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. j ' under the terms of Confederation, when some- thing has happened to interrupt our communi- BIIAIIHITTETQWI Gllllinlll

ration for which the Dominion failed to make Inning Dally (Founded In llfl)

‘dent: Ueut. Col W. Chllter l. IeleIO

“N” ‘dent: J. l. Burnett, i‘. J. I. lees-earn Lleni. Col. D. A. llaellnnon. 0.8.0.

"n" “g Ignnflnl Director: .|..l. Burnett. IJ-l-

“wdn, Editor]; Frank Waller and Hut. In! A. Burnett. B.C.N.V.ll. tun Active Bee-noel

"The Strongest Memory 1e Weaker Thin

the Weakest Ink.‘ __ TUESDAY. MAY n. 1946

even a day or two might bring up claims-of thousand: of dollars. l believe that we should claim from the Dominion Government, on ac- count of delinquencies on their part for transpor- tation across the Straits, hundreds of thousands of dollar.r——it may be millions."

This evidence by the Liberal Premier of the Province was given before the Legislature on March 8, i944‘, in the course of the Budget de- bate. It was received with loud applause from both sides of the House.

What has happened to this claim for “hun- dreds of thousands, it may be millions”? Not one cent have we received by way of settle- ment; ancl since that time further delays and losses have occurred. The Premier himself has just returned empty handed from another trip to Ottawa. where he verified the fact that we needn't expect our new car ferry until the summer of next year. Did he press our just claims for compensation? Apparently not. One must confess that as a claims champion he is proving nearly as bad as our Federal Liberal stalwarts. But as a star witness against them and the King Government—oh Boy!

Higher Education

Yesterday's commencement exercises at St. Dunstaifs University marked the 91st anni- niversziry of this grand old institution, and served once more as a remimlcr of the vital part which higher education plays iii the life of the nation. One of the b1gg65l _Pl'°bl°m5 awaiting the victorious r\llic(l hililolli "1 Eumln will be that of freeing the minds of German youth from the poison of Nazi (loctrinc. Al- ready stcps are being taken to reorganize tht! educational system oii more democratic and humanitarian lincs. Young people will no loug- or be subjected from their earliest years t0 the pFOpIgfilNlZl which made them ‘the williug and enthusiastic tools of a totalitariairstatc. Ofllv through education will it he possible t0 llffilk down racial prejudices aiid bring about a C011- rlition of permanent pCllCC and understanding.

This thought is dcvclopcd in a resolution proposed by .\lr. Karl 1i. llundt. Republican rep1-e5@n[a(j\'e for the stale 0f South Dakota. which has been referred to the Committee on Foreign ;\ff.'iirs in Washington. The proposal is time the [j _\'_ (Qngrcss should advise the San Frzincisrri toiifcrcuce of the desirability of hriyygjng together scholars and educators from all puris of the world in an effort to improve international relationships. It is sug- gested that there should h‘: a wider exchange of students, tbzu educational scaudards and oppor- tunities should lic kept at the highest levels everywhere. and that a universal code of good behaviour should be established.

It is a mzittci" 0f great satisfaction that in this Province. despite all the wartime demands to which our jicople have responded wliolc- hcnrtedly. higher education has not been neglect- ed. .\s more of our young men and women re- turn from the zirmcd forces, it is hoped that thcir JIFLNCHLIL‘. will bc reflected in larger eii- rolbncuts at St. llunstaifs and Prince of Wales College 5h well as in the technical and other courses of a more utilitarian nature. It is from institutions of higher learning that leader- ship in all phziscs of our community and 11a- tionnl life has CttllK‘ in the llflSl, and the de- mands of the inuuediutc future will be still more urgent and exacting in this respect.

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families for Victory Bonds is going some in an agricultural and fishing province. e e e n

Summerside was there with the goods, when H. M. C. S. Queen Charlotte needed a large diesel-powered training vessel for Naval per- sonnel and cadet training.

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The Borden Government gave us the first car ferry and the Bennett Government the first paved road to Borden; let the Bracken Government complete the work with .21 new highway via the lVest aiid North Rivers, and a second subsidiary car ferry. u a n- e

The annual meeting of the Boy Scouts As- sociation is called for this evening in the Court Room of the City Hall when a highly 1ileasing report of the progress of the movement will be submitted. There should be a large at- tendance of members of Group Committees. Scouters and others interested.

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A week-end visitor to Charlottetown was Mr. L. L. Shatiord, superintendent of The Robert Simpson Eastern Ltd. of ivhich Mr. F. A. Stewart Jones is the special representative. He expressed himself optimistically Oll the out- look for business in the Maritimes, and was es- pecially pleased with the magnificent progress of the Charlottetown agency.

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Bad

C’ C' F' Defeat Mr. King himself put the election issue very

aptly before the electors when he said that "you cannot separate the future from the past." The electors have full knowledge of what Mr. King's administration was like in the past. They must decide whether it is the kind of administration they ivant for the future. Mr. King asks siip~ port for the “tried and trusted administration which you know." His administration has iii-

Thc coalition government of Mr. Jolm Hart. in British Columbia. has won a resoiind- lug victory‘ in the Ivy-election of New Westmin- ster. whcrc its czuididnic. Mr. Byron JOhHSOIl. has been clcctctl by a majority of more than two-to-onc over his C.C.l". opponent.

The result came as a bitter blow to the C.

C" F' “hldl h“ MC“ lmiy Pmpagatlllg a" 0"" deed been tried But can it be trusted? The rpiiiiiiliotvvhdljliriiispiiirilit lfeiloriligteiilihtu of Czmzjdn Itltzwlcflfillil that British Columbia is mo? reliable, the thine Defencc Ministepporl, lgéivsxilnvpirtig lrifiplertpvuglliatutltoilt; 53g; uniting impatiently tor the 61181198 l0 elect i‘ folio holders including Mr Ralston quit bc- the man was warned that the Gas

socialist government. The C.C.F. won two by- elections in the early days of Mr. Hart's min- istry. before the new government had time to find its feet or work out satisfactory‘ relations between its two parties. But the government lost bv narrow margins and mainly on extrane- ous, Federal issues dragged in by the social- ists. Now in New “lestminster, which the C. C. F. ClllllllCfl as :1 stronghold, the voters have nverivhcliiiingl_i' l'l‘])ll(ll£llC(l socialism. dismis- sed the Loumiimisi candidate as hardly ivorthy" of notice, and given the government a thunder- ing endorsement. .

As a prcliide to the Federal election New lvcsttiiiiistci" certainly czm bc no comfort to thc C. LI l~‘._ for New Wesituinster is almost a part of Yzuicouvci" where C. C. F. strength is supposed to centre New Westminster also is- an important industrial cciitre inhabited chidfly hv working ticople in the great industries of hc Fraser River estuary livideiitlv these pcolilc arc not convinced that their welfare lies in a socialized state. l

To the court now sitting in judgment ' the case of Prince Edcrard Island ‘vs. the Ma - kru.:it' Kitty; (favour/hart! enter a star witnesls ill thc person of Premici" the Hon. J. Waltcl‘ Jones. .\lr. Jones dcposcs as follows:

“Humlrrrl_r of //l0|t.\‘(1l1ll.Y,-—/78l’fll1/7.1‘ million -—o/ dollars is due this PVOI/flltfl in damage from I/m Ilmziiizfon 11y rcnron 0f lieu/Is in trans- [torlnlion .\‘f‘I'Z'll‘t' Ia and from the waltz/and."

The lh-i-mici" ivzis rclcrriiig iii his evidence 1o the loss incurred to Island farmers, shippers and others by reason of the breakdown in our car ferry service in the spring of I944. Contrary to reassuring statements then issuing from the Liberal press. he (l(‘L‘l1ll'\"(lI “One hesitates to speak about the difficulties today because they are so extremely serious. If the public knew lll about it. l think they ivoiild be shocked and alarmed. .11 [mi of llirm mfg/it even mow to the nzainlmtzl. Cmulilioit.r lmzvr been Perv bod, so much so 11ml //lt‘!'(' lms lirrn a lzuslx-lztcilz pol- icy lliis twin/or.”

The Premier (lcposcrl that ,"the ferrv we have has broken her rudder chain on threie oc- rasions. On the lust occasion the spare shaft

cause he could not be trusted. i i I \

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, English novelist, born this date I859; studied medicine in Edin- burgh under Professor Joseph Bell, from whom he drew the character of his omniscient detec- tive Sherlock Holmes; after writing a numlber of popular stories, he leaped into fame with Tlu- Advcnlierrs Of Sherlock Holmes,‘ his Grout Boer War became a standard work. and his Story Of Waterloo was one of Sir Henry Irving's dramatic successes; in later life he be- came an active propagandist of spiritualism: What of the bow? -

The bow was made in England: Of true wood, of Yew wood, The wood of English bows; So men who are free Love the old Yew-tree And the land where the Yew-tree grows.

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In view of Mr. Gardinefs visit will our farmers and politicians note this? Under an agreement made with the \\'.1rtime Food Corp- oration iiiiport permits to allow new potatoes to be brought in from the United States will be granted by the regional foods officer of the W. P. T. B. Previously such permits had to be issued by the Wartime Food Corporation. Mr. l5. J. Chambers, administrator of fresh fruits and vegetables, announces that in some areas the supply of old potatoes was not as favor- able as last yeah-Importation of new potatoes from United States would be confined to these areas and the arrangement is expected to en- sure adequate supplies without affecting the marketing of the balance of the I944 crop.

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Premier Jones Deposes

A further sum of $501,000, owing Sask- atchewan under the i942 Dominion-Provincial Taxation Agreement, has been held back by Federal Finance Minister J. L. Ilsley, to be applied on the i938 seed grain debt account. Under terms of the agreement, a sum of $1,- 455-3_57 W8! dllethe province on April 3o. The proyinciabtreasury TCCCIVCCl $955857. An arbitral tribunal is sitting at present, to decide whether or not the Dominion action in with- holding moneys under the Dominion-Provin- cial Taxation Agreement is a violation of that

adequate provision, we have o claim against Canada for the loss sustained. The delay of

Over Four Million dollars from some 14,000 to

Notes By The Way

lurleenl who ennlnel

sollnl after death eumounoed the ailments which ed to h1in bad no ence. He had no ulcers, no e; r, and no paresle. We are then to the conclusion t-hlt his ferlnge were the result of an en. ceptfonnlly bad conscience. _Peterborough Examiner.

along the . w-renoe In early stages of the war recalls to regular travellers on the river at that. e the occasional Odd character who obviously was on pleasure bent, nor did he mp- 2225 l? 3"“ ’l‘.fit°“’m'““’ .32“;

ew. n u , --Toronto Globe and Mall. ,

In ml!!! of Holland the Canadian eodler doesn't: ask e Dutch girl to accompany him alone to 3 dance. He asks her whole family, and, of course, she comes alone. S0 writes Canadian Y.M.C.A. War Service supervisor George Wilkinson of Toronto in his monthly report u» Canadian headquarters. "In many local- ities.” he says, “young girls are not allowed to go out alone 1n the evenlnz unless thelr whole fam- ily goes with them."

I wu told the other day of n man who, having had his wallet stolen 1n a Scottish town, inserted this notice 1n the Lost and Found column of the local paper: “The person who stole a wallet 1n +- Street yesterday afternoon was re- cognized. lll he please return 1t

1- The next: day the same column contained this reply: “If the loser of the wallet calls at. the address of the recognized person his property will be restored to hunfl-Leeds Yorkshire Post,

President Roosevelt, in his hm- ous speech delivered at Kingston, Ontario, stated that. the United States would "not stand idly by" 1f Canada were attacked, and this was acclaimed by Canadians as a guarantee of our future rotectlon. But 1t works two ways. e United States will expect from Canada a contribution towards the Japanese war at least 1n proportion to her own. For the future relationship between Americans and Canadians, there should not be cause given for censure on that point. - Mou- treal Gazette.

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Mr. Stcttlnlus, an overwhelming- ly wholesome man, was perhaps the most attractive chairman of the board of the United States Steel Corporation ever had. As lend-lease administrator he made a tremendously important. contri- bution not only to the winning of the war but to the development of that unity among the Allies without which there wlll be no permanent peace or security. As Secretary of State for a strong Dempcratio leader, Mr. Stettlnlus continued to shine. But M1‘. Roosevelt died. Nowhere 1s that untimely tragedy so marked as 1n the present status of Mr. Ste:- tinius. Without a fabulous leader like President Roosevelt. to fight for and speak for, Mr. Stettfnliis seems like a man for the first time on skates. It 1s sad to relate, but that 1s the oplnlou of reporters with more background and experi- ence than mr/self, and 1t couldn't have happened to a nicer fellow than Stettlnlus-E. A. Lahey 1n Chicago Dally News.

The appeal to the Italian sense of humor has always been strong 1n "La Voce d1 Londra," as the BBC's service to Italy 1s called. Just. lately, 1n de-bunklng Count Grandl. it told the following story: "Once upon a time there was a

tapo had heard of 1t and were looking for h1in and his arrot. In a great fright he went the priest of his village and asked for advice. And the priest said to hlm: ‘Don't worry, my son, I have a parrot too. Bring me yours and take mine and do not

e afraid.’ The very next. day the Gestapo came-an officer and twelve Black Guards. The of- ficer planted htmself 1n front of the blrd and shouted fiercely: ‘Down with Hitler.‘ But the par- rot frowned at him and did not answer. ‘Come on, my pretty. Down with Hitler,’ the officer shouted again. But the parrot said not a word. Then the other 5.8. men joined 1n. First. two. then four, then six, then all together, they stood round the parrot and bellowed as loudly as they could: ‘Come on, my pretty; down with Hitler.’ And the parrot ruffled