, l i economy generally." ,

This cross-section of official views ex-

presses pretty generally the confidence and

GUARDIAN

Iltlllj at DI PI-Inca Itroct. Uhu

ll . De.-iii-o"tg,s iHis WAY

BY

"""'i.u."'-.3K'i- ni. nomsos Comer! Ii,-in-if-ct optimism of our people, both in the re- . k 1. h. g ” "U . Km. an 1.... pal; :1:-agmmxmox. . or sources of the Province and in our ability Q," ., .;mum. . . mus” "mm. JOMWA-lF'v.md ...uml;:f.i3

. oeunl HIIIIlIl'..IIII A. Bu;-nettunn em” to utilize them to greater advantage dlif- for I leak I century. And. the career at I 1'-Jub r factory work. off Isusnmei-Ii . ooiuua so o. I . . , ' '

"'73: ..'”s'.'mi-a ci--, uonguigtthv PW Omeo Deurt-tent mg the year. We shall certainly have diffi- :lv:.yut!I:n l..10;kl;I1:3h0nGg::lly 2:1; :fe'kl;nwe;m, 9 R I ggcgerg

culties to encounter; but in the past these have proved a challenge to greater achieve- ment, and there is no reason to doubt but that the same will prove true in the future.

Celtic Grievance

Celtic grievance against the Sassenach has been stirred anew, iioteslan exchange, by the Protection of Birds Act of 1954 which has clamped down on the annual guga hunt in the Hebrides off the north- west coast of Scotland. Harsh words are being said about the English, who are held responsible for the enactment of the new law by Parliament at Westminster.

Giiga is the Gaelic word for the gannet or solan goose, a sea bird regardedyas an

long. s- ;Wlndsor Daily Star.

Philosophers sssuro us thst the passing of time is only an illusion, but lt's'no use pointing this out to the milnsger of the bank which holds your hots. - Edmonton Journal.

We hope It won't be construed as vulgar republlcanism on g our part. but we suggest the new 14th Street bridge be called t” 3 more original than the Queen Elizabeth Bridge. Canada's kings and queens arc noteworthy and memorable emugh without their names having to be attached to every school, road or bridge in the country. - Calgary Albertan.

lhorolsisollorroflsologrom. who stepped t ” the store and dropped I bottle of liquor on the sidewalk. He shook his head sadly

and customs inspector was of con- sidcrsble value ta' one Ontario student in winning I Rhoda; scholarship this week. Wide var. lety in summer employment la am. portant-to all university gradual... Such experience not only matures thinking, but demonstrates aptitude and contributes to adaptability in later careerI.,- Financial Post,

lloovy imports of tllrksy an causing no little concern gmon. Ontario turkey rsissrs at this Isa. Ion. Canadian turkey are, 01: course. of superior quality to ti). birds from south of the border, a fact which many Ontario buyers are prone- to overlook. corn fed

I) Cursor: Charlottetown. Surnnscruds smiu per snoum Else chunk? It Other Provinussnou B A full per nnnuin.

"rho strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink.”

MONDAY, JAN. 3. 1955

Our First Century

The opening Observances of Charlotte- l5own's Centennial year were an impressive prelude to the varied activities which will follow. Fitting reference was made by His Worship the Mayor and other speakers to the achievements of earlier citizens in this Cradle of Confederation. It is worth recal- ling, at this time, an editorial reference to the responsibilities of oui' first City Fath-'

Ccnsdisn product. finished on hard Emilio. lncluding plsnty or wheat. corn feedins ll. of ooung, cheaper and brings dulckcr gains.

ers, which doubtless reflected their oxvnlepicurean delicacy on Gaelic home tables of :3: si:,i:1ie:!lI qI".;::,tm;,:rgo';:ucoE: gl:Mtll:i;e'8wf:Ithms-tgwmuu the

Views and which 3i any Fill? S8I'V6d 85 an the Western Isles at festive seasons of 3hfs0imh'”";u 5”'"'il(”L" HW'";elf';':l9,: Sun-Times. A an Baum

admirable guide to their activities. the year. The guga hunt took the men of ",4 0:, dl:,p:c,.,de,,hJ, he ,,.:i,. , 1.7.”, 5 h

it "Much will depend-." said Hazards t3az- Lewis to the barren, uninhabited isle of ::db;:k;aii;e”?-itoggrxtigthvlfsbl 2:31.13 :5 If-llllgmcnlilogn o(f:a:1lrnM Wm egg: e of August 8, 18.).3, upon the spirit in Sulisgeir o0 miles north of the Butt of C;-,,.,,,, N,,.,,.Rw,,.d. um Jimmy nu .' Ms wt Thu

which the first set of municipal officers Lewis. where the hunters scaled steep cliffs in itself is nothing rising, sing.

The oisokoo olook industry seams to be doing a thriving business in Germany. It originated in the Black Forest around 1740. All of which makes one wonder whether the Black Forest was Inciently full at cuckods. Last year 500,000 cuckoo clocks were turned out. It

most people have a big too, but Jimmy's big too is son; an of the ordinal-y.Hc slslrns ittsextm sensitive, that he oanifeolv an earth. quake. and he reports that his to. picked up the shock oftho recent Oslifdrnla ssrthqushs. This, he says,

and lived in bothies (rude huts) built of stone slabs while spending their days on the cliffs, killing, plucking. singing and salt- ing the birds. As reported in the New York Times by Drew Middleton from London, the

commence proceedings. In all changes of government, whether municipal or other- wise, most men are apt to expect too much from those entrusted with power, while on the other hand, a dread of being consider-

. industry Ind to our Island

ed as extravagant and wasteful has the ef- ban on guga hunting has aroused indigna- Pafhway Through gs b'l1:"g;m:':g 3.3 llignui-lgsi:ki.h:..1fii:ru.n1o.ipi':: fect of introducing in the latter a niggardli- tion on the island of Lewis, and the Coun- for these clocks offers statistical f1:'u:e':7:nu;"gy':”mli,:1:;Egrd1fg:' ness, which is the reverse of good policy ty Council of Ross has decided to raise the . , proof ti-iatk theb wg:-Idhis gettgiii: mt, uh "smug quickly. 4mg and sound economy. In public as in private matter with the Secretary of State fori I V 1cnh0:nenfvllvc”::lmYRec;ri””'- ” l 0hronio1e-'IVeleznl7h-

spending. a liberal method of doing busi- Scotland. .,.,, ,,,,,,,, ,, ,,,.. .. .,,. ..,,,,,, , I mwuu ,. punnam M

ness is ever the cheapest in the end. . . The guga has figured importantly in ;;”",.,”j,,t;','.";.:,'1”",;',:'.'::,f.', ".'.','.'."'.'.'.'.'i l By Alvin Stelnlmpf life, .II it is supposed to be. what '.....-

”What we would recommend to the, municipal autliorities is that when public works are determined upon - and theyl should not be undertaken except after full consideration of their utility and necessity- they be erected and finished in the most substantial and scientific style. Every mem- ber should recollect, that though he is mor- tal, the Corporation, of which he is a part, is destined to immortality, and that the work ordered by the Corporation should be in accordance with this difference, so that, though the original founders have moulder- ed in the dtist, the monuments of their good

,. government and prudent administration will

jkroudly rear their heads, and serve as ani

.xample to theif- successors, of the wisdom: and propriety of erecting their edifices on' solid foundations, and of imperishable ma-I terial." ' '

In the main, our civic leaders have fol-l lowed this advice and no city in Canada hasl I finer record of conscientious service inl the administration of its affairs. If we have isot made sensational progress, we have moved steadily forward and it is with grati- tude that we look back upon our past, which will become brighter this year in the minds of all our citizens as the centennial cere- monies are continued.

Starting Out Well

Ari encouraging note of optimism l sounded in the various New Year's greet- ings which appeared in our year-end issue. Lieutenant Governor Prowse, in his mes-l

m

sage, reminds us that for the first time since the Korean war there is peace throughout the world, and that the pros-

pects, though still uncertain in this connec- tion, afford ground for reasonable hop: For this Province and for Canada he for- secs opportunities for greater achievement

and progress.

Premier Mathcson expresses the that the potato marketing situation improve as the year progresses. He notesf the continued high margin over the rest of? Canada maintained by our Island hog pro- ducers, the pr0gi'ess made in dragger fish- ery operations and the new industries dc- vcloping hccausc of larger fish landings; particularly in the fillcting of fresh fish; also the progress in rural electrification, more than 100 miles of power lines having been constructed in outlying districts dur- ing the past year. This construction marks the beginning of a program which, it is hoped, will be an inducement to young peo- ple to remain on the farm, bring back oth- ers who have gone elsewhere to seek their fortunes, and result in substantial improve- ment and dcvelopmcnt of our agricultural resources.

Charlottetown's centennial year affords Mayor Stewart an excellent opportunity of glancing briefly at past achievements and predicting a new century of development, both for: the city and Province. In Slim- merside, Mayor Wedge notes with satisfac- tion an improvement in unemployment con- dltions over the previous year, and in econ- omic conditions generally. Montague's May- or Yeo notes with pride the town's new Federal building, nurses' residence, Federal warehouse, new concrete bridge and many new residences, all evidencing the growth and progress of this flourishing community.

hope mayi

noonasarlly andorso tho opinion of

Christmas feasts of the Hebrides for cen- umwmnu

turies beyond calculation. The dispatch from London said: "The gugas lay single eggs in Individual nests. When the young guga is hatched, the parents feed it plenti- fully. Then they depart leaving the off- spring fat and sassy in the nest. Just about that time the hunters arrive. There is a Lewis saying, 'When the barley is ripe, the guga is ripe."

The new law prohibits the killing and eating of sea birds including the guga. The people of Lewis, taking note of the tradi- tional Christmas goose in England, are

GERMAN REARMAMENT

Sir,-Twice within the memory oi men still young this country has been involved in a major war. In the first of them 60.000 of our young men lost their lives, in the second 40,000. Had these wars never takent place most of these men would be alive today. Most of them, even those who fell in the First World War. would still be pro- ductive citizens. Canada still feels, and will continue to feel for an- other generation. the affects of these two blood-lettings.

What did these two wars have in common? Each was waged by

saving: Sauce for the guga is sauce for us in alliance with most of the i peoples of the world, against a mill- the gander. Anyone who eats so much as mixed Gemmx against l Ger,

a slice of guga now is liable to be fined I5 (M4), and anyone who kills a guga is fined another fiver. At last reports no one knew whether the present Labor Member of Par- liament for Lewis or the Conservative Gov- ernment would bear the brunt of the is- landers' displeasure.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Week of Prayer. 0

many which discarded every rule of international law, every standard of civilized conduct and, in World War II. every resemblence to san- ity. in ii. ferocious attempt to con- quer the world.

And yet. in the coming session of Psrllament. our legislators will be asked to approve of I treaty which puts arms back in the hands of this some Germany.

The strange thing about it is thst this is exactly what, happened before! The First World War end- ed with Germany decisively de- fealod. Ito armies had been driven from ontrenchments stronger than the world had ever seen before. Its worker: and its sailors were in rs- volt. By the terms of the peace treaty Ga-many was almost totally disarmed. Yet, within fifteen years. this some Germany was again I powor, again menacing the world with arms put into her hands by those very nations she had pre- viously attacked. and which she wI.s to sttack again. '

And not only were the deeds of these western nations the same.

That the big schools do not always have the most eminent counsellors is shown in the acceptance by Dr. Albert Einstein, the famed physicist, of a seat on the advisory council of Black Mountain College in I small town of the same name in North Carolina. It is one of the smallest colleges in America and is owned by its teaching staff. Another adviser is the nationally known poet, William Carlos Williams.

' " ' the some as well. In the 1930's

Germany was rem-med for the pur- of serving as I. bulwark

An increase in volume this year of P0” against Bolshevism. Today the only

Canadian exports t.o the United States, high- er tourist expenditures by Americans in Canada and continuing inflow of capital for investment is predicted by President G. S. Thorvaldson of the Canadian Chamber of

now called Communism. Germany is to be I. bulwark against Oom- munlaml

Coma bulwsi-kl

All .11 psganda ( and we hear

- enough at it these days!) ssids Commeice. Mr. 'Thorvaldson expects that W! pm” mm no the”: Rum: consumer expenditure on goods and serv- ggalim, whom a German army

was rsai-sated in 1018-1930, has never attacked u. Germany, whorls it is now proposed we again permit to iearm, has attacked us bwicc. As I (allow current events today I can only be reminded more and more strongly of the words of I poem which I leamorl in school. The last verse went like this:

Take up our quarrel with the foel To you, with falling hands we

ices will remain constant and that popula- tion incrcase will give the total a small boost. . O Clcmcni Richard Attlce, British states- man, was born this date 1883. An Oxford ':i'aduate and a barrister, he served as sec- retary of Toynbee Hall from 1910 and as lecturer on social science, London School of Economics from 1913 to'1923 with time out for army service. After the war he be- came mayor of Stcpney and'then Labour M.P. for Llmehouse. He held many high offices, including cabinet posts in Chur- chill's wartime government. Becoming Prime Minister July 26, 1945, he was act- ually in office on VJ Day. I

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ow ,

The torch. Be yours to hold on high!

If ye break faith with us who die

We bshpll not sleep, that poppies low

In Flanders Fields.

I wonder how well they are sleeping today? I am. sir, etc, MIIJION AOOEN Charlottetown

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Books Received

was MEIQANTID OUTLAW. writ- ten and published by Henry 0. Kidd. East Angus. Que” IN PD-. I2. -Tlnrs ls nothiru slick about this tale of ' Boots conununiw in the llastem Townships. The Megan- tic Mountains are somber and rug- ed. The story of Donald Morrison is told with directness and yet with an art that recalls true folklore. The narrative is interspersed with Ieleo. tlons from the "Trial and Life of Donald Morrison" by Angus Mac- Kay; also known as Oscar Dhu. These add to the atmosphere of balladry for the poem is I true btllsd in all except in individual authorship. Henry 0. Kidd is familiar with

Further evidence of the thriftiness of the Canadian people is afforded by the year-end statement of Mr. A. Bruce Math- ers, president of the Canadian Life Insur- ance Officers Association. New life insur- ance put in force up to the end of the year is estimated at not far short of two billion, six hundred million dollars. The nationls policy holders, now numbering more than five and one-half million, increased their life insurance holdings to about twenty- three billions at the end of 1954. This is a record level. Life insurance companies paid benefits totalling nearly three hu red mil-

but their reasons for them wers An

diffsrenos is that Bolshovinm is

Sourls also has notable achievements to its credit, as Mayor Peters polntivout: partie-

lfi fish processing developments " fare of far-benching importance to the

I

lion dollars, some twenty-five mil on dollars more than lni1953. A rise of ten million dollars in death benefits, and the rise in benefit payments generally. is. due primar- ily to the greatlv increased amount of life insurance in force. .

the lifo of the woodsmsn and writes with feeling of the free life of the outlaw who declined to stand trial for a killing which was really self- rlrfense unless lustles was done to his parents who had been smelly wronged.

The sympathy of his ncishbours

DUBLIN (AP)-Dublin's Abbey Theatre enjoyed an amilversary in December and many are surprised to learn that it is only 50 years old.

It has no building of its own any more. The mildcwed old structure in Abbey street, a former city morgue, burned in 1951. Many thought that from an architectural viewpoint it was good riddance.

But the spirit of the Abbey Theatre marches on. The organiza- tion makes the most of a Little subsidy. And Dec. 27 I company of intense and dedicated players who have found a home in the Queen's Theatre in Pearse street will produce Lady Augusta Gre- gory's "Spreading the News" and poet William Butler Yeats' "On Baile's Strand." These are the plays with which the Abbey Thea- tre got started in 1904.

To youngsters the Abbey Theatre seems as old and as ”'ont-ically Irish as the blarney stone. But it is expected that at the anniver- sary performances there will be many in the audience who were present at its first night.

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It has been an eventful M years for the Abbey Theatre. In the rec- ord, are great artistic triumphs, flops. displays of Irish tempera- ment and incidents which seemed to be of hot political rather than theatrical significance.

Probably no modern theatre has had to ask oftener for police pro- tection. or figured in more violent discussions.

The Abbey Theatre was founded by dreamers, poets. idealists, great Irish patriots and scholars. The soholirs were determined to pre- serve the Irish language. and to nurture the special kind of culture that oozes from Irish sod. Speak- ing for himself and his playwright colleague, J. M. Synge. Yeats said: John Synge, I and Augusta Gre- gory, thought that we did, ill that We said

or sang Must come from contact

soil. from that Contact everything Antaous-like grew strong. I

with iie

Yeats was inclined to be I dreamy mystic. and everything he touched or sponsored .in the years when his influence was strong was full of symbolism. which Irish au- dlences found charming even if they did not understand everything properly. But in later years the theatre came under the influence of I group known as the "Cork reallsts." They made it I popular playhouse, portraying comedy and tragedy of everyday life, whenever possible in the Irish language.

But it was always experimental. bringing in many foreign plays which seemed to plow new ground.

In its time the. Abbey Theatre had I lot of fun with George Ber- nard Shaw. In 1909 the censors of England would not permit the pro- duction of Shaw's "'l'ha Showing-Up of Blanca Posnet." The Abbey Theatre. which wasn't bothered by censorship, put it on and made in- .:..mgCL...m.m..m..m...

was invaluable but sometimes strained. as where one old Scab tish patrismh” because he was in- capable of deceit. lnvsrlablyifound himself locked in the born. by his family when the police were nesr.

sular London critics scurry across the Irish sea to keep up to date.

In its earlier days the Abbey Theatre delighted in pin-pricking the English. For a time its charter mrbade the production of English plays that had not reached the stature of classics. Irish national- ists rallied strongly to its support when it refused to close its doors in token of mourning in the death of King Edward VII. The lapse, it developed later, was due to I mis- understanding, but the incident es- tablished it thoroughly as an Irish institution of great independence.

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The old theatre building was given to the company by Miss A. E. -F. Horniman, a blend of Yeats. It had to fight. for I crown patent, the licence needed by l theatre. The document provided that the Abbey must not have more than 562 seats. must not sell liquor or produce modern English plays Tile restrictions have been modi- fied. It first got a subsidy in 1921. The Abbey and an enterprise in

mg Canadian universities a years ago. they were acclaimed II good students - sensible, serious and intent. Not only were they old- er but they had experienced life far removed from the academic atmosphere. sot newly

against I realistic background. Younger nudents must get -this

kind of preparation is it that makes classes so easy as possible, neg- lects discipline and promotes the pupil Ilmplyhecsuse he has spent the required number of hours in the classroom? Education which has deteriorated to the lowest common denominator k not edu- cation It all. It may be the easy way to empty the schools for next year's crop, but the products of such s system represent I colossal waste of time and money, a waste for which we shall pay. I "heavy price. -- London Free Press.

When ax-servicemen were orowd- few

They were able to acquired knowledge

South Africa are believed to be the only state-subsidized theatres ” u I. in the English-speaking world. Police co-operation was needed in 1926 when the theatre crowd ovb- '!b M Island in s - ll land