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CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward lsinml iikI.tIio dew'

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0llAI.LO'l"I'lITOVVN. WEDNESDAY. NOV. 12, 1952

Canada And The ii.li.

In a new External Affairs Department volume entitled ”Canada and the United Nations, 1951-52”, the Minister, Mr. Pear- son, says in a foreword that we should not be too worried about the nastiness of UN debates. Futility will only be reached, he says, if the debates ever ”degencrate into an elaborate exchange of meaningless courtesies which avoid any realistic refer- ence to outstanding issues and disputes."

Mr. Pearson states frankly that the big rift in UN and the pursuit of peace is the Kremlin,.but he refuses to be so fascinated by that chasm that he cant see the other difficulties facing world peace. ”Even if Communism had never been invented," he says, "and even if the Soviet Union were located on a different planet, a number of serious diffei'cnces within the free world would remain. For many peoples of the world the most direct political threat, real or imaginary, comes from their next-door neighbors or from the continuation of long- unresolved situations in their particular parts of the world. To such peoples, the existence of the United Nations is not incre- ly a reassuring fact-it provides the actual means of seeking redress."

It is known that the UN session is go- ing to hear much of Tunisian and Moroccanl

; demands for autonomy, of appeals of back- ward or colored peoples everywhere against oppression or intolerance. Debate on these questions may reveal embarrassing differ- ences withintlie Commonwealth, perhaps divide Britain, France and the United States. Mr. Pearson explains what should be Canadals approach to these issues:

government and independence has con- vinced us of the value of gradual and peace- ful evolution as opposed to violent and too sudden change. . - . There is a wide differ- ence of view concerning the degree to which the General Assembly and Trusteeship Council should intervene in the affairs of dependent peoples, and also coricerning the speed with which these peoples should at- tain independence. The fact is, of course, that the peoples now classified as depend- ent vary greatly in their ability to manage their own affairs. It follows that we should avoid dogmatism and try to consider, in each case, what is in the best interests of the particular people concerned. We should also not forget that there are people under Communist rule who have been giveirthe forms of self-government but who are in a state of far greater cnslavcment than the inhabitants of colonial territories."

Of In Value Whatever

, There was a significant secondary ver- dict rendered by United States electors last week, notes the Globe and Mail. In ad- dition to their expression of preference for President, they let the whole world know that they have no opinion at all of political pollsters. The results of the balloting, both as to regional trends and the division of the aggregate vote between parties, clear-

. ly demonstrate two things: The polls do not accurately reflect public opinion; and the periodic findings of the pollsters, as published during an election campaign, do not influence electoral thinking.

This time the opinion polls succeeded in being even more cgregiously wrong through over-caution than they were in the last Presidential election by being overcon- fldent. When they were firm in their pre- dlctions,- the voting went in a contrary di- rectlon. When they professed to see noth- ing but a closely contested election, they were even more in error. The Republican ldndslide clearly was in the making when their last checks were made. But they failed to see any sign of it.

liowfoumIIand's History

'.-,Newfoundland may be the youngest Pndvince of the Dominion, but its Colonial ll rich in colorful incidents and due rocognltion of this fact is being made by thy Canadian Historic Sites and Monuments -B9ord. 1 g

, Fort Townshend, Fort William and Fort in St. John's are. to be marked as mQJ,i':-anch and Englhh for posses-

” ' 1, then-the fishing capital

Wilt, recognized as the old

. qmdland: av monu-

"Canada's experience in achieving self-.

recognized as the first landfall of John Cabot.

Nearby Signal Hill, where Col. Am- herst's troops defeated the French and re- captured St.' John's in 1762, will be the site of a national park. Old cannon, re- minders of the days when the harbor of St- John's was defended by batteries in the surrounding hills, are in poor condition. Steps will be taken to recondition them. Soon to be unveiled is a small monu- ment commemorating the flight from St. John's of Alcock and Brown in 1919. Al- cock and Brown were the first to fly the Atlantic non-stop. ,

The national park will also recognize Marconi's 1927 reception of the first trans- Atlantic wireless message from Cornwall, Eng.

m At Cupids, Conception Bay, a monument installed in 1910 to mark the spot where the first officially-sanctioned settlement of the New World was founded, will be re- conditioned. John Guy started the Cupids Settlement in 1610.

EDITORIAL NOIES

Prince of Wales College Day. 0 O. O The splendid work being done in Char- lottetown by Bruce Stewart and Co. Ltd. is an important contribution towards pre- paredness as well as being a sign of health and well being in a local industry. 0 O I Trygve Lie has rendered magnificent service to the United Nations since his election as secretary-general in 1946. He

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now feels that his resignation would best serve U. N. interests because of Russian op- position to his holding office, and has acted

accordingly.

Councillor Johnstone's proposal to close to vehicles the roadway bordering Govern- ment Pond on the west could lead to a de- cided improvement there as a pleasant place to walk. Stopping the cars, however, is only one step. A great deal of clean-up work is needed as well to allow citizens to enjoy that area at its best.

Elizabeth Cleghorn, Mrs. William Gas- kell, English novelist, died this date 1865. "Mary Barton", a novel of factory life, made her famous. "Cranford" was a series of exquisite studies of village life and was followed by" "Ruth", ”Lizzie Leigh" and

other works. Her highly controversial "Life of Charlotte Bronte" appeared in 1857.

When, in December of 1949, sugar con-. trols were removed after ten years of rigid regulation, refined granulated sugar was listed at 558-65 wholesale per 100 pounds, Montreal basis. Today sugar costs the con- sumer less, for the present list is S850. By contrast, despite the fact that sugar controls continue in the U. K., sugar is twice as expensive as it is in Canada, in terms of purchasing power per unit of work.

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The Queen has approved a list of battle honours won by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. The list contains those air battles in which squadrons of the R.C.A.F. participated. The Battle of Britain heads the list. The battle honours will be displayed by the squadron entitled to them in the form of a plaque headed by the "squadron badge and number, and followed by a list of the honours which have been awarded to that

squadron.

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In acquiring a Ph.D., a professor of education at Brandon has drawn opinions on Americans from 7,607 senior students at 321 high schools across Canada. Most replied very sensibly that they have no pronounced opinions about Americans. The statistical evaluation of other replies is in- teresting, as showing Newfoundland most pro-American and Prince Edward Island in seventh place in our esteem for our south- ern neighbours, but these and numerous other revelations will not greatly add to the store of human knowledge. 1

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Warning that "unequal distribution of the benefits of education and science con- tinues to endanger peace and security," Jaime Torres Bodet, Director General of Unesco, states that "remarkable progress has been made by Unesco during the last 18 months. Despite its limited resources and the unfavorable international situation, Unesco has proved clearly thbt it is a use- ful instrument and a necessary ideal," says. Mr. Torres Bodet in" his report to Unesco's General Conference whose Seventh Session openslin Paris on November 12. Primary emphasis is placed by the Director General on Unesco's activities to promote funda- mental education-thai: in, education to raise standards of living.-pointing out that "more than half of mankind can neither read nor write and, therefore, remains sunk in a state. of ignorance perpetuation

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the discussion by wueopondentl of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the olllnlon of wrrespondeiiis.

POLL TAX COLLECTIONS

sir. In your report of the meet.- ing of the City Council held Mon- day night you use as a. heading, "Substantial Increase in Poll Tax Receipts." I would like to have some space in your valuable paper to supple- ment. the figures given in your re- port with some facts which, I be- lieve. will be of interest to all tax payers. The total arrears of poll tax col- iected to date amount. to 84219- 326 citizens who were in default have now paid all arrears up to date. 319 others have made pay- ments to the amount of Si.604- 0:1 their arrears and have made or- rangement. with the tax collect!!! for one payment of their balances. Unfortunately. as stated in your report. 586 letters were returned with the notation that the parties concerned had either died or left the Province. This means that many thousands of dollars. which could have and should have been collected, have been lost. forever to the City. It also means that the tax books were in R. most. unsatis- factory condition. But, I hasten to say, the responsibility for this con- dition should not be laid on our office help. It. is the duty of the Mayor and Council to see that all taxes are fully and impartially col- lected. Un to date 77 cases against poll tax defaulters have been given to the court for collection and the policy will be continued without fear or favour. until all who have the means to do so, shall have paid their taxes. EDWIN C. JOHNSTONE. Chairman, Finance Committee.

THE MONA LISA

Slrs:- I have been R reader of The Guardian for many years and I have always found it a most interesting and reliable paper. 1 al- ways read the letters in the Public Forum, so was very much sur- prised on reading .1. B. Mccloskeya letter regarding the Mona Lisa. which appeared in The Forum om October ill.

DaVinci's famous painting was stolen from the Louvre on August 21, 1911. It. was valued at 33,090,000 in itself. The picture was recover- ed two years later still in the pos- session of the thief, who instead of profiting, went. to Ihiivfor three years.

Now. why and how this famous painting was stolen is too long a story to write here. The French were content to get Lo. Jocondc back in her old place on the wall of the salon Carre without. inves- tigating too deeply, and more Da- Vincl's masterpiece can be seen to- day. The actual thief was a man named Perugia. who worked in the salon. It is believed that he was I. confederate or R gang of crooks who hoped to make large sums of money by contacting wealthy col- lectors and offering to sell them the pointing. i

It: has been proved beyond I

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The Ago-old story Aoyoat-es-3109-Qso943u

In my Father's house no many mansions: if it were not lo, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. . . . Thomu uitll unto him. Lord, we know not whither thou tooltl Ind how can we know the woyf lulu Ialth unto him, I in the way, the truth. and the life: no men oom- eth-untoi the Father, but me. .--. '. crily. verily, I say Im you. Jlp bolievoth In me. work: that I do" shall he do '.lhIIOi ' H0

And whatsoever so than

in my name,-that will I do. nil fill.

STEPPING WESTWARD The dewy ground was dark and cold

Behind, all gloomy to behold:

And ateppinit westward seemed to

be

A kind of heavenly destiny;

I liked the greeting: 'twas a. sound of something without place or bound:

And seemed to give me spiritual

ri hi.

8 To travel through that region bright

The voice was soft, and she who spake

was walking by her native lake; The salutatlon had to me

The very sound of courtesy:

Its power was felt; and while my

eye

Was fixed upon the g1owing:sky,

The echo of the voice enwrought

A human sweetness with the thought

Of travelling through the world that lay

Before me in my endless way.

doubt that one original Mona Lisa is back in the louvre where it is covered by a heavy glass and pro. tected by l. railing. Any up-to-date Encyclopedia. should verify these facts. I am Sir, etc.

MINNIE H. IIALLIDAY Newtonvllle, Mass,

"IN RElilEMBBANCE"

The following letter was re- ceived too late for publication in yesterday's issue. for which ii, was intended:

Sir.-All over Europe. the pop- pies are growing "between the crosses row and row" that mark the last resting place to close to one hundred thousand young Can- adlans who have made the sup- reme sacrifice in two World Wars.

A5 I D855 by one several occas-

ions the National War Memorial here in Ottawa and tlilnk how fitting it is that all of us in the hustle and bustle of our daily work should pause for a few mo- ments on this Remembrance Day to think of that great host of gallant men who gave their all that their loved ones at home and their fellow citizens may contlniie to live in peace. They gave their all for their Country -ihclr first full measure of de- votion for us and ur fellow men that we might co tlnuc to enjoy the blessings of II free land. the blessings of ,peace and Justice, equity and liberty. Do we ever stop to consider seriously the sacrifice made by our Canadian soldiers in Koren- think of the young men who were cut down in the threshold of life. Think of the happy years of young manhood denied in them, which you and I have enjoyed to live. I think it is our .esponsibIl- fly in see that the dead of two World Wars and those who have made the supreme sacrifice in the Korean conflict are not forgotten, that their memory is kept bright through the years by the little red poppy of remembrance which is worn as It personal token of tribute to those who save their lives for Canada.

" bronco Day this year is being observed in bleuker circum- stances than have obtained in any pence time year since 19383 The world may question at this time. the value of the sacrifice made by young men whose bodies were broken by war and who finally found last resting in cemeteries laid out among the alien acres where they fought and died.

Therefore. the wearing of the poppies and the iiying of wreath: at Cenotaph: sci-on -tho on Remembrn Day. recalls their spirit and gives new imple- ntlon for service to their country thoygervod so heroically and it in moot.sun1y.of comfort-and on- couru out to thou. prmntiy poniu to know that devotion Ind Ilcriflco an noflighuy foo-

,!1l5-13." the spot

its wretched conditions of existence."

tiuf Gfnr rather? may be glorified the son

million by the ominous of this Do- it W80 vi

0. oviihinlthe silence of Remembrance Day. will offcf nui-

nation .

Old Charlottetown (And 2. 3.1. )

INCENDIARISM

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"we learn from the Gazette of Tuesday, that on the night of sun- day, the" 6th instant, about 12 o'clock, a. barn on the Point Farm, at. Cascumpec, the property of the Hon. Samuel Ounaml, was da- troyed by fire, and that. from the circumstances under which it. orig- inated, there is good ground for believing it. to have been the work of an incendiary. This is further suippoi-ted by an affidavit from the occupant of the form-William Woodman-who solemnly ii.ffii'ma it to be his belief, that 'the said barn was felocnlously set on fire by some person or persons to the de- ponent unknown! The Hon. Mr. Peters, who is agent for the pro- perty, was lodging in the house of Woodman, on one night in ques- tton, and from what we can un- derstand from the facts detailed. lost. his own horse with the other contents of the barn . . .

"The copy of the Gazette from which we have learned the intelli- gence above adverted to, furnishes the following paragraph: A most wanton and mischievous attempt to destroy the New Market house at. Georgetown Wu made on the night of Saturday last. between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, by some unprlncipled miscreant.1.,who are at. present: unknown. Fortun- ately their attempts were check- ed before much mischief was done. The fire had been set under the 5111 at the west. end of the building,

collected for the purpose of ensur- ing its destruction. The damage done is confined to one sill and to the shingles on the wall, to the height of about 6 feet, as it pro- vldentlally ha.ppcn'ed that two well disposed individuals discovered the attempt. and gave the alarm. A person was also seen running away at the time, who is supposed to have been concerned in the at- tempf.." ,

-The Palladium, Oct. 19, 1844

tribute of lndcbctdncss and praise to them to whom we owe so much and pledge ourselves to safeguard and not to lose what they have won.

These young men were men of every class, creed, and condition. They came from every strata of our national life. They were men

ed and marched to their graves in a community of purpose. self sacrifice and endeavour.

If Remembrance is to be DIC- red at all then it must be per- sonal and on Remembrance Day, :1: the last strokes peiil away from the Peace Tower on Parlia- ment Hill on this November 11th I am happy to place a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial here in Ottawa in re- membrance of the young men from my native Province. Prince Edward Island who so gallantly and willingly made the supreme sacrifice and who brought hon- our and glory to their Province and Country.

I am. Sir.

GERALD

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Inventor of I. device to keep cowo' toils from switching It milk- ing time has bllked German iii- vestors. Well, here's I substitute. for nothing: Drape A circlet of heavy chain over Bossyls hip bones. If you haven't a chain, duck. - Windsor Star. '

A local render would like to know why the newspaper profes- sion is referred to as the Fourth Estate. The term is said to origin- ate with the British Member of Parliament and writer E und Burke. The three estates 0 the realm are the Lords Spiritual. the Lords Temporal and the Commons. Zurke maintained that because of its importance to the state, the press should be known as the Fourth Estate. Burke died in 1797. -Toronto Telegram.

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Explaining Canada's recurring- surpluses. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent has said: "Every year we have been more prosperous 'than even an optimist like Mr. Abbott dared to hope we would be." or is it n cine of Mr. Abbott being even less an optimist than the rest of us had dared to suspect? -- Wind- sor star.

Like I number of other Cans- diui. universitiu, the University of Manitoba is building I new library. But the ceremony of lay- ing a cornerstone was complicat- ed the other day when student pi-anksters stole the stone from a shed. With the Governor-General scheduled to perform the cere- mony, the situation could have been' embarrassing. Fortunately, however," Alberta University su- lhorlties had sent warning that they had been afflicted by prank, and a dummy hnd been in-

stitutcd at Manitoba. - Ottawa Citizen. Police checked twice before

they solved this accident. A trolley bus travelling along the east side of Granville was blamed for dam- aging the canvas roof of a convert- ible parked on the other side of

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"M We which Jarred n 'poi l the oppoolta side of the .5 0" and knocked I lump 5113.3, 0 ml root of the car." Damage-lion” 5150. ---Vancouver Province. out

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London would be glad if C would, take the Jittle arc of Berinudn under no protection. That would m ceptlng from the Mother Count: an expensive present of umciv the guardianship and mainte l ance would cost too much. DUI: in: the worn for sea supremacy Bermuda had A strategic impor; tance. It is still a port. of mu" for hurricane-tossed ships and planes in trouble. Clever pul)i;L-EU, has made it so peaceful rcslirg place for the happy ones or .5, earth . . . If it is true that 11., English wish to cede this arching). ago to Canada, it is probable that Canadians are not keen on rccri.-. ing the de luxe present. W)))' W make it an international coiivalci. cent sanctuary for the sick? L'Evenement Journal. Queue.-,

mad: hlilelagn Political can no.

In England, it seems. they .., called week end archeologist;-. in America, we suspect. they n.;.;m be merely house hunters. At any rate. I. team of these lmateur del. vcrs into the past has discove,-9.1 near Luliingatone, 'England, in. site of or large barn built in 13.. third century. A. D., rlurliig (hp Roman occupation of Britain. Tho period is indicated by coins found, And the authentic farm touch is added by paw marks of 1 dog in the floor cement. Moi-eorcr, those who assume that a hay d ier is something new under mg n learn that a primitive form of grain drying was used in this In- cient Roman barn. What puzzle: us. though, is this: Can the Brit- ish housing shortage be quite M bad as we have supposed? If i barn like that had come to l;ghz in the United States, the discover- ers would be setting about before nightfall to convert it. into an English cottage, a ranch house, I

the street. Explained bus driver William sunter: "The trolley pole

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