The strongest criticism of the, bill, apart from the fact that tt may well be outside the jurisdiction of the Province, is that in no part of It does define Communism. The. inter pretation, with freedom of decision, fe lett with the Attorney-General, who is presumed to know exactly: what Communism is, - Actually it means that freedom of decision will most cases be left to the police, many of whom would have ttle hope at the best of times of distinguishing between Communism and any reasoned plea for social betlerment.
That the mesure Is definitely a. blow at liberty is the interpretation ff at least some editorial writers in {this country, although your correspondent regrets to report that they. fare all too few. One Ottawa paper contributes the following, which worthy of note—"One ventures to suggest that no such sweeping language exists in apy Now, what does the British Chamber of Commerce mean by compromising fin Innocent Chinese. newspaper?
Jaw in any other democratic or free country. Under it, the Attorney-General of Quebec' takes power to close any church in Quebec, provid-Jing he cares to assume otto hold that. a" sermon "preached in that. church. tended 10. produce Communism,—He could cfése any school, He could close McGill University. Tt Is left to him to label as Communism any. political, "social, economic religious theory or profession" with which he may be in disagreement, That Is'nt freedom: "It-isn't tree-dom as we have. known {t for 250 years'in British countries, It 4s the Sort of thing they have in Bolchevist Russia, Nazi Germany, and in, Fascist Hialy. ' The sort of thing productive of the evils which make life in those 'As yet there has not Been a teat case in this Province. Despite Mr. Duplessis' grave: warnings. regarding the seriousness of: the Communist lenient in our' midst, nothing has happened. But it has been prophesied by' liberal groups. that as soon a¥ a conviction is made, there. will be'a fest case to try ahd show that the law Ie ultra, vires, tig ing Was 80 good "Yes,.1 put' an X'on' the side of the: boat"
"rhot's "ailly. "What if we. should om morning, for; a. "considerable Mia teicher, was angry with tty "pirat. you sebld: me, and "now you you, id' It for. having an argument about ghosts, One of them claimed tohave seen a ghost the night "What was dis here glias' doin' when you las' seen him?" asked, the doubte ing: one, tain' belt, noth, fai Canny 'DoKat took his boy' on' the: tram, and" asked the. conduct much will it-be for the "Nothing, if he's und 'After the conductor had taken Donald's. fare, Donald' drew un Ju, ooking. alin puncher looked at, it and. that it be returned to, the...eltehen cooked" mapped, the walla.
"Cooked—nothing," Yeplied the cowpuncher, "I've seen cows, hurt Worse than' that and. get, wel And Now, Professor?
Ax, Amerléan, wauicationict, Protessor, Jane Zimmerman, says that "only potential stenographers, reporters and the dictionary compliers "need knowledge: of spelling nowadays.":
'Our: star reporter has, just gone out, bout he has left this urgent note:—"Ask Jane wy pik.on me? If T goita rite for a lot 0° bonhedded pertessers, blanks magnets, clarks, an' house! <rudges thet, can't spel, hew will they the alfruns?"
Far Enough "A Necno' in an American regiment was running for the back, areas fast as he could go, when' he was stopped bya, white officer, "Don't g8 delay me, sub," said 'Negro, ''se otto be on my.ws know who amt Tm. a general "Boy," replledthe ofiéer, "do' you
"Lordy! exclaimed, the.-Negro, faking & second ook, on sure is Tedidn't think Ta got back that: Mar must. been' travelling' som
yik Gentleman Av Oxford, they preserve the hon-
Jess of the situations which may arise, One morning, a student was called up to the Dean's office and Informed that.
been seen several: times with ter the prescribed Very calmly, the student silo, "But that gid $s my sister"
The Dean, aghast, replied, ter? That girl Is known "Yes, sir," the student replied, maln-" taining his serenity, "It causes mother fand me a great deal of worry."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.