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PAGE 5 THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1953.

Too Close To Cuba

Haiti, the new trouble spot in the Caribbean, is the most densely populated country in Latin America. Sharing with the Dominican Re- public the island of Hispaniola, it has one of the lowest per capita. in- come rates and the highest illiter- acy rate in the hemisphere, and is plagued with a corrupt and ineffic- ient regime headed by President Francois Duvalier. Its unstable gov- ernment has been the weakest link in the island chain, beginning with the Leeward and Windward Islands across Puerto Rico to Hispaniola and Cuba.

The United States has poured about $100,000,000 into Haiti since 1945, but last year it largely sus- pended economic aid. Despite U.S. pressures, Duvalier has made plans to perpetuate himself in office. His six-year term is due to expire May 15 and he is constitutionally barred from re-election; but two years ago he proclaimed himself “re-elected" to a new six-year term.

Political unrest has grown, and Duvalier has employed his private militia to seize dissidents in the regular army and elsewhere. A num- ber of his political opponents took refuge in foreign embassies in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, particularly the embassy of the neighboring Dominican Republic. Last week Duvalier’s police broke into the Dominican embassy. This action sparked a chain of events leading to the present crisis, which finds Dominican troops backed by superior land and sea support pois- ed on the Haitian frontier. Neutrals are evacuating Haiti as the prospect of an armed conflict looms, and the Organization of American States and the UN. Security Council have met to discuss the situation.

At the core of the problem is the fact that Fidel Castro’s Cuba lies just across the narrow Wind- ward Passage from Haiti. It is fear- ed that in his desperation Duvalier might turn openly to Castro and offer him military bases. The pres- ence of a powerful US. Navy task force between the two islands would prevent this, but Washington natu- rally shrinks from the prospect of armed intervention. There has been a lot of Latin-American bitterness over the use of US. marines in the past. It is unlikely that action of this kind would be taken except as a last remrt‘, and with the approval of other members of the OAS.

“The Sense OI Reality" A correspondent for the Toronto Globe and Mail who covered Prime Minister Pearson’s London visit and writes of the warmth of his recept- ion overseas and of Mr. Pearson’s pleasure in renewing old friendships associations, notes also the wariness shown by the Liberal leader in giving any real indication of policy changes that might help solve the problems of Anglo-Cana- dian relations- “Of course,” he

says, “Mr. Pearson could not. exficted to be specific at t ‘ stage of his administra-

' 'he also mdeapoitrtof

chad for) about the British preachhthesepofiems." anathema: as :Md‘V-Wh .gsada‘agflwaheetaau'lraobad s

as the British try to make it look, if the so-called invisible items such as shipping and insurance are in- cluded in the accounting. He also made it plain that British hopes for a. big order from Trans-Canada Air Lines for jets to replace Viscounts now in use will depend on the com- mercial factors of cost and perform- ance, and not on a political deal.

On the one question where Prime Minister Macmillan possibly hoped for some indication of specific Cana. dian policy, Mr. Pearson frankly disappointed him. He declined to endorse the British aim of establish- ing a multinational European nuc- lear deterrent force (in which the British contribution would be the dominant one after the American), and he specifically denied a British newspaper report that he had done so. Nothing he said takes Mr. Pear- son beyond the minimum commit. ment he pledged in the election campaign, that C a. n ad a will now accept the nuclear warheads for the forces in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and placed at the dis- posal of the Western Alliance.

“In fact,” says the correspondent for the Toronto paper which was active in campaigning for the Lib- eral leader. “Mr. Pearson's present thinking seems to have considerable sympathy for the French view that the British proposal would mean an administrative rearrangement in the NATO structure, adding n o t h i n g real. He does not expect (or appar- ently want) any nuclear decision to emerge from the NATO ministerial meeting which. is to be held this month in Ottawa."

The Globe and Mail man adds this ironic note: “There has been per- haps too much tendency among the British lately to think that, because they found him incomprehensible and irritating, Mr. Diefenbaker‘s disappearance would prepare the hearth for a new cosiness in Anglo- Canadian relations But the sense of reality is returning."

Cosin At First

After much governmental in- decision, Australia has decided to change its monetary system to deci- mal currency as soon as practicable. Just when the reform will be effect- ed depends on whether a new mint in course of construction at Can- berra is completed on schedule late in 1964. If it is, there will be about a year in which to produce an ade- quate stock of new coins before they are required in February, 1966. The old notes and coins will probably remain legal tender until late in 1967.

We have been on decimal cur- rency so long in Canada that we have forgotten the formidable prob lems involved in a changeover of this kind. Modern practices, in any case, have added to the difficulty. Hundreds of thousands of coin-in- slot machines, public telephones and others operated by the existing penny in Australia, will have to be altered. Adding and c o m p u tin g machines in banks and offices and cash registers in shops must be converted. One authoritative estim- ate is that all this will cost Aus- tralians at least $70,000,000.

Most Australians welcome the prospect of decimals but there are some grumblers who fear that the immediate effect will be a rise in prices. Treasury officials, however. are confident that the economy and efficiency facilitated by the new system will have the opposite ef- fect, as in South Africa since it adopted the decimal sytem early in 1961.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Congratulations to the Women's Institute of Marshfield, which has been awarded the Shell Oil Com- pany’s Carol Lane award for the best traffic safety program by a women’s group in 1962. The award consists of a bronze statuette and a $1,000 cheque, and there was naturally keen competition for these prizes across Canada.

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What do you know! A church

service announced in advance “for

sinners only” brought a better than

“oi-l saintly persons" to do! 1 and the sinners trooped in wi fear of being put out of n ‘ lance. We trust they showed their appreciation in their offerings as wall as w their large attendance.

PAN-AMERICAN GAMES OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Sorry Chapter In Haiti’s History

On March 1. this column wrote of the Caribbean island republic of Haiti. suggesting that “anoth- er cruplion may soon add a sor- ry chaptcr to Haiti’s brave en- deavour." The people would re- volt against the government. it was predicted.

In the last week of April. as- sassins attempted to kill the two y o u n g children of President Francois Duvalier. They were not harmed. but their two body- guards and their driver were killed on the way to the chil- dren's school. And leaflets drop- ped on the capital of Haiti warn- ed that a revolt may take place before May 15.

On April 21. the cover story of the magazine section of the greatest prestige Sunday news- paper in Britain. the Sunday Times. described the Black Mus- lim movement in the US (That paper. like this newspap- er. is controlled by the Canadian publisher. Roy Thomson, now re- nowned as the first man ever to operate one hundred newspap- ers.) In the same week, a pro- minent magazine in USA pub- lished an article on the 3 am e topic. The Black Muslims were not widely known before. But

PUBLIC FORUM

cnzumn II open so me discussion

.ter lnlo any correspondence regard- Ing lellers submlllcd.

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A VISIT WORTH WHILE

Sir.—Last week my husband and I. along with a number of other interested citizens. took advantage of what was call- ed “Open House" at Riverside Hospital.

We were cordially welcomed by officials at the front door of Hillsboro General Hospital and we were surer pleased with the sot.un there. It was pouring rain outside but an atmosphere of comfort, cleanliness and hap- piness was evident inside. The beautiful room. with is _ d homellke furniture. might have

living room in any

home.

Everything for the conven. lence of the staff and the com- fort of the patients was there.

e were then shown the wrr men's division of the older building. and although this lacked the newness of Hillsbo- to House. we could see that every effort had been made to have things clean and In order. We were particularly Interest- ed snd h a ppy to see the cos- tume room. recently installed. where the patients can go shop- ping for everything woman likes to buy for herself. believe the charge is very nom- ins] and cash la supplied. if it is not on hand. A full length mirror and a dressing table were some of the furnishings. and articles from costume jowellry to evening slippers. dresses and hats. were just a few of the items for sale.

The men's quarters seemed to be more crowded, but here again evidence of care and kind- ness was noticed.

Our tour ended in the recrea~ lion hall. where a large group of patients were having a

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' hospital and the Mental Assoc-

Iation.fos- thefincwork thefts beingm ourwhosa

I unfair. etc. HELEN LAWSON

two weeks earlier, on April 8, this column had drawn the at- tention of readers to the n ew impact of that fast - growing sect. pressing for the Dractic al application of the legal reality of equal civil rights for all citizens of USA

WHEAT DEAL AIRED?

Those items concerned th a Caribbean and the USA. Now for something nearer home.

Parliament will not be long in session; I anticipate. before there will be an exposure of the phoni- ness surrounding the loudly her- alded deal to sell Canad i a n wheat to Red China. We can expect MPs to press for publi- cation of the agreement, which was always hushed up by the former Conservative Minister of

Agriculture. Hon. Alvrn Ham- ilton. and by his Cabinet collea- gues.

Remember wh at happened? .A l v in Hamilton trumpeted a great tarara-boom-de-ay to an- nounce that he was leaving Ot- tawa on his way to China. to sign the deal covering this great sale of wheat. this unprecedent- ed sale. which would empty the storage bins on the Prairies.

Radio news bulletins gave a runnin g commentary on this great Hamilton heglra-for those who were sufficiently interested

to listen.

. “The Flying Wheat Salesman has just passed over Winnipeg." "Agriculture Minister Hamilton's plane has landed at Vancouver

for refuelling before his great ocean hop." "Wings for wheat over Hawaii." And so on. But the unadorned fact_ con- cealed by the non - publication of the text of the agreement. is that the much - publicised deal had been completed. and had ac- tually been signed by our Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong, Mr. C.M. Forsyte . Smith. no less than eleven days before Mr. Hamilton became airb o r n e from Ottawa. That is. I under- stand. the story as it may be re- vealed in due course. INSIDE OTTAWA REPORT

This column's explanation. on April 25, of the specific fact that the resignation of John Diefenbnker as Prime Minister was directly attributable to the declaration of support for a Pearson Government by six So- cial Credit MP5 has been read with close interest on Parliament Hill. judging by the many com- ments reaching me. The exact. quote from Diefenbaker which I repeated. as taken off a CBC tape. was the undeniable proof of fact in that case.

nether “inside Ottawa" re- port will create great interest among members of the U n i ted Automobile Workers and th e l 1' families. This was my recent disclosure that the two big French manufacturers of super- compact cars. Renault and Peu- geot. are now studying the fee- sibility of opening plants in Ca- nada.

Exchange Of Trees

Chatham Daily News

A step in the direction of in- ternational good will which would have been unthinkable a quarter century ago be seen in today's friendly foreign relations between New West- minster. BC. and the industrial town of Moriguchl, in Japan.

he two communities, thous- ands of miles apart. are ex- changing trees and shrubs in- digenoua to their respective countries.

The idea originated after a number of "pen pal" letters had been exchanged by mem- bers of the younger set.

As a result, a New Westmin- ster plantation of Japanese trees will be set out to fill a gap in the forest grove at Tip- perary Square, close to the city hall. which was razed by a ty- phoon in October. Oriental gar-

dens with miniature lake. wind- ing streams. and playing foun- tains, with a background of ap- propriate trees and shrubs. are to be laid out under the guid- ance of experts supplied by the Japanese Consulate, and local Oriental gardeners will super- vise the growth for some years

In exchange. New Westmin- ster is sending British conifers

uni som i trees along with a dozen kinds of shrubs. to Moriguchi, which is close to Osaka.

High - school students an d their pen pals in Japan are toy- ing with the Idea of having ex- change visits during the sum- mer holidays. but’the expense is a formidable deterrent. But the young people are still hope- ful that the matter can be ar- ranged.

Cruelotxl‘gmaooks

Some faults are almost bey- ond forgiveness. And C.S. Lew- Is says that his father c ould scarcely bring himself to for- give anyone who had careless- ly damaged a book. ' cs. Lewis says that he and his brothers could (as they once did) cut up a steplndder and still hope for mercy. But to have thumb-marked or dog-

red I book would have filled them with shame.

An old scholar named Kirk (nicknamed "Knock") has tu- tored C.S. Lewls' father. and CS. Lewis. in turn. was sent to study under him. k was a keen gardener. and he would books with the

and leaves still

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the prevention of various kinds of cruelty. why do we not have a society for the prevention of cruelty to books? vand impover- lshes mankind. Such a society might hope to diminish vandal- ism by bringing it into social

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epu . Yet there are those who look upon books as nothing more than tools, to be used In_ any convenient way. They have no sentiment for a book as such — as a heritage or legacy. They only wish that it should rem their passing need.

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By Dr. Theodore H. Van Dense

MANY oldaters have spend their later years fighting the battle of constipation because of the laxative habit. It is diffi-

try for more natural move meals. In my opinion. they should follow the line of least resistance and continue with the laxative. provided it is not irrita' the inteatln'

Most of these men .and wom-

artics. Constipated today; a laxative tomorrow. This results in emp- tying the entire bowel. No stool on the following day because there Is nothing to pass. The man then regards himself as constipated and the cycle re- peats itself. The regular use of a massive colonic irrigation is even more vicious. Such prac- tices remove completely the de- sire to let nature take its course.

There are other causes of constipation among the aged The muscles involved in the act of defecation may lose their tone with the passing years. In many instances. this followa or becomes more noticeable after a prolonged illness or because of obesity.

Poor dietary habits or lack of ' . co Ill

amount of bulk consumed. An inadequate fluid intake also plays a role. The oldster ale 0 is prone to neglect the signal that a movement is in 0 er. In time. the reflex is lost and constipation ensues.

Most constipated individuals have no distress except gas or a feeling of fullness. Others de- velop a dull ache In the lower abdomen. Headaches and dizzi- ness are noted occasionally but these symptoms 'are not the re. sult of auto~intoxication. or the absorption of poisons from the intestine as once was thought.

No' one dies of ordinary con- stipation but the oldster should not. ignore the condition. espe- cially if two or three days elapse without a movement. There always is a possibility of an impaction or that the hard- ened material will aggravate rectal disorders such as hem- morrhoids. A suppository or small enema usually does the trick. Thereafter, an attempt should be made to correct the

BOARDER LIKES GARLIC L.P. writes: I heard an eld- erly man who insists on eating raw garlic every ‘ be- cause he thinks it helps harden- ing of the arteries. I’m much against this practice because It smells up the house. Does gar- lic really affect arteriosclerosis? REPLY

No. but you might find it dif- ficult to convince your boarder. especially if he is Italian or

NEWSPAPER CARRIER J.P. writes: Is it possible to get the flu from reading a newspaper that was handled by a flu victim who wet her fing- ers to turn the pages?

Yes. but .he chances are re- mote. It is easier to get the dis- ease from being the same room with the flu victim who is coughing and sneezing.

CAN‘T TAKE THYROID‘

WK. writes: Why is it som people can't tolerate thyroid tablets after a thyroid opera-

tion?

REPLY Because they may not need them. In such instances, en- ough thyroid tissue remains to maintain normal metabolism.

TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— The oldster who has dizzy spells should get out. of bed carefully and slowly.

NOTES. BY

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Remember Ilse headqu- arters for a heat generation was the wood lied? — Gait Report. er. v

New Guard: "rm prlseneca' have broken out. sir!” Warden: "Have you turned on the

n . ssN'o’ called the doctor. I think it‘s the measles." - Gait Reporter

Churches a n d supermarkets serve different needs. but th e y both depend upon steady patron- age. and anything that can be done to make‘things easier for customers or parishioners is all to the good. Who knows how many urban congregations have dwindled because late arrivals couldn't find a place to park? Re- tail business learned that lesson long ago, and it will be a wise church building committee that follows. —London FreePress. ‘

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