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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink" '

CHARLOTTETOHN SATUEDAYTJAN. ii. 1951

Highway Expenditures

It is reassuring to note, from a Cana- dian Good Roads Association bulletin based on authoritative information from Ottawa, that funds will be provided in the 1951-52 estimates for the Federal share of Trans- Canada Highway construction and that the Federal Government has no thought at this time of either abandoning or post- poning the project.

"Even if war comes,” says the bulletin, "the project is unlikely to suffer. Defense authorities have been in on the planning all along and stressing that adequate com- munications are most important in war- time, have said that the completion of the Trans-Canada Highway is an important part of defense preparedness." I

A similar course is being followed in the United States, where a fifty million dollar increase in the funds authorized for Federal aid for highways for the year com- mencing July 1, 1951, is reported by the National Highway Users Conference. This is a signal recognition of the importance of adequate highways, not only for military defense but for the industrial system nec- prepare for that defense.

ii Tradition created

Traditions are generally regarded as being of very long standing, but today it is not necessarily so. The splendid achieve- ments of the Commonwealth Air Training Plain in which this country played a major role, has established the tradition that Can- ads. is the schoolhouse for Commonwealth flyers when forces of aggression raise their head.

Once more the vast spaces, excellent communications and technical achievements of this nation are being thrown on the scales to help outweigh the vast manpower and resources of the Communist world. It is not a one-way proposition, by any means, for Canadian airmen and others continue to profit by the know-how of United King- dom and other Atlantic Pact establish- ments.

The important thing is that this coun- try, through Defence Minister Claxton, has announced its determination to do the task which lies nearest in the common effort

, M. P.'s Indennltles

A very interesting analysis of how our members of Parliament are now paid is presented in a book by Dr. Norman Ward just published by the University of Toronto Press. It is entitled "The Canadian House of Commons: Representation."

Dr. Ward has little sympathy with those who take the attitude that Parliament is a waste of time and that all members of Parliament are naturally cynical about their job. But he does take the position that

Parliament is actually important, the method of remuneration ought to take greater account of how faithfully his work is done.

Unfortunately the present methods of payment make it only too easy for the in- different member to get away with a form of parliamentary murder. As Dr. Ward puts it: "All in all, the opportunities for members to draw their indemnlties and other emoluments Without too many weari- some attendances in Parliament have been remarkable, and there is no doubt that many have taken full advantage pf these opportunities." '

It is true that severe penalties seem to be provided for the absentee member. He must attend at least 50 days of a session 0 the-House to be able to draw any part of his remuneration. More than this, his in- dernnlty is reduced by s25 for each day he is away, and his expenseggllgwsnce is re-

duced by s12.50. The trouble is that an extraordinary legal device enables the member to escape a great deal of these

V-present-for each day the House is adjourn- fed, And since the sessions of Parliament 'are getting longer and longer, it is quite

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they have a duty to keep clear of firemen

Easter adjournment of-11 days, and the week-end adjournments amounted to -12 So it was that a member was cre- dited with an attendance of 90 days, wheth-

member had put in an appearance for one day only, he would have received for that single day a total remuneration of 5'2,- 137.50.

There is another curious provision to

the effect that illness wlll,not be counted as absence only if the member is sick with- in 10 miles of the House of Commons. ii is perhaps significant that Sir Wilfrid Laurier once made allusion to that strange disorder-"Pat-liamentary illness." Nor is consclentiousness on the part of members encouraged by the provision that gives the full indemnity to every member if the session lasts for 65 days. Sessions are now greatly exceeding that length. This means that after the 65th day mem- bers have no financial reason for remain- ing as they can receive no more. The rapidity with which they are willing to pass whatever the Government proposes, if it be proposed late, not only serves the pub- lic badly, but undermines the integrity of Parliament itself,

EDITORIAL NOTES

Epiphany-Twelfth Day. 0 I 0

Tomorrow, first Sunday after Epiphany. O O 0

Both the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Rebeccas are to hold conventions here this year.

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Mild weather suits almost everyone, ex- cept the smelt fishermen who undoubtedly prefer ice-making temperatures as do small boys and the ice supply men.

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Meat imports from New Zealand are faintly reminiscent of the flood of New Zealand butter which once played havoc with rural economy in this country. The situation, however, is very different today with meat prices almost at an all-time high and supplies unable to keep up with d

emand.

The fortunate rarity of fires just now should not cause citizens to forget that

and their equipment. The first rule for car drivers is to pull to one side to allow the,eng'1nes rapid passage, and the second is to avoid hampering the work of the fire fighters on the spdt. 0

Prime Minister St. Laurent was inter- ested in Lloyds of London and their policy giving odds of 50-1 against a general war starting before Sept. 1. The members of Lloyds were undoubtedly even more inter- ested in the Prime Minister and this coun- try's views as they might be expressed by

him.

The Junior Farmers have evidently no use for ifshow window dressers", and have replaced a couple of ”inactive directors". Too many well-intentioned bodies are hand- icapped by what used to be known as "joiners", men connecting themselves with as many organizations as possible for their own publicity benefit and not for the good of the cause. In the case of the Disciples they were only effective in so far as they spread the gospel of Good News.

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Hartley Coleridge, English poet, died this date 1949. He was the eldest son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and a school- master by profession; becoming a writer, be contributed largely to newspapers and magazines. His poetry had a marked kinship to Wordsworth and included sev- eral sonnets of high literary quality: "And laughter oft is but an art to drown the outcry of the heart."

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Here is the outcome of tolerating sub- verslve movements, fifth column tactics. and friendly relations with Communists. The British Communist Party has issued instructions to its members to fracture British-American unity in the defence of Western Europe. A new manifesto called dn all Communist units in Britain to work for defeat of British-reyarmament. as the key to thwarting "American wdr plans." In other words inviting suicide of Britain, and the murder of her defence forces.

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"Travelling" is in the blood and family of Miss Katharine M. MacLennan. R.N., director of nursing at the Provincial San- atorium, who has been awarded a three months” scholarship to inspect the working of her profession in Great Britain. Her father, the late Mr. David R. Macbennan, spent his earlymyears in Brazil," while her step-father, Mr. A. E. Morrison in his youth- vlsited the Old Country infecting on leading electricians of that day. and later. on retirement from what is-now the 6. N.

er he was in Ottawa or got. Supposing a '

pointed in 1353 to inquire into the

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time, at the dictation of the land- lord, to be farms, and that being poor, old.

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Slr.-In your paper of Decem- ber 2Bth you had a little item on your editorial page pointing out that 149 convictions were obtained in Saskatchewan last year because of failure to pay the hospitalizat- ion tax. Contrary to the general gone of the opening sentence of the item I'd like to point out that 149 failures to pay the tax is an extremely small item when one considers that this is 149 people out of B million. I wonder if any other plan of any kind anywhere works as efficiently as this.

The reason that it does work of- ficiently. of course. is that the plan gives full hospitalization pro- tection for all the citizens of the Province at a very small cost. A single person pays 510 a year; a child pays only :5 a year and no family pays more than 830 a year no matter how large it may be. It does seem to me that the P. E. I. Government would do well to pro- vlde us with a hospital plan of this kind. If we had it and if oni.V fourteen people failed to pay up in the whole Province we'd call it a pretty successful venture. This would be the same proportion. ac- cording to the population. 3,: failed to pay in Saskatchewan last year.

. I am, sir, etc. ' L. G. RAMSAY. Indian River. P. E. I.

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From the minority report of a committee of the Legislature ap-

petitlon of the tensnory of Town- ships 51 and 58, commonly known as the Selkirk Estate: "rhe committee examined the duplicate of one of the leases or deeds accompanying the petition. obtained they believe the document is a correct copy of many of the leases, or deeds, under which the tenantry hold their lands. It sp- peara that the statements put forward by the petitioners. as to the expiration of many of the leases, is also correct, and that these people are liable, at any ejected from their and infirm, worn out with hard labour in clearing the wilderness. they must be thrown on the boun- ty of the public for an existence. "Your committee have been in- formed by- the Registrar-' of the terms on which these Townships. were obtained from the Crown. viz.: 'Grant.ed in the 9th year of the reign of his late Majesty, George III, Lot 5'1, on 31st Dcc., Lot. 58 on the 9th August, subject alike to or quit rent of six shill- ings sterling per loo acres, the first payment in each case to be- come due at the Isl: March, falling five years alto: the date of the gra.nt.s, as respects the moiety, and ten years after such date as respects the whole? G1-a.ntees' names: of Lot 57, Messrs. smith; of Lot. 58, Joshua Manuel. "No part (If the foregoing rents appears to have been paid from these Lots, masmuoh as no return to the Colonial Government, of any amount of quit rent. being paid in London, as the law al- lows, appears to have been com- plied with . . . The committee are Picrefore of opinion that the Crown rents on these Townships or.-c stlll.due, and that these ar- rears have been ceded by the Crown to the Colonial interests of the Island, in the contract entered into between the Imperial Gov- ernment and the Colonial Legis- lature, which is defined in the ninth section of an Act to corn- mute the Crown revenues of Prince lI:dwa.rd Island, etc. .

"The committee have accord- ingly drawn up an account show- ing the amounts of arrears of quit rent due from Township No. 57, together with interest thereon to March, 1852, due from that Lot amounting to 28,280 sterling. They are of opinion Township No. 58 is indebted to an equal amount, and that this yearly rent. was intend- ed by the Crown to have defrayed the expenses of the Colonial Government. towards which the grantees mentioned contributed no part previous to the year 1832, but that this Mmien was born by the public. i

"It appears that the crown never rescinded any part of the foregoing debt, but on the con- trary, held it over the graniocs, to be enforced at any time, as A means of p. t ction to enforce a due regard to the inmost and welfare of the under-tenants, as well as ajust debt; which power is now ceded to the Colonial Government. as a means of pro- tection be be used by thin against any unjust. measures that may be practiced by -the granuu. the tenants of the Crown, to those to

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Kashmir And The Commonwealth v Conference

Following is the text of an in-

terview by A. '1'. Steel of The New York Herald Tribune with Prime Minister Pakistan on December 31, 1950:

Llaquat Ali Khan of

The Prim Minister of Pakistan

told Thelxiew York!-ferald Tribune today that the Kashmir dispute is

it threat to world peace which

must be resolved before Pakistan can hope to play any significant role in the common cause.

Interviewed after he had put off

plans for his departure for London

today, Liaqua: said he could see

little point in attending the com-

ing Commonwealth Conference of Prime Ministers unless the Cem- monwealth countries agreed to col-

lective consideration of the Kash- mir issue.

The Prime Minister disclosed

that he was still in communication with London on the shall be prepared to go." he said. "if I find that the Prime Ministers are willing to deal collectively

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with the Kashmir problem-to see what they can do. The situation has not yet reached the point where I can say definitely whether

amount.,of an-cars of rent before herein named."

The above report was signed by Mesoss. Benj. Davies, chairman,

Robert Mooney and R. Macaulay - three members seven-man committee to'deal with other members were Hon. Pope. Lord, and Hon. Mr. Palmer. speaker ruled that

of a special appointed The Mr. MI. The as the re- port was signed by only a minor- It withdrawn; not the

the petition.

Mb. Wrightman, Hon.

was consequently and as, therefore, it. was the House,

mental-y usage, mecluded from all opportunity of assigning their

reasons for dissenting from it.

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.m..m...mm:-- I will be going or not. The Prime Ministers plan to discuss the world situation. I have felt, and I feel.- that unless the conference deal! also with the Kashmir problem. I could make no useful contribution. I am too busy to go to London on a holiday jaunt."

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The Prime Minister felt that the world did not sufficiently recog- nise the seriousness of the Kash- mir issue. especially in the context of the deteriorating global picture. Here are two countries facing each other with armies, he went on. "yet. nobody takes a serious view."

He pointed out that with no set- tlement in sight "anything might happen, despltegrle best efforts of

both sides.”

He charged 1 e United Nations with "tinkering" with the problem -linot dealing with it in an ef- fective manner."

The Prime Minister put. a big share of the blame for failure of the United Nations to settle the Kashmir dispute on the door-steps of the United states and Britain.

"In mid-December," he said. "I got information that the security Council would not take up the Kashmir question until the latter part of January-that the United States and the United Kingdom did not want it brought up until after the Commonwealth confer- ence. 'rhat,gsve me a shock."

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Liaquat mentioned that the "general feeling" in Pakistani was that the Western bloc has been taking Pakistan too much for granted and is kowtowlng to India. "Pakistan's people feel." he said. ltthat the United States is not really giving that consideration to the Pakistan case that it should:

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Canada's , s 115335 Boy Scout membership total constitutes a new 1-mold. this total New-

5339-' N-E 4.430: Quebec 9.085; On?-Irlo 53.249: Manitoba and N.W. Ontario 0,987: Saskatchewan 5,. 385; Alberta 7,470; B.C. 14,246 and La. Federation den Scouts Catho- liques do is Province dc Quebec 6.004.-Boy Scouts News.

To Judge only from photographs Ind paintings. the Sphinx - an 189 feet of it - would seem to be one of the aolidest objects in the world. I-iowever.,sfter standing in the desert for some 5,000 years, the inscrutable creature seems to have ' developed what. in a human be- i ing, would be called .” i its left foreleg has started to crumble. eaten away by the wind and sand of 50 centuries. Ac- cording to inscriptions. the Pharaoh Thutmose IV gave it first-aid treat- ment 3,250 years ago. and a couple of hundred years later it received some further patching from Its- nesee II. The fact that it requires Woslrs every two or three thous- and Y9"! Wurst: that, by ancient Egyptian standards, it was not too

Pakistan finds the scales always weighed in favor of India in spite of the fact that justice is on our side."

The Prime Minister noted that in t a United Nations when the s ty of the western powers is at stake-as in Korea--"everything moves very fast." By comparison. he pointed out. Kashmir has been a problem for three ycsts. and "we are where we were." He declared that ”thst is why people are be- ginning to lose faith in the effic- acy of the United Nations organ- ization.” i Nevarthelesi, the Prime Minister voiced the conviction that the United Nations could, if it would. settle the Kashmir dispute by ordering a plebiscite. putting its own interpretation on its Kashmir resolution and applying pressure on all parties concerned to carry out their obligations. He felt that such a course would produce the desired results without the, neces- sity of military action.

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well built. Perhaps they had en-” . builders in those days too! 1 monton J,oufn.sl. V If is the old truths. not new discovG.ri0l. that must sustain us in the tryibl days ahead. "Hold fast to that which is good , , 5. To mistake the symbol for the spirit is bad enovah: to trust, the symbol alone is dLsutrous..'There ll "0 Nth ihint Is material pm. tress unless there is spiritual faith. No nation. any more than an in. dividual. can profit by conquest if it loses its own soul." We have been afraid of dangers that do not exist. blind to others that are in. finitely more ominous. Time is not progress in the sense we have tried to establish it. Nor can it be. Time or it is nothing. -- Hamilton spectator,