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CIlAlfL0'l'Tl'ITOWN. FRIDAY, JAN. 4. 1952

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Less than a decade ago the Burmese Road was symbolic of Allied hopes for vic- tory over the Japanese in Asia. Through the perilous mountain passes caravans of trucks moved much needed supplies to the hard-pressed forces of Chiang Kai-Shek. Today the Burma Road threatens to con- stitute a very real menace to that free- dom which it once served to win. For over

start on the land today as it was a. gener- ation ago. Far more capital is required be- cause of increased land values and even more because of the greatly increased cost of the necessary equipment and stock for successful farming.

The trend of population to the cities can be expected to continue, or even in- crease because of the more efficient use of labour on the land, but to those who re- main on the land there are opportunities for leading a full life and, though this must be secondary, of earning a satizfactory livelihood. At the same time the demands of the farm on specialized training, gen- eral education and capacity for adjustment to many situations, will probably be more exacting.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Britain's export of herring to the reds can be expected to prove as great a boon to cartoonists as the American gun which shoots around corners.

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it now move from Red China arms and ammunition to support the Communist. guerillas in their struggle to overthrow the? weak and uncertain Burmese Government which has succeeded British colonial rule. :

Observers of affairs in southeast Asiaj fear that Red China's ruler Mao Tse-tung, has marked Burma as his next victim. Bur- mese Communist leader Thakin Than Tun's presence in Pciping lends point to such sus- picions. For Burma, were it to fall into; Communist hands, would provide the Reds; with a rich haul of rubber, tin and rice, as3 well as manganese, iron ore and other in-I dustrial raw materials.

If Burma falls to the Communists thcf hlame will lie in large part with that un-'. fortunate countryls stubborn determination to reject offers of military aid from both the United States and the United Kingdom. Acceptance of such aid, in Burmese eyes. is a token of that very colonialism which they have been so anxious to throw off. Even British military missions whose only purpose is to train Burmese soldiers to be- come efficient fighting men are suspect. ,

A Red Burma would mean more than the loss of valuable sources of raw mater- ial desperately needed by the forces of free- dom. For it would open the door to an at- tack upon Thailand and would place Malaya and Indonesia in jeopardy. '

horea may be the focus of the fighting today in the Orient. But the struggle to. "contain" Communism extends along the em; tire perimiter of southeast Asia to the sub-I continent of India itself. Against such a background, eventsat Panmunjom assume a perspective far deeper in significance thani the phrase "truce talks" signify. l

Personal Diplomacy

It is inevitable that nations working in friendship towards a common goal should encounter frequent difficulties, misunder- standings and occasional direct conflict of interest in many secondary matters. The greater the interests involved and the closer the co-operation the more points there are to be clarified. This can be accomplished "through regular channels" of communica- tion between Governments and Depart- ments but Mr. Churchill firmly believes that the process works more smoothly when close and cordial personal relations are es- tablished between the top executives of the respective states.

He demonstrated the value of the per- sonal approach in his intimate relationship, with the late President Roosevelt which, asl his own history of the period shows, en- ablcd the two countries to work together with remarkable efficiency and minimum difficulty about red tape. Mr. Churchill's attempts to establish similar relations with Premier Stalin, however, proved quite un- successful. Possibly that accounts for much of the subsequent failure of other means of co-operation with that country.

In any case the personal contact is in- tended to supplement and make effective the ordinary means of communication and certainly not to be a substitute for them.

I. For: Life

Farming is not only our basic industry ln this Province, it is also the source of a large proportion of our present and future population. Cities, generally speaking, draw heavily upon the farm population to maintain and increase their numbers. so that the quality of both rural and urban life depend largely upon the upbringing Of farm youth.

In recent years the trend has been for the differences between urban and rural life to be lawnM.jo longer is it neces- sary for young people to live in the big cit- ies to enjoy cultural and educational ad- vantages or even the benefits of modern gclince ma industry. The typical farmer today is very definitely I businessman and his family enjoy an ineornpu-ably higher of living than did their 801'! '

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January is always expected to be the cold month and we are seldom disappoint- ed. The expected February snow is in a much less dependable category.

Archbishop Usher. Irish clergyman. was born this date 1581. His biblical chron- ology, first printed in the Authorized Version in 1701 is untenable but genera- tions of readers regarded it as almost as

sacred as the text.

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Little more than 10 per cent of the authorized cost of the contracts for the Canada highway here has so far been spent. This means a lot of work waiting on the weather as soon as April and May

are here.

Road traffic is being well-maintained these days, the Provincial Public Works De-

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keeping the highways, and even by-ways,'

passablex In the city the streets. till yes- terday, were down to the hard surface.

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Defence Minister Claxton has certainly added to his stature with the troops over- seas by his visits to sections of the Korean front. apparently without resort to gener- ous promises that might not be possible of fulfillment.

As with many other things, a reading of air-line news consisting mainly of crashes would give quite a false impression of the safety factor in air travel. Readers, how- ever. can deduce for themselves the remote- ness of the chances of injury in a scheduled flight.

Probably the proposal with the least to commend it for breaching the Iron Curtain is that of ballooning in a comic strip to ridicule Communist ideas; The inevitable result would be to convince the Russians that the worst they had been told about the democracies must be true.

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Acoustic experts hope, according to a dispatch. to suppress the echoes in St. Paul's, London, by installing loud-speakers which make the sound waves hit the walls at non-bouncing angles. It must be frus- trating to the preacher to hear every word echo and re-echo for nearly a minute.

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Railway islations on the dump occasion- ed by improved auto and truck service in Scotland. It was stated at a sitting at Glasgow of the public service vehicles licensing authority that British Railways might have to close eight railway stations between Lanark and Muirkirk, Ayrshire.

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It is heart-breaking to read of a mil- lion or so dollars of destruction by fire at Trenton airways. Money going up in smoke is not pleasant at anytime, but much less so when it represents part of the coun- try's defences for which we are taxed so heavily. The official attitude is merely that it is "a serious regrettable loss but not a major disaster."

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In the U. S. bribery and corruption have been very prevalent in the department of revenue, and shaken by a succession of scandals, the President has ordered a "clean-up". The trouble is that whep de- faulting officials find they can "get away" with their dishonesty they continue to pur- sue their evil course until a general shake- up is brought about by the powers-that-be, which does not often happen. In this con- nection it is to be noted that our Revenue Department's campaign against income tax evasion has swungdnto-high--gear. First city to feel the impact was Sault Ste. Marie. Ont. For months, departmental inspectors investigated with R.C.M.P. Seized books were studied. Net result: Income tax evasion cases involving hundreds of thou- sands of dollars are slated for hearing early in the.new year. it is reported that prom- lnent businessmen will figure largely in the

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l Sir. -I enjoy The Guardian car- ,toons In the issue of Dec. 31st. ;wc got ll write-up from the l”Rurnl Scene"-”Huil The Welfare State". He complains that the poor are robbing the rich. Also in this issue our cartoonist pic- tures a sturdy baby boy who is getting his bodily needs supplied and will when grown to be a man do his part to make Canada pros- perous. In the same picture we see poor Great Grandfather get- ting his first l952 cheque. This old gentleman has failed in flesh very much since controls began to be ilftrd at end of last war. He probably has 510,000.00 in Gov- ernment bonds. but they only turn him in enough to keep soul and body together.

And remember this man. when in his prime. was a real good scout. He cleared his farm of stumps and of mortgage. reared and educated the children, kept up his church, and let. us not forget he helped to build the manufac- turing concerns of Ontario. For. he was told back in the nineties that we had "infant industries" that needed pap-feeding. These in- fants h e grown since arid are quite deiant. They are able to sway the decisions of Parliament. r Also, Grandfather never joined a "Trade Union". He never die- tated to the consumer as to what he should get for his products. He took in 1895 50 cents per cwt. for mllk.or one and one-quarter cents per quhrti In 1896 he got four cents per lb. for dressed hogs and four cents per lb. for choice fat: steers.

Our cartoonist seems to have a heart. And he draws a true pic- ture which says to us, the babies need the bonus and thislls an old debt. long overdue to the old poo. pie. The writer of "Hall the Welfnre State" did not absorb much of the Christmas message. The expressions of good-will that we have seen and heard the last months. should remind us that He hus made ofrone blood all nations. as well as all colours. classes and creed: to dwell on the face of the earth.

Thcrc are certainly too many old people in straightened circum- stances. But there is a remedy in sight. The fact that young peo- ple siay in school two years long- er than they did 10 yenrs ago is encouraging. They will be less illiterate. They will get in many cnses a business training. More young men will master a trade, rather than remain poor com- mon laborers.

Another trouble in the put has been juvenile delinquency. And I see that something has been done to correct that trouble through the R. C. M. P. who Jmvg been acting the port of "Godfathen" by going in their uniform to the

schools. But they become real heroes to the youngstuu when they tell stories of what they

have seen and how they try to help everyone. I am. Sir, etc.. ARCH. MncKENzlE. Kenslngion, P. E. I.

I002! MYTH!

'Slr.-It is surprising that in "H! lie of widespread lmowledzt? the booze myths should persist. it. must. mean that alcoholic liquor has the power to deceive intelligent people. A while ago a lady of wide reading sold to me: "We olwnyl keep brandy on hand in one of n heart attack.” Evidently. she did not know that up-to-dole doctors do note-use alcoholic liquor in such I care. They find smelling ulu. or dig- italis safer and more effective. Pew practitioners now rely on- nicohoi as 1 hurt stimulant, In the but hospitals of Europe and Amerlcn it is not no unit. in fact. 1. as 3 medicine very little in used.---llifty year: no the seven great London hospital: uud

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"Mr. Charles Wlnkler. of the Union House, is sending to the Paris Exposition some of the inr- gest oysters ever brought to this city. The number which he is sending varies from 21 to 12 in- ches in length. They were taken at Cascumpcc, nnd, we dare say. cannot be equulletl as regards soundness and size." -The Examiner. Dec. 10, 1877.

it. is less than one shilling per bed.

In the old days stagecoach drivers used to drink to warm them up. They would stop Ii every inn along the road to get 1 shot. Well. it. does warm people up on a cold day. It brings the blood to the surface of the body and makes one feel warm: but this heat. evaporates and reduces the body's dccp temperature. To- day. expeditions going into Arc- tic regions nevcr carry intoxicat- ing liquor, but plenty of tea and coffee.

"Steaming hot. punch just be- fore. bedtime will break up a cold." That was a common rem- edy in the old days; and still one may hear it recommended. A number of articles on the com- mon cold have been written. of late. by experts. but not one of them mentions liquor as a rem- edy. it does give some relief from that stuffed-up feeling that I cold gives. but just as A shot of any other anaesthetic would do, but it is no cure.

The brewing companies used to advertise drink as a food: they dont do so now. It would man- ifest crass ignorance; but this ermn-sous notion still continues among many people. Alcoholic liquor seems to satisfy cmvmg hunger. more or less. but it. does 50 by deadening the hunger nerves. But the truth is that alcohol delays digestion and pre- vents food from being absorbed into the body.

But. the master myth and one that is current among nice, m. l-Glllzent Deopic. is that a few drinks make the drinker WISC. it sharpens the intellect. It. wheis l-he wit. it. makes conversation flow like a beautiful river. "You cannot dance without a drink or two. You cannot be ll star at n P3"-Y"unless you indulge mode,-- '7'te'5" This '5 3 Very common "ieav "Oi 50 Often expressed, as carried Into practice. Now to be- Eingwlth. it is an admission of l”"”"3 if deficient brain. defic- lent mimteillgence and wit, de- hdem "1 "10 Power of feeling at. gmmc at R PM?-Y. and being social. Yriizgreeable.

e man who admits to mm- ::.':.:":l he no. . awa U. drink L! giving hlmulg 58 Y 5 an inferior character. I

W I man rush into a. party 33:0: Ind before ten minutes

W W9 W88 -min: at him and 'c'e"rd3:)'ll5 hnch fliher. and his sin- np "5 Gd with embarrassment.

rofcssing M) be win he beg gm? I V001 - Is Paul said in his

omnn letter. A drink or two often creates an embarrassing an- ustlon.

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COUITIOUI POLICE

PETERBOROUGH. Ont. .. (CP) - "The friendly arm of the low ruched I loni my? gold Polite Chief John Thompson when he rooelved A card from Chief Con- Itoblo Frtr Martin of Pour- borough. England. The English

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The rutted roads are all like iron: skies

Are keen nnd brilliant; only the oak-leaves cling

In the bare woods, or the hardy bitter-sweet;

Drivers have put their sheepskin jackets on;

And all the ponds are sealed and sheeted ice

That rings with stroke of skate and hockey-stick,

Or in the twilight cracks with run-

WINTER SCENE

nlng whoop.

Bring in the logs of oak and hick- ory.

And make an ample blaze on the wide hearth.

Now is the time, with winter o'er the world.

For books and friends and yellow candle-light.

And timeless lingering by the set- ting fire.

while all the shuddering stars are keen and cold.

-Bliss Carmen.

Why Scrap "Dominion"?

(Toronto Star) Dominion means "soVereil;nlY"- and if Canada has "dominion from son to sea". it is n sovercisnly over her own affairs. There I! nothing objectionable in the word. The late Mackenzie King was I Canadian autonomist if ever there was one, yet we have it over his own signature in a sP9Cl31 c”"' federation anniversary '" that "The Dominion of Canada. 83 It came into belnlz 0" July 1. 1357. was the outcome of an endeavor by men of diverse temperaments. rnclal origins, religious and DOW-' lcal faiths, to serve the Idclll 0' nationhood". And then. after naming the original uniting prov- lnces. the message Buys? 1” 9'” by one other provinces become part of the Dominlonx Mid 50 0"- Ii is interesting to note how these provinces did enter the Un- ion. A British art approved the entry of Rupertis Land and North- west. Territory in 1870 "lntonihc Union or Dominion of Canada . as the province of Manitoba.

A British stutulc regarding Bril- lsh Columbia in 1871 begun by stating that "by the British North America Act. 1867. provision was made for the union of the NOV- lncel of Canada. Nova Scotln and New Brunswick into the Dominion of Canada". and the statute went on to provide for the admission also of British Columbia "into the Dominion of Canada." g Prince Edward island joined up in 1873 and exactly the some phrnseology was used. In 1875 A British statute gave effect to "an act of the Darlin- ment of the.Dominion of Canada respecting copyright". In 1877 there was a British "act respecting the representation In the parliament of Canada of ter- ritories which. for the time being. form part of the t " of Canada, but are not included in. any province." The province of Alberta was formed in 1905 out of territories which a British statute described so "forming for the time belnl part. of the Dominion of Canada, but not included in any province hereof". The not constituted these area: "A province of the Domin- ion of Canada to be called and known on the province of Alberta. In the suns year. Saskatchewan was admitted to "the Dominion of Cons A" in exactly the some way. We reclio these examples ' ' to show that for many years after iho British North America Act was formed. It was clelnly under- stood in Britain. as it was. In-

And other Fathers of Confeder- ation, that the name of this coun- try won the Dominion of Canada.

it was not until Newfoundland joined the Union in 1949 that the word "Dominion" disappeared from a British statute expanding the

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The National Film noun boy'- lng decided that st. .Mnry'I is n ”l.ypical Ontario town" will make 3 moving picture there next year starting in January when so. Mary's will look extremely typical. st. Mary: is a chapter of our on- turio history ' written majestically in stone by master muons. The town is I handsome monument to its founders, a matter of incred- lblo but under-stcndable' pride to those born there and I Joy to via!- tors. We trust the National Film Board will measure up to its un- dertaking. st. Marys is worthy of the best. - London Free Press.

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A former wogteln newspaper man. 0. E. l'Alni of Winnipeg, has won 3 57.500 award for fic- tion offered by the Westminster Press of Philadelphia-. I-Ila prize- winnlng historical novel. "The Green Madonna." deals with ad- venture and intrigue in 15th cen- tury England, and is regarded by Philip Van Doren, one of the con- test udges, as in some ways bet.- ter than Walter Scott because it is less discursive. Fellow newspaper- men will congratulate Mir. l'Aml most heartily, with the added re- flection that here is n. member of their profession who has been paid instead of panned for writ- ing fiction. - Ottawa. Citizen.

New York's Waldorf-Astoria has I fair claim to being the greatest of all hotels. Not. only by cubic, measurements does it ex- ceed any other, it is a veritable city wlthl a. city. without. step- ping outdgle, a visitor can under- go minor surgery; eat a pl0Ve1"l egg or ham sandwich; spend 366 on a single bottle of champagne; buy a complete wardrobe includ- ing,a 814.000 blue mink coat; have a tooth extracted; step into a pri- vate railroad car; eat dinner in the some room with 1.999 people: or bump into a former King of England, the only living ex-Presl- dent of the United States. or General Douglas MacArthur. - Town and Country. As one of the results of their visit to Canada it has now been officially established that Prin- cess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh do not like oysters. That. is important. news for their future hosts, and Mr. Casey. Aus- tralian Minister for External Af-

ment which Canada had negotiated with Newfoundland nnd which the British not confirmed. It had suddenly been discovered at 0(- tawa that the BNA Act which the British statutes had so long and consistently interpreted as creat- ing ”the Dominion of Canada" had created nothing of the sort.

And nowadays it seems to be doubted at Ottawa whether Can- ndn is a dominion at all.

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fairs. has been saying that the shellfish will not be served .3 banquets when the Princess and the Duke go to Australia in the Sarina. Mi-. casevmu mo been saying that Australians are very proud of their oysters and that, without this discovery of their tnrto on this point, the visitor; might have been offered oyaton at. every meal - including break. fast." surely even the Wnlrug and the Carpenter might my. fllnchod at oysters for breakfast -and what about. afternoon tea? -Manchester Guardian '

The story in cold of one ovum Sound man, who. starting in the bootlexging business, put, hi; um; profits into the bank until they reached 5200. Then. he is quopcd on telling a friend. he could loop; on what he made after that as sure profit. The 3200 would pay his initial fine, should he ever be caught. In other words. it will his "license fee." held in reserve until such time as he should have to pay it. Jail terms are the only h0i)E of curbing bootiegglng. Cash lines can only be viewed as "licence fees" for an illegal Inez, When such fines are in the form of 3200 and costs or three months in Jail." they become even more ridiculous. in view of the unrealis- tic comparison between cash and the value of time. -Owen scum-1 sun-Times.

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Among the thriftiest women recorded in history, Sarah. Duch. can of Marlborough. must. stand high indeed. In order to save ink. so the story goal. the old lady never dotted her 1's. This is a sav. lng measure perhaps more strin- gent thon the current national thrift campaign intends. bu: Sarah's principle would fall right in with the campaign's purpose, . Last September in Montreal, re- presentative men and women of Canada met to plan a campaign to promote thrift. As A result, the National Council of Women are sponsoring the campaign, support- ed by the Canadian Association of Consumers. The two groups repre- sent a. network of organizations that entirely covers Canada. reaching out, it is safe to say. to nlmost every woman in the Do. mlnlon. No sounder. more hard- working, more far-reaching group could have been chosen to awaken an interest in the virtue of thrift. Thrift. sensibly, intelligently prac- ticed, is of course as much a vir- tue todsy as it was in the 18th century world of the ducheu. The compulsion toward thrift llo, so or 200 years ago may have been dictated by different reasons. but the some need exists. neverthe- less, in the contemporary world. --Regina -Leader-Post.

PROFESSiONAL CA-RDS

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A J. HANLAM. BA. (4.5 Borrister mo. - Bank of Nov: Scott: (member! Charlottetown. It I.

MONEY T0 LOAN

Allison M. Giilis. LLB.

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J. A. McGuiqun annnrsran. sonwlron. lilo NOTARY ETO. mnnlsrnn soucrron CURRIE IIUILDING

M. Alban Farmer in. A. u. a. Moral to was

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A. Wultllen Gcudof. LL. 8.

BAIIRISTER. S0l.l('ITOR. Etc. Phillips Building Ill Grafton Street Money to Loon Collection L

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Chiropractor Palmer Graduate CIIARLOITETOWN Phone I072 20! Prince St.

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