriated and worth of held Canadian-held American securities are being told sold back to the floe United States The dominion is financing all munitions manufacturing herself herselt granting credits to Britain and earmarking earmarking ear ear- marking her gold for Britain When peace finally comes she will not only be independent of London but may actually be a creditor nation |