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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

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"aorpirywsfa"

"Gorphywsfa" sounds an awful lot like something Comrade Vishinsky might say in the middle of a hot UN debate. Actually, it happens to be the name of the official residence of the Prime Minister at Ottawa. That is, unless it proves too much of a tongue-twister for even bilingual Mr- St. Laurent, and he decides to change it to plain everyday 24 Sussex Street.

A lot of Canadians are going to say something that sounds like ”Gorphywsfa" but isn't when they find out that the tax- payers bill for purchasing, redecoratzing and remodelling the Prime Minister's res- idence will run to something around E550,- OO0. Remodelling the ancient structure will cost roughly 3305.000. Furnishings are estimated likely to be 3105,000. The property cost the Government &2140,000 to start with.

This bit of extravagance is by no means the fault of Mr. St. Laurent. Quite 'the contrary. He never wanted an official residence in the first place. But the boys in the government benches in the House of Commons decided that dignity and prestige demanded an official residence for Can- ada's Prime Minister.

Opposition members recently decided that the Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition also rated a residence in the Capital commensurate with the dignity of his office. So they bought him a fine house and paid for it, out of their own pockets. Mr. St- Laurent'-s house is not yet paid for. When it is, the money will come out of the pocket of every taxpayer in Canada.

comic Books

Comic books are a phenomenon of the times, like the dime novel of a generation ago or the "penny dreadful" of an earlier era. They are in the hands of children from the youngest who cannot as yet read to husky youths who have put away child- ish things except in reading matter.

They have been legislated against, at least crime comics have been, but until re- cently it seemed that no one capable of writing a report had read them. That omis- sion has been remedied by a report made recently to the Toronto Board of Educa- tion by a Mr. R. K. Vogan, who was en- gaged by the Board to weigh the effect of these books on children.

Surveying the 135 titles available (no wonder they seem to be in endless pro- fusion), Mr. Vogan has reassured the Board that there seems to be "no significant in- fluence exerted by comics on intelligence quotient, educational achievement, social or personal adjustment."

"Children like comics because they are exciting and funny", Mr. Vogan states, "and because they give suspense, mystery and learning-” That seems to be that. The comics do not exert a "bad" influence,- but. the child turns to them, vwastes his or her time on them. because life otherwise fails to satisfy these desires.

Parents can cease worrying about the comic books and start thinking about satis- fying their children's normal needs by more creative and socially valuable activ- ities in daily family life.

Franduient Voting

Montreal's municipal elections this year resulted in several alleged impersonators being arrested and a number of election of- ficials being charged with fraud. "Tele-

cxarsperation indeed to a bona fide elector who turns up at a polling booth only to be refused a ballot because an impersonator has already voted under his name- "Telegraphing," says the Ottawa Citi- Im. "is easily the most effective way of

was a R.A. at twenty-eight; as a landscape

that soon Europe may be the "hot spot"

their candidate. Such a ballot was given to the voter to be put in the ballot box: the voter then returned the fresh ballot given him by the returning officer to be used to buy the next man. But the election act was changed to provide a definite paper for "the ballots and each ballot was numbered. This made vote-buying a most uncertain business. Impersonation presents none of the difficulties inherent in buying votes. Montreal is not the only city where it ,is tried, but it is probably more prevalent there."

EDIIURIAI. NUI l'S

The last minute rush is on and will last till Saturday night. 0 I I The Canadian special force at Fort Lewis are to be home for Christmas after all, but not those in l-Korea. O U I We are told mgney is plentiful at pre- sent, and it would require to be to defray the cost of Christmas luxuries deemed necessary these days. 0 0 O i The Greek letter khi, ch, comes into some prominence at this season when hur- ried people who have not caught the spirit of the season write the abbreviation Xmas. D 0 O The ladies seem to be taking to "be- some an' stane" or broom and stone here and are becoming the most enthusiastic of curlers. 9 O I President Truman's call to mobilize.to oppose "Communist world conquest" is America's answer to the new threat to freedom. The rest of the yet free world should not be long behind. O O 0 Joseph William Mallord Turner, English artist, died this date 1851. He began ex- hibiting at the early age of -fifteen, and

painter he ranks equal with Claude and Corot; his knowledge of nature was un- rivalled, but though his wa ter-colours were superb for delicacy and brilliant execution, his oils do not reach the same standard. 0 O O The Egyptian Parliament has applaud- ed a proposal to make agreements with Communist-block countries and use these agreements to pry concessions from the Western powers. The Egyptians should re- member the proverb that he who would- sup with the devil has need of a long spoon. ' I 0 e l The R. C. A. F. is not far from finish- ing its job, begun in 1921, of mapping this country by means of aerial photography. The skills and techniques developed dur- ing that period should not be allowed 1:0 go to waste when the big job is done. More detailed surveys of cities and towns would be immensely valuable in the task of town planning which is yet in its infancy here. 0 O O The flying of a 349-year-old ' Gordon flag at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, has brought forth many reminiscences including the fact that the Gordon Highlanders were raised by the fifth Duke of Gordon whose duchess gave each man a shilling and a kiss to join. The record of the Gay' Gor- dons down to their ride into Tripoli on the top of their infantry tanks and as part of General Crerar's Canadian Army in Italy shows that the regimental morale did not suffer because of the original method of seeking recruits. - O I 0

Parliament may be called into session three weeks ahead of time "in the public interest." When the special session ended in September, it was adjourned un-til Feb. 14, with the provision, however, that it might -be summoned into session earlier if "the public interest requires that the House (of Commons) should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment.” The cabinet has been giving careful consideration to calling Parliament together on Jan. 25. De- cision for or against the earlier sessional date will depend entirely on Gen. Mac- Arthur's success in establishing a new Ko- rea defence line. The plans are to prorogue the special session on one'day and open the new session on the next.

La Patric, Montreal, warns its readers

and counsels restraint and cool heads in,

perpetrating an electoral fraud yet devised

In Canadian politics. It is as much ahead of the old fashioned method of buying votes singly as the milking machine is ahead of hand-milking. An” elector has only one vote to sell, but a 'telegrapher' may vote

I. dozen times in different polling b33t'.u.'

Populations in Canadian riding; have be- come too big to make under-cover pur- chases of single votes of any great effect. liver) in the old days the btuxlioser could iahvnyo be sure that the elector would

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regard to Asiatic affairs. It writes: "From the very beginning of the war in Korea, we have very modestly held the view that this Red aggression was merely episodic and that Stalin, in imitation of Herr Hitler, would reserve himself for Europe, when the chance should come. Now Great Britain has taken the trouble to warn officially that her views are the same. Are we to believe strongly and surely that ,world peace is already moribund, that men of in- telligence cannot assure it to" us? - . . The Unfted Nations are making us alert, are preparing our mind: for the worst, and the wont in going to be decided, not' in

that this demand is In complete counted the mo kitty. But apart from

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Britain and Egypt (By W. N. Ewer)

Just what are the issues between Britain and Egypt which have been raised again by the speech from the Thmne at the cpenlng of the Egyp- tian Parliament? First of all, it seems important to make clear what they are not, for I find r, lot of misunderstanding on that point. It is not in any way a question of British control over Egypt: for there ls no such control. It' is not a ques- tion of British military occupation cf Egypt. The last vestiges of Brit- ish control were ended and milit- ary occupation was explicitly "ter- minated" by the Treaty of Alliance of 1936.

It must be stressed that this was a freely negotiated treaty, I can vouch for the fact that Nahu Pasha, who signed fer the Egypt- la.n Government, was not only set- lslllted -but delighted with the re.

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Britain and Egypt as "sovel'eig:i independent Stiites" entered into an alliance and one of the terms of that alliance was that Britain would undertake the defence of the Suez Canal bun ii the Egyptian Army in in a posit on to ensure by its own resources" that defence. i The treaty was to be sibject. to revision after 20 years or by agree- ment. after ten years. There is no provision for its denunciation.

O O O This is the legal position. There can he no question that the treaty is still in force, no question of its terms violating Egyptian sever- elgnty in any way. But the U. K. Government has not had, and has

treaty "rights". It regards the de- fences of the Canal not as a right but as an obligation. And it has ever since the end of the war been ready to revise the terms of the treaty by agreement.

The first difficulty has been that the Egyptian Govermnent h'-IS Tc- peatedly and somewhat peremptor- ily demanded that any revision must be based upon the complete and immediate evacuation of the Canal Zone by the British forces stationed there for its defence. And in 194:5 the state of the world look- ed as if fairly speedy evacuation -would be possible without serlcus risk. It was not the U. K. but the Egyptian Government which then reiccted the agreement reached bv Mr. Bevin and Sldky Pasha which would have brought evacuation within a couple of years.

But the plain fazt. ix that the whole picture has changed since then. As Mr. Bevin said the other day: "This is not. a matter which merely concerns the United King- dom and Egypt. What is at stake is the safety and independence of cther countries also". And as things are. the simple withdrawal of the British forces from the Canal Zone would leave not merely the-Canal but the whole of the .'.'lIdt-.lv- East practically defenceless. Tho Egypt- ian Army is certainly not "in a pos- ltion" to fill the gap.

I O O The problem. therefore. teem: to the U.K. Government. purely a practical me. The first considera- tion must be the or-ovirlnn of an adequate and effective defence sys- tem for the Canal. for lE4z,vpt and for the Middle East. That is an es- sential for the security of the whole free world. Any and every sort of arrangement that could ensure it

not. any desire to stand on its 3113

can be discussed. But one lhlnr; which seems impossible in the sud- den remcval of the only really ef- fectlve defence force in the whole area.

There is then no question of British occupation of burnt. There is no question of violation of Eeyor- inn sovereignty. That the presence of tmops of one ally on the territm-y of another is no violation of sov- ereignty ia attested bv the North Atlantic '!'reo.ty. There 2.! airmolv the very oerioul practical qucstlor of the defence of a vital area. And that question the ux. Govern- ment is. and remains, ready to dis- cuss at any time.

But there is another Egyptian demand as well. It is for the im- mediate British evacuation of su-

tho present Sudan Idtninlstntion

an. no immediate liquidation of "

arid the immediate union of Sudan with 1581119 - in other words. the transfer of Sudan to lazyoiinn nov- erolgnty and llzyrztlin rule.

Again in law there is nmmudon lotion with the provisions of

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"Died, in the Lunatic Asylum- on Monday, the 6th inst-. 9! senile decay, John Campbell, marr- ner. R. N.. aged 86 years. In his younger days he sailed in Lord Nelson's fleet. and bore 3 hand in -Lord Exmoutlfs own ship at the bombardment of Algiers. His was a spirit of indomitable pluck, and never did he strike his flag to mortal foe till boarded by the 'King of 'rerrora.' Honour to the Brave." ..'rho Islander. April 10, ms. . .

.been made. As Mr. Bevin remarked in the House of Oommcns, "It would be tragic if anything were to dis- turb And I sudden British withdrawal would not; merely dis- turb. It would disrupt. The EZYPV tans have neither the administra- tors nor the organization to take over. A strong section of Sudanese would forcibly resin. any attempt to Lmpoae Egyptian rule. The re- sult could only be chaos.

But that is not all. The Sudan- ese have already been given self- governing institutions. They have been promised that ese shall be developed as rlpldlfh as possible until they are 1.01119 etely self-gov-' erning. And that when they have full self-government it will include the right to decide their own fut- ure themselves: to ,. se. if they wish it, union with Egypt. inde- pendence of Egypt, or any other

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It is out of the question that the Sudanese should now be told that this promised freedom '15 now re- voked, and that whether they wish it or not they are to be the subjects of the King of Egypt. It would be impossible in principle and disas- trous in practice. It would be to give to Egypt an imperial nuhhority which it would be unable to en- force.

so, apart from every other con- sideration there two Egyptian de-

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WISDOM

No man e'er found a happy life by chance;

Or yawned it into being with a wish-

or with the snout of grovelling tlte

arme

E'er smelt it out. and grubbed it from the dirt.

An art iv is. and must be learned; and learned

with unremitting effort. or be lost; 1",,”

And leave us perfect block-buds. in our bliss. The clouds may drop down titles

and estates; but wisdom

Wealth may seek us;

must be sought: Sought before all; but (how unlike all else

We seek on earth!) 'ti5 never

sought in vain. -Edward Young, (1683--i765).

mandn seem in London to be no- ther practicable nor realistic. That does not mean that all hope has now been abandoned of reaching agreement: only that these particu- lar demands cannot be accepted as they stand. And that not for. any "imperialist" reason but be- cause the first would jeopardize the security of the Middle East and the second would jeopardize the peaceful progress "of the Sudan.

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we boumf. a bottle of something tt,iibe cor-he: drug otore. They also stopped the canon bottles and other glue contninerr found. in the groceries. Thou who fund intoxicents always carried I corkscrew around so it would be readily accessible. These days. however,.even the "cork" mod on I fishing line isn't cork any more-it.'a some sort of plastic bobber.-Indianapolis News.

There in a movement in North- west. Ontario to split this old pro- vince 'rhey' would take that no area from Buult sic. Marie to th. Manitoba bound ;,, and running up and up to Hudson Bay. give it 3 capital. n lleutcmn -governor and I legislature and all the pun- pbernnlln of provincial olntua. and

11th province. A meeting of the A-um:-tans was to have been held in Fort William the other day, but only a 'handful of entbusiuto turned up to denounce Southern Ontario and plan secession. It was solemnly explained that I snow- storm had kept. at home many supporters of the idea, and so another meeting will be when the weather is more depend- able. This speaks of I nice. com- fortable revolutlonmry spirit. Down tyranny, end Toronto's dictation, let's be free men and women but there's no great hurry. For the Winter -let us put with Old Ontario's ewloltntion

We used to get them every that

call it Aurora. Aurora would be our l

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com tho Erin: and than hm am H110 and Anita tlu oppm”: e are reminded of the loyal P-lg lob Indian and gentlemen (row unumwtol on: the Stuart: and look for .the .1, W" um: contention to, an .;,,.,,,i ll non: Ottawa Journal. ' T

A bone burn down :1.

day because cbe woman wzoog" the line break out was unable (W -telephone to -the fire depanmen? It happened in I rural commun: lty in the United sum. Selfish oeovle. it appears. refuges to N 0!! the party line and permit in

frantic women to. call the me. men. Incredible as such selfish: "F53 mill Rem. this is not um 11111 " CHCM of its kind. Every. one who mult share a puny 1,”. is under I real obligation 1,0 ex, excise consideration. Too many people spend too much -time 0,, their telephones. when they use a private telephone the fault ,5 not so great, but when they use 3 party line they cause a gm, deal of inconvenience. Most iele.

phone conversations should not require more than a minute or

two, yet there are those who ml,

119 WP I party line for a quarter

ui hour or more. 0bl'lUu5ly

this is needless and. unfair. 1:

strangest form when

two people who are going to meet

eaoh' other within an hour spend

15 or 20 minutes in conversation

which could surely waif. unul

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But with me It In 3 very null thing that I should be Judged of you, or of men's Judgment: y'ea,,l JIIdnnotnineuvnulf.l'oclknow

by myself; yet In I not Justified: but he that Jud- nth no In the uni. Thcrelcu nothing before the clan. until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest um canon). of the burn: and than ulul every man have pulse of God. And thus thlngn. btetharn, I have In 1 figure tr-anlferred to mylelf and to Apollo: 1" WI! Ilka: that ye might learn In up not to think of men above. that which in written. that no one Ofnnboputfeilupfotnnenuhut another.

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