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CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The Strongest Memory is Wookc: Than the Weakest ink".

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Germany Recovers

When allied planes ceased to thunder over the-cities of Germany in 1945, the oc- cupying troops who took over the country saw little but a dazed and broken people huddled amid mountains of rubble. Ger- many, it seemed then, was finished. What allied aircraft had not demolished, allied economic planners prepared to destroy. The Morgenthau Plan, the Potsdam Agreement and the first "level of industry” plan promised to eliminate indefinitely any hope that Germans might have had for the restoration of their country's industrial might.

Yet less than six yeals later Germany, partitioned, policed by occupying troops and still bearing the visible marks of war, is once again the foremost industrial nation on the continent. Her might is growing every day. Her diplomats are being treat- ed with respectful attention in international conclaves. Her businessmen are busy scout- ing the world for markets for German man- ufactures.

It is easy to say that all this is due to the decision of the western democracies, in the face of the threat of Soviet aggression, to abandon the Morgenthau Plan and oth- er schemes for preventing the re-emergence of the Reich as an industrial nation. But even granting all this, German recovery has been spectacular.

One reason for Germany's sudden recov- ery is Minister of Economics Ludwig Er-l hard. Herr Erhard is a bit of an ana- chronism in post-war Europe in that he be- lieves in a free economy. Among the first things he did was to make a bonfire of the elaborate wage and price control sys- tem which the occupying powers took over holus-bolus from the Nazis. Rationing was thrown overboard without a moments hes- itation. He made German industrial pro-, duction boom, from a mere 550; of the pre-war figure in 1948 to a bustling 14096 today. He spared no effort to keep both exports and imports as free of red tape and controls as possible.

Philo-Keynesians in England and else- where have viewed Herr Erhard's old-fash- ioned economic notions with horror. But, strangely enough, they have turned out to be just the sort of "medicine needed to put Germany back on her feet.

Falling Birth Rate

When the Federal system of family al- lowances for Canada was proposed and en-

acted into law in 1944, it was predic'.ed.....

that the national birth rate would be there- by increased. Up to now, unfortunately,' It has not worked out in practice. The av- erage Canadian family is getting smaller. it had 3.9 members in 1941 and 3.7 in 1949. A 19.31 census report. soon to be publish- ed will show, it is said in Ottawa, a further decline. To put these figures into human terms, they mean that a decade ago ten average Canadian couples had nineteen children between them; by 1949 this fig- ure had fallen to seventeen and today it is lower Still.

In other countries there has been a careful, scientific study of the right way to pay and grade family allowances-if one objective is to encourage parenthood. in Great Britain and New Zealand no pay- Vment is made to the mother of one child; "the allowance starts with the second. ALIS- tralia also followed this practice for a time. .The Soviet Union, whose measures, are worth our attention whatever we think of Communism, follows the British system, but in addition pays a special bonus 'of 400 rubles on the birth of the third child, this amount increasing until it reaches a max- imum of 5,000 rubles for the eleventh and every subsequent child.

"The merits of these schemes,". says the Globe and Mail. "may be debatable. In cular, the Russian arrangement might be thought open to both eugenic and objections in this country. Two however, seem clear. First, there ' I ; to be said for a system which ', is of two-a considerationgdo wirparents of one. Second, if the

C allowance started with the see- the sum payable for each child

favored system is the universal handout to the more, the merrier. Whatever may be sold in favor of this plan as a cure-fire producer of votes. it is not proving to be a great success as a producer of inhab- ltants."

EDITORIAL NUI ES

Education Week." O

City school children are being inoculated against diphtheria and whooping cough,

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S. D. U. students deserve credit for pro-

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- ducing the best University debaters in the

Maritimes; and P. W. C. on being com- mended as the best small University in the

Maritimes.

Compensation for the Saskatchewan stock breeders for the destruction of their disease-affected cattle is the least the Gov- ernment can offer. And this should include the over-all loss. not merely the sales price.

The live caterpillars which turned up at Borden last week are a reminder of how little real frost there has been this winter- and of how many other insects must be similarly surviving. A

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Now April 21 will be a statutory hol- iday, replacing the June one we celebrated as the Kings birthday. This will mean there will be in close succession holidays on Good Friday, Queen's, Birthday, Vic- toria Day, Dominion Day, April, May, July.

”Totalitarian Education", Dr. Watson Kirkconnell's subject for the Samuel Rob- ertson Memorial Lecture, is a peculiarly im- portant subject today. Never before have concepts of education been in a comparable position to have such rapid effects over

such large areas. 0

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The trial lot of Island cheese put up in the new and convenient pack has proved popular with housewives. Particularly ap- preciated is the labelling indicating the de- gree of aging. The fact that producers have agreed on marketing under a stand- ard brand should facilitate advertising and sales.

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The German immigrant, Willie Bruntjen, the suspected foot-and-mouth disease virus carrier, is travelling some these days, and will have seen more of Canada in shorter time than the best travelled Canadian in a life-time. From Halifax to Montreal, from Montreal to Alberta, from Alberta to Brit- ish Columbia, and then back to Quebec to have his wearing apparel chemically tested.

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It is a pity that American papers seem

to have misunderstood Prime Minister Churchill's reference to the development of the atomic bomb. Rather than criticizing the late Labour Governmentfor spending money on the project or for "secrecy, even in the midst of a hot debate, he took time out to congratulate his opponents on the achievement.

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fills a little hard to see for the confus-

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Trygve Lie believes that the chances of peace are better. "I think the general tension has decreased 8. little.” It is to be hoped that it is so. and on "our part we should try to prevent that tension being again increased.

Britain, traditional source of industrial skills, is learning from the United States how to produce more with less training of workers. When processes are broken down into relatively simple operations the work ,can be readily done without the long train- iing required to produce the traditional type of skilled workman.

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Gogol,

Russian author, died

Nikolai

date was February 21, 1852, according to the calendar then in use. Before he left school he had already published a period- ical, as well as writing poems, farces and drama. Discouraged by ridicule, he was induced by Pushkln to produce his "Stories of Ukrainian Life" and "Cossack ales", the comedy "Inspectors General" and his Dickensian "Dead Souls."

Mr. Edgar Mclnnis. Prince Edward Is- land head of the Canadian Institute of In- tel-national Affairs, recently addressed an Ottawa service club on the prospects of building strong democracies in the new na- tions of Asia. As one of Canada's outstand- ing historians, notes the Ottawa Citizen, he is under no illusions about the trend of events in the East. The appeal of free- d9,m,-.he emphasized, cannot compete with the appeal of bread. Canada”: aim, the aim of the Commonwealth, must be to convince "ll very large part of the human race that

The a better world lies ahead through co-opep

tion with the democracies."

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.one hundred years ago today, although the.

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PUBLIC FURUM

This column in open to the discussion by wlruponilcnls of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- Ily eudo the opinion of wrrespoudenfs.

THE PEOPLE'S MONEY

Sir.-Hockey talk is giving place to "the tax rate", and many wild predictions are in the ' air. It would only be fair to the new Coulicil to lemember that they are all pledged to "go canny", using all the experience they have had, to deal with the "people's money". as they would their own.

Taxes are trust funds. deposit- ed to the credit of the City Fath- ers by the citizens. to be expend- cd in the best. interests of the community. In fairness it. must be admitted that taxes should have been increased several times dur- ing the past. twenty years. That this important matter has been by-passed so long is regl-etable. and leaves a robust and hungry infant. on the door-step of the newly installed Council.

Indications are that the new. rate will not be declared until the programme of expenditure has been agreed to. after the same has been trimmed down to ll margin of safety, void of ex- travagance. It. would appear that the Council intend to make haste slowly. in this matter, which should be all to the good.

Noidoubt the. City Fathers will. in due time, explain in detail through the Press the cause for any action deemed necessary.

I am, sir, etc.. CITIZEN

GERMAN FARM WORKERS

Sir,-I read a report in The Guardian not long ago where it was proposed to have the P. E. 1. Government arrange farm employ- ment for about 40 or 50 single men to be recruited from German provinces.

Well I think it would be a much ibetter Idea if the Government would consider recruiting the 40 or M farm hands from our own list of unemployed-good Island- born men, who are only waiting for the chance to go to work: and they can and will work if given ll decent wage, and not the starvation wages we have been gelling.

I cannot undcl'sland”w,liy young men of this Province are com- pelled to leave their homes lo sock employment and security elsewhere. We have a wonderful little Island with the very, belt of land. It in a shame to see so many forms growing up in bushes. Why does this condition exist? It is because the people who own them (or did own them) were not given the support they should have been given by our Govern- ment, not because they were no good and would not work as I have so often heard it said. The trouble, as I see it. is that too many of our Government officials are living in the lap of luxury and too few of our labouring class are getting the assistance they should be getting. 1 would any If we are going to help any persons to make life worth living. let them be our own Canadians. and if we have my! in: left to spare and share, let' help our neighbor.

I npent four and one-half years in the Army and what did the Government do for me? Nothing. I have tried for a job but could never get one, yet. the Govern- ment will lend to other countries for men and guarantee them em- ployment. cnd pay their way until they are well established. know.- for when I won in On- tario In 1048,. I saw hundreds of ohm--.D.P.'L come in and they were taken care of like I bunch of babies. I-lot meal: and warm blanket: were at their disposal at all times. What did I get when I landed In Hamilton (broke)? Yet, you nleued it; I cold cure. When I asked for room and board and said. "I'll pay you when I not I job". I was told. "Oh no. you've got to have 1 job before you an got a room.” so I slept ouulac behind a church for three llllllll until I not I Job. I Vol lucky

snout to be Mun: a ma R4 an at A restaurant when 1 friend was worlrlnl. ' V

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The Age-tllll Story

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And it came to pun. when Jesus had ended thdee suylngi. the peo- ple wero Istonllhed at his doc- trlne.

long. I and a lot more were laid off. We were told it was be- cause of power shortage, but I found out later it was to make iobs for those D. P.'s-cheap la- bour lirranged by nur his shot Government, for the benefit of the manufacturers. who have the gov- ernment by the horns and might not contribute to the boodle pot next election if they do not get what they want. I think it is time the people in general not wise lo what is going on in our governments. So far as I can see it's got to be a racket. (Like. "You help me. brother Blgshot and I'll help you, and the people in general will never know the differeneo.") I am.

Sir, FOR Sourls, P. E. 1.

Ma. GOTTEN VET.

EAST AND WEST

sir. -- some say that the world is getting smaller. But to most of us, a country like India is quite far away: we never expect to go there and have never met an East Ind- llm. It has 8. pooulstlonpf M5 mil- lions including Pakistan. And whe- ther they be M hammedan, Hindu nr Brahmln. all are intensely re- ligious. But to them religion is I burden. 3 load to carry to many uods to appease and fatuliatic be- liefs to cherish, such so the Mo- hammedan one that our condition in life is predestined by Allah and there is nothing we can do to change it. whether the crop fails or nny trouble comes. The Hindu, when in adversity. says. there is nothing I should do. for this pun- ishment is sent on account of sins that I committed during a previous life. imagining that he has been born into the world many times and will continue to be.

This doctrlnp of the transmigra- tion of souls and the other, the foreordinntion of our fate. both on- rzencler fear and paralyze the will. How different in the belief in a God of love, who is interested in all our ways. who pardoneth all our iniquitics. "As far as the East is from the West, so far hath he re- moved our transgressions from us." Like as a father pitieth his child- ren. so the Lord pith-th them that fear him."

If some one should ask why do not those people lay aside their false notions and become Christ- lnns? They can read and write at least as many as 50"f. The answer to that is that they have seen so- callcd Christians and are not at- tracted by them. They hear how we treat, the Asiatic and African races. so they any that such R re- llizlon would not help them. They know about our alums. our vices. our hypocrisy in having the New Testament, but ignoring the ser- mon on the Mount. c

A few veers also these people ob- lnincd their independence from Britain; llil-gelv through the efforts

n' Mahatma Ghanrli. This man. a "

Hindu. educated at home and in

England. spent time in south Af- Md

rice. befriending his countrymen who were indentured laborers there. lie tells of mind to n "Chl'lUu.l" church in south Africa. and was met lw ii nlactml sayinn. "No Asiat- ic: Wanted". Althouvzh he never become a Christian. he used some of Christ): method: in meeting evil treatment. such as passive re- sistance, nhowlnu no resentment. etc. He was so admired by his peo- nl-, that when they discovered that

Ghindl won I student of the Ber- wane oh

man on the Mount and Just uk- inq Christ in his pattern. many laid -- if that is what Christ is like. I went to be like film. This Clhuldl lived on the meanest. info and when his atudentl that he taught did wronx. he went on I fut. till they came and repented. 11110, was after the example of Christ. ,who bore the sins of many and mode intercession for the trim '-ti."

'l'h'a lie of Ohllndrs really tnlnht. the llillllnlllrltl it moon new-Iv. that as the main mind II to prejudiced vlnlnctt our West-

&0OZ0 Old Charlottetown (And P. I. I. )

GUARD HOUSE DESTROYED

"Early on Sunday morning last, the Guard House at the entrance to Government "House ground: was dlscovemd to be in flames. The fire is supposed to have origin- ated in name defect in the gas-' pipes. The steam flre engine, whilst crossing it deep rut in Pow- nal Street, on its way to the fire. had one of its wheels broken. and was rl-ndcrcd useless. The other engines were. however, promptly on the spot. and prevented the fire from doing any further dam- age than the total destruction of the building in which it origin- cited."

-The Islander, May 5, 187i.

em religion, it must. be stripped away from the message altonether and offered them only -in the life and teaching of Christ, who was Himself an Asiatic. '

The writer is indebted to Stanley Jone.s' "Christ of the Indian Road", which was written more than 30 years ago. His more recent writings would no doubt be quite informa- tlve.

Lastly. may I say that the con- tinent of India. gets material help from us. They need tenfold more and will always be in need until they rest their souls in the truth. Then "the desert will blossom as the role”.

I am. sir. elc.. ARCH. MMKENZIE.

ls BRITAIN ON THE WANET sir.-In notes at the end of G.

S. Gordon's fine poem. "King George V ". published in The Guardian the lath, the writer

speaks of Britain as I "far flung Empire that seems to be on the wine." I take this up because I have heard this .idea hinted and stated plainly from various quart- ers these last years, as though a good many people believe this. Britain is, indeed, having A tough time, financially. Their grade of living has been cut seriously, cs- pecinlly as compared with the U. 3. But this is no sign what- ever, that Britain is on the wane. Their financial dilemma. is easily explained. During the first three years of the First World War she carried the chief burden while the U. S. heaped up billions. Dur- ing that. period 2000 new million- litres were made. and during the Second World War. '.Bl-ltaill in the first years, again carried the chief financial burden, until all her foreign reserves were used up. with her blood and her treasure she was paying for democratic freedom. enhancing, rather than reducing her great- new. - If the critics are thinking of India, as 9. loss to the Empire. then they are wrong. True, that nation of 350 millions of people has been cut out from the Brit- ish Empire but that is the great- est stroke of policy ever made in her history. when the quutlon of giving her freedom was in in earlier stage! Premier Churchill declared,l"l have not been chosen l-flu Maiestym Minister to liquidate his Empire". Of couljle, preparation for India's freedom been made for some yuan: but the final giving of it by the labour Party was one of the flni. diplomatic achievement: in Brit.- fnh history: and, if that much-an llpiled Oovomn-lent never did any other worthwhile thing, their ru- gimo was well worth while.

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In the Rudy that stand: out in that all the civ- ilisation: that have no for appeared and all the union: that have but any part in limping the f of the world have fancied themselves to be uniquely and highly favoured. Ir. other words, the Chosen People of God.

Everyone in familiar with

God's people. Their wars were div- ine crusades. They hul been rais- ed up for a particular purpose, to live the world a true and pure re- ligion. Alf other peoples and races were gentlleu. that in to say. stran- gers. outside the chosen and select family of Jehovah. Now and then some Among them. notably the prophcts. caught a. vision of some- thlniz finer and nobler concerning the Fatherhood of God but in the main this sense of spiritual and racial exclusivenes: dominated the Hebraic philosophy of religion. It was so strong and influen- tial that Christianity itself in its formative years was in danger of coming for ever under its spell. It was Paul who, humanlv speaking saved the situation and kept the new faith from becoming just one more Hebrew sect. 0 I O The Mohammedans took the same claim for themselves. Their quarrel was not. so much with the Hebrew prophets or with Jesus. whom they acknowledged to he God's greatest nronhct before-his final messenger Muhammad. as with the Christian Church as an institution. In their

cloak of Greek idolatry. Conseq- uently. Islam's divine task was to rescue the one true religion from the hands of those who had betray- ed ft. only in the onward march of Mohammcdanism by fire and sword was there any hope for mankind.

In the ensuing centuries as much of the Muslim world has become "Westernlzed" in H political sense. this "chosen people" complex has been much less aggressive. It is not bv any means dead. however. .-nd there is no telling when it may re- emerge in world 'nffairs. Indeed. there are signs of it already.

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It is not only in the sphere of historic Rclluiorls that this "chosen people" complex has asserted it- self. It has been found. too. in practically every nation of import- ance. The great Roman Empire. which in its he.v-dav included al- most lhe Wh0lp known world. role! to it t naclously. Loyalty to Rome was the onlv assurance of peace and even of life for indlvldualli and peoples. The might of the Empire was nothing less than the 'n.sfrumenf. of God. both before and after the beginning of the Christian era.

Under l8th. centurv Chinese Im- neriallsm the complex was per- hilpa more fanatical than it had ever been up to that time (nor is there any indication that China's present rulers are any less foolish in this respect). George the Third of England, who did it lot of un- wise things in his day thought it would be in good thing for both

diplomatic representatives. so. very formally and as grmlously as he knew how. he wrote ll. letter to that effect to the Emperor Ch'ier. Lung. The "Son of Heaven" was much put out that the head of any "barbarian" States should suggest

This, in part. is what he wrote back:

"All to your antrenty to send one of your people to my Celestial Court. this no ' cannot possibly be entertained. No one could trunn- nlant our good manners and cus- toms to your alien and barbarous soil. I sway the whole world. all that is under Heaven. and my one aim is to maintain a perfect govern- ance. I set no value on strange ob- feels and I have no use for your country's goods."

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It was much the name. and more dannei-ooalv no. with the Japanese right un to the end of the ipcond Worlrl War. "The world under one roof!" was their way of expressing the same foolish illusion. , As for the Germans. twice in It nenerallon thev went so for as to throw the whole world into war in n. passionate desire to compel all other peoples to acknowledge their iminue dentlnv and to accept their "kultui-". Cried Hitler. in the most brutal hour of his career, "I fight for-,,.Godl" ' Russia. under the Gun. clung to the some idea. with an even more intense religious conviction. The sceptre of all that the Roman Em- nlre ind stood for had passed to "Holy" Ruull. lo had the cultural heritage of ancient Greece. And so. for more oxcillonf. than all else.

the claim as it involved the ancient Hebrew people. They alone were

countries if they were to exchange .

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Ffolllr tom. Ormod in the Russian view. uiwri 90,091: had more right to u, U " were God'I Chosen-p "V The present mum-y 9; union believe exactly tn. nfnscnse. - that their co (0; religion in its pure”, .hr orony other,

that am ncep: form, lllealp r lull Moll. World llecu-

C ictfkn ommunlsm. And the v as flnltlcally as did ammcdans that they have 3 mission to carry out. In their liar and ”luphemous type of n . tel aberration Russia, ,,,.,l,ch”"' course to. them represents ilw iceol political State. is still --;;,,,,.. Riuf sin. In fact. I believe the L.-..,..., ,; 3g3..nil:f.iil. 1" ”'."' 50”” omcm O I I We of the An lo-saxo , shared in thlsg racial :ai,lal(t:;hn;1e though I believe history will ieclmi that somehow we managed la keg. it within controllable limits. Still ii must be and that from Mllrlboi-. ough (Mr. Churchill's ancestor) who asked. "what. side could the AI. mighty be on but that of the Eng. lishl", to Kipling. the poetic socket- man for Victorian greatness: in, story of Empire. heroic and good in the mom. was not entirely mg of in auaneu and vain glory, It seems very foolish and 1,,,.eng he now. but there was 9. time when we believed as an article of pal. ltlcal faith that we had ; divm. rich; to direct the lives and Sspp-. atlona of less fortunate peoples. D O ' 0

Today. the imaginary mantle of superiority in. Western civiiizuim, at any rate, has been assunird bv the powerful and. generally speak. lng, benevolent Americans. Almost any one of them you happen go meet will try to make you under. stand that he is lucky to be living in "God's country." and he finds it easy enough to Eive facts and figures to support his claim. It isn't that the average American would like his Government to pursua world domination as ; politlcgl , policy. Tyranny is by no means an American trait. It is that, sum he feels in his heart that he is tilt freest person in the world, he can. not heln pitylng anyone called up on to live imder some other mm of government. To him the Amen can Constitution'is one of the su- preme gifts of the Creator. and in wishes that all men everywnorr could share in it. He simply cannot understand why any intelligent hu- man being. if he had the chance. would refuse the invitation to live his life under the kindly protect- ion of "Old Glory." That. was one consideration. we may be sun. that prompted the much ridiculed Re- presentative Sheehan to suggclt peaceful annexation of Canada. Some day this emphasis on ru- clal and national supcrlonly which. in some degree. has inflict- ed all the peoples of the earth will pass away to be heard of no more, and the quicker the better. only then will there be any Chane! for the best ingredients of all known civilizations to be brought together for the common good of all men.

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IMAIITHA OF BETIIANY Ills all very well

sitting in the shade of the court- yard

Talking about your souls. Someone: got to pee to the rook-

ins. . Standing at the oven nil mn--nuig with you two taking your rast- It's all very well Slylnz he'd be content with bread and honey. ' Perhaps he would-but I ii-mildiit Coming to our house like this. Not giving him of our best.

Yes. ills all very well

Him trying to excuse Nou- Bnying your recipe: belt. saying I worry oo much.

Thnt rm always anxious. someonels got to worri'-- . And double if the others (inn i. WIN For it): all Very well Talking of faith and helief. But what would you do

If everyone sat in the cool Not getting their meals? A And he can't. go wandermil preaching

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