Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-19
SISTER NATION
WANTS OWN FLAG
Canada With Unrepresentative
Ensign Seeks Ideas for Proper
HeraIdic Device.
MAPLE LEAF IN HIGH FAVOR
Emblem Now in Use Unauthorized
and No Longer Represents Canada
n Five Of Its Provinces Are
Not Included.

10 a lidllbll nut
ii has no flag. Herein it is unique
among all nations.
so-called Canadian flag is in use
hut fits use is unauthorized ami il no
longer represents Canada. II i the
red ensign OF the British mercantile
marine with the coat of arms Of on
tario. Quebec, Nova Scotia AMI New
Brunswick in Quartercd shield ON
the field OF the flag.
This Nag. 10y warrant dated Feb
rnary =, 1892. was authorized 10y tia.
British admiralty. ito Ice used on
bOari vessels registered in the DO
mini0n.'' This limits It's domain 10
Canadian merchant ships. - uo au-
thOriIation was given to fly il on
shore. When IL is flown an land. ii il
out OF its jurisdiction. In amy case.
it has not been, formally adopted 10y
the Canadian people ana il now has
decided Limitations.
Its shield contains The devices of
only four of the nine provinces which
HOW form the Dominion of Canada.
The four coats of arms make an ~
Nest indcciphrralle emblem owing Ia
the crowdinS OF their devices into 50
small Il space. IL The emblem was
brought up To date 10y adding the arms
Of lhe other five provinces. the result
would hc hopeless confusion of
srmorial bearings; the significance
wunld be destroyed and the flag be
hacking in distinction and beauty.
Australia's Flag.
Australia when IL organized IT'S
commonwealth. chose II dag from 30
Wai competing designs. II has the
Jn.on Jack in the upper lcfi-hand cor
u"r. with the constellation Of the
southern cross. white OH blue field.
New Zealand also has iia=. II X
also based on the southern cross con-
>Icllari"n. red stars on q blue field.
There are only four stars compared
with AuSiralia'S six.
As Tor South Africa. Premier Sl"a.s
has declared that she. too. will have
her own national flag.
The Manitoba Free Press spr;l,in.
for province not represented ia thr
present Unofficial Canadian ensign. Is
s.ita:ing for new Canadian ilag and
has received hundreds of proposed de
si;:ilS The Free Press itself puts for
ward an adoption Of the most prCmi-
uent feature Of northern skies aS an
appropriate design. Certainly the
clipper" and the p"lc star are not
without some symbolism Ia most C;,-
nadans. The dipper. the Free Press
says. lis tho conspicuous constellation
of. cnr Canadian heavens. cirriing
slowly around Tie StcadfaSl pu.aT
star: il lights up the night sky over
the Atlantic provinces AMI over the
Pacific slopes of British Columbia il
circles above the night SilcuccS "f the
WcStcrn prsiricS; il can Lee seen 10y
the trapper in the woods "f the North
west territories. by the settler ou his
homestead. by The city dwrll"r high
above the glitter of his i3mp-lit streets
the most distinctive constellation or
tie northern hemisphere" The dip
per and tic pole star, it thinks. look
as though they were i great heraltlic
emblem OF The dark field uf the Cana
dian night sky. and ii seems natural
tu take them down and crnblaZon them
on The white field of a flag for the
young Canadian nation. The only Oh
lection would come from those who
objected to Kipling's Our Lady Of the
SHOWS"
Favor Maple Leaf.
Most suggestions involve some use
OF the maple leaf.
Nationhood flowers in fag. thinks
.he Free Press, which argues the case
this way: Canada has ono OF the
great geographical surfaces of the
world. Canada has a vigorous, thriv-
ing and enterprising people. ,'nnada
sent G00.O00 men Ia the war. COOL sol
dicrs Who fought with distinction and
put iuster OF the Canadian name :;
Canada has a rich tradition behind
her: her laws and system of govern
nicnt are rooted in the principles or
liberty and Justice: the great high
Way Of national expansion i opening
before Canada. and as a nation she i
preparing To- walk in it; Canadian
status and nationality have never been
so universally admitted as they are to-
day. and despite all this, Canada lacks
the distinctive badge OF nationality
possessed by even the smallest and
humblest national national flag. The
national flag stands for something
vital in the nation National flags are
emblems around which nations rally
The crosses on the Union Jack, the
lion of Scotland. the lion Of England
the Irish harp, the stars and bars of
Old Ciory' are Of a piece with the ma