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Mr. KiiiEs Retirement

Prime Minister King's long-awaited announce- ment of his retirement as Liberal Party leader was naturally the high-light of his address last night before the National Liberal Federation at Ottawa. He has named no successor, but

‘has asked the Federation to summon a national

convention for this purpose, and has expressed the hope that the convention be held "in the summer of the present year." He recalled fliill he himself was elected at a national Liberal convention on August 8, l9l9. At the most, the new leader would have but two years be- fore undertaking a nation-wide campaign on the expiry of the life of the present Parliament, and it was by no m-eans certain that the Gov- ernment would wish to wait untiltha-t time before seeking a fresh mandate. At any rate, Mr. King urges that the selection of a new Party leader be not further delayed, arid thus pub- licly prepares to make his exit from a stage which he has dominated so long and so suc- cessfully.

Mr. King's career is unique in this country, and almost in the British Empire. It is one with wihich political history will concern itself for a long time to come. All will agree with one Ottawa commentator, that no other Can- adian of his time has been more highly praised or more bitterly attacked. Nor is there any question-—least of all among his followers — that he is a politician in a million, and a leader Ixceedingily difficult to emulate or replace.

it may be that Mr. King will become liis own successor, at least until the next general Federal election takes place. He has not stated that he will refuse re-olection at tlic national convention; in the event of no other satisfactory leader being agreed upon, he may be "persuad- ed" to earry an. Stranger things have happen- ed. Mr. King, past master of political strategy. can be depended upon to do almost anything but the obvious or the expected.

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ln view of the resumption of Parliament next week, the Prime Minister announces a shake-up in his cabinet. His explanation 0f ti"! cause of the immediate revision is character- istically King-like-sendiiig Mr. lan Mackenzie, who is only fifty-seven and newly married, to the Senate for the sake of his health! Be that as it may, Mr. Mackenzie has long been a thorn in the Prime Minister's political flesh, ever since some twenty years ago he initiated a campaign in British Columbia to dish him and select a new louder. In the course of time this was evidently forgotten, rind Mr. Mackenzie re-cntcred the Cabinet as Minister of National Defence In I935. But he and his leader rarely saw eye-to- eye, and repeatedly Mr. Mackenzie got at logger- This was

Minister of Veterans Affairs. Removed from a.’ lice and promoted to the Senate Mr. Mackenzie will have abundant leisure in which to recover his health, while tlic Primc Minister, during liiS wmciining tcnurc of party leadership, will be rid of a colleague who must have occasioned him not a few sleepless nights and worrying days. Ar excellent chaicc of a successor lias been made ‘in the appointment of Han. Mr. Gregg, V.C., but why thc portfolio of Fisheries shoiild be con- ferred on Hcn. Mr. MacKinnon, an Al-berta mem- ber, is somewhat ofa mystery, unless itbe merely a "careloking" appointment in view of further de- velopments. Though on Ontarian representing Edmonton West in the House, Mr. MacKinnon has Maritime connections through his wife who is a formcr Islander. Another surprise is thc appointment of Mr. Howe as Mr. MacKinnon's successor in tha Trade and Commerce Depart- merit, it being generally understood that he was [weary of Government service and anxious to retire to enter once. more on a business career for himself. Next best thing, of course, is for him to become head of foreign business rela- tions fcr the Dominion. Why the Maritimes have b:cn dcprivcd of a successor to Mr. Gregg is a mystery unless we realize that the proves on the political chequer bozrd are all provisional pending a complete reshuffling of the Cab- inet when a successor to Mr. King is appointed, or the date of the election announced.

' Improving Indian Boniiitions ll is gratifying to lccrn, cn_ the authority of Mr. MacNaught, M. P., that the Department oi Indian Affairs has embarked on a programme to improve the educational and health standards of the Indians on the Lennox lsland rzservotion. The Department has purchased from the War Assets Corporation, the hospital building at the Mount Pleasant Airport, complete with heating, wiring and plumbing, and the material will be used to build a two-room school, with a base- ment for recreational purposes, a convent build- ‘ing with a nursing station, a residence for the Indian agent and a store and office. Four sisters of Mart-ha will be assigned by the Mother House ‘ill Charlottetown to this convent, and there will {so two school, teachers, a dameftic science teach- er and probably a nurse. ~ ‘To the Indians themselves, these improve- They Jopfmnt my largely glue fitbmmdltfdtllzzltli made , Lyafl id to a inistor o t ‘nterior ' lititlclntllnault, who as one of the "of the mitt" established for the Indians i ltute, has been very active in ‘the conditions of this ls-

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proposals, submitted to Hon. Mr. Crerar in I937, included appointment of a full-time resident In- tlion agent, a resident parish priest, and estab- lishment of the Sistcrs of Martha along the lines now proposed. Ycais later, in I946, when the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs visited this Province, Judge Arsenault nave invaluable os- zistance and advice to llic Commissioners. Pre- survcbly it lins been on their recommendations tlict the improvements are now being made. ,

Mr. MacNaught, M.P., like his predecessor the late Mr. A. E. MacLean, has been active in promoting improvements at Lennox lsland. Men- tion should also be made in this connection of the late Mr. Gilbert Gaudet, K.C., who was in- strumcntal in finding the lost will of Dame Wood under which the Indian trust was estab- lished, and in having it declared valid in the Court of Chan:ory.

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Senate appointments traditionally are mode shortly/before an appeal to the country. lt would seem that an election is riot so very far away. i Q i I

Last week's Dominion-Provincial conference on Old Age Pensions is something of a mystery. Meetings were in camera and it is understood that uniform regulations under rho Dominion lcl and various Provincial acts were drafted.

The slate of our provincial Qrders-in-Coun- cil rind statutory regulations leaves much to be desired. lt is high time that this ever-increas- ing part of the low should be available in an organized form.

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Louis XVI of France executed this date I793; resigned during the French revolution, and was greatly influenced by his extravagant Queen, Marie Antoinette to his undoing; was imprisoned by the revolutionaries, deposed and executed; well-intcnfioncd, though weak, he reaped what others had sown.

All the force of reason and interest were powerless to end war and persecution in India. Yet an old man stayed thc violence by taking upon himself ihc punishment for all the wrongs and hatred ol his country. Perhaps what we need today is a Gandhi who is a citizen of the World.

I I I Miss Mary Pickford said in Ottawa that she didn't think it was the place of the movies to educate the public, says The Journal. That, she remarked, would be "an impossible and ex- pensive proposition only Rockefeller could afford." That is an obvious truth-—obvious at least to cll save those few who think of the movies as possessed of ci mission to uplift and elevate man- kind. In education and reform the personality of the instructor or reformer is all important. f i‘ X D

Modern education knows no limits evi- dently. Children and youths are to be trained in all sort of things, even in the art of flirting. Co-educatonal clubs where adolescents can find the "right kind of opportunities for flirtation" are advocated by Dr. Marjorie Tait, organizing secretary of the London Union of Mixed Clubs and G"'.' Clubs. Dr. Tait, speaking béfore a family relations group JIIICTCIICC at King's Col- lc c, Lei-den, rfll: "Tirere is no more civilizing influcncc in iizc lifc_of a boy and a girl grow- ing up through adalcrconc than adequate oppor- tiinitics for flirtation, because flirtation—'-pro- perly done-is part of tho art of living."

We arc to have fcwcr Hollywood and more Canadian films at our movies from now on. The motion picture industry has given the Canadian Government assurance it will undertake more production and, processing work in the Domin- ion. This understanding was reachcd at a meeting between Reconstruction Minister Howe, Canada's austerity director, and Mr. J. J. Fitz~ gibbons of Toronto, president of Famous Players Canadian Corporation and head of the film in duslry's special "Dollar-Saving" Committee. lt is estimated a saving of several million United States dollars could be effected annually through several niothcds on which agreement was reached at the meeting. These included the filming of more short subjects in Canada and additional processing work on Hollywood-mad; films intended fcr showing in Canada. w vr .. ..

The Canadian Teachers Federation, repre- seriting 94 per cent of a possible total member- ship of elementary school teachers in every prov- ince, has now CSIUIJIISIIZCI headquarters at Ot- tav/a with Mr. Gzcrge G. Crcslzery, exe:utive secretary. This marks unimportant and pro- gressive stapler the t:::hirig profession, and comes at ,0 time when Phc needs and prcblems of education are so riiuch before the country. Its alifiliatccs are: British Columbia Teqchgrg Federation, Alberta Teachers Association, Sask- atchewan Teachers Federation, Manitoba Teach- ers ‘Society, Ontario Teachers Federation“ Pro- vincial Association o_f Protestant Teachers of Quebec, Federation o-f English-Speaking Cor-h. olic Teachers of Quebec,‘ New Brunswick Teach- ers Association, Nova Scatia Teachers Union, Prince Edward Island Teachers Federation.

There is a reasonable prospect of our Legis- lature being permitted to appoint two of our Senators when vacancy occurs. Senator A. K. flugesscn, financial director of the Liberal Party, addresspig Montreal Kiwanis on the origin of the Senate pointed out that at present due to the fact that one party_has been in power fai- some years, "the result is that the Senate be- comes paliticolly unbalanced with the govern- mcnt side constantly gaining and the opposition side constantly declining in strength." If the proposal was adhered ,to, the official opposition would obtain recruits, from time to time, from provincol goverpments of the some political complexion; while an oppcrtunity would be af- forded, which is not whol lacking, for the pra- vincial parties to iiomina members to the upper

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The wearing of the lslll. is he- comiiig more common iii SCOLIIIIIJ. not. because of a. revival of llil- Llonulism, but because of a short.- age of trousers. -Edinburgh Scots- man.

Depression la fear in action. A boom is greed in action. War is hate in action. Good times come when fear-free, greed-free, tinte- tree men go into action on the pro- duction line-Edmonton Journal.

Looking back across history, it. appears that the beginning’ of man's troubles coincides ivitii the beginning of wiliat is now known as foreign affairs. —Ednionton Journal.

Canadian industry ahould, with- out anymore delay, get ready to carry an through years iii iviiicr. competition will play as important a role in foreign trade —\vlt.liout which our industry would collapse —as it. did in the years before the war, And that is saying a iot. -L‘Informal;ion, Montreal.

A carriage painter who for the past. 30 years had been sayririg first the horse is coming back and the buggy siripers and surrey painters will be in clover again is iriore convinced than f‘\'t‘l‘ flint lif‘ -.:. right. If _iuu liiiuk he is ‘uiiy ulf the beam. just look at ihi- plitt‘. of automobiles. -- KlLclicner-Vviitciiiu Record.

The Australian Department of ‘information is making a film of the life of a 31-year-old Austral- ian returned soldier‘ “IIO lost. his sight. and both liis bands iii the. war and norw works successfully as a carpenter. He is John Seufert. H8 lias tools designed to liis specifi- cations \\'lllCll are altar-tied lo the stumps of liis arms. and he carries on his Lr-ade lii a backyard work- shop built. with money provided by the Repatriation Commission. The film of Seufertls daily life will be for world distribution and will be recorded in seven languages.

It la the old ltory. Men refuse to take. in their advanced yearn. the common precautions ivLicli would prolong their lives. I-Ieavliy built; and seventy-three years of ago, affected loo, no doubt, by the strain of his vvrir service, Mr. Churchill dances until 2.30 in thc morning and comes down with the flu then, imperfectly recovered, rushes up the hotel steps to show his doctor how spry lie is. And it's not only Mr. Churchill. Many an elderly Canadian will shovel snow this winter against the advice or his physician. And some will pay the penalty. - Toronto Star.

Too many people mistake leisure for idleness. Nothing is further from the truth. Leisure is the free- dom to do what one desires to do. fdieness is the inability, or disin- ciinatlon. to do anything. I(llC- iicss is "monotonous, boring. bur- densome" l-o any person with a spark of intelligence. Leisure, how- ever, should be a stimulating chai- lciige to activity, freed from the necessity which binds most, of us ‘.0 iiirikc our" activity provide us with dollars. ’l‘riio, long periods in n iiicli leisure is lacking may riiill our mental processes so that ive require time io adjust ourselves to leisure, but. for the person who really retains an interest iii life and living a year's leisure shouiu not be a burden but. a blessing. -- Owen Sound Sun-Times.

Remembering the sentences im- posed on people in Canada who, af- ter fair trials, were found guilty of espionage against Canada for the Russian Government, and the adverse .com.iiient their iirouscd in Russia and Russian-dominated lands, what has happened in, P0- laiid may be of interest. There nine rncn have been executed for spying, in tlic service of foreign poivcrrs. Aiid the Communists licrc who denounced the "spy trials‘ if‘. Canada will be found defending Polish action in executing SIJICQ found operating there. Yet. it. '5 improbable that. anything charged agiiiir-t the nine mrn iu Poland was any ivorse than the charger. brought in Canada against spies here. - Niagara l-‘alis Review,

A tired husband is one who re- turns from the office too exhaust- ed to do more than flop down in an armeliau- rid hold the news- [JJDCT before is face. Would he like to go out, and pay n call’! His face is a'pioture of despair. A movie? As far as he can see, noth- ing is offered but. gangsters anu westerns. And then there is the problem oi’ parking that. gets wars: and worse. No, his trouble isn't serious. Just’. a headache. He iviil be over it after a while if he lies out ou the sofa and relaxes. But. every cloud has its silver lining. There may come attime when u wife wants to get. out of sonic- tiilug and-is at, her wits’ end how to do it grace-fully. Then at. Inst. a tircd husband is of inestimabie value. Fir, known as he is in the community, who muld want. a more valid amuse! —Baltimore Sun.

moun actors and actresses, and judging by the number of entries for the annual festival of the Scot.- tlsh Drama Association, the Scots nre tremendously interested in the theatre. even in the small and re- mote communities. The population of Scotland is much ices than half that of Canada yet the numbel of tearne entered for the festival is 408; an astounding number when one coneidere that many thousands of equere miles are nothing but. forests and deer-hunting grounds. Most remarkable of all in the fact that. the island of Arron, which ha! a population of leee than 4,000 hll 20 entriee. Prorata, a city the

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WEST RIVER. BRIDGE

Sin-Surely if further argument was required as to the urgent. need for a bridge over the West. Rivet to shorten the route to Charlotte town and thereby to better ao- commodate the residents of West River, and those of Rice Point, Nine Mile Creek. New Dominion and Fair-view district in particular, the situation at. present should af- ford am-pie evidence of such need. Providence so far having felled to provide us with our usual winter bridge and the Government hav- ing also failed tci complete the wid- cnlug of the road DCDWEOH Long Creek and Fairvleiv, ive are then left. in a pocket. here with no way of reaching tiie City to haul our produce or transact. any business except by horse and sleigh, and a round trip of 35 or 40 miles is neither pleasant nor desirable on a cold winter day.

As tro the Rocky Point, ferry. it ls taking ii big chance any day now to try to negotiate a cross-

ing by that means. On Wednesday

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stand that some tennis having crossed by the ferry were unable to get back again, and either liad b0 stay in town overnight, or make the long trip around via the three Bridges. Many teams go to tho fCiTy on other days and after

spending several hours waiting in vain, are forced to return home. to give up in disgust, or try again another day. We are informed that one fan-nei- even hauled a cow to Rocky Point. only to haul it. home

again. Was he happy? We wonder! While not, wishing to place any blame on the captain and crew of the "Fblrvriew", who I feel sure, are doing their best. under very diffi- cult conditions, I do wish to point- out. the utter inadequacy of thr service, especially under present conditions. A bridge across the West. River at MacBivervs Wharf or a little further down river would so shorten trhe distance to Chir- lottetoivn (even without. the Brigh- ton Bridge) that. it. would-not. seem an impossible Journey for the aver- age horse, as it is at. present.

The airplane to some of us, penn- ecl in u we are now, would seem almost desirable, even though we had never before experienced any ivisli to take to the air but. not many of us could afford that. means of travel, anyway.

I believe the ideal location for the Bridge would be from Martin MacDonald's Point to a p0int._ di- rectly opposite in Meadow Bank. The channel there is very nar- row, and the road from the Point. to NernnDominion Comer to con- necl; with the bang Creek and oth- er roads would be direct and very easily built, nnrl would therefore entail muvli less expense than at hfuchtiverfs Wharf. As Premier Jones stated in his pro-election platform that he intends to have this bridge built, we hope that he will seek to implement his promise at the very earliest opportunity and ive believe he will.

As it is iioiv past. the middle of January, no matter how quickly the ice makes. it. means that we cannot. count. on even two months of safe travelling on the river this season and only those who live hero realize how we look forward to and long for our ice bridge each year, when we can come and go as we please, without rushing to- critch a boat and elf/her missing it. or Wfilllllg for it. to arrive. They .5ay that “constant dropping wears ruvriy a stone." also that. “Hop? springs eternal in the human breast." So here's. b09108 l" l- 116w and better era. for West. River

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1’ beard a bird at break of day Slug from the autumn trees

A SOIIg so mystical and calm.

so full of certainties,

No man. I think. could listen long Excerpt upon hi; knees.

Yet this was but. a simple bird, Alone, aimong dead trees.

~Wiliizm Alexander Perqy.

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HORSES FOR. UNITED STATES

Mr. N. J. Binson, of New Bed- ford, Mass., exiported from thil city and I-IunterR-iver yesterday thirty-eight. carriage and cart horses. purchased by Messrs. Bel- nail and McKle, Clyde Mills. These horses were purchased at an aver- age of ninety dollars oach- prices ranging from sixty to one hundred and seventy-five, dollars. Among them were some of the finest. car rlage and oar-t. horses bred in the Province, and we do not. ex- aggerate in the feast when we sly they were the largest. and finest. lot of horses evtr exported from the Island at one time.