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Morning Dolly (Founded In 1881'». Author‘ ‘ us Second Clue Moll, Post Office

_ Department. Ottawa. President. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-s resident. ‘Wm. B. Burnett; Seep-Tread. G. M. Burnett; Editor’ and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor.

Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk.“

CHARLOTTETOWN. SATURDAY, MARCH 271, 194-0

Easter

"Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepui- clire, bringing the spices which they had pre- pared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.”

All human history has been a struggle be- tween the idea for which Christ lived and was crucified and its opposite-between the concept of man as a dual being with a spirit not subject to the laws of matter, and man as an accident in the materiel chemistry of the universe.. On that issue all men through ell time, Christian and others alike, have finally been compelled to choose one side or the other. So have ell social systems. A society, like a man, accepts or re- jects the basic premise of mankind as created with a purpose, a mystery and a hope. In the conflict of these ideas there can be no com- promise for they are forever irreconcilable.

We in Canada are part of the western Euro- pean culture which long ago accepted the be- lief celebrated at Easter. Ours, for all its ma- terialism, its doubt and faltering, is a Christian civilization. All our institutions, our laws, our political system and code which guides our soc- iety are based, whether we realize it or not, on the central principle of Christianity which was demonstrated on the first Easter-on the creed that the inner personality of man, the individual, is sacred and beyond the reach of any worldly power and of Death itself.

As Easter dawns again we perceive that the long struggle between the two fundamental ideas of Paganism and Christianity in men's minds is not finished. The Christian principle is assailed, as always, by outer forces; A few years ago these forces were symbolized by the power and ruthlessness of Nazi Germany. Today that enemy has been crushed, but now Soviet Communism threatens to engulf the world with the same ma- terialistic doctrines. its danger lies not so much in its armed might as in its power to bore from within, to sap Christian faith and idealism at a time when these things are needed most to restore our war-shattered world to peace and sanity.

By a strange irony, the materialism which Communism professes, which guarantees to ex- plain everything, is found by science itself to be an outworn and hoary fallacy. Themystery always remains. Only by faith, by man's inner knowledge of himself, his own intimations of immortality, can any valid answer be discovered. _

. Let. us be grateful that we live in a land in which the Easter festival is still the greatest an- niversary of "the year. lt is for us-—and let us hope will be for our children and children's chil- dreri-the morning of the Resurrection, the su- preme monfent in man's history when, for the -first time, the final mystery of his life was re- vealed as the grieving companions of their Lord came that first Easter Sunday to the sepulchre, ‘and found that the stone had been rolled away.

Born In Futility.

_ lt is a-musing, says the Ottawa Journal, to v-read the excuses offered for the failure of the special Prices Committee of the House of Com- = mons so far to uncover any evidence of profiteer- ing or to throw any new light on the high cost of living. One apologist notes "lack of prepar- ation" and declares the Prices Board could have secured "impartial and authentic data" for the committee given time and the necessary in- ‘structions. 1 lt will be clear to most people by this time “that the Prices Committee as an agency for ‘reducing. the cost of living is about as effective ‘as o street parade of indignant housewives carry- ing banners or a "boycott" of provision stores ‘organized by a consumers’ league. When the committee was set up the Gov- ornment already had adequate machinery for =dealing with the situation-it had the experts und experience of the Prices Board at its com- ;_mand, and the Combines Act for.such legal act- '_ion as inquiries might show to be justified. I This investigation by a parliamentary com- -‘mittee is, of course, wholly window-dressing. it isborn of Mr. King's conviction—which is based, we must say, on a considerable body of evidence g—that time brings a solution of most problems if only we don't get in too much of a hurry.

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l. - » The last Nazi V2 fell in England this date ‘INS-practically ending the. war. I l’ O

t U. S. A. agitators are waging an all-out cam- paign for the union of Newfoundland with the Republic-or at least a custom‘s union, which would be bad for our expanding trade there. . Q O Q I

Hope nothing will interfere with our, annual fashion parade after Church tomorrow-dlsplav of new outfits for men and women emerging from

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shit -. v iotltho matter of snow- , _. I be forgotten, We hear

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bulldozer ho raised a ridge several feet above the level of the barnyard. The wind kept the

top clear of snow and the farmer gave up

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Even although it is not "prohibition" the

new Temperance Act is probably the most rc- strictive liquor legislation in Conada._ i I t It

Attention is drawn to important advertise- ments to potato growers and cattle owners in an- other part of this issue. .

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After the equinocial gales we look for a per- iod of calm and sunshine. Farmers, or at least some of them, they will get on the soil a week earlier than usual this Spring—-May Sth or thereby. l

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Leap year means nothing to the young ladies of Tibet, and there are no old maids there. Mar- riages are arranged by family contract and some- times a man takes all the daughters of a house-

hold as co-wives.

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it is reported 351 French business men who had contemplated visiting Toronto fer the in- dustrial exposition in June gave up the idea since they were allowed to take out of France only $300.

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A Reuters dispatch indicates that the sec- ond Japanese Antarctic whaling expedition has ‘killed l,32l whales. Should the importation of margarine into this country be permitted that is undoubtedly where a lot of it would come from.

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High-speed trans-continental commuting is almost in sight judging from a N. Y. Times re- port that turbo-jet aircraft engines not merely put speeds into the 600 m.p.h. category but should cost less and operate on cheaper fuel than reciprocating engines.

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William and Mary College, Williamsburg, which is to honour oui- Governor-General and Prime Minister and the President of the United States on April 2nd is the oldest college in Vir- giergg, having been founded by royal charter in

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in Teachers’ Week, on April 2, a meeting of young farmers is to be held in the Legion Hall to discuss the interests of our rising fenn hopes. lt has been organized by Mr. L. P. Mc- lsaac, manager of the farm extension service, backed by Hon. W. F. A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture, and Mr. W. R. Shaw, Deputy Min- ister, This is a step in the right direction- malung the island fit for farmers.

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Transfer of the Saskatchewan Physical Fit- ness Division, formerly under the Department of Public Health, to the Department of Education has been announced by Premier T. C. Douglas, Health Minister. The change was mode, Mr. Douglas said, because the activities of the divi- sion, informally known ' as the Saskatchewan Recreation Movement, have become more closely related to educational recreation than to health

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Thames Clarkson, English anti-slavery agi- tutor, born this date i760; travelled in the West indies and British Guiana to collect evidence on the subject, including the Gladstone sugar cs- totes there. He then agitated for appropriate legislation, and went to France to enlist their sympathy and support for his anti-slavery propa- ganda. After the abolition of the slave trade in British territory, i807, he became president of the Anti-Slavery Society; following the emanci- pation of the Slaves in i833, he took an active part in other philanthropic schemes.

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According to New York Times, United Na- tions have drawn up a formal contract at Lake Success under which it will make "easy instal- ments" ending in l982—to pay back the proposed United States loan of $65,000,000 for construct- ion of the world capital. The draft agreement for an interest-free loan from the United States will be presented to the headquarters advisory com- mittee for approval. if approval is forthcoming it'will be signed for the world organization, and will then be submitted by President Truman to congress for approval. The agreement provides for repayment of the loan in instalments. Since 2t expected that the diplomats and secretariat members will be able to move into their pernian ent home by July l, l95l, the first payment- totalling an even $l,000,000—will be made on that date. The instalments, to be paid annually on July l, will rise gradually to $2,500,000 a year, than will taper off again toward the end of the thirty-one-year period until the last payment in i982 is exactly the same as the first instalment --$l,000,000.

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Three years ago, on the morning of March 24, i945, the Allies succeeded in landing two complete airborne divisions, including the lst Canadian Parachute Battalion, on the east bank of the Rhino River in Germany. The airborne units cut off the rear while infantry and armour- ed units crushed the‘ Germans frontally. The attack, tremendous in scale, was highly suc- cessful, and by mid-afternoon our airborne and ground forces had linked up, consolidating a bridgehead 30 miles long and seven miles deep. The Germans fell back l5 miles and attempted to estoblishia new line but British armoured units were upon them before they could com- plate their preparations. Two days ol- fighting broke the new ‘German positions. First Canadian ground troops across tho Rhino were mon of tho Highland Light Infantry who crossed on tho morning of the 24th. They were followed by men of the North Nova Scotip Highlanders and of the Stormont, Dundas and Glongarry Highland- ers. Of tho bridgehead battles fought by those units, the battle of lionon, shared in by till

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Americana Iwnllawed 10.001000 pounds of aspirin last your. So fa.- there's been nothing "about 1M8 to indicate that. ti; wlll cause a slackening of demand. — Blult. Daily Star. '

Deaplte the continuing wintry weather. u lot of people are ni-

reody turning gardens over in their“ mlnds. Arid with some of them, that‘: the only place the

gardens will be turned oven-Kin"- ston Whig-Standard.

The task of organizing an lnter- notlonnl force for Palestine ls com- plex und may be difficult. to di vorce from the rivalries, which have already stilltlfled so much o! the w-ark of the Security Council But the issue ls plain, and the Council must face it unless 0hr United Nations organizations is so admit bankruptcy In sbatesmanslilp and reputation. - The Times. Lon. don. .

Poul Kronecker, s. member of the Belgian House of Representa- tives touring Canada 0o stuay possibilities of extending Belgian industry in thisoeuntry, believes that. prairie provinces have the best future in store of any of the provinces in Canada. Mr. Kronec- ker also lists three points which, in his opinion. make Canada a "superior" country; resources scarcely scratched, superior quell- ties of government. and hard-work- ing people. - Fredericton Glean- er.

A woman appearing in court. without. a Ital; on, declares Mr. Justice Chevrler, ls the thin edge of a wedge that. is likely to topple Justice from her dignified perch. It is with sympathy and respect that we venture to take issue wits the teamed Justice. His desire so maintain the formal dignity of ms court inspires us with nothing out. admiration. In these days, liorv- ever, when 50 percent of the fe- male population seems never to wear a hat at all, In heat. or cold, rain or snow, storm or flood, w decree that; the entire sex must wear heed covering in court. seems almost: equivalent to ordering their appearance In pantolettes and crlnoline. - Windsor Star.

A lei-ere recession in the United States would help no one. not even the Russians and Communists who look forward eagerly to It, and it would hurt many millions; It. would revive the painful paradox of pov- erty in the midst. of plenty. Willi the world crying out for American goods the hungry nations have not the dollars to make tlfefr de- maltd effective; whether boom slides into slump turns upon con- ditions ln the American market.- The London Times.

Great Britain has moved her troops out. of India at last follow- ing a guardianship that involved great sacrifice at times, o. heavy expense. and s. stave. resoecslbll: lty. British troops, in maintaining law and order, stability and dis- cipline in o. racially disturbed land, have shed blood to save In- dian lives, and many a Tommy ll€$ in a lonely grave to mark his sac- rifice for u. country which not. al- ways was appreciative. What-eve!‘ the future may hold for India, that. troubled land cannot soon forget the famous British regiments that served the Empire there. The Somerset Light. Infantry. the Black Watch, the Gordon Highlanders. Skinner's Horse and the Bengal Lancers-these are immortal names in Indian history. Unless unfore- seen events are on the card for the Indian hordes. there will be no more British soldiers to guard a. vast. tiatlotfs destiny. Come whor- may, thc British soldiers who brought India through many B crisis will not. be there. They have gone home, their duty done. Some- how, there is a pervading fear or tragedy for India as the farewell drums are silent. -- Sydney Pas;- Record.

New light. may be thrown on the Roman occupation of part of Scot- land by excavations, which are tu begin soon, at a site in Ayr- shire, hclievrd Lo be of considerable historical importance The site .s ill. Lourloun Hill. the prominent landmark near Dnrvel, at. the head of the Irvine Valley, and ti. is in be excavated by the Ministry 3i Works on the recommendation of the Itncicnt Monuments Advisory Board for wetland. Excavations .n 1940 disclosed that. ll. had been the slie of a mauchtng camp or cam- paign fart. of the Emperor Flavlis and later of an Anbonlne _torl.. The forlrwns equipped with permanent timber buildings, of which i011!‘ buttock-blocks. n large granary. and other buildings have bee" traced. — Edinburgh sectarian.