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(7HARL()T'lil'2T()W'.V. SATI-'RIl.-IV. JUNE 2. 1951

Anti Ageold issue

The bcncfits conferred by the ldrecdoni of the Press lizwc been so long enjoyed by the people of this Province and country that they tend nowadays to be taken for granted. Recent world history teaches that this freedom is by no means part of the established order of things, but must be fought for vigorously in the first place, and maintained by constant vigilance. In all totalitariaii forms of government. news- papers are the first victims of suppression. Under Communism they survive only as servile mouthpieccs of the state, and the same was true under the Fascist and Nazi regimes long before the outbreak of the last. world war, Democracy without free speech is unthinkable, and free speech with- out the printed word is speedily forgotten.

Even in this little Province, the records show that the newspapers have been in the van of every movement by which the con- ditions of the people have been improved. The first Island newspaper, "The Royal Commercial Gazette and Intelligencer”, was started in 178'? and rendered great service by its publication of the terms offer- ed by Governor Fanning to the Empire Loyalists and by the means it afforded for agitation of Loyalist claims upon the pro- prietors for grants of land. A few years later, in 1801, newspaper agitation was largely responsible for establishing the first Postal Service in the Island. A great battle for democracy was fought by the "Prince Edward Island Register”, establish- ed in 1823 by James Douglas Haszard. against the autocratic rule of Governor Smith, and it was continued vigorously by ”The Examiner” under Edward Whelan. and by other newspapers, until self-gov ernment was obtained in 1851. In the meantime, other grievances found free and untrammcllcd utterance in the newspapers of the day, resulting in 1830 in the re- moval of all civic disabilities on Roman Catholic subjects and the establishment of the first non-sectarian Board of Education. later in successive Land Settlement. Bills which freed our fzirmers from the yoke of absentee landlordism. and later still- in the popular franchise. the secret ballot, and other reforms.

So coiiscious was the Legislature of this Proviiicc of the importance of the freedom of the Press that in 1843, while the battle for responsible government was being wagerl. it strongly recommended the free u-airiagc of newspapers through the mails. as a facility which "ought to be ai'fordcd for the transmission of general inform- ation". and as an arrangement which "would not callsc any diminution of the revenue at all commensurate with the ad- v:inlar:cs that would he thereby conferrefl .)n the public."

Today the newspapers of Canada which are dependent on postal ci-irriers are threat- cncd with being taxed out of existence by exorbitant post office rates. This blow is directed not at the hi; metropolitan pa- pers with hugc street sales and truck dc- livcrics in large industrial areas, but at the smaller papers which are an integral part of the rural and urban communities they serve, and in which local interests are given first and foremost place. It is to be hoped that the bill introduced by Postmaster General Rinfrct in the House of Commons imposing a rates boost of over 166 per cent on papers of this kind, will be rcconsklerctl. In any case it. is essential that the public realize what is at stake. and be reminded of how it came about that we have parliaments at all in this country responsible to the common people.

Sikkim And Bhutan

Sikkim lies in the south slopes of the Himalayas, with Bhutan to the east and wedged in by Chumbi, Bengal and Nepal. To the north lies Tibet.

Bhutan is independent and Sikkim loose- ly linked with India. Formerly England controlled all foreign relations of Sikkim and was represented there by a political officer. Since the transfer of power in India in August 1947 the Indian Constituent Assembly entered into negotiations with Sikkim and by an interim agreement the Indian Government sent a representative to stay at Gangtok and he is responsible forlrelations with Sikkim, Tibet and Bhu- tan.

. Now,.out of a blue sky, Pravda charges that Britain unlawfully took the province

to be preparing the way to extend Com- munist domination south of Tibet.

Perhaps the fact that two high passes for trade between Tibet and Bengal lie in Sikkim provides the inducement for the move. India's northern frontier has never been notably peaceful but now it looks downright dangerous.

The King's Birthday

Although His Majesty King George VI was born on December 14, 1895, he has. ever since coming to the Throne, decreed the official obse1'vance of his birthday gen- erally on the first Monday in June. Thus, on June 4 the celebration of his natal day will take place with all the formal observ- ance traditionally associated with the oc- casion, Canadians joining with his peoples in all parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire in demonstrating their loyalty and affection to the Sovereign.

His Majesty has shared in full the sac- rifices and the austerity required during the war and post-war years, and with the Queen and Royal Family has set an in- spiring example of devoted service to the common weal. llis official birthday on Monday once again points the reality of the unity of interests that maintains the Commonwealth, of which he is the living symbol, serving to make this occasion .1 world-wide family celebration, and a re- minder of the still wider associations that bind us, in these critical days, to freedom loving nations everywhere.

EDIFURIAL sioics

The school for rural choirs at Mont- ague is in line with the provincial dramatic clubs already so successfully launched. Q 1! 1!

Tomorrow is Shut-ins Day, a remind- er to visit and perhaps seek encourage- ment from as well as encourage those kept indoors by ill-health.

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Crow hunting should take its place as an outdoor sport. The birds are as wiley as any game and the bounty makes up for their lack of eating qualities.

I O O

The absurdity of the Bureau of Statist- ics delving back in its files and finding out that whereas in 1920 pure lard sold for 38c per lb., today it costs 33c. Much com- fort that is to dairy farmers faced with butter competition.

The possibility of obtaining some de- fence contracts here should be vigorously pursued. Every such job means that de- fence production is that much advanced without moving workers and their families to localities where housing and facilities art.-

already strained.

Thomas Hardy, English novelist, was born this date 1840. On the publication of his first. masterpiece, "Far From The Madding Crowd” be abandoned arch- itecture for literature. I-lis long series of novels, full of local colour made -Wessex as familiar a literary country as Arcadia. llc died in 1028.

Mr. J. L. Robertson, the adjudicator of the Provincial Drama Festival, has madc good in that position, and has rightly rc- ccivcd commendation from all concerned. It is pleasant after acting as critic, both in a complimentary and fault-finding capac- ity, to receive such generous approval of services rendered. Ills suggestion that a professional adviser should be engaged to assist and advise amateur drama clubs is well worth acting upon.

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Messrs. II. II. Hatfield, W. Chester S. McLure and Frank T. Stanfield have made strong appeals in the House of Commons for a fairer deal for our Maritime potato growers. They point to the more than gen- erous treatment which the wheat growers of Western Canada have received and cm- phasize that whilc the potato marketin; plan in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick is working well, our farmers have no assurance as to what initial pay- ment they will receive for their 1951 crop. All they are asking for is "fair treatment clear across Canada for our primary pro- ducers," and that is surely something on which all the members will agree.

0 I O

In the January issue of The British Quarterly Review there is a delightful article by Sir Shane Leslie, Bt., including excerpts from the journal of Mrs. Craw- ford, a disciple and adopted daughter of Cardinal Manning. Appropriate to the present occasion here, is the following ex- tract: "July 5th, 1890. I asked the Card- inal what was the good of saying one's prayers when one did so perfectly mech- anically and feeling utterly indifferent on the subject. He said: '11 you ask me what the immediate good to yourself is, I can't tell you, although it does you good in the long run, but that is not exactly the quest- ion. The question is-is it right? Don't trouble yourself about the reason of a thing or the good of anything, but, if you

and m from Tibet in 1890. The

.oft'lclal Communist party newspaper seems

know it is right, that. ought. to he a suf-

ficient reason' "

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Life By The Side of The lload

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This column is open to "'9 discussion by correspondent! at qucgtlons of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- tly endorse the oPlnl9n "I correspondents. , TAGGING AGAINST SCOUT RULES l

Sir. -it has been drawn to ourf attention that boys representing tlicmsclvcs as Scout-5 were tagg- ing in Montreal recently. Their action in so doing was sbrictlyg against. the policy and rules of, The Boy Scouts Association, and I would appreciate your publish- in; this letter for the advice and benefit of the public.

Up to last year this Association . held A Peanut Day on the sec-i ond Saturday in June. A "tag day" would be against. the rules. of the association as "reasonable value" must be given in any such collection. in view of the fact. that the Association now conducts an annual financial campaign,- tlic Peanut Day can-vass was' dropped: and whoevcr made or- makes such an appeal as Scouts- or Boy Scouts did .and does so without the z-iuthorizaiion of The Boy Scouts Association.

Use of the term Boy Scouts is protected by law, and such us is restricted to bona-fide regis- tered mcmibets. Furthermore, Scouts may not take part. in street sales or collections for other institutions, but may assist as messengers if so authorized by tlgc Association. 1

C. .T. DENDY, I l-'.xecut.vr Coiiimissionciyl .VI0l1'.Zi(?tXi. May 26,

DO YOU KNOtV A NORTH NOVA VETERAN?

Sir,--is tlir-rv it veteran of lili' North Nova Scotin Highinntlcrs in your r-oniniiinity? If so. will you kindly tell him that work is un- der way on a History of his unit. and that. we need material from him. Tell him to send in 9. story of his experiences with the bat- talion in the lighting of 1944 and 1045. Each veteran had a different experience. El'lCil man had some exciting and unique experience, VVe need stories of the first lighting at Huron and beyond, of the at- tack on Caen, .luly 8, of the fight- ing at Tilly on July 25.' of hap- penings at the Falaise Gap. of the pillbox lighting at Boulogne and Cap Gris Ncz. of experiences at. the Schcldc. we want. stories of ditch-crawling exploit-s during the Polder fighting, tales about dikes nnd farms, stories of patrols and prisoners. of booby traps and snipers. of night attacks. of driv- ing jeeps and carriers.

Tell the veteran not in worry much about. actual dates and cor- recl. place names. These can be nscertalncd. We do want. In many names of comrades as poslble. nnd we want. them to tell what they saw-chateaus. slit trenches, trecs.burncd tanks, civilians, cat.- tle, otc; what they heard-shells and planes and.nlght noises in the wheat: what they felt.-the cold and the bent and the rain and mild concussion from near- misses,

Every man who saw action has some worth while incident to re- late. and incidents must. bulk largely in a true picture of tho unit. If Path veteran will help we can have a book of which Nova Scotla will be proud. a story of all phases of the many actions in which the North Novas took part. We want the unusual, the serious, the funny. the heroic, the grim hard endurance.

Please send all contributions to

mo. 1 am. Sir. etc. WILL R. BIRD Box 50'! Halifax. N. 5.

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in oven: at.

Tailored-to-Measure Clotltllll That Fits. IIIJO and IN

'yor"3er generation. In his

"R. good deal of relaxation of

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(St. Thomas Times-Journal)

Seeing a photograph of a mlnl.s- - ter, pipe in mouth in a newspaper, l '11 Nova

scotla. woman wrote to him and reproaclied him for smok- ing. She did not like to see men smoking any way. and she felt he was setting a bad example to the reply the minister. who has been a pipe

Ismoker for 40 years, said:

"Ministers can be too 'mlnlstcr- tail: and I suppose that is some- times true of me. I wish it weren't. We shall never be able to interpret Christ and His Church to people of today unless we come down from any pedestal that the past generation have set up for our ac- commodation and this idea that we should not smoke a pipe like other men is such a. pedestal.

"Most of us realize that. smok- ing is a sign of human frailty. but then we know we are just as trail as other men. Most of us are try- ing to do our job to the best of our ability. and it worries us some- what that. people expect Us to be what. in fact, we are not."

There are some denominations that explicitly require this clergy to nbjure tobacco. playing cards. going to the theatre and several other pleasures that laymen may do in moderation. There has been these restrictions on personal conduct in recent years, and the sight of ii. minister doing any of these things no longer surprises, or shocks. as it used to do in days gone by. It is no reflection upon his sincerity as it minister, still less upon his ca- pacity to preach A fine sermon and give comfort. to the sick.

After all. ministers are human. and there is no reason why they

Kshould be denied pleasures in imoderauon that other men en- ljoy. There is such It thing as

this pastor says in being "too min-

isterial." Even the clerical collar we wonder who thought up the idea of mnklng R ministci wear

plils collar back to front. and why.. awcs some men who are just a

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: The Age-Old Story

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. Wherefore David blessed the tI.oril before all the congregation: Jami David said, Blessed thou, Vlaird Gail of Israel our fa or, for l0t('l' and ever. Thine. 0 Lord, in "'9 BITE?-lllt-ll. and the power, and ,"N'- Story. and the victory, up. itho majesty: for all that in in tho heaven and in the earth in thine: thine la the kingdom, 0 Lord. a:ul thou art exalted up new move all. Botlurlchu ma ham,- rngmo of thee, and thou rcigncat: over all; and in thine hand 1. 1'0"" "Id might: and in thine hnnrl it is to make great. and to live strength unto all. Now :l"lll(!Irefnrt;, our God. we thank thee.

I'"' "9 "'3' tlorloua name.

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Hope is the thing with feathers That. perches in the soul.

And Sings the tune without the words.

And never stops at all. And sweetest in the gala is heard; And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird That. kept so many warm.

I've heard it in lilo chlllest. land. And on the strangest sea: Yet, never. in extremity. It asked it crumb of me.

--Emily Dickinson.

little scared of that seems to them. so if a minister can modify that "ministerial" aura a bit. and share with the members of his church pleasures that, logically speaking should be regarded as sinful for a minister. he can get much nearer the menfolk at any rate and be in good companion among them if he is not eternally elevated to a pedestal which the ordinary man does not expect to attain, and does not want to.

(3 Old Charlottetown cc.

2 (And P. r. 1.) IRISH sum-was

symbol.

"Two hundred and six settlers arrived in the Corsair from Greenock on Wednesday last. The bulk of them have proceeded up the Hlllsborough about ten miles, to be located on the south bunk, above Johnston's Illver. on the property of the Rev. John MacDonald. They nrc chiefly na- tives of the North Ireland. and apparently seemed pleased with their change. Two births occur- red on the passage, and one since their arrival. One of the crew was lost off one of the yards in a gale."

-Prince Edward Island Rcgig. ter, May 25, 1830.

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MONTREAL, June I -- (GP) - The American dollar today closed at 7 W15 Per cent premium to the Canadian dollar, up W. from Thursday's close.

The pound sterling was 33.0056, up line from Thursday.

Allison M. Gillis. LL.B.

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I Notes By The Way ,5

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Eight during the glory of Bios- The court. of the Bank of fin aoin Week, The Ottawa Journal land has issued a hsndsome13.','”;l

chirped that the peach crop of lustrated and Wlttlly i-;;me,, 1951 had not been mined to date. chure, telling the Slory 0, Why bless your soul, out Jordan Bank's development ”over 1..., ms way, they are starting to thin :3 half centuries . . . in a it-mam them out. -- St. Catherine"; Jour- British way into somethli ' any nal different from what it. was in 51 with." The brochure is (183, E” ”It is eaay to explain the unI- for Festival visitors to the Cllgmd verse; it evolved from :1 single one suspects flint some of lilcylhm master atom," physicist. lights in it -- such Mei

bro.

No doubt. -- and Hill" ' nn cxtra- bank's messengers WO:aiI:' ,,ii,l,ii Iii" ordinarily wise being who, with coins (they are in the privaip flii the greatest of case, can explain vanis' livery of the first gmen;:- any mystery by the simple expcd- or the reason for the viii.-1.,-3" lent oi attributing it to another in the court room (whit-)1 ,5 mi," mystery. -- Kingston Whig-SI:m- to forecast arrivals or -mpiit dard. ships in the Port of Loiidon mill

with it the probable variations .,,

the day's demand for

The aster of the Russian con-

llIUllC)i W.” fcsslon technique, Colonel-Gem D” "9" 30 some of those risltorr eral Ulrich, in dead. He it was who llwlsr ” I-011110” Econonr? perfected the systcr by winch virtually all persons brought be- A news item quotes ;. V, fora a Communist tribunal plcad- Ila:--Dslllre slate coiiservmzu,-. Io: ed guilty to all sorts of offences lcer to the effect that ham- and, apparently. tsladly went to burger steak is the int trout 1.” their death rather um. submit. to Accordlns to him. he held ". further tortures. Let: us hope that Spoonful above the surfarc my , no monuments are put up to such Wild and the fish llisgcti ;: .., men as Colonel-General Ulrlcli.-- llafd NW-Y 211111053 lillllcd lllii: ml.” Niagara Fan, Review, the water, Unlortunzilcly hr (1,,

Lint. disclose whether thc il.Illi-

".:r er was arnis - , Moat doctors are an attentive .as muggim-d 0,. .':',,.,.. he.(:.1,::x:i1,,..,.amipf they can be even to unreasonably even be mm Norm M Iwmal fussy and chronic nuisance pn- there used to be a nun -iiiina ticnts. The men of the profession sn-mm mm; ,1 m,.m,g1', HW iv i do not care to take chances. on party, He smckod H ,,....l ,l"”

and spoon-fed them. At inr iiiiri

they'd come ii-swimming wjr-,;-n he beat the spoon against 3 H W, Here in New Brunswi-k. 2:. mg. good old days, there was It ;:i1.; mm mi the upper reaches of in. K,.,,. iicbccaris. where it narrows into I

the other side, having in mind the many calls made on a doctors time n"l skill, patients or their relatives mlg'. make things ons- ler for all concerned by exercising a bit. of thoughtful iinclllgiire, us, for instance, by not callin,-; .1 dor- tor out in the middle of the night crystnl sti-cant. The millet v. wip or even at his meal hour unless also the 1.11,; goes. mag ,,m,,P,H real emergency exists. This intcl-ibuckwlicat. pancakw and ;,,.,igh', llgence, fortunately, is exercised iniihe trout above the mill (ifllli I( the great majority of cases. 130- mi lll('lil out of her liaiui ah-3 sldes; the telephone is a convenient over on the Vlrimtclii thciv up aid for quick consultation mid nd- :1 lumlicrjack who swore that i.-01.1 V106. and a brief conversation wltlxfhad :i marked preference for north" the doctor can often allay alnrmlthni he had seasoned with Iobam, and conserve effort. Brantfordijulce. -- saint John Tclcziapii. Expositor. ml