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The White Man's Plague

Civilization's unkindest cut so far as the American Indian is concerned has been the terribly high mortality from tL1ber- culosis. It is some consolation, however, that a great deal is being done to right its ravages. The annual report of the ex- ecutive secretary of the Canadian Tuber- culosis Association indicates that in 1953 the Indian death rate from tuberculosis was somewhat less than 150 per 100,000- a decrease from 485 per l0(l,00(J five years ago and still falling rapidly.

The rate is still ten times the white death rate which is approximately l.'l per 100,000-half of what it was five years ago and 25 per cent below 1952. The great improvement, however, attests the success of the energetic efforts put forth by the lndian Health Services and the effective co- operation with Provincial health authori- ties and the Canadian Tuberculosis As- sociation.

It is slightly ironic that with the rap- idly falling death rates the number of known cases of TB should remain prac- tically static. The explanation, presum- ably, is that only in recent years has it been possible to detect the great majority of cases at an early stage. Many hundreds of patients are receiving treatment who would not even have been recognized as having TB a few years ago.

A major concern of the Association to- day is that of rehabilitation. Long periods in hospital bring the danger that the patient will lose contact and interest in the ordinary business of living and making a living. This problem is being tackled both by measures to provide interests and activi- ties for those in hospital and also by short- ening the period of hospitalization as much as possible.

Newtoundland's Flag

The Newfoundland House of Assembly has approved the adoption of a floral em- blem for Newfoundland and has confirmed also the right of the Lieutenant-Governor to fly on land the flag prescribed by law as that which is to be flown at sea by the Lieutenant-Governor or other officer ad- ministering the Government.

It has been assumed by many, says the St. John's News, that Newfoundland would be subject to general practice throughout Canada with respect to the question of flags. It followed that when the Red En- sign with Canadian Arms in the fly began to appear above Federal buildings in St. John's, it was thought to be the national flag of Canada. However the authority given for its use has not, in the opinion of eminent authorities, superseded the Un- ion Jack as the Dominion's flag.

The Newfoundland National Flag Act

as printed in the recently revised statutes declares that the Union Flag or Union Jack

is hereby declared to be the national flag of the Province of Newfoundland. The flag to be flown by the Lieutenant-Governor is the Union Jack with the badge of the is- land in the centre on white ground sur- rounded by a gre'en garland.

"About the adoption of the pitcher plant as the floral emblem of the Province," says The News, "there is not much to be said. What the Premier had to suggest about its symbolism was not likely to add toita general acceptance and it is probable that we could have got along as well with- out as with it. However, since it has ap- peared on our coins for a long time, we as- sume it has been hallowed by use and per- petuated by tradition."

il New Era

The New York Central Railway, with

a mileage of more than 10 thousand miles,

and assets close to 3 billion dollars, re- lzlently came under new management. For lblmost a century this huge financial em- tire was governed by the Vanderbilts and

organs and others of the financially elect. ' rom now on it will be under the direc- . ion of a man from Texas, Robert R. oung. The battle for control, which has it going on for years, came to a head ' t -the last general meeting; Mr. Young I rged as victor by' I margin of more 3' an 1 million atockholder votes.

much of their financial by his ownefforts

Like an top-level executives he has both

is acclaimed as a man who climbed from obscurity to fame, unassisted by hereditary influences. In a country where the Horatio Alger concept of success is highly regard- ed, this makes Mr. Young a hero of some stature.

The transfer of the control of a huge business concern from one group of finan- ciers to another is not, of itself, a matter of much importance; similar transfers are being brought about all the time. The im3 portant thing in this instance, and one that might have considerable significance in the American economy, is that the rapidly ris- ing economic power of the West at long last has challenged successfully the traditional financial bastions of New York and other points East. Whether the change will be for better or for worse, so far as the New York Central's earnings and general efficiency are concerned, will not be known for some time; the only thing that is known at the moment is that a new era has be- gun; an era in which the erstwhile pioneer- ing experiments of Western Americans will be brought to bear on the staid and well established business ways of the East. In all probability the old railway will retain its present name; but the name will not re- tain much of its former significance.

Municipal Grants

The Federal Government has postponed until the next session an amendment to the Municipal Grants Act, which would lib- eralize the formula by which payments are made to the municipalities in lieu of taxes. This year as before, complains the Ottawa Citizen, the cities have had to make a stab in the dark when calculating the grant for budgetary purposes. To enable them to budget more closely, the amendment might well have been debated and passed at the current session.”

It would be helpful, adds our Ottawa contemporary, if the grants were prepared as early in the year as possible. Even with the proposed new formula, they would still be based on the government's own as- sessment of its property. Since there is no appeal from the appraisal of the fed- eral authorities, they might as well make the calculation in March as in September, and thus give the cities in fairly accurate idea, at a time when municipal budgets are being prepared, of how much money can be expected from the national government.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Today and tomorrow the Maritime Wild- life Federation meets in Pictou. The organ- ization represents those who are willing to put at least as much into their outdoor activities as they get out of them.

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Congratulations are in order for P0- lice Sergeant Anthony J. Lund on be- ing awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Canadian Humane Association. The heroic exploit of the Charlottetown policeman is in accord with his fine record since joining the force.

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There can be no valid criticism of the Provincial Department of Health and Wei- fare not participating in the tests of Salk anti-polio vaccine. Had this Province been a heavily infected area with a high inci- dence of the disease it would have been proper for' us to have done our part in testing the control measure.

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Tomorrow Summerside celebrates the centenary of the erection of its first Meth- odist church. The Methodist Church still exists, according to a ruling of the Courts, under the name of the United Church of Canada, so that it has a continuing history to the present day.

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That it should be a lady from Buenos Aires who has made the journey from the Argentine to Canada on horseback must be startling both to cow hands and gauchos. Both, however, and all others in the two countries must acknowledge a remarkable feat of horsemanship in the 17,000 mile ride which will have taken almost three years and eight months.

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The late Mr. Andrew D. Merkehformer superintendent of the Canadian Press for the Atlantic Region, was well known in Charlottetown, which he visited regularly for many years in connection with his du- ties. A first-class newspaper man, Mr. Mer- kel was keenly interested in developing youthful talent and many top-ranking men in Canadian journalism today served their apprenticeship under him. He was equally successful in the-literary field, his two vol- ume of poetry, "The Order of Good Cheer" and "Tallahassee", taking high rank-as nar- rative verue. He has been missed by his old associates since his retirement, to whom, as to many other friends throughout the Maritimea, news of his death mine! with a

some of keen personal loan.

admirers and detractors; but, generally, he -

Point of View

KIND OF AN ODE T0 DUTY

O Duly,

Why hast thou not the visage of a sweetie or a cutie? Why glitter thy spectacles

ominously? Why art thou clad so abomlnous-

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Why art thou ao dlflerent. from Venus?

And why do thou and I have so few interests mutually in com- mon between us?

Why art thou fifty per cent mar-

tyr And fifty-one per cent Tartar?

Why is it thy unfortunate wont To try to attract people by calling on them either to leave un- done-the deeds they like, or to do the deeds they don't? Why are thou so like an April post.-mortcm

Or something that ortumn?

Above all, why dost thou continue to bound me?

Why art thou always albalrossly hanging around me?

died in the

Thou so ubiquitous,

And I so iniquitous.

I seem to be the one person in the world thou art perpetually preaching at who or to who: Whatever loolu like fun, there art thou standing between me and it, calling yoo-hoo.

O Duty, Dutyl

---Ogden Nash.

A Little E. D. C.

(Winnipeg Free Press) Little noted in the world's pre- occupatign with the Geneva con- ference and the Indo-Chinese war. a revolutionary change has oc- curred in the affairs of the Bal- kans. the historic cockpit of Eu- rope: quarrels. Turkey remained neutral throughout the second World War: as it ended, Greece and Yugoslavia were at each nih- ('a' throats. But now these three states have formed a close alli- ance, I southern anchor in the free world's line of defence run- ring from Norway to Asia Minor. The histories of these three countries make the alliance re- markable. It will be directed by an Assembly like that of the em- bryonic Council of Europe. With- in the Assembly, nations that have so often fought each other will meet to dismiss common military, political and economic problems. The chief architect of this joint structure is Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. who is rapidly unlearning the Communist les- sons of his youth.

Yugoslavia. Greece and Turkey

have formed this miniature Eu- ropean Defence Community of their own while the E.D.C. pro-

per haa been stalled by the fail- ure of France to ratify it. The smaller nations of the Mediter- ranean obviously are unwilling to postpone their defence prepara- tions to auit the convenience of French politics. But they indicate clearly that they are eager to co- operate with the E. D. C. if it can be launched. In I significant statement Mr. Popovlc, the Yugo- slav Foreign Minister. any: that his country "follow: too realistic I policy to have any neutralist llluaiom. We do not consider local war to be possible in Europe.

Whatever happens to be E. D. C., the new Balkin alliance forms an integral part of any Weatern defence ayatem. It wiu welcome 'the rear-marnent of Weatern Ger- many in an international army or otherwise and it ll-ran offered membership to any nation which care: to join it.

Clearly the long and often diacouruging efforts of Britain and the United states to lup- port Yugollavia, Greece and Tur- key. regardleu of their ideological differences, are now paying off. Thin, like many other events. confirms the wisdom of sir Win- atnn'Churchlll who. immediately after the last war. Wu bitter- ly criticized in the United States. and among his own people, for his determination to block the march of Communiam through Greece to the Mediterranean. Illa efforts then preserved I foun-

Ition on: which Gfyrdlonl Bal-

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I NOTES BY

"Um-equited love, unrequited trade and unrequited exports are all equally unsatisfying."-R. A. Butler.

Canadians have never had more - and many have never appreciat- ed it less.-Kingston Whlg-Stahd- ard.

Happiness, says I banker, comes from living within your means. It works pretty well on reducing also.-Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

A llnlveraity of Montreal law student, Lise Langloia, who can- not become I notary because un- der Quebec law women are not permitted to become notarlea, has won top honours in I notarial procedure examination. The win- ner of the fortieth annual award said: It doesn't matter, by next year I'll be I full-fledged lawyer and I hope to specialize in inter- national law." -Hamilton Spectator. '

AI for I Pmvincinl Authority to operate toll roads, the Department of Highways has I heavy obliga- tion that should be fulfilled be- fore any consideration in given to this proposal. The existing high- ways should be put. in shape to serve Ontario motorists adequat- eiy, with rebuilding and new con- struction wherever necessary. If that were done the suggestion for toll roads probably would not be heard again for some time in the future. "-Kingston Whig- Standard. g

Old ling Haakon VII of Nor- way dlslikea automobiles and has not used hia carriages Iince the death of Queen Maud. Instead. he rides lslo street cars and takes long walk: alone. Recently, as he walked through I public park in the Norwegian capital, two small glrln recognized him and saluted. Afterward, at I point she thought far enough from the monarch, one of the youngsters said to the other: "He is so old and so wrinkled!" The king turn- ed around and, with I smile, com- mented: "It's true. But he still hears quite well for his age."- lnformaciones, Madrid.

The pattern of conformity. al- ready Io painfully familiar from dictator states, contain: grave dangers, and. although the major- lty in not necessarily always wrong, the world certainly needs the individualist. Mass produc- tlon has already become as 'much a social an a mechanical process, but the responsibility of the in- divldual. especially in the can of those who have benefited from a higher education, cannot be light- ly put aside ln:fnvor of meekly following the crowd. The power of individual thought and judg- ment ia not to be lightly abdicat- ed.-Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

Norway. Denmark and Sweden. along with neighboring Finland and more distant Iceland, will soon take two more atepa toward neighborly co-operation. A: the result of In agreement worked out at I conference in Copenhagen, citizens of Norway,'Sweden. Deh- mark Ind Finland have been per- mitted to accept employment in any of the four countrler. More- over, after I three-month stay, they will no longer have to apply for I work and ruldencepermlt.

THE WAY I

Why in it that most people would rather have their way about things than be happy? -Sudbury Star.

Parent: of new babies don't worry so much about an eight- hour day; they'd settle for an eight-hour night. -Toronto Star.

In Maryland eight men and two women cited when an automobile came over a hill and on to a curve on the wrong lane of the road, collided with another car, and two vehicles (and their pas- sengers) went up in a burst of flame. In all 'the sins against safety that drivers can commit there is nothing more dangerous than this one-coming blind tb a hill-top on that wrong side. -Ot- tawa Journal.

The average person has I via- ual range at sen-level of 2.9 miles on I clear day. Atop a 100-toot. tower his range is increased to )3 miles, says the current Reader's Digest. At 1000 feet he can see 42 miles; at 10,000 132 miles; and at 25,000 feet, the top cruising alti- tude of conventional planes to- day, he can see 180 miles. when jet transports travel at 40,000 feet, passengers will be able to see land- marks more than 250 miles away. -Amherst. New: and Sentinel.

The Scottish border town of I-Iawlck, in relation to its size, is Britain's biggest dollar earner. In the town are manufactured the cashmere sweaters that are so popular in Canada and the United States. The town ascribes lta auc- ceaa to the maintenance of high quality and to adventurous sales policies. Last year. each Hawick worker accounted for export sales worth about 8'10 pounds. -Ham- llton Spectator.

Drlften are many. And they are not helpful to the country. What the nation needs is citizens who are alert to what is going on about them, people who because they are not disinclined to utilize the men- tality given them, are able to form Valid opinions on matters of national importance. Quite natur- ally, we cannot rid the country of these indolent people. They will always be with us. But the tragedy is that so many people fall into a sort of borderline category--people who with I bit of prodding could

settle down and employ their minds with facility. -Quebec Chronicle - Telegraph.

Many people will diatlnctly re- member when the banka pleaded with the public to open ''check- in accounts," telling people that their savings would be in safe- keeping until they were required and cheques could be issued free of charge when money was re- quired. Many huabandr and wlvea operate savings accounts and they pay thelriaccounta by cheque It the end of each month. There is no denying that the savings are in safe-keeping and that they are ll readily available In in the put, but one cannot. help but wonder whether the public will continue to use the savings at I charge of 10 cents per cheque or if they will go back to tho mat.t.rcal..the loou floor board or chimney brick or the tomato can hidden In the ham or the manure pile. -Moose Jaw Times - Herald.

In the t d -an effective July 1. citizen: of Norway. Swe- den. Denmark and Iceland will

come under I mutual health in- surance system:-Milwaukee Jour- nal.

Wiaoct oonnnol today Inguoh that love Iound enough to ban a marriage on must be the kind that makea each one of the part- nership lure that the othar la the only person In the world that he or. she wanta to be with. to work and grow with, throughout life. It must be Itronr enough to move both parties to think In term of "us" rather than "me". to be morajntarutcd in making the other happy than in being made-havvyr to care more about nrourvlng the love relationship in face of dlaaxroanrgntqland trouble: than with ntalntalnlhl nhomt pride and prejudice. to regard each other II I co-partner In -life. To be happy I-IIIIIHIIO-hllllt be con-

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The traditional pncticea of ug- regatlon in the Southun United states are more embarranlnt. to use I mild word, to the Churches than to other institutions. Indeed. some of the American churches have been in I state of dlnunlty on that account ever since the time of the Civil War. Others have men- Iged to retain I semblance of unity. but this ha: been very clone to the breaking point on more than one occasion. ,

As an example of what racial dia- crhnlnatlon can do to strain the unity of I rellgloua body. the pren- ent predicament of the Protestant Episcopal Church (the United States branch of the Anglican Communion) may be cited. At its Triennial Convention (the legisla- tive body of the Church) held in Boston in 1952 an invitation from the Bishop and Diocese of Texas to hold the 1955 Convention in Houston was accepted. It was ac- cepted, however. on the under- standing that there would be no discrimination with respect to negro delegates.

The Bishop of Texas. the Rt. Rev. Dr. Quin, aaaured the 1952 Convention that everything ible would be done to have this ques- tion settled satisfactorily; failing which, the invitation would be rescinded. He was sincere enough in his promise; but, while he could speak more or less confidently for