PAGE FOUR , TllE BIIIIILUTTETUWN GUARDIAN

Mo ‘ Dolly (Founded in 1887) Authorised as Second Close Mall. Post Office _ Department. Ottawa. Preol t, llli A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. ll. Bllfll tt; Seep-Tron. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor. Prank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is, Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1917

Preacher Airplauilerl In Church

Father Michel Riquet, famous Resistance fig- ure, preached at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, taking as his theme: "The Demands of Christianity and Economic Changes." He declared that the Christian love of man clari- fied many practical problems and that all eco- nomlc and political considerations must be sub- ordinated to the dignity of the human person. "Do you believe," he asked his listeners, "that the simple possession of a mine, even if it be hereditary, constitutes an absolute right to live indefinitely from the labor of those who work in it? He went on to point out that labor is the "only source of the wealth of nations" and that the only way to restore France's wealth is by labor. "Capital is never anything but a sack of coins, a thing. Labor is living man expending his strength." He called for the right of labor to share in the ownership, management and pro- fits of business and for recognition of the spe- cial value of organized work and highly skilled work. Individual interests and the interests of private business must be subordinated to the general interest. "On what grounds can Christian condemn those who one trying to free their country from the barely totorship of certain economic groups? . asked. "For from condemning them, the Church

notionolizations."

that the State decides upon. condemn them a priori. olized enterprises must retain the flexibility of industrial management and must not fall vic- tim to a bureaucracy that frowns upon all initi- ative and innovation. Productivity and tech-

quirements of propaganda and political favorit- ism. Father Riquet declared that "a man who has no personal property is too dependent upon upon them for his entire subsistence." Church demands for every man "a certain ma- terial independence." The congregation rose to clared in conclusion that nothing would prevent of the executed, from standing at the forefront

of social progress, thus continuing the Christian tradition.

Halifax Still Waits

The complaint made in the House of Com-

V.C., that the writs for the by-election in Hali- iax have not been issued, is one that merits the attention of the Cabinet.

"lt is most offensive to those who believe in representative Government," says the Globe and Mail, "to have a constituency like Halifax with- out full representation. Commons was caused by the death of Mr. W. C. Macdonald, on November 19, 1946. The fact that Mr. Gordon lsnor sits for Halifax does not imply that the area is sufficiently represented, as the people of Halifax are by law entitled to lwo members.

"Other by-elections have been held in Pon- tiac, Portage la Prairie, Rich-elieu-Verchercs and Montreal-Cartier. seat vacant in the House of Commons-this one in Halifax. There is no reason why it should

defeat in the riding. The idea that whether a district should be represented or not depends on the way it might possibly vote, is the nega- t'on of our democratic system. Any who up- hoid it are presuming to be masters of the vot- ors, instead of their servants.

"At present, the Progressive Conservatives and the C.C.F. have their candidates chosen and in the field. The Liberals have not held their convention. Whether they wish to run a man, or not, is beside the point. The crux_of the situa- tion is that thc people cf Halifax have one mom- ber when they are entitled to have two. That the Government should be playing party poli- tics in its refusal to issue the writs is, to say the least, disgraceful." .

Tho Recovery 0f lloilanil

Canadian troops and airmen who fought through the flooded and ruined areas of the Netherlands in the climax of the war would not recognize them today. According to the Ottawa Citizen, on immense task of reconstruction has been undertaken and tho results are astonish- ing‘. - , All the flooded areas, which looked so grim and torriblo from tho air woro droinod and dry _ by tho autumn of lost your. Whore fresh-water ,hod lain crops wore harvested.

Cool mining hos lorgoly rocovered, railway transport has boon restored, air services are ex- flponding. The formers are renewing the herds ’ which tho Germans did so much to destroy. Tho ;conals hovo boon rooponod, shipbuilding re- "siimod and many ships stolon by tho enemy ro- icovorod. Wrockod bridges hovo been repaired r ‘to carry traffic again.

. Tho rovogod citios that ivoro bombed oro =slowly rooppoorliig. In tho heart of Rotterdam

, tlri Loftivoffo sproad dooth and ruin in l i bombardment of May I940, apart-

The primacy of labor cannot be denied.”

admits, in principle, the legitimacy of certain. This does not mean that thei Christian must approve all the nationalizotions. But he must not. He warned that nation-l

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mcnt houses, banks and business structures-al-

l ready surround the once-isolated church of St.

Lawrence.

The Netherlands population, too, is in- cr-rosing. Although 244,000 lives were lost in the war and in the Nazi concentration comps, there ore now 9,500,000 people in the kingdom conpared with 8,834,000 in 1940.

Altogether, the Dutch, noted for their ten- acity, courage and enterprise, are making a wcnderful recovery and saying very litfle about it. Their achievements go for to controvert the gloomy foreboding: of so many commentators ncw spreading the tale that the nations of Eur- ope are now only "staying off economic collapse by using up thcir dwindling assets" and by "Irons, subsidies and doles from Canada and the United States."

p- EDITORIAL NOTES .-

Now that we know what we are drinking as

-"n_ lk, what do we want the Government to do

about. it? That is for the Legislature, in the

first instance, to decide. X >\'

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I‘ Five members of the Lyons Alpine Club have let their native city under the leadership of Jean Sayard for an expedition to the North Pole. ln on interview, they declared that their aim wla to pass an endurance test successfully. They wr.h to compare their technique with that of the Swedes and Norwegians and to test the qualities and possibilities of a type of equip- munl that is used only in France.

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nique must be the guiding motives, not the re-'

agencies and individuals, since he must rely‘

The i Telegraph Journal) do not run such large flocks

a; Wvr ll and 6 to World War l.

‘Another busy month is reported by the Do- m.nron Service Bureau of the_Legicri in March, but the record of success was well maintained. A total of 98 pension claims were successfully adjusted, of which 92 were related to World There were also se en other miscellaneous adjustments secured.

conceded db; A grand total of $31,394.71 was paid to these

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su.cessful claimants of both wars in retroactive pension and their future security is assured by thrvpayment of o monthly rate of pension.

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Georae Louis Palmela Busson Du Maurier. English black-and-white artist and novelist, died ths date 1896; was a famous Punch artist and beak illustrator, afterwards devoting part of his litre and genius to novel writing, producing thee, which were best sellers in their day, viz., Peter Ibbefson, Trilby, and The Martian:

"A little trust that when we die

We reap our sowing, and so—Good-bye." Frrm Trilby, and inscribed on his Memorial Tab- rel in Hampstead Church yard.

The Atlantic provinces of Canada (says the

‘ of poultry as do the other parts of the Dominion.

the clergy, their coszocks still red with the blood.

"w", feet and applauded when the preacher deg Hrwever within this section New Brunswick does

pretty well. As on December 1, 1946, the fig- lit-ES stood as follows: Hens and

y Chickens Turkeys Geese Ducks ‘P. E. lsland .. 816,800 8,500 14,500 9,600 ,Niva Scotio . 1,200,000 19,000 7,100 6,400 N. Brunswick 1,237,500 23,000 8,000 5,000

mons by the Progressive Conservative leader,’ Mr. John Bracken, and by Col. Cecil M-erritt,:

Apparently we are not so interested in web- lorrtocl birds and one wonders why. At the same time we might do well to raise still more hens and chickens for ourselves. The total under this head for all Canada was 55,466,900.

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The Liberals in Ontario are in search of a lerder having failed so far to find one to re- plirce the redoubtablc Mr. Hepburn. Both Re-

lcor-struction Minister Howe and Health Minister

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In fact, there is now only on: -

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_ {Mrrtin have been appealed to in vain. The ef- The vacancy in the;

lcits also have met a rebuff from a third Fed-

[errrl member for an Ontario riding, Mr. Walter

Harris (L-Grey-Bruce), whose constituency con- ta ns some of the same territory as the provincial rir ing of Grey-South held by Mr. Farquhar Oliver, the party's house leader in the Ontario Legislat- Mr. Howe is understood to have declined because he wants to return to private life when he leaves politics. Mr. Martin is among those sometimes mentioned as a possible successor to Pr me Minister Mackenzie King. Mr. Howe sits

i fo- Port Arthur, Mr. Martin for Essex East. Be-

not be filled, except that the Liberals fear a‘

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cause of these rejections, there is belief in Fed- eral Ontario circles that Mr. Oliver will become th: provincial leader‘ at the party's convention in May. He already has the approval of his le yisloture supporters. They say that even Homer nodded, and it would appear that the members of the Opposit- ion, when the House met yesterday shortly after 2 p.m. (instead of 3, the customary hour) were lltl‘ only nodding but taken off their guard. Hrn. Mr. Wright took advantage of the situation to make a spoech under the pretext of rising to o question of privilege. His question of privilege was the criticism to which he had been subjected in The Guardian on his attitude in abolishing Latin in the rural schools. There is no reason in the world why Mr. Wright should sit tamely under criticism. The point, however, is that on a question of privilege no speech- mrking of any kind is allowed. The hon. mem- bcr had a right to get up, state that he was msquoted or misrepresented, make his correc- tir-n and sit down. This is the rule which is rigidly followed in the House of Commons, as al= who have road Honsord debates are owaro. Mr. Wright was skillful enough to get away

with another speech similar to tho onehe model

in the Budget debate on the question of his vo-te-foco on education. As there wos nothing in his statement with which we have not already dealt, it is almost unnecessary to make further comment on it here. Let us repeat, orio of the fundamentals of tho Party system of represent- ativo administration is absolute loyalty to tho Premier and his policies. If a member feels otherwise ho must got out and allow some other one to tako his ploco. It is the boundon duty of loaders-especially thoso holding tho confidence of the oloctors on tho princlplos espoused in their oloction-to stand firm for what they con-

sjrlor right and tp resign rothor than socrifico thoir convictions. l

THE cnrsnporrurown GUARDIAN

lliites By the Play

11' o, Politician ' h make friends of people over 40. he says: “Good mamlns. how's your sinus trouble?" - mines-y Alberian.

The ‘apps-oesod" '" miners have stalled a. strlloe. We don't re- call them doing anything like that when they were working for Hitler —Edmonto.n JOUTIIBL‘

The ' ‘ number of present- day Canadians. says British Mag- azmv. can trace their natlooi-al aria- ins to France-étfriliwo; the Eng- lish comes next with 2,968,402; then ihc Irish, 1,403,914; finally the Scots 1,267,702.

The lrrepiumgbio port that daily newspapers play in everyday lives was amply illustrated dusrlng a new- spaper strike in one cervtrc when 50.000 telephone calls, representing 50% of the families in the city, flooded the newspaper office wlihlm- l2 hours qt the commencement of the strike. - Hamilton Spectator

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Tiicrc arc certain people, for- iimatolv few. who are foolish about their eXCrrise. They make it n matter of pride that at 60 they can do as much as most people can at. 30, and think that sbferrllclig exertion keeps them fit and defeats the inroads of ago. By suclr a policy. cf course, they are merely inviting trouble. Quebec Olrronicle-Tr-legr-a ph.

"Measure your health by your Wmiailry with morning and spring. lf iluirr- is no response in you to the awakening of Nature, if the pros- ircat of on early moming walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the fest; bluebird docs not thrill you know that the morn-ring and spring of your life are past. Thus you may feel your pulse." - Henry D. Thoreau.

It has been clearly shown this winter that, once a. road ls plowed it must be kept; plowed or it. wit‘. ire closed to even house traffic, 53's‘: The Owen Sound Sun-Times. The Suggestion has been advanced that a. "false road" might be plowed along roads at points where drifting is most severe each year ernd where it is possible to do so. This plcw truck, possibly made nvith bulldozers

would take up the drifts ‘which would othciwviso fill in th: main road.

The prizc for lhe l: i. pimsse ofl the wcck in tire Urn-led Kingdom l-ns b-‘en awarded iy ilre British PLGriS to Mr. H. G. Strauss. Corn-ser- votive member for the dombined hjnglish universities. Mr. Strauss “as speaking if the lasiest move of Dc Attlee go "i-nmeni lrr (he present which Ls to appoint er lo (so-ordinate all “Meanwhile it has

throw another placrne-p into the works." -- Winni- peg Free Press.

Acclalming cheese as an almost perfect. food, nutrition counsellors at headquarters of the department of national l'i€-l.ll1l’i and "welfare. Otiawa. urge its more general use in Canada. Cheese, they point out, ls like milk, and contains nearly all lire proteins of milk, which are body-builders. It has n large per- ccniage of fat, which makes it a valuable provider of energy. Im- ad- dflion cheese ls a good 50112100 01 minerals, particularly calcium and phosphorus, and also some of the vlt-ar 1'13 A and B complex. each of ivhiclr is essential to good health- Bra-radon Star.

It may bc hoped that the new facilities, allowing people to take a glass o-r two in proper surroundings and in- the company of their fellow citizens, will encourage decent and moderate haibits. Perhaps the new arrangement will be the means of removing the false glamour which for sortie young people, seems to surround liquors‘. It was in the lamentable prohibition era lh-ifr i115 notion of Hard drinking as smart, fashionable and daring out around- Wlrcn liguor outlets are both public anrl rxumerous. liquor should c9180 io be an obsession and the public both young and Old. Can 168m l0 ink»; 1r, o; 1931c it -- Toronto Globe. A bishop at n British school prin- ulvlrvz rm asked to present three nreclnl5 _- gold, silver and bronze- to flit‘ three boys who were rap 01' the school. He asked each bay in imur; "What i5 your father?" The izolrl medal lcov relflllfl-li "m? 1! Viceroy cf India." The sliver medal boy answered: "My father ls Chief of iho lmperlvl General Staff." And in, bronze medal boy saidz" My father ls a. piccolo player in a S0110 cafe band." After the awards the (mm boy was asked by his class friends why he had told such B 11B "I could hardly have told the old blghtcc“. he raid, ‘Jthut my father was n. 500181151’. Olblliél; Minldtfl‘. could l?" - New York Times.

A tax of i5 per cent to S0 per cont on gross salary. with living costs as they are today. and further substantial increases in prices threlened for the near future L! aitpgcthcr too heavy o burden for the salaried mm to cnrry- It 91'0- vldes on explanation for n ‘der- n-‘blo proportion of the tax "delin- quents" who have been 81W!) 8° much publicity in the dolly press of late on. when the time oomol

tlrls category of taxpayers lust dim

regular sirlorv deductions. If he mn- denilslr or the tailor he ts b11111!

govctnmml. (Montreal).

rriosrecs-s £55m

PIDMONTON - Lonomen, deputy

Lilith».

fm making up income to: returns,

not have the funds to remit for om unpold taxes over and above his

nor pay his tie-bu to the doctor. the

likely u» mini unptld mo: to are - Flnenclsi Time!

(OP) — O. S. minister of agri- culture for Alberto, says that form lo-bor conditions in the province this yeor appears satisfactory. w. long- men ts also chairmen of the Dom- mlcrs-kovlncloi form labor board for

. PUBLIC FORUM

‘Pinto ooiomn to opoo to tho clloooloion by corro- opoodonto of questions at interest The Charlottetown Guardian doeo not neooooor- lty endorse the opinion of correspondent:-

DON'T BLAME THE RUSSIANS

Bin-God is the keystone in the arch o! life. and cannot be left out without disaster. In other words, there ls only one true way o!‘ life forlndlviduols and actions. and that ls Christ's way. At the end of every other road there is 81 Pfedliice. and "the hell of o amt despair." That is a phase 0f Ohrlatfen philosophy made cleor to humanity in the teach. ing of our Lord.

1t is no small thing that today this truth is repudiated and trampled underfoot by i119 soviet 0118811113!» backed up by the Red errmy. But let us be fair in me people of Russia. ‘They are "at. “rally disposed to be religious. They were virtually compelled to bow the knee to Communism and fls militant. anti-Christian phi]. osoptry. Communism and all material- istic systems which are opposed to the will of God are foredoom. ed to disaster. It is, of course, 110170551177" to forecast precisely what the near future may bring forth. But. it seems certain that in the not-distant future Russia Will free herself from tho hated feiters of a godless despotism and W111 ""8188 Bfialn as a free and Christian nation. Satan and his ""95 m stwnz and skilfully lcdé but they ere no match for

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I um. Sir. etc- I (Row) A. D. DIaeDOXALD, Calgary.

s. s. Annswrzrr l SUI-In the winter of 1945 we We": to operate the S. S. Abegwelt. 1n case some gentle readers do not, know whet. the name means. She is the lflfflest ice-breaker in the “©1111. to run between New Brunswick and P. E. island. That. was in i945. The vim" W05 tire reason for her not. being completed that rear. but n Senator claimed he walked on- he: klel. Did you ever see a klel laid? (joker Hcirv much o! the 5111i! 15 1-118 Riel? Ask some who know. The U. S. built an ice-brecker for the Great Lakes in about. one F881‘. and they helped in- the war. The other reason was that we must build her in Canada. The present boat. was not built in Condo.

The Almighty has been gcocl to us ill the 185i l-Wo wintcno-olherwiso We would have been- campletely ls- olated. New it. is i947 and the report is about bisrnacles. But listen to this one. it ls the latest.

Sooel-"New Cor Ferry". One paragraph-it indicates that the new steamer will be lil opezation work, mark you it says “indlcates" the propulsion motors have to be connected. "They have to ‘be con- nected". With clock trlnls "likely" to

-rl' markets the Commonwealth and

prde imperial creme, Britain should offer commutation with the Commonwealth comm-lo; consider reducing the margins at prefer- ence. ‘Pl-lo obilgotfizrna need not. be one aided. The Government was fully swore cf the lauportanco at imperial preference. and appreciat- ed the voluo attached to the sys- tem by tire Commonwealth coun- tries.

Sir Stafford Cripps On'Britain's Export And Import Trade

(United Kingdom Information)

The following Ls the substance o! the speech by Si: Stafford Orlpps, President of the Board of Trade fifths United Kinsdom House of Commons on March 24th concern- ing Britain's export and import trade: Sh‘ Stafford Crippo began by saying that it. was absolutely essential to build up Britain's ex- port trade to soonelhlng bigger than ever before and in n shorter time. The diversity of Britain's ex- port made-one of its great cher- acteristics - meant that hardly a single country tin the world did not affect; the United Kingdom as regards exports. Brltal-rh trade was marked by e sreor diversity of articles and markets.

During the woe the United King- dom srhed many foreign investments and accumulated overseas debts in hard currency ccrd sterling Thus it was essential that the United Kingdom should sell e. lru-ze vol- ume of goods abroad and aim en- ter morkels where she must sell to balance the lliifd cirrency.

There were two P10519105! 115111 currency and a. general emblem- The United Kingdom must rro 1on8- er regard the Commonwealth and

questions. Sir Staf- loird Crlpps replied that the Gov- ernment d-id not. envisage the ab- solute elimination of imperial pro- fereoe andrviould not deal unilat- emlly without Commonwealth ag- reonuerriit. since all bozguinlng would be reciprocal. "Whatever is given up will be pert of o mutually sat- isfactory bargain. and that is the whole heels qt the idea on the tar- iff side a! the tnegotlratlocrs at Geneva and the preparatory talks going forward between the other members of the C- onwe-rlih end Britain irn London". Sli- Staf- ford continued: "We recognize that. some industries particularly agriculture, pea-harps — have been developed ln the Empire m the basis of markets assured by pref- erential arrangements. We do not “wit. suddenly to modify those preferences to an extant which might cairsc real disturbance and distress in the overseas countries concerned. and in the long term ye can, I think, avoid any such