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THE GUARDIAN

no second cum mu Pool oine. Department, otlawn. The Island Guardian Publishing (to.

President and Aooocllh Edlwr, Inn A Isurnotl. Anooinu Editor. Ifronh Walker.

Authorised

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Isldwud lllllld like the dew"

"lho strongest Memory as weaker than the Weakest Ink".

CIIARIDTTETOWN.

FRIDAY. MAY 23. 1952

Victoria llay

History has it that the Turkish am- hassador who attended the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838 was so struck by its magnificence that he could not walk to his proper place, but stood bewildered, mut- tering: ”All this for a woman!" The pomp and display on that occasion formed a fit- ting prelude to the tremendous expansion which marked the sixty-three years of Victoria's reign. making it one of the most memorable in British history. Not only did she consolidate her throne and empire, but she captivated the hearts of the peo- ple and became a symbol of the high ideals of sovereignty which it has been the aim of her successors to maintain to this day.

Many insist upon calling May 24 "Em- pire Day", but no such national holiday ex- ists ln Canada. Where observed it is pro- vincial. and is no more than a day specified by Departments of Education when. in the discretion of school boards and principals, patriotic exercises may be held in the schools. Victoria Day, on the other hand, has existed in Canada since May 2. 1901. when a statutory bill designating May 24 as an annual holiday to commemorate the Good Queen was introduced by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. .

Tomorrow's observance of Victoria Day is of special interest, as marking the first such anniversary since the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, in whose character also one may read the hallmarks of true. greatness, and whose reign may. in the coodness of Providence, prove equally glor- ious and beneficent.

Flight From Taxes

A common and persistent delusion is the idea that money can be saved by living outside city or town limits. The would-be home builder calculates how much he will save by not paying civic taxes and concludes that a little home a short distance out in the- country would be an economic propos-. ltion. l

If only a few reasoned this way it! might not work out too badly, in spite of higher costs of transportation and for var-, ious services as well as the loss of time by! all members of the household. An almost sure thing, however. is that the optimistic suburbanite is not alone in his ideas. Be- fore he and his family are well settled in their secluded little home there are neigh- bours on all sides and primitive methods of water supply and sanitation become a danger to health instead of merely a nuis- ance.

Before long it becomes necessary to sup-l ply the services of urban living or have the: community sink into the condition of a- slum. Unfortunately development has us-l uaily been of it kind which makes it very expensive indeed to supply the ordinary amenities of water. sewers, streets and side- walks, street lighting. telephone and power.

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New Law or Treason y

A bill now before Parliament revisesy completely the existing Canadian law", against treason. In part. notes the Globe: and Mail, it only confirms the 1951 amend-' ment making it treason to aid amied forces l

to obtain convictions for disloyal conspiracy when the death penalty may be imposed?

"The overall question is whether the amendments really meet the problem of subversive Communism. They do not touch the incitement of illegal strikes. They cov- er neither the advocacy of violence nor the spreading of propaganda likely to cause class hatred. At least-they do not refer explicitly to any of these actions; and per- haps that would only be possible in the part of the Criminal Code that deals with sedition. The whole structure of the Gov- ernment's new law is thus open to debate; but in intention at least it is sound."

EDITORIAL N0! ES

Day after tomorrow, Sunday after As- cension. ,' O I 0

Tomorrow. Empire Day and Victoria Day combined. 0 O 0 Today, inspection of Queen Square and Prince Street Schools' cadet corps. O O O The war veterans want an investigation into the running of the Reserve Army. 0 0 '0 Prospects now are that Parliament will not rise before the middle of July. and even then will merely be adjourned till September or October. O O I The holiday week-end was preceded by Traffic Safety Week. It is to be hoped that the impression made will be suffic- ient to prevent holiday accidents. O U U A New Brunswick man has been sent- enced to three years imprisonment for be- ing guilty in a head-on collision of two cars in which a passenger lost his life. A warning to reckless drivers. 0 O 0 Island potatoes are having the run of the Toronto markets with no Ontario com- petition. It is reported the price has ad-

vanced from S600 the'car lot to 33,600. 5 ,Who are the beneficiaries under the deal?

In New Hampshire :1 restaurant adver- tised, "Special today, baked potato, S139". The meal was included free. The lowly spud is certainly becoming important in the world.

I O O

The battle of Ramillies in Belgium was fought this date 1706. It was one of a ser- ies of great victories over the French by allied forces under John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, in the course of the war of the Spanish Succession.

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The suggestion that town planners be- gin in a small way and build up to great- er achievements is meritorious. The erec- tion of receptacles for waste paper now scattered in the city streets will make an appropriate beginning.

I O I

The bagpipes' ”skirl" only when played badly according to a youthful piper visit- ing New York recently. The skirt is not un- usual, it would seem. for the same Scot, one. John Burgess of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, declares that foryevery good! piper there are a thousand bad ones.

0 O I

Right across Canada farmers are learn- ing from the Charlottetown Experimental Station. One thing revealed is that seed potatoes dipped in a solution of zinc sul- phate prior to planting grow more vigor- ously, blossom carlier, and yield better than untreated ones. An even greater increase was reported as a result of spraying the vines repeatedly with the same substance.

I) O D

A rose by any other name smells as sweet, and the change of "conscription" to "selection" in the Legion's re-indorsation

with which Canadian forces are engaged in to; compulsory Service at the annual meet.

hostilities. whether or not a state of war

lng in Montreal means that, notwithstand-

eXlSlS-Rn enactment necessary '0 WV" ling the Defence Minister's claim that pre-

the Korean situation. But the new law! also makes it treason to use force for the overthrow of any Government in Canada; or to conspire with the agent of any state other than Canada "to do an act that is likely to be prejudicial to the safety or in- terest of Canada." A treasonable act. un- der the bill. may be committed in or out- side Canada: -and the penalty may be death

or life imprisonment. "Clearly." says our Toronto. contempor- ary. "there are many difficult questions here for the legal brains in the Senate and the House. is there danger of a witch hunt under the clause relating to combine! against the 'intcreot' of Canada? will a man expressing an honest. non-violent opin- jon be able to claim the constitutional guar- antee-of free speech or should an explicit be inserted? Why does my 'Canoda' where the on earlier with. Ilid on that

sent recruiting indicated conscription un- necessary, the veterans decided otherwise. They have served their term of enlistment in days past, and consider every red-biood- ed youth should be called upon to do like- wise, a belief in which the Quebec mem- bers approved. after the objectionable pol- itical application had been changed to "selective" instead of "conscriptive" serv- icel O O 0

'There will be three or. four provincial elections this summer but the eyes of Can- ada (writes a correspondent in Vancouver) are on one province -- British Columbia: The big question in the June 12 election

making an all-out effort to win the gown- ment in that province. If it can do so, the party.will become a threat in Saskatch- ewan and Manitoba and possibly a major force in no onal politics. If Social, Cndit

ondtouocltooddedpmtlge ltsmonbcn in parliament. Socill Croat notional fauna in

there is, How strong is Social Credit? It is "'0

captures B; ' .'. it seriously intends to storm . "I the citodclrln the two prairie provinces ' ' to strengthen not with

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ulslng germ warfare in Korea.

- I thought it likely that someone would bring up this question; Mr. Speaker, and I om therefore in I betl.tei- position to deal with it than I would normally be. . The charge that the United No- tions forces in Korea have engaged in germ warfare is no false and so fantisttc that it would normally be unwise to dignity it by official denials. Neverthelas. it has be- come such a central feature of Sov- iet. propaganda. and has been re- peated so violently and so often for the transparent purpose of de- ceiving persons who may not be aware of tlio soviet purpose behind the charge, that I think some statement should be made about it. The Hon. gentleman! quutlon gives me an opportunity to make that statement on behalf of the government.

The accusation of germ wnrforo

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Falsei1oods'

(Prom lionurdi

Following is the statement made in the Home of Commons by thr- Hon. 1.. 3. Pearson. Secretary of state for External Affairs. in regard to the charge made by Dr. James Endicott that

the United Nations i-.

tion were permitted.

, In spite of this there are some ix) this country, deluded but DOSSlblv

oincoro. who have been impressed by the shrill and continuous Com. munln propaganda on germ M... fare to which they are subjected There are others, of course. mem- bers of the Communist pan, feliortrovellers. who are lll'll.hn' deluded nor olncero but who mu swallow any accusation and cept my statement, however curd, if it comes from Moscow and will ignore any evidcnc ' merit in reply to such an tion which comes from their or from friendly They will condemn in llflnlehsur.

ed terms the pollcieazof their own ' and other -free they will ll1'0DIKIfc any lie, ever vlcious,, which in

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accusa. own Sovcrnments,

countries, it me how.

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that the trumped-up evidence support.-and I quote him- .”-thuc utterly false

munisu will go to propagate big lie."

Old Charlottetown (And r. 2.1. )

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

"Monday last. being the day "set apart for the celebration of our youthful sovereign. (Queen Vic- toria) it was observed here with every demonstration of pect be- coming loyal and affectionate lub-

ects.

"At 12 o'clock the detachment of the 31th Regiment, in this gar- rison. under the command of Mn- jor Thoreau. the First Queens County Troop of Cavalry. the M11- itia Artillery, and four companies of the Queen's County Regiment, were reviewed in Queen Square by His Excellency . Sir Charles A. Fitzroy, Lieutenant-Governor .and commander-in-Chief.

”0n the Governor's arrival on the ground. a royal salute was fired by the Artillery. followed by n feu-de-joie of small arms, at the conclusion of which three cheers for Her Majesty were giv- en by the whole line. in .wliic they were heartily joined by the assmbled spectators. The troops then broke -in separate columns and marched put His Excellency in review order. who expressed himself highly pleased with the appearance of the officers and

men.

"The Charlottetown Troop of Cavalry appeared for the first time in their uniforms-blue with white foclngs-which were much admired."

-Coloninl Herald, May 30. 1840.

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The lge-Old Story ;:.os3G0-Qi-G 9-3-09-3-tort-vvx

But. there went up a mist from the earth. and watered the whole face of the. ground. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground. and breathed into his nostrils the breath: of life; and man become I living ooul. And the Lord God planted a garden ent- wnrd in Eden: and there ho put the man whom he had formed. And out. of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that in plennnt to the sighi. and good for food: the tree of Ifc also In the midst of the garden. Ind the tron of knowledge of good and evil.

Fetish Of UIlra-cIean- Iiness

(Vancouver Sun)

when an English skin specialist announced the other day that too much washing was bad for the skin. he accomplished something more than the delight of children He uttered a profound truth.

"Pei-hop: there to nothing in this world surrounded by more mono- trouo elusiono than the fetish of ultra-cleanliness.

While we would not for 0. mo- ment decry the head for rational sanitation about the person, there is such 3 thing as carrying clean- liness to on oosurb pension.

A neat deal of the bathing and uhoworlns and ocrubblng of today is nothing more than a fad in- duced by the current American clvilluuon in which the social position of the family in determin- edby thonumbotofyltl both:

rooms.

Any . oonoblo , n Idvocltu normal oloanllnuo. when "dolly dhpinc” become: I phi-no applied to His body. it in innuen- lng -to rocolltblt the most robust can lnluropoon biotoryhon boom

The Tudor llinboannn. for ct-

unplo. you renown for their ontlolktr to tho both. on anti that the to ouch no at heights that it mated o powerful maxi. for rmich scam and on- ohlldnn no frequently tnsuuoa main that

1.. age of IN. -- Peter-borough Exam-

x'Notes i3); The Waxf.

tsrio motorist and his car shot 90 feet. through the air. This demoli- strated one of Newton's -laws of motion, and the fact the driver has more luck than sense. - Windsor Daily Star.

A tank cu of Clllfornh wine was derailed in a train wreck near Dunkirk. New York. and its con- tents went I-gushing. Nothing could be handler in such a situa- tion than a stack of those sanitary cups the railways carry. -. Hamil- ton spectator. -

the view you take of

borough Examiner.

and occasionally the At lost. an old woman has been travels jmo Canada. llisoovered who did not attribute her longevity to hard work and pretty thoughts; she attributed it to drinking a. bottle of beer every night of her life, and she has just hopped the twig at the ripe old

declared: what we need. would wake up a few people." It

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We note the opening in Ottawa y a who of 1 conference on Eskimo prob- lema. Government officials, Hud- son'a Boy company men and mis- sionaries will sit around the table to talk about the Eskimos. C-:':llv enough, the only people who willl not be pruent. will be the Eskimosl themselves though they, it may be presumed, have viewsabout their own future which might be worth hearing directly. -Montreal star.

argument.

publicly attack government

The West Germans have

nothing has than Ucber Alles." which might

some Senators are worried at the amount of travelling done by members of the government and civil service at public expense. Yet Canada's growing position as a world power inevitably involves attendance at many international any national sorig, officially

come to'be identified with Derlollstic Lruculencc.

H” ”""”'Y Wind 511015 to 18- -Ottawa Citizen.

norc. Besides, travel broadens the

do A little more travelling selves. -Ottawa. citizen.

them- thing about Canada to make

"19 Cradle of flying men. Is it

highway fruit stand e Oak in - 1 is "akin! one of mo; arc”. v c iccenl y emerged from the era

advert-lslns purposes in front saddle-makerr shops about years I10. democrat which on to h i . fl l . ..

mm ma mm” "fig; hzliutznelrtium y ns Montreal Gazette.

these artificial horses to go with it, plenty of motorists would stop to

Book ' take A look.- Windsor star. s R.ece'ved'

Commluion has decided to I nd non Press

825,000,000 creating a park .y5f.,., ' Tomnm .1 pm similar to that which besutlfiu the Canadian side of Ningnn. run, This will be I vast improvement Mt only on their side but for us.

The author considers. for first added nuuy to in. ,,..,m, Mm the dlnief of the christian if 0! the foil: and has contributed

"'"'1'ml01.Y to the tourist. revenuu "u hm 'M”h '”

not have to destroy the

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swim: in missed I turn. on on- nerves of courage, ingenuity and just plain gumptiun . if they are asked to do so and trusted to do so. You can look upon mankind either as hysterical simpletons. or as courageous men and women: they Usually respond according to them. We think that it is better for every person in an official position to take the optimistic view. -- Peter-

"Tough tall: seem: to be an oc- cupational disease with some sen- ior officers in the U. S. services

infection An example was that R. C. A. F. group captain in Vancouver who, in the course of 9. speech attacking government dc- fence policy on the Pacific coast. "A few bombs are just. A few bombs here

difficult to understand the men- , could wish such a. calamity on his fellow Clli. 29115. Just: to prove his point in an Incidentally, just what

low travellers, who do not

trumped-up evidence rather

United Nations by

ccpts thou denial. so for as our own position

in any form of germ in

so many words that Canada making any preparations field except for such warfare. smoker. that some qualified scientists,

have already examined the called evidence of Korean

"0 by the communists and

hoax. O O O

is usually aimed specifically at the United sum. It has been em- phatically and indignmtly denied in Washington and by the unified

charges constitutes another example of the incredible length to which Com- the

Canadian members of the Corn- munlst party. who, of course, fol- low automatically every twist and tum of soviet policy no mntlfcr where it leads them, and their fel- always realize that they are travelling un-

der orders from the Kremlin...

these people prefer to accept. this than the official denials of our friends in the United states. The charge. Mr. speaker. has also been cuto- gorically denied on behalf of the its secretary general, Mr. Trygve Lie, as utterly false. I am sure that this house ac-

concerned. it is, of course. 1 slan- derous falsehood to say that can. ads has participated in any way are. It is equally false and equnll slander- ous. but more cowardly and despic. able. to imply without stating it in

in this defence against I may say. Mr, of our best though they would not of course be permlttgd to make on-the-spot examinations.

against their own country and its friends on.bcholf of Soviet Com. munfat imperialism.

Communist travellers and thet- fricndn, for instance, will ,.,..',m;

command in Korea. within the from Moscow Wm. nomln; but last few days Mr. Acheson has re. praise for the sordid and hruol dag. peated that dental, emphlstzlng potism which has been forced on

to the Russian people and on than 05319? Peoples whom they have on. slaved. Or they will come hack from Chlla-without any worn or criticism for the inhuman (mu. "'3'"! 01 Chfllliln misslolizmu there, but with extravagant pm," for the Communist regime in that country which is responsible for such treatment. - I O I