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t" or FOUR

The Charlottetown Guardian

non“ s. Alt-LIN‘!

Prev-Lien! I I .J.|

cur in the .\rctic at all. and that it rarely occurs in those parts of the North-West 'l'erritorit‘§ that are near Edinontoit. “Otttario Public School

ful \\ Irv l' i)

If llnrllvll. ri-i-lni J K. t

Gt-ugrzig-by” and “The Teacher's llaitttal" ‘trel "on t- .1 l l

T' 'E__ CHA R LOTTETOWN GUAR DIAN

Notes By The Wayl

Only last year Russia Introduced

PUBLIC FORUM

I'M: Golan: In IDII h: the

Qlzlrlsltiliull l) 5.0. (Kurt-lo

.» l .\ ~ hdlltin- ltntttl- \\.l|laQl llld l! K

not-non,» l).lll_\ llltll ii~ii imoi tv-am DI’? rel" ll" uhnnvei

Ivlltrtl-fl ii, (H, “of yrlir tln tfllWllllFIl trialled to

’Il|l<‘0 Lillian-ll ls 5.11m on yeti! (In ulhisllul) .\|.t i---i i.- lllll unit tititi-ii sum

A '1‘||[:{.\'l).\\', Just: s. ti“

Brilidt Columbia Elections

As fllllltdlilllll from tlie nature of the camp-s aig-n uivch tuft! ‘ii-l gi-iiiirott- "llltililrlllll>i' ltd" thi {til ‘sf i‘ . iiri, the l‘attttllo liti\'t'l'llltlt‘lll i\.-i. i-witriii-i "I lttrslayl provincial elevtioit] g-iiizr-t itt l‘. :i»-'i ltllllllllllit. The restilt. out-l

' of little

91],. i]... l2, t.._i.t province, is

tliiisi-rttttiu“.

g .- II t‘ l" ~"_ii. It‘, lite. ii-il, i. i,i'lillll._l\w ii. are stronger piitt-otiaiiy thtti l\'i‘.‘ilt<'ll\'.lll_\‘ ht I'\‘.\~'tII of the p“; ;" ., “p. 3,. i}. _,i'ii.~i,.1 tippositiott. and i that their cnzti as a rciireattlzeil Ititrl) iii_-ii-l.- _i ll\'l|tl tiiwaril- the old two- tlll .tll count» it i- ioriitiriti- ij. xii‘; l['t\(' _-iii oii-r-ztll IIl;t_ltI"ll_\’, ii l‘ ilttiyiir iii :t ilotilloclv.

L4|llllll\’lll"i\‘ .t tiw ilai- lQtl on Liliisral caioitaigtt t.i-':.s. tttc \;tnrott\et' l‘ro\inct- (ln-leiitihltziw .

' l ~-IIt‘ r:i " s rttiiiiaigti -hi-tti<l. Ill cottrsr. ill‘ "ti. roiiril oi l‘.i:tttlio Qii\t'l‘lllllt'lll"llllli ‘i. .. ._ itii; it. i-i-i-or-l. lhc Liberal caut- »,;, p. i,»_-._ _ s. viii; -i-i- tloiti; their best to Illlllv‘

lllllllll‘ qoierititietit the issue. ti»; -i ltiizii Nit-tint t':i- bltlllillli ri-t-oril aitil pull ‘ f iI\\'l' the eye. of the el "tor-Z |)i‘i.. i1, ‘ijillklzlillthl hurt-an attributes it K l_lll\l.l utitiis-tet" of iiiiattcc that. ' half years, iii office he ltas

:lll‘ ritvitii o: t'te

as a mv ll '

.ll li_ ri~tit

service fiill’ Lflllllls ‘Illll lttltlcil. lllttl

:-('\lllz-t 1 jiuifi . trv giants. ci\il

QLiIF. tntinirii-al

. tit \\lll\'ll, it is ‘u li\ ila lot‘ l". tn" -- iii-i t"iltll‘_;ll trittli lIl these claimsao. make lllt"ll lhtittlilllt autl the ilattget‘ is thati Illt'4\' will lit .~\\itlt|l\‘it‘il_ .\lr. llart, accorilitig to

iii‘. '-\i1ii._ ha- been a tnii-aiili- iittaiirt- tuinislcr. l-ttt to ztttrihuti" to lIIIII ItI|_\ of the works fil llcrrtiii-s i5 l'<'ftil\ putting hint lII a l'ltllt‘IIl't1IS p.i»i:oii.- lite ri-..l trtiili l\ that .\lr. llart has lit-en lIICl\\, .i~ the whole l’atttillo ginertittietv. lia- lit-iii lllt‘i\\ .\lr. lititulo was luclsv enotlflll to pick tti- an Vi ciioti Ill Hi3}. and lurl.'_v eitottgh ti) i;il\t- oitiei- ivhi-ii the uptvartl swing out ol t]... ,i..pi-i-..i.,ii li;i.l begun. 'l‘ltat is the sum of his I\I\'I'\l.

"the l.lltcl'.'tl ciaim is that the llilttitt- govern- ment ittittlt- ctits itt L1I'ItIIl~ to various sc-YVIVPS and the inu-iivatioti is that the titalsiiig ot such cuts slI<l\\\‘ll iiicottttietettet-. The cui- wt-re ntailc.

,i' eiiiirsi; ltttl the CII't‘lIIlt.sI£tII\‘t’s forced them lII- iiihii-‘i- “n. iii .-i lit\\ ebb in the ‘province. (Illll t l't‘\lll‘tlt‘s wt ri- Inciting. The lohitii- governiueltl m. Wt,- CHI it, (will urcorilittg Io the cloth ‘avail-

ypyp‘ “Wt yji- i'iiiiiilii_ lpitl he been in office at it p i-iiii- iiiittlil hate ha-l to follow llIU illllll’ . .. ,

cottr-e. _ _

“ioiiiiii; iiiti- iittire whi-ti itidustry was re- ,.,.,\,,,-.;,u niiil ]'L‘\t‘l]\]\“v rising, .\lr. lhtttttllt) alld ti]; i|,,,-i ii. i. iltili- iii rvslilll‘ thedi-pleteilgiant» in ‘l'll'l \\ lit-re lll\‘\' ilitl not have cloth ctittllllll

it ~ . . I'm. 11m,- cmii‘ [livv liiii-riiiveil. and the Premier.

construct '

itanietl as works that contain (ll'IIIttlI.slI‘1Il>l_\' false statements ttbottt Northern (anaila.

The (ireel; teaching that the equator was so ltot that it would burn any-body or ziiiythiiig up survived without a flaw for 2,000 _vears until. lll the fifteenth centuryi of ottr era. Henry tbt .\':tvig:itor tested it out. Only tlte fact of con- statit traffic across the line ltas eliminated that itiistake or retisutiitig without observer] data. (Xtiiatltfs progress has been sadly retarded he- eatise the belief about the north still ltoltls: travel is still too infrequent there.

llut we have now come to the point where tht \rctic Liirclt- is going to he crossed as fre- tpteittly and Cllsllillly as the eipiator. Dr. Stefaussoti wants to know- why we don't tetteh our ClIllIlYUII "how t0 prepare for the great spread of settlements tiortlwvard that must con- tititie till inhabited Canada becomes as bruiltl as it is long."

I Editorial Notes 1

liizet. composer of Carmen died this date. i875. . i 1U 1U In days past this used t0 be the King's birth- day holiday. a in at \\'ltat is giving to he doite to help the tinfiir- tunate victims of the l‘. C. Twister? I l i .\'o fewer thaw five Paving (Qoustrttctitiit coir tractors are busv lI2ll'Ll~>lII‘lZlClllg the roads lll .\'cw Bruitswick, the Uysart tioteritttiettt hav-

i mg made satisfactory arraiigetitents with the;

lung kiovernitient for this purpose.

fi i‘ *

Notice has been served upon the Clerk of the Saint john City Lotincil deinziiitliiig a recall. to per cent. of those voting at last election having signed a petition to this effect. Accortliitg to law‘. the City Uiuttcil is stippost-tl to fi.\' a II'.‘\\ UltTllHII within 3o or 4o days oi thedittethepcti» lion was served tipoii them.

is

1i X'- lfearitig that shipbuilders may submit “execs sive" bids far the constrttetioit of the first new"

battleships authorized by President Roosevelt l'I accordance with law. and also that the bids for nearly eiiuat ‘amounts, the atlmiiiistratioii 1.". \\iilh'lllllgliill has decided. iti thc event. that this sittiatioii develops. t0 discard all the bids illlil

in nav_v yards. .-\ vote of $5o.o00.txxi was pass-

etl for itvcreast-d naval shiphttiltliitg. a 4-

u laindon ltotels that ltad "jumped" rates and erautlsfltiid speculators, who hail done lil<t'\vl~<'. met with sotilt‘ rt-vcrscs. judge lilley told The leli-graph-lourual on his return from the Cor» tinatiott. People refused to pay the extirbitatit ainoutits at first zisketl with the restilt that a day or two before the t‘t'l'i.'lltitll_\' seats itlotig the route of the procession cottltl be bought at rea- scitalilt- and proper rates. it at >0: If humans react like rates they tuay be enl- legt‘ graduates at (right ycitrs of ztge Within a

Ill] of the authorized new battleships-

was an t'lll'ttl-lt‘l'_\ littlt" short of ¢tIIli\Y-l1l;-I~ l5 few years. a California chemist declares. llr. hobbit; this liorrotiiwg up as a virtue." ti. l5. Ustrout, of \\'hittiei- College, told the Cou- _?~-—~~ A~~~~r vctition of Nzittirzil Sciences that treating rats Chamberlain And Cflllfldfl with hormone glandular secretions had decreas- ___..__ ed their normal six-wieek ailolttscence to four.

The new‘ llritish Premier. Neville (‘hambcr- ditys. "It may be possible," he said. “to elimin-

Iniii, 'i< iii course llll stranger tti tliuatlzt. llt>' liis-t visit lI\‘I‘I' was on the ticcasttiii ~of the lm- pipi-iii] tiitifereiivi’ at llttaviit in tii32. l’t't‘\‘ttIlAl5 .‘ 1 3, - ' to that, li-iweit-r. he Ill't(lt‘ a tiip to tht lattttc (oust lll ciitiipaiiy" with other nit-tubers of hi5 familv lll\ i-istt at that llllll'—~étllillll tifteetl yc'll‘§"llltl*mrl‘l the sllltletil of an article bv an QHUHYIHIIUS contributor in the. \\itinipeg Pr??- Prt-sc who thus records his impression. d "Neville blIIIIIIlIPIlZIIII said that Lanétilfl ltd come to him as a revelation. He had made a discoverv by finding in its people something new Hi- iiiil not. like most travellers, eittbtise on the tibvioiis expanse and ztivparettt develop- ment but dilated on the kindhness ot the re- eeption acroriltil his wife and ltiitt-sfilf- H6 has been described in Parliament as the man who cannot let himself go. He can let himself ‘g0, but l imitgiue does not often wish to let him- “if gt). lle did that evening in the “inittpeg 5imi.,n_ Ilia (‘,'||1tlltl, his effusive, appreciation of hoie he had been met and acccptetl by all sorts [if people surprised me. It seemed iiidcltcate if mere politeiitist, Iiiit since it was plainly sincerfi. revealed the sincerity of a nature both plain and real. Neville Chamberlain was ottly atlfltllllllll wiltat he felt itt his heart to a stranger. and probably he a5 seldom does this as he affects frills, either political or intellectual. Tame the cittist- of Iii. ill-light si-eitteti simple. \\ hat im- [)|>‘|\>(\r[ mi. nittsl was his cattilitl titirescrve. Per- sonages like the L ltamberlziitis never lack osten- tatious" welcomes. but they" were overcome b)’ Ilte iiupritteittitiiisiii-s; ot _tb_c sincerity 0f the ‘in]'|l(> iiiqigt- of the liiispilltlll\' slimvll tllClll CV‘ P“ ' . . L.,-_,“i,,-,i- |,_i- Q\'('['-\t||l('. It was this matiifesta- riiiii of a trait ehararteristic from coast to coast 91m iiii. (aplhyillllq. .\lost ot us" think little of it. lliit Neville (httmberlaiii surprised me by gayitig with a lei-ling accounts ol .l1i_ut never nii-iiiiiiii “\\'i' shall itlwavs" he the friends of C"\1‘:\(‘;\." _\iiit Iii- spoke yiersotiitllv til his wife and ltiittself as grateful recipients ofsollwllllllg ' very ch:trtuing."

The Mythical North

Hat-thou of all the myths- which have passed

(“if iiiti- for fiit-t. writes the (‘itnadiitti explor-i gr \i'lhi.-ihtitti' Ftcfttii-sou. is the belief of the ‘m, t iil lit’: i Ls that the farther north you go the. roW ‘iI I4 at "\I\' time of year. .\cttially the '1‘ '.~~: l'l'tttl'lll'tl f-ittiperaturt- was i3!» degrees ii [It ch \' lll"\_ I ‘:tlifortii:i, only orio miles tiortlt if li't ‘IX-riiil Ziiite. and .\rctic temperatures ~- -t'.li go ltI iili. 'l\ z-tttiiiisl o3. the highest record ii l'riiivi- l'.tlI"!lI'Il l-laii-l. yet every province

.‘i;.. ~'illIt offieizillt .-ipproveil text-book that siati- oi iiitplit-s that hot weather doe: n0! O0-

ate the economic waste and tedious labor of rearing children by administering hormones to hasten httntaii developntetit. \\'bether the sub- ject's tiieiital development would keep pace with this forced physical growtlt. and whether life it- self would be shortened, would 0f course be sttb- jects for serious and careful investigation." he said, 1- n- a

Electors, especially office-seekers, who \\'l'll.C to their members of parliament reflecting upon political opponents whom they ivant to replace. had better be careful what they write, Sticlt letters are not privileged and tuay land the writ- er into a law suit. Dealing with such a ques- tion before him Lord Chief justice I-lewart de- clared that so long as he writes in good faith any constituent can write what he likes to his M.P. otherwise such letters are not privileged. In the case under consideration his lordship bound the defendant over for a year and or- dercd him to pay costs. His counsel had argued that it was in the interests of society that if a man thought a police officer had accepted :. bribe and a justice of the peace was a criminal, the matters should be brought to the attention of sortiehody who could have the matter lflflllll’? ed into. From the point of view of the cort- stituent there was no better person to inquire into the matter than the MP. for the con- onstituency concerned. But the Lord Chief justice couldn't see it that way.

a- w is

The entire Nova Scotia Government had been “dishonest" in sitting for a yzear with the know- ledge one of its members was involved in il- legal cutting of Crown timberlands, Opposition Leader Gordon S. Harrnigtott charges. have a dishonest Government when its members sit around the council board until they are cattgltt in some illegal httsittess." he said. "lt sets the standard of their behavior as they rim the (ioverntnent. I do not attack Anderson per~ sonally because I do not believe in striking at a man who has been used by his party as he has and then driven out when they ltave no further use for him". . ."D0 you suppose he even wettt ittto those transactions without the others know"- ing about it." he asked. "The Provincial Treasurer was receiving money by cheques attd the Department of Highways was building him a road. llnw could they bttt know it?" Premier llacdniialrl in his capacity as Provincial "Treas- urer must have known of the illegal practices be- fore they were disclosed b_v the Opposition lead- er, (bl. llarritiglott sttggesteil. “Nobody could be so giiileless as to stiggest the Provincial Treas- urer received more than $40000 without asking when it came from," he said.

"You l

a constitution that pretended to be democratic .On paper it had the ap_ pearance of giving Russians the full l range of liberal rights. But the most ' Powerful agency of government, the Communist party, retained the ma! ' powers to do as it likes. It per- :lI1(‘fllt'.'S all Russian life and domin- ates legislative. executive and jud - ' cial bodies, controlling all means 0t ~ public information Since this "dem- l ocratic" constitution came Into force there has been one mass trial of prominent men who dared to oppose Stalin and numberless trials 0t les- SCI’ men usually on charges of sab- otage under the direct on of Jap- anese agents. Fifty-five have been exeetiterl in Siberia vrithin the last. lt-‘W 685's. The farcical nature of Russian trials was matte evident to the vrorld b_v the Russian them- sevt-s Clearly there is no democ- l'li(‘y.——l'lfllIIIlfOXl Siaectatoi‘.

For routine peacetime Imperial defence Canada is probably right in ‘ nppnsng a central authority in London. Close and intelligent con- tact with the Imperial general staff should serve all necessary purposes. It rioes without saying that a cen- ‘ trnl ntilitary authority would for- mulate strategic platis which would have to be based on an assumed policy accepted b_v the whole Em- pire. As is recognized. there is no such policy (‘OYPYllIE al eventuali- ttes. E‘ flier the central strntettv would therefore be useless or it Wfilllfl force a policy on the British nations which ‘would be a reversal of- tlit proper procedure. In the event of war. ltowever. the sooner all British forces engaged are plac- ed IIIIClEI‘ a central command, the I bCll€I‘.——EX. I Na one will want tn detract tine iota front the glory that. belongs to |Rtissia for the SPlllCIlIClIl of the l Ncrtl. Polo by air. Ciieorerapliieal _\', '5hc was the lotrieal iiat en to (l0 it, and her more ri-eeitt aehieveineitL-s in the air \\'IIll eoiwbat planes re- veal her to ll.t\t‘ (lcvtlopetl her avia- tiot: I'I‘.\’I7lll'(‘l’.~ to a prt-esioii prob- ably Illlfiiilllllilfll IIIl_\‘\\'lll‘l'(.‘ else in the world. Iii atlclttttiit. she ltas ex- (:I'I'1.\(=(l a type 0f preparation and i thorotiehtiess ptatiniiig, so to ‘speak. clittrat utstic rather of the Geriitans. This has placed liei‘ in a postioii which. combined with her littrepidity, Iins i-ii-alileci her to witil what is for the moment the out-l standing peace-time victory in tlie' field of aeroirititics. It w.ll be inter-' estm", to wtreh her progr s toward the announced gottl of esmtalisliiiig altmserviecs to the United States over the North P()lL‘.-Cll?ll.l\Ill News.

l A dtvspaleh front Dublin says in part; "Ire and will eoiitintie to be Ireiantl in Llie English text of he

‘new Free Stat-e constitution. and Eire will be iii..uttcti only in the Gaelic text. As the Engl sh vetslott will lie the one retid in the world at large. the iiniue tlitits i-ciitains un- elizingerl The matter was settled in a eoi-stitti. ottat i. eate tll the Dail Eiteanti.“ To the native. son "Ire- laiiti‘ ‘will always be "lrc-lrtnd“ n0 IIYFll/tcl‘ what the Iettis attire does about llr-Htlllllllilll Stiecdttot.

Calniness eliuraetterises public opiiuon in (jitat bl‘. ntn. Neltlier the Spantrli wm- nor p... slblc chang- es iii allztmties and lreitcishlps In Cert ral Europe have unnerved the British Government or the Pit-as. This stability; of opinion may be clue to the success 0t the National Government in inaiiitaiitiiig its prestiizc. its shtiwti iii the recent by- elections, or to the progrtxss of the BYlliSlI FP-IIYIIIIIIIIPII scheme, which llias enabler! Londoners Lo look at. lEtiropentt matters from a sointmltttt. ‘detached po nt of view, Yet isola-

tion has made. no advances in Great IBritain. The PCODlC appreciate that . the increase m nrutetl strength hndl ito come because of the century's lelose association with the fate _ot

Europe. The calmness of British

‘public opinion is often t! Dltar of

tit-ace in the mind of intelligent ob-

-servers .rt Europa-Ex.

English literature ls flourishing just. now ntore than any other. Ger- man literature is suffering under the split caused by Hltlerism. France, although united. also suf- fers under the opposing political Ideas A1. the moment the splitting forces are reducing the standard

- Instead of increasing It. There ls a

"split of political ideals behind the mtglish literature as well but on the

whole the century-old democratic; Ideals Itave given English wtriters a

pedestal which will remain safe.

That ls why they can work with

greater equanimlty, greater sense of

creat ve power There is no nation‘ In the world which does not. want.

translations of contemporary works

front the English language-Les

Ncuvelles Litter-sures.

A question arises in l-‘rancey Would France fight for Czecho- Slovakia against Germany? Al-,. though Yvon Belhos. French Fbr-l etgrt Minister ,t.old the German Ambassador that France would de- fei-itl the Czechs against German attack. a movement. is said to be grow ng up In France which oppos- es any sueli commitment. The French men and women who arlopt_ thLs attitude favor a limited form of Isolation for France. ‘If France, whose boundaries much five other lands, can move in the direction of Isa often, Itnw much easier ls It. for Britain mhosc boundaries touch no European country, to adopt. that [)0lI(‘Y?—Sfifll’l(lflI'(l. Montreal.

The American President la. and George V was. master of the radio, In extraordlnttigv degree. In matter

celisnt. His tact. and last/e were ad-i mti-able. In these days when the Crown ‘s the main bond of unity of the Hrlllsh Commonwealth of Nat.- lons. 1t would be lamentable if Its wearer were not able suitably tio ad- dress his peope the world over. Ll-s- tenlntz to George VI one feels moved to congratulate hlm for having by pluck and perseverance made the grades-Philadelphia Bulletin. l

Not only the "hobbies" are to be credited with keeping London traf- flc moving. In 46 hours preceding, dur ng and follovdng Corctnatlon l y. London's tindergroitnd railways {c tried 5.669.000 passengers without

a sitigle accident. Notie of the t-ralnst rnii more thnn tour minutes of‘! smhediile. On just the two lines which operate through

p. and phrasing the new King ls ex-y And drape the blrchea In a tender

unnum- yy ennuponrlnnio of questions of Inlet-oat. The Charlottetown Guardian do» no: annually ludflrli m oplnlonl nl oornupondelr-l.

THE ONE SOLUTION

Sll‘,-Tl\lS reader agrees heartllyi

with the concltrion of your cor»

respondent IIJ. H. K. B. Hamming tn The Guardian of May 29, rela- tive to the basic foundation upon which to build urban prosperity:

"There is only one solution for his whole trouble. v1z., o0 Increase the earning capacity of our farm- ers and fishermen."

The most unwise and uneconomic ideas are held by all manner of urban businessmen. as to the de- sirabiliLv of giving a ghffllkl‘ ..t..i.e of the town and city dollar to the primary producer‘. Most of these urban leaders readily recognize the principle that "wage power ls buy- mg power" within urban boundar- ies-yet. they seem to lose sight of that fact in their dealings with the 1ieople "down on the farm."

For five out of the past, seven years, as you know, w’ have not

raid production costs to this court-l is deflllflz wit-h the more severe try‘s 240.000 wheat farmers on the] lYPe 01' Bvllrv- He then decldeu strange, I

Prairies. Is it. so very therefore. that great industrial plants here in Ontario (and else- wvlteret had to lay uiorkers off by

thousands, for lack of the llfe- uving orders from the 5.000.000 Janadiaits who still live on the

farm, or near it?

Forty cents for a bushel of N0. 1 Northern WheatP-the finest bread grain in the world-has been tried and found wanting. ‘The same principle applies to your own primary producers.

It. reams to me that we must. find a way to get a larger portion of the urban dollar back to the grower, whether in Prince Edward Island or Saskatchewan. Person- .\l1_v I think the flaw In our eco- iiomit: anacttitieryi is the absence of l .-o-operativc marketing-which Isl merely "collective JHIOII}; the men and rural life.

bargalningfl- ' women in

I am sir, etc. “COOPERATORJ” Toronto, May 31¢“

A QUESTION 0F CIVIC LAW

Sirs-ifvly previous communication m regard to the legality or oiii- City Council fixing a rate of taxtw tlon insufficient to meet the cost of education, interest and sinking funds and till other ordinary civic expenditure. was entitled. “A iiuestion of Civic Law“, and It was . my desire to confine the matter to the legal aspects of the case. What doth the law require of the Mayor and Cotincillors in the mutter of taxation?

In Stimmerside an opinion was l"‘<"‘flll\' Elven b_v the Recorder of that Town to the Town Council "Tl llll-i VNZV point. The Recorder said that the Council must fix a rate of taxation each _vent' tncover , the total of ordinary and fixed charges as set. forth in the estim- ates ovrtrovt-d b_v the Council for lllv ltear. The Recorder said this ditty vtias imposed on the Cotiticll