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CIABLOHETOWN FRIDAY. AUGUST 11. 1950

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Fact that the western democracies ap- pear to have been caught off balance in Korea points to certain obvious steps that ought to be taken to offset the possibility of further and even more catastrophic diplo- matic debacles. First of these is that if an official or agency or the Cominform accuses the West of aggression in a certain part of the globe, chances are that plans for a "civil war" to break out in that area are already well developed.

Second lesson that needs to be remem- bered is that propaganda used to build up public opinion in satellite countries is an important source of information as to Soviet intentions. In eastern Europe, for example, Soviet propaganda sources never seem to tire of talk about alleged Anglo-American plans to launch an atomic war. Yet in that same region little or no effort is made to encourage development of air raid precau- tions or civil defence. This points to the conclusion that trouble, if it comes in the form of a shooting war, will emerge else- where than on the Soviet Unionls own frontiers. -

Third lesson is the importance of having top flight observers, both for U. N. and for member states having a vital interest in the area, located in or near the perimeter of Soviet influence. In this sense, the United Nations Commission in Korea seems to have fallen down very badly on its job. Not so the United Nations Special Commission in the Balkans which, only recently, has drawn attention to the trend of Communist propa- ganda against Greece and Yugoslavia. Sov- let propagandists in Rumania and Bulgaria are busy preparing the inhabitants of those countries for trouble with Greece and Yugo- slavia by charging the existence of a Greek- Yugoslav "Axis" equipped with arms by the United States.

flar And The liollar Gag.

Some people seem to imagine that the dollar gap between the North American con- tinent and western Europe has evaporated overnight because of the Korean war. Such light-hearted optimism is scarcely justified by the facts. '

True it is that United States spending for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of strategic raw materials such as rubber, tin and wool will telnporarily ease the unbal- ance in trade between Europe and America, as well as between America and certain Far Eastern regions of the sterling bloc. Such purchases are necessary, both by Canada and the United States, to bring this con-

,tinent's stockpiles up to levels adequate to meet the threat of global war.

Fact is, however, that the exigencies of the Korean episode provide only a more politically palatable alternative to the ta- pering off Marshall Plan, and by no means offer a permanent or lasting solution to the so-called dollar shortage which has plagued the western democracies since the end of World War II. The problem can never be satisfactorily solved until the western world realizes that economic. curtains disguised as exchange control and other devices are just as damaging in- the long run to international peace and prosperity as are the political bar- riers of the Soviet Union's "Iron Curtain."

Party organization

The Ottawa Journal sees in the appoint- ment of Mr. 'W. H. Kidd of Vancouver as national secretary of the Progressive Con- servatives of Canada, evidence that the party constitutes "a lively and important factor in our public affairs despite their small representation in the House of Com- mans." Mr. Kiddlshppointment, it notes, fol- lows the election of Mr. George Nowlan, M.P., of Nova Scotia, as president of the na- uonal Progressive Conservative Association, and these two competent young men, one from the Pacific province and the other from the Atlantic, will give added weight and authority to party headquarters in Of.-

. um. . , f'We are too much inclined to measure the strength of the Progressive Conservative its group in Parliament, to over- look,-ths plain fact that it represents the -palna' l hopes and ideals of some minions that it offers' the only al- ' I Jifiiilnistrotion to that of Mr. St. 5' the Jmnnal says. "As it is the I democratic system that while another should be in 1 and our conviction and l the best of govern- I trained and com-

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potent Opposition, obviously the steps being taken in thelconservative high command are of much concern to this country.

"That Conservative headquarters will be strengthened by the addition of Mr. Nowlan and Mr. Kidd, bringing to bear on policies and methods their own wide knowledge of Canada and its problems, we need enter- tain no doubts. These appointments mean that the party is thinking now, as it should be, of the next election-it realizes fully that an election cannot be won in the last hectic month. And if the party leaders give close study to the practices of the British Conservatives they will learn much about party organization which could well be adapted to this country."

EDITORIAL NOTES

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Four more days 0

till Old Home Week. 0 O Governor-General Young (Lord Lisgar) arrived here this date 1869, to find the Is- land still anti-Confederation.

O O C

The country is looking beautiful not- withstanding the harvesting of hay and grain. The roads between the City and Tignish were never better, and the traffic over them is heavy. 0 Visitors to Tignish are favourably com- menting on the new one storey home of Mr. Myrick, which covers a considerable area, having all the latest facilities of a city home -and no stairs to climb! I I I

The imports merchants are bringing in these days will require a lot of storage and increased insurance. In dry goods the urge will be to get rid of current inventories so as not to be left behind in fashionls changes.

It is pleasant to attain the achieve- ment of records. .This Province is now the only completely dieselized C. N. R. division in Canada, and leads in the matter of diesel shop facilities.

The profit shown by Island Co-operative Services Ltd., for the first eleven months was actually over S19,000, the b7,000 men- tioned in these columns yesterday being for the last five months' period only. 0 O I

The earnest heads of the Department of Education have mapped out school terms which provide time for every requirement of the curriculum, but seem to have overlooked the fact that they are dealing with boys and girls who almost certainly want to partici- pate in Old Home Week.

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The falling off elsewhere of the Cana- dian tourist trade has not affected record crowds streaming to our National Park, and to Green Gables. Visitors are treated as friends from abroad, and seem to respond by returning again and again.

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With but one private dealer to be on the five-member Potato Marketing Board it is little wonder that exporters are inclined to view its wide powers with some alarm. It should at least work in close consultation with a representative committee of those in the trade.

Two-door model cars are most popular with families of small children in spite of what are sometimes cramped quarters. If car manufacturers could contrive means of locking the back doors so as not to be open- ed from the inside it would make the four- door models equally safe for the family, and permit more room for those who need it. 0 O O The heavy traffic over the all too nar- row I-lillsborough Bridge demonstrates its unfortunate effectiveness as a bottleneck in thls' age of rapid transit. It will be one of the greatest advantages of the Trans-Can- ada Highway that by widening or replace- ment, that bottleneck must be removed. O O O - Whatever methods of enlistment may be adopted in the three Armed Services, it should be possible to determine the response from this Province. In the past many of our young people have joined up without any proper acknowledgment being made that they were from the Island. 0 O I The appointment of Brigadier Rocking- ham to the command of the United Na-

hlghly commended by those who know his efficient service with the Australians in the last war. He is not merely a "bras hat", but a "brass hat" with brains and military initiative. I O i The committee investigating provincial- munlcipal relations in Saskatchewan has recommended that the provincial govem- ment give up the public revenue tax in favor of the municipalities, that it pay municipal taxes on crown corporations, and that it boost the gasoline tax by two cents a gallon, to permit a "more rapid implementation of

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The news pdgos got a trifle cou- fusing tbese days, whst with one Miss Csusds skimming over the waters of Lake Muskoks st I40-odd miles an hour. and another Miss Csnsds shout to be chosen in a beauty contest. - St. Catharines standard.

some time ago Princess Margaret paid a formal visit to Canterbury Cathedral. The Red Dean. Dr. Hewlett Johnson. is Dean of Cant- erbury and during the course of the visit the Archbishop of Cant- erbury presented him to Her Royal Highness. Bhe courteously shook hands with him and photographers recorded the meeting. Not. long aft- erward Ccmmunists posted the photograph in Vienna with the ex- planation that it showed Princess Margaret shaking hands with the Red Dean after she had signed the Communist peace manifesto. Montreal Daily star.

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Mothers the world over can sympathize with Mrs. Bebe Solarof Philadelphia. When her sons aged two and three shouted gleefully "Mother come and look at us", she found that they had amused them- selves by painting each other green from head to foot. so when

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This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of Interest. The Guardian doesnot necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents. '

&KVhW A WORSE NIGHTMARE

Sir.-With regard to the night- mare described by a correspondent in your issue of yesoerday,-the bad dream goes on: "The factory whistle shrleks. while begrimed. sweating workers, tired-eyed and weary, sign off and pace out of the dismal gaping n-law -entrance to the heavy-casting shed. But do they necessarily go home to sleepfulness and peace- though some wives do their best with the aid of a few tlnselled imitation flowers? Far too often it is to as dismal surrotuidlngs they go-dirty. ill-kompt rows or tenements, sometimes with scarce- ly space to breathe; the yards and the lanes crowded; and youngsters everywhere sprawled, crying. talk- ing. playing. screaming, fighting. No peace anywhere. . . ." Except. perhaps. were it possible to arrange to get a short two weeks on this delightful P. E. I. seashore to breathe in God's clean wholesome fresh air and to enjoy the healthful rays of a sun coming through skies plear of smoke or fumes. Comprehensive. organized tours for workers and their fam- ilies have been arranged success- fully elsewhere. Tours by which Montreal, Boston, New York and other big centres could be served Would it really spoil the Island- ers' peace so much to know that their blessed country is shared with others perhaps at least as deserving - those myriad weary souls from the cities? I think not. It is a service the Island should be proud to provide, a service which should do her no financial harm, and tourism. I believe, could be her number one industry. This Island could be the Bermuda of the NorthpNoT for the bejeweled elite 01 New York's West End, but for the ordinary kind of folk from the city who would love to bring their children to romp on the sands at Dalvay and elsewhere. ' This Island need never deterior- ate into is Coney Island play- ground. but it could expand its op- portunities for tourism to a huge needy public here and in the U. S A..-the honest working-men and their families without whose effort all would decay. I am. Sir, eic.,

K. I. E. MaoLEOD 87 Prince Street, Charlottetown.

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IIIENAISSANCI?

The world stands out on either side

No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky-

No higher than the soul is high. The heart can push the sea and land

Farther away on either hand;

The soul can split the sky in two, And let the face of God shine

through. But East and West will pinch the is

en:

That can not keep them pushed apart;

And he whose soul is flat-the sky

will cave in on him by and by.

-Edna st. Vincent Mlllay.

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GAWLIOR, Oentrsl Indll. Aug lo - (Routers) - Police opened fire twice here today to disperse violent Hindu crowds. killing one person and injuring N. Wednes- dsy police fired on student dun- onstrstms and killed two. some Mcslcm shops were looted and burned today.

MANILA. Aug. ro - (AP) -Ten days of heavy rains lion flooded much of Northern Luson mood

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HULL, Eugland:- It makes a change to see. for the first time in some two-and-a-half years, these notes needed from somewhere other than. London. It's an over- due change, for too often people in other lands who are not fami- liar with this island are apt to Rain the impression that London is England. and England is I..cii- don.

Tell that to a man from Birm- ingham, or Liverpool, or the remot- est village in the moorlands of Yorkshire. and like as not he'll either be downright offended or pity your ignorance. Mention Ion- dcn in any society more than, say, forty or fifty miles north of the capital and almost certainly some wag will ask you with a sly grin where-or what-is London; or en- quire with bland and assumed in- nocence if that isn't "that- little place down south"?

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That the "little place down South”, with its suburbs, is occu- pied by something like a quarter of the population of all England is of no consequence at all to most of the other three-quarters. In- deed, instead of being a recom- mendation, that very fact may be construed as a sign of weakness, a confession that London has to be as big as that in order to make its presence felt.

Hull is one of the great East. coast ports, the commercial and maritime centre of the East Rid- ing of Yorkshire, and here, no more than a couple of hundred miles from London. it is possible- riay easy--to imagine oneself in a different country, sometimes even the local dialect helps the illusion. many words still in common use being almost exactly the same as were spoken by Norse invaders nearly a thousand years ago-- a clue to the ancestry of so many East Yorkshire people.

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Life in the Northern counties proceeds at a much more leisurely tempo than in the South, and par- ticularly than in London. People have time to stop and think, to consider well before taking action; bu” h5VIl'l8 decided on a course, that course is pursued until the objective is reached. despite any obstacles and in the face of any discouragement. Northerriers seem, indeed, to thrive on adversity. for life has always been hard. There has been hard work and hard play RIWHYS. for it has seemed that if a thing had to be done, it may as well be done to the best of human ability, with method and with pride.

But the leisurely tempo does not imply laziness. Rather does it typify the character of the people - a race who will not allow them- selves to be flustered or stamped- ed into anything, who will. to the casual observer. seem slow; but who are quite oblivious to outside opinions and influences, prefer. ring to make up their own minds In their own time.

Thrlftiness comes naturally to them, another characteristic de- V010l19d over generations when to be anything but thrifty was to court disaster, when it was ever necessary to count each penny

ponnles for life's essentials. But thriftlness has never been allow- ed to become meanness. For a good and deserving cause no peo- ple are more generous; no doors Ire opened wider to a welcome visitor than Northern doors. and no people are more ready to lend a sympathetic ear to a tale of mis- fortune. Unless the misfortune be of ono's own making, through carelessness. wsstsfulness or stupidity. The Northerner can be hard on a man who does not live up to his on standards. 0 I C

If. however. there were no other dlfforsnces between London. and the North. one thins would stand out like a marked frontier. Up hm. everybody has a sociable word for the complete stronger so readily so for the old friend; there always seems to.be s moment to spare for s politeness, never a hesitation about an opportunity for s kindness,

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From the reports of the Legis- lative Assembly, Tuesday. Feb. 3. 1852. The House in committee on the small Debts Act:

when the clause to exclude lawyers from pleading on behalf of litigants in the small Debts Courts came under consideration, the Hon Mr. Coles said that if such hon. members of the House as were al- so members of the legal profession, should think that the exclusion contemplated would amount to an undue limitation of their profess- ional privlleges, it was the proper time for them to show that it would be so.

Mr. Palmer then rose and said. that he certainly was persuaded that many causes came before the Commissioners in Small Debts Courts, involving questions of law, which it could not be expected that they, as non-professional men, would be able to determine. Be-

gage it. Hon. Mr. Pope

with the brought before them; in fact, were it otherwise. it would be dero- gatory to the profession and in- sulting to the Commissioners. If a Commissioner were to be budgeted by one lawyer on his right. and an- other on his left, he would be com- pletely bewlldemd, and rendered incapable of giving 3 reasonable and equitable judgment concern- ing the matter at issue. The small Debts Courts were bad enough as they were; but should lawyers be allowed to plead before them, they would become a positive curse to the country.

Hon. Mr. Cole: remarked. that if lawyers were admitted to plead in these courts. every litigant in them, who had ten shillings to spare, would spend them in feelng an attorney. If.the Commission a, however, should find any suit be- fore them to be involved in leg- al ambiguities, they might be al- lowed to consult thn Crown law officers on the subject. '

Mr. Thorton said he had him- self applled for such advice on one occasion. and was told that he was not entitled to it. any more than any private individual. without a fee. The fact was.that when any- one sppoii-ited to I public office. entered thereon. it was taken for granted that he conceived himself duly qualified to discharge his du- ties, and the law made no provis- ion for his assistance in case of incapacity. With respect to the evils which would arise from the admission of lawyers, as pleaders; in the small Debts Courts. they had, in his neighborhood, suffici- ent evidence of them, in the per- sons of a few busybodies who, fancylng themselves very learned in the lam. frequently contrived to worm or intrude themselves into court, as witnesses or otherwise. greatly to the obstruction of busi- ness. If lawyers were permitted to plead, the commissioners would be more at a loss how to decide than they were before: and the court instead of being able to get through their business in a day. would scarcely sccom-pl' ” it in