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JANUARY 21,

, TIIE CHRLOTTETDWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily ti-‘ounded in i881]

President: Lieut. Cot. W Chester S. Mal-urn Vice-President: J. B. Burnett, F. J. 1, Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. MacKlnlmn, 0.5.0, Editor and Managing Director: J. ll. Burnett, FJJ, lllocilte Editors: Frank Walker and Lleul. III A. Burnett. R..C.N.V.It. tun Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Th“ the Weakest Ink."

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Danger Signals

Provincial (Iuvt-rnluctils cannot function properly while their authority is uncertain. Under the llrztish North .\iucrica Act the

powers which lie in the Federal Governmcilt and those l'(‘Sl‘l'\‘(‘(l for ilie Provinces in the main are clean etttntgh. llut for the effective prosecution of the \\':1r nitich Provincial juris- diction lt:1s been prc-cutpiutl by tlle Dominion. No tibjectiou is lllliflll in this as a temporary expediency. But in inking over certain Pro- vincial rights during the war the Dominion has given siqtis that it would roniiiitie the attack 011 the jurisdiction of the Provinces itito the pence. .

In Ontario Premier George Drew spoke out strongly against the (hangers of over-centraliza- tion. .\i the Ontario Progressive Conservative annual dinner he charqctl that there was 21 steady process of infiltration which will give the Provinces "n0 fllnire btit to abandon their rights under financial‘ tn-csstire when the war ends." There has been an attempt by the Dominion attthoriiy to “move in on" the Provinces where the itizttter at hand held llil relation to the war. Therein lies a rcal danger. Comllieitting on it, the Globe and Mail says:

“As long as (fctuada has n. Constitution it should be .'tdherctl to. lf the ll. N. A.- Act is not satisfacloryq then thcrc is a way out, by aillend- ment. Uut l‘roviuri:ll rights should not be taken away by devious methods.

"Overccntralization is dangerous. The further government is removed from the people the greater the possibility of power being abused. When that centralization l s place in opposi- tion to the letter and the >l\‘l‘li. of the Cotistitu- tion it is time to call a halt."

This is what the Alzu-irintes have been warn- ing against all itlong. lt is reassuring t0 ltave Ontario titiblic opinion with us at least.

ThTaTGfreek $135.13”.

The situation in Greece at present is: The new Prcinierfi (ieiteral Nicholas Plastiras, 62, has hrusqticlv wariicd liLAS that they had better capitulztte politically as well as militarily. Greece had chosen a Regent, Archbishop Dalil- askiuos. The Archbishop had chosen llim (Plas- tiras) as Prcinici", known as No. 1 king-break- er, fresh from clcveit years of exile in France. Some Greeks wcrc pleased. They remembered Plastiras as the democratic strongman who help- ed depose King Constantine in 1922, King George II the following yrar. Other Greeks were (lisapptlintcd. 'l‘ht-_v remembered Plastiras’ unsuccessful attempt to seize the (iovernnteilt ‘in I933. I11 his lliilc-illzttl, (Qillllllff, Plastiras took the four portfolios of War, Navy, Air and Merchant Marine in atlditioil to the Prem- iership. Most of his Ministers are Liberals; all but one had rightist IlTKllllOIlS. The cx- ception: Foreign hliilistcr john Sofiauopottlos, 57, who organized (ircccds Popular Front party in 1936, visited Russia in 1924 at the invitation of the .RllS>lil.li tiovcrtitilciit. Not iil the Govern- ment: rcprcsctitaiivcs of l*/\.\l (National Lib- eration lfroill). \\'ll<'1-e fighiiilg arm is ELAS. But,Gcileral ldustiras nlatlc his attitude crysta-

‘LAS must first lay down its arms be- l M could cntcr his (iovcrnmcilt. There- aftcr he promised: (l) rc-cstztblisltinetlt of democratic institutions; (2) frcc elections. He added grimly: “I hope the rebellion will cnd with the rebels laying down their arms . trusting my word that l will not allow a dic- tatorship. . . lf not. I \\'ill nilturally be com- pelled to clear the situztiiott by force." Leftisli Forcigit Minister $ofiituopoul0s hacked hi5 leader: El. S was a tninorityl, must lay down its arms, This ltas not t-tlrletl the trouble. spor- adic outbreaks still fcaltiriitg the siltiatioil.

Extra M urul Education

Tho function oi thc liliiglislt iuiivcrsitics in the promotion of adult t-ilticutiott is discussed in the cdttcatiotutl stipplt-iucilt of the Landon Tinizxr by .\lr. \\'. h’. Xibli-tt, who emphasizes the value of cxtrzt-mttral ilcpztrtitlcuts and the need for their cxtcitsi tit. (fnutillctttiug 0n the article, iht: (‘tlitor 11f the supplement speak-s of the “various. and onerous, additional responsi- bilities which outsiders scttnl to consider should be shntildcrcil by tinivcrsitics iti tho post-war world," atldiiig that they would be justified in feeling “somewhat nvvrtvlii-liticil" at the pros- pect. lltuvcvcr. thc fztcl ihitt Vi‘. Niblett him- self writes as :1 l‘l‘])l'(‘-l‘llfltti\‘(: of the univers- ities would illfliCillt that they 1111' not only willing bitt anxious to do ibcir ftill part in providing opportunities for stlch 11> ilcsirr- and are likely to profit from thc-iu. .\Ir. Niblctt thinks that oilc of the greatest ltruidicnps is tlic attitude of the public, which is too rtpt to regard thc uni- versities as “rather :tloof and exclusive soc- ieties." ln nrdcr to brt-ztk (lOWll this feeling. he mggcsts, there should lx‘. closet‘ contact h0- tween them ‘and outside itpinion. Au enlight- ened public dcmitnd lllll$l first be created. Much initiative, discretion and creative “sense of sittiatiou" is called fnr; local education auth- orities. tcchilirztl iuslitiilimts, heads of schools. Ind even itidtisiriatl firms contributing their experience and rit-tipt-ritling iil fitriuiiig a plan. “The extnriittiral dcpartiurlut should be the hub of the ctlucatouitl \\'ll(‘f‘l of the rrgintt," says Mr. Niblctt, "its spol<cs'radiatitig in cvcry direction." This is an nhjcclivc which is cttuai- ly important in the sllllllifill of (fanadlfs educa- tional problems.

It is important, also, to bear in mind the

ldlnfillitivnlof Mr. Nesbitt that the object is not merely to give the student “more knowledge." 4 n - _,. . . .

:11 ""19. he says, increase his hospitality to llle. help him to feel more sensitively, to be more acute _of moral perception and more able t0 ‘lueet social demands, as a coinpletepcrson." It is not to be supposed that a rcady-tnade pro- gram can be put into operation at once; but some pr0gram.is necessary-and enthusiasm for ‘carrying it out. .

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Should the Provincial Government acquire Mt. Pleasant electrical equipment for the elec- trification 0f rural sections, Prince County will be off to a good start. U i U Our January l0\v temperature thus late makes us realize we have, so far, this season, been liv- ing on “bormwed" weather, the pleasantest winter for years. We are now having a taste of what less fortunate provinces have been ex- periencing for weeks. at =r 4 n- Ontario is drinking 75 per cent more beer than in November, 1939, Chief Liquor Con1- nlissioncr \Villiam G. Webster reports, adding: "We are at an all-time high for the sale of beer in Ontario.” Mr. \Vebster said the latest complete tabulation shows Ontario drank 28 per cent more beer in November last than in the same period in 1943—3,50o,0oo gallons coin- pared to 2,750,000 gallons in November, 1943. at m 1r 1r

Lewis Carroll (Rev. Charles Lutwidgc Dodgson) mathematician, philosopher, humour‘ ist, author, born this date 1832; best known as the author 0f Alice in Wonderland, and Through The Looking Glass, but had a distinguished car- eer~as a professor and published Euclid Ami Hi: Modern Rivals, etc.

"Tile time has come," the Walrus said,

“To talk of many things:

Of shoes and ships-and sealing wax—

Of cabbages—and kings-

And why tlte sea is boiling 1lot—

And whether pigs have wings."

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Bettvecn 1931 and 1941 there was a general ageing of the population of Canada, owing to the practically non-existent migration and a lower birth rate-factors that were emphasized during the depression years. In 1921 the num- ber per 1,000 of total population in Canada be- tween the ages of 40 and 59 Years °f 3E9 “m5 183.0. It was 201.2 in 1931 and 209.5 in 1941. Greater proportional increases were shown by the group of 60 years of age and over. This group represented 75.1 per 1,000 0f the total population in 1921, 83.8 in 1931 and 102.2 per thousand in I941. -_ I i ll

In I944, Mr. Average American Civilian consumed 155.4 pounds 0f meats and thus fared not quite so handsomely as Mr. Average Can- adian Civilian, who got away with 157.7. But neither of them had anything t0 grumble about. for the share of their counterpart in the United Kingdom was nearly 50 pounds less—-1o7-9. l0 be exact. These and similar figures were brought to light today in the second report 0f the Combined Food Board, which showed that

adequate to maintain "reasonable health.” l i i l?

An important change authorized in the “lar- tilne Salaries Control order is removal of the salary “ltiattis” which fornterly existed between the salaries and the wages order. Originally the wages order applied only t0 persons earning $175.00 a month’ or less. This was later raised to $195.00, when the cost-of-living adjustment was iuade. Persons earning between $195.00 and $250.00 per month came under one order 0r the other depending 0n whether they were above the rank 0f foreman or comparable rank. The new order puts the line of demarcation between the two orders clearly at $250.00 a month or $3,000.00 a year. All persons below that figure 110w come under the wage order. All others fall into the salaries order jurisdic- tion.

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The coming election is tending still ftll'lllCl' to increase government officialdont, writes an Ottawa correspondent. There are a fcw (l2.- partnlcnts that should be 0n the way out, whcrc personnel should he rapidly reduced but, iti- stead, more are being taken on, quite regard- less of the fact that they are not itecdezl. lf the ministerial heads are 110t always on thr- alert to check such needless affronts to the treasury it probably is because they are tint always told. It may be that thcy should he more inruiisitive. Then some of the fault for failure of closer coordination of ntztnpotvcr 110l- icies and a more effective scrutiny of public expenditure in times when the taxpayers are heavily overburdened may be laid at the door of Parliament. The legislators usually perulit tllc government t0 delay civil government est’:- mates until the end of the session and then 110th- ing is (lone about them. Some of these (lays it will be shown that ctcrital vigilance is the only‘ price for national solvency.

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Comparisons may be odious, but ilcverthc- less effective. Paying tribute to the military service of both Gen. McNaughton and Air Vice-Marshal A. Earl Godfrey, C. C. l". candi- date in the three-way lay-election, Mr. Case, Progressive Conservative, said service of the two men was not an issue. “As soldiers and politicians, though, their position is different," he said. "A grateful government has sought to discharge its obligations t0 them and they de- serve the treatment they got front the govern- ment. Mr. Godfrey has a pension of $18 a day for every working day in the rest of his lite and Mr. McNaughton gets $38 a day for his lift». 1 3m not opposed to these, pensions, but l am for equality. Stitokey Smith. the only Cattadian private t0 win the Ettlpiros high- est award for gallantry (the Victoria Cross). receives l5 cents a day for his life. lmt these people who talk of equality think of 111.35g

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food supplies in all three countries in 1044 were a

r1112 cnAm.o'rrt~i'rowl~i GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way

There never Wu a more popular Archbishop of Canterbury tmd p“. nate of _All England than the late Dr. William Temple. ‘He was the Wvlklllsmfllfs archbishop as well u the cnumhmarrs archbishop. To succeed so ‘ ding a Christian social reformer is a hrad task. But Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher. pre- sent Bishop of London, who i; new nominated w the Canterbury on by Prime Minister (Xiurchtll, s e, keen disciple oi’ William Temple, So Britain looks hopefully to the w“- tliluation 0f a progressive role for the Church 0f England in the Clll- ciul years of world reconstruction. Dr. Fisher- wlll bring to the m. cient seat of Saint Augustine his own exceptional administrative abil- ity. his gift. forgrasplng intricate problems. his conclliator approach to opinions other than h s own, and h» popularity with his clergy. Such attributes will stand him in good Stead 1n the bit: task of overhauling the whole machinery of Anglican administration. Like Archbishop Tt-‘mllle. hols an ardent worker for interdenomlnatlonal c0 - operation. And when one takes a look at; the new Archblsholfs wartime mode of llvlng today-straphanglng in tn SllbW-By. interviewing newspaper re- lwflers tn his bomb-damaged Lon- don home, obliged to have his en- ronement postponed because Can- terbury Cathedral has no heating —there seems good reason to ex- pect; that he also will become a practical leader 0f workaday reli- glon-Cltrlstian Science .

A couple of days ago anxiety was created in United Natlons b re- ports in Imldon that the Allied War Crimes Commission had aban- doned plans to try I-Illler and other Axis leaders. However. the trend of events indicates that, war com- mission or no war commission, the guilty wlll be punished this time. Ctr-incident with the London re- port-ar perhaps in answer to ll»- the Moscow radio broadcast this blunt statement. made in the news- paper Pravda by the widely reaid journalist, Ilya Ehrenburg: "We ourselves will judge our tortures and this we will entrust to nobody. We wake with the thought o! Ber- lin and with the same thought: we lie down t0 sleep." That's quiet language, but; it has a chill in it. Russia, with her blacklist; of thous- ands of German war criminals, proposes to carry out her own judgment and punishments. Rilssla isn't. a member of the War Guilt. Commission. -— Dewitt MacKenzte, AP War Analyst.

Seventy candles flickered on "Win- nle’s“ birthday cake. All peoples who cherish liberty wish many more nappy and useful natal anniver- saries to Britain's great Prime Min- ister of the Second World War. After the 191B victory. the United States retired into “splendid isola- tionlsm." Britain dodclered 1n her island. France dozed behind the Mitginot. And the Axis —- while Winston Churchill warned in valn —colled and struck. With the crisis at 11111111, the man was at hand. God supplied Lincoln; He furnish- ed Churchill. Now with victory ripening, lt. ls but appropriate for Americans to add our birthday ac- colade to the indomitable leader of our kindred Ally, who, in the darkest hour 0f our mutual hopes. vowed: “We will never surrender." God save Churchill! - Jersey City Journal. .

Men who are fighting daily at l-he risk of their lives 1n the mud nd slime of the jungles or 1n sub- zero temperatures against the haz- ards of a fanatical enemy find it impossible to understand that We at home are undergoing any real llfilrllSllllls at all. And those men are 100 per cent correct. When they hear that, thousands of pcolllc are crowding to see horse races. profession football games and other exhibitions of that nature thcY feel and feel bitterly that people on the home front have not, even begun to realize what they, the lighting men. are having w Evil“- From their point of view wc lire moving along daily about as usual afflicted only with net-w annoy‘ unccs and often complainin about those-while work ls P191191 "l. Ply ls nigh 11nd food and other cs- scnilals rtrc at hand. —- Kilns“ City Ttlncs.

iosilllumnus luvurds oi the Dis- tinguished Service Cross have been made to four army chaplains (W10 Protestants. one Catholic and 0119 Jew) for surrendering their life- belts t0 other men on :1 sinking transport at the sacrifice of tlml own lives. The chaplains stood 0P the forward deck distributing 11f.- belts from ll box. When the b0! was empty cncll chaplain remov- ed hi5 9W1] przceless llle-lllilfei ‘fllld gave it tn itnothcr man. Tue snip was 5111121113; by the bow “Lien H1111 tn the water and in life-boats saw the chaplains link arms and n59 their voices in united tirilycl". THEY were still 011 the deck. tollethpr prriylmg, when the strlkcn nulde her final plunger-U. S. W“. Department.

Greece's forty 1131's of ciyil sirifp form one of the sittidest 99-59335 ° the \va1‘._A little more wisdom oh twin titles, a llttlc more llatienct. would have tnade them unnecessary. They crime upon a land which hit ciidured for ycttrs an cxactlntr d0 mestil: (limiter-shin. uiwn B 1180111 which had fought one 0f the m‘?! heroic WHPS in all history until-hf an adversary potentially as danger’. (m5 n5 the Pei-stuns who were dc fcatcrl at Marathon and Sfllflm upon communities which had bee cruelly abused by the NM! 4H1 Fascist conquerors. Behind ill scenes during the DB5‘? i°TfY'°dJ dgys there may have been for‘ reaching economic and political 111-. fluenceg at, work. We mlsht. 110;’ let, our eyes rest. on what is in i313 night-a, population needing bres and tranquility. Only when the" boons have been regained can Uncle be created an atmosphere suited to s final 11nd democratic settle- menta-New York T111188-

One of the unforeseen results of the aerial attacks on the Bllllsh Isles 15 may, gegi-chllghts are the indirect cause of the dlfllll 01 l huge number of birds. Pllfllvlllflrll! starlings. When the powerful beams are thrown into the sky l“ certain areas the llvfllllllfi! "Y around and around in vast num- berkmne tight in the county oi Suffolk attractlnt! as many as 10°»- 090 birdk-gnd kggp on flying until they {e11 dead from exhaustion. In such numbers do they lull thfll

a tcrwards tn sweet! "P the 0MP!" from the road because the squash- ed bodies would make the surface Buppgyy m» “my vehicles. One hu- mane officer asked 811111851011 0n

om occasion to |wi elf his

a ccinl crews have t0 be sent out th

ARMY c/iom- com-s

services oi your 9W9!‘ to bring the mutter of Army Cadet ‘Ruining to the attention of your readers. The Clmrlottetown Anny Cadet Coiips has been functioning for n little over a year. It ts Composed of

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training and all of the ‘City schools are represent-ed as well e, students tom of Wales

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Instruction ts Elven by qulalifled Cadet. instructors and a great deal 0f Dfoflrcss has beer.- made. Parents of the Cadet-s have carpi-eased them- selves as bet t endously

ys have lccelved.

It l. well known that most of the. expenses of trailing s. Cadet Crops must be raised locally, A statement», of receipts and expenditures 1n mlznectlon with the Charlottetown Cadets has been given to the Pub- 110 through, yfillr columns. ‘This statement showed a cleertaocount- 1H8 for all of the monies received btv the committee. It; showed what has been done and what. has to be dflne during this year.

The Charlottetown Arm‘ Cadets "e very proud o! the act that. they have paid their own wsiy and that. they have never asked the public for oontrlbufons. All funds used biv tlhe Corps have come from the small annual maul; from the Government and from money earned 13y the Cadets when they Sltonsoreu a moving picture December 1944i, At that time the boys sold a great many tickets and were assisted in the ticket sale by nuiny ‘good friends 0i the Corps. With the many calls on the pub- lic for charitable domtlctns, the fact that. the Army Cadets have been able to function without add- _u to the already heavy burden is (Tillnclly to their credit. I wish to draw on this credit and ask for general support for the boys the-v Wain go to work to sell tickets for their next sponsored ,‘ If they have a ‘in ticket sale they will have continued to Imy their own way.

‘Through the kindness oi’ the Prmce Edward Theatre a bright entertamlng picture, “Dinner For A Soldier". will be shown on Feb-

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r 5, 6, '1. A oombfnatlon of well known veteran and unger er 11nd

stars has been brouqht loge the result is reported to be ex. cellem entertainment. Mav I men- tion time of the stars, Charles Wlnnlhsvr. well klwwn for his role in “Show Boat", John l-lodluk, who created a sensation in and Anne Baxter who was out- standing in the recent picture “The Sullivans"; The st/ory ls built around situations which develop when One oi t-he Pomer- families "111: to entertain a soldler- guest in vhe manner of their more pros- perous heighbors. It is a. simple well tnld story filled witih alternate comedy and pathos.

May I take this opportunlw of expressing the thanks 01 the Cadet. Coops Committee for the keen in- WTBSt and 811911011 we have always received from you and your palper. I am, Sir eto, i l‘. . . JONES. For the Charlottetown Army Cadet Committee.

Glamour On The Danube

(Winnipeg i Free Press!

In Budapest the Germans have destroyed one of Ill-Eli's most, beautiful creations. Th5 city on the Danube tum a dreamlike qual- lvy and seemed to come out of a. fainy stony. ‘n. was not quite like anv other cltty 1n Europe, for the infidel Turks of the middle Ages had swarmed over it and left Lheir Inark t; curious architecture, lhalf Eumpean, halt Asiatic and all barbaric.

_By diiy the river banks and the l1 lls behind them were crowded with odd spires and siplked domes. By night. the lights of the river bridges rtncl the lazy river boats Bllstencd in the v-ater. and flood- llghtls. suddenly revealed gigantic statues 11nd monumenfs, the intri- cate shadows of cathedral towers, the wnlte walls of the old fortress, all cllnalnz. Junsubstantlal, to the lillside.