The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-06
WANTS OWN FLAG
Canada With UnrepresentatNe
Ensign Seeks Ideas for Proper
Heraldic Device.
MAPLE LEAF IN HIGH FAVOR
Emblem Now In Uss unaUtnoriEsd
and No Longer Represents Canada
as Five Of I've Provinces Are
Net included.

MISUNDERSTANDING Is uauou DuN
II has no nag. Herein Il Is unique
among all nations.
\ so.called Canadian fiag Is In use |
but Its use Is unauthorized and II no |
longer represents Canada. 1t Is the !
red ensign Of the British mercantile |
marine with the coat OF arms of On.
turlO, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick In Quartercd shield on
the field Of the fiag
This flag, by warrant dated Feb
ruary 2. 1902, was authorized by the
/ British admiralty. ITO be used on
board vessels registered In the Do.
mlnion." This limits It's domain 10
Canadian merchant ships, as no au.
thorlzatlon was given TO ny II on
shore. when Il Is flown on land. Il Is
out OF It's Jurisdiction. In any case,
It has not been formally adopted by
the Canadian people and II now has
decided limitations.
Its shield contains the devices OF
only four Of the nine provinces which
now form the Dominion of Canada.
The four coats of arms make an al
most indecipherable emblem owing to
1 the crOwdlng Of their devices into 50
small space, II the emblem was
brought up to date by adding the arms
or the other five provinces the result
would be hopeless confusion of
amurial bearings; The Significance
would be destroyed and the flag be
lacking In distinction and beauty.
AustraIia's Flau
Australia when It organized it's
commonwealth, chose n flag from 30
900 competing designs II has the
Union Jack In the upper ieft.haEl cor
ner, with the constellation Of the
southern cross, white on blue field.
New Zealand also has flag. II In
nlso based on thr southern cross con-
stellaiion, red stars on a blue field
There are only four stars compared
with AusTalia's six.
As for South Africa, Premier Snuts
has declared that she too, Will have
her own national flag
The Manitoba Free Press, speaking
for n province not represented in the
present unofficial Canadian ensign. Is
aHitnting for new Canadian flag and
has received hundreds Of proposed de-
signs. The Free Press Itself puts for
ward an adoption of the most proml'
, nent feature Of northern skies as az
appropriate design. Certainly the
clipper" and the pole star are not
without some symbolism 10 most Ca
nadinns. The dipper, the Free Press
says. lis the conspicuous constellation
~ our Canadian heavens, circling
slowly around the steadfast poiaI
star: Il lights up the night sky over
the Atlantic provinces and over the
Pacific slopes OF British Columbia: II
circles above the night silences Of the
Western prairIes: Il can be seen by
the trRpper in the woods Of the North
west territories, by the settler on his
homestead, by the city dwell.r high
above the glitter Of his lamp-llt streets
the most distinctive constellation o'
the northern hemisphere" The dip
per and the pole star, 1t thinks, lOOk
as though they were u great heraldit
emblem on the dark field of the Cana
dian night sky, and II seems natura
to take them down and emblazOn then
on the white field Of flag for the
young Canadian nation. The only Oh
lection would come from those wh'
objected to Kipling's "Our Lady of tn,
Shows" Dc
Favor Maple Leaf.
Most suggestions involve some us
of the maple leaf.
NatiOnhoOd flowers in II flag, think
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this way: Canada has one OF tn
great geographical surfaces OF tn
world. Canada has a vigorous, thriy
ing and enterprlsing people. Canad
sent 100000 men 90 the war, good sol
diers who fought with distinction an
put lustcr on the Canadian name
Canada has rich tradition benin
her; her laws and system OF govern
lnent are rooted IN the principles q
liberty and Justice; the great higl
way of national expansion Is openin
, before Canada, and as nation she
preparing to walk IN IL; Canada
status and nationality have never bee
so universally admitted as they are Il
day, and despite all this, Canada lack
u the distinctive badge Of rationale
u nossessed by even the smallest an
i humblest nntiOn---a national flag, TIL
national flag stands for somethin
n vital In the nation, National flags al
n cmhIems around which nations rail-
The crosses on the Union Jack, III
n lion Of Scotland the lion Of Englan
p the Irish harp, the stars and bars
Ie odd Glory are Of Il piece with the nj
u ! rtnpal life out Of which they merge"
+" Fewer Children In AuBtflR,
,.i,rro . IuriOug freaks of nom