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A Fine Achievement

One of the best ways of judging the level of civilization achieved in any modern community is by the provision it makes for its sick, its orphaned, and its infirm. Pagan civilizations paid little attention to

POI‘ DID‘

this obligation, but Christianity .

brought a new concept 130 13931’ °“ both public and private responsibil- ity towards those who were unable, adequately. to look after themselves. There are many institutions nere which reflect this Christian at- titude. and it is a matter of pride that they have expanded their activities in recent years. and that no ‘appeal made on their behalf has gone without enthusiastic support.

Our Roman Catholic citizens have reason to be very proud» in this connection, of the magnificent new Sacred Heart Home which they have erected in Charlottetown for the accommodation of some 125 aged persons, and which was officially opened» this week. It is an impressive five storey structure of brick an d steel, serviced with elevators, with all walking areas hand-railed and with one whole floor devoted ex- clusively to the accommodation of bedridden patients.

The building not only contains every modern convenience both for care and administration, but its -.p- pearance, architecturally, is most pleasing. It has gotten away com- pletely from the old type of in- stitutional building, which too often resembled a jail rather than a home or hospital, and gave one a sad im- pression before ever entering its doors. This edifice exudes hospital- ity and warmth, and fittingly sym- bolizes the humane purpose to which it is dedicated. It is a credit to Char- lottetown and the Province, and we

congratulate all concerned on its erection and completion at this time.

Was He Misquoied?

According to a London despatch, the Canadian delegation at t h e Commonwealth Conference just concluded are incensed at misrepre- sentations which are regarded as having been officially inspired in the British press about the position Can- ada took at the conference discuss- ions. External Affairs Minister V Green, in particular, is quoted as complaining about reports in the British press being “completely in- ' accurate and unfair.”

It is a seriouscharge, especially as it would seem to involve the Brit- ish government as well as the Brit- ish press, in encouraging a slanting of.the.news in such a way as to die-

A ' crfidit Prime Minister Diefenbaker

am] his associates.

' "Some of the statements attribut- ed to Mr; Diefenbaker gave the im- pression thathe tried. to arouse pre- judice‘; against '-Western Europe's lodgterm stability. Are these t it e relnarlce in dispute? He was quoted, moreover, as warning that Britain's Inhnbership in the Common Mar- ket might it riv a Canada into clos- or», association with the United , and of vaguely hinting at threat that ‘North.

M. was that

been specifically denied. Surely, if they represented a garbled version of what the Prime Minister said, a correction shoulo have gone out im- mediately. For they have already done harm to Canadian-American relations.

Washington commentators a re asking, pointedly, what mandate Mr. Diefenbakei had to forecast American policy in Europe. It is quite within the capacity of the Kennedy administration, they say, to explain and defend its own poli- cies without the unsolicited and un- welcome intervention of the Diefen- baker government.

Officially, the U.S. government has been silent on this matter. But it has let it be known that it re- mains firmly committed to the cc-m- plete fulfillment of its NATO ob- ligations regardless of the future size and scope of the Common Mar- ket, and that it will continue to work for the closest co-operation be- tween the United States and Europe as part of President Kennedy’s de- sign of “interdepehdence" for the free world.

It is to Prime Minister Diefen- bakerls interests, and Canada's, that he give chapter and verse for any garbling that has been done to his statements, on this or any other phase of his presentation at the Commonwealth conference. Gen- eral charges about misrepresentation in the British press are not enough. Certainly when Parliament meets next week it will want to hear more about this allegation, and it will be in no mood for anything but the facts.

Final Approval

The Federal Cabinet has now given final approval to an agreement which will make $50,000,000 avail- able to the provinces between now and March 31, 1965 for rural re- habilitation and development. Each province will receive initially $750,- 000.for approved projects. The bal- ance of the federal contribution will be distributed according to a form- ula based on each province’s net agricultural production, its rural population and the number of farms it contains Whose annual gross rev- enue or potential revenue from farm products is less than $1,200. The provincial governments are ex- pected to announce the first series of projects within a month.

The Shaw Government hasshown a keen interest in this program since it was proposed in January, 1961. by Agriculture Minister Alvin Ham- ilton, and we have no doubt that it will take full advantage of its pro- visions now that it has gotten un- der way. The equal distribution of the initial grants is particulary gratifying, since the basic intention is to divert submarginal and mar- ginal farms to more profitable use, and to give the men now farming them a more useful and rewarding occupation. Emphasis will also be placed on soil and water conserva- tion, and on the development of pro- jectsthat will create new income and employment in rural areas.

The Queen's New Flag

It was recently announced from Buckingham Palace that Queen Eliz- abeth had adopted a new personal flag specifically for use when she is in Canada. (This, of course, has nothing to do with the dreary “fiag controversy" that has been going on at Ottawa.) Created after consulta- tion with Canada, the flag shows the Canadian arms with the Queen's own device in the centre—the letter "E” surmounted by the royal crown. encircled by a chapiet of roses, all in gold on a blue field. .

Queen Elizabeth first had a per-

visit to India and Pakistan in 1960- 61. But in that case the personal em- blem and the blue field occupied the whole of the banner, since in those _countries Her Majesty was recogniz- ed merely in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth.

The new flag symbolises the fact that she is Queen of Canada, just as the only oth er similar personal- cum-national flag so far in existence -—the Queen’s Sierra Leone standard, need on the vist there last year- ayrnbolized that country's recogni- tion of the Queen as Sovereign. These new flags do not in any way

Jupplelit the «Royal Standard, which the United Kingdom's

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ENGLAND'S STATELY HOMES

Ancestral Mansions Are Costly Luxuries

A choleric duke of the old school would doubtless turn pur- ple with rage at the slate of

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fairs these days in the stately 3

homes of England.

Cars and buses fill parkingf lots in the very shadows of Dit- ,

chley Park, Ashby de la Zouch . odin, on House at

Chipping Sodbury. and other

monuments of a bygone ago.

Queues of c u r i o u 5 visitors wind through once - sacrosanct drawing rooms, libraries. ture galleries. and bcdchamb- ers. Some sight-scers even stay for tea —at sixpence a cup. DEATH AND TAXES

Those inexorable twins, death and taxes (plus the death-watch beetle), are transforming the old “great houses" into com- mon property. About 450 histor-

homes in Great Britain are opens to the public, for a fee.

eers of the realm have thrown open their ancestral homes to the masses because they need help to run them. A young lord who inherits a vast estate may find himself saddled with millions in death duties. Add $50,000 or so a year for routine maintenance. and the burdet is obvious.

Special upkeep on a 500-year- old house can be staggering. At the Manor House in Curry Mal- let. in . for death-watch beetles are chew- ing the massive Norman beams in the banqueting hall: wood- worms infest. the minlstrel gai- levy: furniture beetles are in the furniture. And. The Times of London glumly reports. the roof leaks, too.

The beleaguered aristocrats are carrying on in the b e st tradition of stiff upper lip and all that. Said Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (pronounced Bewly): “Deep in our hearts we hated having peopl but it would be to run 0 ut and give up

absolutely wrong the

As added attractions to the 13th-century abbey on his es- Lord V agu has open- ed a “fully licensed" restaurant and antique automobile mus- eum. The museum honors Loud Mnntagu’s late father, an early motoring esthusiast who gave Khiing Edward VII his first auto 1'

e BISON AND GOLF Woburn Abbey. seat of the Duke of Bedford. is reputedly England's !'Tt(T‘Fl popular stately home. It draws some 350,000 persons a year. The Abbey of- fers a zoo featuring American bison. a merry-an-round, slot machines. a miniature golf course, and paddle boats on 14 asso kes. For about $95. a tourist can spend the night at Woburn Ab- — a bargain, the Duke says, compared with a suite at the Savoy. ~ The Duke of Bedford. who in- clirted inheritance taxes of $14 m lot. on his father's death in 19 ". s h r u g s off complaints about routing tnaditlon. ‘What I owe to history." he has been

quoted as saying, "isn't a patch‘

on what I owe to the Chancel-

lor of the Exchequer." Blenheim Palace, home of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of sir Winston Churchill. a t t r a c t s visitors more discreetly. Blenheim re- ‘cently added a motor boat for trlps on the manorial lake‘. “But a small motor boat." it was em- phasized by e Duke's agent. "We don't want place into a fair

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The welcome isn't quite as cordial at all historic homes. Mr. F.F. Mayali, the owner of Lee Hall. ancestral home of the Lee family of Virginia, was ap- palled when it was suggested that Civil War buffs would en- joy touring his home. “This is quite a small house, and the thought of busloads of people tramping about is absolutely ', _ i said. MARQUESS IN COTTAGE

Owners of not all live palatially. The Duke of Norfolk moved out of Arundel Castle and is making do in a 12- beciroom house on the grounds. The Marquess of Bath has a 100- room Tudor mansion, Longleat House, but lives prudently in a cottage. B e si e s, Longieat House is said to be infested with $240000 worth of death - watch

cetles.

Historic h o u s e s sometimes are turned over to the National Trust, a private agency operat- ing with governmental blessing,

stately homes do‘

the National Geographic Society says The owner may live in his home while the Trust maintains it. When the o w n e r dies, his heirs avoid death duties, and the house is preserved as part of the national heritage.

For peers who choose to go it alone, every little economy helps. The Marquess of Hert- ford lights Ragley Hail, War- wickshire, with candlelight (night tours, two and six). It's not only picturesque, but saves on electricity.

In spite of tours. the National Trust, and valiant efforts by the owners, a few stately homes have been converted into pri- vate schools, nursing homes, of- flees, and the like.

Henlow Grange, Bedfoi-shire,

ood vacant and neglected for eight years. Then, as the local gentry crlnged, the 800-year old Grange became an expensive beauty farm for women. S I c transit gloria mundi.

A NATO Nuclear Force?

By Harold

Morrison

Canadian Press Staff Writer

The United States has a feud-

. ency to scoff at French “grand-

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eur" and to dismiss as “non- sense" persistent French questioning of how far the United States would be pre- pared to go in the defence of Europe if it meant pushing the nuclear button. ‘ ’

McGeorge Bundy, President

, Kennedy's security adviser, has

e into our houses.’ ‘ *

to turn "the old _

.“.realily". of the US

bluntly stated that beside the ‘ . . nuclear pledge to the defence of Europe “much recent dialectical discus-

the current edition of eign affairs quarterly, where he criticizes unnamed allies for a lack of reciprocity with the United States and admits rela- tions with France are “tempo- rarily and partially out of or- ]. ..

e .

The position that Bundy re- flccts—and it is known his article was cleared with the president — contrasts with the equally blunt statement of French Defence Minister Pierre

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Messmer, who a mags ne interview raises doubts whether

presses his point that France must have a nuclear force for her own security. STUDY NATO FORCE

A point involved on both sides of the controversy is that the United States has promised to give consideration to the. of developing an NATO nuclear force and has Slated it is Prepared to act on the basis of what Europe itself might consider best.

Behind this attitude may have been U.S. reasonlnt thatfihere are so many minor frictions and

l>0we in in the Europe famllly thiltylto single ldei 11$ emerge on which the entire

fixrofizwggntlnuing tq rely on

sous for nuclear"

to participate in a nuclear de- terrent over which they could have little control because they couldn’t threaten to withdraw. This is the kind of political act the United States knows many of its Allies would be re- luctant to execute. It is the kind thing that tends. give weight to the French view that a NATO nuclear force is un- attainable. The point that stands out most clearly in U.S. “engage- ment” of a NATO nuclear force

at arlng this might en- gulf her in a nuclear war not of her own choosing.

The question unsettled In the minds of some Europeans is whether the United States is more concerned about her self- preservation than the defence and welfare of Europe.

OUR YESTERDAYS (From the Guardian Filest ‘ N'l'Y.- rivn YEARS AGO

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Care is Needed With Animals

By Dr. Theodore 11. Van Dellen

pecially the cottontail and wild hare. Prevention is almost an- tirely a matter of personal pre- cautions. Hunters must be care- ful. in areas where the disease is known to exist. Butchers and housewives ought to wear rub- ber gloves when handling wild

rabbits.

Tularemla is chiefly a dis- ease of wild animals, including squirrels, woodchucks, foxes, and coyotes, as well as of rab- bits. Man enters the picture by handling the infected carcass, consuming tainted meat, or by the bite of an infected, blood- sucking fly or tick that has lived on infected rodents. The causative organisms are trans- mitted through the bite of these

sects.

Human infections occur In various forms, depending a great extent upon the time of year and the way the disease is contracted. In 60 per cent of all cases, an ulcer arises at the site where the organisms gained entrance to the

This is likely to be on fingers or hand, especially the winter time when contact is made with Infected animals. In the summer months, insects are the most common vectors and ulcers are likely to arise on exposed parts of the body. The eyes may become infected as a result of contact with hands or spattering of water while clean- ing the animal. "

Unless streptomycin is used, the victim is in for a" prolonged illness with chills, fever, ma- laise. headache, and swollen, tender glands in the area near- est the site of the initial infec- tion.

Our advice to hunters: Don't handle sick or dead wild ani- mals and avoid shooting slow moving game. Such rabbits are likely to be infected with tuiti- remia. It is advisable also to discard any carcass in which there are enlarged glands or pfaculiar whitish spots on the in- si es.

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(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

RHEUMATIC HEART

J.M. writes: How does a doc- tor determlne whether a person has a rheumatic heart?

REPLY

There is no question about the diagnosis when the indivi- ual has had rheumatic fever and develops the murmurs and changes in heart contour th at are associated with valvular

amage. iagnosis is less cer- tain if there is no history of rheumatic fever or other surept infections, unless the murmurs are typical of the heart lesions usually produced by rheumatic

ver. v -. HIP PAIN

A.S. writes! Periodically late- ly, I have been getting pain in the hip; can't tell whether it is in the bone or muscle. would like you to suggest ome causes of this condition.

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REPLY

Arthritis. myositis, injury, are among the possibilities. X- rays and a thorough examina- tion would be needed to make the diagnosis. '

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A woman is eager vinced that a man

her that e doesn't need at a price he can't afford. - bserver.

The suspension is a new Bri- tish car doeeaway with steel springs, torsion bars and shock absorbers. and uses only a single waterpipe. Whom do we call now— mechanic or plum ei'?— Tomato Telegram. ~-

Ieeeees eueii ceases to Hie man with a level head on hi; svit'e'a shoulders. — Gait Re. porter.

The reason that some pegplg never wake up and find them- selves famous ia because they never wake up. — Brandon sun

At the height of the summer- in Taxnpico. Mexico. a tourist asked bk taxi ch-Iver why he kept driviul from the left-hand side oftiie road to the right, and vice versa. Said the driv- er: “Here we have no left and right. Only sun and shade." — Gait Reporter.

Nuclec'i_rMTesting

Investigations which are now going on in Scotland into sele- mic disturbances and their rec- ognition, have disclosed that if maybe possible to have a world - wide nuclear detection systemwlth far fewer stations than has been thought neces-

sary. . The discoveries that have al- inade could have a vital bearing on negotiations for a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons. which today is cada- lng much concern and contro- versy in many countries of the world.

Sir William Penney. deputy- chairman of the A c Energy Authority, is of opinion that through these tests the number of stations needed for world - wide detection of nuclear testa could be reduced to 20.

The previous figure, and one

which has been a stumbling

block of an filnemeut on». hing nuclear teats has - ‘

. wildlife’

Ottawa Journal

‘A survey by airplane has re-

nd . So what?

Chiefly, we must admit. a simple satisfaction that the s e creatures are there and that our wildlife policies have been ef- fective enough to save them from extinction. .

The Canadian Wildlife Ser- vice. in making research program It conducts. says the caribou-muskoxen sur-

WY pfui in manag- ing the use of caribou by Eski-