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A sermon for busineSS men might be pneached on the text “Sufficient \unto the day is the evil thereof." )And\, as an example to preachers, most of What might be said‘ is comâ€" qpnessed' into the thought that the text from Saint Matthew meant that fear of the future should not pre- vent doing today’s job as well as one knows how, and not to permit fears of the future from building strongly. Those who must decide the deli- cate question as to whether a plant expansion in war time will or will not lbanlcruyt the company in peace cannot sing with the ancient Horace that “ . . . . . the soul be joyful in the present, disdaining anxiety for the future.” There is a middle ground. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, nev- er, so far as is known, Wrote confiâ€" dential manket letters to important clients advising them on buys and sells and commenting on politics and! economics. But he did write someâ€" thing which might well be the out- lline of policy for executives who never thought of including a volume 'of poetry on the office book-shelf: Build today, then, strong and sure, The New Year in 1915, 1916, 1917 03' 1918 prolbalbly did not cause as much anxiety as the New Year in 1940. In the earlier era so much time had elapsed and the world had so changed since the previous great war that no one could predict with authority what would follow the WilheLm abdication and the success of the Allied arms. Today, the world remembers so-vividly unpleasant asâ€" pects of the Great War’s aftenmath that while none doulbts the military and naval outcome, many are ex- pressing fears that the economic consequences of a new armistice and peace will ruin utterly the business life of a civilization dependent (in the exchange of goods and services. One must have respect for the longhead‘ed' individuals who ever seem to be ready for the seven lean years. Yet the healthy person who stays ind‘oons when it rains though duty calls him out is craven, espe- cially if, as most successful {business men are, he is possessed of rulhlbens and! rain coats and umfbrellas, With a firm and ample base; And» ascending and secure Shall tomorrow find its place. Historians have pointed out that although civilizations die, Civiliza- tion always advances. With this truth in mind it ought to rbe pessâ€" ib‘le for us in Canada to plan with the confidence that, as we have a great country and are individually and collectively resourceful and competent, mentally and physically, we can. solve the problems as they arise. Our greatest dangers lie not in inability to meet and solve our im- mediate problems but, rather, in an old: Canadian habit of providing too soon .or too generously for future Freight Sheds At Maple FIRST CLASS BREAD FLOUR ALSO MONARCH PASTR‘! FLOUP CAFETERIA LAYING MASH. 0.A.C. Formula MILKMAKER. 0.A.C. Formula FINE SALT, 10-0 hbs. . . . . . . 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Casa Loma, where no 'one could afford to live, ought to “be useful as a warning against do- ‘ing ourselves in by doing ourselves too well. We will avoid much trouble in the future if we prevent our gov- ernments from having such an ex- travagant regard for us at our own expense. Canada’s future will 'be (brighter 'than that of other countries [because of our natural advantages. But we can spoil that future if we do not elect penny-pinchers to public office and if we succumb in our private Ibusinesses be the prophets of gloom and try to sell everything a moment or two before a new government is set up in Berlin.â€"-Printedl Word. Ideological differences have not interfered- gTeatly with commercial relations between two coumtries whose economic pattern is compli- mental-y â€"- Russia, the supplier of raw materials; Germany the pro- ducer of machinery and industrial products. Nor have political “motions” both. ered the general staffs of the two countries, whose military experts have a recond of extensive co-operaâ€" .tion in the postwar period. And; what is less often recalled' is the fact that, both before and since the Hitler regime, there has been a basic political coâ€"operatjon between Berlin and Moscow. There have been disagreements andJ diffiâ€" culties. There has rbeen insults and propaganda. But one of the early diplomatic acts of the Hitler Gov- ernment was to rerverw a treaty oi friendship with Russia. WHY RUSSIA DID IT Across the diplomatic map of Euâ€" rope, Germany and‘ Russia are walk- ing armâ€"in-anm. It is an amazing spectacle, but it has happened be- fore. Stalin and Hitler took a cue from the Iron Chancellor andl timed their moves with a dleftnsvss which Bis. mal‘ck himself mighot envy. They raiserl the old spectre of the unit- ing forces of western Eur-ope. Yet there is something more. They have submerged their ideological differences to suit the convenience of the moment. Thus to announcement of Rusmd German coâ€"operation‘ pl-arus, it Is reasonably accurate to apply the phrase, credited to a Frerch d'iplomn. atis’c: “We are astonished but not 5111‘- prised.” While there. are ideolog'cal difrffr- ences, there are certain similarities which bring the two countries to- gether. These are similarities of method; more than of concept, or ‘vphilos-ophy. One is that both re- gimes are founded upon force. An- other is that both hold- their posi- tions through the use of almost un- limited terror. Amt still another is that, regardless of their protestaâ€" tions, neither regime places respect for the role of the individual citi- zen upon a basis where public sentâ€" iment or opinion weighs; in the de- termination of immediate policies. The rule ‘by the.minority group, the development of a “single party" system, the contemrit for parliaâ€" mentary procedure, and] the use of a strident nationalism, and the pres- sure against established religion â€"â€" all of these are methods which ’both dictatorships find useful. It would be misreading the situation to say ‘that these things form the 'basis of a permanent co-ope1'ation. But they establish an atmosphere in which sudden united action for a given purpose springs readily to the hand of the Kremlin and the Wilhelmsâ€" trasse. This does not mean that no pracâ€" tical differences exist. The German campaign against Bolshevism is not to Ibe forgotten overnight. The Reich’s eastward aspirations may be withheld for a time, but the declar. ation of Hitler, made at the Nuremâ€" vburg Party Congress in 1936, was recalled. the instant word of the German-Russian non-ag~gression plan was heard: “If We had the Urals Similarly Best-Litovsk is- not to be forgotten. The treaty itself, by which: Germany and] Russia conclud- ed their separate peace, was twice set aside. It was abrogated by the Allied victory. It was formally re- nounced. between Russia and Germ. any in 1922. But it stands as a . . .SiIberia. . .the Ukraine, National Socialist Germany would be swimm- ing in surplus prosperity.” written record of the aspirations of teutonic expansionists -â€" a. record in which Russia was stripped of a third of her land and} population. Germany â€" fovbiddien {by the Verâ€" sailles Treaty from maintaining any- thing but a nominal military estab- lishment â€" made use of schools and plants on Soviet sroi‘l. Existence of the actual agreement to this effect is debated. But the fact of the co- operation is well established. Some authorities contencl that it continued until as late as 1935. Others con. tend the agreement lapsed in 1927, after its pwblic “revelation.” Thus there are always three fact- orsvâ€"the forces of attraction, the diftferences and the empediences of the moment. The point is that too often only the differences and the exrped‘iences have been weighed. The situation which brought co- operation between the military forces of the two countries may be used) to illustrate this point. After the Ra‘pallo treaty in 1922, in which Germany and Russia linked them- selves together in protest against their mutual ostracism', the Russian andi German general staffs began a significant working agreement. Meanwhile, Russia was m need of military technicians just as Germany needed training outlets. German ex- ‘perts played) a large dart in the deâ€" SAgning' of the Red Army. They had a field for a good deal of pnactical “experience. Amd in the Reich 2. “‘prOrRussian” school of thought ‘continued within the General staff â€" a school regardmg Poland as the potential enemy and: Russia. as the “back door to be left open” in the traditional Bismarckian manner. Then in shanp contrast to this wonking arrangement â€"â€" known and? tolerated by the Soviet regime â€" was the sudden punge of 1937, in which the leading Soviet generals were executed. There were domestic reasons for the purge. But the fact that the generals- themselves were the leading exponents of military co-opera.tion with Germany was clearly one of the considerations. The Soviets found a reversal of policy expedient. The policy was re- versed. It dloes not drisrpmve the advantages of Russo-German mili- tary arrangements. Nor does it prove that these advantages could not be utilized again the moment it became expedient to do so. And then there is Maxim Litvin» oflf. For two decades he playedl an important role in Russian foreign policy. He introduced the Soviet’s co-operation with the Western pow- ers, for Geneva and the League, for the attainment rby the Soviets of a place of “respectability” at diplo- matic council tables. All this involved‘ a common pol- icy with nations which regarded the dictatorships as a potential threat to peace. As long as Lit'vin-off re- mained Foreign Minister, a policy of close action with Germany seemed ruled' out. In May of this year, he “resigned.” The reorientation of Soviet policy was not, at that time, fully explained. But it was apparâ€" ent that a number of factors, among them the Soviet pique at being exâ€" cluded’ from the deliberations of M-uni-chv, had operated to thrnow the emphasis more fully upon whatever adrvantages â€" actual or strategic â€" could be achieved from again re- minding the world that the bear is not only the syrmlbrol of Russia but of Berlin as well. Immediately one is inclined1 to point out that in all these things there are contradictions. The Red ‘Anmy purge, for instance, indicates a weakening of the relation with Genmany; the post-Litvinoff policies indicate a strengthening of rela- tions. Apparently the course of true diplomacy never did run smooth. But one of the apparent contradic- tions some basic trends may be perâ€" ceived. They must be taken with reservations. In the swift current of the moment, the shifts my swing through a full circle. It is a. fact which the Soviets and the Genmans chose to refunbish am} to brandish for their individual, or collective end's. A parallel Genman and Soviet p01- icy remains a matter of strategy. But it has been a {basic consideraâ€" tion which was never absent from international fonmuTae. It may be outraged or evoked as the needs of the two dictators require. But as one historian has phrased it, the Treaty'of Versailles was draftedv on the day the Kaiser and his ministers abandoned the Bismarokian policy or utilization of Russian might. \B’uy Canadian â€" Buy British, and help win the war. TliE LIBERAL, RICHMONU HILL, ONTARIO Premier Daladier told the deputies that to November 30, the war has cost the lives of only 1,136 French soldiers, 260 sailors and 42 ainmen. He contrasted these casualties with the situation in December, 1914, when France had.1 already counted‘ 480,000 dead, had lost the battles of the frontiers, won the Battle of the Marne and: fought with 10 As souvenfirs of their 'hike to the summit of Tunnel Moun- tain during their visit to Banff. Their Majesties, King George and Queen Elizabeth have both graâ€" ciously accepted the silver insig- nia of the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. King George borrowed an alpenstock from the Sky Line Trail Hikers which he used for his mountainâ€" eering adventure, and at the sug- ns‘rinn M Dim McGowan. Presi- inelr Magesues Accept Hikers’ Badges French departments Under German [Phone HYland 2081 Open Evenings occupation David loved bread? and jelly. His mother usually purchased’ sliced 'bread. One day she bought a loaf of unsliced lbread. When he saw her apply- the butcher knife, he askâ€" ed): “What’s that bread all stuck stuck together fou'?" dent of this organization, the Parks Branch of the Canadian Government has been asked to erect a cairn on the top of Tunâ€" nel Mountain to be named after King George, and also to erect a lookout at a point known as the green spot on Stoney Squaw Mountain to be called Queen Elfi- zabeth’s View, as Her Majesty was particularly delighted with the panorama of the Canadian Rockies at Banff from that point Johnston 6; branston MANUFACTURERS & IMPORTERS 0F CANADIAN & FOREIGN Granite Monuments Res. Phone 9788 1849 Yonge St. (east side) Between Merton & Bal-liol Sta. The Sky Line Trail Hikers is ac- tive in promoting hiking expedi- tions through the trails of the National Parks in the Canadian Rockies, and holds an annual four day camp which will be loâ€" cated next August 4â€"7 in Ptar- migan Valley, north of Lake Louise. Sir Edward Beatty, G.B.E., K.C., LL.D., is the honorary pres- ident and the secretary and foun- der is J, Murray Gibbon of Mont- reaL PAGE SEVEN