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and his mother, acting as proxy for her dis- tinguished son, received the degree in his stead. His father received the some degree some years earlier—an uncommon instance of father

Remembrance Day In Britain I946

The arrangement: for-the NIB-

PUBISIC FORUM‘

Ilsls oolunan In open to

Bossy Stomachs Relieved

Mornlng Dally tFounded tn llfl) Authorized ll Second Class Mall. Post Ollno Department. Ottawa.

Pfggldflfl, 1m A. Burnett; VIce-sresldent. Wm. l. Burnett; Secyz-Tress. G. M. Burnett; Edltor Ina munch: Director. s. n. i A-oclm flatten’

Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Tha- tlre Weaken! Ink.‘

sarunnnv, rvovniz-uen s, I946 For Remembrance llay

Remembrance Day, November ll, hereto- fore associated with memories of the sacrifices of World War I, has been proclaimed a statu- tory holiday throughout the Dominion this year, to be observed in remembrance of our hallowed dead of both World Wors. lt is unlikely that any other day will ever be chosen in this con- nection. The Canadian Legion have requested that November 11 be known permanently as the day to mark victory in "any war", and it is rea- sonable to suppose that their wishes will be re- spected. - In England Remembrance Day will ba observed tomorrow,—"the first Sunday before the eleventh of November." In both cases the observance will take much the same form. In significance and solemnity they will be identi- cal.

Veterans of two generations will parade tide by side on Monday, will gather about war m-numents, and bow their heads together in silent prayer and tribute to fallen comrades. This is the essential part of the Remembrance Day ritual. It is a time for hallowed memories. The practice of cutting speechmaking to a bare minimum is an eminently sensible one. "Speech is silvern, but silence is golden." The some author said, even more finely: "The loved dead lie sil- ent in the mausoleum of our hearts, serenely sad as Eternity,—not in loud sorrow as of Time."

Remembrance Day shoul have another meaning, of course, for all of us. It implies consecration and re-dedication to the ideals of our heroic dead. It is not enough that a mute respect be paid one day each year. Life must be inspired by a steadfast faith that the kind of world In which they believed, and for which they fought, is not impossible. Until the shadow of war is removed for all time, and the companion shadows of want and fear, and intolerance and greed and injustice as well-

fFather, fake Thou this hour Into Thy hands For Thy Name's sake. Pour down Thy power on our bowintered lands Where brave hearts break. Men that are men go mourning, and confess No resurrection unto righteousness.

"Prince of True Peace, rs-crucified in wars, Fierce are men's fears; Summon the saints whose souls are lit like stars, Take Thou their tears:

General Assembly.

out views on what should be the place power of Charlottetown Board of Trade, and were the members to rally round him and work, there should be a great future for the Board.

you can look forward."

written by a dry-as-dust historian surrounded in

the remoteness of his study by documents and

papers, but by Mr. Churchill. i i i

and son holding cont poraneously the high- est honorary degree a university can confer. The High Commissioner was a Rhodes scholar, and his years at Oxford gave him a knowledge of the life of Britain that will enable him to feel at home in the atmosphere in which he has to in- terpret Canada to the people of Country. His wife is a cultured Dutch lady, and former national and sentimental ties Scotland and Holland are revived in ‘his family life.

the Mother

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- EDITORIAL NOTES _.

Poppy Day.

I I Monday Remembrance Day. i l‘ i‘ I Tomorrow visit of the Moderator of the

nan

Tuesday, Presbytery of Prince Edward ls-

land to be addressed by the Moderator.

‘s 1i‘ 4 fi President F. W. Hyndman- has well-thought and

‘it It! IR l

A thought for Remembrcfirce Day, from

Pericles: "More grievous to a man of high spirit at least is the misery that accompanies coward- ice than the unfelt death which comes upon him at once in the time of his strength-and of his hope for the common fi

welfare." i l‘ i

"The longer you can look back, the farther These words were not

This is merely a postscript to Education

Week campaign now ended. "Education doesn't make people equal, it makes them different. You can condition people into uniformity so that they all say and think and feel the some. But that is conditioning, not education," says Mr. K. N. Bell, on "Experiments on Education", to listeners of the BBC’: Pacific Service. I i -' i

A concerted drive to block the proposed

increase in freight rates of 3O per cent, backed by the provincial government and supported by Saskatchewan co-operative and farm organiza- tions, consumer groups, boards of trade other business organizations, is now under way as the result of o meeting held in Regina. i‘ ‘k I i

and

As was anticipated, Prime Minister King

is to be in no hurry to resign the leadership of his party.

Why should he? Hasn't he knocked

. hops identified witu a government

Teach the new world the new world neighbor

needs;

Dethrone despair, fransmute good dreams to

deeds."

Alrport llangar For Storage?

The statement by on outstanding railway official which appeared in yesterday's issue indi- cated that so far as the railway is concerned, they are just as anxious as the potato growers and dealers to save our crop for the realization of a decent price this fall and coming winter. The C. N. R. is using its resources to provide refrigerator cars in large numbers for the car- riage of our products, but unfortunately, they soy, the car ferry is not in a position to handle them expeditiously enough to convey the bulk of our crop to the markets. It does not take an expert to realize that this is actually so, for not- withstanding the services of the Scotia the process of covering the distance between here and the mainland is slow indeed.

This being so, the producers and exporters must look for relief in other directions, and as has been suggested in these columns, the ques- tion af storage is largely up to the Government in order that the winter months may be covered and the spring arrive with our unexported sur- plus still in good condition for marketing. The question is where can such temporary storage be found?

It has been suggested that this can be answer- ed by applying to the Federal Government for the use of one hangar at the Charlottetown air-

likely to get any cream for Christmas. officially announced that all surplus butter was being exported to Britain or approved countries such as lndia, Ceylon, Singapore and Hongkong. If the ban on the purchase of cream was lifted, it would, mean the loss of hundreds of tons of butter for needy countries. dorn Government has asked Australia to increase dairy produce shipments as much as possible.

off the heads of all likely competitors from Hons. Charles A. Dunning, down through J. L.

"Ralstom-Angus L. Macdonald, C. G. Power to

aspiring and deflated J. G. Gardiner? Minister of Finance J. L. llsley is "all that is left of them," and his ambition is towards the bench

and not the leadership of the Opposition.

The Australian public does not appear

It was

The United King-

n n- o n

The messages ran:-—From Wing Command-

er Johnny Lerew, C.O., R.A.A.F. contingent Ra- baul January 20, 1942: "Jap recce planes have been over. Bombers will follow any day. We have handful of Wirraway training craft, Australian made, never designed as fighters. vice?" gage enemy with all available aircraft." to R.A.A.F. H.Q.: "Nos te morituri saIutamus." Four of seven Wirraways were shot down. Six of their crews were killed, four were wounded- but they got four Zeios.

to R.A.A.F. Headqyarters, Melbourne,

What ad- R. A. A. F. H. Q. to Lerew: "Please en- Lerew

w

Canada's service casualties in the six years

of the Second World War totalled 104,925, in-

This building is of large capacity, is pro- vided with all the necessary heating apparatus and within easy reach of the railway. It seems, however, that the cost of maintaining the hangar this purpose would be price of the produce would warrant.

It will be seen in this issue that the question has been considered by exporters themselves. who claim that it is up to the Provincial Gov- ernment to make the best arrangements possible

more than the

with the Federal authorities so that the bottle- neck at Borden can be removed.

llur lllgh Bcnirnlsslsser

Dr. Norman S. Robertson, the recently ap- pointed Canadian High Commissioner to Lon- don,"writes a correspondent, is the only son of Professor Lemuel Robertson, who retired a few years ago from the position of head of the Clas- slcal-Deportment in the University of British Columbia at Vancouver. Professor Robertson ls a native of Marshfield, Prince Edward Island. His great-grandfather came from Blair Atholl, Perthslrlre, and brought with him a certificate of church membership bedring the date I796. On the maternal side, the new Hlgh Com _ ionsr is of urs tlebrideon stock. . His mothsrfiqlso born In rlnce Edward Island, was o McLeod, and all

F ancestors trace their origin to Skye and

WhsnJJri-Llasbeiirtson the he; ‘ . , . . rosr t nlvsrsrty‘ .

‘ambit: hswas In l-ondoniln Illl copa-

ef prlnelpal odrlssr on extsmol affairs to

eldest son of Queen Victoria the Good. was known as the Peacemaker, because of his diplomacy and bonhomie which enabled him to meet and associate with all sorts of people from Kings, Czors, Presidents, to farmers, fish- ermen, miners, and to feel at home with them and they with hlm. On more than one pccas- ion, by visiting the Continent quite unofficially, he was oble to relieve tense situations between both Britain and Germany, ond Britain and Franco. 'As a boy he was difficult to-handle, ond when sent on a tour to Canada’ and other places this slde of the Atlantic, his tutor-guard- ian had to writs, more in sorrow than _ln anger. to his father Prince Albert, that Bertie (as he was known In the family) was inclined to be ln- subordlnote, and tried to insist on having his own woy. Int he got broken In, and In ‘time realised that submission to authority does not / ' necessarily moon sublectlon, but rather geld- _ »Mr. Mseltensle King, the Consdlen Premier, once preparatory to administration.

cluding 41,371 dead, compared with casualties of 190,092, including 62,817 dead, in the four years of the First World War. In all, in ten years of war since 1914, over one hundred thousand Canadian dead. Of the three serv- ices in World War Two, the Army had by far the greater number of killed and died—22,7I2. The Air Force total in that category was 16,- 794, and the Navy 1,955. Canadian merchant seamen listed as missing and presumed ‘dead, as a result of enemy action, totalled 1,062. Com-

parable First World War figures are not avail- able.

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King Edward Vll, born this date, 18:11, e

Atltrsllts Federal Oaplhl, Qu- berra. ls the healthiest spot In the continent. It has: Lowest Infantlln mortality rate--I2' 35 deaths per 1.000 births. commonwealth aver. flse —29.36.‘ Highest blrthrate _. 3-44 Der 1.500 mpulrstton. Com. monwenlth average 2176. Lowgfl death note —4 95 per 1,000 popul. ctlon. Commonwealth average 8.52. -—Auetrallan News-Letter.

_ The Idea of citizen participation m the community L; baslc to gny‘ sort of government. Imtlatlon jntg the tribe ls an nscold Institution. Mtmy 0.1 the weaknesses of our present political organization Springs from the fact that too molly of the citizens regard the nation as something altogether apart from themselves, and p”.

wlth which they have no particu- lar sympathy. --London rm Press.

Where chess Is concerned, we IIIIFK that people gencrglly h]; into two sharply-defined groups. There are those who admire. love and comprehend m varying ae- gree the Intrrcacy and beauty of I110 some. And there arc those who could not distinguish between Falkbeer and Bock beer The lat- ter group ls by far the larger. but that means nothing to devotees of cheese. who will bring cut; their boaras more frcqticnll) with‘ the coming of long vrinter evenlngs, and who wlll resume- Q1‘ oontlnug —ga.mes played by mall against Pntllll-Slflsts on this and other con- tinents, —Pet.crborough Emmlner,

In these days we hear much about the need of the State to provide young people wltih "op. portunities". George Hodge (who has Just retired as manager o1’ C P-R. department. of persgnnel after 56 years railway service) made his own opportunities. He lucked a university education, and he was without "technical train. ‘lr-G". l-Ie trained and educated himself to the point where he had understanding and wisdom, and, most. of all. the sort o.‘ education. which impels a 111811 to cooperate with his fellow-men. George Hodge in short, had qualities making for success and good cltlz- enship for which the State can never provide a substitute, —Ot.t- awa Journal‘.

Very few people can keep their heads when the hobby of stamp- oollectlng Is mentioned; either they espouse It or N160! 1t. and with equal Passion "rt-c fervor of the stamp-collector ls icy and ln- tcnse; the man who considers a stamp as a mere means 0,1 paying for postal service IS llkeIy to be loud and hyperbalical I.'l his mock- ery of the whole tecl-nlque and philosophy of the phllatellst. But phllahellsls, like numerologlsts and people who Insist. on sleeping with their heads toward the True North, are unshnkanle In their faith. and this Winter there will be thousands of them in every part 0.1 Canada. bent over their deals during the Icing Winter evenings, peeping ln- lently through magnifying lenses n1 their treasures, their darlings, their adored ones. —Kirlg.=t,on Whig- Standard.

lmonth because 01' an epldemlc ‘I959 lime. City schools In the high-

llo dlsomslou by oorro looudouts of questions es Interest. ‘Ilsa Charlottetown: Gmrdlaa does not neoessurf lly endorse the oplulon o! r__"i.°‘!_°"_“_°_“"' 5 — - "n T PUPILS OVEBWOBKED

SlY-‘Permll me to express my ylewx on a subject vnhloh I con. alder to be 01' utmost Importance,

Th“ yeti-r the schools of the Pmvl-Ilce W" 0105M! for one

of pollo. Now. to make up for this “Y Erodes ore beIr-z Pushed to the llmlt 0t’ their mental capaclty, [hug Bddlnfl additional work to an a1. ‘lzldy overcrowded course of stud. The direct result of this wrong System l"- that the pupils who are 800d fill-dents. are over-worked to the detrlment of uhelr health. whlle those who are not so mentally alert, become discouraged with the strug- slc to keep up the pace and, there- fore. fall miserably.

Again. the schools are kept In 1m. tll 3.30 p.m.. thus adding an egg-g, half hour to the school day, and the pllDIlS do not arrive home untll 3.45 or 4.00 o'clock in the evening. “m” "WWII dlyllsht time for healthful outdoor play has a child who cannot. reach home untll my; lflte hour and who m/ugt be 1n m; 0!‘ hi!‘ place In school at 9.00 o'clock 1n tihe morning? Very little indeed, and as the season advances. this llttle_ will become less and less, A lessening of the studies per dlem and shortening of the present school hours by clOSin-g at 3.00 pm. as In. the past ls the logical answer to this problem.

It may be noted In this connect. Ion that the Teachers‘ Association at thelr convention In Charlotte; town. recently passed a unanimous resolution requesting the Depart- ment of Education to lessen the amount of sohool work required at. this time In grade 10.

Now the mnln object of Educat- lon is to increase the child's store of knowledge. but while this ls true. care must also be taken that the pupils’ health Is not: Impaired by OVBIBI/lldy during long hours, both at school and In the home.

Forcing the child to grasp more thorn his or her tlred brain Is cap- able of mentally digesting. ls. I submit. an educatIonnI_ error, and wlll rmult. 1n poorly trained child- ren wlth Impaired health. Surely this Is not "a consummation de- voutly to be wished". and surely the “powers that. be" wlll do some- thing to improve the situation.

In closing. I wIsth to emphasize that we need, above all thlngs. 1f we are to survive as a mtlon, n strong and vigorous rlslng gener- ntlon capable of taking over the responsibilities of home and state In the promising years that lle ahead.

I am. Slr. etc G. B. Charlottetown _____i._w__ POLITICS IN THE AIR

Slr.-The result of this week's elections In the United States was no surprlse to anyone In the

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There's an Incongrulty about their dress. however, which has struck ‘the Highlanders themselves. Rac- ially they have nlirxnys contended that the kill was tile manllest nt- tire. in defiance of those who con- fuse the kill with 1hr skirt andl think it a dross sulaable only for B. woman. 'I‘he kllf. was the garb In which the Highlanders taught for Bonnie Prince Charlie. 1t was the garb in Wllicn Highland soldiers .111 the wars un-tiI the mud o1 Flanders. .1111 more recently . uncut cf mustard git: and other z strositics 0,! modern war, made mllitary expel-rs question its value ...». a military drew But for all its ntunly history, the kill. l: warn at Highland games also by little glrls who compete In the dancing events. The bis. brauziy wrestlers and tree-throwers have kind of lived this down by now. but for n whlle this was a real live controversy among sensitive Highlanders. many cf whom argued that. to dress little ‘girls up In the kilt wrs an insult to a very masculine lace. A MacKle in BB‘ wlletln.

The church ....ncr meets his dilemma anew CJC" Sunday morn- ing. Usually I‘. Ia also his "Water- I-oo" according to E. M. l-lusman of the University of Omaha who conducts the only school for church ushers In the vrorld. Mr l-losman. director of the School of Adult Education, instituted the course for church ushers tire years ago after n nation-wide oomspondence wlth head ushers and minister's of lead- Ing churches of many denomina- tions. In both the class and cor- respondence course. students unfelt- lngly are presented with the “end seat“ church goer. 'I‘hrre are two schools of thought about. the "entb nf-vthu-pew-slztrla’ 011-:- school. according to Mr, I-lnminn, holds that I1 o. worshipper comes to church early enough to get hle favorite seat. In the new on the aisle. he Is entitled to It. In the other school there ls a different reaction to the cltuatlcn. It ls of the oplnlon that the end sent etiould ho reserved for the lest. one 1n. —Oanndlnn Cliurchmnn.

Some Brltlsh girls who came to Canada as war brides are return- lng, bitterly disappointed, to the other slde of the Atlantic. Pleln lnoampatlblllty ls the reason some of the marriages have gone on the rocks, v/hllo others hove been ma-eckedby homesl“ nnd by our well known natlcnak housing shortage. In etIlI other cases. the attractions of our fslr Domlnlon werepver-sold by Icve-ntnltten ser- vloemm. whose partners, on sr- rtvel, found thomoelves In ner- toundlngs which did not telly with their ‘ Ar en ' ‘ d this‘ s, correspondent’ writes ul menu new "u"

e y at a rs ay divisional polar. one of Canada's laswer more rorperoun and

pleeseht eonufiunltles. m, had sovrstttberetcrnbta-oosblesl. \

lln-blt of glvlng thought to mat- ters of this kind. 1t was Only to be anticipated. and the anticip- ated happened. It may not lndi- cate great strength of. and confl- dence in. the Republican party, so much a.s it Indicates sen-lle weakness In the Democratic pnr- ly. 'I‘-he Republicans had nothing to offer that would beget confl- dence-Ihey dld not require It- and the Democrats failed l0 re- veal n record of accomplishment that would appeal to the people. The logical conclusion Is that the people were disgruntled, and Im- patient. with the administration and decldetfto make a change. "Aftermath of the war". someone rays; well that too may be a par- tial reason and not without pre- cedent. A general election look place In England shortly after the war had ceased. and down went the Churchill Government. to the amazement of the world and the consternation of many outslde tho country immediately affected.

‘Twas In England this cyclone of revolt orlglnated and assumed tt= momentum. and time alone wlll show what It wlll mean to the country 01.115 orlgln and the world It has now crossed the Atlantic. and flattened out the war government of the Unlted States. and avain-Jlme alone wlll register the consequences-good or r-vII.

Next In turn wlll be Canada. and. whlle the Prime Mlnlster sefls to hoodwttk the electorate In general. nnd opposition groups In particular, by Intlmallng e deferred to 1950 appeal to the country. every Irz-dlcatlon suggests a contest. wlthln n twelve-month.

There ls only one reason so far advanced by Mackenzie Klngwhy a general Domlnlon election should be delayed untll 1950. and that Is In order- that u longevity record may be established by the present Incumbent as Prlme Mln- fster. That's taking the long-term vtew of It at any rate. He evid- untly doe; not expect to be fav- orably remembered for the years Immcdlstely following the‘ tlme when he vrlll have become dls- ponessed of the rerponslbllltlea and opportunltlee of government. 0r he may. even now. by vlrtue of hls rrell exerclsed political nstutenese. envisage the favorable reclamation effect the polleles of his only loglcnl ouomsso -the Han. John Bracken-wlll have upon the country when Intellig- ently applied.