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TOWN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. 1951

Alliance vim Spats?

Washington's overtures towards Madrid, seemingly aimed at a military alliance with Spain, have evoked violent outbursts among Atlantic Pant countries. Reaction in Lon-

don and Paris has been distinctly hostile.'

Ottawa is silent on the question. It seems reasonably clear, however, that any at- tempt on the part of the United States to bring Spain into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would seriously threaten the harmony which up to the present time has characterized NATO.

In View of the lively debate which is certain to surround Washington's move to- wards a military alliance with General- issimo Franco. it may be useful to consider the pros and cons of the proposal dispas- sionately. For, after all, it is not so many years ago that the western democracies found themselves in close military alliance with another country whose political phil- osophy was even more alien to them than that of Franco.

Advocates of a military alliance with Spain argue that Franco's army of 350,000 men on active service and another 350,000 reservists is. in fact, the strongest force at the moment in western Europe. Equipped with modern arms, this army would pro- -vlde a valuable adjunct to the forces being built up under General Eisenhower.

Spain's strategic importance is also put. forward in support of a military alliance between Franco and the United States. The Pyrenees, it is said, provide a natural de- fensive barrier behind which United States air operations could be carried on against the Soviet Union without the danger of be- ing driven out by potential enemy ground forces. In cc-operation with the Umted States, Spain could offer an almost impreg- nable continental airstrip for American forays against Russia in event of war.

Finally, it is argued that the anti-Com- munist character of the Franco regime is in itself ground for following what some in Washington regard as realistic strategy in the construction of the defences of west- ern Europe. i

Opponents of the proposed alliance point to the political capital which Communists and others can make of an American al- liance with a regime which is admittedly totalitarian. There is also the certain dan- ger of weakening the solidity of the NATO organization through the diversion of war equipment coming from the United States to Spain, rather than to the Atlantic Pact countries, which feel that they have a prior claim on such assistance.

The situation promises to present one of the thornlest diplomatic issues in a long time. It is an issue, fortunately. in which Canada is not directly involved. In the circumstances. it is the kind of situation in which, so far as Ottawa is concerned. dis- cretion should be considered the better part

of valour.

Litter Lasts

This Island is generously endowed with beautiful picnic spots and Wonderful beaches for sunning or swimmlI'l8- Um fortunately many holiday-makt-3'5 tre”-t these things as if no one, not even them- selves, would be using them again. Litter pf gll kinds scattered in a beautiful setting is anything but a cheering sight, but broken bottles can turn a happy outing into 8 ye;-y risky undertaking indeed.

It is no use to complain that the author- ities ought to do something about it. Their best efforts could not keep up with a suc- cesslon of careless Plcnickem The Only answer is for all who use and enjoy the pountryside and shore to make I point 01 leaving it looking better than they find it. In other words. he 8005 neighbours "id '1" litter louts.

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Sacrifice and self-denial are not pop- ular planks of any platform today. (says Canadian Chamber of Commerce Letter). It is, however, impossible to undertake a greatly increased program of spending with- out at the same time accepting the neces- sity for a greatly increased rate of pro- duction. We can't have it both ways. We can't consume more and produce the same aloountorlces. Duetotechnologicsl im- provoments, we have. in the past, been able to1'eduosgrsdusllythcnumbcrofwork- hours per men and still produce st a high-

er rate, and to a certain extent that still can be done. However, we must gear our standard ofllving to the actual increase in production. Weare attacking the problem

, from the wrong angle when we spend our

money before we produce it. In times such as these there must be recognition of the fact that increased spending for defence purposes is a necessity but hand-in-hand with that recognition must come the un- derstanding that we on the home front must share with those in the front line of action, the sacrifices necessary for stuvival. O I 0

EDITORIAL NOTES

Women are now part and parcel of the R. C. A. F.-More power to their arm! 0 O I Marshal Petain's career is an example of how one mistake may ruin a lifetime's

reputation.

Prince County is in the swim of Gov- ernment patronage. thanks largely to effic- ient representation through Mr. Watsor. MacNaught.

The "cats' eyes" forming the centre- line of the St. Peters Road really come into their own when the rare but baffling night fog drifts up from the river.

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Detroit is celebrating its 250th annivers- ary, an occasion which can be joined in by Canadians as neighbours and by all the world as beneficiaries of the system of mass production brought to early perfection

in that city.

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Canterbury puts Detroit's 250 years somewhat in the shade by celebrating its own 2000 years of history, and its con- tribution to the religious life of the world is at least as outstanding as that of De- troit to transportation.

0 O 0 The popular Rocky Point Wharf is be- ginning to look its old self again through the repairs being carried out by the Public Works Department. The ferry is the most popular outing for thousands of citizens, both young and old.

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A one-uniform Western army would have two ultimate consequences. It would serve to indicate the difference between Christian-inspired and Communist-inspired civilizations; and wipe out nationalism, in- cluding local ideas of patriotism. 0 O O The U. K. Ministry of Defence announces that the term "amphibious warfare" will be used in future instead of "combined operations” to describe operations involv- tng two or all of the fighting services of Britain. 0

There are 3.136 old age pensioners in the Province who will be entitled to 340 per month after January 1. The number over 70. not now on the pension list who will be entitled to 340 per month is 3,064, or 6.200 all told. This apart from blind pensioners. The total cost for Canada is estimated at d343,000.000 a year. I O 0

Despite the expressed wish of Princess Elizabeth that arrangements for the tour should be kept as' simple as possible it is certain that most Canadians will want to be as well tumed-out as possible. Police- men, firemen, servicemen and the ordinary citizen will be giving thought to what they are to wear for the Royal visit.

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The empty decks and radar-room con- trol envisaged for Canadian ships of the future may. come to pass, but in war the enemy has an uncomfortable habit of en- gaging closely, unless one beats him to it, and it is not impossible that everything including monkey wrenches will play a part on occasion.

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One of the unfortunate results of the division of the world into communist and non-communist camps is the necessity of curtailing the ready communication within scientific circles. Britain's action in pro- hibiting the visit to Russia of atomic scientist E. H. Bishop ls regrettable from a purely educational point of view, but only ordinary prudence in the world of today. I O 0

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet.- philosopher and critic, died this date 1834. He wrote "The Ancient Mariner”, "Christ- abel”, "Kubls Khan" and "Table Talk" as well as numerous other works. Coleridge's life was largely a struggle against want, pain, opium and domestic unhappiness and in his own day, the most successful of his writings was a play "Remorse: a Tragedy", performed in 1813. - O

A new fsbrlc--s mixture of 50 per cent pure merino wool and 50 per cent super combed Egyptian cotton which gives the finest texture of any woolcotton blend ever produced-was shown at the Savoy Hotel in London, recently. It is the re- sult of two yesrs' research and is said to

combine the warmth of wool with the wsshsblc qualities of cotton.

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with his new wife. repeatedly has come in conflict with press photo- graphers. He hasn't yet learned that the first attribute of royalty ought to be courtesy. - Ottawa Journal.

Easiest thing In the world to make 3 "dehydrated water.” You can make it yourself, right in your own kitchen. Just put some ordin- ary water ins kettle. turn on the host. forget it, and eventually it's completely dehydrated. What this product is good for we don't know yet. but that's up to science. The Indians did it with up, and dis- covered maple sugar. proving that the noble Red Man isn't as sappy so you think. - Ottawa citizen.

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Minute to produce rain artific- ially havs been attended by three different reactions: They work. they don't work, - they upset the weather balance over wide areas. At present the third . of these is being heard. The unseosonsbls flooding which has brought 0760,- ooo,ooo damage to Kansas City, and is threatening St. Imus. is attribut- ed by a scientist to rains artificial- ly produced in the mldwest. At least one weather bureau expert has discounted the suggestion. but as it was advanced by s sOSD0l'lSlble scientist. more than scorn will be required to quash it. Two or three years ago the ldea of producing rsin by seeding clouds was serious- ly challenged. one official United states service wrote it off as of small practical importance. About that time Canada's Nation) Re-

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NEW CHURCH BELL

"St. Paul's Catholic Church. Bummerside, has been provided with a new Bell. weighing over seven hundred pounds. which was made by the Mcshane Bell Co., Baltimore. This fine Bell has been presented by Francis Malone, Esq.. Desable. and for this generous act Mr. Malone deserves the most heartfelt gratitude of the Catholic people of this town. It is not often that we are called upon to record such an act. of generosity." -Summerslde Progress, July 16. 1877.

Versatile Canadian Pair In Maritime:

Mrs. Frances Shelley Wees feels that lines from her blank verse. ”Geography Lesson", convey best her impressions of this section of Canada: "The old Provinces lie in our mind as hlstory...ln our hearts as home...In them still grows the old mother root of our proud future." The successful Canadian author of 16 novels. with her husband, Dr. W. R. Wees, is currently visiting many Maritime Provinces points. During her stop- over in Saint John, she noted that It was her first visit to the Maritime: in more' than 13 years. Dr. and Mrs. wees are from Toronto. Dr. wees is managing director of the W. J. Gage Pub- lishing Company, Toronto. and has been consulting with officials of Provincial Education Depart- ments in the Maritime Provinces concerning text. book needs which his company will meet. Well- known across Canada, Dr. Woes is one of the country's foremost educstlonsllsts. and with M.A., M. 1l.'due., and Ph.D. degrees.

Mrs. wees. accompanying her husband. is constantly gathering material for further articles one of Canada's most versatile writers. known in Canada and the United States. and with only high-school and normal school education. she tells how she launched hcrwrltlng career by breaking down and an- alyzing over 200 books on tech- nlque, and compiling the results for her own use "in a very large notebook".

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Her career began when her husband arranged for publication of a mystery novel, "The Maestro Murder", one of several she had undertaken simply for exercise in curbing verbiage, and then shelv- ed. Published in mid-depression years, the book sold 50,300 copies. was reprinted in England, and was" followed by several more thrillers. she abandoned the sleuthing tradition for the appeal of romantic novels later, and most of her later books. among them "Under the Quiet Water", have been romantic in tone. Although Mrs. Wecs was living in a small Alberta town when she published her first novel. the ex- perience from which she selects material is much more than hum- drum. She speaks of living on the University of Alberta campus while her husband attended class- es and keeping abreast of his courses despite the demands of a home and young child. she has taught school for several yesrs. worked with UNRRA In Ottawa during the war. and with a pub- lic relations firm in Toronto.

An accident. injuring her heart a year ago made her temporarily blind. and confined her to bed for many weeks. She has not. yet fully recovered her vision. and her writing volume is also slowly returnin.g to. normal.

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In addition to her novels. Mrs. Woes has written a variety of articles and books. including a series of primer! text books. "Pathways to Reading.” which were adopted 10 years ago by the

New B lck Doplrtment of Educstt for use in Provincial schools.

Dr. and Mrs. Woes sound even

more busy when they tell about their huge woodlot and summer

Economic Progress In Britain's Budget

(UK. information Office)

Rising productivity and a new low level of unemployment were among the favourable factors re- ported in a review of Britain's economic progress in the first half of 1951, by the Chancellor M the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell addressing the press in London. on July 4th. Unfavnurable high- lights included a widening of the trade gap and raw materials shortages.

The Chancellor said the three

main problems were: the need to re-arm. the shortage of key raw materials and the intersified rise of commodity prices. Nothing in the last three months had upset that analysis. But "in somf respects, the prospect has so far turned out rather better than we had expected. In others, the un- favourable tendencies we foresaw have proved more forceful than anticipated". Industrial production w a s slightly better than anticipated. By the end of May, it was running at five per cent higher than in the same period of last year, compar- ed with an estimated increase in the Economic Survey of four per cent. for the whole year.

FARM LAND!

things

If from the sum of all

praised aloud

I could subtract the sometimes

blatant spring

or garish sun; discount the len- ient. summe ” 3

And time-named peace of sunset;

Refuse the worth in height of

hills;

Ignore the land producing grain

or flower- g

Then I would have you silently

attend

The resonant flush of autumn.

the thunder

And dark light of seasonal storms.

The flashing voice of elemental

night:

I'd score with challenge in a sun-

se

or perspective from the closed intimacy of valleys;

And on a curve of fallow earth I would have red hips of rose- bush and a silky wccd Outshine the rose.

The shortages had not. so far. had any widespread re-action on manufacturing output. While out- put of some goods e. g. passenger cars. sulphuric acid and rayon were below last years hllghest levels, output of many important engineering products. machine tools and agriculture tractors con- tinued to rise substantially.

Coal production was just under three per cent higher than a year ago and output.per manshlft rose from 1.19 tons to 1.2 tons. but the labour force was 2.200 less. Moreover, home consumption was four per cent higher.

While steel capacity increased by about .45 million tons to about 16.75 million tons, the rate of pro- duction has been 16.4 million tens or .3 million tons less than in the same period of last year. It was hoped to get 16 million tons in the whole year. but this depended partly on scrap supplies from home and abroad and partly on further increasing pig iron output. This, in turn. depended on lm. porting sufficient iron ore.

The shortage of sheet steel to meet defence as well as civilian requirements had shown itself in a six per cent decline in passen- ger car output up to the end of

There they raise most of their food from which they can and deep-freeze enough to lastthrough the winter--and on top of that. Dr. wees has undertaken such s. huge reforestratlon project for u. lone man, by planting over 25,000 plus shrubs during the 10 years, that o magsslne ls plsnntng an article on tho woodlot for distri- bution to other Canadian farm- ors.

Dr. Wells was head of personnel selection for the Canadian Army Overseas during the second world War. as Col. Weesu

-Margaret. Beaumont.

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May. More merchant ships were under construction. two-fifths of them for export. production of textile yarns and fabrics was somewhat higher.

Unemployment was the lowest since 1946 at one per cent in mid-May compared with 1.5 a year earlier. in this very full em- ployment, it was of the utmost importance that mobility of la- bour be encouraged.

Turning to the balance of psy- ments. the Chancellor said that maintenance of the current bal- ance on oversees transactions. announced as an objective during the re-armament period. was turning out even more difficult than was expected.

Import. prices were 42 per cent hlgher than the 1050 sversge. whereas export prices were is per cent higher. The monthly .' of goods imported in January to May was nine per cent higher than the 1960 average and ex- ports only four per cent higher.

Total imports were 21,400 mill- ion c. l. f. to the end of May and exports rims million f. o. b.-both figures worse than the Econcm Survey suggested three " ago.

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dclsys, it may be some time before a categorical answer can be given '0 310 question whether ratn-mak- ing produces climatic irregularities over wide areas. Kansas city can expect no immediate redress from that quarter. nor my guugntgg that summer flooding is at on end. -Windsor Dally am-.

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