as the FN. 30 is still a purely national de-

linufonly iynltld.

PKGE FOUR , 0. , THE (LIJ0ARDlwa0N

infantry weapon. Experiments ivere thei'e-i , fore begun, on the one hand to develop a Authorized n.-I Second Fins: Milli Post Office 'n(sw 5e1f.10ading rifle and, on the other, to, i:.i::'i;.i:'d' idctermine the optimum caliber and vel-

" ' locity for modern war.

The decision about the size and type of bullet proved easier than the decision about the rifle. NATO took up the prob- lem in 1951 and the verdict, when it came, lwas essentially a NATO recommendation. -C'HA"mbT;l.EiT7);;,N' T1,b:3;fFEBf9.j,uT As a result, the forces of all . the NATO --.-in - - -e--mmm 'countrles are now to standardize gradually

"wand oath ,on a rimless cartridge of .30 caliber firing

LL- 'a high velocity bullet which, wherever a report current a few weeks manufactured, will fit into any of their of bishops in Poland,rifles or automatic weapons. This is no had taken an oath of ”loyal failhfLlliies.s" small achievement. though it will take to the Communist j.((iVUl'llIilOlil of that eoui:- years to put it fully into operation. The try. The 1'opoi'i was broadcast from Wain new cartridge and bullet are based on the saw just before Christmas; a few days laterpexisting American product, but are shorter the British Government announced in thciand lighter: the factor of weight is import- House of Commons that it half received ant when dealing with ammunition sup- with great re;;ret veiiliczitioii of the re- plies.

P0,... The fact that the great reserve of

Recently L'()sscrvatore Romana, offinllianufacturing capacity for small arms ani- rial organ of the Vatican, issued a stale.'munition is in the United States and that ment in which it coiifesse(l itself unable lhe Alll9l"lCall A1'my has l0llE Used W93l7' either to confirm or deity the news that oils of .30 caliber was certainly one of the had collie from Warsaw. Tile paper ihcitimalll reasons why this size of round was went on to say: ”If the reports do turn outleventually chosen as standard; though the .0 ix. n-U0, mmininne (axisljng in Poland ai-n'Americans, like everyone else. will not be by themselves sufficient to make us iln- able i0 use the HOW cartridge ill their pres- dwstand ,h,,, 0... u,.Si,,,-C no,-yo,-nied bypciit weapons without modification. But the the bishops was not free. but the resultiQU0Sll0ll Of the rifle llself 15 Sllll 0P9”- of long moral. administrative, and physical, NalUFall.V it W0UlCl be 3 great 8dV8ht3Ee violence that probably included even black-il0 lhe N0I'lh AllahllC alliance if its mem- mail." pliers could all use the same type of weapon.

"An oaill," clintiiiuefl L'0sservaloi'e Ro- Neverlllcless. agremimit on small arms am- niana. ”taken under such conditions, is in-lmuhllloll alfmdy means 3 Slalldardllation valid. The Polish Government knows it of chamber. barrel and elector. and this very well, but for the oppressors of Wai-lllC3llS lllat by lali ill? SW31?" Part Of the saw all this does iiol. count. They will llS0ii”i0bl9m l5 50ll'9d-

liator aiul ' l"lAlIBIS!:.-ll-ll.'AT-lilllllleft. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

('lR(.'lil.ATl()N p ”('nvl-rs Pl'illCl' lildttiilrfl ls-llliml like (he flew" '

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". -

There was ago that a nuniber

it as a pseudo-legal weapon for further --sAsw---s--- violence." llndoubtedly this statement by the EDITORLAL NOTES

Vatican newspaper will bcpreceived by civ-j Mam, here will evend Congratulations iiiziici pciipie mieiiywiioiiih iiogiiiidiess Oil to Judge H. L. and Mrs. Palmer on the ad- iiieii reiigioiis biiCkgi.Diiiids' wiiii ii goodlmission to the Alberta Bar of their son understanding and with the utmost sym-lmm He k the fifth generation of his famy paiiiy ini iiimii (iiiiiisiiaiis wiiO' for iiielilv lo follow the profession of law and time being. ltavc to contend with the ha-ln;am, Wm hespcak for him the Success lred and violence of a Godless and callousmvhicih has been achieved by his wmmy tyranny. The marvel is not that here andlpredecesmrg there a religious leader has succumbed to; i i' . . . Lite Cl1Oi'l'll)l('-0l'IiCiliOt'l'S of persecution used. A group of heart Specialists studying y onimunist iuleis in Poland and else-pme giraffe. according to me Sciemmc In,

where. but that so many have been abloiformation Service, hopes to Solve the riddle to retain the strength and will to resist,0f how the animays heart can pump blood lhegtorments which have been thrown' an the way to us head. If they are Sue. iigniiiii iiimii cessful. they may be able to discover the reasons for high blood pressure and hard-

ening of the arteries in human beings. C O I

Ontario's Example T-Educational ”frills" are out in Ontario, Now mat Canada has gmerged as an

ai iwisi as far as pmlinciai Scimoi (ifmi important Power that is an ally of the structlon graiits are 0Oll('(:l'll(l(i.. A('C(')l'-tlilhllunned States, many Americans feel that to an alliiriulleeniclit by iuducation Mlnisterp wide and accurate knowledge of this mun, Dunlop. municipalities will get aid in pro-,1”, is m,CCSSa1.y, and Wm, this in View the yiding regular classrooms. but not for audi- Uh-we,.Si.V of Rochester has announced the toriums, swimming pools. nilisle rooms. -maugurait-Ion of a Canadian Studies pm. zyninasiunis and so on. if these other gram which will la”... develop into an In.

iiiimminzs are iiiamed mid many "ecdcdfstitute of Canadian Affairs. The intention

they will 'haW m,i"i' pmviiied by the imailis to make the university a centre of in- RUtl:l01liiIP.: and directly out of local lax” formation on the economics, development - That. conimenls the Financial Post,land(.unum of Canada.

”ls the way it should be. In the next 102 . a o

. . l years we are min” i” have '0 bum A ml Edward Henry Carson. Baron Carson of Antrini, Irish statesman,

more schools in Canada and hire a lot more Dunca-".3. mumy

toaclic.-rs. That will mean that local taxes, was hm.” this date 1854- Of Commanding already high. are going to go higher, Ill presence and magnetic in appearance, and most cases, it's going to cost 'us all that we! speaking with a musical bmgucv he was "an iinmid in imwi just plain "'iaS5m”m5 one of the formidable. yet attractive legal and plain teachiiig. Maybe our children will m.mm.S of his day. He had a distinguished have to be content with learning slinplyi pomical and legal Careen A.” first he the three r's. If not-essai'y they will 'just Strongly opposed Home Rule but an” we have to teneli llicinselvcs how to play and In-".5. world Wm. amped to d-W-ld-mg north. learn iiwir m"ki"ir" S"li'i'l5a' "mi Came-'m'3' east Ireland from the rest of the country. at home." 0 . ..

Britain's New Rifle Sir Winston Chilrcliill'.s annolllieemelll. that the Brilisli Army has adopted a new rifle. says the Lontlcn l”.coneniisl. was something that happens only once in :-. lifetime. Over Till years have passed since as fundamental a change as this was made mm.em(.nt in this province and Mrs. in the basic weapon of the individual Brit- p,.0wN. were most gracious in their hos. ish soldier. It is small wonder. tlie,refoi'0.ip'itality both to the Scouts and to invited that the final decision has been pi'eec(le:l0gucs.sI It will he a day long remembered by discussion and trialsl WillC(lii lrlflV(Y been by H.050 h9n0u,.,..d. continuous ever since tie en o the war.? a - n It is even less surprising that the decisionl of me g3'352'()()() ions of work; me;-. should have taken so long when the pros, mam shipping. 13'5g4'000 ions is under and cons of international standardization; the Bmisl, nag (or 22,355,000 tons if com. have also had to be taken into account. iii- monweaiin registrations are included) and deed, in the latter stages of the trials, the 27,237,000 ions under the U, 5. But the need t0 Ch00S0 11 WCEPOH lhal 3” N-A-T0 Manchester Guardian reports that the Brit- countries milzht eventually agree to uscfisli fleet is still the largest in operation was one of the main difficulties. I-;von's',nC.. as much as 13,000,000 tons of the NOW, Bl'lt&lHi5iHd0DiiOll Oi illfl. rifle knownlu, S. fleet is kppt in 1-gseyve. The two curiosities of the shipping world are the clslon; there is no NATO agreement. 1 fleets of Panama and Liberia. which have FN stands for ”Fabrique NHli0n8l'3,3,189,0()0 tons and 1,434,000 tons more d'AI'm98 dc GUCITO." R B9ll.-Ila" film from under their registration then before the U982. and -30 l'9PT9SCll'S R Caliber sllshtlyl war. Cheaper registration and lower tax- larger than the -23 Willi which Bl'ilalll'a'iation have attracted ii large number of own new rifle. the HOW diseai'ded EM-1,! registrations to both countries. The 1954 was HEEL tried out in the initial trials after edition of the appendix to Lloyd's Reg. the Win At that llm9- ll W83 l"0C08lliz9d ister. from which these details are taken. that the existing Lee Ellfield rifle had be- shows that the German merchant fleet is game obsolete: Britain was. and still is. still 2,700,000 tons below its pre-war mujor power to rely on a hand- strength and the Japanese fleet 2,400,000 branch-loading rifle as its basic tons below.

The presentation of "Queen's Scout" certificates to 26 candidates at Government House Saturday afleriioon was a history- niaking event in the life of the Association here. it speaks well for the future of scout- ing besides reflecting credit on those pro- viding leadership today. His Honour Lt.- Governor Prmvse who is patron of the

T HE GUARDIAN.

CHARLOTTETOWN

"How's Your Grammar?"

O l-ii.',fxv ' I . The oi' d3.me'5 fine, it it's any business ; , I p , TE . ofgour5.V . til i, " i ” l s O . . in ” i.i.".' . 05143!-htlgf p 1 0. I i l 0- iii i in tiiiziz tiilti I t i-iztii i ii ra'4'i5f'l.. . Treat 7- ,. . r Hills lit . m .i , . i V. ( In View OF ' Z . THEALLEGED . CURREMTLACKOF GMMMAR APPREf:ii-i'l'lON---) as ajgay-3253,30

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ll open to the dilcuulon by correspondents or questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- iiy endorse the opinion of uureupnndentu.

l To make 0 In of your fIultI.l compile a list of the faults of lothers which in: you most.

P.W.C. ET-ATXDARDS

"Recommended reading for Lheuel sir.-I have been following wituwintex day; is the pllnt catalogue. great. interest. and not It 1iti.leiThere's romance, hhere's mystery amusement the current. verbal ex-.Lp1u5 colour, imaginntiun and it changes concerning failures ntlvigoi-nus literary Prince of Wales College. and edu- Journal. cation in general. 3

I was particularily interested in A grninmlriln ndvlleu ngllnlt the three letter series started byithn use of "haclsneyed expres- "Paxent" complaining about thel 'm mm”-mm failure rate at Prince of Wales ” '

College; the reply by Dr. Mac- jg 27-.

Kinnon, and the reply to the re- ply by ”Another Parent".

Both these parents are, I have. no doubt. conscientious and in- telligent parcnls. Unfortunately. , they are misguided parents. They i are intelligent enough to recognize that a serious difficulty is present, in our Educational systeni. TheyiTbe poetry of earth is never dead;

I

GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET

lire misguided in their attempt: to When all the birds are faint. with place the blame on Prince of; the hot sun. And hide. in cooling trees. ii voice

Wales College. ,

The first Parent says all the, blame cannot be placed on tlie'FWm midi" M h9d89 about W9 students for the failure ralc. Af-l "9W'""M'n meld:

l . x. d That is the grasshoppers - he

uErSs:i3ii ieidiilaiiifgsegixacfiiiiiiiillnns arch wk” the mid

D ' l In summer iuXl1l')'. - he has never

by Prince or Wales College. "Par-l, done

ent" doesnlt say. but the assump-l, wnh h. d 11 HA H tion is obvixouat thatt Sill-gt"-6 they, Gui: Wang mi when iiiiii passed matr cula ion 0 rince o. He resm at MS"

r nee s 5: .- . . .323: tl:"f::f.' 2:. ”p:l:2.l”:l'.i1iiZ'?W wt or i-

will run

bent-at.h some

never: Collette. ion a fine winter evening. when Parents number Dill? and two, ins 1,-05;,

both complain bitterly about lllttiillas wrought. n silence. from the overloading of courses at Princcl stove there ahriilll of Wales College anil cite the mlnl- f The cricket's song. in warmth in-

mum standards of other high Cl'9MlhR WET. schools. And seems to one, in drowsiness True. Prinice. of Wales Collelze hlilf-lust. V has hlghm. sm,da,.ds um, ".05. The lzl'asSli'Dp'pPr8 among some grassy hills.

other high schools. and for a flood. reason. Prince of Wales College lsl not just A high schoolHbut a-Juniorl, L.?.:....... College, and as such s main pur- mrmd out on Lh . V pose is in prepai'ins: students for wmkt inadequam1:'h;:tp::::lyd”t: Iurih” Wmcmic smdwiii imeet Life's standards and so full

I am a former student of Priiiccllm their first year M livm 3 Am of Wales College, and I am giadlm, my would mama :6 On; ma" I Eumdcd a iiilariiii Schmiican lower the istandards of our WM" X ""”' "My "3 U”iV"5"-Vl,iiiodern society which is so fiercely

-John Keats

I often heard the saying that .com em. & . r W , p we. il(i:milPctln vidiisscziiiii Plliiisige aiilyivlieril-Si. Ni" piiieiii" iiie fmw" ii” "in 9 '9 - l ' A in lowering the standards at.

Prince of Wales Cnllrgn has a hll:b . .

academic and scliolasticali stand- oi,'h2iViif;isng:;i:,i(2e' hi:ui' 0::

mg among Educational institutions. . 56110075. Sm" mu no” perm” me

A 5”'m""d "i l'i'hiCh' i" ” Is'ltn enlarge upon my theme toda

land” -should be P"""l' linit. I it-lsii to follow this letter witliii wlmt. is really being siizges-tell one teming why I think the mm.

is "alilllg dim" mis wmidiiiiiiii llards in our urhorils are Iioi low

standard and Sllbsllilliillil a medi- nnd what we mi”; do to ml” the”;

ocre standard. To b0rr0tlv1a duotln Smnduds.

tion from a recent nice n an

edition of Collier: magazine. these ,nBneri,i!i1i;1i0i;:,Yitoe::::'ieS1:.iih;imi;.i3

parents are advocating the ".estab- FF” am a teach" in one of M"

lmlmcni M a Cu” "rmedocrii-vlioii City schools and I know something

our fair Island. Does any citizen of which I mnk

wish olir College to be reduced to Im' sh. am

the level of some of the "pro;zmt- ' ' "

slve" Canadian and American -.

--Kitchener-Waterloo Record: y

l

style."-ottau-ajyam of the new United States

A. - l

A CITY TEACHER Island." 1898.

along." And one of the moat hack- neyed of all hackneyed expres- slons happens to be old "hackney. ed expression” itsclfl Ottawa Citizen.

"The destinies of all innnklnt. well may be involved in the llaunching lit I Connecticut ship-

,Navy submarine. Nautilus. For lthat. launching concerns man": first Attempt to drive I ship by atomic power. Actual application of atomic energy for such 9. pur- lpose long and impatiently has been awaited. Capable of cruis- ing around the world without.-once l coming to the surface because her atomic engine requires no air; longer than the length of I foot- ball field and with an estimated speed in excess of 30 knots. the warlike potential of such a ship challenges the imagination. Equal- ly vfut. are the possibilities which may be opened to in world If. peace."-Montreal Gazette.

Old

Charlottetown one r. r. 1.)

i OFFICIAL RESIDENCES

"Of the various ofvflcial resi- dences of different governors here. Governor Patterson on his arrival

FEBRUARY 9.

The Passing Scene

. By Observer

A SEIKO-003110 DEBATE

several readers of this column have chided me (gently, I must admit) for not ocnimenting before this on the wonderful time mem- bers of the Commons have been having over their self-awarded pay boosts. My correqaondenta were not all cantankerous Con- servatives, either. At least. one of them was as Liberal in his polit- ical leanings and enthusiasm in the time of the last. election its Mr. St. Laurent. himself; I think he still is. as it matter of fact. To tell llhe truth I have wanted to bring the matter up several times, but kept puttiiig it off until the parliamentary debate on the second reading of the bill had taken place. Not that I was inno- cent enough to believe that there would be much opposition to the measure; however, miracles do happen occasionally. and I wanted to be sure that one wouldn't. oc- cur'in this case before wuting time or space on the matter. I O O

I think it will be generally agreed that a Parliament. like any other organized group of men or women, deserves a little amusement now and then. It must. be trying to have to sit all day and listen to statistical reports. arguments. de- partmental accounts, and. above all, routine speeches. The thiiia. that int.eresLs me about this pav boost. is not. the legislation itself as muuh u the opportunity it. gave honourable members for I little diversion into facetiouaness. Mr. St. Laurent, whom everybody respects. is ordinarily it seriously minded man. But evel he could not. resist the tetmptaton to have n. little fun out of the pay boost. legislation. This it shown by his insistence that each man in the Commons should have the right to vote as he liked on the ”prin- ebple" of the bill. ln other words there would be no whip. no com- pulsion. no official influence. to govern the oonscience of any man. 0 O O

The thing: that amazes me. when I turn from the humour of the situation to the actual vote which authorized the second reading (the only reading which means any- thing) in that 45 votes were regis- tered against the "principle" of the bill. I should have tlloifzlit that a 100'; boost in income would be considered a very won- derful thing by anybody and ev- erybody. I find it hard to believe that there is any man in this country. or for that matter in tiny other country. who would be hurt gricvously to know that he was to get. twice as much money this year: last.

How the farmers would love it! How pleased they would be to know that by getting together and voting on it resolution they could be sure that the prices they re- ceive for their products would be doubled forthwith! Why. they

side to this thing. Usually, when

exactly what they wanted to dn They wanted to double their in. d-e.m.nities and. quite ioglcalhgtim. voted unanimously to make ma, wishes come true. That. much ii clear. It may not be particularly edifying, but. it is clear. and so far as I can see it ll about the only clear titling that emerges from the entire debate.

The two star players in the half. serious comedy are Mr. Kn0wle.; of the C.C.F. and Mr. I-unsell of the Social Ciredil. Party. M, Knowles thought that the pymmj ed increase for himself was per. fectly justified; he hated, however to see any Senator receive in; same benevolent t.rn.t.rnent.. M, l-Iansellz take-it-or-leave-it am.- endmenl. was intended, no he acid to soothe the conscience of u,,' man who was opposed to the leg. islation. He himself had no scru- ples about taking the increase- the bigger the better-but i,. would not for the world put my stumbling-block in the way of . bmtiher who might. not want on. extra money.

As a matter of fact. there wa's no need for Mr. Hansen”; concern roi- another's conscience. There is no- thlng to compel the dissenters to accept the pay boost. They mum destroy the cheques as they coin. in or return them to the Treasui-v uiicnsllied or turn them over in some charity. A5 to Mr. Knowles serlu-comic jibe at the Senator... that was really uncalled for. vein- should Senators, my more than Commoners. be obliged to suffer impoverisliliieiit?

out

There is. of course. a u-1-1...... I man. who is working for wages or salary. feels he should have a. raise, he consults his employer. about. it. Sometimes they agree; sometiincs they don't. In this can the people He the unployers; gt all events they must pay the in- demntties. And. if the people in not the employers. who in If the financial condition of the members was as unsatisfactory at the be- ginning of this year as it. has been made out, it. could not. have bun any better last. August. Why is it that nothing was said about it then? was it an oversigth-ti

Have members of the Commnnli and the Senate the rig-ht. to ill- crease thclr parliamentnryinooniu whenever they feel like it. iustby passing a resolution? If so. win: in to stop them from indulging in the pleasant practice every now and then? If 10 thousand, why not 15 or 20 or 30? Who is to say when the limit has been reached? The members themselves? That: might be alright. but for one thing: no man ever make: u much money as he thinks he is worth.

would be overjoyed: v.iho could blame them? But. why go on? De- spite the vote of the 4.5 I refusz-. to believe that. any normal person: is ngailistf having his income: doubled. . . .

The debate itself. as reported by the press. is particularly amusing, made no less so by the lialf-seri- oils vein that. runs througlli it. Only the Liberals apparently klimv

no Age Oil story?

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