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Morning Dolly tl-‘ouridad In 1881) Authorized as Second Class Moll. Post. Olfleo Department. Ottawa.

President, lun A. Burnett; Yico-Prcsiilerrt, Wm. R.l Burnett; Seep-Treats, (i. M. Burnett; Editor una- Mlnjglng Director, J. R. Burns-rt; Associate Editor, I-‘rauk Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker the Weakest Ink."

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The Musical Festival

Province wide Iuleraut i‘; being trikcit In IhC. second annual COIIIPTIIIIVC Musical Festival which opens today Il‘\ the Prince of Wales Col-* lege hall and will continue until Friday, May 23.1 Last year the festival was successfully launch-l ed, when nine school districts in the vicinity of Charlottetown participated. This year ‘it is open to all residents of Prince Edward Island and due to the large number of entries received-totalling some 370 with approximately 1,800 competitors -it has been found necessary to open on Mon-

~ dav instead of Tuesday as was intended. Theta

will be two sessions daily, with an extra session on Wednesday morning. At the conclusion, there will be a concert bv the prize winnersfl which should prove vciy enjoyable. The adjudi- cator is Miss Dorothy Allen, MusBac, of Mt. Allison Conservatory of Music, and the pic- orcimme is being sponsored by the Prince Ed- ward lsland Musical Festival Association, a new and promising organization which is to be warm- ly commended ori its enterprise.

Musical culture has always been regarded as of great importance educationally, and the encouragement of such culture through com- petitive festivals is of the highest value to any community. We have admirable musical tal- ent here, as the members of the Charlottetown Choral Club recently demonstrated at- New Glasgow. Training and encouragement alone are needed. l

In no other art would it appear that genius is manifested so early as in music, ar native talent so widely distributed. Wagner, it is said, displayed unusual gifts by the time he was eight. The great .lohann Sobosliair Bach copied music by moonlight, and for this boyish prank was soundly spanked. He was only a little boyl Beethoven solemnly kissed Liszt, upon the lot- ter's accomplished piano recital at the age of eleven. Chopin began musical studies at the age of four, and by eight played a concert in Warsaw. But the most phenomenal of child geniuses and composers was Mozart, who found chords on the keyboard at the age of three. He was four, when with blots of ink everywhere around him, he wrote his first musical composi- tion. Certainly it was childish, but it was music. 8y five, he composed in earnest and at six played at the Court of Vienna.

No one knows where the lamp of genius will be lighted, oi on whom the immortal spirit will descend. Only one out of millions, of course, can be a genius. The great thing about music is that it is a community-shared pleasure. It is the most democratic of all the arts, as well as the most spiritual in the pleasure it gives. To teach the younger generation to love and venerate this art, to eniay it to the full, and to practice it and become interpreters-themselves of its treasures to others, is something really worth while.

Highway Damage Claim

The Minister of Public Works, Mr. Barbour, and Mr. MacNought, MP. are to be congratu- lated on obtaining for the second time assur- ance from the King Government that it will poy $80,000 by way of compensation for the damage to roads due to R.C.A.F. activities in Prince County during the war. It will be recalled that in the Legislature lost month Mr. Barbour re- yigwed rhe Iryngthy (lickcrlirg which want on over this damage claim. The actual damage as assessed by the Provincial Department amounted to $117,000. The estimate by Federal engineers was even highcr_$l22,000. Nevertheless, the King Government first affcrcd by way 0f selfle- ment $20,000. Naturally the Provincial Mir.- igler held out, and finally accepted a compro- mise offer of $80,000. Unfortunately, however, there was a change of cabinet portfolios at Ot- tawa shortly uflcrwards. New Tfm1$l>°11 1111-1 Defense Ministers come into office and tho agreement was in dpngcr of IISIIIQ "°P1'11'°117~1' As Mr. Barbour expressed it, "it is lranqmfl Yfilr and we haven't got our $30,000." To the Oppo- mion lmdgy’; grrqqcetiori that lic should have stood out for $100 030, Mr. Barbour replied that he could not go back on ivhat he had done. He conceded that the damage would not nearly be (gr/grad by $80,000, and Dr. MacMillon sympo- thetically remarkcd that they were a 'P"E11Y tough crowd at Ottawa."

Now, however, Mr. MacNaught has been informed that th: King Government will honour its agreement.‘ This, as wo said, is a matter for congratulation, cvcn though it smacksvstrongly of having been timcd for purely political pur- poses. At any rate, the sooner it is paid the better. The Public Works Minister is no doubt keeping his fingers crossed, in fear and tremb- ling that there will be another cabinet shuffle at Ottawa before the cheque comes through.

Unemployment Insurance

Continuing the decrease begun in Febru- ary, claims for unemployment insurance benefit filed in local offices across Canada totalled 43,- 675 in March as compared with 47,141 in Febru- ary and 63,681 in January, the Dominion Bur- eau of Statistics reports. The March total was also 7,031 lass than tlia 50,706 claims filed in March lost year. There vz-zre increases in Nova SoatIafNow Brunswick and Manitoba, and dc-

creoses In all other provinces.

Ordinary claimants on the live unemploy- ment register at March 31 compared with 110,062 at February 28 and 154,- 320 at March 31, 1946. Slight increases were shown only in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A total of 56,683 claims Was adiudicated at

insurance offices during March, 40,912 being ‘hcqtiircd by lltc- Domirrions. the re-‘ amendments thereto. .- to l nirilnlnr: 400 Kfrlflgllflflfllglllnhchyua’ investigate nricl report ou the lu-

cyntitled to benefit and 15,771 not entitled benefit. During March, 109,625 persons were paid

Tin’ benefit totalling $4,479,875 for 2,304,914 com- lwevilovla iiui Russia which so! a

pensated days of unemployment. This compares with 102,972 persons paid $3,916,634 for 2,006,-

.~l59 days in February, and 156,180 persons paid

$7,205,264 for 3,461,000 days in ‘March last your.

The average duration of the unemployment compensated was 21.0 days in March, compared with 19.5 days in February and 22.2 days in March, 1946. Average amount of benefit paid p-er beneficiary was $40.87 as against $38.04 in February and 46.13 in March last year, and the average amount per day of compensated unem- ployment was $1.94 in March, $1.95 in Febru-

ary and $2.08 in March, 1946.

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

lt will be a glad day for the Maritimcs should the striking Nova Scotia coal miners~ re- sume work this morning,or even tomorrow.

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By a typographical error in Saturday's issue the public debt of the Province was made to read $120,000,900 instead of $12,000,000, but the context made it clear.

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lt is a bad policy ta count one’; chickens before they are hatched, all the same it is pleasant to have optimistic reports of harvest prospects in field crops. It is also ground fer congratulations that Prince Edward Island is one of only two provinces, British Columbia being the other, that has no complaint to make about un- due delay in getting on the land this Spring.

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Shipyards in Great Britain and Ireland are now building more than 2,000,000 tons of mer- chant vessels according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping. This figure, the highest reached since March, 11722, is equivalent to 51.3% of the world total (excluding Danzig, Germany, Japan, Poland, Russial. Of Britain's leading competitors, U. S. A. has dropped to third place with approximately 215,000 tons, Sweden and France leading foreign yards with approximate- ly 244,000 and 233,000 tons respectively.

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Treasury‘ of the United Church of Canada has already received $3,085,000 in cash gifts for the Pension Capital Fund from the laymen's campaign. With pledges totalling $1,514,000 to date, the combined total of $4,599,000 was re- Ported to the Executive of General Council. With a total obiective set at $5,100,000 the campaign is continuing this year. Nova Scotic, New Brunswick, Quebec and Manitoba have reached their full quota. "The Toronto area," the Treasurer, Dr. V. T. Mooney reports, "is nearing and will reach its objective."

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Our good Ontario friend, Mr. J. R. Mac- Nicol, M.P, tpok the trouble to come all the way from Ottawa to Saint John, N. 5., to address the Board of Trade on Maritime expansion. Mr. MacNicol is, as we have already noted, one of the few Federal members who have taken the trouble to visit us and investigate our troubles an the spot. It will be recalled that even Mr. Mackenzie King, before he became member for Prince, cxcIaImed-"Maritime Rightsl What are they?" Since then he has held office for many a clay, but has done comparatively little to adiust our rights under our Confederation com- pact. Mr. MacNicol understands them, and voices our needs in Parliament and elsewhere.

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Local Scouts who may have been planning to visit France for the forthcoming Jamboree will regret to learn that shortage of shipping space will prevent Canada from sending o con- ringent next August hirt two officials of the Canadian Association will represent the Da- minion at the meet. The officials, who will be overseas on other business, are Mr. Jackson Dodds of Montreal, farmer bank general man- ager and recently elected Dominion Commis- siancr of the Boy Scouts Association, and Mr. E. F. Mills of Ottawa, Executive Commissioner of Training at scout headquarters. Mop-Gen. Spry said the Dominion originally had intended to send 35 scouts and three leaders to the iam- borcc, where some 30,000 Scouts from 40 couri- tries will gather. The iamboree will he the first to be held since 1937.

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‘William Ewart Gladstone, man, died this date 1898; born of Scottish par-

he was educated at Eton and Oxford, after- wards entering the family business firm at Liv- erpool, shippers and West Indian sugar estate owners. He entered Parliament as a Tory, and soon made his mark in the House, becoming an under-secretary of State in the Peel Ministry, and was described by Macaulay as "the rising hope of the stern unbanding Tories"; in 1845 he adopted Free Trade tendencies; in 1847 Ira was returned for Oxford University and attacked Palmerston for his coercive policy towards Greece. That was the beginning of the end o.’ his allegiance to the Tory Party, and in 1851? was elected Liberal Premier for the first time In 1880, being return-ed for Mirllotlrian he undertook to straighten out the Irish situation, and split his party six years later pvar Home Rule. For the fourth time he became Premier in 1892, but soon offer retired nominating Lord

Rosebery as his successor. He was considered tlro but parliamentarian since Pitt.

British states-

cnts-Ihe Gladstones of Fasque, Aberdeenshire,

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THE crrARLornrrsrowN GUARDIAN

lllates By the Wayl

numbered 103,291 I

l No fewer than 42.5 Ilrlltlh wru- slirps have been given, lent, solrl or ‘otherwise transferred to other ruiivlcs. 0f these only 25 have been

Dflimark. Eire. France, Greece,‘ India. Italy. Netherlands. Norway Portugal. 5.11111. Turkey nnd

battleship. nine destroyers and four submarines. - Olflawg Cilizfln‘ ‘

Irn the put the grout eafigratlcnr movements from Britain to the Hit-l lure sprang from the British pco- rlels llnqurrnchabfm zest for ail-

venture. In, the fullness of its IIJTHGIII. n viiloruus and prosperous motherland has spilled 0v" 1,119 goodness to makeslsterpationsbe- land the seas. But the present strove- ment ls an escape more than an ncl. venture. If; springsfrom an excess of poverty. ruther than of riches; from a lack rather than superfluiry of individual self-confidence; from

shortage. restrictions. discomfort and __dislllusionment. - London Standard.

The lndivldual who operates l. motni- vehicle when drunk r1095 not Ivarrnnt much. If any, consideration, for he realizes full well-or ought to know. for lze has been told fre- quently enough-that he runs grave

risks in doing so. Nevertheless, it must be realized that if the ruinlrtium penalty should be Irr-

creased to a month in the common jail, with or without. hard labor, it mould probably be much mom tllf- ficult. lo secure convictions than it. is under the existing rode. Depriving rlrose convicted of this offence of the right. to operate their vehicles for n. more extended period of time, even cancellirrf their right to drlve altogether, might prove a greater deterrent. - Brockville Recorder and Times.

Bill Batman. Brltnlni only one- legged shepherd, ls still busy tendflng his flock at, Nonsuoh Pork. on the frintrcs of Landon. after the worst lnmbing season he can remember sails The Stratforrl Beacon-Herald. A Devon man by birth. Mr. Batman gets‘ Bl't)'l1l'l'd on crutches and is nlrlr-d by numerous sheepdogs. He was hambr-d our during the war. 111111 “5quarted" In an army hut and travelled hack and forth to his llrrrk "Lu the i:old weather and

cues and 200 lambs out of a flock 500 In two ‘weeks. Fcr three WCCRS. I never had my clothes, off." He ivorked tray and night to save as many of his sheep as possible. Haze-n and unable to graze because

deliver their lambs without help. At night. Bill struggled across the, snow-laden park with is hurt-icon‘ lnn-ip. I-fe carried the neriv-borr? lambs info his hut. where he coverec them with his overcoat and fer them from a bottle. He saved hund reds. Now Spring is here but. th shepherd ls still in trouble. Mar and more of Nonsuch Park's 25 acres are boino, plowed up. and an time now Shepherd Bill expects t. move on.

0n Tuesday. two hundred srhiio children 0f Victoria invaded thl Parliament. Buildings there, racln; through fhe corridors and demon - ing of bewildered government clot-gs and stenogrephers the trrmredlote reduction of the price of cand bars from 8 cents to 5 cents. "In the year 1212." says Wolf's Outline of History. "occurred a dreadful tiring. n children's crusade ...A crowd of many thousands of French boys marched to-Marsellles; they were then lured on board ship by slave traders, who sold them Into slavery‘ In 11323191. The Rhineland children Lrarnpod Into Italy, marry pcrishiiirr by‘ the ovay. and there rlisprrscrl.“ The rhilrkeriis crusade occurred between the Fourth and Fifth Crusades "for the recovery of the sacred places,“ and most of the Iiislorians seem to be agreed that iirzs extraordinary ovr-nt is suffrcozrtfvr explained as an infection of mass ILVSIPTIR spreading l0 the children of Europe. Our present children's crusade for 5-cent candy barns. if it. I"- liardly "a dreadful thing." is nevertheless nothing Io be irlcrrsed about. It ‘is undoubtedly im- itative. hysterical. futile nnrl non- sensical. Arid people who think ll. is funiw haven't. got. much In rlo with their sense of humor. - Vancouver Province.

0m» of the casualties ’n the Iss1. nav was I.h~ statute of Ricuarrl Cocur rle Lion which stands in front of the Houses of Parliament at. Wesrmlnislcr". The statue shows Rivhflrd, mounted. hls sword In hand. the blade painting to tho sky. Tho blade was struck in on air raid iiiid slightly laent. anrl n controversy has been going an inlernrilfenlly as to whether the sword should be straightened. Among those who up- hold tlie "No" Is R1,. Hon. Vincent hIassc-y. In M1. Massey} little book of Wflfllmc addresses, Is one which. gives the tltte to the ‘oo0k—"'I'he Sword of Llonheart". In vtciw c! the present controversy, the passage in that. address referring to the sword is of Interest: “Free peoples may bend under attack. but they will never break, and lu the bending- In their flexibility-lies their strength. Therr. ls a symbol of thts truth In London today. Outside Westminlster Hall. its many of you will remember. there ls s statue of King Rlchorri. the hero of the Crusnrlrs, seated orr his charger. He sttffemt! peril-r and hardships to fiQe the f-Icly Sopulchre from Began h ids. as we strive today to save 11 man lilo ‘itself from distortion and defllemont In hi5 uprlksed hand I.- hia r-rusr-rtcrl sword. A few 'n'ccks ner- a German bomb tolling nearby bent. that nveriglng nwotd. but. could not break It." Winnipeg

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The Indian Still Waits“ (Globe-Sid Mail)

A year ago this mouth the Do- mlnlon Parliament appointed u joint. committee of the Senate .ud House of Commons “to examine and consider the Indian Aer am‘. Anise) to

rlian administration in general." Subjects specifically namcdiuclud- ed treaty rig-tits. liability for taxis. enfranchisemcnt, educational fa- c-Ilities. and "any other matter pertaining to the sn-rrial and eco- iicmic status of Indians."

The committee was launched with the Pnrllanzenbary blessing of Resources Minister James A. Glen, who voiced the hope that the Canadian Indian "would ultimate- ly he ahle In rissumr- tlir full rights and responsibilities of ae- mocratir citizenship". Duly pulled on the back the committee wen‘. to work.

During 1946 ‘it held twenty-five . meetings, Iiearlrig Indian Affairs Branch officials and giving con- siderable time to the representa- tions of various Indian bands and to prominent. Indian spokesmen.- Last autumn it. formed a ten-man commission from its own mem- bership and rlespatchea it to the Maritime; and Eastern Quebec for , lnvostigatory sittings. The lull, committee reopened its sittings’ earlier this spring and continues space. There Is as yet no end of its work in sight.

Quite the contrary. It. is report- ed that the hearings are expected I to continue throughout this veal" and on Into I948. This suggests that, Lhe Indians case \\"rll be fully heard. It 1s n commendable in- dicatlon of Ilie committee's desire

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Articles such as these a through regular whale

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The following war surplus items are avaiIobIu-d

HEATING STOVES

Address all enquiries to:—

BRANCH SALES MANAGER, BRANCH SALES OFFICE, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I.

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ed, and has nn up-to-Ihe rminute kitchen rvliicl-i n-Ill make country

thoroughly to study c\‘0t‘_\' phase of the’ problem. Presumably. lievv- ever. at this rate there may be no I Parliamentary action until 1949.1 Indeed, since Parliamentary Com- | mittee reports have is bail liablt. being delayed indefinitely, that ls the most. crptimistic hope. , This newspaper has no desire to rush the ‘committee's work or in. any way discourage ll. from com-l pleting that which It. set out to. do. But, having In mind the tfme| that already has been lost and; L118 shameful conditions iinrievr which the Indian population ex-I lsts. could It not prepare m1 ru- tcrim report. that would enable Parliament. to some necessary reforms?

As the committee ponders riiutler. the Indians ust r0rr-, tinue to 1I\'e in 1r vvrr- r-ii-d stale.

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ties are so inadequate that [lieiri

tuberculosis death rate is fifteen

times that of the white population. 7 and the infant, death rate 3 1-2‘ Limes as high. Educational fncii- I ties are’ equally lacking. Only u;

‘t! 1h? I199}? iflvw- 1119 CWBS Cflllld n01- small percentage of Indian child-

reri recelvo sufficient formall schooling. An Indian may wln the

right to vote. if deemed "quali-

fied". But in doing so he not only

gives up IIIP few protective bene-

fits of his band. but can enjoy

only limited privileges of cltlzen-

rihlp. He may be allowed nn voice

In choosing a Parliamentary rep-, resentative, but is fully liablr- for

military conscription.

While it is understandable that I

most. of these unhappy people must pass through progress vq stages in their emancipation to‘

full cltrzanship, we think that there could be an early beginning mad" 0n tut‘ '12s" '1 ncsrlble. \VIl11CilI lir: 1'1!" ' ' scope of the committee's activi- ties, to extend Iiealth facilities and to broaden educational op- portunities. providing the ‘var-n- tlana] and other training which will be necessary for marry to qualify ‘for citizenship? Parlia- ment need not. wait upon Lhe coin- mtttee‘: report to remedy some of the gross Injustices and inequities that already are glaringly obvious. The committee could stimulate it. inlu positive action now. Country Wife ‘U. K. Informaticni

It's no new thing for the average homemaker In Britain to find lior. self doing tiwo fuIl-timr- jobs sin-ii, been running n homo amt going out to “Wk every day since tho war br- gan, and tihe battle for productinnls still keeping tier at it. But. Item's the story of a gm who's been doing that. over since she can remember, and who knows flint r0 long a5 people hood food stroll .'\l'l'fl_\‘s be welcome. - n

Meet Mrs. Wood, the wife of an English farm-hand. urho has three children. Every morning sire‘; up before daylight. cooks breakfast. and prcpares the lunch. gets tivo of the Icidrlieb off Io school, takes Ilia baby nnrl follows Iior liuslnirirl ln the farm. The work .1110 dots flPflCFKlS on the season and snmotfimes It's pleasant though tiring, l:kr- hay- making; olhv. Ilmcs shr- Izu. to pick iaotalocs or sprouts. sprout‘ manure or Lralu hop-vines, nll a which are cold. messy jobs and hard on tho linnrls. Just. belon- noon she rualies home to put. the flnlslilnr; touches to lunch-I'm.‘ husband. ovhUs been at work slnoa early mom-lug. Ls ready for his mid-day meal pretty early. rind the children come home for It tho. Extra cheese and brand rations are allowed to farm-hands whose work ls so heavy.