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. Woe v' oar.- ~ 5“ ' . JOHN A. Macdonald (left) carriage from the Provincial House. They had just com- POI‘lFayed by "to" Robe“ Building in Charlottetown pleted re-enactment of first

grrggﬁierangy giziszdEéfg: yesterday en route to after; meeting of the Fathers of Con-

non. ride in horse—drawn noon tea at Government federation.

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Edward Island rowed out to the ship to extend the wel- come of the Island province.

In two of the ship's lifeboats. Un-

SIIORTLY AFTER group are rowed ashore Qucen Victoria dropped an- rhor in Charlottetown yester- ia)‘. after re-enacting the l864 voyage here from Que-

l oer City with Fat'iers of Con-

like the original landing, which went virtually unnotic- ed. thousands were on ‘iand to greet the “fathers” yester- day.

. pe brings two of the delegates ashore. centre near shoreline.

colonial secretary for Prince while the remainder of the

1864 IS RE-ENACTED

Costumes, Carriages Lent

l l

Authentic Air To Travel

Rea combined to lead an eerie air men w o landed at Charlotte-l

h town harbor exactly 100 yearsl

federation. William H. Pope. rded figures in silk top mbar fro

“3'5 e m a replica of authenticity to yesterday's ' “i an ancient ship and a line of Fatheiu of Confederation par- ago yesterday disembarkedl drawn carriages driven from the coast guard Ship Ern-l

a . by coachmen In period dress Actors playing the roles of (Continued on page 3 col. 5)

JOHN A. maid. cot-test reenactment is portrayed by actor Rotten fatandinl last) add to». day of the original tans meet- mm“. mummno-uus- mummtmiJohna.

(Continued on page 3, col

, ﬂint (humbling

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1964.

‘ Casting

Accurate In Pageant

The National mission did prominent Canadian actors to represent in the character and image of 100 years ago the orig- inal Fathers of Confederation whose 1864 Charlottetown con- ference was re - enacted hen-e Tuesday.

Casting was as accurate as it colt nslderlngthe

Centennial Com- itil has to h'

'—'i o

id be. co sketchy records that have sur- vived com the original confer- ence and the availability of ac- tors in Canada to play the roles.

In the case of John A. Mac- donald. the leader of Upper Ca- nadian Conservatives who was to become Canada's first fed- eral prime minister in 1867. the casting was a natural: Robert Christie of Toronto.

It has been said of Mr. Chris tie that John A. is beginning to look like him Out of costume and make-up Mr. Christie is a quiet tall man with a shock of greying hair, re c e d i n g well back from the brow. He has clear blue eyes, a large mobile face. and eyebrows which are expressive.

SCOTTISH BROGUE He portrays a debonair indi- vidual, with reddish - brown curly hair and. the high-pitched Scottish brogue characteristic of John A. If one of the Fathers 1)

Queen To Begin Planning Trip 1

LONDON (CPI—The Queen is- to return here from Balmol'al. Castle today to make plans for her visit to Canada next month.;

INSIDE TODAY

Births. deaths . . . . . . .. 3. Classiﬁed . . . . . . 14, is

Women’s Editorials .. .. Kings, Queens, City Summerslde Prince Ce.

took place in the same cham-

rs-enactment her of the Provincial building

a lAs Second Century Begins

‘ Attempt Seen

when ‘ h

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Calm Confidence Is Urged By Top Canadian Leaders

Tangle On

‘ OTTAWA (OP) - Opposlttcnl *IJeader Diefenbaker and Actulgl Prime Minister J. W. Pickers gill struck sparks in the Com-‘ mons flag debate Tuesday with, free—wheeling attacks on each other’s party.

’Y u can't make a flag by putting a slug of political advan- tage. in a juke ox," said ‘ Diefenbaker. "That‘s wha (the, Liberals) tried to do. ,

Mr. Pickersgill said he hoped ‘ Canadians “are. not going to ai- : low one man. drunk for power,l to prevent the people of thlsj country from having a flag ll; they want one." i

As the prolonged debate en- tered its 18th day, Mr. Dicfen , baker again urged the goverli-' merit not to press forward with

PCs Lose Flag Vote

OTTAWA tCPI — A Conserv- ative motion for a flag plebis- cite wilh.four questions was de- feated in the Commons Tues. day night its-69. - ’

The 93 Liberals voting drew support from five Quebec Con-l servatlves including Leon Rat-l cer, Democrats. five Creditistes and four Social

it MPs.

t they

The motion was endorsed by

1 ‘67 Conservatives and two New

I) 9 mo c r a t 8. Barry Mather INew Westminster-l and H. W. Herridge IKootenay Westl.

Diet And Pickersgill

Hag Issue

its proposed design—three red maple leaves on a white ground

; with a vertical blue bar at each

Side. .Vir. Pickersgtll called for an “adult approach"—as long a

ebate as necessary but an ul~ timalc vote for or againSt

patently all hilt one man has the right to “re- vent all of us expressing our- selves" in a vote. he said.

‘ TERME D TALKATHON

But Mr Di-efenbaker had at- ready made it plain the Con- servative opposition is prepared to carry on its talkathon on tne flag beyond the Queen's Octo- ber visit.

He cited past examples 1 Commons filibusters —— without conceding the flag was the su ject of one now—and warned al ways in the past the opposttion had heeen right.

Mr. Dielenbaker Spok-e for more than two hours. his sec- ond address in the flag debate He said if the government cou- tinucs to prcss ahead “we have stood firm and we intend to stand firm."

“We‘re holding up the govern- ment on behalf of millions of Canadians. We're putting tip a meaningful fight for a meaning- ful flag."

Mr. Pickersgill :aid the Ull- ion Jack was the symbol of the in“: of his ancestors “but it isn't the symbol of Canada and the maple leaf is.“

me '. government's proposed design. ‘ “No minority dominated—aw. bewltclied—oy .

3:33:35 Pearson, Premiers look At First Century

_ Prime Miniscr Pearson andlto a re-crcartion of history and the in provincial premiers took to the general problems Canada a long look at Canada's first faces as she prepares to go into

icentury Tuesday and called for ‘ her secohd century.

From London

Anniversary greetings Iroui th Lord Mayor of London welt- received yesterday by Mayor \.

.Walthcn Gaudet who expressed :Ihis delight and appreciation of the remembrance by the Eng- [llsh dignitary of the centennial

, calm confidence in the future.l “Fitst among our naiionai {celem'allon h'ere- Today they set out to find a goals," said Mr. Pearson . i The cable said: "Remember way to amend the constitution j “is national unity.‘ This was

well your visit to London with that was charted here 100 years prerequisite to all others -

lfellow Canadian Mayors last lycar. On behalf of the Corpora1 tion of the City of London and .mysclf I wish you and all the citizens of Charlottetown all good wishes on your 100th An- niversary of the first Confeder- ation Conference held in your city." It was Signed by James Harman. Lord Mayor of Lori- don.

agﬂ- . For the first time since Con- federation, a prime minister and all the premiers came to Charlottetown to take over the ‘same table and chairs used by the Fathers of Confederation. In 90 minutEs of speeches they pooled their views and declared ’ their determination to carry Jll ‘the job of their forefathers. -“—"*"" This, said Mr. Pearson, is a time for “political realism.

LaunCh Platform 'palssion for justice and a gift Fails To Reth . a great duty .Or'oit 01‘ Earth

to perform in a spirit of friend- lliness and compromise," said i

‘ CAPE KENNEDY. I-‘la. l'Al‘tl

The Titan 3A military space

Premier Walter Shaw of Prince Edward Island. “so at the end of Canada‘s second century our rocket scored many objectives SHOW-“501‘s may 533’. ‘569. this ion its maiden test flight Tues- ‘day but failed by about three .seconds to achieve a major

our fathers did for its goal of orbiting its third stage

economic. social or cultural.

“This does not mean and can Inot mean uniformity, It does 'mean Canadian identity. wu‘n the symbols and even more the ;spirit and the pride to foster lsuch identity.

tContinued on page 3, col. 4)

Quebec’s Premier

ln‘sulted

Premier .lt‘ain Lcsage of Que- bec said he was insulted Tuey day because the actors playing llhe parts of the Fathers of Con federation did not speak any fFrench during a reenactment yof the l864 conference. here.

“There is no reason why we could not carry on with success and energy the work that others

as a flying launch platform. ‘undertook with so much hope at “1 am insulted ,hat not . instead of circling the eart‘l. Century 830." said Premier [4“"word of French was used." no the 9.000'pound third stage as- 339 "f Quebec "1 3'“ 00“ lsaid after watching the per- sembly plunged into the south “new if W9. make a Common ‘ formance. Atlantim ,etifort. we Will be able finaliy.l Premier Ross Thatcher M l A second Titan 3A test Egngdlelgiaiemer' "my to “v9 Saskatchewan, who was stand- launching is scheduled in No-‘ ‘ jing nearby. said he agreed with velnher. Whether it will hold NOT WORKING SESSION lthe Quebec Premier- that timetable will depend on The meeting of the leaders'L John Fisher. Confederation was designed as a commemor-icentennial commissioner. n

analysis of Tuesday's flight.

of goodwill and. evident

The spirit friendship. .

iterday morning‘s brief opening

session of the Dominion Pro-

} ' . laion.

. I ' [they closer‘the doors and try to ' aw el Is on i ence on u ‘ lmula for changing the constitu-

tion so it can in

‘ ative event, not a working ses- This comes today when

gGeorge McGowan, director of planning for the reenactment. said they searched the record! carefully and found no indica~ tion French was spoken during the pre-Confederation here 100

future be

.amended in Canada without 7years ago. It had been spoken lreference to the British Parlia- lat the later conference at Qu- : ment. } bec.

, On the eve of these talks, "-It is incomprehensible that

:after the leaders had spent a . nothing was said in French. vint-ial Premiers Conference. l when Premier Shaw was mak- l d8." atom"! the Spirit Of 00m- I said the Quebec pmmler. "It il made him unafraid of what absolutely lnconcelvable.’

might face Canada cond century, Shaw told his

in the se-

luncheon

guests during the noon recess.1

‘He was _ host at a private . luncheon to rime Ministel llkely on [Jester Pearson and the nine

Life Of Queen

TORONTO (CP\——Radio sta- tion CFRB broadcast Tuesday a recorded interview in which Richard Bros, 18, admitted member of le Front de Libera- tion Quebecois, said he thinks the Quebec terrorist organiza- tion will try to kill the Queen she visits Quebec next

mont The Telegram carried the re- port under a nine-column front-

tion. Bros, who completed a FLQ‘

theft in connection with

outside the Bordeaux .lail whiie i he was a prisoner there. , .. . . . 1

Also present were Lieutenant

Mrs other parts of Canada.

visitors with a s medallion and an obviously private Prmier Nova Scotia he .make him minister of finance , in the new union of the Atlantic page heading in its final edi-levinces.

yeal‘isouvenir medals Prime Mints- in jail last July for arson and ‘ ter pearson said he was “mp. . py and proud" to receive activities in Montreal, said he i memento but said he had noted knows of no specific assassins-l; premier Shaw-5 I.{tmark tion -plan. He said information . prince Edward Island was the 3'b°“l 3" a ‘ l9 m Pl P“ "‘9 ‘ only place to live and wished to Queen‘s life reached him from . remind him "That no ma.“ is an

Mr. Pearson remarked th at

Michel

- finally

other provmcial Premiers yes-'

terday as well as their Governor W..I. MacDonald and MacDonald and various dignitaries from other

Premier Shaw ptesented the pecially struck in ree to joke tolo Stanfield of intended to

Robert

Following acceptance of the

the

that

in: an address mt had to keep .I promise, there were indications ‘ d

Premier Walter :

reminding himself “he is “mm; they may be on the way towar He admitted later it may be (Continued on page 3' ML 1) l agreement. Much of the pro-iirue no was .gress was believed to have re |during the original Charlotte-

‘ I from a stream of cor- town hecgnfeirence, ‘l'biiti they

, l d be - i l t' M in. lireiisgtgn glide attoihveeyfs-general’r'en :5:th toiaylnihdalt wdl‘ildn't the last few months have hurt to stretch it a bit

Staiif Sgt. Lloyd Wakel-in of the city's trafﬁc control department last night esti- mated that the crowd watch- ing the 1964 version of the Fathers of Confederation

The leaders devoted Tuesday more." make their way from t Railway Wharf to the Prov-

Atlantic Union Plea iv Revived By Robichaud

.000. At the wharf and along the waterfth it was con- servatively estimated to be . _ . I about 10,000 and in from oAgurelg commemoriatiit'e meeé,g::i‘ilcall. financial and other .' ' ' ' ana a's prime mnls er an . a .. ,. of the Provmcial Building Premier Shaw M PM“ W ward Island said it could he a matter for discussion. but he

would commit himself no fun

lpremiers Tuesday was handed‘

la new Confederation challenge l'by Premier Rohichaud of New

Streets Spectators were four lBrunswick who suggested the

and five deep on both Sides.

In addition to those lfour Atlantic provinces unite ther. crowding the sidewalks. linto one. Mr_ Robichaud said M, w” “the” “59“ “Ch vantage l "And I was very serious in sorry such a Maritime union on

sland unto himself." However. he added. The In- and Premier "is so pleasant

,and ingratiating“ it is difficult:

points as windows, veranda. telephone poles and trees.

Police said that for such a short parade route crowd of such density had '

‘what I said in there," the Lib- :eral premier said as he came :out of the old chamber in the Prince Edward Island legisla~ tive building where the Fathers

originally proposed did not oc- cur time of Canadian Confederation. “I am persuaded to believe had such a political or legislative union been con

1 War Events Changed Views

QUEBEC (CP) -— Historian Brunet said Tuesday fter English Canada "cracked " during the Second French-Canadians realized they ‘iad been

“ever 0 be” “Peri‘ lof Confederation met just 100 stimmated. at that time. our . - . cured in Charlottetown. years earlier. lcontribution to strength in and to ref”? mm anythmg he 85k" “I hop? " Wm M pursued. ihenefits from nationhood would and that people villi talk about ‘ MW mumphed mande' . . .it It just might tranadvanta- lPREFERENCE MADE Quebec Historian Dec ares .semmoamalzammer . m... mum m... . l Cautious comments canic‘iighlhearted reference in the from the Other Allanllc Dim Atlantic llnion proposal When he

miers after Mr. Robichalld told ‘ the historic gathering that he‘ might get together with his

spoke in the chamber. The question of who would he

"the descents of the RCMP and premier would be "very ticklish

the militarv police. the secret three Atlantic colleagues and indeed." But he thought he had arrests. the internments with- decide '0 Mu" ‘th number 01 the answer.

out trial." made them realize‘Cnnadian provinces from 10 to “On the basis of seniority, "Canada was not their colln- seven." Waller Shaw would be the pre-

“Il does not mean subordloa

‘ a as the original meeting took 'iintil

place.

'wasting their time and energy seeking a true Canadian unity.

"The French-Canadians have always understood that co-exlst- ence between two collectivities submitting to the authority of the same state meant numer- ‘OIIS compromises." the Univer- sity of Montreal professor told the Canadian Union of Students at a seminar here.

. "They have always been treadv to consent to them. But English Canada never really accented the dialo'ltlc. or else .it gave concessions with He . gesture of a master who throws a bone where he is tempted to crack the whip. a temptation he wasn't always able to resist." ‘ I-‘rench-Canodians had sought strong central government the Second World War. the conscription plebiscite 1942. conser'lption in 1944.

l But of

.V- "Should that occur, the focal mler. Mndesty prevents mu Th9.“ "19-" had 99‘ “Will "‘ point of progres: and arllvity from saying who would be next Omani" “"9"” 35 their "3' in the nation would liliqllestion in line. . . , Rob Stanfield would

tion. All their efforts had gone for 20 years into protecting. consolidating and extending the richts and powers “of the only government where they formed the majority. They have dis- covered the power their number gives them in the state of Que- her." T'le result was "a new age" in Canada in which relation- shins were changing and ves- terday's definitions on longer meant anything

Professor Bruce Hodgins of the University of Western On- tario. commenting on the Mont- real historian's views. felt "ro- fessor Brunet “tinder-estimates the growing desire of English- Canadians to see a genuine bi- cil‘turalism develon.

"This goes well beyond the old bonneeptentrlsm. . . ."

ably and rapidly take a marked shift to the east," he said.

INVOLVES DISCUSSION

The other premiers said Sllt'h a suggestion would involve a great deal of discussion before it could even be considered se- riotisly

"It‘s not the sort of thing that.

Nova Scolia said Premier have the most the most from its

could suggest.‘ Stanfield. “We

crops up from time to time ' “It‘s only a good idea." said P r e m i e r Smaliwood “How

could you say anything more.

without the would he a

fullest study? it tremendously in-

Ivolved job—in economic. geo- I overnight."

population andI income and coming‘ the suggestion might. be suspect. It‘s something that‘

succeed me if he was still liv- in and about 30 years ‘ﬂllf‘i‘ him. Louis [Robichaudl would get his reward for sug- gesting the idea."

, Prime Minister Pea r son I lonly comment was a

suggestion for the new prov.

inre‘s namc ~— "The island: of‘

Nova Rrunsland." i Because of a tight schedule.

involving ceremonial and

lncss activities, the Miamle

IO 5: rod

l town.

l "But my main reason for jsuggcsting it.” said Mr. Roblo chalid. “was simply to get peo-

l pie thinking. It

)N‘ular ‘