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iTANURY 25, 1924

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Notes BLthe Way

Almost at the cams time tho death of Lonins In Russia and tho establishment of a Labor govern- ment in England have come to ‘pass. Both of these events will pro-

bably prove fruitful of important,

r111; Public Forum

This column. is. open for. the discussion by corres- pondents of question. of in tersst. The Charlottetown Guardian does not neoeasan

North and Bouth, or Wood islands. and Little Bands. when even the Presbyterian congregations will not unite there? We know the con- ditions lax Prince Edward island, but we do not know the conditions in -the West. but we are assured by those who ought L0 know that con- ditions in the West are not by any means as they have been painted

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other trip to bring over the empty cars before dark.

Mr. il-lyndman says the local of- ficiala ‘have not the power to order the Car Perry to make spocialtrlpl on Sunday. tha/t Mr. L. B. Brown is the official who has this power. l would infer from this that Supt. Grady has ‘the power to order the trips of the boat on week days. if this is correct Supt. Grady is the

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Prosaed by its correspon- dents.

8T. JAMES CHURCH AND UNION

Olnngs llqprenoatntlve-Ji. J. Power by the Unmmmm

Confederation of all Protestant churches, where their interests ov- crisp, would l think meet ‘the situa- tion. Confederation in Canada works well, and no province has been legally wiped off the map, but cach has its own duties and respon- sibilities, as has the whole Domin - ion. To the Dominion each pro- vince LODCGUOC] certain rights and duties as well as preserving cer- tain distinctive rights to them- selves nnd to each its own autono- my. in this church dispute it would be wiser to ‘take a leaf from the constitution of the ‘Dominion than to force through Union on the ground proposed. on the to us very obnoxious Union enabling bill. which I do not think gives the ven- erable Presbyterian Church in Can- ada fair play, when it proposes to take hcr properly away from her, invade her trusts with the dead and blot out her very name. -But because we try by every constitu- tional means to preserve those things, Albertonian would term us “resctionaries" and question this great church of possessing the quai- itles of leadership for the youth and vigor oi the church, but l think that long after Alberfonlan and I will have joined the silent majority. ‘the grand old Presbyteri- un Church will continue not in "ex- tinguishment by process of law.“

man to blame. One thing is cer- tain; one of them or both of them must bear the responsibility.

lit would seem as if, when Mr. Boullcr explained the seriousness of the situation to these two offi- cials, they deliberately decided to shorten the day's work of the Car Ferry, so that the cars would not be brought over from Tormentine and the Potato Growers’ Associa- tion would ‘thus be prevented from filling their orders in time. it is ' hard to imagine that sane, civilized men could do such a thing, but what other explanation or interpre- tation can be given to such con- duct? '

According to Mr. Boultefs stale- ments, ‘Supt. Grady knew that thir- ty narrow gauge cars loaded with seed potatoes had stood lb the rall- way yard here for some ten days without protection, that these pota- toes could not be moved or pro- tected tiii refrigerator cars would be obtained. that a few hours’ frost might mean a loss of ‘tens of thous- ands of dollars to the Potato Grow- ers’ Association. because the Asso- ciation had been notified ‘the pois- toes were at their risk. and yet days of valuable time were wasted. and it ‘was only the exceptionally mild weather that saved the Asso- elation last fall. A proper and t-horouglit investiga- tion must be held into this affair.

I to the two great na- tions whom at the moment they immediately concern. Maine was a dictator in Russia and exercised for six or seven years past a power as arbitrary, as complete and as crucl as the Worst of the czars. His death may disturb the iniquitous tyranny which he and Trotsky bad established and carried on, but it can hardly be held to promise an immedi- late change for the better. Trotsky remains, apparently supreme arbi- ter for the moment. but is appar- ently of inferior quality and calibre to his fallen leader, and equally mericiloss. Some progress had been made during the past two years in bringing partial order out of choas in Russia. it remains to be seen whether this progress will be ad- vanced or retarded by the fall of Lenine. He and Trotsky had been inseparable from the time they first met as conspirators and equally after their usurpation of power. Trotsky, by recent ac- counts, had somewhat wearicd of his task and had thoughts of re-

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‘ ~ w" u.“ . Slrr-Your report oi mo proceed ‘J. n. tutu, flrnltsl st. lflBe at the annual meeting of St. . _, James Church in regard to Unipli

was rather misleading, although one could not say it was incorrect.

B)’ that report outsiders would con-

clude that the congregation is as

strongly against Union now as it was when the vote was taken in

1915. At that time 248 (elders,

communicants and adherents) vot-

ed against Union. and l2 voted for

Union, or in the proportion of ‘1

for to Z0 against. At the "meeting

last Monday evening ‘51 voted ag- ainst the proposed ‘Basis of ‘Union and ~16 were in favor of Union on the proposed basis, or one for, to less than four against. One-third

ofthose present atiho meeting did

not vote.

The Unionists in St. James con-

gregation were very much encour-

aged by the vote the other evening, and fool that when the time comes to vote on whether we shall stay in the U-nited Church or not, there will be a majority who have do- cided to follow the ‘Presbyterian Church into Union. I am, Sir. etc,

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u FRIDAY, JANURY 2s, 1924

through the rest of the year. There are no healthier, roofer-checked finer looking men and women in Canada than those of the bill couri- tries around Montreal and Quebec and their robust health is undoubt eddy largely due to their vigorous enjoyment of winter.

Winter sports are an attraction lo outsiders as ‘well as healthful re- creation to those who participate in them. For both reasons they should be encouraged and develop- ed. in this city Government Pond offers a unique attraction in the way of an open air skating rink.

UURNS ANNIVERSARY

Today is the Burns Anniversary celebration the world over where- evor Scolsmen foregather. Here tbs wincipie celebration is the Caledouian Club concerts and en- tertainments; elsewhere there are banquets, lectures and also con- certs to help keep the memory green of one who has earned un- dying lame as the exponent in verse of what is the best and chen isbed ideals of mankind. As one

' of his admirers puts it'.—

EFORE any steamship had crossed the ocean, and b3. fore either the locomotive or the telegraph had been invented, nine‘ merchants of Montreal. signed articles for the formation of the “Montreal Banlrfnow the Bank of Montreal. That was on June :3, t8!7-—-more than r06 years ago.

Sinoelflzat time Montreal has grown from a town of less

than 'zo,ooo to a city of more than 800,000 population. The Bank: in continuous and sirccessfirl operation from those early days dorm no the present time, has steadily pioneered its way across Canada,

I The genius of Burns is that (nag- netic influence which has drawn together all sorts and conditions of men in the bonds of friendship. harmony and love — friendship. with its pure and holy sympathies; harmony —- with its soothing charms; and love-such as the poet set forth. "when man to man the world o'er, shall brlthers be for a‘ that." Burns was not a genius who obtained transient fame through the force of circumstan- cok-‘as a general who has led armies to successful conquest ovor deaolated homes and broken hearts w-IIOL to a genius like Lenine who has grasped a sceptre by treach- ery. fraud and force and placed an ironbeel on struggling liberty; but to, a genius higher and hoiier— ‘a genius that has made men zhap- pier and better and has taught self- dependence, honesty and truth-n truer appreciation of liberty, and fa more ready obedience to law— s ‘genius that has inspired men to a noble heroism in defence of the hereditary rights of marfhood-a genius that has won universal and undying fame by that affinity and sympathy which flashed from heart to heart, that "touch of nature ,whlcb makes the whole world kin." Today Scotsman and the world in general do not lament over "the dead man," Robert Burns, but bon- nur "the living genius"—-—the Ayr- shire Ploughmau whose lessons messages in poetry linger and endure-clothed with love as with ‘a garment-which sink into the heart almost fnsonslbly, but once there never eradicated: their in- fluence is ever felt in the actions of life prompting us to nobler deeds

it would cost but a comparatively few-dollars for upkeep in the win- ier and it would afford healthful and pleasurable enjoyment for hundreds of children who are for many reasons unable to take ,ad vantage of the one rink in the city. A little expenditure for this laud- able and long advocated movement on behalf of the children espec- ially, would, we feel assured. meet with general approval on the part oi our citizens.

_---¢-o>--—- THE LIBERAL RETREAT instead of meeting argument

with argument our Liberal friends, now retreating all along the line

signing and it is poesiblepthat hc may now do so. At best the out- look for stable government in Rus- sia on a basis of justice and’ liberty is not assuring.

In England the announcement of the new Labor government has been calmly received and ‘its per- sonnel may be said to give assur- ance of greater strength than was expected. it was quickly formed. and contains more moderate and able men as well as a greater num- her who are experienced in public affairs than it had been thought could have been brought together with such business-like alacrlty by the new Premier. it is distinctly made up oftbose elements in the party which are comparatively free from serious objection by the bet- ter elements outside its lines and

and discouraged, have again taken lip the role of the martyr. “Yben, either in tho public press or on the public platform, attention is direc- ted to the burdens laid upon indus- try and commerce by tariff tinker- ing or by muddling taxation, the paper or the speaker is at once denounced as a "pessimist" or a scold. Thc Rt. Hon. Arthur ivleig- hcn, at three of the largest and

held in Canada, exposed the errors and the bungling rampant in the King administration and forthwith, every little Liberal newspaper in the country proceeded to abuse him as a pessimist, a chronic scold and a fault-finder!

if, instead of this whine, some one Liberal organ or minister, should atlemptvto justify or to explain, for example the necessity of increas- ing the Sales tax, the benefit to Canadian industry or to Canadian

whether amid the dangers of the tented field. the quiet happiness of the domestic circle or the busy anxieties of every day life.

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WINTER SPORTS

The Canadian National Railways has issued an attractive booklet showing the principal Winter sports of Canada. Necessarily the scones are taken largely from Mon- treal and Quebec which are nat- urally better adapted for many of the winter sports than the more level provinces. For ekioing and toboglaning hills are necessary, but oven in countries not blessed with hills, a toboggan slide is an excellent make shift.

,Sksting and snow-phobias and even skielng are Canada-wide

sports and ice horse ricing_‘-fi_ a .

favorite sport whsfre than aresfalst term. ._.‘ " ‘U. 2,,

The cities of wrest-mu‘; ‘A bio‘"'owe a very l ' _»prup_drtion oi’ their great toltrist tra/ffic. u their. winter lports which are Just as at- qgptive as the much vaunted sn-

snts of summer. ‘l’ g ‘this province we are not mak- flllhdugh of our winter advant-

agriculiure of an increase of 2% per cent in the duty on agricultural impiemen€s—a duty which, before the election, they had promised to entirely -— the bungling which drove British emigrants in- to the United States instead oi in to Canada; if they would attempt to explain the industrial depres- “sion in any other way than denying luthey might succeed in persuading the Canadian people that MacKen- zie King and his policy-lees gov- ernment wore not responsible for the ills which fell upon Canada during the present regime. Abusing those who point out our ills can get the Liberals nowhere but out. Their method of defence is the strongest proof of their defence- lessness and their acknowledged defeat.

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THE SOENT OF‘ VICTORY

' -'i“wo things stood out like moun- taidfpesks in Thursday night's great gathering of the Conserva- tive party‘ in Ottawa. The first was the militant evidence that Conservatism stands four-square behind its policies and its leaders. The second was the surge of en- thuslnsrn and fighting confidence

With a much less severe whim climate than that of Mon- Qneboc our winter sports w largely indoors while their’: for the most part in the open, as‘ tbebiilsidos, In trambl through tltjevosin, la goutdoo skating. to- saasasuir. be. and the health m; dutlul i . winter

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which oniykscont of victory brings. in lameness of attendance, in the ringing addresses of the speakers, in every essential evidence of the wili-tovlctory. it was a notable gathering, the sort of demonstra- tion that only a deeply-sourced public uprising against something or somebody can, produce. f- Ot-

most‘ enthusiastic functions ever,

is instilled to and will no doubt ro- coivu a fair fr-ial in the new Parlia- ment. ’

It ls presumed that no early at- tempt will be made to give effect “to such planks in the Labor plat- lform as the Capital Levy or the {nationalization of railways and iMines. To do so in the present lPnrliement would be to court dc- fent and yet defeat might be will- ingly accepted if there were rea- sonable grounds on which to be- lieve that on another appeal to the country a majority could ho ob- tained for those extreme measur- es. The party holding power at the time of a dissolution of Parliament has always an advantage at the fol» lowing election. This advantage the Labor party has not yet had and it is one which they may yet claim in the hope of obtaining in- creased support.

“Everything is so high since the War," is an expiession we often hear in these days. And coal is one of the things that are high. We get a glimpse of thereasons why coal costs so much when we read that of 3,090 miners employ- ed by the British Empire Steel Cor- poration in Cape Breton only 101 receive less than 3.25 per day, while the average al-i round is $5.23 per day. The miner is not a cheap man by any means and is appar- ently about as ready to strike for bigber pay as to strike when a re- duction of pay is decided upon. And a strike sends up the price of coal almost assuredly as an increase in

he miners‘ wages. And because coal is dear railway freight rates

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Daily goieotions Guardian Readers

LIKE OAMEOS

Like cameos, --pesrl grey upon the

Then mollusk-shell of cloud and aureoie—— '

l see a flock of geese drift sadly

by.»-

Like cameos in sharp relief. 0n high

They swing coheslvely. as though one soul

inspired all 1o seek the self-same 50a :

l bear their plaintive queries as they fly,

They pas, as this Old Year lays down its pack

To stand aside for blltbe aacondant Youth,

Who, neophyte, fears not the pangs of truth:

And sad, l lain would turn Time

in its track. . . . .

But why mourn opportunity or

state 7 North

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Bach year the geese fly - sglls tomato" . - .0.

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ONE WHO WAS PRESENT.

—-—-\-o0-o--_- BASIS OF UNION

Sin-i have recently seen your Issue of the -10t'h inst, in which my good‘ friend Rev. Geo. Christie, of Alborton, brings my name into the controversy that is going on in YOur columns regarding Church Union. As i have not had the priv- ilege of following the correspond- encc as it appeared in your paper. l am flflfieeifilhily at a loss to know lust how my name has been intre- duced in connection with -the mst- ter. l ‘shall only deal, therefore, with one statement made by Mr. Christie, which reads as follows:

“Mr. MacGregor has no ground in the world for insinuating that the United Church requires permis- sion of Legislature in ordcr to change her statement of doctrine or her policy. Section 27 of‘ the Bill makes it abundantly clear that the United Church will be absolutely free of statc coniroiin all spiritual matters."

With the above -l must take dlr cci. issue. The Basis of Union is made a part of the contemplated legislation. How. then, can tho changed without going back to Parliament and the Logis- latures for an amending Act? l assume that by Section 27 Mr.

tion, proposed to be added ihat will declare the spiritual independ- ence of t.hc Church, but in my hum- ‘lile opinion, this "spiritual indo- pcuilonce" may be shouted from the house-tops or inserted in the Bill any number of times, but so long as the Basis is made a part of fire Enabling Act it cannot legally he changed ‘without going hack to the legislative authority that en- acts it. it may wcll be, as some have con-tended. that Church ‘Union could have been brought about without any legislation on the part of civil authorities. but once the Church has “appealed unto Caesar" "Caesar" must. be consulted, if any changes are to be made in the fut ure. l am. Sir, etc. R M. MacGREGOR. New Glasgow, N.S., Jan. Z2. 1924.

{Oi- THE UN ION ISSUE.

Sin-Why does not "Aibcrtoni- an" state the entire quotation that not only Rev. Mr. Christie. but all those who hold with him. that the vote of the people has “absolutely no constitutional value," are noth- ing but ecclesiastical puppets. l have asked Rev. Mr. Christie if their votes are of no constitutional value to explain ‘the value of tho common people in the church. and he is silent. Now. I ask Albertan- lan the same question. in vicw of the moss these constitutional law- yers have brought the Presbyterian Church into. surely the question is now a pertinent one.

‘i fail to see the difference be- tween the term "sunken" and "abolished" to which Albertonian takes exception, and "extinguish- ment" to which he adheres. in any case, it means that the ‘Presbyteri- an Church in Canada is going in be wiped out of existence if thcsc drastic hills are to become law.

Alhertonian defines the .f'reahy~ fer-inn Church not as a democratic church, but as an "aristocratic or representative" one. At the Gen- eral Assembly of 1923 many ‘mom- bers did not represent. their con- gregations. They lhad no idea of their own representative capacity. Those who voted against their own congregations, the very bodies that enabled them to be there at all, are nothing ‘in my "pinion (l NW1! advleedly) but ecclesiastical pup-

I Y. in that ililmitable square bowi- pm

»l fail to see why the circulating of petitions to inform our represen- iatives-in ‘Parliament not to count the signers as favorable to the drastic coercive and‘ unjust enabling bill as a threat ‘to intim- idate IPai-iisment. as Alborionien says. if the constitutional and pro- per action inf slgnins more petitions by people whom the General An- sembiy of 1923 rofused- to hear. can be construed as an effort to intimidate. how then can Albertan- lah explain ‘Dr. Gordon's statement as reported in the press, that he would like to see the Parliament that would dare oppose the action of the Church, and refuse topass the bills?