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.lTHARLOTTE'l'0WN. TUESDAY. JUNE 26. I951

conservative Victories

The stars in their courses fought against the Liberals in ycsterdayis Federal by-elcc- tions, marking for the first time in sev- eral years a distinct change for the better in Conservative party fortunes. In this Province, Mr. J. Angus MacI.ean won out in Queen's by a substantial margin. over his Liberal opponent, Mr. Cecil Miller. Mr. Howie Meeker retained the Conservative seat in Waterloo South; Mr. Walter Dins- dale captured Brandon, and Mr. Gordon Churchill, Winnipeg South Centre. Four Conservative victories in a row, unheard of since Bennett Government days!

Warmest congratulations are due Mi. MacLean on his victory in Queen's. The odds at the start were against him, it be- ing argued that a candidate on the Gov- ernment side would be more serviceable in ibtaining concessions from the powers that be, and that in any case the results would not materially affect the party standing at Ottawa. By-elections are often decided on such issues, but Mr- MacLean was not dis.- couraged. From the outset he appealed to the nonpartisan vote, pledging himself to work for the constituency as a whole, and stressing his determination to discountcn- ace election irregularities in any shape or form- It is not unusual for politicians to pay lipservice to the latter ideal, but Mr. Mac- Lean made it the central issue of his cam- paign. In doing so he set a precedent which may have beneficial repercussions all across Canada.

It is generally conceded that the men.- her-elect for Queen's will make a first class rcpresenlaiivc. Ills war record is a dis- tinguished one. and since the war he has served with the R.C.A.F'. in various ilnpor- tant capacities. including that of senior of- ficer of the Missing Persons Bureau in Europe. .A farmer by profession, well quali- fied by experience and education to speak on any subject affecting the Island's in- terests, he should have no difficulty in ad- justing himsclf to his new duties.

As will be nolcdclscwhcrc in issue. Mr. Miller takes his beating philo- sophically and with good sportsmanship. He has no complaints and no alibis, and for his opponent only words of praise. Doubt- less he is looking forward to another timi- when Fortune may prove less fickle. In any case, he is to be congratulated on setting an example which is much more difficult to follow in defeat than in victory.

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The Mystery of Ming sung

Way back in 19-19 Tl".-ldc Minister llowc aclvanced lo a Canadian sltipbuildingc firm -i850,000 of the taxpayers money to enable that firm to complete and deliver ships to the Ming Sung Industrial Company Lim- ited. Since lhcn. Ihanks in Communist domination of China. the 5850.000 has been written off by Parliament as a. total loss.

It is not unusual lumndays for upwards of a million dollars to be clmrgecl up to the taxpayer as a bad guess on the part of Ottawa. Public memory is remarkably short. and there the matter would prob- ably have rested had not the Ming Sunz: ships turned up l'Lvim.: the Canadian flaw while operating between Hons: K011: and Communist-controlled Canton.

Soon after Mao's forces occupied the Chinese mainland the Ming Sung Company took steps to organize a Canadian sub- sidiary. Head office of this concern is shown in the incorporation records at Ott- awa as being in Charlotlc-town, Prince Ed- Nobody in Charlottetown knows a thing about the whole affair.

Other aspects of the Ming Sung incident are no less mysterious. Why, for example,- did Transport Minister Chevrier exempt the Ming Sung ships from Federal shipping regulations? Why have they been allowed to operate, as the Government's own foreign trade journal states, between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, flying the red ensign? Why did Mr. Chcvrlcr fail to report to Parliament, as he is required to do by law, when exemption from ship- ping regulatlons is granted? Why, for that matter, did Trade Minister Howe embark on so dubious a financial venture as to ad- vance 0850,000 of the taxpayers money to hell? the Shipbuilding firm to complete its contract with the Ming Sung Company?

-More serious still. have vesaels paid for

Parliament and the people demand and expect a. full explanation of the whole affair from the Government-

Tilo Senate And inflation

For months the finance committee of the Senate has been studying Government expenditures and their effect on the cost of living. They have been impressed by the dangers involved in ever increasing Government expenditures and continually rising prices.

Apart from the dislocations and unfair- ness of the impact of inflation, which are probably no worse than those connected with any change in price levels, there is the threat that inflation "can have a para- lyzing effect, not only on our economy, but as well upon the steadiness of thinking in the individual citizen."

The remedy, which is needed promptly, is for governments to spend less and avoid building up uncontrollable interest charges: and for the people to increase production and to save more. These proposals are by no lneans new but they do call for heroic action both by governments and people.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Political duties and rivalries can now be shelved for the time being and erstwhile partisans get together to assure the success of Charlottctowlfs Fcstivc Week.

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It is all over, including the shouting. It was a very orderly voting day, and electors seemed to take a greater interest in the contest than is usually the case at a gen- eral election.

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Sport and flying have shown us that ”too old” is a relative term but it has taken fluorine in show that children still of school age may be too old to build up the enamel of their teeth.

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Sonic J67 exploratory uclls have been drilled in the Maritimes within recent years with only one success.. The single failure in this Province does not look nearly so bad as we are sometimes inclined to think.

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Gilbert White, English naturalist, died this date 1793. Educated at Oxford, he settled at his native Selborne as curate and in 1789 published "Natural History of Sel- borne", a charming book which reveals him as a keen and kindly observer of nature.

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The R. C. A. F. is looking for a name for the women within its ranks. What could be simpler or better than airwomcn. Neither men nor women of the R. C. A. F. would thank anyone for reviving the name by which they were known to the other Serv- ices. pigeons. '

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Congratulations to Mr. Walter LePagc on being elected President of the Maritime Region of Junior Chambers of Commerce. It. is a high. responsible position and Mr. l..ePage's past record indicates he will be the right man in the right place.

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"The low down" in thieving is surely that reported from Chicago. A thirty-seven year-old thief was convicted of robbing homes while the occupants were absent lat funerals. In his possession were news- paper obituary notices. The judge in sent- encing him to 10 to 15 years imprisonment said that. "only a man without a conscience could commit the crimes this man has com- mitfcd."

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There is a discussion in certain scientific circles on the question-do animals and birds reason, and do they understand one anothcr's "language?" Here is a contribu- tion which is at least entertaining if not scientific. Doug Baker. 38, of West Jed- dorc, N. S., dropped his pipe overboard while hauling his lobster traps. A gull swooped down, picked up the pipe and flew off. Minutes later it returned, and dropped Bakers pipe back into the boat.

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The Federal Building project is now def- initely off till steel is more plentiful, or, till local pressure is more intensive. The orig- inal cause of the delay was the division of opinion in Liberal circles regarding the ac- ceptability of the site chosen. Then there was the question of remuneration for forced sale of acquired property; and now it is a question whether at present Federal head- quarters or munitions are the more import- ant to warrant the necessary expenditure.

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The practice of the chiropractic profes- sion ls not in opposition to the practice of medicine and it is an important complement to the medical professions, Judge Aime Chasse, Montreal, said in aoquitting Gerard R. Dion of a charge of illegal practice of medicinal The judge said: "The chiropractic profession is becoming more and more ad- vanced and is becoming more important to the general welfare of humanity. It is

by Canadian taxpayers, and flying the Canadian flag, been carrying strategic war

maklng a worthwhile conttlbutlon to the general improvement of health conditions."

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-rue GUARDIAN. CHARI.()'i"ijETf)WN congratulations, Mr. Macloanl iiow iim's Tint Joli.

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I'll!-JSENCES

Thc shadow of the poplar

Beside my cabin door

Has trembled on the floor.

Tho' no wind walks the forest tops Across my window sill

Ii trembled and was still.

The broad noon sunlight basking On every flower and tree

15 still as light can be.

What made those withered leaves

whirl UP. And drift a spaer and fall.- As they had l-icurd .1 call?

Why are those hare-bells nodding As if an unseen win-3

llad set them all a-swing

'rho' up and down the forest glade No other blade or bough

Stirs from its slumber now?

The stillness and the brightness Companion me. I hear A footfall drawing near Tho' no sound breaks hush.

A sweet bro.-nth stirs my hair- But there is nothing there!

the forest

What gracious presences

Are these I cannot see

Tho' they come close to me? . . . I think I shall have pleasant

dreams

In silence charmed and rleep when I lie down to sleep.

-Sir Charles G. D. Roberts.

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(ii Old Charlottetown a. 3 (And r. E. I.)

'l'lll-J ('Rl(.'KET GIIOENI)

"The cricket ground. kindly l:iv- en the Charlottetown Cricket Club by the City Council, in Victoria Park. has lucen soddcd and is now in splendid condition for playing the lll.'lnl)' old English game. His llnnollr Liz-ulcnant Governor Hodg- son and Jwlge Young nre patrons nf the Club. We hope soon to hear that matches have been ar ranged with Cricket Clubs of PH- tou, llnlifnx. St. John and Fred- ericton. and to be able in chron- icle the success of the Charlotte- tani.-ms."

--The Examiner, May 29. 1877. On the following Saturday the first local name of the season was Played between the married and single men of Charlottetown. thr. lliltcr cm'ryin;: the game by 22 runs. "We note on the young man's side." says the Examiner. "the batting of Messrs. Vernon and John Lnngwnrth, while on the ollicr's the batting of Messrs. Dis- HFY. I". S. Longworth, W. C. Holy. kirk nnd B. Davies, .ir.. each mak. mt! double scores, was very good,"

A Lady At The Butts

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There is something unnerving for the male sex in the news that 3 sixteen-year-old school girl turned in one of the beat scores at the Inter-Mm-ltime Rifle shoot. A pretty charmer who has regis- tered six straight shot: in the bull's eye at 500 yards ought to command I lot of respect. There Will. of course. be comfort for the men who win: her hand in the knowledge that she in 5 dead shot. He will be able to go Around with 1 chip on his shoulder if he likes-and if his wife isn't out of shooting range.

In I generation hardened to ex- cessive fnmtllarlty and to the decline of chivalry, ladies who excel in shooting, fencing, Itch- ery, Ju-jltsu and like pm-sum have I better chance of penned- ing men to raise their hot: and in stand promptly when the gentle sex join: their company. liven an expert at the throwing of plum and rolling pin: is not to be trified with; and so it seems only fitting that men should min their ob-

elsances to I younz lady who can get her man It .504 yards.

The Usefulness Of Latin (Ottawa Evening Citizen) The poet Goethe once said. "The mun who knows no foreign lan- guage knows nothing of his mu- thcr tongue." Whether or not that dictum he acccpicd com- pletely. it does seem evident that the user of English should find considerable value in the proper study of a language in which English is deeply rooted. This consideration becomes the justifi- cation of high school Latin, per.- ular tarzet of the narrow prag- matists. Toronto's Board of Education. which has Just. announced its in- tention to "spruce up" the classi- cal subject for grade nine stu- dents. will do well to clnphasiz: this fact. The will do well also to fashion course, , contr-nt and touching methods in such a way that what is taught is made use- ful in the best sense of the word. What needs to be emphasized is that language is a vital tool of modern world society. Its inven- tion was as consequential as the discovery of fire. the first fasti- ioning of the wheel, the develop- ment of the internal combustion engine. Other things being equal. the more highly developed are oral nnd written speech. the more hiclily developed is the societv which uses that speech. To A large extent the limitations of a

primitive society are the limita- tions of language. This being true, any factor

which gives precision and DOWLP to a man use of his native ton- tzue has value. If a study of Lat- in, through examination of root meanings, is able to sharpen up (lint usage. then Lntin is a worthwhile discipline. The some might be said of Creek. The whole matter takes an added inv- portance in terms of current sem- antic investigations of the rela- tionship of words to international

understanding. The scnrchin: studies of such modern phllolo- gists as Hnynkawa. Korzybskl.

Ivor Brown and Mario Pei are

lnnguage to become the much more effective vehicle of ideas

iron.

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I am the Lord: this in my name: and my glory will I not give to another. neither my praise to gravcn images. Behold. the former things nre come to pass. and new things do I declare: be- fore they spring forth I tell you of them. . . And I will bring the blind by 3 way that they knew not: I will lead them in paths that they imvc not knoini: I will make darkness light before them. and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

and meanings.

While they are attempting to add interest in grnrlc nine ciussi- ('lll study, it is to be hoped that the Toronto I-rlurationists will do away with the pugnuclous, belli- rose Latin that used to plague beginning students. The teachers might wisely make the subject in study of matters social. domestic, civic. and even perhaps omaiory. Incidentally, the four adjectives describing the foregoing quali- ties nre all derived from the Lat- in.

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Fortunately skunk: are kindly little creatures. Unlike many of the human funily, they no given to minding their own business, if permitted to do so. Their deadly weapon is only for occasions of defence. And its potcht qualities are testified to be the continually slow. indifferent lumber in which Mr. and Mrs. Skunk Incl family move. but these predators like ecu. They Ire.part.icularly fond of pheasant and nurtridge eggs. 'l.'hei-cfore they can be regarded in great diafavor by sportsmen who don't. care about the eggs but do llkelto kill what comes from those eggs later on. It is indeed fort- unate that so many of Nature's children for which men have I particular yen also are much -de- sired by other members of Na- ture's family.-(Owen sound Sun- Times).

The administration of I van forest area in n long-term task which requires multiple efforts. The foremost, in regard to Crown reserves. consists in drawing up in periodic inventory of the forest so as to establish a ten-year plan to be submitted to Gover ment. ex- perts. The preparation of such a blueprint for I single district. that of the Gntinenu for example, has cost. more than half a. million dol- lars to the company operating there. We might be astonished at such an expenditure. It is, never- ' ' , necessary for the orderly administration of forest areas leased by the public authorities to private enterprises. It is by the inventory that the best way of helping nature to reforest the dis- t.rlct can be determined. This is done by removing trees that are already old or diseased and re- placing them by saplings, for the new generation to BSSIVIE us with future harvests. Each citizen be- ing in some measure the owner of a share of these wt natural her- ltugu. nobody can fford to ne- glect this important forest quea- tlon.-(Le solell, Quebec).

A United Press dtspnlch from Bremen tells of American style "progressive schools" established in centre: of the United states zone of Germany. United Press writer Menno Duerksen tells something of this new education in a coun-

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try renowned over the year: for its scholarship: "Tbinn u-g yup. Denlnz in German school: which never happened before. The sight of I alxth-grade teacher lilting informally in the midst of hp students while two I2-ye'ax.om, directed the club was I surpx-in it not a shock tobeverui vetan; German newsplper reporter. whg new it. Other innovations lilu student councils which sometime: vote to throw out the rule: mad. by teachers are appearing foo; Purpose of these new schools. l' appears, in to teach the young, stern progress and demootuc, an; to uadicata the isonou: doc. trines taught during the Nazi re. glme. Whether it is necessary if so "progressive" to achieve this end is an open question. Ge;-mu, education for generations ha: been extremely thorough, dump. line rigid and the teacher all. powerful in the classroom. 11'; results-apart nlways from thc, Nazi interlude-have been highly successful. at least in technical sense, Judging from the wcomp. llshmenta of German scientists, engineers. doctors, writers, music. inns and painters. There can be no doubt that some form of re. education of the German people is essentlal to counteract the deeply. entrenched teachings of the Na. tlonal Socialists. on the only hand the question arises whethe; it is fair to the German children themselves to give them freedom -and licence-st. school such a: German youth has never known

Many American parents have my themselves forced to take their children away from "progresslv.- schools" for the simple rcasor

that they weren't learning any.

thing. Nor did that schooling im-

prove their manners. Plnced or

the some level wlth,t.heir teacher

there is a. strong tendency in in.

progressive method to turn the youngsters into precocious littl.

rats. The war with Germany is

happily near its official ending

with that and. Germans will ch.

rect education of German child.

ran and the "progressive" method:

will probably be pitched out or the window. when that does hap-

pen and traditional schooling me-

thods are restored it is going to be painful for I time for the chil-

dren who latterly hnve been over-

ruling their instructors in the

classrooms. - (Ottawa Journal).

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