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Timely Admonilion

Deserving of widespread indorsa- tion is the resolution passed by the Prince Edward Island Presbytery of the United Church, denouncing the pi"dclIsc of bribing voters with money and liquor in contravention of the Election Act and the principles of democracy, and calling upon all citi- zens to co-operate in the law's ob- scrvance. The practise complained of has been all to prevalent in the past. and a concerted drive against it on the part of all our church organiza- tions, service clubs and other bodies might be of great value at this time.

Canadians are frequently remind- ed of their duty to vote. It is, of course, excellent advice. The right of the franchise is too precious .to be thrown away. But to trade it'for personal gain is a much more serious thing. Voting is a matter of one's conscience, and it is conceivable that an elector may not choose to cast his ballot for any candidate if he believes them all to be incompetent. mediocre or generally Ufisuited for parliamentary P9-SP0nSIb"1tY. 01' If his political convictions favor a party which has no candidate in the con- stituency in which he lives and on whose rolls he is registered. It is not always easy to Say Where 3 statutory duty take! precedence 0"” conscience in such I case. The better course, doubtless, would be to VOTE for the least objectionable candidate on the ballot paper; but that could hardly be urged as an obligation. The case of condoning or participat- log in corrupt voting practice! 1' In a quite different category. If the public conscience were thoroughly aroused to this evil during the D199" ent campaign, it might mean some- thing more to Canada than the return of any particular party- Coupled, then, with the injunction to "Get out and vote" should be 319 warning phrased in still more im- perative terms: "Make it clean!"

Seeking Independence

A conference which opened in London last week is seeking to map further stages in the development of Nigeria and speed yet another Brit- ish colony on its way to constitu-

tional freedom. Independence by 1959

is the promise with which Nigerian political leaders hope to emerge from the negotiations. The largest of Britain's colonies, it is perhaps not surprising that Nigeria's more than thirty million people of divergent religions, ciil- tures and economic interests have, in the past, been divided among themselves on a date for self-rule. Today, however, they have sub- merged differences which seemed ir- reconcilable I few months ago. 'i'he premiers of the three regions-East, West and North-Ire in complete accord on the date of federation self-govemment. This agreement. notes the Cape Town correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor, is credited to some extent to the efforts of Nigeria's British Governor Gen-

has been able to weld together peo- ple who perhaps otherwise would have remained to this day as war- ring tribal groups. She hasalso given us our own system of parliamentary democracy and this is I great con-

, tribution to this country."

Canadian Compiants

At ii meeting of the International Federation of Agricultural Procluc. em held at Purdue University in LaFayette, Indiana, and attended by 200 delegates representing farm organizations in 25 countries, Cum. dian representatives attacked the United States administration for what they called "giving away" wheat to importing countries. The complaint was voiced by Mr. Charles W. Gibbings of Regina, Vice Presi. dent of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, who said in part: "The Cana- dian farmer is nakedly exposed to the full effects of the economic and political influences that determine conditions in the world wheat mar- ket. It is evident that the health of the entire, interdependent farm econ- omy of Canada is correspondingly affected."

It was brought out at the meet- ing that tha volume of American exports in the current marketing year will be the largest on record and that at least three-fifths of the exports will be under governmental programs.

Another complaint made by the Canadian delegates was that the United States does not consult with Canada on any of its "give away" programs, although the two coun- tries have a joint committee which is supposed to meet from time to time to discuss surpluses and their effects on international trade.

in view of the fact that the Can- adian Government's protests to the United States on this matter have not been given much attention In Wash- ington, it is unlikely that the com- plalnts aired at Purdue will achieve any worth while results. But at least they will show that the producers themselves and not merely Federal Government officials are disturbed by the unfair situation.

”Joini Action"

The Soviet desire for joint action seems to be developing into an un- controllable mania. It all started last fall, it will be recalled, when Premier Bulganin "invited" President Eisen- hower to join him in driving British and French forces out of Egypt. Al- though it sounded very silly at the time, there has been some specula- tion that the idea was given at least half a thought in White House and State Department councils. Fortun- ately, it did not develop into any- thing resembling policy.

The next phnse came a few weeks ago when Mr. Bulganin asked Chan- cellor Adenauer of West Germany to join him in driving all American forces out of Dirope. The German response was "we need them”; so there was nothing more heard about it.

Now, the emphasis has fumed to Tokyo. A solemn meusge from Mos- cow has suggested that "joint action be taken by Japan and Russia against Britain and the United States for complete prohibition of n u c l e I r tests." Canada. so far as we know, has not yet received any invitation. We can expect one any day, though. Perhaps to joint action against the United States to compel that country to stop giving away wheat and other products to the detdment of Conti- dian-and, presumably, Russian- agrlculture. That. at any rate, would he s good starter. It's getting so that any country that doesn't get an invitation to joint action from the Soviet leaders on some mission or other Is likely to feel left out in the cold!

EDITORIAL NOTES

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LAST WORD

Oil & The Middle East

By, Brigadier Stephen Loarllx. United Kingdom Information Service

The interesting. indeed the ram- antic. story of Middle-East oil de- velopment covers a bare 50 years. It has involved first small-scale. then medium, then enormous ef- forts in exploration, oil-finding, drilling and field-development, storage, pipe-lining. processinl, and refining and sea-loading.

It has included, besides all oil- field Ind connected installations, and road, air and water commun- ications. the provision also -- on ii scale inconceivable in regions Il- ready developed and populated - of housing, hospitals. schools, wa- ter supplies, feeding arrangements and living amenities. ABUNDANT WEALTH

It has lllTi.ISIlEd an ahunrlanl source of wealth In the producing countries (Persia. lraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain) which age-long poverty has re- tarded and starved, and also, in lesser degree to the countries which afford transit for the oil from well head to the great mar kets. These are Syria Lebanon, Jordan and, by virtue of the Suez Canal. Egypt. ..

The work already achieved has led to I current Middle Eastern contribution of more than I fifth of the oil used by the world to- day, and the location of by far the greatest "proved reserves" of petroleum in the earth. What share. then, in all this effort, risk and achievement belongs to Bri- tain? Has she played I major, and I creditable part?

MAJOR PART

A major pIri, indeed Before the first war - in the pre-natal period of Middle East oll produc- tion - it was Britain who manag- ed to secure (with short-lived Ger- man partnership) I oncession for Iraqi oil from the slinky, vscillIl- lng Turkish government. It was s United Kingdom Company that dis- covered oil in Egypt. developed it, Ind held the field of Egyptian pro- ductlon and refining virtually I- lone for 40 years to come. It was W. K. D'Arcy and the Anglo-Pen slsn Oil Company Ltd. who, per- .-'silng in the face of long disap-

pointment found oil in Persia, and built it tip. with no non-British participation. into I giant indus-

try.

And after ii!!! It was a United Kingdom company -- the Turkish ilater the Iraq) Petroleum Com- pany Ltd. - i.'.ich wltli French and United States minority share holding secured the Iraq oil-rights from that government. discovered and developed its rich fields, built the first Trans-desert pipeline. and put Iraq oil on the world's mar-

ket.

FIFTY-FIFTY PRINCIPLE

..It was, indeed. not until the l9NJ's that other than United Kingdom companies entered the field, when I! roncesslon for Bahrain Islands. obtained by United Kingdom in- tcrcsts, was coded to the United States, and soon afterwards the oil-rights for eastern Saudi ArIblI were obtained also by the Inner: in these two areas, therefore, there has been no British participation (even though the Bahrain Petro- leum Co , is nominally Cand- inn).

But in the fabulous deposits of Kuwait. Britain has I fifliy-fifty share with the United States (the result of an amicable compromise arrangement in 1934,) in Qatar the Iraq Petroleum group (with its United States one-quarter interest) is concessionaire, Ind in the Per- sia of post - 1954 British with Bri- fish-Dutch interests account for 54 per cent (against six French and 40 United States) in the Inter- national Consortium now operat-

ln .

In the costly (and unrewsrded) work of exploration .snd test-drtll lng in the Levant countries (Syria. Lebanon, .IordI.i. and, until 1948. Israel) the initiative and effort was that, again, of the Iraq Pel- roleum group. and equally so in Western and South Arabia. in 0- man and south-East Arabia. and in Cyprus.

BRITISH PIONEERS

Alone in the field for the first half of the Middle Esstorn oil story, and in possession of roughly half (production-wise) and far more than half (territory wise)

World's Smooihesl Dictatorship

By Larry Allss Associated Preu. Dominion Republic

This is the land of one-man nile.

Most of the 2.(i0(J,0(X) people in the sun-bathed Dominican Repub- Ilc seem to like it that way.

At lesst nobody does anything about opposing one of the world's lightest. smoothest.-working dic- tstorshlps.

This country Is prospcrinl. It doein'l owe any other nation I cent. There's no unenniloymcnt. Wages are higher than is most. Latin American countries.

Agriculture and lndusrty In booming. Bank deposits are in- eressing. Public works programs have transformed I once revolu- tion-torn Ind burricsns - ranged land into spotlsssly cless. mod- ern towns and cities. The people are well fed Ind appear contest.

mounds

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Anlrlcm countries In Suits-osllhim rut

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boss of the powerful radio and television station "LI Voz Dom- lnlcsns," which controls the dis- semtnnttug of news and all artis- tie and cultural programs.

Col. Luis Trujillo Ind Col. Pedro Trujillo. powerful figures in the armed forces.

The genersllsslmo is head of the Dominican party, the only pollu- csl organisation. The constitution ssys there could bs more. THEY'RE SATISFIED

Asked In In interview why then is no oppostlos. tbs unersllssimo waved I hull Ind srnllingly In-

swersii. "Just ask the psoplhgo say- ssk them.

since the 1930's, It fell to United Kingdom companies to tackle as pioneers and to solve the problems of ammunication, of labour-man- aizement. of living conditions, of field-operation and of largest- sralc transportation in these re- mote. climatically severe. and to- tally unlndustrialized areas.

The now generally adopted fifty. fifty division of the locally accru- ing profit, between local govern. ment and iunncessioniilre. was a formula evolved and offered by Anglo-Iranian. before It was ac- cepled In Saiidl Arabia from the Americans; at every stage in each concession honest. bargaining on terms and conditions has been car- ried out between companies and governments, a nd agreements have been punctillously observed, and. with changing times and clr rumstances. have been periodical- ly modified - in favour of the gov- crnments. H EAIILIEST OPERATORS

The injection of wealth, which has now res L d so formidable I scale, dates from Britain's earliest operations in Egypt, Persia and Iraq: wealth in the form of local pay and salarie:, purchases Ind contracts, tonnage royalties Ind "lncome tax" levies.

No country will watch (Ind if permitted, help in) the efforts of local rulers and government: to se- cure the immense material advan- lIges for their countries which I wise use of this wealth can be slow with more sympathy than Bri- tain, whose efforts, more than those of any other nation. lis vs opened the doors to these great possibilities.

The Age Old Story

This then is the menus which we have heard of him. and declare unto you. that God is light. Ii in him is no dsrkness st Ill.

WALK IN 111! NIGIIT Frrigid the town lights to where the

is tossed Agsinst dark hills Ind sl lbs woods stand bare, bike I night sentry on his lonely

post I walk the cold encampment of the host.

Echo keeps pace with me; the dark is crossed

By deeper dark and shadow. "Who goes there!

stand and be recoimized! Come friend? Come jiost?"

The echo listens; the reply is lost.

Whst drsws man out, against hi; will arrest. when the cold gsiiors is I dying

yest- Towslkthebound yofdsrknd light”

Whst he would guard is gone. Against the west

Onesrestndstorwalkswithlilil and his for

uswthe for csniplre of bushing

Ohsrl Isis. h 3:133;-ggr-it-imo dh;;M-mt in the New Yirk ii.-.7”-nil... '..I.'i.'”"..'!..'."'.”:'3...-.'.: bsskls in was sleotsd OUR YESTERDAYS Inld'm. l V” frunlhsdusrd-II. rI.wt.m. man is sm'.tn.ooo. TWIN"-"VI YIAII MIC wtihinostof iwssoecosiisg (lnllm may Inths Ilsluie Oosfsdrstim in ink discussed OsI- chsinbsr this aflsrsou n w umlmwhusmsflrstipsih of eity.iuvw-nyudlounsscaw llsuswillmsstfuthspugpga sllesdhsihilshssswwsril donning and pi-apsrtg werefossdsdtsfficesstldlsgsssl lrisfsssgrlcaltsrslcoasiiuun homssustlslssiwotdhhd thslsrltlsssstsbssulmmdst vsslsseosy . v Ihhtbcollglmpuldlg Omfsrssosstottsws. MAXIMS '''''''''t' was -s - -tit?-E "H" ” isuussaloisvso Ilium -ulna

- though still encountering some do-

Medicdlly 5. Speaking V

GNITIIIIDIACIANCI I0 INOITIIIII boa-on ..Bsttu-prsosrsyoiirchildftrflr turelllnssseswhilelielsvefleclly

well. - lknowyoudonotwuittothlnk about that day when your child wmh.eomsslckIndnesdt.lisser- viess of I physiclui. innybo have Ipsbosiislorstlessthavsto tsk msihelne

Q . NOT THAT LUCKY

But it is I fonuiiste child Indeed who ggcgpeg III of these possibil- ities. Most youngsters JIM IN I01 that lucky.

So let him know what it is all about before lie encounters these strange procedures when he is ill Ind is not in an understanding mood.

Next time you visit your doctor, (Ike Junior along. Del him get to know thee physician and to realize that he is really s very friendly guy. If the doctor has time, he will probably let the child exa- mine I couple of his instruments and perhaps he will explain how the stethoscope works. BECOME ACQUAINTED

Then, a little later on, you cgn arrange for the doctors to give the youngster I i kup. If is a good idea to make surehc is in the best of health. At the same time, it. gives the child a chance to be- come better acquainted with the doctor.

When you go to the neighbor. hood drug store, do not let your youngst spend all of his time loooking wlslfully at the soda foun- lain.

EXPLAIN THINGS

Show him the pharmacists bot- tles and ilrs of medlcines- And ex- plain how they will help him get well if he should ever become in,

Next time you pass I hospital, explain. too. that inside they do all sorts of wonderful things to help persons. get well. Tell him about the while uniformed nurses and doctors. who take care of sick chil- dren, brlng them food and medf. cine and s. .- that they have toys and books to play with.

Never promise your ysungslcr that he will never have to go to I hospital. And never promise him that he will never be sick or in pain Simply Idvise him that. in the event this happens. mother. daddy. the doctor. nurses and lots of other people will help him get well again. QUESTION "ND ANSWER

L.T.: Are moles on the abdomen and back dangerous and are they likely to be cancerous? .

Answer: If moles arc chronical- ly irrltateii or blood or hi-come considerably enlarged. they should be removed Certain types of moles should be left alone.

disaster. TEN YEARS AGO (May 28, 1947)

Activities during the husieil year of ill: Prince Edward island Hospital since its est blishment sixty-four years Igo were review- ed last. night In detail at the an- nual msstlng of the Board of Trus- toes. The Chairman. Justice George J. Tweedy presented I comprehsnslvs report referring In plrtictlllr to the new additions which were being made to the hospital building at this time.

Recent reports from Sorel indi- cate that progress on finishing the new car ferry "Abegweil" is good,

lsys in delivsry of minor Items, it was learned here yesterday. Mr. J. Lester Douglas. M.P. for Queens stated that everything possible was being done to have the ship resdy

V '1 - rm .cansissIIl-slots-mhsvs -ldchuUsI;IIcs&. mam:-mi: M-w-w----m wonen'- Illlill.-Brnnlloi lus WW "I" " ' ""'”.;'"'"r-

. I lbssstlnldtssfsllolwhs ” doesiftknow whstthswu'IdII'If Onttidiltshggg Ind'.dossnlcIrs.'i;l: aInIIlWIlIIIdIoIlypllsu has his suspicion.-Ii-a'sdoI ulna with yeast is mount?”- to WI IwIllltl'P8I.l1hlIoIrIItlIuslu. Tlisdsdwhsssfolbosgsvshlm mu" Tsssssll-ssbsvsls-Inca...

lily of paying the dentisfs' -St. Cstherines Standard ..

A woman was Inspecting I sil- ver fox form. After admiring I beautiful specimen. she Isked her guids, "Just how many times can the fox be skinned for his fur?" "Three times." the guide said gravely. "Any more than that would make him angry."-0tta- wa Journal

Out of Clisthsm comes I news story telling how two keen-eyed and observant young girls brought a shoplifler and his co-worker to book. More of this cooperation by the public would help bring the shoplifter nuisance under control. The annual foil to those llghl-fln- gered crooks is one of the more painful costs of running I business. -Windsor Star

One reason Port Arthur coun- to

Docks unlimited. one of mar. most prslsswonliy coats-tbudons in wild life eolissrvsflon, upon; the migratory movsnisu Ind Illltlng in the west shssd of schedule and generally excellent. It has a pom. sd word of caution. however. Wm, conditions In in "I prscu-i.,.,, slots". Water to be sun is s vim thing.-Port Arthur News

McCULLOCH CHAIN SAWS

AND scorrr . Arwiirna ournonnn Moi-on said no serviced by

Ksltli csrnilcliasl

PLUMBING E HEATING Bi-sckley Point Road ' PHONE SQ

cll has given for their d ' I vole themselves I straight two- year term without asking the peo- ple what they think is that it will save the city 88,000 once every two years. The next question one might ask about such I stand is, do the voters in Port Arthur, or any free country, want to sell their hard- wort heritage of free choice for that amount of money?-Port Aur- thur News-Chronicle.

An unknown rogue driving his car through the bush near Sud- hury flipped the butt of his cigar- ette out of the window. As I result of 125 acres of forest have been imrncd in the first bush fire of the year in the district. Filly men lost valuable time fighting the blue. The cigarette is so great I menace to the forests of Northern Ontar- io that It is not unreasonable to snizucst that every one going into the husliland in Summer be search- ed for cigarettes.-London Free Press

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