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PAGE} sAr"t7it'ii"AY. MAY 31. 195:. I

Certain Conlectures

At the time of writing General (is Gaulle is still “forming a Govern- ment" for France'but not yet in the place of power. The impasse cannot last much longer, however; and per- haps by the time this appears in print it will have been overcome. At any rate, a de Gaulle Government appears certain with or without the consent of the Assembly. The general will either be given power, grudgingly, or the Army will seize it for him with prob- ably nothing more than token resis- tance from the Communists and a few other leftists.

The question now arises: What kind of Government will General de Gaulle impose on the French people? He himself is the only person who can give the answer, and so far he has not seen fit to give it. There are cer- tain conjectures, however, which ap- pear reasonable. .One is that it will be ‘pretty much a. “one-man" Govem- ment. General de Gaulle is no great believer in the democratic process, especially as it is practised in Paris; and certainly he has no intention of being the lackey of s multi-party Chamber of Deputies, as successive former Premiers have been. He will

' rule with an iron hand, perhaps be-

nevolently, certainly decisively. ‘The Communist party may be suppressed outright. In any event,1whatever hold it has on the labour movement will be weakened by stern edicts from the top. In Algeria it is possible that the rebel movement, which at its height \included only a relativelysmall num- ber of Moslems, «will fizzle out. One of the strange things about this crisis is that as soon as the de Gsullists as- sumed control in Algeria fighting by the rebels virtually came to a halt. A de Gaulle Government in Paris might very well bring an end to the rebel- lion without further bloodshed by A policy of full integraition of Mdslems with Europeans which, some reports say, is what the rebels really want, rather than actual independence. Failing that. the armycan be ex- pected to go all out in its efforts to quash the rebellion by force, which it

I A has not been able to do hitherto be-

cause of indecision in Paris. There will be no indecision after de Gaulle takes over the reins of Government.

France’s participation in NATO is one of the great uncertainties. Gen- eral de Gaulle is first, last and always s~French nationalist. in the old pre- war tradition. It is clear that he still considers France to be a “great pow- er” quite apart from its relationship with the other Western Powers. He may or may not continue France's prosellt role in NATO and in West European co-operation; but, if he does, it will only be because he thinks it is good for France.

That, of course, may be all to the good at the present juncture. A great- er measure of stability for France will have obvious benefits for the whole Western Alliance. There is therefore a strong possibility that de Gaulle at the helm might strengthen‘ rather than weaken NATO. If it be indeed a

choice between de Gaulle and civil ,

war. as President Coty insists, there would seem no escape from this con- clusion.

Important Meeting

Mr. A.T. Parkes, executive secre- ta.r_v of the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade, has released the program of the annual meeting of the organiza- tion to be held in Charlottetown June . 22-24. According to Mr. Parkes, the prograrrl ‘/fis designed to acquaint delcizates with all phases of the indus- trial expansion taking’ place and con- tcemplated within the Atlantic Provin-

051.

Rople.-elllaI_i\'e l\Iiniste1's from the four Provinces will be Hon. J.R. Pic- hette. ‘Minister of Industry and De- \"{=il'I‘Dl;\icllt in l\;(.,“'. B,.,,ns“.iCk; Hon. P "“‘UlZhV, .\ll_nlster of Mine_s and

W-"‘Ii1l<‘8-\‘. I\cwiolllldland; Hon. E.A Manson, Minister of Trade and indus- t1‘.V. Nova Scotia; Hon. Dougald Mac- Klmlfln, Minister of Industry and Na- flll.‘3.I. Rr)S'H.lI'(f(,’.N', l.“.I<‘.,I. They will re- DOIT IO (I€I€g‘liI€S on p1'e_-lent, pyojects and future plans in this region.

The main speaker at the luncheon

elrdune 23 will be Mr. Gordon L. Col-

I

pltts. procluclng iirlvlsor of Imperial Oil Limited, who will explain the pro- gress and plans of his company in the field of oil exploration. The chief speaker at the annual dinner will be Mr. R.C. Pybus, Vancouver, Presi- dent of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Other speakers will be Mr. D.L. Morrell, general manager of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Mr. A.H. MacKay, Halifax, chairman of the Maritimes Transportation Com- mission, and Dr. Frank MacKinnon, President of APEC. General chair- man of the event will be Mr. E.D. Reid of Charlottetown, President of M.P. B.T.

Financial Diiiiculties

Last year, for the first time in its long history, the British and Foreign Bible Society, which distributes the Scriptures to all parts of the world and in almost every known language, was forced to cut down production be- cause of financial difficulties. This is the word from the Society's annual meeting recently held in London. Dr. J. W. Platt, General Secretary, told the meeting that requests from around the world for publications which would have cost nearly $3 mil- lion had to be refused.

In 1956, the report reveals, the Society distributed 10 million copies of the Scriptures—-portions of the Bible—-compared to 6 million in 1950. In the first six months of 1957 the agency printed 1 million complete Bibles. In addition, more than 10 mil- lion Scriptures were shipped last year. Financial aid came from the American Bible Society which is share ing the costs of the work in India, France and the African Congo Basin.

, Dr. Platt announced that a special appeal for funds is now under way in Australia, New Zealsnd, South Af- rica and Canada. It will, undoubtedly, meet with a generous response; for the Society’s contribution to the re- ligious and cultural development of many peoples and many races has been, and is, very great.

EDITORIAL Nous

“Church of Scotland may . name Bishops", proclaims a headline. Well," stranger things have happened-but not much stranger. ' ‘

. 4 I 4 _ s In 1957, it is reported, Canadians

spent more than $1 billion on liquor. Yet, the Red Cross was obliged to end the year with a deficit. There seems to be something wrong here.

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Only 49 million Americans have received the full series of salk vac- cine. Yet, ons firm which has been manufacturing the product is halting production because the demandfor it has fallen. Evidently, there is still some suspicion abroad regarding this great discovery. '1

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The figures on unemployment have dropped considerably in recent weeks. That indicates a seasonal up- swing and is in no way related to special governmental efforts. The task confronting Federal authorities is to find ways and means of prevent- ing renewed deterioration next fall and winter.

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ben- son says he thinks food prices have reached their peak and that a reduc- tion can be expected shortly. Ameri- icsn farmers in general don't seem to care much for Mr. Benson’s policies;” but everybody will be glad to hear this particular message.

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Speeches made by Mr. J. Lincoln Dewar, President of the Provincial Chapter of the Canadian Foundation for Poliomyelitis, and Dr. T. Gen- cheff, chief medical s.dvisor,\ at the organization’s annual meeting show the great Work that is being done in rehabilitation of the disabled and emphasize the importance of continu- ed public support.

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A rather unusual barter deal has been arranged between Russia and Britain. Russia will send Britain 10,- 000 cheap guitars, while Britain will send Russia 10,000 pounds worth of razor blades. The guitars will be a cultural asset, while the blades will keep a lot of Russian whiskers under control. '

4 4 . * . ' Dr. Jean K. McDonald of the Do- minion Astrophysical Observation at Saanach, B.C. told a meeting the other day not to be overly-impressed with the speed of satellites and mis- siles which, he said, merely “dawdle 31008" by comparison with the speed of the earth travelling around the sun "WI II‘? "5¥3II““l!12” of the solar sys- tem‘ "”.‘”“I‘I III” mlII\'.\" \’\'?t.‘,‘. The (‘firth travels at 67,000 miles an hnur_ The -‘°Ia1'-*.VStem's Flleed is 600,000 miles an hour. The speed of artifical satel-

lites is about 18,000 miles,

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NOW THAT HE'S AT AT

UNITED KINGDOM OPINION

.0 The People

The British right now feel nather like apartment-dwellers who are on good terms with the people next door -— and hear through their thlin walls that the peop‘e next door are having a super-grade. domestic ‘row.

That, in too tight a nutshell, is an assessment of the Bil-illisll alt- titude towandls the French crisis. France is seipanated from the soustihenn coast of Britain by a mere 22 miles. You can sell ac- noss the Englidi Channel in a packet-(boat in about two hours, and you can take off from a

22 miles still keep, despite the progress of _ transportation Hie two nations distinct and. sep- arate. But the narrowness of the English Channel does niealn that events in Fnsnce interest the man (and wornan) in the street here more than do events ‘ii any other ‘European country. ' What do llhehrittidi nlsht now think of the French-Algerian eti- siis? . ' I-lirst, they have been educated _liptlottiefiaicttlhat.Nl3eri'sisas

‘much a part of France as Scot-

land~isofBriltain a/ndNovuScotia is of Canada. They cannot visua-

‘ line such goings-on in -Britain,

but they have sympathy wlitli the French-in their troulbles. AGAINST THE GENERALS Their sympsitlhy is directed mainly towards the ulvlll auiIholr- Ilties despilte the claims from Al- geria that the civil powens, work- ing ‘at long range from Paris, have been incompetent at best and impotent at wois/c to deal with the situation. The Briltisli have a nalbural antipathy towarlk the idea of having millitiary men

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discus-

slon by correspondents of 4’nn of

interest. Tha_ Guardian does not nema-

sarily endorse the opinion of cones- pondents.

OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY

Sir,-— During this time when our Library is practically closed to the public it would be well for Charlottetown 'cirt.-izens to take stock of the past. use of this building. An inventory should show how well it has served the public as a library for almost thirty years in its most‘ con- venient situation. We should bake account of the kind service of our librarians to our- needs. Such a wealth of pleasure in all subjects has been given Into‘ our hands for the asking. A place to spend leisure in most pleas- ing surroundings: even a corner tucked in" for our children’s cul- tural development. After tlijii-ty years experience in books shows, particularly in Miss Gill's later reponts annually, in grave need for expansion. This would give rise to the problem of s sep- erate Children‘s Library.

Then too, we should remem- ber our Gallery. This has given pleasure and interest not only to our citizens. but all Cana- dians who have viewed this permanent collection of the Robert Harris paintings; an artist who will again be remem- bered and honored as the cen- tennial of Confederation draws near. We remind ourselves of the many exhibits shown here through the sponsorship of our P. E. I. Art Society, their own exhibits and those brought by them from Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and other exhibits: some of them allowed to be shown here for our viewing only because the building is fire-proofed. We hope this Society will still emu- late the paintings of Robert Harris and continue hanging those of other exhibitors in this dignified setting which is neces- .<.'ll‘_\’ lo the promotion of arm

Alter reli-nsper-I silt-Ii as llu:., let us think of mil’ ffI1I.Il’Il'9l1.flIll'I

the future of this building. I am. Sir. ei(‘., AULI) LANG SYNE

British air-field and land ‘on :1 . French one in 18 minutes. 'llliose ‘

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Next Door ~

By "Observer" Thomson Newspapers, London, England. Bureau

i in change of affairs of state. Th-at‘? is why, for instance. they backed Truman heavily when be sacked MalcArtlhlur when the Americanl

. general stanted to yearn for -hi.gl1- ,

level authority to use nuclear

bombs duning the Korean corillllict.

There is another aspect to It._ One would have thought that the ‘ Bribislh would have been solidly

beihind de Gaulle. recalling the

xvlar-tilrnse y-eans 'when he was in

Britain to fcnm a rallying-point

for Frenchmen. after the defeat

. of France in 1940.

True, the British extended de Gaulle their vadmi-ration duping the war. But only the naive sug- gest that had thenc been a bigger personality available to lead the Free French movement he would have been preferable to the enig- matic de Gaulle. During t it e vv-sir criticism of de Gaulle over iierc was slight. He was acknow- ledged the leader.

llt is only since the war, in the wriitin-gs of Chuncthill and other war leaders, lih-at tthe debit} side of de G«artiIlle’ls chsraloter has come to lilglilt. And since the end of the war in Europe and today, thir- teen ysans later, the Bullish have watched de Gaulle first mixed up in French politics and then in ob- scurity unitlil he cslme out with his stantling “I am ready” declara- tion.

N0 EFFECT So - llliey are inclined to dila-

nriiss de Gaulle as a potential

"strong man" for Frsnlce -— al-

though they are ready to admit

that France needs a stmong man ‘

als vlitlallly night now sis she did

when she went to war in 1939. The personality —,— of de Gaulle

nor the means this-t. some French-

men are canvavssing—l:he taking over the country by military men are attractive 0 the Bnitlish.

Despite aIIII e unsettled con- ditions, the roads, seaways. and stir roulbes from Britain to France are still crowded. The holiday season is getting into swing. and thousands of Britons still go ahead with their plans to have a holiday in France. Rants — ii couple of hours by plane. eight hours by train and boat — or the northern French resorts are beginning to polish anew tlheir "Enlgllish Spoken Here” signs. And they’ll he need- ed, it seems, just as much as ever. .

IJVIPORTANCE 01" ERNEST

Main talioinig point of home

news over here is the fact that come 1970 a boss at one end of Britain will be able to lifl up a phone, bank “You're fired" into it sit a million at the other end of the country, replace the phone. and know that the task has been done with the exipendvitii-nc of just twopence. At the moment if he put the glad tidings into ailetter it would cost him threepence. And even on the clhealpest telephone call rate the operation would cost him 35. 6d.

proving that rarity among politi- cal appointments, the right man In the right joib.

The postmaster is a shout. and bustling politician called Ernest Manples, one of the shrewdest members of the‘ present govern- ment.

He is. a-dumiiltedvly. Fond of pub- licity. He -has an eye for s gim- mick. Althoulgh well on into mid- die-age, he skills and mountain- climbs, walkis a lot and has been known to turn up at Britain's House of Commons not in a plush car that ministens have p ovlided for themselves but on s ped'al4byc.

But he is full of ideas to get, his department — and especially the telephone side of it -- to pay. The telephone services over here are State-controlled in all but one town. They are still a long way behind those in North America but by 1970 It looks as if they 1 might. be on the way In catching I

Owe no man any thing. but to love one another: for he that lov- out another hath fulfilled the law.

Responsible for all this is Brl-I talinfis Postlmaster General who is‘

OUR YESTERDAYS.

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (May 31 1933)

At a special meeting of the City Council last night it was de- cided by resolution that $120 each month during the summer be di- vided among the churches to sup- plement (lhe poor relief of the churches. It was found, the Ylayor said, that there were some families in dire need, whom the congregation could not easily re- lieve.’ and that some assistance from the C’0l.11'l.C|llI would be help- ful.

The tender of Mr. T. D. Mor- rison, Sumlmerside, for construc- tion of the east wing of Falcon- wcod I-llospital sit a cost of $93,700 was accppted at a meeting’ of the Executive Council last. evening. Twelve tendens in all were re- ceived. It is understood that as much local labour as possible will be employed and the work will be pushed forward for com- pletion at an early date. TEN YEARS AGO (May 81, 1948)

Cash income received by P.E.T. farmers for their products has been mounting steadily during the last three years according to fig- ures issued yesterday by the agri- cultural division of title Dominion Bureau of Se-tistilcs. The total a- mount received by farmens’ of the province for 1947 was $18,978,000 as compared with $17,217,000 for 1946 and $15,468,000 for 1945.

A special meeting. of the citizens of the Montague School District was held Wednesday for the purpose of considering the mnstruclion of a two-room ml- iex on the south side of the pre- sent six-room school. After con- siderable discussion on the

ulseclses We Ccltch From Pets

By Herman N. Blllidcscm M- "- Beware of the Zoonoses. These diseases are Just as-

(‘I\3Ilgel"0llS as they sound. l Ever since man f_ll‘St began.

domesticating dozS- I-‘alrsv h°r5e5

and such. he has been an 099“

target for Zoonoses, the diseases

we catch from animals. . You are fimiliar with fables-

ot course. but there are other

serious animal diseases, Which also trouble humans.

There is ornitzhosis. brucellosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. to name jllsi. a few. All told. there are more than 80 diseases which can be P3559‘! on to us from our pets or other animals. '

Not only can you catch these diseases . throng-h association with‘ the -animals ill-iemselves. but also through close contact with animal products.» Seldom are these diseases passed on from person-to-person.

RABIES MOST SERIONS-

Of all these diseases rabies

probhbly is the most serious. If

not treated in time, it is always fatal. The virus of both tlieg domestic animal and wild ani- mal types attacks the central nervous system of all warm- blooded animals. incclfluding man.

While “man's best friend,” the dog. is our chief rabies menace, the dsiease can also be con- tracted from bites by foxes, skunks. wolves, coyotes and even bats. If,you are bitten. pecially during the hot summer months. see your doctorgpromrpb ly. And, if possible. have the -animal captured so it can be de-

ternilined whether or not it is rabid. ( PARROT FEVER.

Ornithosis also is a fairly

common disease passed on to us by the animal world. You probably know it better as "par- rot fever." ,

It can be contracted from parnots, parakeets, lovebirds, pigeons. ducks and even chick- ens and turkeys. The symptoms are sirriilar to those of influenza.

Agricultural workers are par- ticularly susceptible to brucello- sis. a disease transmitted by cattle. pigs and goats. Usually, the infection is contracted either through direct contact with the diseased animal or from eating or drinking unpasteurized dairy products. ,

USE OF ANTIBIOTICS ,

Symptoms range from fever

NOTES BY

THE WAY

The Royal Canadian All‘ F0f"'*‘- I has emphasized '3 DOW being; brought. home to many young peo- ‘ ple since the da.VS “I 9353’ em“; ployment during and a I‘ t e r the 3 war. There are no t.~l‘ades left. in I, the RCAF for men without good 1, educational hackflmund _‘“' f_°" ‘ men who cannot. be trained in- tensively in technical subjects.-I Victoria Times

~ in-creasinglly that we shall go

.€_

It is fortunately. beco commonplace in Britain that m,_ tionalism in Asia and Af1'figa~k a surging current. The Soviet U”,- ion bobs merrily along on it_ 3,‘ lain and American have heavier craft and a trickier chfinnel navigate. but they are recognmu

er with the tide than ageing " —Manchester Guardian -

De Romcl’s

(Contliniied from yesterday)

At ronlambleail. on July 17. 1731, a grant. signed by Louis XV and his famous minister