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THE GUARDIASN

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President and Associate Editor, In A. Burnett, . Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "(rovers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink”.

TUESDAY. JAN. 6. 1953

European conietieratlon

Delegates from the Parliaments of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and observ- ers from Britain and some other countries

. meet Wednesday at Strasbourg in north- westerll France to write a confederation charter on the basis of the work of a con- stitutional eommittee wllich has been meet- ing in Paris for some weeks. '

Tile assembly is concerned with forming a vast trading area which will provide a conlnloll market for coal and steel without tariffs, quotas or other restrictions between the six countries. Yet to be considered is the relation between the collfcd:-ration and, the Council of Europe ..nd with Britain alld cgher democracies.

As with our own Confederation, the prill- ciple of free trade between members is a

ger which has induced the individual units:

centralizing nlove will be decided in the ncxt few weeks or months. Another force which has helped to bring confederation closer is the General Agree- ment on Trade and Tariffs. GATT brought about a certain reduction in tariffs but pro- hibits countries from granting tariff reduc- tions without making them available to all countries under the "most-favoured-nation” clause. In effect it prevents the European or other countries from negotiating mutual- ly beneficial arrangements because the con- cessions must automatically be extended to the United States and all other countries.

Two Acts of Tolerance

(lbstructionist tactics by Opposition members in the British House of Commons just before the Christmas recess are strong-

. ly censured by Tile London Economist. Re- lnarking that such tactics in the end dam- age the Opposition more than it discomforts the Government, The Economist proceeds to define the difference between opposition and obstruction. Thus:

"The constitutional issue is simple. Gov- ernment by discussion rests on two acts of; tolerance: the majority respects the right of the minority to criticise; the minority respects the right. of the majority to de- cide. Those principles are expressed in the conventions of Parliamentary procedure. It is the Opposition's business to oppose, and the right to argue at length necessarily im- plies a power to delay-a power to be ex- ercised right up to, but not beyond, the point. at which it is compatible with the! normally efficient discharge of the Govern-t ment's business. Beyond that point oppos- ition becomes obstruction of the will of they. majority; it is quite as much a denial ofi democracy as is the suppression of min-l ority criticism."

Not often, comments the Ottawa Jour- nal, have the rights, duties and responsibil-j itles of an Opposition, plus the meaning of

at which argument becomes obstruction, One answer is that a government can get through the modern press of paliliamentary, business, and an opposition can enjoy itsi full rights of criticism on matters that con- cern it deeply, only if a great deal of routine business is treated as non-controversial and

"110W0d by both sides to pass almost unde-l

bated. Actually a substantial part of the business of the House is within this cate- gory, and prolonged debate of it too often stems from nothing more than a habit of criticism for criticism's own sake. If time given to such discussion could be reserved for matters more vital, there would be few- er complaints of obstruction, less talk about parliament being a year-round job. and per- haps more effective criticism where criti-

cism is needed. Not that obstruction can never be justi- i lied. On the contrary, circumstances could i arise under which a. conscious rejection of 3 the democratic process could be justified as a measure of last resort. Thus the Irish Nationalists wasted the time of the Parlia- ' I ment at Westminster because they ydenled no right to responsibility for Irish affairs;

lndi.tbu,the Opposition under Sir

.Leurlet obstructed Sir Roberttnoi-den'a velbliiot19:t2-Iaonthegtoundthetlt ' ehnetur or fundamental importance

jet fighters manned by American and Cana- dian crews are on a 24-hour alert, notes

against an invading bomber force h sands of miles from the Canadian and: ,United States production centres. -

fifty snowplows to keep the runways con-,' stantly clear of snow so they will be ready for instant use. clothes day in day out, and ears are tuned cardinal principle. It is noteworthy, also, to me telephone ring that might Send them that it is the pressure of all external dall-,imO action.

to surrender part of their sovereignty. Jtlstlwcathel. and radar Stations stand guard, n how far sovereignty will be merged in iilC,L.0”eCung and relaying Vital information The radar screen is truly North Americals first line of defence. are being expanded and developed stead- ily. American military authorities to be excellent.

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electorate. Also obstruction may conceiv-i ably be justified as a means of forcing an

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election if there is strong reason for belief that a government has. exhausted the con- fidence of the public. : 'i

”Apart from such circumstances," ob- serves The Journal, "obstruction in parlia- ment is a denial of the democratic process -as much a denial of it as the autocratic suppression of speech. For the sake of our parliamentary institutions, which all 'of us ought to cherish, it would be a good thing if both governments and oppositions recog- nized such truths and, in a spirit of un- derstanding and tolerance, practised them more faithfully."

Joint Northern iiefenses

l-front Alaska and the Canadian North- west, across the barren shield of north, central Canada to Presque Isle, Maine, Newfoundland and the top of Greenland,

the Wall Street Journal. At a signal, they; would be soaring into the air to do battle, thou-,i

At one such base in Labrador, it takesi.

Pilots weal' their flying,

Tllrougllout the whole defence arc,

Old Charlottetown (And r. I. I.)

WINTER COMMUNICATION "We are very glad to observe that the Govermcnt is going to take up the matter of winter steam com- municatlon between this Province

PUBLIC FORUM

All these safeguards This column is open to the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse tho opinion of correspondents.

Co-operation between Canadian and is reported

Although these elaborate and well-or- A STURDY Y-MNT

GOOSE CALENDAR

In the place we live the wild geese

JANUARY o.:19,s3

I By 0 I have never been very keen on New Year' parties although of course I would never think of criticizing anyone who is. lots all a matter of temperament. no doubt. and cllnereni. temperaments find de ght in different things. It would e a. drab sort. of life in- deed if we were all'4 of chi: mind in everything. Moreoven if one may believe the evidence of many active participants in the hon- oured rlbe, New Year's parties can sometimes produce a lot. of fun and entertatnmellt. , This January lst was an excep- tion to my general rule and. more by accident than design, I was present at. what. I am sure was one of the strangest. parties ever staged. It may be that some read'- ers of this column would be inter- ested in hearing about what went on, so perhaps I had better start at. the beginning. 0 0

Almost every evening from seven o'clock on I am occupied in read- ing or writing and I was follow- my the same routine on Wednes- day. Around 11:30, I think it was, I was called to the front. door.

.t.ln1e. for some reason I could never explain, I said, "Yes, of course". Not bothering to put. on

Naturally, I wondered who the late caller might be. but before I got. around to inviting him inside he said: "I am going to a. New Yea.r's party. Would yotl like to come?" Ordinarily I would have declined the invitation but this

extra clothing. although the night was the coldest for the winter so far, I followed my strange visitor as he went lightly over the snowy roads. . At. first I was inclined to log a. bit but soon I caught. on to the urgency of the journey and within a. few minutes, or so it. seemed, we arrived at I. place of indescribable beauty. I had never seen the like before 1101' do I expect to see the like again. So far as I can give any picture pt all of the strange place it was 3. mingling of all the seasons in one. ' O 0 Birds were singing, brooks were babbling. as in the spring and summer; the trees were dressed in '

The Passing Scene

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A NEW YEAR'S PARTY

own way, that deep within the soul of the Universe there is ;. voice that cries out. for order in the chaos of man's world. Ynzl will see how step by step and . thought by thought they found the secret of living with the hlghe.t, they knew".

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The scene was changed sligiilll. There was still beauty in abund- ance but the emphasis now was on the voices of human beings who had left. the world better than they had found it.

The first voice that came to m.; was that of St. Augustine: "Call is more truly imagined than ex- pressed and He exists more truly than He is imagined". Then Simon the Just: "The world rests upon three things,--belief, the service cl God, and benevolence". Thm Ovid: "When you have set your- self e. task, finish it. He who ix not prepared today will be less no tomorrow”. Then Plautus: "Acts of kindness shown to the worthy are never thrown away”. Then Plato: "Self conquest is the great- est of victories”. Then -Pytha;:- oras: "No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself". There was a. brief, very brief, intermission, and then I heard the voice of Goethe: ”Ml1ke the most of time, it flies away so fast”, And Voltaire: "Love the truth but pardon error". And Shakespeare: "Let never day nor night unhol- lowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done". And T h o r e a u: "Associate reverently with your loftiest. thoughts”. And Dickens: "It is in the nature of things that no man can improve himself without in some degree improving other men". And Ad- dison: "What. sunshine is to flow- ere, smiles are to humanity". Again a pause before I heard Whitman: "I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religions sake”. And Lowell: "Truly there is a tide in the ef- fairs of men but. there is no gulf stream setting forever in one di- rection". And Hugo: "The beauti- ful is as useful as the useful". And Pascal: "To think well is the first principle of morality". And Brooks: ”Do not pray for tasks equal to

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Epiphany.

ent events are commemorated today, adoration of the Magi, Christ and the miracle of Cana. marks the close of Christmas festivities. The Queen still observes the feast in the Chapel Royal by offerings of gold, frank-

the

incense and myrrh.

Business continues at a

thigh level as indicated by the record value of cheques passing through clearing houses in this country during 1952. Our c present

prosperity should not blind us

that it is dependent upon maintaining ex-

port trade and that any loss

lmust be dealt with effectively if the pros-

perity is to continue.

In a four-day conference which tyestcrday Canada is receiving the report of its experts on fishery development and conservation, the result of the investigations .of 'the Fisheries Research Board. To this

Province, where we depend so

the primary industries of farming and fish- ling, the findings of the Board are of par-

ticular interest.

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Old age security has so far cost some obstruction, as distinguished from legitimate; Mas) mmlons more than has mien collect- opposition, been stated nlore clearly. Re-l ed m the 2 per Cent,Sa1eS mfg mcome tax mains, though, the question of the poinlland tax on Corporation moms" The tax

on income, however, has only

Twelfth Day. Three differ-

baptism

ganized defense establishments and weapons are an extre;-.lely expensive proposition, it must be regarded as an insurance policy

the of It also

remarkably

to the fact

of exports

opened

heavily on

been in ef-

and the mainland, and insist upon

Sir,-I have a Christmas Cac- tus which has been in the same container la large eartllenware

the Dominion Government. carrying out the terms of the compact un- tier which we became part of the Confederation. We are now at. the

pass When the lake is clear as it looking glass, , once in Spring and once in Fall I see them pass and hear them

techmoolor u in the autumn. your strength but for strength

. . - - ' L soil for against disaster. And it Will be comfort- a3;;tyftfvhe”:,ea:5c::;t31iffsml mpg close of the eighth winter which can. ing to know all reasonable precautions are parenmly in the pink of condition has 359594 SW59 We mmed the There is a pine tree. 1on6 and , . . and covcred with bloc,” at the Union, on terms which guaranteed 1,51-9, being taken to discourage aggression. present mm. the establishment of efficient steam -mm stands on our land to guide .,LmL.....L. I do not know how many blooms Service. Winter and summer.-with them there. - are on it now, as I have not. yet the mtemmn 01' P1301118 Us 3" 9911' -31159 Riv the Dlnen the s C01UmI1 EDITORIAL NOTES Counted them, lbm, I can glve you tlnuous communication with the In- veers L '

tercolonlal and other railway sys- terns of the Dominion. and we are very little, if any, better off than

the exact. numbers of blooms it hits borne in recent years. They are as follows: In the season of

1951-52, 465 blooms; 1950-51, 522; 1949-50. 424; 1948-49. 403.

By picking up and counting the blooms as they drop off and keep- ing them marked down, I am able to obtain an accurate count.

I do not know the exact. age of the plant, which was started a long time ago from a small slip, but. I do know that it has never been moved nor had any change of soil, nor anything added ex- cept the usual watering in the last thirty-five years as stated above. It is never put. out. doors but sits in a sunny window with south- ern exposure from one year's end to another and as it. seems to thrive so well without being des- turbed I see no reason to try yo improve it in any way.

The plant is now quite large and is much admired by everyone who sees it.

I am. Sir. etc... MRS. ARTHUR Mt1cDONAI..D New Dominion, P.E.I.

OLD TIMES RECALLED

Sir.-A young lady friend. who recently arrived here from "the Island," kindly gave me ii. few copies of The Guardian, and I am writing this to congratulate you on the splslldid paper you are now publishing. After attending the old Prince of Wales College and not. being old enough t.o teach school I worked for a year as of- itce boy for the ”Guardlan", It was then a four page daily with a cir- culation of, if my memory serves me right. about. 800, with an eight. page weekly with B. circulation of around 4000. Mr. J. P. Hood was the business manager. A Mr. Woodwnrth was associate Editor. The Editor was Mr. Benjamin D. Higgs, whom I never saw, as he was in. ill health, and spent most

before. The 'Albert.' which was placed on the route for the sec- ond and third winters was a tt.ub', but still giving her fair play, she was very nearly as good as her suc- cessor, the Northern Light', wlllch the Minister of Marine has, more than once, pronounced a huge fraud. ”This season our business men have suffered great. loss and in- convenience on account of the irre- gularity and detention of the stea- mer. Hundreds of tons of freight have been lying at Plctou awaiting shipment, and will probably remain there until the 'St. Lawrencei or 'Princas.s' bring them. Passengers have suffered seriously, starvation has stored them in the face; and forced to leave the steamer to seek the shore, they have been severely frozen, although. provldentially, none have pulshed."

-The Examiner, March 30, 1881. PIIICELESS GIFT KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont.--(CP) --Mrs. Nancy Smith, 48, of nearby Coral Rapids received a priceless gift from an eye specialist when he restored her eyesight after she hnd been blind for more than

10 years.

Weeks. and numerous others whom I cannot recall. I forgot to tell you that my starting salary was 51.50 per week and after six months it was rais- ed to 31.75. I afterwards taught school at Cape Bear for two years at the magnificient salary of s225.00 per year. In case you dbnlt. know where Rutland is I may say that it is the Ohanagan Valley about five miles north of Kelowna where they grow thelblg red topples. - I hope you will pardon my tak-

I worry that when the geese come

I ltave seen it so for forty years. Yearly, my wife she says to me. ”Jim, get an axe and clear that tree."

1' take an axe, and I go to clear. But i let. it stand for one more year.

back

They might miss the pine lose the track.

And forty years from Fall to Fall I have measured by the wild goose call.

'-Eric Rllodln. in the - Christian Science Monitor.

and

t 6 on &tsmco-&:coa;&to-&oof

. The Age-Old story

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Give unto the Lord. 0 ye kind- reds of the people. give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering. and come into his courts . . . - MI: "I0 field. be Joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord: for he comcth, for he oometh to judge the earth: he shall Judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

PAINTED CATS

SAULT STE. MARIE. Ont.- (CP)-The humane - society is looking for residents who torture small animals. Two cats that were destroyed by the society had been covered with paint. '

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white snow was on the ground as in the winter. It was singular, as I remember it now, that I felt. no uneasiness. The. peace that was evident on all sides more than made up for the seeming incon. grulty and I began to like the environment very much. However,

equal to your tasks”. son: "The reward of H. thing well

And Emer-

done in to have done it". Thu: Longfellow: ”The rays of happi- ness, like those of light, are color-

less when unbroken". e e e x,

There are many, many more

waiting to be heard but. my guide touched my him ever so gently and said: "That. will be all for now".

Yes, I had fallen asleep, and I suppose it, was all a dream. who can say? I'm sure I cannot. Who

there was still wonderment in my mind as to why anyone should in- vite me to such a delightful place and I ventured to ask my guide about it.

”In every man's heart,” he told

me, "there is the hope that some day he might see with his own eyes e. little bit. of perfection. The perfection you will see here is not so much of form as of purpose. The beauty you have already sensed cornea more from within your own hopes than from the visible things around you. The witnesses who will presently speak

knows for certain what; a dream ls

or where it parts company with reality? And what. does it mat- ter, lmyway? It, was, a grand New Year's party. I would not have missed it for anything.

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