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CIABLOTIETOWN. FIi.l.DAY, NOV. 3. 1950

George Bernard Shaw

In the passing of George Bernard Shaw the English-speaking world has lost its Grand Old Man of Literature. He was con- temporary with many of the great Victor- ians, and since the death of Thomas Hardy was the sole survivor of that age of liter- ary giants. But he was no extinct volcano. Though his productivity as a playwright decreased in late years, his mind remained perennially young. Time never dulled the sharp edge of his wit nor did it stay the lash of his biting criticism. He rejoiced in living, and one of his most famous com- ments on this subject may well serve for his epitaph: ”I want,” he said, "to be thor- oughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me.

. 1t is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and! Want t0 make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." .

Shaw had his wish. He burned bright- ly to the end. Men came from far and near to light their torches at his splendid flame. Nor will they cease to do so while they continue to hate sham, to despise cruelty, to believe invincibly in progress and social betterment. These were the causes he championed, and about which he set so many pulses of creative thought vi- brating in our time.

For true greatness in literature, how- ever, other qualities are required. Shaws place among the immortals has yet to be determined. As one critic has pointed out, he had a serious defect: he was not at his ease with the common man. He could laugh at him, he could even understand him,-but he rarely loved him. Men in lonely places or on a burdened road will not carry his epigrams in their heart for solace and inspiration as the izoetry Of Burns has rooted itself in the affections of mankind for so many generatiol-So

A Lesson WI-ndla

. In some ways the East, and particularly - India, is further advanced than is Western civilization. It is certainly not so in the field of politics. Prime Minister Nehru's Government has been at pains to avoid an- tagonizing Russia and her Communist sate- .ites, going so far as to oppose United Na- tions' policies where they were aimed at blocking threats of aggression.

Now, with the prospect of Communist China as a neighbour instead of peaceful Tibet, India expresses surprise and regret at the Communist action. The West can take little credit for its superior wisdom. Britain, since 994, found on pay- ing Danegeld that appeasement is a fatal policy. Yet as late as Munich the lesson had not been learned. It has now been very thoroughly absorbed, however, and would-be aggressors must know that their ambitions at the expense of Western inter- ests will bring more blows than rrofit.,In- dia is learning rapidly just now and will probably prove as thor yva tit-bit as her fellows in the U. N.

Korean Vote In Retrospect

When Nazi aggression threatened marr- kind a decade ago, a grand alliance of democratic nations came into being and provided the bulwarks of freedom. Later, as the struggle neared its zenith, even sis- ter totalitarian regimes were threatened by the -Fascists and, by a strange accident of . history, the free nations found themselves lfightlng side by side with the dark and

sinister forces of the Soviet Union to halt .,the aggressor. The price of this strange partnership was a place for Russia within the framework of that grand alliance and a seat for the Soviet representative or. the , Security Council of the United Nations.

Mr. Herbert Hoover, former President --of the United States, was roundly criticized last spring when he suggested that the Un- lted Nations might be better off without its .Communist member states. The circum- stances which led to successful UN inter- vention in Korea tend, however, to vindi- onto his view. For, while UN as a world force is impotent because of the danger of I Soviet veto in the Security Council, UN I! a grand alliance of free nations is po- tent indeed in halting totalitarian aggres-

”tion in such areas as Korea.

The point of having been ahsentffotn

the Security Council when the vote was ta-

; can on the Korean issue will not likely be oliztlicltlslisnll It would, that-atone. i ,, - H ltolssoinie that UN attempts to the Communists in Indo-Chins. to

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settle the status of Formosa, and to deal

with kindred problems, will meet with the same success as that which attended the Korean affair. For, once the veto is used by Russia's representative, UN is legally paralysed. .

EDI IORIAI. NOTES

Fair Week begins at Amherst. O O O O

The Island can be justly proud of the response here to the mobile Blood Bank's appeal.

It is highly satisfactory to note that traffic at both Borden and Wood Islalids ports is increasing. .

I O I

Now that the Islanders have lost a hoe- key match, there should be greater inter- est than ever in watching the succeeding games.

The destroyer Crescent which is being re-commissioned and sails from Esquimalt Monday was the last word in destroyers at the close of the Second World War.

0 I I

Russian oil prospectors are reported to have discovered 40 workable oil fields in Southwestern China. The chances are that if Russia could still draw upon American- trained oil engineers there would have been some, at least, in production.

0 O 0

It is reported that the findings of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences will be published when Parliament meets, probably on February 14. It is safe to assume that it will give rise to far more discussion out- side than within that venerable but vote conscious body.

0 O O Other candidates besides Mr. J. J. Sul- livan, Hamilton lawyer, for leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party are J. G. Brown, member of the Ontario Legislature for Wa- terloo North; Campbell Calder, member for London; Walter C. Thompson, Federal mem- ber for Ontario, and Controller Arnoii Hicks of Hamilton. Dr. Harry M. Cassidy, University of Toronto professor, also is likely candidate.

0 G. B. S., now gathered to his fathers, was a political and literary enigma. He was a professed and pronounced socialist in all things almost except the production of ones brain. He favoured nationalization of such natural products as coal, steel, wa- ter, gas, oil, railways, shipping, etc., but when it came to copyright in books he cal- led a halt, and opposed with his custom- ary vigor the wiping out of copyrights in books and music. These he maintained, should remain the property of the authors

and composers concerned, and their heirs. O O 0

The reference in these notes yesterday to a shortage of reefers was to the shortage of freight cars in the Maritimes. Triere is no shortage of refrigerator cars in Prince Ed- ward Isand. In fact the American Refriger- ator Car Company which controls many of the reefers here, has been demanding their return empty rather than allow them to be detained without cargo. The Canadian Na- tional officials here have been holding on to them in the expectation that approaching frost will bring a sudden demand for these

cars.

0 O O

Admiral Benbow, -British sailor, died this date 1702. He had an adventurous career in the Navy, and was sent by the Government to the West Indies to settle disputes with the Spaniards over the Darien settlement. The Darien scheme was a plan to colonize the Isthmus of Darren with Scotsmen, formed by William Patterson, founder of the Bank of England. As a re- sult 1,200 colonists landed at Darien'only to be met by the Spaniards in possession, and driven back to their vessels. They were short of provisions, disease broke out, and Benbow was sent to their assistance, but only a small remnant survived to re- turn to Scotland. Later he was sent to tight the French in the West Indies, being killed in battle off St. Domingo.

I O O

The Ottawa Citizen probably represents Ottawa opinion correctly in stating that in recent years the view has been firmly es- tabl ed that the office of Governor-Gem eral hould be filled by a Canadian. It is reported from Ottawa that there is to be a reorganization of the Federal Government. Does that imply that the Prime Minister will retire to be succeeded by Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, the ablest member of his cabinet? It will be recalled that the late lamented W. L. Mackenzie King was slated to be the first Canadian-bom Governor-General on Viscount Alexander-'s retirement. Recently, His Excellency's tenure has been given a year's extension which will carry him to 1952. By that time Mr. St. Laurent will have beensufflciently long out of active politics-in which, indeed, he has never been very active, to entitle him to become Canada's first native-born Governor-Gem

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This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian doeanot necessar- ily e s' the opinion oi correspondents.

&H55 DAIRY INDUS'I"RY'S FUTURE

.Sir,-Now that the responsibil- ity, duiy, and l '11 authority in the problem of ' 9 ;arine has been definitely placed ..i the door-steps of our ten Provincial Legislatures. the following basic data, as to the issues involved, seem to me to lake on added meaning? I quote from your feature-column ”Among The Farmers" last summer: "Pre- diction that if there were no regu- lation whatever of butter substi- tutes in Canada, the butter in- dustiy would be practically wiped out in a short period of time, was made by Dr. E. C. Hope, economist of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, in an address before the annual gathering 0! the Huron County Federation. . . . Only the limiting factors on those substi- tutes such as they are now, said Dr. Hope, prevented- the total eclipse of the dairy industry in this country. . . . If these limiting factors were removed, butter sub- stitutes would be coming on the market at the rate of 200 million pounds a year. . . . Tens of thou- sands of valuable dairy cows would go to the packing plants. The fu- ture of our dairy industry, like most other farm crops. depends on farmers organizing - and stay- ing organized." (Guardian, June 23)

The above speaker is right on the fact-beam in this reader's opin- fon. On the other hand, he doesn't finish the picture. I suggest it would be spectacular to have one or other of the farm editors, rural economists, or agriculture min- isters, complete the above verbal scene and tell the man-in-the- street (in plain and lay language) some of the effects likely to flow from the destruction of the na- tion's dairying industry. It is clear, even to my inexperienced eyes. that unemployment would engulf.our cities and towns; that the ruin in this vital segment of the farming industry would be projected into related fields. such as the feed grains, livestock. etc., and .that hundreds of thousands of city workers. who seldom dream of their link with Agricul- ture, would be "on relief."

Maybe this problem will be studied at the forthcoming Do- minion - Provincial Agricultural Conference. I hope so, because it would be suicidal to have this no- tion-wide struggle broken up into ten provincial battlefields. That might suit certain special inter- ests, but I'm thinking it would do enduring damage to agriculture. I am, Sir, eic..

"BUSlNESSMAN” Toronto, Nov. 1.

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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Two roads diverged in I yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one ti-svelei-. long I stood

And looked down one as for as I could

To where it bent in the under- growth;

Then ftook the other, as just as s

And hloving perhaps the better c .

Because it wu grusy and wanted wear; .

Though Is for that the passing ill

on . Hid worn them really about the

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And both that morning equslly lay In iosbvlos no stop had troddsn

not. ob, Idkept the first for mother I! Yet knowing how way leads on to way. I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with I sigh Somewhere ages and an hsnot: Two rfsds diverged in 5 wood, and 1' took the one less traveled

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And that has undo all the diflfzih . awe.

-Robot! Frost.

Notes From

Another Island

By "Anson" ll.

LONDON, England:- I Being no more nor less than hu- man we in this island frequently! find it hard to live up to the let- ter of the ten commandments! especially, in these austere days.

the one about not coveting. necessarily our neighbour's wife.l of course, or for that'matter any- of his particular goods and chat- tcls, because ten to one he's no better off than the rest of us. 1 Coveting, in the dictionary de- finition, is after all simply a nor-? mal manifestation of human na-l ture, and there is surely littlel wickedness in the hearts of smalli children who stand with their noses pressed against the outside window of the sweet shop, desir-I ing to possess some of the succulent treats displayed but without the

. . . - k. wherewithal to purchase any of Island are invited to avail them- 01' 3n0ihET- The flndml 013 W0”

them. As with the children. so with grown-ups, and one would

have to. search lung and hard to

. . . r - . be innpost for the future of mm 8 man who L9 emnely content. mrms 0, subscription. 125 ed per iifffer arfdslgss mature communities.

with his lot and covets nothing. I C I O i

There is an uncommon lot of! coveiing going on in a certain, building in West London at the, time of writing these notes; in the, building known as Earls Court. to be precise, where our annual Mo- tor Show is being held. Here our car manufacturers put their latest models out for public inspection. and with a few exceptions inspec- tion is all that a coveteous public is allowed. British public, that is. got our car industry is one of our

iggest dollar earners, hence the: delight of owning a brand new! car (if you can afford one) is, sacrificed to the great God of Ex- . port Drive.

So great a proportion of the manufacturers' output of new cars is diverted for export that what is" left for-ihome consumption is noth- ing like enough to satisfy the de- mand. It falls so far short, indeed, that a native of this island may be called upon to wait three or four years for delivery. Too bad if, when you take delivery, the style has altered so much since you placed your order that you don't like your car anyway! You can't even sell it until you have had it for a year or so - Gov- ernment order. to try to kill the black market in second-hand cars.'

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It wouldn't seem half so bad all Earls Court if we didn't make good r cars. But we do, and the place is' full of gleaming saloons and tour- ers, cars with furnishings like luxury hotels and cars with com- parative austerity for the passen- gers but engines that push them, along at speeds almost more ap-' propriate to aeroplanes; cars for the rich maiden aunt, chauffeur- driven. and cars for the ex-fighter pilot who considers it sinful to drive slowly and likes to try to get his chariot airborne. Lots of cars. including some you can't even order, because they are for export only, and some others like the Rolls-Royce. which you are not sure you would like to own anyway because you'd develop on inferlority complex in relation to IT

Lots of cars. and thousands of people gazing awestruck. coveting for all they are worth and going away green-eyed. British people, that is; if you on from overseas you just take your pick and - II- most - drive away. Our only consolation in the business is the thought of all the dollars pouring into the Exchequer. as I result of which we may, in time. be able to import I lot of nice. new Am- ericaI1,cu:A.!o.i' our. own use!

Talking of the Exchequer. the news of the resignation of Sir Stsfford Crlpps from the Chan- cellorship led to I report that peo- ple in some lAmericm cities were rushing to buy pound notes. It seems difficult to understand why. for Sir Suffoi-d'q successor is un- likely to follow anything but tho- sarns line of policy ll 5” Sill" ford himself. Certainly nobody hero ox, ” any change: it will only be like a new doctor akin! over to continue ndiinisiorlng the mlxture as before.

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"The public are requested to ob-' serve that The Library has lately been removed from the Dawson building, Kent Street, to the pre- miscs built by Mr. Thomas Tanton, and immediately opposite Messrs. Thomas & Dawson's, Great George Street. The proprietor having made considerable additions to his Catalogue of Books. which now embraces the best works in His- iory. Travels, Biography, and choice Light Literature. solicits the support of the community generally. and promises, if encour- aged in this undertaking, to estab-

this City, a Good Library, at icrms accessible to all who are in pursuit of instruction and amuse- ment. -

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Commission For British Guiana

Mr. James Griffiths. the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies. af- ter consultation with Sir Charles

lwoolley, Governor of British Guiana. has appointed a commis- sion to consider constitutional

questions in British Guiana.

The commission will consist of Sir John Waddington, chairman; Professor Vincent Harlow and Dr. Rita Hinden, members: and Mr. J. D. Hcnnings. secretary.

The terms of reference are to review the franchise, the composi- tion of the Legislature and of the executive Council. and any other related matters, in the light of

, the economic and political develop-

ment cf the colony, and to make

recommendations. The commission 2” ppm" 3;,

expects to arrive in British Guiana towards the, end of this year. The announcement that a com- mission led by Sir John Wedding- ton, is to set out shortly to devise a new constitution for British Guiana is welcome and liimely. There is among the Guinness a clear demand for constitutional advance, and there is evidence of sufficient practical ability to jisLi- fy an advance. At the moment ef- fective power lcnds still to belong mainly to officials and nominated members. although a lsystem of executive committees in which elected members have seats is pro- viding some ad hoc extension of

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I A Southern Alberta editor, Just about to go ,to press. "pied" I couple of articles, one conceml.-lg an Auction sale and the other a write-up of a wedding. He asked the office devil to get the two "or- tlcles together, and here's how he did it: "William smith and Miss Lucy Anderson were disposed of at public auction at my bum one mile east of I beautiful cluster of roses, and two white calves, before a background of farm implements too numerous to mention in the presence of about '10 guests, iri- cludlng two milk cows six mules and a hog sled. Rev. Jackson tlezl the nuptial knot with 200 feet. of

responsible government. There is no doubt. however, that British Guiana w'lll fall behind her neigh- bours in political progress unless reforms are introduced before very long. They have in any case been promised for 1952.

The commission's task will cer- tainly not be easy. Any recom- mendations which it makes will have to be accepted by diverse races. Nearly half the population are East Indians. the descendants of indentured labourers who came from lndia to take the place of the liberated slaves on the sugar estates. Nearly as large is the Negro elements: and there lare minorities of Europeans. ”Colour- ed." and Chinese. not to speak of the indigenous Amerindians, for whom some special system of tute- lage will be necessary, probably for several generations to come. Racial relations so far are good and there is a general conscious- ness of Guianese patriotism. I That should help the commis- sion. but it is equally true that these races are at different stages ofidevelopmcnt and that few or- ganizations flourish except those founded on racial distinctions. The commission will have to decide whether it is better to try to ignore racial differences by extending clections on a common roll or whe- ther some system of group repre- sentation. such as certain local leaders favour. is more PFBCUCEL It will have to decide, too, the basis of the franchise with due regard to the different stages of development reached by each racial group.

British Guiana is not the-only territory with such problems. All colonial peoples of mixed YBC181 composition face them in one form

able constitution by the commis- sion just appointed,” therefore. has more than local significance. It

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its aircrew: in "Flyi'y..ghCt,';u'" brooms" built to carry 10 5” and two instructors. This 15 Vlckers-Armstrong's Valetta which made its first flight,

gust 31 and is now in prndoscsou; for the Royal Air Force. '1-m', large twin-engined machine, on, of the largest training 31,-cm, ever built. carries ii crew of four as well as instructors and pupils It will be used for advanced n-,,,,' igotional training. involving u... 'use of the latest radio and radar aids to navigation. The v31,,,.T, T3 has been designed sperifican” for use us a classroom. Built Hy, along the top of the fuselage ,9 six "astrodomes" from which ,.;,. plls will take astronomical rend- lnits. Inside the fuselnye win 3,, up-to-date navigational aids wipe). 378 replacing the dead-rcrkonui. methods standard with Air rm,-,5; navigator: for many

)":.:rs. B:;:. lsh Aircraft Society.

Though the 1946 four- , adian-United Klngdom"",..(i:,::, agreement has come to an gnaw

been paying an insurance premium

to an agreement with the United

supply 160 million bushels of wheat for each of the first two years at it price somewhat lower than the rut- ing world price. For each of the

to be fixed, "having market prices.' In 1948 this price

world prices fell less rapidly than farmer tends to feel he has beer outsmarted by the British and let

down by his Government. -(Pi-on-. the Manchester Guardian)

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its operation is still a source or some minor resentment h- m, Canadian farmers. As ciIcum. stances developed this agreement worked out almost wholly to gm advantage of the United Kingdom It was conceived by Canada a, something in the nature of an in. surance policy against the effect; of a highly fluctuating and pro. bably falling world wheat pm-.5 in the postwar years. That this c1.d not in fact occur during this fou,-. year period has tended to make the Canadian farmer feel he has

ior nothlns. 1946 the Canadian Goverment, with the approval 0: the Canadian farmers, entered in.

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