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FRIDAY. MAY 0, INS

Obstacles To Rearming

I-low" near is West German 1'ear'ma- ment which, in the opinion of Western leaders, is necessary to the defence of Western Ekrrope in the event of Soviet ag- gression? 'I1re answer, if one may judge by appearances, is that it is still a long way off. True, all the nations which signed the Paris Agreements have now gone through the process of preliminary ratification. This means that in form. and subject only to a few technicalities yet to be worked out, the West German Republic can proceed to build up a limit- ed military establishment vvitiiin the framework of Nato. In substance, how- ever, the situation is much more complex than that: and. by a strange diverting of historical trends, the complexity is caused

years behind the curtain as a roving journalist-and by all accounts a good

one-says that there are three main weak- nesses in the machine which he feels should be given more consideration-and encouragement where possible-by West- sunmmn. Montague m Alberton. Auuio ern governments than has been the case heretofore. many non-Russian groups within the U. S. S. R. who have not been. nor can be, fully ' integrated into the Communist system; (2) the traditional peasant dislike of collective farming. which can be expected to keep the country in a permanent state of econ- omic unbalance: and rivalries among party leaders ambitious politicians. that. although none of these circumstances is enough in itself to cause really serious 7 trouble, the three of them together, add- 3 ed to the inarticulate but very real sense of dissatisfaction which necessarily obtains in any country where the masses of the people have no say in government policy, may in time bring about a situation where Soviet leaders will have to forget foreign excursions and concentrate their whole at- f tention on domestic readjustment. to do that. he believes, the totalitarian regime will falter--and eventually col- lapse from internal pressures. Either way,

Briefly, these are:

(3) the continual strife and

the world would profit.

EDITORIAL NOTES

According to the International Union

(1) the ”'

Mr. Scott believes V

Failing I

almost solely by divisions among the West

Germans themselves. The fact of the

matter is that many Germans-some say the majority of them-have very little en- thusiasm for the rearmament clause of the agreements. Chancellor Adenauer is (ill for it in a big way; but dissenting voices within his own coalition party are

for the Protection of Nature, there has been a sudden decrease in the number of storks throughout Ihrrope in recent years. Birth statistics, however, seem to remain

Imaffected.

In agreeing to a settlement before, and not after, the date set for a strike, Brit-

being heard with more and more fre- quency as the days go by. As for the leaders of the other parties, especially on the provincial level, most of tircsc are vehemently opposed to rearmamcnt, and the others are lukewarm. This has been more or less cvidcnt all along; but it has been given added em- phasis in recent weeks by Soviet Russia's apparently gentle way of coming to terms with Austria and by the inference of state- ment: by Soviet qiokeamen that Germany could be 1-euivvited just as,eeaily as the loviet-Austrian accord was reached if only he West Germans would forget about rcarmerncnt and rnorrllborsiih: in New and be content to settle down as peaceful naturalists between the Eastern and Western camps M an uneasy Europe. lines re-unification is the controlling politi- cal desire cf the German people, regard- less of the lanes into which they are now dvided, this sort of reasoning carries tre- mondous appeal; and. of course. it is be- ing used by the Soviets for all it is worth. The unfortunate thing is that. at present at any rate, the inducements being held out by Moscow seem more "tangible and more readily obtainable-to the West Germans, that is-than those which have their origin in Washington, London, and Paris. Besides all this, and assuming that re- - armament does. in fact, get under way in the near future-which is doubtful4x- perts say that it would be two years at the earliest before West German troops could count for anything in Western de- fence. Meanwhile. it is a fact that East Germany already is in possession of a strong military establishment under Soviet direction and leadership, a situation which reunification would not change in any way.

Soviet Weaknesses

There are two main schools of thought in the West on the subject of the strength of the Soviet machine. One school be- lieves that it is a solid, compact. Com- munist-controlled system which nothing, short of all-out war against it, is capable of weakening to any appreciable extent. The other school maintains that the sys- tem is ridden through and through with decaying forces, that it is only a matter of time-eperhaps a short time-when it will fall asunder and be replaced by some-

'thing more akin to responsible and rep- resentative government.

It may be that the truth of the mat- ter lies somewhere between these two on- posing views. The only people who really are in a position to offer reasonably de- pendable testlmony in the case are those who have spent considerable time in the Soviet Union and who have had opportun- ity to size up the situation for themselves. Of course, even they have had to carry on t1helr' inquiries under certain obvious handi-

ainla Locomotive Engineers and Firemen have established a fine precedent for union negotiators. W'hat h more, they have ex- hibited good sense not always apparent on either side in labour cisputes. O O O

Generaliasimo Ohiang Kai Shek says that the situation in the Fomiosa Straits is still tense. How can it be-other-wise so long as he himself keeps harping on "liberating" the mainland, and Giou En- lai on "liberating" Forrnosaeneitlher of which projects can be attempted, let alone carried out, without plunging the entire Pacific area in useless conflict?

0 O I

Not only did Nikita Khruschev, boss of Soviet Communism, "steal the show" at Moscow's May Day celebration; according to news reports, the Premier was not there at all. In contrast tdthis oonspicuit.-y by absence, Communist Chinals Mao TaeTung was out in his very best finery for Pei.ping's gala.

O O O

In turning down the idea of a shrine in memory of the late Dr. Einstein, the executor of his estate, Dr. Otto Nathan, probably reflected the wishes of the great scientist who, in life, spurned the way of ostentation and vain-glory. His achieve- ments will live on for countless genera- tions without the aid of stone and mortar.

O O O

A language that is whistled, not spoken, flourishes in the Canary Islands, says the National Geographic Society. On hilly Gomera, people must communicate across long distances, and whistling carries better than shouting. By a series of higher and lower tones, pauses, intonatioins and stres- ses, a whistler can convey most of the in- formation necessary for day-to-day exist- enoe.

O O 0

An exchange notes that while North America is discussing guaranteed annual wages and extensions of unemployment in- surance, New Zealand. on the other side of the world, has quite the opposite prob- lem. New Zealand is plagued with over- employment or, to put it in commoner terms, with a shortage of labor. In the whole country (population 2 million). there are only 35 people registered as "disen- gaged", 28 men and seven women. There are 13,450 registered jobs vacant. And this latter figure is not considered a true one. Many employers no. longer bother to register vacancies, considering it a futile gesture. On the face of it. this sounds like no problem at all. Yet a little

thought reveals that this kind of imbal-

ance is not desirable either. ' O I I

. The first continent-wide attempt to

get rid of malaria has been launched un-

der the sponsorship of the. World Health

Organisation. All govemments of the Americas will co-operate in the project. Malaria eradication can no longer be”con- sidered merely a local or national problem.

caps: but in their comings and goings they but must be undertaken on I continental have picked up valuable bits of informa- scale to prevent 1-e.infecnon ac;-0,3 bum.

tlon; and it is noteworthy that. in almost (15,195, The malgria-mrrying moaquitb every instance. the on-the-spot man has will be the prime target of the history-

come back with a story substantiating the making campaign; by spraying house in "ill-between" WI90l'Y.I'IlIm9l)'- that-the SOVr malarial zones with insecticides such as let machine is neither invincible nor ready Dprr, sci.-nmte hope to kill of! enough

tozfell at any moment.

mosqui-toes to break the chain of infection

- untitled "Political Warfare" from insect to man. In this way, the U. N.

-rjrcrilenedbytliv-Iollsybay

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expeI1acatimcte,malarlcwill bewipedout fmut1hcAmaricaelnleaethsnflveyeern.

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Retur

Of A Prodigal.

Civil defence planners here are convinced that evacuation of Can- adian cities is entirely feasible in event of hydrogen-bomb attack. "What else can you do?" one official said bluntly. "Leave every- body in the city to be killed by blast, heat or radiation?"

Ev .:uation could not be properly carried out today or tomorrow. But with adequate planning, it could.

Privately, civil defence people say the latest disclosures about the destructiveness of the H-bomb, particularly the widespread radio- active fall-out. are penetrating the apathy about civil defence in many government circles.

START PLANNING

They feel that if this apathy is broken down at the top levels of government. evacuation plans for Canadian cities will materialiu, slowly but steadily.

Already. a four-man civil defence team is getting together with civic officials to make a start on evacu- ation plans for each major city.

In many, or possibly most. re- spects, the H-bomb has made civil defence planning easier, not more complicated.

When planning was based on the effects of the atomic bomb, It was believed that parts of a city and some of its people could be saved if medical services, fire depart- ments and the like were rushed in from outside.

The ll-bomb has changed all this. Even a medium-sized 10-megaton bomb, the equivalent of 10,000,000

age beyond repair all buildings in any Canadian city and kill all per- sons left in the city.

SHELTEBS OUT

Even deep underground shelters are out of the question. The bomb's fireball would eat up all the avail- able oxygen.

Thus there is no problem, it dealing with the H-bomb, of hy- lng to stop fires or bind up the wounds of the injured. There would be no buildings left to burn. The only people left would be buried.

What is needed now are not med- ical stockpiles of blood and ban- dages but of materials to deal with radio ilvlty. Canadian doctors are already studying ways of combat- tina ladionctivity.

At the same time. civil defence can't abandon its plans for the eventuality of an atomic bomb at- tack. There is always the possi- bility the enemy might use an A- bomb instead of an H-bomb.

The radar warning line now being built in Canada's Arctic will give Canadian cities probably three and possibly four hours' notice of air

attac . TIME FOR EVACUATION

Officials contend this is enough time to evacuate any Canadian clly-provided plans are laid well in advance and each person knows where to go,

"I am conv'nced-absolutely con- vinced-that it can be done. even if only because the onsequences of not doing ll. are so awful." one authority said.

"Take Ottawa, for instance. Even

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MIDDLE A0! I pause upon this summit in look back i

ye. To rue some bold achievement that I lack. Or some Intrepid hope that now decays. The vibrant breath of youth stirs me no more . As I, with grim detachment. scan tweet: For hi and pulse arc tamer

than before; i Frustration and resentment pale at last.

Though pride rebel. yet I will not deny .

The evil I have done. nor vaunt the good:

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Upon a lengthening chain of yes- 1 tcrda '

Civil Defense Planning

lccond of a series ef fnur articles By Dave Melrrtoslr, Canadian Press, Ottawa

with our traffic lieller-skelter in the evening, some 30,000 civil servants get home from work in an hour or at the most two hours. With a plan. we could evacuate the whole city in a short time."

How would such a plan work?

It could be developed only over a period of time. Ottawa, for ex- ample, could be divided into seg- ments with volunteer wardens as- signed to each block. First, a test could be tried evacuating 10 per cenl of the 200,000 population. then I) per cent, then half. The tests could be made at different times of the day or night.

PLANS FOR TRAFFIC

All incoming traffic would be blocked off except for some neces- sary transport. thus making each street at least double lane. The wardens would previously have told each family in their block the route to take out of the city and would have visited them periodic- ally lo double check.

”We can't do it all at once. There is no point in getting everybody excited. Nothing might happen for 10 years and we'd be right back where we are now."

Civil defence people here are often asked what would become of a city's population supposing it were safely evacuated. How would they be fed and housed?

At the moment, they say, that is a seconda y problem. 'Dhere is no point thinking about how to feed and house people unless they are alive. The main point now is to de- termine bow to get them out of the

tons of TNT, would destroy or dam- city

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"IEIIOLD TRY MOTHER"

Sir,-Sunday we celebrate Moth- er's Day as the beginning of Fam- ily Week. The honor of the origin belongs to Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. Her mother died in 1006. On Sunday May 9. 1907 she invited a friend and told her to remember with her the anniver- sary of the death of her mother. She had the desire to dedicate a day to all mothers. Before the next year she had interested many in- dlvlduala and organisations to ob-

came the missionary of the idea, and countries have adopted it, "dedicating it to the best mother in the world. your mother."

appreciate our mother's love and blessing that follow us whcrevcr we go. We have become lacking in the tender consideration that once prevailed. This may be due to our

life makes for thoughtless neglect

of home ties and of loving. con-

sideration. We have often for-

gotten our loving and unselfish ”cr

"A mother": love -- how sweet its

name,

What is a mother's love?

A noble. pure and tender lame, Enklndled from above.

To bless a heart of earthly mold: The warmest. love that can grow

cold; This is a mother's love." Many great men drrou yearswhevelaccretdhtted t cell their mo er's eurxassing tenderness. Lincoln said: " ii that

the rauc-

A : " I am. my mother made me." ,

destiny of an action is de- cidcd to a great esteat way

in which the young are educated. Napoleon eeld: "The ture of the child is always deter- mined by the Mother. Let France have good moth and she will have good sonai Mothers contribute unmeasure- ably to both family life and lo- clety. James Russel Lowell has aptly put it: "Many make the household, but only one the home." As we think of what our moth- er hae done for us. we think of line love and kindness that have followed us. Vhey when dark clouds takeuswetlilakoftlreilrneawe have been getting ready to leave home. Mother would express her bicseinkwiehlng us to tinue la the VI! of the lord very Bible suitcase re- in the words. "In all

fprrtngue

serve the second Sunday. She be- h

Very often we do not a yays 0.

busy and fest-fleeting age. Modern '

I The Age Old Story

For great is the Lord. Ind greet- lylobepraleedzbcalsoletebe feared above all gods. . . . Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in Iris place.

.. The Red Ensign .

(Ottawa Journal)

As the Prime Minister said in a statement in the Commons last month Canada possesses in the Red Ensign a "distinctive Cann- dian flag” which takes its status

September 5, 1045. its use thus is authorized "wherever it is desir- able to fly a distinctive Canadian flag." as the Prime Minister put t

nation it would seem to be a mat- ter of indifference whether the Red Ensign can be called our

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Medically Speaking- nonm N. Illdcul. I. n. '-ELIIF POI IIHOII-IOIDI .:."r.."..:".r.."s.: as

painfuL lurfjery A in nomury. but there are also

some contributing causes are con- stipation. enlarged prostate gland. tumor, overweight. violent uerclse and constrictions caused by belts or corsets. -0 Unique a blood clot forms in the veins you probab' won't have any symptoms. If you do have a blood clot. you will suffer pain, particularly when you have a bowel movern 1 Bleeding may also occur.

Iataraal lcmorrboids

Sometimes the enlarged veins are located further up in your bowel. These are called internal liemorrlwids. and can be discov- ered by a physician upon examin- atlnn with a yroctoscope. The symptoms are about the external hemor-

tie, the new finan

meat :

cularly about the

same as with

rlroidl. except that you may also

have a backache. Itching around

the lower opening of the bowel it

another symptom. wum .. .

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Elizabeth group. done I U ritoriu

h a IDCQI speech is is Can- adlsn Tax Foundation, Mr. Esr-

about the "experts" in his depart- "No I learned long ago not to accept too hastily every- thing my officials tell me, partl- iwof their own work." We th there is much hope for a man who can say that.

-Vancouver Province.

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Women In Col bl , erfca. aged zlmajndn 0?:-Eh

gr.-. t':.:.r to -6

cc minis , said

superlative qu -

summer cf Can- Tlrie is being substantial coal

help to relieve

Irma - The best method is simply to all in a tub of hot water. Keep your

-- and all resources. These islands,

'3'” '”""lca-lockcdslargepartoftlc

bowel movement soft. Mineral

gar, once were only impediments

. seeking the Nor!!!-

will help. have to open a

drugs. You will helpful.

Sometimes your doctor might

the blood clot. He can also sug- gest various olntmenta and prep- arations containin

west Passage. Not until recently was it thought drey contained worthwhile resources. It is largely guesswork yet. but it could be of very great potential value. with the rich pro-Cambrian irield on the mainland as yet only scratch-

velnandrernnve

pain-relieving d these very

CI.lDMORE'S DRY CLEANERS

no none at. Phone 4922

treating internal hemor-

cd. Canada already has a super-

That being the precise legal rli- 1!.

In rlwida, be may inject scar-forming solutions. If none of these areas- ures relieve your Ircmorrholde, you'll probably have In Ildergo

from an order-in-council dated an

"official" flag. It is the ” " " Canadian Has to be flown an of- flcial and ceremonial occaslolll. and, as Mr. It. Laurent said, that istbelaweolongaatbecrdeb in-council, remains is force.

But there are those not content to let well enough alone, and at-