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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink.”

UIQILOITITOWN. TUESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1950

ilatlenel War Preparations

It is scarcely necessary to underline the significance of the war,.preparedness moves announced by Prime Minister St. Laurent yesterday. The immediate start. of recruit- ment for a special service brigade, to be available for Korea or elsewhere, the call- ing of a special session of Parliament to give effect to this and other defense moves, the Prime Minister's emphasis on the speed- up in production of Canadian jet aircraft, naval vessels and other armament, and in- deed the whole tenor of his speech indicate the urgency of taking all-out action to pre- vent what every peace loving country most dreads-another world armageddon. The Prime Minister believes that there is a "real chance" that the final defeat of the Com- munist aggressors in Korea will discourage aggression in other places. Nor is there any question but that this opinion will be solidly endorsed by Parliament and the country at large.

In stressing his conviction that the secur- ity of Canada required further expansion of her defense efforts, Mr. St. Laurent added significantly: "in the same way that the United States and Britain have expanded their efforts." This means, for one thing, that our defense expenditures will have to be boosted immediately, with much higher taxes than were contemplated when the last budget was brought down in Parlia- ment.

A table published by the New York Times shows that in comparison with other coun- tries Canada is spending about a third as much for defence as the United States and Italy, and about one-fourth as much as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The United States spends 6.4 per cent of its na- tional income on armaments, Italy 6.3, the United Kingdom 7.6, and the Netherlands 7.7, while Canada's contribution lags at a ntere 2 per cent. I

V The Korean crisis makes it certain that defence expenditures of all the western democracies must increase sharply during the next few months. In the United States alone President Truman has asked for a five billion dollar increase in individual and corporate taxes to help finance the expand- ing arms programme. Canadians can scar- cely expect to escape shouldering their share of the financial burden imposed as a result of Soviet aggression.

Bewildering and worrisome aspect of the probable demand for increased taxes is that the burden must be superimposed on an al- ready abnormally swollen cost of govem- ment coupled with much higher living costs than prevailed during World War II. in evitable consequence of heavy postwar fed- eral spending on social security, which takes a billion dollars a year to finance, will be lowered living standards for everyone re- gardless of income.

The pinch will be felt by everycne. This is certain,to be painful. More serious, how- ever, is the strain which such an enormous tax burden will impose on the national .-so nomy. Question thoughtful Canadians are asking themselves is whether the Govern- ment will have the political courage to pare down other expenditures to the bone. That is what is effort. We cannot afford to flirt with so- ciallstlc panaceas and wage a hot war at he

some time.

liew Vocabulary

In the Communist world of the future. says Stalin, the people of all nations will speak the same language. All utterance of this sort from the Soviet dictator Stalin is not an opinion but a decree, so far as the

Russians are concerned, and the linguistic

experts of Moscow are already at work com- piling mankind's new vocabulary. - P Stalin, notes the Globe and Mail, is not theflrstmantohlt n the idea ofa universal language. t practical and wen- intentloned believers in it have generally thought that the new lingua franca would bean auxiliary to the learner's native ton-

i gus. Few advocates of Esperanto believed

the human race could be induced to speak it-sndvnothlng else.' It was to.be a second

useful for meeting strangers. So

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Bolshesik, M .

we

involved in an all-out defense.

in translations, only such excerpts from Dickens or Shakespeare, Victor Hugo or Thomas Mann as their benevolent rulers thought fit to give them. New books in Bolshevik would- naturally hew to the party line. '

”What sort of words would be needed in Bolshevlk and which words could be left out?" asks our Toronto - contemporary. "Clearly there would be no need of words for freedom, initiative, enterprise, nation, in- dependence, patriotism and many other no- tions associated with the wretched pre- Stalin era in human annals. The Commun- ist lingo might dispense, too, with words for such -grisly capitalistic institutions as family, home and love. And now one can expect Moscow romancers to turn out novels of the future in which fugitives from liguistic jus- tice are discovered, in a cellar, muttering these lost English words to one another like an incantation."

EDITORIAL NOTES

There is confirmation of Ethiopia's backwardness in recent reports of a revolt against heavy taxes.

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Crapaud has the distinction of being not only the newest but the fastest growinz vil- lage in Prince Edward Island.

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Second Battle of Amie.ns this date 1918, when the Germans were defeated within eight miles of the city in a battle in which Canadians played a major part.

An author complains that Canadians- dont like buying books. Itiis probably not a coincidence that Canadian publishers don't

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"Rain or shine" the agricultural field days are on. In fact at this time of year at- tendance will probably be increased by what towns-people consider dirty weather.

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Exercise, like nourishment, must be taken regularly but in moderate amounts. Those who have tried to get a year's quota into a two-week holiday live to regret it but probably not very long.

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The Federal Agriculture Department an- nounces that although freight costs on live- stock shipped to-exhibitions have increased the government will continue to meet 75 per cent of the cost when provinces match it with payment of the other 25.

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An American Republican Senator de- clares that seven months before North Korea invaded the South, he delivered an appeal from the President of South Korea to Washington officials for additional arms and defence equipment. Apparently the ap-

peal fell on deaf ears. 0

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Prince Edward Island is one of three provinces which have shown an increase of births so far in the current year. The Bu- reau of Statistics gives the figures as fol- lows: Prince Edward Island, increase 8.5 per cent; Alberta, 19.1 per cent; British Columbia, 4.1 per cent. i

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Canadian Good Roads Association is now practically a department of Government. Mr. C. W. (Bill) Gilchrist, former director of information services in the Health De- partment, has been appointed managing di- rector. He succeeds Mr. George A. Mc- Namee, who founded the Canadian Good Roads Association in 1914 and has been the secretary-treasurer and a director since that time. i-

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The Maritlmes can look forward to a bright employment picture with all the new public works undertaken. As far as de- mands for skilled tradesmen are concerned "the bottom of the bucket in National Un- employment Offices is being scraped." The cryfor sldlled and experienced help has even extended into the sales and office field. A slightly less bright picture Drevalls in the field of light labor.

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A plane load of army chaplains have set out from Windsor, Ont., for Korea, under the direction of Rev. Maj. Charles E. Mc- Gee. They number 50 all told, represent- ing all denominetions. to serve with the United States forces in that theatre. Father McGee served with the U. S. forces in Eu- rope during the Second World War. return- ing home two years ago.

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The late Mr. Herbert W. Yeats passing hence will occasion deep regret in many hearts and homes where his name was a household word." So long as he enjoyed good health he was recognized as a teach- er of outstanding ability. Under his regime West Kent Street School was annually dis- tinguished by the high percentage of its pu-' pils atteinlng entrance into Prince of Wales College. On one occasion a delegation of parents, including - the late Chief Justice Mstllieson,sndthe1steDr.AlexsnderRoss, waited upon him-and-presented hln1,witb.a

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slon of nails to and from this Col- ony. for the last five years, amounts to 24.622. l5s.. while the -"H998 irising from postage paid into the public treasury amount only to 22,301 12:. 5d.. thus show. 'lns a balance due to this Colony of 11,321 3s. 7d., which surplus ought to be defrayed out of the. General Post Office revenue -- a dgpart- ment over-which the lodel Govern- ment huve not been hitherto per- mitted to exercise any control. 3'Previous to 1842 the postage charged on single letters between Halifax and Charlottetown was eight-pence, at all seasons of the year. and was received in the currency of this Island; but under the present regulations the postage on such letters is increased to eleven-pence half-penny by the winter; and by the summer route.- to nine-pence - which two last sums are exacted in Halifax cur- rency, wllich, at the present rate or difference of exchange. shows an increase of from E to 70 per cent.. and the postage to all the neighbouring Provinces is in- creased in .a ratesble proportion. "By way of illustrating the grievance the Colony labours un- der. owing to these additional rates of postage. we would observe that, according to the present reg- uiaztions, the charge of s single letter from this Island to King- ston. Upper Canada, is 2:. 55, and if weighing one ounce, is charged at four rates of postage, while the postage on a letter from this Is- land to any part of the United Kingdom is only is. 4d., Halifax currency. and if not exceeding one ounce. is only charged at two -rates of postage. The rates of postage to Great Britain. and indeed to all parts of tn: world, on packet or ship letters passing through the United Kingdom, are chargeable by weight. while those posted be- tween any of the towns in British North America or the United States are chargeable according to the number of :nclosures. without re- ference to weight; and therefore double and sometimes treble postage is exacted on letters. be-

low half an ounce in weight -3 a m

difference which bears with great hardship on the inhabitants of these Colonies. particularly at a period when the liberal and en- lightened policy of the Imperial Government has reduced the postage throughout the United Kingdom to almost a nominal rate." .

-.Frcm' the report of a special committee appointed by the L685- lative Assembly to inquire into the increased rates of postaee.be- tween tl.is Colony and the neigh- bouring Provinces, and also on the Post. Office Depmment general- ly, March, 1843.

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mom 'mni.nvonoN 1)OWNB' Whel-evler beauty has been quick in C B

y u some efflusnoe of it lives. A spirit w Beauty that death can never take

away

Mixed with the air that shakes the flower bells;

So that by waters where the apples

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or in lone glens. or valleys full of flowers,

Or in the streets where bloody tid-

ings cs1,

The haunting waits the mood that makes it ours.

Then at a turn, a word. an act, I thought.

such difference comes; the spirit sppl-ehends

The places glory; for where beauty fou lit

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But the still grass, the lsnves, the trembling flower

Keep. through dead time, that everlasting hour.

-John Mansfield

Nero With Bagpipe

(Christian science Monitor)

For years Alfred Ackcrmsn in London has collected "popular ful- lacies" which now are to be ex- ploded ln a book. His findings on two of these bear a curious and un- explored connection with each other.

First. he finds it could not be true that "Nero fiddled while Roms burned." because the violin (to blame it for the associations of its colloquial cousin) yu not intro- duced until thc ldth century. 0

Then, turning to an entirely dif- ferent kind of musicsl(?) instru- ment, he learns that the bagpipes are not of Scottish origin. but trace back to ancient Rome. having por- hsps been brought to the British Isles by Caesar's legions.

In fact, the Britannica attributes the first ' evidence of bag- plpellke imminent. the tibia ulti- culsris. to the reign of Nora. and says he wss extremely fond of its music.

Cautious historians have assum-

MM ' the tunes of s lute. rather than I fiddle. duAt snyus1'sto.,f:;o to vs 0 as o Obinsss phdgophor slonclus that '1! file music. 3 -little

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I Notes By

Emily Post says it's quite pro- -portosopgupyour gravy with a piece of broad. Atts girl. Emily! For years wrvo been scolded for doing just that. -Ottawa Citizen.

It would doubt-Ion he a comfort to many Americans to hear of troops of other nations fighting 'slde by side with American soldiers in Kor- ea. But the front against aggres- sion extends far beyond that un- happy peninsula. Both Britain and hence are fulfilling heavy respon- sibilities already in the Far East. And the British Far Eastern Fleet is fighting alongside the American Navy under General MacArthur's over-all command. christian

Some American ngressmeu are urging President Truman to tell the North Koreans that if they don't withdraw from south Korea atomic bombs will be dropped on their key cities. When you consider

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Honored Company

(Ottawa Journal)

Mr. Mscxenzie King when he died was second only to senator Sir Allan Aylcsworth in seniority among the '15 members of the-Csnlh dish Privy council. This august body now has been s9d1lCGd to '14 by the death of Humphrey Mitchell. strangely enoush. the Canadian Privy Counsellor in fifth place in seniority is the Rt. Hon. W M. "Billy" Hughes. the indomitable former Prime Minister of Austral- is, who received the, Canadian honor in 1016. The Duke of Wind- wt was made a Canadian PC in 1927 (when Prince of Wales) and Winston Churchill in 1051. sir Allen was sworn in 1906 and Mr. King

100.

Second in seniority in the roll of PC's today is Sir Thomas White. sworn in when he became Minister of Finance in the Borden cabinet in 1011. Third is Mr. Arthur Meighcn, sworn in 1915, and fourth, Mr. E. Patensude, also sworn in 1916 when appointed Minister .of In- lund Revenues.

The Privy Council member . as a body. receive pride of place in the Parliamentary Guide. immediately after the Governor General and be- fore the Senate. Actually, spurt from the Privy Council committee known as the cabinet, they hold a purely honorary office. Presum- ably. however. His Majesty could -U-mmon It my um his Canadian Privy Council. including not only Cabinet ministers but others duly sworn. In 1714. in the United King- dom, Privy Gouncellol-s forced their way into a session of the Cabinet and claimed the right to be present at this. s meeting of a Privy coun- cil committee. the meeting into a session of the Privy Council.

Mr. W. R. Motherwell. former Minister of Agriculture. caused g flutter in the constitutional dove- cots here in 1041 when as a member of s Pcrslrie delegation demanding better wheat prices he gddregggd the Cabinet as "fellow Privy Conn. sellers" and indicated he consider. ed that as s Privy Counsellor he was entitled to certain rights in be. ins heard. Bu we hevcnct. heard '41" In! othe vy Counsellor has tried to use hi office to influ. encs policy when not a member of thepablnot of the-dsy.

Chu-riches A: u. N. Observers

(New York Times Service)

Church leaders in 33 countries were urged to give, active support to a plan to set up a network of United Nations "watch dog" corn- mlssions to serve wherever aggres- sion was threatened or committed.

The Plan was outlined by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, set up two years ago by the World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council.

In outline. the church group's recommendations are similar to ideas put forward tentatively by the United States in u working Paper shown to United Nations delegations. And the church com- mission noted. without naming names. that its plan had been re- viewed and found "provisionally feasible" by "competent lntetng. tlonsl authorities." '

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..m..:..:.:.:.-- ternstlonsl Affairs sent letters to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and to leaders of 32 other Protestant church bod- ies affiliated with the World Coun- oil of Churches. Every continent was represented but no countries in Eastern Europe were listed.

n its letter. the church commis- sion said that an extensive net- work of lnternstlonnl observer commissions could serve as an m- portsnt instrument of peace and should be set up promptly. Under the plan. observers could be spot- ted throughout the world wherever aggression "ln any fol-m" was fear- ! . Observers would be sent to all areas that involved "special and urgent international responsibllil.y.' such as countries where p.-ace treaties have not yet been smiled- The observer teams would also he sent to countries which announced that they feared aggression of any kind.

The Korean case. said the church commission, proved the value of having United. Nations observers on the spot to serve as witness in time of trouble. Observer teams. it declared. would serve as s deter- rent to aggression. "on the II; sumptlon that governments wil. not want to risk the stigma of be- ing named the IEKTHSOP by in "'1' partial agent."

MOSCOW. Aug. 7-(AP)-Maia

Gen. Robert W. Grow arrived today to take up his new duties as United

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that more than 100,000 people were killed by the atomic bombs drop- ped on I-Iiroshimu and Nagasaki, this proposal is one that should be pig- eonholed for quite some time. If followed through. it would horrlfy the entire world and might precip- itate an atomic war in which we as well as our enemies would suffer the consequences. -Iethbrldge Herald.

This province. with its prosperity based on its forest wealth, now re- alises our forests are not unlimited. that we must replant and conserve. that we must plan and improvise to get the maximum returns from each yeau"s "cut". Forests must be plan- ned 100 years ahead of time and we and our governments have a responsibility to see that we make our full instalment against them- turc. -Vancouver Province.

To turn the destructive energies of teen-age gangs Into healthier channels. the New York City youth board announced recently it would spend most of its 82.350000 budget on special recreation, health and other projects. The largest single item of the board's budget is for ex- pansion of community center acti- vities in schools and public housing areas. Grants have been allocated for child guidance centers and to private agencies providing speclnl psychiatric counselling services for teenagers. The civic youth bosrd will also finance research in

monstrstlon projects in youm selling and try to pl-ovlds mo" C3,: mar play streets. Such services u, urgently needed in Toronto 3nd in other parts of Ontario when problem of teenage gang; 1, mm; t ' , concern. -Toronto gm Amateur gardeners with an" fever, ambitious to completg 3, work which goes with the pm," ' tion for a bumper crop or u0,,,e:' or vegetables. will do well to has the advice offered by the.5tggg'5 0, flclsl backyard gardener, Al w 30,. court of the University of pi,” ' .chusett.s. He warned against over work, blisters, sunburn and achin- muscles. The gardener, he say: should-get himself in condmol; along with his garden, gmtjn with the llglw jobs and gtaduallt increasing toward the y heavy work. Proper tools kc ; sharp and in good condition 1?, Edd-S. makes things easier. 3'..." to go slowly and surely than to fuih into back-breaking tasks which may put you in bed and make you unable to finish the Job. I-ll; H sound advice.-Boston Post,