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Morning Dally il-‘oisnded u: 15B?) Ahthurlled as Second cum iii-u. Poss 08W Departments. Ottawa.

President. Ian A. Burnett: Vice-President. Wm If sety-‘treus. u. M. Burnett: Editor iml Managing Director. J ll. Burnett; Aaooclase mm- l-‘ranh Walker.

“The Sh-gngegl Memory is weaker Than the Weakest mk. _

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Important llonvontloii

o," citizsns w." extend a cordial welcome

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to the delegates in attendanc- here this we I! 0 ‘the annual convention of the Canadian As-

gncirition of Tourist and Publicity Bureaus. Thef

. . -. zonvention opens today and will continue anti‘- rnufjdfly, This is the first occasion on whlc "he Association will have met in Charlottetown, and there is every reason to expect that the 95th‘ ering will be an unqllfllllled Pllccels‘ d .

This year's tourist business in Ctgna Pi: I5 believed to ‘have set an all-time recor . . an! w." b. di5¢u§§ed at the convention of achieving

uneven higher mark next year, as well as of im-,

proving t:-.rrisl facilities generally in lYP-(Y

Province. , ,

Many of those in attendance at this Weeks lmeetinos will be visiting Prince Edwarddsland for the first time. We trust that their stay will not only prove profitable from the CONVER- tion standpoint, but petWlWllY "WWPIF l“

well.

To Ilesurrect Europa

lt never seemed likely that tho l6 European countries meeting in Paris to draw up a schedule of joint requirements and a plan for self-help would have an easy task, says The Spectator. The provisional estimate of aid required over the next four years was some $29,000,000,000. (IIOW redllli- ed m $I6,000,000,000 plus $3,500,000,000 from the International Bank), a figure which not only ex- ceeds American willingness to help, as was shown by a statement of the Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lovetf, but probably exceeds Am- orican capacity as well. Tho programme of fut- ure European production must secure American approval, but the proposals for close economic co-ordination between the I6 countries are full of awkward gaps and contradictions. It could hardly have been otherwise. Western Europe, after all, is not a self-sufficient economic unit, and since the pre-war balance of exchange of manufacturers for the primary products of East- ern Europe has been upset by the descent of the iron curtain, the establishment of a new balance with raw material suppliers outside Europe must necessarily present a number of uncertainties which cannot be removed in Paris. It is im- possible to believe that the Americans do not understand and sympathise with all this, and therefore it is possible to hope that the group of senior officials now in Paris will aim at smooth- ing out the difficulties of the Conference. But oven if this powerful lever can be counted upon —cind if Mr. Marshall has full faith in his own proposals it must be counted upon-the mass of difficulty to be moved is still most forbidding. But if it can be proved to Mr. Marshall that his demorche was not in vain, and that the United States is not being asked to pour money down a drain, that will be enough. The task of con- vincing Congress is an American task, in which the House Select Committee, now also in Europa. can play an important part.

Why All The Taxes?

All price subsidies have now been discon- tinued, and the prices of all hitherto subsidized commodities are soaring to ampled levels. And despite the changed situation, Canadians ore still being taxed for the millions of dollars set apart in the budget for the now discontinued subsidies, and this will go on till the end of the present fiscal year.

Milk, tea and coffee ceased to be sub- sidized months before the I947 budget was brought dawn, but the King Government con- tinued to make the taxpayers supply the Treas- ury with the full amount of those subsidies, while at the same time making them buy milk, tea and coffee at the advanced, decontrolled and un- subsidizcd prices, and gave no relief from tliis double buid-en till July l of the present year.

lt is now clear that there was far toolittle tax relief in the Abbott budget, which called for several million dollars of revenue-including Ilieso subsidy items,—which the event shows were not necessary and should not have been placed in the budget appropriations. In other words, the tax structure created last May by the Minister of Finance is very much higher than it should be. And this unjustly heavy burden ls being carried by the taxpayers through the most inflationary period they have evor experi-

Tlis- Battle 0f lrltaln

l Air force stations throughout tho United " Kingdom and member nations of the Common- wealth last week observed the anniversary of the i winning of the Battle of Britain and paid tribute ‘ to the memory of those gallant men who fought . and died in the most crucial bottle of World . War ll. Z The contest will go down as one of the 7 crurial battles in all history. In tho days that _iollow:d the German Air Force launched a rcrfzs of mass attacks on a wide front in a ru- preme effort to eliminate Britain's fighter squad- But the gallant R. A. F. fought back and hold on. Goering’: offort to knock out tho R. A. F. in daylight raids failed. So, lots‘ in August ho turnod to night bombing. Hitler's solemn warn- ing "We shall come" brought tho defiant roply

...frorn til British psoplo "Wo can take it." Aftor

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fiict, Britain still held on and German bomber losses became so great it was impossible for the enemy to continue their assaults cn such a scale. Septerrbcr I5 markzd a definite turn in the course of the Battle of Britain. It was the begrnning of the end for Hitler.

Free men everywhere owe a great debt of gratitude to the gallant few who fought and died in the skies over Britain. Canadians, Americans, Australians, and fliers from various other coun- tries of the world fought bravely and tirelessly with the R. A. F. It is entirely fitting that the

anniversary of the winning of the Battle of Brit- , ain should be cbs:rved by all air force units in ‘

Britain and the Commonwealth (the Summer- side unit of the R.C.A.F. observed the victory on Sunday) because "never . . was so much owed by so many to so few."

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Fall begins today, according to the calen-

dar. Q D l‘ i ‘Potato prospects arc good-provided ate anticipations are realized in cold cash.

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Juveniles, not under proper care, are as dangerous as other explosives. l‘ i: ~k i

Prince Edward Island continues in the news

thcs-e days through the Joncs Government

not taking action to settle the packers’ strike. i I w w

Perhaps the ultimate in developing the tourist industry is having as our guests repre- sentatives of the Canadian Association of Tour- ist and Publicity Bureaus.

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Americans should not be too depressed by Russia's unyielding insistence on retaining the veto. lt is only recently that their own govern- meat became reconciled to the loss of notional sovereignty implied in its abolition.

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According to an Irish-born Canadian

Ireland,‘ both Northern Ireland and Fire, enjoying prosperity and feel friendly towards England. He also stated that there is not "o solitary man wanted for a major crime in the whole country." I I I I

Communist

to all.

propaganda is varied to appeal Solomon Islanders were led to believe

that "there is a great day coming" (the end all

the British protectorate). The signal for the uprising was to be the arrival of on American destroyer and merchant ship bringing them each a mosquito proof house and a refrgierator.

Perhaps the most extreme case of the .all too frequent separation of families by war is that of seven-and-o-half-year-old Ann Robert- son of Edmonton who met her father for the first time last week. According to the Winnipeg Free Press she was born an Christmas day I940 just after her father went overseas with the First Division a little earlier in the month.

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_-St. Nikalsains, worshipped by a small not- ive sect, the Nikalsains of India, died this date I857. He was John Nicholson, British general and administrator in lndia in the nineteenth century when he annexed the Punjab, and car- ried out attacks on Delhi; alter his entry he was killed by the enemy; he was a brilliant ruler, despotic but just, being loved by the poor and downtrodden; he was called by Lord Roberts "the beau ideal of a soldier and a gentleman"; a statue to his memory was erected at Delhi.

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Farmers will be interested to learn that the Secretary of State for Scotland has strongly recommended to farmers that children employ- ed in harvesting potatoes be paid a uniform rate of 25c an hour. Where children have to travel daily, farmers will be.asked to pay th-e children for time spent in travelling in one direction. Children accommodated in hostels will be guar- anteed $4 a week, subject to deduction of $3 a week for board and lodgings. The number of children required from each area will be an- nounced soon. '

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It is surprising the quack may find Grand Mere, for illegally ness and pretending to cure dis-cases. No fcw- er than 28 witnesses were heard, One testified ha had paid accused $285 for l5 bottles of medicine and five boxes of pills for treatment of a bad kneo. Before leaving, accused hcd said, while bending over the witness‘ knee: "l will bring your illness with ma." After a whistle, the witness related, accused had added: "Sickness, Eozicdalong." lot "sickness" preferred to stay

e in .

. number of dupes a in any given community. Que., a man is being prosecuted

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"lt sounds like an lrishism to soy that the majority of English wits have been Irish, but it is perfectly true, (declared Mr. H-eskcth Pear- son over BBC). Most of lhem resolutely declin- ed to live in Ireland, spent th-e greater part of their lives in England, and became, if not nat- uralised, at least anglicised; but they managed to make the country of their adoption un- pleasantly aware of their native wit. Four of them, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Oscar Wilde and

Bernard Slflsw, wrote the best comedies in the (nglish language since Shakespeare's. The most humorous, most frivolous and the most profoundly witty of’the’se four was Oscar Wilde."

Anti-fog landing lights 500 times more powerful than any ground level lights previous- ly used on the runways are being installed along the whol-a length of the 3,000-yord main east- west runway at the London Airport. The new system is expected to be ready for use by tho end of October or during November. This lighting will be used in conjunction with radar blind- approach aids which can lead o pilot to within I00 feet of tho ground, at which height he should be oblo to "pick up" tho lighting along the odgo of the runway. It is hopod that visual landings will be possible at tho London Airport In conditions hitherto rogardod es Imposgiblo,

jugtjlieve that prices of all products 1n

returned from o trip to the land of his birthfllllhe 5°°d °ld days" “"9 are i much cheaper than now will

‘but a few prices that. make

I There are persistent reporto

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operating a travelling drug busi-‘

ijrnzinpguowc-rowiv GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way I’

A small town lo where the wnm- en not only know which men best their wives-but. which need rleni- : ing. »-Bl‘ll1dOl"l Sun. l

A Rhode Island man olnlmo to have Invented a typewriter that. nlll cry out lf a wrong key l; his, The din around some typlsto we know would be unbearable. -I.'d- monton Journal.

A Brltln who aware off smoking I and Invested hls savings 1n tout-t ball pools has won $94,708. The successful changeover should be good for his lungs, but. It's too early to tell what It will do to his ' rllCfld. -W1ndsor Star. —-—— I é conui n he that all thlr talk a-'

bout the new styles 1n wo-icne ‘dresses 1s just a. clever and subtle

prOmOi-IOXI campaign engineered by jlhe designers and mflhllffl-Qllfef! ihecause they themselves were ra- jther dubious about selling uheir latest creations to the women of

North America? Someone once

said. "Make a product that. some

don't. like and others will vsll for '1t" - Brantford Expositor.

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j There lo no reason why o popu- lflf‘ naivspopcr should not be a daily budget of entertainment, lf that is ivhat the public wants-and

‘there is plenty of evidence tnat It does. Many of the criticisms of the popular press that are made by

‘Isuperior intellectuals are Irrelevant because they ignore this ales; pop- ular demand. But. there lo an elo- ment of sacredness about news. and though lt. may be printed on the

,same pages as entertainment, ft should not be treated as covert-alri- ment. Too often the handling of news ls entrusted to rnen who are In fact professional entertainers or showman. - London Economist,

Those who are lricllned lo be-

very

be surprised to learn that the rec 1rd- ed unit value of wheat exports la 1867-68 was $1.68 per bushel The price of most. other articles. how- ever, supports the contention that the dollar had much greater pur- chasing power then than now. Beef, bacon and horn, at nine cents a pound. pork no eight cents, maple sugar at ten cents, and eggs at ten cents a dozen. are the present-day housewife envy the ‘women of Confederation. -6tony Plain Reporter.

of trouble lnslde Yugoslavia, between the opponents of the regime of Marshal Tlto and his followers It 1s to be remembered that the act- ual number of Communists in that country, though they control the government, constitute only is small percentage of the prpulatlon, and all ks on the churches have caused ferce resentment. There 1s an iron curtain drawn over new: from Yugoslavia. but from Greece {and its border come reports of "something abnormal" going on a- cross the line. It. would be strange ‘indeed 1f there should be general acceptance of the present regime. when the war- was supposed to ‘have been waged to bring democ- racy to Yugoslavia as well as all other lands. — Niagara Falls Re- view.

i Anti-fog llnfllng lights 500 limes more powerful than any ground level lights previously used cn the runways are being Installed anrig the whole length of the 3,00.)-ynrd main east-west runway at the Landon Airport. The new system ls expected to be ready for use by the end of October or during No- vember. Thls lighting will 0C used In conjunction with radar blind- approach aids which can lend a pilot to within 100 feet oi" the .ground. at which height he should ‘or able to "pick up" the lighting lnlang the edge of the runway. It. 1s hoped that. lsual landings will b: possible nt he London Airport. In conditions hitherto regal-fed as impossible. - U. K. Infor-nnilon Office.

The intimation that the Unit- ed States may permit tourists to ‘this country to bring home $501) ‘worth of goods duty-free, as a ‘moans of redircing Canada's un- favorable dollar balance. shows friendly intent. It is not. so obvious that. as n remedy for the exist- ilnz situation, this would be more‘ fihaii a half measure. Tourists are good spender-s. and they cross the Jiarder lo Canada 1n large volume. ‘If ‘must be remembered. however. that. Canada's unfavorable ‘stride balance with the United Stakes Is expected to reach $900,000,000 lhl! year. Even if American visitors were permitted to bring back un- llimlted quantities of merchandise duty-free, they hardly would do more than make a small dent 1n that. large total. - Windsor Bliir.

The Board of Education has de- cided to take legal action against- the parents of those children ivho set flre to Norway School and caused damage estimated all $214. Last. year damage f.o the extent or $20,000 was caused ‘by Jivcnlle vandalism, and, If the toxpuyrro are to be saved recurring exnen- sea of this nature, llablllty '.n some form must be attached to tho parents o! children who perpetrate the damage. The extent to which ’ parents may be held liable for the ,asmogo caused by their children will be for the courts to decide. The burden placed on the lax- payers If parents are freed from responsibility for the delinquency of their children when vlolted "upon public property places on every cfvlo body the responslbLlty of taking whatever stops ‘Ito necessary to PPM-Gd- llll Pvltllfi property la their charge. —'1\rr- onto Telqro-rn.

WOROBTE. England! —- (OP) —BIr Ivor Alklno has completed l0 years u oroonlos d Woroootot cathedral. _ b __

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PUBLIC FORUM

‘lhlo column to open so 5. slso duouoalon by oorrn- opondaista of quell-lone n! ' Interest. rm Courlotwlovrir Guardian doeo not oeeeuor- q, (l; endorse the opinion of

‘FORT EDWARD

Bin-In your issue of Friday‘

last an error crept Into an inter-

esting article under the heading?

"Old Charlottetown", in that. it stated that Fort Edward owed its existence to Honourable Callback. ‘This honoured gentle- man died In February 1790. which ivns probably before Fort Edward was thought of.

Fort Airflsersl (at Rocky Point) also mentioned 1n the article, was erected by Lord Rollo 1n the fall of 175B, but was allowed to fall into decay and was dismantled by Governor Patterson not later than 1774. so that. the two American prlvatcers were able lo enter the harbour and plunder Charlotte- town on 17th November, 1775. wllhout opposition.

In January, 1776. Mr. Callback wrote the Home authorities that Fort Amherst was in ruins and its barracks entirely doivn. l-Ie stressed the defenseless slate of the Island and urged the erection of a Fort "on the crescent-shaped D1208 of ground on the shore at the beginning of the Town." He also urged that a garrison be pro- vldcd.

Mr. Callbeck writing Lord George Germain on 1st July, 1777, said he had completed the Bal- tery. This Battery was not Fort Edward, 1n Victoria Park, but Fart 551M 590188. which was situated on what ls now the Ekplanade Just about where the old Ings brick house atands-now occupied by the stall’ of the City Hospital. A plan of this Fort dated 1788 shows It then mounted nine guns. It was dismantled and the site was divided Into twenty-one build- ln!’ lots and sold 1n June 1864.

Fort Edward was probably not completed until about 1798, to- gether wlth is Fort. at: the Block House, also another at. foot of Gt. George Street and York Battery near Lunzley Beach. No doubt Fort Edward was named after H1: Royal Highness Edward Duke of Kent. who was about that lime Commander-ln-Chief of His Maj- I-Slys Forces in America. He took an Interest In the defence of this 1515116. as a part of his command. and. authorized additional de- fence works and barracks, etc.

I am. Sir, etc, l. M. Charlottetown.

The Spirit Of I940

(New York Times)

Napoleon ls quoted as having once said that. "the happiest ln- splratlon In battle often ls a record of the past." In the present unhap- py state of a world that appears so often to he guided by a coun<el of despair that might not be a bad dictum to follow. It. ls not necessary to go back very far. The summer and fall of 1940 will do. In that year a would-be ruler cf the world encountered an Intan- glble battle odd that confused hlm and finally deterred hlm from un- dertaking an adventure that had considerable prospect of success and might have made the world in 1047 a considerably more un- happy place than it Is today.

Publication by the United States Navy Department and the British Admiralty of hltlierto secret dls- cussions among Adolf Hitler, Grand Admiral Raeder and other German military leaders shows that 1n the summer of 1940 after France's fall. when the British stood almost a- lone against the Nazis, 1t. was the lntanglble of British morale that Hitler and his military aides never could qulle evaluate and which a- bove all other considerations led rhem to postpone indefinitely the planned invasion of England. "that fortress hullt. by Nature for tiar- self." At. that time. the "sceptred isle" had little to offer against ln- vaslon except the lndomltable courage of its people.

Just a remembrance of that. recent past. of the dark days at 1040. makes today's problems d1- mlnlsh in importance. and In ur- gency. Today's problems would (arty even less menace if the free people of the world (would show lri 1047 the same moral reslIlen-qy the Brlllsh people showed seven years ago, lf they could mu:- ter the some toughness of spirit. the same refusal to bow to "lr- cumstances. the same delcrmiiza- tlon to see the crlsls through to victory as was shown 1n 1940.