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MONDAY, DEC. M, 1054

Peace On Earth

All too often the Christmas season of peace on earth, good will to men, has found the world engaged in war.- There is much to be thankful for that the past year has been a peaceful one and that no war mars the celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace.

Not all Canadian soldiers, however, can be at their own firesides at this time. Their contribution to peace is to stand side by side with those of many nations united in the will to preserve the peace. Their ready service enables the rest of us to go about our normal tasks and pleasures secu1'e in the knowledge that no would-be aggressor will be tempted to plunge the world into war by a seeming opportunity for easy conquest.

Christmas is a family festival. It cele- brates the birth of man as well as God- Families make every effort to be reunited for its observance and in the giving of gifts it is the children who are first in our thoughts. They have pure joy in receiving presents and early learn that the Christmas spirit is the spirit of giving. It is to be hoped that they will never lose that spirit and replace it with some system of "ex- changing" gifts according to rule.

In this part of the world we have many things to be grateful for. Material perity is ours on I scale never before

. known. With it and enabling us to enjoy it, is a measure of freedom and justice that certainly exceeds our deserving. The carols which will be sung should come from joy- ful hearts. They will be echoed through- out the world, sometimes more with hope than joy. To all, the words will bring fresh courage and thankfulness for Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men.

Cherishing The Past

Perhaps it is because they are such a forward-looking organization that the W0- men's Institutes are deeply concerned with records of the past. They realize that the future evolves from the past and that com- munities, like plants, have their roots deep in the soil. Throughout Canada the Insti- tutes are vieing with each other in com- piling village ”history books", and several branches in this Province have made excel- lent progress in the direction. Recently re- ceived has been a handsome brochure pre- pared and published by the Springfield Wo- men's Institute, which might well serve as a model of such praiseworthy efforts.

The booklet was compiled in 1953, which marked the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the coming of the first set- tlers to Springfield, and has been revised and published this year in its present form. It deals briefly but comprehensively wkh every phase of community life, from pioneer times to the present. Topography and agriculture, life in the home, school days, church activities, community health, high- ways, postal services, the part played by community leaders in politics and the pro-

. fessions, as well as brief sketches of all the

, pioneer families, provide a wealth of inter-

' esting information. Special attention is given to the service rendered by the young- er citizens in two world wars, in the Korean

i' war and on the home front. The booklet contains a full bibliography as well as some interesting illustrations.

One gets the impression.'from its well- written pages. that here is an epitome of much of our Island history, and that its ex- amples of courage. enterprise, faith and

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all. During the thirteen year period from 1828 to 1841, fifteen families settled in Springfield. Five families gave their native 'land as Ireland, eight were from Scotland and two from England, with a total popula- tion of one hundred and four. Fourteen were Presbyterians, thirty-one belonged to the Kirk of Scotland, twenty-eight to the Church of England; twenty-seven were Ro- man Catholics and four were Methodists- Approximstely 2,500 acres were owned or legsed by these settlers and slightly over 425 acres or about one-sixth was cleared. Today there are forty-five farm properties in? this prosperous school -district. . About oiie-half th! owners are direct descendants of the original Iettlers. The roots have goi'ieduWiidoep.ItwIsli1deed Iworkof P5911! ln..lIIvI pslnstaklngly this rqaord fol'tT”pliuerity, I labour of love in which the Institute shar-

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good works have invaluable lessons for us'

tsj, at last with the Isms-devotion, un- dastsndinx and sympathy. We look for- wIrd to the time when every community will have its history compiled in this man- ner, not only as I memorial of pioneer achievement, but as an entrancing record and-source of inspiration.

Number One Job -

From reports coming out of Des Moines, Iowa, it looks as though the new Governor of that State is about toinstltute a new idea in government planning. "The mun- ber one job facing me," said the Hon. Ieo Hoegh shortly after his election, ,"is to build an educational system that will meet the need of all ,.the people, not only for to- day but in the future. After that there are the problems of better roads, an expansion of agricultural research facilities, and the promotion of industrial growth."

This primary concern for education shows Mr. Hoegh to be an unusual kind of political leader. Usually, the needs of education are about the last thing taken in- to account in government budgets; mainly, perhaps, because it ranks lower in popular agitation than other public services. It is good to hear of one highly placed govern- ment official who believes that education is more important than anything else in the calendar. Mr. Hoegh deserves mention and congratulations on still another score. When asked how he proposed to find the money for the expansion program he said that he would raise taxes, if necessary, but first he would make sure that all the taxes due the State under present laws were collected;' and that "all possible economies in gov- ernment had been effected."

EDITORIAL NOTES

The remarkable safety record of TCA' is somewhat marred by the crash near Toronto of the Tampa-Toronto Constella- tion. There is much to be thankful for, however, that the crash was not accompan- led by heavy loss of life.

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Some 15 per cent of Canadian service- men and civil servants voted against the life insurance scheme to provide one year's salary up to 955000. All entering the Cana- dian Government service in future, however, will participate so that in a short time it will be practically I blanket coverage

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Lighting a 65-foot tree on the, White House grounds, President Eisenhower, de- clared that the world is large enough and the skills of man great enough to house mankind in peace. He added, however, a iwarnlng that he was not advocating peace

at any price. I

Strlx in the London Spectator usually has urbane comments on a civilized scene. He must have been as shocked as his read- ers, however, to have to report that a high school student, left by the teacher to keep order in class, did so by covering the class with a fully-loaded army revolver and an- nouncing that anyone so much as opening his mouth would be shot.

On slippery roads and streets it re- quires as much as twelve times normal dis- tance to stop a car. A glance at the speedometer, therefore, should be accom- panied by ,a mental multiplication of the, ispeed shown by ten in order to compaile the risk withsummer conditions. The fact that many people are in holiday spirits and perhaps not as cautious as usual adds to the danger of driving at this season.

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Robert Gordon Menzies, Australian -statesman and lawyer, was born this date 1894. He followed his father's footsteps as a member of the Victorian Parliament and held a number of cabinet posts. He became Prime Minister of Australia in 1939, after four years as Attorney General. In the face of considerable political difficulties he play- ed a most important role in maintaining his country's war effort. A

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Invitations have gone out to heads of universities in Canada and 31 other coun- tries to attend next year's International Festival of Music and Drama at Edinburgh. It will be the ninth anniversary of what has proved to be one of the major interna- tional cultural events. More than 23,000 visitors from 45 countries, the highest num- ber ever recorded, attended the 1954 Fest- ivsl.

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u Hon. Mr. Plckersglll, Minister of Immi- grstion, is regarded as the logical minister todirect the administration of the Canada Council to be setup at the next session of Parliament opening on January 7. The Na- tional Gsllery, the National Film Board, the National Library and the Library of Far- liament function under his jurisdiction. Recommended by the Massey Commission in 1951, the Council is expected to start operating next fall and Iccording to an un- confirmed report, Hon; ' Arnold: I-Ice'Il0?.. csnadisn Ihibssscdor to Wuliirigton, may

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Europe Comes Back

News and World Beport

A new mood of confidence, self- assurance, even exuberance. is growing in Europe, A business boom that took hold in the face of a U.S. downturn suddenly has given Europe the feeling of a pati- ent who has recovered to the point. where he is in better health than his doctor.

Industrial production has climb- ezl nine percent in 9, year when U.S. output tell by almost precise- ly the same amount. The boom has lifted 300 million Europeans to levels of prosperity never be- foi'e known on this side of the At. lantic. S

People are producing more, carn- ing more. selling more abroad and living better than ever in their his- tory. The business peaks of 1929 and 1951 both have been surpassed

For the first time since wand War 11. prices are steady while production soars. Inventories are normal. Not a sign of inflation has appeared, even in France, which is accustomed to chronic inflation. For nncce, the bloom in European cheeks stems from robust health instead of fever.

The forward surge has imbued Europeans with a feeling of and independence. To- gether wlth growing military pow- er under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization the new prosperity is restoring Europe's belief in itself. People have a new jauntlness in their walk and a new look of con- fidence in their eyes.

The whole thing goes back to the business boom, which itself has come as I surprise to the ex- iaszrts on both sidu of the Atlan- t. c.

Prosperity on its own is I new experience for Europe. A 10 per- cent. drop in U.S. production in 1949 provoked major crises abroad, Almost every European country was forced to devalue its currency. only a. year ago a repetition of cat- astrophe was predicted by the Or- ganizatlon for European Economic Co-operation. It. warned Europe

that "grave reprecussions" might follow "even I,mlnoi- fluctuation in the U.8. -

TM?-cad. hardly it month goes by now without some new record being set. in Europe. Economists in Paris jokingly suggest. that Europe ought to launch it Marshall Plan in reverse to buoy up the United States.

Steel production in Britain is climbing toward a rate of 20 mil- lion tons I year. Italian automo- bile output has gained 31 percent over 1945. The percentage of unem- ploymeilt. in Germany is lower than in the United states. France's gold and dollar reserves have gons above the billion dollar mark.

Sleek new nutomoblles fill the traffic-jammed streets of ancient. European capitals from London to Berlin, Europe this year wlll-pro- dues more than 2.5 million psa- senger cars and trucks. The con- tinent. is getting its first taste of an economic revolution that the U.s.-experienced when mass pro- duction of automobiles hit. its stride in the '20's.

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sets have been sold in 12 months. The home-building record of 1937 is being matched with 350,000 dwellings going up. The last, ration- ing restrictions have gone. British tourists are roaming the Contin- ent again. The Chancellor of the Exchequer predicts that Britain's living standards will double over the next 25 yin:-s.

In France, be number of tui- tomc-bile owners has Jumped 700,- 000 in 38 months, I 50 percent rise Home building. after years of the doldrums, is so percent over 1953. with 190,000 dweulngs scheduled for completion, 1954 looks like the second-blggest. building year in French history. ,1

In Holland. Switzerland, Bri- tain, and the four Scandinavian countries, unemployment is down, to 1 percent or less-smaller than

sible. German exports are expect- ed to cross the 5-billion-dollar mark this year. sales abroad have Jump- ed 46 percent for German auto- mobies and 38 percent for electric machinery in 12 months. Austria. a chronically sick country until 1953, has quadrupled its foreign ex- change reserves.

The economists advance many reasons for Europe's seeming im- munity to the decline in the U.e. But one factor dominates like I high Alp towering over its neigh- bors: Europe's productive power. helped by years of US aid, fin- ally has been restored and revit- nlized,

In every country and in every industry war losses have been more than replaced. Plant capacity is at an all-time high. Productivity is on the rise. New spindles are replacing old; automatic lathes are displacing hand machines. Output is climbing faster than em- ploymcnt and hours worked. The work week now exceeds 43 hours in Geramny and Holland, 47 hours in Switzerland, 45 In Britain. 44 in France and Austria.

Industrial production over all has soared 50 percent above pre- war levels and is up spectacularly from 1947 -- the year before the Marshall Plan started operating. some industries have made almost unbelievable gains. Production OI electcrlc poweri chemicals. alum- inum and automobiles has doubled since 1938. Oil refineries have been expanded seven-fold since the war.

BEA5. HUNTERS

PEMBROKE. Ont. (CP)-Hunt ers in the Pembroke area have shot I17 bears so far this season. Henry Bahr leadiniz the list with 23 bears killed. Runners-up are Percy lgeen with 14, Martin Roth. well with 10 and Herbert Sell, seven.

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ADVICE ON APPLE FIRE Bring in the apple wood Against the winter;

It will burn blue and good To the last splinter.

Set match to apple bough For the slow ember

Let orchards blossom now In white December.

Once they were blooming pink But now in this room , He who would dream and think Marks red the in bloom,

Marks that all earth is his, Here where his orchard ls.

-Anobel Armour in the New York Herald Tribune. '

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and P. I I. ' " GUNNEIIY MEDAL

"We were today shown Ii very handsome medal, that has been pre- senled to No. 1 Battery, P. E. Is- land Provincial Brigade of Gar- rison Artillery, by the Hon. Judge Young. The medal, which is sus- pended from a ribbon having three gold clasps, consists of I mili- tary star, surmounted by an Im- perial crown, having I centre piece of gold. on which an artillery- man is shown in has relief in the act of taking aim. The conditions under which it is to be competed for are that the members of the Battery making the highest Ig- gregate number of points in four hall yearly competitions. shall be- come the winner, and that in the meantime it be held by the mem- ber making the highest number of points at each half yearly com- petition. Gunner Frederick Mc- Kenzie, who, though a recruit. suc- cecded in beating the veterans of the Battery at their first match in the competition, is its present holder." '

-The Examiner, Dec. 29, I882.

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VANCOUVER (CP) - Rev. Ed- ward Smith. retired minister of the United Church of Canada, told city council here he agreed the "burial business is the sweetest racket. this side of heaven." The original quotation, he said, was made in I magazine pub ll s h ed in eastern Canada. The clergyman made the statement during a stormy discus- slon over the sale of 216 acres in suburban Burnaby reserved by the

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up the mountains, luvlnl the hush behind, Ind soon you In on I high. rollliu plateau. It is the hurt of Africa, I couple of hundred miles north of he equator.

Africans line the road. waving and milling, black skins Ibinlng in the sun. Hers In At:-icIn walks with spear in hand. his bare- breuted wife trailing behind him bowed under I load of fauna. Up the road I Belgian settler is plow- ing with I tractor.

Spear and ti-Ictor Ire symbols of what is hIppe'nlng,ln the Bel- gian Congo," this lvut saucer- Ihaped land of jungles and high mountains Ithwart the equator". In this country about 90.000 whites live in peace with 12,000,000 Afri-

calls.

The Congo has become one of the most prosperous areas of the world since 1908 when Belgium be- gan operating the territory as I chartered colony. Last year, for example, its total gross national product was more than Sl,000.000,-

000. It's rich in cobalt, copper. gold. tin. manganese. It may hold the world's largest deposits of

uranium - though the extent of uranium operations today is s closely-guarded secret. Cotton, cof- fee and palm oil are among its

1 agricultural exports.

There is no unrest among natives here such as Britons face in Kenya. French in North Africa and South Africans to the south.

The Belgians, last and most re- luctant of the European powers to stake I claim in Africa, have tried to learn from the colonial exper- iences of the British, Franch and Portuguese. A practical-mi nd e d people, they have I sharp eye for business and few illusion of im- perial glory. -

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Fifty years Igo cannibalism was widespread among the Bantu: of the Congo. Today it is almost non- existent.

You tind missionaries seemingly everywhere, operating hospitals and conducting schools far in the bush and on remote hilltops of the rolling uplands. The Belgian gov- ... 2 recognizing their impor- tsnce, gives them t.lie fullest co- operation.

The missions. for exsmple. are the backbone of the Congo's edu- cational structure.

There now are about 1,500 while settlers in the Congo. They con- tinue to come at the rate of only 100 a year, all carefully selected and trained. But none can settle now on this rich land around Fatakl. The government has for- ”-'-' further white settlement above 3,000 feet elevation in this area. preserving the land for the use of the Afl'iCBl'll..

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As yet the overwhelming major-. ity of Africans farm only I sub- sistence level. But many white settlers In pmspering, living like feudal lords in n lsncl of no daily newspap -, no television sets, no retail stores. some make Is much In 0200.000 I year. srowlnx coffee, raising cattle. extrsctlnl on from the eucalyptus trees they intro. duced. here. i '

I The Age Old Story 0

And Its-Iishtwsy Jesus constrain. -ed disciples to get into I ship. and to go before him unto the other Ilde. while he sent the multitudes away. And when he Ind sent the multitude: swsy. he went.' up into a mountain span to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. '

OTTAWA (CP)-One of the pi. oneers in the survey of the north, C. H. Ney, was honored on retire. ment as assistant Dominion geo. detist. He was plcsenied with the llold medal of the Professional In- stitute of the Public Services of Canada for his work in mapping Arctic aviation routes.

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