PAGE FOUR THE GUARDIAN

Authorised as second Clue Mali Post Office Department, Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

-resident and Associate Editor, Ian A Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward llilnfl like the dew”

f'Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Thus the Weakest Ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3, 1952

Wholesale Massacrcs

The Manchester Guardian reveals that Po Yi-Po, one of the chief dignitaries of the Peking Government, has had published in the Cominform Journal an official estimate of the numbers executed by the Chinese Communists. Thus: ”In the past three years we have liquidated more than two million bandits. Bandits are non-existent in China now, and the social order has be- come stable as never before."

”Bandit", the Manchester Guardian points out, means anybody who possessed a little land, or who was disliked by the Communists, and adds:

”This is the first public admission by a member of the Chinese Government that the Communists have killed, by execution and not in battle or as the consequences of civil war, 2,000,000 of their subjects (the figures were broadcast by the Peking ra- dio). Since Tamburlaine, what govern- ment would have gloried in it?"

Tamburlaine is perhaps as good a par- allel as one could find in history. This Tartar conqueror of the 14th century is depicted in a play by Marlowe, Shake- spearels contemporary, as the embodiment of the lust of power in its crudest form; in one scene he appears ”drawn in his chariot by the Kings of Trebizon and Syria, with bits in their mouths, reins in his left hand, and in his right hand a whip with which he scourgeth them." Stalin's satellites are usually more subtle in their methods. The hammer and sickle have re- placed the sword and whip as party em- blems, and there is much talk of promoting equality and the brotherhood of man; but underneath is the same implacable fury, the same blood lust and disregard of human rights and lives. Occasionally, as in the case cited in the Manchester paper, the mask slips from the benevolent image and the face of the beast is revealed.

This helps to explain why the disposal of war prisoners in Korea is regarded as so important an issue on both sides. One of our basic premises in this struggle with world Communism is that there is a great potential resistance to the Communist re- gimes within their own borders. The West regards that latent opposition as the big- gest chink in the Red armor and, in the Korean war, has exploited it with good re- sults. Large numbers of prisoners in the tilted Nationsl hands surrendered because they were told they could thereby free themselves from Communist control. Thus

it is held that if we now turn these prison- ers back to the Communists, it would per- manently deprive us of one of our most potent weapons in the struggle for world freedom. The Kremlin's recognition of that fact lies behind its insistence on forced re- patriation. It will not be easy for its apol- ogists to camouflage this motive now. The massacre of two million Chinese to achieve "stability" behind the, Iron Curtain speaks grimly for itself.

Fewer convicts

it used to be accepted that the almost certain fate of a convict was to come back again and again behind bars. .The law punished him appropriately for his offence

but was little concerned about the effect

of the months or years in prison upon his future as a citizen. That attitude is grad-

ually changing and the report of. Can- ada's penitentiary commissioner, Ma).-Gen.

G. R. Gibson, is distinctly encouraging.

Our penitentiary population has begun to fall off, slightly as yet, and the per-

centage of repeaters or recidivists has drop- ped significantly since the royal commis- sion investigation of penitentiary conditions was commenced in 1948. It is too early, of course, to see anything like the full ef- fect of even the changes in prisoner hand- ling that have already been effected.

As Justice Minister Garson pointed out

in the Commons. "Canada did not claim .io I

have developed it completely effective tech- nique but she is moving in the right. di- rection." The fact is, however, that a

change in the public attitude towards im- prisonment is necessary before it is pos- sible'to go the whole way towards rehab- ting criminals and making them over decent useful members of society rath- it than qtbufdun on the state and ii men- , , .

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venge of injured persons and their friends and relatives. But for the feeling that re- venge can be safely left in the hands of the law there would certainly be far more disturbances of the peace arising out of criminal acts. When we as individuals can be satisfied with the re-molding of an offender into a law-abiding citizen it will be possible to concentrate on the problem of reform. .

cl-ilidren And Accidents

Child fatal accident figures for Canada would seem to be higher than those in the United States: 32 per cent of children's deaths in the age group of one to four years are accidental; five to nine years, 48.9 per cent; 10 to 19 years, 46.8 per cent. In the U. 5., estimated percentages of deaths among children from accidents are: One to four years, 20 per cent; five to nine years, 30 per cent; 10 to 14 years, 40 per cent.

Dr. William S. Langford, director of the Pediatric-Psychiatric Clinic, of Babies” Hospital, New York, is a noted authority on the cause and prevention of accidents in childhood, and recently released his find- ings on a study comparing a group of ac- cident-repeaters and accident-free children in the New York hospital. He concluded that three types of children are most like- ly to be involved in mishaps: Impulsive children; those children facing an undesir-

bourhood; those who are members of fam- ilies where there is a high accident rate among most of the adults. Under pressure, impulsive children, he said, ”are physically inefficient to cope with challenges they are attempting to undertake.” The second category usually involves "an child in a very hazardous environment," and Dr. Laiigford found it surprising that ”it holds pretty consistently that children in families where. there are many accidents among the adult relatives usually are in- volved in accidents themselves.”

If Dr. Langfordls conclusions are to be accepted, it is obvious that the problem of combatting the greatest single cause of death among children involves even more than removing hazards for children in the home and neighbourhood. It involves, too, special precautions and training for those children who are impulsive or immature.

EDIIBEIAL N0li:S

The Men's Chorus under the direction of Mr. William K. Rogers made a highly favourable impression by its debut at the St. Andrew's dinner. It is safe to predict that this ensemble will make a name for itself in the Province and beyond.

The position of Prince Edward island farmers as presented to the Dominion-Pro- vinclal agricultural conference is better than that of many others in Canada at the moment but when the immediate ad- vantage of high potato prices is past we will require improved exports even more than do the others. O I O

The demand for information about inat- ters of right-of-way at intersections gives point to the need for education and exam- inations for driving licenses. The Province and municipalities could well provide edu- cational material which would be more comprehensible than a mere summary of the statute and regulations.

U V O

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted the Indian proposals for bring- ing about a cease fire in Korea. This may not seem'to bring nearer an agreement be- tween the U. N. and the Chinese Volun- teers but it faces the Communist planners with the alternative of ending the fighting or being shown to prefer its continuance to agreeing with 53 out of 58 member na- tions.

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Joim Flaxman, English sculptor, died this date 1826. Son of a Convent Garden moulder of plaster figures, he earned a

designs. for the ohinaware of Messrs. Wedgwood. He then turned to monu- mental sculpture. He spent seven years in Italy perfecting that art; and executing a number of masterpieces. His work is pure and simple in style and is executed in the true classic spirit.

"Light-a-bumper" stations are being set up at all New Jersey Turnpike entrances by the State Junior Chamber of Commerce. The idea is to cut the number of accidents by applying reflecting tape on automobile bumpers for a, nominal charge. It is claim- edgthat a car can be made,visible up to half a mile in all kinds of weather. A sim- ilar plan was tried here some time ago, the reflecting material being applied to bicycles. What would really add to high- way safety would be for pedestrians to

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And satellites have rest?

Too much of donning and dofflng. Too slow the rainbow fades,

I weary on my robe of snowf

My leaves and my cascades;

I tire of globes and races,

Too long the game is played: What without. him in sunimci"s

D0mD Or winter's frozen shade? -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Ye are our epistln written in our hearts, known and read of all men: forasmucli Xls ye iire inun- ifesiiy declared to he the cpistlc of Christ ministered by mi, writ- ten not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablem of stone. but. in fleshy tables of the heart. . . . Not: that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing -IIS of ourselves; but; our sufficiency in of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but; of the spirit: for the letter kllletll. but the spirit glvcth life. . . . Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face he-holding as in I glass the glory of (hp, Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even no hy the Spirit. of the Lord.

Old Charlottetown (And 2. z. i. )

LAI)lES' All) SOCIETY "The annual meeting of the La- dles' Industrial Aid Society was held in St. Paul's school room on Thursday. As the Society appears to he doing n good work, it may be of interest to the community to know the lines on which it works. There is a management committee of twelve, iind a work- lnir committee of over sixty. A subscription of 25 cents is asked from all interested. And also donn- tlons of cast-off clothing. Meet- ings are held every -' Tues. day. when ll rertnin number of ladies attend to meet the poor who ask for aid. At. these meet- ings the poor saw, and some in- dies read to them. They end 8 pleasant afternoon with a cup and a bun.

"On Dec. 14th last the women were given a tea, with A little music, and some pleasant read- ings. Another feature was the Savings Bank-each woman re- ceived her savings with some- thing added. A successful concert was given in December. which as- lllted the finances. Besides a number of garments. the sum of 3120.36 was received in monev. The money was expended in buy- ing material which was made iii- to garments and sold at half price. Thirty-five poor women at- tended the meetings-21 Church of England, 6 Methodists, 2 Bap-. lists, 2 Kirk. 1 Roman Catholic and 3 no denomination stated. The idea the ladies are trying to work out is: help those who try to help themselves. The meetings are pleasant; poor and rich meet together and learn to know each other."

-The Examiner, April 29, 1881.

SHALLOW LAKE

Timke Erie, mbsl. southerly of the Grant Lakes, has an area of 0,040

wear reflecting belts or other gerinents.

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A poultry expert says 3h0U1d be niiiuscd," and we can't think of nnythiiig more amusing to a lien than to tell her the price we have to pay at the store for eggs. -Ottawa Citizen.

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"Knitt-lug Ls to B woman," .says a psychologist, "as a. cigar is to E man.” Women will hasten to point. out, liowevcr, that they don't. leave droppcd stitches on the living room rug. -- Edmonton Journal.

It is a strange thing that so few persons will take the trouble to learn how to make an effective little speech on the platform or before the microphone. Few people have any natural gift. for oratory except in private. is that why we advise over-voluble conversation- alisis to ”Go hire a hall?" -0ttn- wa Journal.

Even the finest machinery can collapse as shown in the spectacu- lar crash in Nanaimo harbor of SS Princess of Nanaimo. The fail- ure of a mechanical connection between the wheelhouse and the engine room sent the big ship plunging into small fish boats and a dock. It's strange to think that the safety of A big vessel, its pas- sengers, crew and cargo can de- pend on a tiny wire. But such a thing is true all through this mechanical and electronic nge. - Vancouver News-Herald.

Much as Americans may wish to root Reds out of any place in the U. N. -including Russia as member-they may well weigh the gain against the cost. can the U. N. be built up as an independent force able to represent world wel- fare rather than any narrow na- tional lnlerest? Or will each na- tion try to use the U. N as an in- strument. of its own policy to the degree that there can be no agree- ment even on officials? - Chris- tian Science Monitor.

The Government, him back- trackcd most. of the way on its television policy... Privnlc tele- vision will be allowed, apparently, only where the CBC isn't. operat- ing. The CBC is already broad- casting TV in Montreal and Tor- onto, is worklng on Ottawa, and is planning stations for Winni- peg, Vancouver and Hamilton. . . . Who is paying for the CBC television in these selected cities? The people of Canada, all the peo- ple of Canada, through the mon- ey voted by Pnrliament. to the CBC for this work. Yet the results of this expenditure liencfii. only the people in those half-dmen cities. The local communities will have to support all the other TV broad-

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casting. Calgary will be paying for television in Toronto but Toronto won't be paying a cent toward tel- evision in Calgury.- Calgary Al- bertan.

Men succumb to fashions in their own slow and quiet. way. For example, a trend is noticable to- ward the flannelette night shirt, according to a survey made by the National Association of Re- tail Clothiers and Furnishcrs. other survey highlights included consumer acceptance of the nar- rower brim, centre-crease hat; the slip-on, laceless shoe for regular and business wear; and single- breiisted tuxedos instead of doub- le-breasted models. - Marketing Toronto.

Canada has a. 10,000,000-lb. sur- plus of cheese to get. rid of some way, and 9. man in Toronto pro- poses to stage 10.000 "cheese par- ties" across Canada, each of them attended by 500 people, each of whom will get in by purchasing two pounds of chiee.-3e. And prestoi all the cheese will be eaten up, as clean as a whistle, if the man in Toronto can find the required 5.060.000 people who like cheese that much. Next. to rolling off the log, it's the simplest thing anyone ever heard of! It's surpris- ing that Hon. Jas. Gardiner. who will naturally be blamed for our getting stuck with the 5,000 tons of cheese, didn' think of it. himself. however. the story says that he has bought 10 pounds of it, which entitles him to attend five of the 10,000 parties-and that ought. to help some!-Ottawa. Citizen.

Ties With Portugal

(St. John's Telegram)

No other foreign tongue is as familiar to Newfoundland as the

Portuguese. It may seem strange”

to other p'i'ovinces of Canada that Newfoundland has such ties of friendship and commerce with Port.- ugai.

Portuguese navigators visited our shores shortly after John Cabot discovered this island and many of the place names were created by them and still remain in existence today.

Several times each year St. John's is crowded with Portuguese fisher- men ln from the Grand Banks for batting and revlctusllng. Apart from the trade which makes stores in this and other local seaports busy, the visitors are very gentle- manly in their conduct and cause

the authorities no trouble.

CLEAN UP SALE 0 USED rnncrons

, the universal mirth, Cassandra-

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our used and rebuilt stock at very low prices to clean up before winter.

Take advantage of this cicun-up sale to get. 3 low priced tractor for yourself.

A. Pickard Farm Tractors Ltd.

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DECEMBER ,3, Q.

A man with whom I have I speaking acquaintance told me, with pride in his voice, of the great number of crows he had kill- ed since the government put. a bounty on them. He gave me to understand that his Joy would be complete if the authorities would only include the sparrows and robins in their list of un- desirable and unwanted residents. "For", said he, "they do as much harm as the crows".

All of which impelled me to read again Longfellow'a poem "The Birds of Kllltngworth".

It seems that in fabulous days. hundreds of years ago, the little village of Klllingworth was invad- ed, early in the spring, by all manner of singing birds. There were the robin and the bluebird who "filled all the blossoming or- chards wlth their glee", and sparrows. "chirping as if they still were proud, their race in Holy Writ should mentioned be". Birds of passage, loitering on the way. quarrelled one with another and "laughed and railed like foreign sailors". And, of course, there were the hungry crows, for crows are every-

where. No one knew for sure just. what it was they cawed about so

persistently, but the poet suggesbs

they were praying, ”Give us, 0

Lord, this day our daily bread".

He may have been right. too, for

there is something in the Bible

about One who feedeth the young

ravens that call upon Him.

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Any way, so the story goes. the thrifty farmers, as they tilled the earth. "heard with alarm the cow- ing of the crow that mingled with

like. prognostlcating woe; they shook their heads and doomed with dreadful words to swift. des- truction the whole race of birds". What is more, they wasted no time in com'ng to grips with this terrible menace that had descended upon them. Apparently, farmers in those far off days had more political in- fluence than they seem to have now, for it was not long before they forced the village authorities to call 3 public meeting for the purpose of "setting 9. price upon the guilty heads of these mercu- ders who, in lieu of pay, levied blackmail upon the garden beds". The Squire, in his position of chief magistrate, presided over the meeting with much dignity. The person, too, was there, to lend whatever help he could. So also was the deacon of whom the poet. says, "There never was so wise a. man before". In fact, he seemed to personlfy the time- honoured expression, ”Well, I told you so!" 0 O

The Squire summed up the pur- pose of the meeting in masterly fashion. The birds, especially the crows, were undoubtedly 9. men- ace to the security of the village and they would have to go. Every- one present charged them ”with all the crimes under the sun". Everyone, that is, except a tea- cher from the academy who hap- pened to be in love with "fair Almira in the upper class". Whe- ther or not his being in love had anything to do with it is not clear ( it probably had) but anyway he made an eloquent. speech in be- half of the poor birds. He charg-

lirlng about the deaths of "the ballad singers and the trouba- dours, the street musicians of the Heavenly city". "And what for?" he asked. Was it not simply for the gain of "a scant handful more or less of wheat. or rye, or bar-

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, By Observer 0 T. THE TEACHER AND THE CROW!

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made man made thizmlatirldls wh. and for a purpose, He asked Haiku. to imagine what. the woods M: out birds to sing in them ,. "' be like. He drew a. picture 0; 3"” ty nests, lost music, hm-desm locusts and grasshoppers with INDY "to drive out these 1,313,. ous foes". With the crows ' who would ”crush the beetlgmla his coat of mail and cry hm,” on the slug and snail?" Bug mg" was not. all. He wanted in km, ' "How can I teach your childzzx gentleness. and mercy to the wen: and reverence for life which 1 its weakness or excess, 1.; mil R gleam of God's omnipotence, when by- your law. your .cm,,,.' and your speech. you contrmm the very things if teach"

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The defence rested. 1:. ma noble effort: alright but it ..,,f ed no purpose. The farmers laugh. ed and voted for a bounty on the heads of crows. Some of um. who had not attended the meet- ing iind who read his speech 1,, the newspapers applauded the ten. cher, however. and that of mum made him feel good. But, "amt, est of all the applause he won from thee. 0 fair Almin. at th. academyl" Soon the dreadful msssscro ho. gun. "Dead fell the birds, with blood stains on their breasts or wounded crept. away from 5131,. of man, while the young died og famine in their nests." To make I. long story mm. things happened just its the tn. cher had said they would. The following summer was exteremly hot. The ground burned to ashes, There came millions of caterpil- lar: and hosts of devouring insects. From every tree "spun down tho cankerworms upon each woman'. bonnet, shawl, and gown". And tn. bzrds were dead. The farmers be. gun to worry. Then they repealed the law, "although they knew 1; would not call the dead to ill. again". Even the autumn when it cams was not. as colorful as autumn; usually are and ' be wild wind went everywhere, amentlng the dead children of the air". With the coming of another Spring, the farmers took concrete steps to rectify the blunder they had done. They searched the coun- try round for birds of every deg. cription and brought them in wic- ker cages to the village where they rgleased them "in woods and fields. the places they loved best". And people all around swore that such lovely music never had been heard. Best of all, the teacher and Almira were marritd and, pre- sumably. lived happily ever sftcr. "And when the pi-eceptor bore his bride sway

Their songs burst forth in Joyous overflow,

And 9. new heaven bent over a new earth

Amid the sunny farms of Killing- worth."

IOSTLY THEFTS

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AF- RICA-(CP)-Large-sciile theft of wire and cable from the telephonn has become so common in Soutli Africa that the postzmasi.er-gen- eriil has offered I. reward of 5100 for infommtlon leading to the Ir- rest of such thieves.

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The pure-blooded Exkimc dog is I- powerful animal weighing between

ley, scrat.ched'up at random by

50 and 100 pounds.

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