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Responsible Government

'l'oday's centennial anniversary of the establishment of Responsible Government in Prince Edward Island takes place, appro- priately enough, in the heat of a general election campaign. The event itself arose out of a similar campaign for the election of members of the House of Assembly, held early in the year 1850, at which advantage was taken to submit the question to those who then possessed the right to vote. The result was that, of the twenty-four mem- bers who at that time comprised the As- sembly, eighteen of those elected were fav- orable to self government.

Previously there had been strong op- position to the measure from men appoint- ed by the Government of the Mother Country, from the landed proprietors, their agents, and their relatives and friends, who could not see any need for a change. it was a hard-fought struggle, in which the Press played a vigorous part. Following the victory at the polls there was a further delay, but with the appointment of Sir Alexander Bannerman as Lieutenant. Gov- ernor the British Government acceded to the popular demand, acting on the maxim "that it is not desirable to carry on the government of any part of the British Prov- inces in North America in opposition to the opinion of the inhabitants." On the 24th of April, 1851, the first Responsible Government was formed with Hon. George Coles as leader and President of Council, lion. Charles Young as Attorney General, lion. James Warburton as Colonial Secre- tary. Hon. Joseph Pope as Colonial Treas- urer, I-Ion. Edward Whelan as Queen's Printer, and Hon. Allan Fraser as Col- lector of Customs. .

Our ups and downs as a self-governing

Colony and Province are traced so fully and authoritatively in Dr. Frank MacKin- non's new book, "The Government of Prince Edward Island," that it is unnecessary to review the highlights here. Special note, however, should be taken of the fact, em- phasized by Dr. MacKinnon, that it is all too easy for us to take for granted the victory won by our forefathers a century ago, and to forget, the obligations involved in retaining it unimpaired. There is no marking time in political history. Either we go forward or back; and it is only by eternal vigilance that we can safeguard the heritage of the franchise which we now so freely enjoy. To use it well and con- scientiously is all that is demanded of us today, but it is a test in which we can eas- ily fail through indifference or partisanship, or something worse. In that case the less we have to say about Responsible Govern- ment and its authors the better; they would scorn to have us even mention their names! The opponents against whom they fought were at least virile champions of their own ideas of government. They would have an- other name for us today if we played trait- ors to the past, and wrote ourselves down as sycophants and hirclings on ballots pur- chased by their blood and, tears.

Immigration Again

A new concept. underlies the Canadian Chamber of Commerce proposal that Can- ada try to reach a population of 30,000,000 people by 1975. This is that Canada must and should try to reverse the flow of emigration to the U. S. and campaign for immigrants from that country. This would mean reopening Canadian immigration of- fices which once functioned south of the border but which were closed when the great depression came along 1929-32. Dur- ing all of the years that Canada has been bringing thousands of immigrants in by the front door, other thousands (though never as many) have been departing by the back for the U. S. During 1948, for example, while the Dominion was admitting 125,414 immigrants, some 25,000 Canadians were taking up permanent residence across the line. The Chamber of Commerce pro- posal for a population of 30,000,000 with- in 25 years is based on the hope that this

' emigration can be halted and that the U.S.

can be converted into a source of supply for new Canadians on a scale never before at- tempted.

iluo liquor IIII

Provincial controlled liquor and beer saleointhefincalyeorondingmnrchal. 1950, excluding Newfoundland, totalled more than half 1 billion doiion, 8507.659,- Bfltobounct. They won 818,785,009 more than the 34B.8,874,572 sold in 1948-49.

Official information places the total icon- sumers' liquor and beer bill for 1949-50 at 3614,000,000. This includes the profit on retail sales of individual drinks.

Total net revenues of the provinces, and the two territories, from these sales and taxes on brewery warehouse sales, were 3128,528,699, as against 3126,692,678 in the preceding fiscal year. These are prelimin- ary Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures.

In all but three of the Provinces gross sales of liquor, beer and wine were higher in 1949-50 than in the previous fiscal year. Lower sales were recorded in Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; and although the effect of the reduction on net revenue was slight in the case of Quebec, it was substantial in the two Maritime Provinces. Nova Scotia's net revenues were down by 8688,898 and New Brunswick's down by S961,608. .

Manitoba's gross sales were 327,090,239, an increase of 01,661,027 over the previous year. Net revenues were 357,651,208. On- tario, which had by far the biggest gross sales of ?:l196,790,174 and net revenue of 539,780,787. The lowest gross sales and net revenue were recorded in the North- west Territories where sales totalled 3676,- 600 and net revenue was 5248,8023.

The Federal Government's income from taxes on spirits, liquor, beer and malt in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1950, was S143,217,413 as against fii141,734,386 in 1948-49.

l:Dl IORIAL NOTES

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This is courtesy year for British motor- ists and highways are plastered with bi- lingual signs saying that, "Courtesy is Con- tagious." We hope it is, and that it reaches epidemic proportions.

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Daniel Defoe, English writer, died this date 1731. He was a born political pamph- leteer but fortunately from 1719 on devoted his time to producing novels. His ”Robin- son Crusoc"'is the real foundation stone of

English fiction.

Inflation evidently benefits the churches. Finances of the United Church of Canada have never been better, Rev. Dr. Victor T. Mooney, treasurer of the United Church of Canada, told the annual meeting of the Board of Overseas Missions, in Toronto.

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The death of Ernest Bevin, labour lead- er who became a great Foreign Secretary, was soon followed by the resignation of Labour Minister Aneurin Bevan without the public really getting a chance to sort out the confusion between their names.

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Twelve British women are planning to leave London for Korea next month to organize welfare work for Commonwealth troops. All are relatives, widows or sweet- hearts of men from Britain who have been reported missing in Korea. Their leader, Idina Probyn, is the sister of a British of- ficer who is now a prisoner of war in China.

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One hundred years ago today the Hon. George Coles advised the Legislative As- sembly that he had been commanded by His Excellency Governor Bannerman to form a Government which would have the confidence of the House. Responsible Gov- ernment had come to this Province.

Although not mentioned in the will, Lady Astor appears to succeed to one part of G. B. Shawls stock-in-trade-the device of saying what is calculated to annoy the greatest number of people. She has start- ed off by saying that Stalin reminds her of a Scotsman and that MacArthur felt like God.

Fifty air cadets from Canada and the U. S. A. will arrive in Britain in July and 25 British cadets will leave for Canada on August 5, in a three-way exchange between Britain, Canada arid the U. S. A. Each country has arranged a fortnight's pro- gramme of instructional tours, entertain- ment and participation in national systems of training. I In addition to its value as a text book of political history, Dr. Frank MacKlnnon's magnum opus. "The Government of Prince Edward Island," is worth reading for its racy style and the revelation it gives of scandals in high society in days past, in- dicating that unredeemed human nature was no different then from what it is now.

The Ottawa inter-empire agreement fathered by Prime Minister Bennett still rules the tariff roost. As the result of the seven montha' discussion by the represent- atives of 39 nations at Torquay, England, we are told concessions were negotiated on a list of 16 pacts between Canada and oth- er notions, though failure was reported in talks among the U. S., Britain, Australia and NOW It was attributed to icon that tariff concession: would impinge an Empire preferences.

THE GUARDIAN. CHARL()T'l'ETf)WN

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ON FREEDOM It is not to be thought of that the

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From an editorial in The lander. Feb. 12, ms-.

"The City Council have very re- cently had under consideration the grant of that tract of land adjoining the City, known in mod- crn times no the Government House Farm. The propriety of ap- plying to the Governor General for the restoration to the City of. at least. a portion of this land, in order that it may be opened as a Park, was, we believe, discussed, and it was proposed to address the Governor General by petition, to be forwarded through the Admin- istrator: but this proposition, it is reported, was abandoned. in consequence of Sir Robert Hodg- son'.s having declared his unwill- ingness to forward the petition. "We heartily concur with the City authorities in thinking that an effort should be made to ob- tain possession of at least a pong tion of the seventy or eighty acres of the Common now attached to Government: House; and we be- lieve that, were the facts connect- ed with the grant properly brought before the Imperial Government, it would be obtained. We disap- prove of applying to the Gover- nor General on the subject. This officer has no interest in the mat- ter. nor does he have the power to dlanosc of any part; of the farm. The land in question is part of the Common. It was appropriated as such. many years prior to the date of the grant to Lord Dorchester.

"Lieutzenant Governor Panning, with the consent of his Council, granted it to Lord Durcheste for the use of Lieutenant Governor Fanning and his successors in of- fice. The greater portion of it re- mained in a wilderness state until about mo, when Government House was erected upon the east- crn extremity of it. we believe that it can be shown that this grant to Lord Doi-chaste: was 'ul- tm vlres'. that Governor running had no authority to take any such action.

”A few years previous to the date of this grant, it was deemed ad- visnble to lease other portions of the Common. An Act of the Legis- lature was considered necesuiy to enable the Government to do so. In the days of General Fanning, when the greater portion of the ground on which the City stands, and all the Common. was wilder- ness. there was no one who cared much what was done with land in the Common. The Common was leased and granted, And time has given the grantees and occupants titles which cannot. now be dis: turbed. ,

"Let the City apply to the Col- onial Office, allege the circum- stances under which the seventy or eighty acres of City property was appropriated to the use of the Lieutenant Governor for the time being, and request that a portion of it be restored to the inhabi- tanw, who so much need it. . . and we predict that they will not ask in vain . . .

"The subject. was, a few years since. brought before the Assem- bly by petition. but was not urged as it should have been. and was abandoned . . . We may the City Council that it is portani. that they should act. with pi-omptltude and energy in this matter. It. is known that 'obie men'. not many months since, formed the design of applying to the colonial Minister for permis- sion to sell the Government Farm 101' building iota. in order to raise funds for the payment-of the cal- ary of the Lieutenant Governor. This contemplated not of vandal- tsdrn. must. if ible. be prevent- e .

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East And West

(From Japan and the West,-by Arnold Toynfoee)

What. out of all that is hop- pcning today. seems likely to stand out provminyrtly in the distant historical view? My own guess would be that the histori- ans of the distant future will find that the grc-at event of our time is the meeting of east and west. This. I believe they will say. was the historic event that set the world's history on a new course. -

The west. these future histori- ans may declare, forced the world into unity by casting round it the network of a modern sys- tem ol communications. The rest. of the world now found it- self compelled to meet. the west, and the first effect of this en- counter was to turn upside down the lives of all the neon-western pectples.

But these futurcx, himorians will probably go on to record I later chapter in the story which so far remains unwritten. After the non-western peoples had been forced to meet the west and to addust their traditional ways of life to the requirements of a westernvizled world, they be- gan. our future historians will perhaps tell us. to exert coun- ter-influences on the west, and this blend of eastern and west- ern civilizations was the origin of the world civilization of the third millennium after Christ.

Railway Passes For Ml3's

(From the Commons l-lansard)

Mr. Harris (Danforth). Mr. Chairman, I could never under- stand why it. was considered ne- cessary to grant these extraor- dinary privileges. I sympathize with hon. members who come from remote parts of the country to help us run the affairs of the country, but. frankly I am of the opinion that the time has long since passed when his extraor- dinary right to travel on passes should have been done away with.

The other day. for instance, there was reference o to hon. members of this House travelling free to Churchill. Travel free. by all means, but let us have vouchers filed with those charg- ed with admi -strntion of these matters, so the they may have entries in their book-keeping system in respect of each and every one of us who exercise this particular privilege. Honor those vouchers by all means; but let us not in this institution, where we enjoy such great priv- ileges and where we are permit- ted to spend so freely-and not always our own money-let us not spend too freely the money which comes from our taxpayers. Let those vouchers be scrutiniz- ed in such 1 way that those who send us here will feel satisfied that they are receiving true value for the amounts covered by the vouchers passed by those in authority.

The procedure of issuing passes is something that should be looked into. We should try to find some method by which we can pay our own way to I greater extent, and not take so much for granted, or accept so readily the free transportation made available to us by the Railway Act. By the provisions of that act we are permitted to travel hither and yon, often for pur- poses of Itaiermnnship, but of-

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The Age-Old Story

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For yo were sometimes dark- neu. but now are ya light In the Lord: walk no children of light. . . . And have no fellowship with the unfrultful works of darkness. but rather remove them. . . Where- fore ho saith, Awake thou that steepest, Ilhl urine from the dull, and Christ shall give thee light.

tenet for personal business rea- sons. We are altogether too free in this practice . . .

I repeat that the time is ripe for cutting down the number of free rides on the merry-go-round, even though we do get I brass ring. It is not too late to cut down this privilege of free trans- portation afforded to many of our citizens who, wh-ile they are not permitted to ride free on busses or aircraft.-and I ex- press the hope that the privil- cge may not be extended to those means of transportation- do travel free on trains and steamships . . .

The time has come when a few dollars should be spent to investigate this high privilege which is given to many people. Most of them deserve it, but about ten percent of them do not. It is a privilege which we as members of Parliament, as well Is our wives, cons and daughters, gnandsons and grand-, daughters and sweethearts. enjoy when travelling on trains and steamsh-lps. nndrit is A privilege which should be checked and wiienver possible curtailed. It should not be abused.

I have been the privilege aabused. for over thirty years- and I shall not go into detail in the matter, although I could if I were asked to.

Mr. Moivor: Would the hon. member be in favor of the can- cellation of transportation privi- leges, so that only our expenses would be paid?

Mr. Harris: Yes, and vouchers should be supplied.

Mr. Sinclair: Turn in your pass.

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I: olf-day employment I regul- ar thing with 40-hour week work- ers? If no, whack the excuse for ,..-esslng the pzlnt. especially now i .-n Canada in faced with a labor shortage during the defence spend- ,lr;ig campaign? -bcthbrldzc Her- la .

i Because the United states exert: the hegemon, in the U. N. and be- cause the acts of her Congress can affect the fortunes of all the dem- ocratic lilies. it' is nonsense to maintain that what is now going on in Washington as a result of the MacArthur dispute is private American domestic business. It' may have serious repercussions all over the free world unless wise counsels prevail. The suggestions that President Truman should be impeached appear nothing but Republican hysteria. . . If Republi- cans were to persevere in trying to impeach him, they might easily end by proving themselve. for more foolish than their intended victim. - (Halifax Chronicle - Her- aid.)

"there in no limit to the npeed at which man will be albie to travel," said an aeronautical en- gineer. He's right, of course. but. that was discovered by a West- ern Onlario farmer of our ac- quaintance years ago. A swift- moving man. he was in-furinted when groundhogs he had shot dropped into their holes and died there. Finally, he shot and leap- ed, and got the groundhog be- fore it dropped-but he also got. the buckshot in the seat. of the pants. -Kingston Whig-Standard.

Japan's basic problem In too

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ex-icon appetite for hl'1n1;p developed around um, ha: the west. coast of Mexico, .,

brand new Ind lucrative mm. near. according to the Wolf su-.9, Journal. From the 22 fut-fregz. lug plants in that In: 301100.000 pounds of shrimp were shipped lost your to the United States. in return, 30,000,000 American dol- lars went to Mexico-without benefit or "Point. Four", um World Bank or the Morsbgn Plan. With the 820,000,000, Mex-,, cans bought in this country many of the things they need. This dg. velopment is I good exunm. of the. way foreign trade nhoulq operate. Tho Mention shrimp 1:. much larger than thou from our own Southem. States. The 1",. let are now mostly canned or- dried, but they still find a i-egg, market. The simple foot is um more shrimp are now bejm eaten in this country, reliu-in to a degree the pi-esusre on ch. meat supply. Nobody gun”. much; everybody gains. That lg foreign trnade at its best.-M11. wuukee Journal.

Liberty of the pres: does um. permit uniquely the right to ten the truth. It assumes equally um privilege of making mistakes. Loni. Veuillot said that a newspaper 1m in the order of n neoeunry em, Thus if indicated weoimeues, nu. urea and limitations. Few joum. ansu have any illusions nbouu their calling. They do not pretend to be nlwoys right. They um. about everything at full I with fragmentary information. Their observations rarely get; (Q

many people, too little land. in 1947 her population was estimat- ed at 76,000,000. Now she has more than 83,000,000-and she

of one and I half million A year. Since Japan enough to feed these people she- must import, and to import she g must sell her finished products' to other countries. But today with the overseas sources of sup- ply no longcr available she can- not import or export satisfactor- ily. Silk, her most reliable for- eign-trade item, has been re- placed by synthetic fibres in the world market. To see these peo- ple scraping out I bare existence and doing it with boundless en- ergy and unfailing good fhumdr is to learn A lesson about the

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