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MONDAY. DEC. 5, 1858

Return To Simplicity

Reports from Edmonton indi- cate that the complicated voting system which has been the practice in Alberta for some years is to be ncrapped at the next session of the Legislature, or as soon as the ne- oessary machinery can be put in motion. And-if a non-Albertan may say so without giving offence- K is just about time; for a worse hodge-podge of electoral confusion than the combination of propor- tional representation and the single transferable vote now in vogue was never seen in the wide world. The first part of the combination is dif- ficult enough, although some justl- fication might be found for it; add- to the other part, it makes for such . , . bedlam that even the professional

politicians, who are noted for mak- V ing simple things as abstruse as in- genuity will allow, have finally given up trying to unravel its mani- fold intricacies. In the last election, it is reported, the 214 foot long bal- lot, looking very like a laundry list, frightened a lot of voters almost out of their wits; that they remain- ed sane through it all is a tribute to the mental strength of a robust race. In Edmonton more than 6000 Hanoi: were rejected because their contents had been erroneously in- temreted. The marvel is that any voter came out of the polling booth unscathed end unbroken.

The simple ballot, built on the "either-or" concept. of political pre-

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tain circumstances it may produce election results which are not in strict keeping with the popular will. But at least a. voter does not have to be a genius in the science of relativity to understand it nor a specialist in the art of making subtle distinctions to grapple with It successfully. And, in Alberta as elsewhere, these are advantages much to be desired.

Sherwood Forest

American red oaks are growing 11') England's Sherwood Forest, fab- ” led haunt of Robin Hood and his merry band of yeoman outlaws. Transplanted from northeast. Unit.- ed States, the new trees have been introduced to help preserve scenic beauty. Tracts of English oaks are being stunted by fumes from neigh- boring industries. American oaks, explain foresters in charge of the program, grow faster and thrive despite the unfavorable atmosphere. Sherwood Forest, in Midlands Nottinghamshire, is still a region of woods, shady glades and rustic. walks, says the National Geo- graphic Society. But the deep for- ests are no more, and many of the old giants have become hollow, gnarled remnants of once magnifi- ccnt trees. Actually, the term "for- est" was always somewhat mislead- ing. Covering more than 100,000 acres, the Sherwood area in ii.s prime included n or only dense woods but much heath, pasture and waste lands. Sherwood, or Nottingham For- est as it was earlier known, was originally a royal hunting preserve protected by strict trespassing laws. Old court records tell of severe pun- ishment meted out to those who dared touch the king's venison and vert (deer and timber). The hal- lads picturing Robin Hood as a noble outlaw who defied the author- ities and robbed the rich to help the poor may well have grown up out of sympathy for victims of the harsh forest laws of the time. Whether real life ever produced such characters in Robin Hood and his devoted followers is s long-de- bsted question. v some historians say the famous ' , lrcher was a mythical figure whose is won dramsiissd in ancient l ' A . OOH- , , t'iil””-

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flerence, may have its faults: in cer- .

arrow prowess clustered. Another theory has it that Robin Hood was the Earl of I-Iuntingdon, his title created by Richard-the-Lion-Heart ed. And still another makes him an exiled adherent of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, who led the barons' re- volt against Edward II. Whatever its source in fact or fancy, a lively literature in verse, plays, opera. and collected stories has given Rob- in Hood in firm place in the worlds imagination.

Various Sherwood sites are still pointed out'to visitors as linked with the outlaw leader or with his lieutenant, tLittle John, his min- strel, Allan-a-Dale, or the Jolly Friar Tuck. At Edwinstowe in Not- tingham, Robin Hood was reputed to have married his sweetheart, Maid Marian. A grave at Kirklees, Yorkshire, dated 1247, is said to be his last resting place.

In time Sherwood Forest's broad woods began to shrink. Ham- lets sprang up, and in the 17th cen- tury dukes began buying and en- closing huge park estates in the king's former domain. Today the Dukeries, too, have all but passed as examples of England's once luxurious country life. Industrial suburbs press closer, while prevail- ing winds blow over with the smoke of collieries and factories. In green forest land that sheltered men of the longbow, space has even been cleared for modern tank-training IIIBIIPUVGITS.

Need For Action

A dispatch from Ottawa says that the pmblems of Canada's farm- ers, ”Prairie grain farmers in par- ticular”, are certain to be a major issue in the next session of Parlia- ment opening Jan. 10. It goes on to say that leaders of all three parties in opposition are making farm prob- lems the main topic of addresses to public meetings across the country. Mr. M. J. Coldwell, leader of the C.C.F., has been hammering at the issue with special vigour.

This is all very well. It is com- mon knowledge, despite the limit- less optimism of Agriculture Minis- ter Gardiner, that Canadian agri- culture in general is going through a prolonged period of uncertainty. There is an unwanted surplus of al- most everything the farmer pro- duccs: and prices in many instances are below the cost of production.

It is right and proper that op- position leaders should take up the various farm problems in earnest the moment Parliament opens. No other set of problems facing the country at this time is more press- ing. The danger, however-it has happened before-is that anti-Gov- ernment spokesmen will treat the problems more as political irritants than as grave hindrances to the economic wellbeing of Canada; in which case, wordy fulminations would be substituted for sane delib- oration. Perhaps if the Conserva- lives, the C.C.l-T Party, or the So- cial Creditors were in control at Ottawa, more serious attention than that which the present Gov- crnmcni has seen fit to provide would be concentrated on agricul- tural problems. Perhaps, and per- haps not; there certainly is nothing to guarantee it. In any case, that is not the important thing at the pres- cnt time. The important thing is for all parties to get together and tackle the problems in earnest. If Mr. Drew or Mr. Coldwell or Mr. Low has anything constructive to contribute to a solution, or a partial solution, of current difficulties, let him offer it to the Government in good faith and honesty. And, if the Government wants to do the right thing by the farmers, it will accept any good counsel that comes its way, regardless of its source.

. EDITORIAL NOTES

The manager of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council ap- pears to beoonfident that if both interest and money hold out oil will be found in this area. It is an opti- mistic view certainly; but it would seem that the first thing necessary is the presence of oil in the ground.

The British Foreign Office press spokesman who referred to a re- cent speech by Soviet Premier Bul- ganin in India as "thoroughly hypo- critical". has been removed from his post. There will be many people In Britain and elsewhere who will

any be his been penalized for tell-

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Medically Speaking . -

By Hermes N. Bsndsscn. M. D.

TO OUTWIT CANCER

BE INFORMED; ALERT

Six hundred and fifty Americans will die of cancer today! That's one death about every two min- utes. The same number will die tomorrow and the day after that, for that 650 is the daily average. Pretty high, isn't it? Well, may be these figures will amaze you even more. There . were 33,417 Americans killed in the Korean War. Yet. during that same three-year per- iod. cancer took the lives of 650,- 000 Americans, nearly 20 times as many as did enemy fire.

GREATER TOLL

Remember the Ttifanlc disaster back in 1912? The sinking claimed 1,517 lives. Yet cancer exacts an even greater toll every three days.

And the toll is rising.

All told. about 235,000 Ameri- cans will d-le of cancer next year. Will you be one of them? Prob- ably not - if you know some of the fundamental facts about can- cer, the sites where it usually be- gins and its most frequent symp- toms.

No one is immune to cancer. A recent survey, however, show- ed that the death rate among aur- geons is only 66 per cent of the

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general rate. Why? Probably be- should the Dominion Government cause medical men not only have put up some Sm muuw so u to proper knowledge of cancer facts, provide wealthy Ontario with 113:. but they act promptly on that know- is-al gas? Ontario can answer ledge. with precise accuracy. um um;

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The Inf mulch; hope fa soup nosltfvs achievement at the Geneva conference had evaporated as a re- sult of an extension of the prevail- ing deadlock to the last item on the agenda-namely, the lift! the Iron -Curtain

forcixn ministers in '”i...'l5'”'l,' - vs po on the problem of the Iron Curtain llesattherootofsllothcrprob- because it is the final key to peace.

-New York Times.

We haven't seen anything at of Wllhlllston on this. but the drum beater who handles Lassie says she (we read somewhere that Las- sie is really a he) has been appoin- ted by the Treasury Department as its official representative among school kids. Lassie is supposed to encourage their purchase of sav- inz stamps and bonds. If this turns out to be true. we want to nut in a word with the patronage boys on behalf of a talented old bloodhound of our acquaintance named Bassoon. Bassoon woum make an ideal mpresentatlve for the Treasury De artment's inter- tl:,:l"r'evenue branc . -net;-on Frgg

1' Provinces will ask,

cer increase as you grow older. Fewer than 10 persons out of every 100,000 under the age of 20 develop cancer in a year.

Over the age ofi75 more than 1,200 in every 100,000 may get can- cer each year.

You women are more likely to develop cancer if yours over the age of 30. (But I don't suppose many of you are that old.) Can- cer is the number one killer of

New facts have emerged on the abdication of King Edward VIII. Shortly before the storm burst in 1936 his private secretary wrote warning him of the danger of his position.

The king did not answer the let- ter-in writing or otherwise.

The existence of the letter to the king from his secretary-then Maj. Alexander Hardinge, now Lord Hardinge of Penshurst--came to light in a newly - published bio- graphy of the late Geoffrey Daw- son. editor of The Times.

TERMS REVEALED . .

Since publication of the bio- graphy, by Sir Evelyn Wrench. Lord Hardinge himsel has re- vealed the actual terms of his let- ter to the king in an article in The Times. The letter read:

"Nov. 13, 1936.

. ”Sir, with my humble duty. As Your Majestyls private secretary. I feel it is my duty to bring to your notice the following facts which have come to my knowledge and which I know to be accurate:

"I. The silence of the British press on the subject of Your Ma- jesty's friendship with Mrs. Simp- son is not going to be maintained. It is probably only a matter of days before the outburst begins. Judging by the letters from Brit- lsh subjects living in foreign coun- tries wherc the press has been outspoken, the effect will be cala- mltous.

"2. The prime minister (the late Stanley Baldwin) and senior mem- bers of the government are meet- ing today to discuss what action should be taken to deal with the serious situation which is develop- ing. As Your Majesty no doubt knows. the resignation of the gov- ernment-an eventuality which can by no means be excluded-would result in Your Majesty having to find someone else capable of form- ing a government which would re- ceive the support of the present House of Commons- 1 have reason to know that, in View of the feeling prevalent among members of the ......mns..m..mmm.....

Mixed Metaphors

(Manchester Guardian.)

England should be grateful to Sir Vincent Tewson for an ex- ample of what today seems to be almost a lost art-mixing of met- sphora.

"People". he said recently, "come to us to save their bacon when the baby has already gone down with the bath water." Usually when a modern speaker makes a tatement like that he hastens to add: "If I may be allowed to mix my metaphors". There is seldom the carefree. unconscious metap- horical mixtures which used to flow so freely from the lips and pen: of our fathers. We miss such gorgeous English as this:

"Meanwhile the bureaucracy ls spread-esgled on the horns of a rudderless dilemma, rushing hith- er, thither and whither, and leav- in no stone unturned in n desper- ate effort to find green pastures In the valley of the moon."

The glow of satisfaction which the apiller of that hibful must have felt on its completion can easily be imagined. What man today has the courage, or rather the sim- plicity, to imitate him?

Mixed metaphors on the grand scale, such as. "I smell a rat: I see if floating in the air, but I will

nip it in the bud". are practically elttnct.

We have to make do with such trifles as, "The Minister of Food has thrown a monkey wrench among us and hopes that we will swallow it because it is sweet", or. "I do not want the council to get their fingers burned with a while elephant". '

And we recall with nostalgic re- gret the time when the London Morning Post could solemnly con- gratulate its readers upon having strlppd off Qobheffs mask and dis- covered hls cloves hoof-adding" that if was high time to give the

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Abdicaltion Facts Revealed

By Fraser Wighton Renters, London. England

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women between 30 and 50. But while the cancer note continues to rise after the age of 55, it does not rise as sharply.

Cancer usually threatens men at a somewhat later age than wom- en. Susceptibility increases about

this is hardly within the T possibility. The only alterntaive re- maining is a dissolution and a 8811' eral election. in which Your Ma- jesty's personal affairs would be the chief issue-and I cannot help feeling that even those who would sympathize with Your Majesty as an individual would deeply resent the damage which would inevitably be done to the crown. the corner- stone on which the whole empire rests.

ONE SOLUTION

"If Your Majesty will permit me to say so. there is only one step which holds out any prospect. of avoiding this dangerous situation. and that is for Mrs. Simpson to go abroad without further delay, and I would beg Your Majesty to give this proposal your earnest consid- eration before the position has be- come irretrievnble. Owing to the changing attitude of the press the matter has become one of great ur- gency."

The letter was written less than a month before the abdication which came Dec. 10. p

Wrench, quoting from Dawson: diary, gives this passage:

"Nov. 18. Next day I paid an- other vistt to Alec Harding? at Buckingham Palace and he showed me, since I happened to be there. the draft of a letter to his Royal Master which he had felt impelled to write after a sleepless night. It was his first and only 1l1lEl'V9l1r tionaan admirable letter, respect- Iul. courageous and definite . . .

"He sent it off to Fort Belvedcre that same Friday afternoon-and never had the slightest response or reference to it either in writing or by word of mouth."

EXPLAINS ROLE

Wrench, in his biography of Daw- son, says his own record of the abdication "is merely 8!! fmemlii to tell Geoffrey's part. perhaps only second in imP0!'t8l1C9 '0 that of Baldwin, in the abdication story."

He makes this personal com- ment: -

"ln Geoffrey's letters and pap- crs from 1912 onwards there is nothing to show that he had any- thing but friendly feelings towards the heir to the throne. though in 1924 there are records of talksvcon- cerning certain episodes referred to by the American pres!” and its lack of reticence in life case of a public character who had probably received more adulation than any prince in history, and had been referred to as the most univer- sally popula personality in the world- The editor's first and only meeting with Mrs. Simpson was on April 24, 1936. at a luncheon party given by Lady Oxford; he com- mented. she seemed plensanf. 111113 and sensible."

Hardinge, writing in The Timll. denied an implication of some past accounts of the abdication that King Edward was the victim of I conspiracy on the part of a number of persons to remove him from the throne.

adding "The principal conspirators pl-I alleged to be Mr. . -

ass been forthcominl to” e charge against any andlnthecaseofhlnioldwfnl is usually made under vices of those who had liticslly hostile to him years."

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earners In the commonwealth sterling Iboc.

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the age of 40 with about 88 per cent of the cases appearing after

What answer can Ottawa give? n can any that In so far as its no million Investment leads to con. structlon of the entire line. five provinces-not just one-will dir- ecfly benefit. But this will not mollify the . mainlng five. Surely, Ottawa's most sensible reply and defence would be to make similar capital investments all over the country. What is sauce for the On- tario goose. is sauce for the Nova Scotia gander. If the Northern Ontario gas pipeline was o the first in a number of Dom ion- provincial development projects. if others of similar significance were planned on the West and East coasts. Ottawa would not need to tremble. but could bask in the sp- plause of the entire nation. -'Por-

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Where only rare beams pierce the shadows cool. ,

The restless river, using as its tool

Spring floods, has delved a reach out. a deep one.

Here. afternoons. comes ambling down his run

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S22.876 For Hankies

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got to be especially alert to the threat of cancer. You can't af- ford fo gamble with anything as deadly as undetected and untreat- ed cancer!

alljntreated. cancer is always fat-

QUESTION AND ANSWER

T.Y.: Please give me some in- formation concerning epilepth seizures.

Answer: There are several vari- eties of epilepsy.

In the petlt mal form. there is loss of nsciousness for a very brief period of time, In the grand mal form, there are convulsions as well as loss of consciousness.

Treatment consists of rest and ire use of various drugs prescribed by 8 Physician to control the seiz- ure. 'Ilre diet should be well- balanced.

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Those who have suffered such misfortune lately will be attracted by the Department of Defence Production announcement that a contract at 322,876 has been let for handkerchiefs for the forces.

With the regular forces' strength limited to 120.000 intriguing calcul- ations are possible If handker- chiefs cost 10 cents each then H3360 are being provided, allow- ing an issue of two to every war- rior. If they cost 5 cents several men-at-arms without a hunky now will continue so, and if they cost more than 25 cents we can tell the Government where to buy them cheaper.

All of which leads us to consider the buttons on the cuffs of civilian coats, copied of course from the uniforms of another day when the unprinclpled soldiery would use their sleeves instead of b ” - chiefs unless there were sharp- cornered buttons to make them mind their manners.

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