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The lllllllt] tiuurillun bllislilng Co. Iilltor uiul nlunriglng IHrm-Inr. J It Burnett- Aaiusrlufo Eilltiir, Frank Wallis-r.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CIIARLOTTETIIWN. IIJESDAY, DEC. 28. I948

Consuming Capacity Rises

Professor J. L. McDougall, in The Canadian lanker, provides a useful table, showing the 947 consumption of various goods, as a per- cntage of 1937-39.

"m; llltl Janus. unit jellies 2J1 luid uillk Ii’! ltvfrigrtristurs _ 31:5 Boots amt LIIUPS l.'i'.i Uumi-ilic ivasliing n flsseirger cur. lfsii ui.u-!iincs . Z u jhcwing gum IUI‘. crcum - .315 (‘liucululc bars 36'! Herr 1373 I‘ll'kll‘§ .. . ‘I76 llzidius . .. . 120?!

"These figures," comments the Fort Erie leview, "do not ref ect tre conditions of general rQveffy and stsrvctpn weiicl-i the Socialists and ranks assert now exist." The listed percentages, t is to be noted, do not relate to prices, but cantities. lt is of course also to be remtimbe" .‘ d that ca. 7331's population Iias increased con- i iderably since I939, but the gain is only 7 or

. per cont. This lcuvcs the clear inference that

h; per caaita consuming capacity of Canadians y as risen apprcfinbly in the past I0 years.

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What Baldwin Said

ln an article of historical importance in he current issue of the Cambridge (Eng) Jour- ial, the writer, Mr. R. Basset, of the London ichaol of Economics, sets himself to shatter the iaseless lcgond about Mr. Baldwin's alleged ggnfcssion" that at the general election of I935 io had appealed lo the country on a peace and cague of Nations issue, though he knew that carmament was necessary, because to have tressed the latter policy would have meant los- ng the election. _

This legend has been assiduously dissemin- ited, even by some reputable writers, through he studious selection or deliberate distortion gf entences in Mr. Baldwin's speech of November 2, I936, in which the supposed admission oc- ;urs. Mr. Basset's reply can be summarized. ‘here is, of course, no dispute that Mr. Baldwin ised the words:

"Supposing l had gono to the country and aid that Germany was rearming and that we nust rearm, does anybody think that this pacif- : democracy would have rallied to that cry at hat moment? l cannot think of any thing that rould have made the loss of the election from my point of view more certain."

"At that moment." What moment? Cer- ainly not December I935, the date of the actual ‘ilection. In an earlier passage in his speech, a iossage which his critics conveniently or disin- ienuously ignore, the Prime Minister said ex- ilicitly "l arn speaking ofgl933 and I934.

His argument was simple and perfectly oitnd. What he said in effect was: "If l had gone n tho country on a rearmament issue in I933 or 934 I should have been beaten. I therefore de- lided to wait till the end of I935. By that time ho country had learned a good deal from what vas happening in Europe. I stood ‘for rearma- nent then, and we got from the country -with | largo majority-a mandate for doing a thing hat no one, twelve months before, would have relieved possible." '

Commenting on this passage, loclares: "Nobody who reads the speech honest-

. y- can challenge this interpretation. Yet noth- i rig has done more than distortions of it to black- l in Lord Baldwin's reputation."

‘ Llheral Comment

Commenting on Hon. Mr. Drew's victory in

Iarleton, Ont., the Winnipeg Free Press (Liberal),

s"'Of course, the Conservative leader/s tri- imph is mitigated by the fact .that his seat, un-

iko Marquette, is traditionally Conservative and

ios never since Confederation veered away from But party feeling ipart, Mr. Drew's election will beconceded gen- zrally to be a good thing for this country._De- ‘eat of Mr. Drew would have made the position. if the Conservative parry in Canada desperate ind rather ludicrous. But his win, coming as if loes on top of Digby-Annapolis-Kings, will put low heart into the party. one _0f_thl IIISIWIC parties of the country, and send it into the‘ next lession of Parliament invigorated and behind a eader whose fighting qualities have been seen ~in and off the hustings. Whatever else it may to, the new Conservative leadership in the Com-

he stautest Conservatism.

nons will be vigorous, determined and articulate.

Th; ll. K. Agreements

The fact that Britain will be buying less from our farmers under the Canada-U. K. trade igreements next year has been a subject of criti- Basically, of

l :ourso, the problem is duo to tho difference be- “Iween dollar and sterling exchange. Summariz- Ii l‘ rig the views expressed in the British press, the

I I :o| comment in both countries.

financial Post cites the following factors:

ticet urgent wartime need.

- stato trading" in the form of contracts con- trols. and all that this tvpe of government-spon- ored activity involves.

3. The wisdom or desirability of either bilat-

rot or barter deals between Canadif and the

The Spectator I

g I. Unwillingness or inability of United King-

loin to negotiate long-term agreements for pro- liicts such as bacon and eggs where Canadian lormors had established substantial marliots to

2. Division of view among the Canadian Cob- ‘ whet itself as to the wisdom and importance of

United Kingdom.

4. The implication in the‘ Gardiner speech

that ECA policy is preventing Canada from mar- keting some of her farm products. Some or all of these issues are already being thrashed out at Ottawa. Meanwhile, Canada has received favorable and useful publicity which may well end in n speedier solution of some of these issues than might otherwise have occurred.

EDI IURIAI. NU IES

Innocents Day. l

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The footpaths and snow ploughing should now be the order of the day.

In Montreal the Mayor and Council refus- ed to have Monday 27th. and Monday, Jan. 3 declared public holidays. Curlers are lcoking forward to the visit of the Scottish Curlers next Saturday,‘ when there is sure to be a rousing time at the roarin‘ game and the accompanying receptions. Readers, especially sportsmen, will be on the lookout for our Friday's edition, which will con- tain Col. D. A. MacKinnon's yearly review of Maritime Harness Horse Racing, as well as other sporting features.

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Young farmers are to be the guests of the joint agricultural departments at St. Dunstan's to inaugurate the new voar with helpful resolu- tions for improved farming and farming condi- tions. I i W

The Tay Bridge (Scotland) Disaster this date I879, when a train passing over with tour- ists was plunged into the River and seven lives lost. The bridge, which is two miles long, was replaced by a more substantial erection.

When Parliament meets Jan. 26 the Gov- ernment will probably again appeal to members not to prolong proceedings unduly. The Govern- merit itself can help towards that end by in- troducing its legislative programme early in the session instead of leaving the House in the dark as to what to expect.

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lt is astonishing to learn that the machina- tions of an adventurer should have led to the resignation of a governor of the Bank of Eng- land. The unhappy experience of leading labour politicians in being "used" by promoter Sydney Stanley should indicate that old-fashioned un- approachability has its advantages to those with public responsibility.

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Abolition of appeals to the Privy Council is by no means the leust important question being considered by the Government between now and the opening of Parliament. Except whero Dominion and Provincial jurisdictions conflict there is probably little advantage one way or the other. It would be a serious matter, however, for Canada's constitution to be interpreted by a court appointed solely by a one-sided Dominion Government.

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Now a movement is afoot in Washington to return the gift season to St. Nicholas Day December 6 as in days of yore, and to confine Christmas Day itself to the observance of relig- ious services and family reunions. A good deal is to be said in favour of the proposal, more especially as it will spread the goodwill season over a full month from December I to January I. St. Nick used to be as popular as Santa Claus.

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An old time custom here has spread to Eng- land, namely boys starting business among their colleagues. Twelve-year-old Brian Appleby has opened a bargain shoeshine business at Horsen- den secondary school, Greenford, Middlesex. During the morning recess and the lunch hour Brian and two other boys polish shoes in tho playground at a halfpenny (one cent) a time. "Half the profits go toward running expenses," Brian said, "but the bulk of it we are saving to give a Christmas party for poor children. What gave me the idea was hearing so many mothers complaining about their boys’ dirty shoes."

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Service charges on cheques drawn has been increased to six cents generally from five cents by Canadian chartered banks. The banks also propose to boost the rental on safety deposit boxes but the amount of the increase for this service has not been announced. lt was pointed out by bank executives, that costs have been constantly rising wlillo charges to customers have been stable. One official pointed out that total payroll of Canadian chartered banks has doubled since prewar days when most of the present service rates were established. The presi- dent of one bank said that the rental of safety deposit boxes at the old level did not meet the cost of the service provided customers in that, department and, in fact, the bank was losing money on them.

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Seven years ago, in January I942, tho whole fighting strength-of the Canadian Army Over- seas was concentrated II! Sussex, England. Here the Canadians found themselves responsible for some 80 miles of English coast, from east of Hastings to the Hampshire border, and includ- ing tho valuable port of Nowhaveri and the populous borough of Brighton. As this area, with its good roads running north to London, was considered the most likely place at which an invader would strike, the task of guarding the stretch of coast was no small one. In addition, thoro was ever tho danger of seoborno and air- borne raids. As they watched the misty Channel and looden English skies that winter, Canad- ians nourished hopes that if the enemy would not come to thorn, they could go to him whoro he waited, 50 miles away across the water. They little knew then iust how long they would be forced to wait.

ABCTUBUS IN AUTUMN

when, tn the gold October dusk, I * saw you near to setting, Arcturus, brlngcr of sprtng,

Lord o! the summer nights. leaving u.s now in autumn,

Having no pity on our wttherlnl;

Oh, then I knew at lost that. my own autumn was upon me,

I felt. it In my blood.

Restless as dwlnclllrig streams that still remember

The music of their flood.

There in the thickening dark a wind-bent tree above me loosed Its last leaves In flight-

I saw you sink and vanish. pltlless Arcturus, . . You wlll not stay to share our lengthening night.

-—Sa.ra Teasdale.

Qt: --.- spent-cacao Old Charlottetown (our r. n. I.)

‘ EARLY WAR. VETERANS

Very often our gallant South Afrl- cun contingent Is referred to as the first. In which our llttle Province had sent. her sons from their homes to flght the battles of the Empire. This is not quite correct. In the American revolutionary war of 1812

Wharf on one of H. M. shlps-of-war en route to the scene of conflict. It was the boast of many of the old residents who witnessed their departure, that a finer lot of men could not have been picked in the whole British Empire.

They distinguished themselves In thi~ bloody battle of Lundy'is Lani.- rind suffered severely. Among the number killed was John ftlcEacli- ern, who had formerly been a ser- geant in the barracks In this clty. He was killed while fighting by the side of his brother-In-law, Peter R. Smith, also of Charlottetown. who, for his services during the war. received his commission as Ensign in the British Army.

Smlth was not among the one hundred who left here In 1812. but hail joined the British Army some time before, as a volunteer. At I.undy's Lane he met his brother Richard, whom he had not seen for twenty years. Richard was subse- quently well known throughout the Provinces as "One-armed" Smith. he having lost an arm In the battle above irientioned.

Peter R. Smith, for many years after the war. wuss the owner of a packet that plied between the Is- land and the mainland. He was the father of I-I. B. Smith, of Char- lottetown, and also of Peter and John Smith, both of whom served with distinction in the war wltli China. Peter also fought in the Peruvian army and with the Fed- eral Army in the civil war of the United Slates.

In the Crimean war. quite n number of Islanders fought in the British ranks; some went from the Island and others enlisted from dif- ferent parts of the world. In fact, wherever Britain's battles were fought, whether In the Crimea, bo- neaih the walls of China, or the battlefields of Europe and America, there might be found the sons of the "Garden of the Gulf." fighting valiantly for their sovereign and the Empire:

—-R. E. Smith In the Prince Ed- ward Island Magazine, April. 1900.

Winston-The Artist

(Exchange)

The canvas stood before hlm. avresomo In its empty expanse of whiteness. Winston Churchill sat there, brush poised, In hls first ad- venture In the art of painting. The story of how and why he began to paint ls now told In a volume with the title, "Painting As A Pastime," written by Mr. Churchill and pub- llshed in London by Odhams Press Ltd. and Ernest. Benn Ltd.

Of that first. eventful moment Britain's great war-time Prime Min‘- lster comments: "My hand seemed arrested by is silent veto." But when the spell was broken he "seized the largest brush" and fell upon his vlctlm.

From that beginning In 1915 the quallty of Mr. Churchill's work IO improved that a number of hIs paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy In 1947 and 1948. He. ll-"lled 1° Pfllnllng during the

In 1915. "I had great anxiety and no means of reltevlng It," ho ob- serves. "Then It was that the mule of painting came to my rescue."

After experlmenttng one Sunday momlh! with his children's paint boxes he was encouraged and pur- chased all that was needed for painting in olls. And now, looking buck upon It across the eventful distance. he stresses the value of *1 bflbb)‘. and writes that “pointing is a. friend who makes no undue demands. excites to no exhausting Pursuits." He reveals his delight In brilliant colors and charactcb lfllsollv remarks that what polrit- ing really needs to begin with Io audacity.

Rflffllllng the rare and rIch flu- ency of his oratorlcal and literary endeavours; the odmIr-oblo quality his Plrllntlnga (which ‘Include in.

UP Iver. Quebec‘) Irioptroo speculation of what lielghto ho would have ascended lied art boon till life's work. That ho did ocmqv, l mill"? over the olualvo mule to typical oft Illl application to any task, and of the delightful vgflg. llllly of the man who also found dlverllon tn the noble and ancient craft of brick-laying.

Irlof Iooplh

There oro oII tho Irilrodtonto IIIIOIY. for on Immortal pointing of this man of destiny pointing In brief respite from the loomlngly unending doyo and IIIIII crowded with anxieties and cornplexttles orid

firms kiunrznirsii.

one hundred volunteers left Queen's I

grim hours of the Flrst World War In

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ENPLM/ourziuo TO (REATE A siQoNocR , TRANQPORTATION

LINK FOR THE |SLAND~~

Recently the Bar Association of

the city of Ncu" York. and Its opposite number among the medlcos. got. together to see Ifl

something could be done to have chronic alcolahollsm taken out. of‘ the crime class and recognized as u i disease.

As a result these two bodies are

asking for legislation which will

make prmlsion for the establish-

ment. cf hospitals, clinics, and

farms by state authorities, and for

the certification of chronic alco-

hollcs In sucti institutions or In ap-

proved private Institutions for

treatment.

Al. Own Request

These alcoholics might be ad- mitted iii their own request or might. be committed by the Court or by members of their families; with protective provisions of judl-_ clal review.

The doctors and lawyers are not

solution for t-he remark Is made; “any legislation Iu Lhls field must. necessarily be experimental In na- ture. and only experience and re- sults will tcll whether the bill Will be able to provide the criteria by which the lcglsatlon will be ftn- ally judged."

There is nothing in the report of proceedings which indicates whether the proposed hospitals, clinics and farms are to be, In el- fec-t, custodial institutions. They will remove the victim from temptation. and build up hLs ner-

Ls not enough. They must have the patlcnt with them every step of the way, working for his own rehabilitation and determined upon It. or they are doomed to costly Iallurc.

This ls a subject upon which the Rockefeller Foundation has pondered. It. has noted that hos- pital treatment for alcoholics has increased In point of num- bers carcd for but that these min- istration: remain, “palliative. rou- tine, and wasteful." The Fouiila- tlon considers that alcoholism

the forces of psychiatrists, soclal workers. industry, governmental authorities, the families Involved and other persons interested In Its control.

The Community. to take over the ivoi-k intelligently, must Insist. or. more than safe custody, or even sympathetic treatment.

What Is the cause of the dl- sease of chronic alcoholism? In other words there Is o. crying need for research. It. Is symptomatic of an enlightening publlo conscience towards this matter, that organi- zations such as those of the doc- tors and lawyers of a great City are moving for some concerted ac- ttori.

ELECTION [N JAPAN

TOKYO, Dec. 27- (ReuIerQ-A general election wlll be held In Ja- pan Jan. 23 the Government an- ounced today. More than 2.000 can- didates are expected to contest 466 ‘seats In the Lower House.

"the frightful unfolding of the war."

The mlnd cannot measure the

easel, an unmoved,

background the tumult of those thundering years of war.

tlh heart-warming Inlplratlon In the courage and fortitude of Wlri- ltari ChurcIiIlI palntlng In calm contemplation daring tho dark doya of national ordeal, and the shining hour: of victory-SB.

sure that they have hit. upon a.

vous and physical health. But. that.‘

must be dealt with by combining‘

staggering burden upon the should- ers of the artist stttlng before hls lllent figure, finding solace and strength In a creative art, with always In the

Free men for all tlme will cher-

Report on Alcoholism A Firm Expands iwiimipegiFree Press) (New GIasgowTTChronIcIeI An Interesting announcement

comes from Charlottetown. Itfarl- time Central Airways Limited, the airline which serves the Trenton airport, Is expanding into New- foundland. Its manager, Captain

l Carl Burke, has stated publicly that

M. C. A. has formed a new coni- puny, Newfoundland Airways Ltd., and has taken over some of the business, assets, and personnel of the Newfoundland Acro Sales unil Scrvicc. The new line has bot-ii given a contract for mail flights into the northern districts and wlll likely make forest patrols in sum- m0!‘-

The novelty of a Maritime com- puny expanding Into distant terri- tory Is refreshing. Pictoniaris have no quarrel with the service M.C.A. gives them. Locally, M.C.A. good will leaves nothing to be desired. Its new venture will evoke good wishes for success from the many local uir travellers who have util- ized M. C. Afs service.

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‘Last Link With Laurier

(Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph)

To the best of our knuwlcilge Ilic

last link between the golden age 0f Lziurier und the {ircseiit day has finally worn through with the puss- lng of Hon. I‘. A. Cheque-tic, retired judge and parliamentarian. 1 Indeed the life spun of (his fum- ous. Quebecoi" wont. buck before 'C0nfe(lerziti0ri for he Illlfl nrzirly completed his niuoLv-fifth yiiii". n truly patriarchal ago. But his uct- ivr- political UHITOI‘ coincided with that of the grout nutionul loader in opposition unrl in power.