' that the cost of living would take a rapid

' mud In gdentrll Canada. This means

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Indian Gift

When Parliament approved an approp- riation of S25 million as Canada's first year contribution to the Colombo Plan to aid under-developed countries in Asia nobody was too clear as to just what the Orientals wanted in the ,way of assistance, apart from havingla census taken in Burma. No doubt Agriculture Minister Gardiner's success in unloading wheat abroad at the expense of the Canadian taxpayer suggested the idea that 5525 million spent on wheat for India would fit in with External Affairs Minister Pearson's description of the Plan as an ex- periment in "enlightened self-interest."

' "Enlightened self-interest,” in this case, took the form of unloading 582.5 million worth of low-grade wheat on India. The experiment, unhappily for official Ottawa, seems to have backfired. India's Acting High Commissioner in Ottawa says ”the poor people of India would not have under- stood the gift. . . . Even though there is hunger in India, we have decided to wait until high-quality wheat is available in Canada next Fall."

Thus, low grade wheat and low grade diplomacy have combined to lower Canada's prestige in international affairs. The gift to India has turned out to be what is col- loquially known in Canada as "an Indian gift."

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Newfoundland Aiisoriis Canada.

One of the principal effects on New- foundland of entering Confederation was expected to be, and was early apparent,

drop because of the change over from a system of taxation based chiefly on indirect taxes on consumer goods to the Canadian practice of raising a revenue mainly by di- rect taxation.

It would seem, however, that it is to be the rest of Canada that is to find itself being swung over to the old Newfoundland practice. The increasing popularity of in! direct taxes of every kind on Federal, Pro- vincial and Municipal levels bids fair to boost the price level of goods of every day consumption to at least equal that of the Ancient Colony at its peak.

History may yet record that Confeder- ation, 1949, resulted in the fly catching the fiypaper and the tail wagging the dog.

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Potatoes And Education

The Secretary of State for Scotland, Mr. McNeil, has declared that the help of Scot- tish school children in securing the potato harvest must take precedence of education. Mr. McNeil told the annual meeting of the National Farmers' Union of Scotland that he felt obliged to make a clear statement. He hoped that education authorities, teach- ers, and parents would appreciate that this was the only practical course for securing the crop. He said that Mr. Tom Fraser. Joint Under Secretary, had recently met representatives of education committees. who had advanced their views on the em- ployment of school children and had asked for a clear indication of the Ministerial view of the relative importance of education and food. Mr. McNeil continued: "I have no hesitation in saying-but I also say it with considerable reluctance-that in the present circumstances, while everyone must greatly regret the interruption in the ed- ucational arrangements, the safeguarding of the nation's food supplies is of such para- mount importance that it must during that period take precedence."

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. might iiatas Inquiry

In its report recently tabled in Parlia- ment, the Royal Transportation Commis- sion noted two: important distinctions be- tween mllway operation in the U. s. and Instead of having two transcon- tinental llnuthe U. S. has several hundred regional lines all of which serve competitive industries. Highly competitive conditions fbrilow'-rates are thus 'assured. Qggond; sifpplyidefltljes abound iii the U. S. wild!” in this country they are concen-

not dispose of the complaint of discrimina- tion within Canada resulting from hor- izontal increases."

The railways had also claimed they had tried to relieve the long haul traffic al- ready by "tapering off" rates in relation to distance, on some important articles, much more rapidly than corresponding U. 9. long haul rates. So it was argued that these rates already had ”maxima" incorp- orated in them when they were fixed.

All very well, said the Commission, but allowing that the original tapering was ap- plied generously, ”the horizontal increase upon those tapered rates has the same discriminatory effect as in the case of all other rates. If these increases had them- selves been tapered, that is, limited by the application of maxima, the situation would, have been more satisfactory."

The railways, comments the Winnipeg Free Press, do not emerge so well from these arguments. In the view of the Com- mission, they ought to have given more at- tention to the needs of the long haul traf- fic. They should have planned their rev- enue applications to the Transport Board accordingly.

"Asking For More"

An Ottawa correspondent writes: "A very potent lobby is in town looking for more hard cash for the .Prairie wheat farmers. Western farm unions, claiming to represent 72,000 growers of wheat, have told the Federal Cabinet that they regard the S65,000,000 wheat subsidy as just the first instalment, to pay losses on the late lamented British wheat contract. As a second instalment, they would like to have 348,000,000 more dumped into the pot. But this isn't all. Once Ottawa has paid out this d113,000,000, then a board of arbitra- tion should be set up to determine how much sweeter the pot should get. The farm unions intimated that as a third and final payment, they had something in the nature of an additional S180,000,000 or so in mind. Prime Minister St. Laurent, who is said to wish that he'd never Olx"d the original sub- sidy, had a short answer. No. When the Dominion has paid the t1s'65,000,000 already authorized by a still-dazed Parliament, it will consider the wheat episode closed."

EDITORIAL N01 ES

Australia is making a great advance by going backward. That is air safety is to be greatly increased by having passengers

in Australian aircraft sit facing backwards. I

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There must be naval men with the Red forces in Korea. The use of smudge pots to obscure the movement of troops is the standard naval practice of laying a smoke screen which seems to be an innovation as

applied to land warfare. I

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The thinking of those who would lay a radioactive belt across Korea does not seem to have advanced beyond that of the Maginot Line strategists or even Chou dynasty experts who conceived and built the Great Wall of China about 300 B.C.

O O 0 Entry in the Rural Beautification Con- test and thought and effort given to im- provements will not assure success so far as prize-winning is concerned but the real prize is the improvement each contestant makes in his own property. 0 O O

The Royalalumane Society was found- ed in London this date 1774, with the pri- mary object of affording immediate assist- ance to persons apparently drowned. The society awards medals and testimonials to those who save, or attempt to save, others from drowning or attempt certain other

FESCUQS.

Britain's crop production is predicted to fall about 20 per cent this year due to the water-logged condition of much of the land. This almost certainly means that the feed- ing of live-stock will be drastically curtail- ed and that this country and others will be called upon to increase meat supplies.

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A puzzle is provided by the unusual numbers of seals on the ice of the Gulf and Northumberland Strait. It could be that the more concentrated pursuit by sealing vessels guided by air reports drove the great herd far up on the ice so that they could not scatter in the open water as in

former years.

A big shipment of Jersey cattle left the island of Jersey April 3rd on the S. S. I-Iaslemere for Plymouth to be transferred to an American cattle boat. Some 40 head of cattle are coming to Canada. the first to be sent here for many years. The value of the total of 73 head is high and it is estimated that it will bring a total of S60,- 000 into the island. Channel Island cattle are remarkable for two things in particular:

THE GUARDIAN. CHARUO'i"l'ETOWN

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SIJPPLIANT

Grant. me, O Lord, the alchemy of

Clean day: of labour. dreamless nights of rest,

And that which shall my weari- ness assoil,

The sanctuary of one beloved breast;

Laughter of children, hope and thankful tears,

Knowledge to yield, with valor to defend

A faith immutable, and steadfast years

That move unvexed to their mys- terious end.

-Alan Sullivan.

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LEGISLATIVE G RANTS

Among the grants voted at the Legislative session of 1840 were the following:

A sum sufficient to enable the Lieutenant Governor to have the charts of the harbours of Char- lottetown and Georgetown en- graved, and 500 copies thereof struck off, and deposited in the office of the Surveyor General, for sale.

A sum sufficient to obtain a new seal for the supreme Court of this Island, to be used in the dif- ferent Counties.

The sum of 4:150 for the encour- agement of agriculture in the Col- ony, i:50 to each County therein; the sum of 5:50 to be equally dis- tributed between the Central, In- dependent, and Crapnud Societies in Queen's County; the sum of 216 135. 4d. to each of the Societies in King's County, and the remain- ing 250 to be equally divided omcpg the Societies in Prince County; provided that no Society shall receive Legislative aid un- less it consist of at least thirty an- nual subscribers.

A sum not exceeding :30 for the education of the Indians of the Colony, to be applied as follows; -to every teacher who shall pro- dncc a certificate from any Jus- tice of the Peace. Comnilsioner of Small Debts, or Member of this House, that he had under his tul- tion one or mcre of this tribe, and has provided him with the neces- sary stationery, for a pevrlcd of at least six months, the sum of 30 shillings, including the price of stationery, and a like sum for evosy period of six months he may have had such person under his tuition."

The sum of 55 for the purpose of causing a survey to be made" Lcnnox Island, and ascertaining the quantity and quality of the land thereon.

At this session of the Legisla- ture (April 10, 1840) an addres was presented to the Lieutenant Governor, requesting him to take measures for the appropriation of certain ungranted lots of land in the Royalty of Charlottetown, for the puifpcse of making provision "for the support of the Lunatic Asylum intended for this Colony, as the resources of the Colony will admit."

The British Way

(Ottawa Journal)

The drama of the Ma.cAi-iliur episode and the issues underlyiiig it. gives peculiar timeliness to things which the famous British Admiral Cunningham writes in his autobiography (just. off the press), ”A sailor's Odyssey."

Cunningham, in charge of oper- ations in the Mediterranean, had his troubles with Churchill. Win- sion, a notorious "butter-in", and with the whole field of war op- erations, military as well as polit- ical, his oyster, sent Cunningham all sorts of directives and signals, and sometimes a lot. of scolding. Cunningham, at the time, said no- thing publicly; didn't give inter- views to the press. didnit. write home to MP's.

With everything over, he says something now. One of the things he says is that when he was des- perately short of ships he found it "gelling" to be told from home (by Churchill) that his ideas were "purely defensive". He adds:

"It was in the sort of.,proddinq messages received by me time Churchill was so often ungrncioiu and hasty. We realized, of course. the terrible physical and mental strain under which he was labor- ing, but so were we. such mes- sages to those doing their utmost were not In encour Inent, mere- lyp on annoynnco...'n'ii.s constant novice, not to any interference. in how to run our business from those who seemed unaware of the facts of the situation did not help."

The prodding went on. Cunning- ham didn't complain, but one day when one of Ohurchillb prod: came along "I did not reply. We were for too busy with our com- mitment.s".

And Cunningham, it seeml. often got hit way-in the purely nnvnl field, of course. He opposed Iuc. oeufully the idea of evncuotln. the lantern Mediterranean. which "would have been I major disu- taet, nothing less”; and also resili- ed successfully umruotions to no- rlfico 1 battleship in I blocking operation at Tripoli.

But Cunningham wasn't at- tcmpting to dictate the grand urology of the war, not getting into public controversy with Chur- chill. Ho new hit role; kniw that

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Murder Of Freedom

(Ottawa Citizen)

The craving for an appearance of legality for illegal acts is one of the outstanding characteristics of modern dlctatorships. so great. is the influence of established law and of constitutional traditions that a tyrant must seek to clothe his tyranny with an appearance of legality if that is possible. The day when 9. Napoleon would dare', as snaparte did. to place the crown upon his head himself, is past, In Argentina, the Peronlst Congress- ionol committee, in whose charge the Peron government had placed the famous independent newspap- er La Prensa, has now recommend- ed that the Peron government should take over the paper. The recommendation has been accept. ed by the Peronlst House of Dep- utles without. so the report goes, a ssenting voice.

All this may. seem to be trans. parent window-dressing. The pub- lic, either in Argentina or. abroad, wnl hardly be taken in by ll. La Prensa. the leading newspaper in South America and a chief critic of the Peron dictatorship in the i:.:..;, x.':t'3 closed down two and a half months ago by a strike of nc'.”s vendors whose trade union is closely controlled by the Peron government. Earlier attempts to harass and intimidate the paper, DY cutting down its newsprint sup- piles and by other devices within the letter if not the spirit of the law, had failed. But. the refusal of 'ews distributors to distribute newspaper forced it 10 close down and provided, incidentally, a clear warning that press freedom rests not only on editors and writers, but on all who are engaged in pro- ducing and distributing newspap- ers. The barrier: that. remained was cvldently the Argentine constitut- ion which contalns a declaration upholding press freedom. That would be sufficient reason for the

Peron government to go the length of having the Argentine Congress formally approve the

seizureiof La Prensa by the gov- ernment. Even a constitutional guarantee of freedom has little ef- fect, if Parliaments and Congress are controlled by dictators.

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For God. who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this ironin- ure in earthen vessels, that tho oxcellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side. yet not distressed; we no perplexed, but not in despair. . . . Always hear- ing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesup, that the mo also of Jesus might be made man- ifest in our body. . . . We having the same spirit of faith. locom- ing as it in written. I believed.

Politics& Weigh-Lifting

(Globe Ind Mall)

The Scottish nationalists who got away with the Stone of Scone are easily outclassed, as weight. liners. by the Berlin larceniste who have taken to stealing statues af- 9” HMVIHB them off at the ankles. The stone or scone tips the scales at a mere 465 pounds whereas the scrownlest. of Berlin's innumerable uorthles must. weigh at least a ton. Thievery, like the other arts and sciences, has evidently made great strides since the Victorian days when the Artful Dodger taught Oliver Twist. to swipe wat- ches and packet handkerehiefs.

It seems, however, that any an. alogy between the Scottish exploit in Westminster Abbey and the Ber- lin racket must stop short M 3 Comllarison of the avolrdupols in- volved. The purloiners of the Coronation Stone, after secreting it somewhere in Scotland for about. four months placed it reverentiy in Abroath Abbey with an explan- ation that their purpose wag to call attention to their country's grievances. The pinchers of stat- "95 MVE apllprently no such lofty motives.

The commercial value of the Stone of Scone is at most I. few pence but a bronze replica of a. German statesman or philosopher, especially one of the fatter ones, W1” WW1 8 flood price in the scrap metal market. Shakespeare notes that the dust of Alexander the Great might be used to stop a buns-hole and it seems that the bronze of dead German kings may now be found in doorknobt or rad- iator caps.

The story from Germany, unfm-.. Wllately. does not say which of the kings. if any have disappeared. It. mentions only that Schopenhauer '3 missing and Schopenhauer was a philosopher about. whom probab- ly few people feel strongly one way or the other. There is no word of what. has happened to Hegel, the philosopher of totalitarianism, or Frederlck the Great or Goethe or the I-fohenzollei-ns.' Thus two in.

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The lesson of Japan seem: to be that the longer a peace Ls postpon- ed the softer it gets. - London Free Press.

About I'el'0ll'l atomic energy --

Prensa reported it. christian

Science Monitor.

The hockey team that carries through to the Junior champion- ship, and the losers in the finals as well, will have played at least four series of best four in seven. following the regular season's play. It is heavy work to be loaded on young lads and there is a possibil- ity some of them may burn them- selves out before coming of age.- Port. Arthur News-Chronicle.

ft is easy to see why in olden 'days the idea of a private person suing the government (the King) was considered absurd. The King is the fountainhead of Justice. In earlier times this relationship was much more intimate than now. To sue the giver of Justice would have been considered out of place. To- day governments and their many administrative agencies touch the lives of people almost. everywhere. When kings were the Lord's Anointed and ruled by Divine Right, it was unthinkable they could do wrong and this belief ex- tended to their ministers. But now we know the King's agents can sometimes err. - Vancouver Sun.

Gathering sap, of course, is not an occupation which can be taken, up readily by a city bird watcher -or even a country one. for that matter. Not every bird lover in a hill country owns a sap bush and taps 600 trees in March. The lucky man who does has long ago found out that gathering sap gives one a fine chance to count. the earliest robins and bluebirds. The first birds up from the south always seem a bit lonesome - and prob- ably they are. Doubtless they are glad when activity starts in a sap bush and folks are around all day. They must be pleased. ' too.

teresting questions are left unan- swered. one technical nnd the oth- er political. How exactly does I thief of statues dispose of the cor- pus delictll And does he try to kill two birds with one stone by selecting for demolition the men who have, in his opinion, led Ger- many astray? The Scottish weight-

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in-inking fountains. cleaner .,, sweeter than I leaf-filled In iand tub not yet cleaned out -. u pasture lot. A bird, like I. lxiy, M -drink up ahead of opium tany day. - New York Hana"

Mr. Charla A. Mnoleu. in lfarewell editorial as editor .mq publiahc: of the strathmai-a gun, am (the paper has been acquired by his brother. "Hoof: ,Mu.c!cnn) has this to say about. his newmi.' ship: "We have ignored the forty. hour week. We do not know of any expansion program which wa, evm accomplished under a (any, hour week, no empires. either tn. rltorlal or findnclal, which gm, this way. We never sow : crop of wheat that ripened in a fortymou, week. Nor an athlete who made thq .grade in n forty-hour week. No, a. flock of weeds that. could i,. killed in a forty-hour week. Anq we do not know who made, th. grade in a forty-hour week. .Anq we do not know any paper which has continued to improve without longer hours and harder work. an the sweat of thy brow . . .' mg the old Testament. and we do like to eat bread." We predict. 3 bush. future not. only for Mr. Macfmn. but also, as long as there are citi- zens llkie him, for Canada. -. cu. gary Albertan.

The Great We! won Iuniy lo. sponslble for the exi'.emion- a many privileges to women; lg enabled feminine workers in ..vm laus and revolutionary fields ol activity to show 1 capacity in every way equal to that poueugq by the male: there was endless dis. cussion of what use was be made by the new-found liberty thought and action. At the present time the question springs up evm so often, particularly with regal-1 to the exercise of the frnnohh and the place of the woman in buslnes and professional life;' bu the very fact that the issue has be- oome subordinate so for es tu headline hunters are concerned really telis'us that we have an rived at the point where the right ofwoman tobeonlpnrwithhq masculine worker in any sphere h accepted as being too obvious to require comment. It must also .- admitted that this is not. due 3 any generosity on the port of tin lowly man. Women have demon strnted by cheer : force of mud and determination that tho'y' in capable and ixitellectuol to h responsible positions, both of commercial and political nature.-g

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