by Premier Maiheson, who

rA'c'i'. roux THE GUARDIAN

Dliutlia-lte-a.I as second Clue Moll-Pit-Office Department. Ottawa. The Inland Guudlln Publishing Co.

Joetor. Inn A. Burnett Funk Walker.

Editor and Managing Associate Editor,

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward llllnd llllo EIIO Ill?"

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

CHABLOTTETUWN SATURDAY. JAN, A 1954

l dirength For Peace

"The growing strength of the free world. coupled with its desire to reach just and honorable agreement, has reduced the pos- sibility of international conflict." Such is the view of Sir Winston Churchill as a l 'ewl Year coinmences. The British Prime -Ml-ll- istcr is not noted for being ovei'-OPl-lm15tlC- He believes in facing facts, so that if the world were anywhere near the brink of war he would be the first to say 50. g

It is. however, the reason for continued peace that he wished to emphasize. Wars are begun because a tempting prize is held out to a potential a'.'.grcss0r or else because a potential victim fears that unless a stand is made all will be 1051.

Both causes have their roots in dispro- portionate weakness. The strong are neith- er frightened into a preventive war nor are they in danger of sudden onslaught. Secur-I ity is a word that has all the attractiveness today that freedom had to an earlier ger- eration and that beauty or truth had in other times.

Modern man desperately wants to feel secure. The fact that his aim is probably illusory does not lessen its importance as an effective mainspring of public and pri-' vate action. In the international sphere the world desperately needs a feeling of secur- ity and, short of a world government, that can only be attained by the nations of the world at least combining for mutual sup- port against aggression from any and every source. Today we have such an effective combination. It is vital that it be main- tained.

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Unsung Heroes

Frequent reports of great storms at sea with their customary toll of ships and men are potent reminders of the perils which members of the merchant marine under many flags face almost daily. The sea is the historic highway of man's adventuring spirit; over it from the most ancient times men have sailed in search of material treasure and, more often, in search of those things which add glow and sparkle to the ordinary things of life. From its depths, there have come harvests of wealth; into its huge chasm islands, nations, and civil- izations have disappeared. When it is kind. men find rest and peace in its ageless heart; when it is angry, men and steel are helpless against its relentless fury. In all maritime nations. in peace as in war, ”blood is the price of admiralty."

Of all the avocations none is more ardu- ous than seafaring; dangers and risks lurk in every wave. And yet it has an ever- lasting attraction for courageous men who love "to go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters". They are the unsung heroes of each gener- ation. Their contribution to the com- mercial aspect of civilization cannot be measured.

Optimistic Forecasts

Looking back over the old year, and forwarrl lo the one whose threshold we

secrets of the universe.

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It is well to be reminded, as we are by His Honour Lieutenant Governor Prowse, of the efforts for peace put forth by the Un-

ited Nations, of Her Majesty's globe-en-l

circling tour of our sister Dominions and countries of the Commonwealth at the present time, of the ties which bind us as a British Family of Nations and the re- sponsibilities which are ours of furthering similar harmonious accord and good will in the hearts of other world powers.

The New Year is a time for good resolu-

tions, and perhaps the best one of all is to resolve to keep one's eyes on the goal ahead

rather than on the obstacles in the path. .

The latter usually turn out to be less for- midable than we anticipated. Certainly the time-honored practice of counting our bles- sings at this season, and planning hopefully for the days ahead, is the best stimulant to exertion.

The Golden llay

Radio is among the wonders which have been revealed by scientific research into the The Head of the Commonwealth speaks in Auckland, New Zealand, twelve thousand miles from her official residence, and her voice is heard round the world. The Pope sits before a little device set up in his study at the Vat- ican and hundreds of millions of Christians hear every word that comes from his lips.

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It's All Yours!

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It is all very familiar. almost commonplace; people everywhere take it for granted. lti remains, however, a miracle of the mostl spectacular character. - i

Whatever 20th century science has done in the way of potential disorder and de- struction, it must be given credit for a lot of enlightenment. Never was there an era so glittering as this one in material achieve- ment and the indications are that the next half-century will see the unfolding of even greater wonders. And yet it must be clear to any thinking person that the Golden Day of man's life on the earth will remain a dream until the mighty structure of ma- terial development has been undergirded by even mightier spiritual and moral props. Somehow man must learn to master him- self before his mastery of the universe can bring him to his rightful destiny. This generation with its intense preoccupation with matter has not been able to bring this about; perhaps another and wiser gen- eration will be able to do it. Meanwhile, it is good to note that many brilliant minds in the scientific world already are recog-i nizing the urgency of the task.

EDITORI-AL N01 E!

Tomorrow, the 2nd Sunday after Christ-

O O I This is the centennial year of St. Dun- stan's University. Students, past and pres- ent, will be making very special efforts to honour their Alma Mater.

0 norsi 0 BOYS!

0 Boys. the times I've seen!

The things I've dome and known If you knew where I have been. or half the joys I've bad,

You never would leave me alone: But. pester me to tell.

Swearing to keep it. dark.

Wihat . . . but I know quite well: Every xolicltoi-'s clerk

Would break out and so mad: And all the dogs would bark!

There was it young fellow of old Who spoke of a wonderful town, Built. on o. lake of gold.

with many I. barge and raft Afloat in the cooling sun, And lutes uucvi the lake

Played by such courtesans . . K 'int: sigiit has cnouzli lo I.ll(Q The reason out of a man's Brain; and to leave him daft, Babbling of lute: and fans.

The tale was right enough: Willows and orioles.

With ladies skilled in love,

But. they listened only to smirk.

For he spoke to incredulous fools,

And. maybe, was sorry he spoke; For no one believes in joys,

And Peace on Earth is A Joke, which, anyhow, telling destroys: So better go on with your work: But B-ans! 0 Boys! 0 Boys!

-Oliver at. John Goguty.

The abolition of the materials division-

and closing of the regional offices of the small industries division denotes the official termination of the long years of scarcitics. We now face the problems of an economy of abundance. O O O

The world's first fully automatic mete-

orological system for observing the upper;

air has been installed near Crawiey, Eng- land, it being in addition to eight earlier

type stations already installed. Upper-air wind velocity, temperature pressure and humidity observations have immediate value for high-flying aircraft and may

eventually aid in weather prediction.

have now cvcosscrl, our provincial and com-I inunity leaders appear to be unanimous inl expressing confidence and optimism. These: are the notes sounded in the New' Year's" greetings carried in our issue of Thursday,i and they will repay careful reading and study by all our citizens.

This is notably the case in the brief! review of provincial activities and prospects stresses - the fact that in view of the greater demand for more foodstuffs, a depressed market in one or two products does not justify any misgivings as to the future. Improved methods of production and processing are cited as the key to success in this connec- tion. Despite the difficulties through which the dairying industry has passed in recent years, marked progress has been made. The fisheries have been expanded by dragger operations and increased processing facili- ties which are adding materially to our wealth from the sea. Our tourist trade also is expanding, and, in the Premlerls words. bids fair to become one of our high revenue producers. .

Progress in our urban communities is indicated in the statements issued. by Mayor Stewart of Charlottetown. Mayor Wedge of Summei-side and Mayor Yeo of Montague: and there is no question but that'thei'r Vlewsoreshoredbytherepiuentutlvu of nll”olir'fntmlclpolities. ' '

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That "the diversion from railways of high-priced traffic is seriously undermining their ability to carry bulk traffic at mar- ginal rates" is the sober warning of C. N. R. President Donald Gordon. The plain implication is that in order to carry bulk freight at an economic rate it will be nec- essary for the railways to take steps to retain the higher paying traffic.

O O I

The Russian ambassador to the United States has protested against a version of the Russian reply to President Eisenhower's atomic proposals which read in part: "The international control of atomic weapons would suit the aggressive forces." The translation should have read: "International sanctioning of the production of atomic weapons would play into the hands of the aggressive forces."

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Sir George James Frazer, Scottish author, was born a hundred years ago yes- terday. Educated at Glasgow and Cam- bridge Universities, he pursued advanced studiesiat the latter, going from classical subjects to anthropology. He wrote a book on "Totemlsm" and followed it by his fam- ous "Golden Bough" in 1890. The latter profoundly influenced the modern outlook on the belief in the supernatural. He had a

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Old Charlottetown

NEWSPAPER ITEMS

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excellent.

The effect was very good indeed. The American

the fishermen. Her

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seiners will be kept. right. i Tonight Prof. Zeta Bemon com mences his engagement

and their entertainment. cannot. ix.-l spoken of too highly. Big. Giovan- nll'l flock of performing canary birds nre something wonderful, while Miss Adele Gilbert on the musical glasses gives some very choice Ielec- , tlons. Zen hu 0. number of new tricks .md his vonti-lloqulsm is not amuslng as over. while the Mari-l quettes still continue to create

roar: of laughter. Prof. semon will continue through the week with a matinee Saturday. The prices are 25 and

80 cents.

distinguished educational and literary cu-gr and was knighted in 1911. .

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1 least I port. of it.-o. you of ex-

From The -Elilamiiier, Aug. ill,

We are informed that Mr. George Jenkins. of Pownal. has built it new trotting park on his premises which he intends opening to the public in a few wneks. The track is said to be well built, and the situation

The four electric lamps on Queen Square were lighted last. evening.

man-of-war Ossipee was anchored off Souris yesterday. She is sent to look after capisin and four of the officers called on Con- sular agent. Carleton. There are two other frigntes on their way down to the Island. the Yiintic and the Boston. The latter isanew steel and is said to he one of linear American mnn-of-wars afloat. With these three on the coast it is hoped all American

at the Lyceum. Prof. Bemon has connected himself with a company of artists.

Cartoon For flrle New Year ,--s coats)

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Events Of I9

United Kingdom The year 1953 ha been- for at

pectatlooi. iooo had been I. you of strange stagnation. At. its close the inoeniuioml scene had been almost unchanged since its begin- ning, In Europe nothing appeared to have altered. In the Far East the Korean armistice negotiation was deadlocked. Th. tension be- tween the communist. powers and the "West" had neither increased or lessened. And so it renooined during the first weeks of 1953. Then the death of Btalin aroused expectation and even hope that some great. chance might be im- pending in soviet. policy.

There were indeed signs that seemed in indicate that the expec- tations might. b. well-founded. Thom were-or appeared to be- st:-na of coming modification in the internal continue and h the dementia: pollciel of the soviet Government under its new leader- ship. And if the rigour of the dictatorship were relaxed. if the regime were to become even slight- ly "liben.lllod". that. could hardly affect me attitude of the Govern- ment. towards the outside world.

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It was noticed that the cult. of the all-wise and all-powerful ”leader" was swiftly suppressed and replaced by the doctrine of "collective leadership." There was a. for-reaching amnesty. Promis- es were made that "impermissible" methods would no longer be used by the police to secure confessions from prisoners. There was to be an immediate reform of the penal code. The "constitutional rights" of soviet citizens were to be "see- redly observed." ”Soviet. legality" was to be the hash of all Govern- ment. action.

At. the some time. there were. or seemed to be changes tending to give the smaller republics of the Union a. greater measure of self-government. and to relax the rigidity of the centralized conticl exercised from Moscow. And in the omic sphere there were new and considerable concessions

the peasantry.

Many students and observers of soviet. affairs. it is true, suspected that all this was probaly motivated hot. by any ”chnnge of heart". but rather A response to certain un- rest among the masses; that it was designed to allay unrest. to win popularity for the new rulers, and to check an economic deter- ioration due in some measures to discontent among the workers and the peasants. But whatever the motives, the trend to "liberalization" was visible enough. Borrowing 'in opt. term from the world of dress design. people began to talk hope- fully of the "new look" in Russia.

This "new look" spread to the

53 Affecting

Soviets 8. The Free World

” By W. N. liwoc Information Office

Europe. Concessions and the re- laxation of severity became the order of the clay. The. Communist Government of Eastern Germany -announced that policy -had taken a. "new cmrrse." It. was B. hope- ful spring.

And then at midsummer the new look began to fade rapidly The June revolt in Eutom Germany and the stark repression that fol- lowed was one turning point. The disgrace and arrest of Berta in early July marked another.

As always, in totalitarian states it. in not. ell! to divine the causes of any change of policy. It may be that in the inner Soviet coun- sels Berta had been the champion and protagonist of "liberalizai.l,on..' and that it. disappeared with him. It. may be that the Communist. lenders have taken alum at. the consequences of their own policy: that they were finding an other dictntom have, that one esslon brings I. demand for more, that they had aroused expectations that might. prove danaen.-u. to lot-

); Notes By

"The bigger the nun the bigger tiio Ipluh when be mine: the boat."-Brandon sun.

'11:: France reached the stage when even her best friends can't tell her?'-Vancouver Province.

Soviet Russia. we are told. is produclng two-headed cabbages. A fitting accomplishment for I re- gime that is sometlni-.-is accused of being two-faced.--Christian Science Monitor.

The season's worst pun wan perpetrated by in Los Angcles restaurant. which ailvcrtiscrl a, "Nuclear Sclcniisis' Special." lt' turned out to be "Flsson Chips" --Edmonton Journal.

It Jo customary to place a lot of emphasis on things that are large and massive, but don't go overboard on size. If it were al- ways the deciding factor. the cow would outrun the rabbit.-Kitclv cner Record.

"It is believed," say: I medical article. "that the function of the sinuses is to lighten the skull and give resonance to the voice." They :also serve the subsidiary purpose inf giving people who have never had an operation something to talk about.-Strstforrl Beacon-Heb aid.

In Pntchnm, Enizlnml. press dispatch. Eric Ponrc (lied lworih 230.000-"liatlnz tax collec- tors to the end." His will said. ."From my grave I curse the Board

any: n

of Inland Revenue who have ruin- cd my life. All inspectors of taxes are sadistic and depraved.

Thai is common knowledge. None of it is funny. It was just tor. much for Poore to (are the fact. that he couldn't take it with him And he made life miserable for himself. Tax collectors merely, happened to he the tools of hlsl self-torture. There is an old pray-' or which runs: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change those I can, and the wis- dom to know the difference." Poore. poor man, apparently nev-, er saw it.---Owcn Sound Sun- Times.

Seven hundred and forty-seven synonyms for drunkenness are known to it working man in north Finland who Wop a competition organized by the Finnish broad-

slly indistinguishable from the Rusala of Stalin.

That does not. necessarily imply that the chances of an casing of international tension between the Soviet Union and the free world have not improved durlrig the past. 12 months. There are many other factors which affect. them. But it does mean that in essence the Soviet Union with which we have to deal torlay is unchanged, It

The Way; is

casting company in conjun(1i.... with the Foundation for Rescarcji into the Finnish vocabulary. A man serving a prison sentence at Turku came ,second with 613. Th.-. same prisoner won a conipctliion

with synonyms for stezillng-h. sent in 170. Another man Ian----.1 203 synonyms for lying, .- '11,

Times, London. g

The automobile oslclisilily I; ;, willing servant of mankind nml Wt there is an incffnblc quality about it that often changes fife entire personality of n pg;-50" when he sits behind the steering whccl. From the forclieadii of tho most mild-niannered persons un- seen horns sprout upward and their faces lake on satanic lean M811. and sometimes women, Whig. normally speak in subdued tones develop the ability to lnlrl and bellow belllgerently at other dri- vers. When the door of the auto- mobile slams shut, courtosv and thoughtfulness often are left at the curb and Dr. Jekyll, citizen, become: Mr. Hyde. licensed ope:-. ntor.-New York Times.

Canada in growing up. w.'", also! growing older. That applies to population ages. Our life ex. Dectancy is greater today than it was 30 years -30. Census figures prove it. Here are the flgu;-Q. from the 1921 and 1951 cemug showing the percentage of peoplg

in the older age groups now and then:

Age 1921 195; GFOUP Census Census 65-69 ..... 2.3717; 3,375 70-74 .... 1.63 2,52 75.79 i.o1 1.5; 80-84 0.55 0,33 R5-89 . .. 0.7.5 034 90 and up 0.07 0,11

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In the City of Toronto lurprislng figures have developed. In 1921 only four per cent of the people were in tho nge bracket 85-and- up. in 1051 the figure was over 16 per cent. People are living longer despite the depression of the thirties and the most doltruc- tlve war in history from 1939 to 1945.----Lcthbridze Herold.

"ft is conceivable that fu-mlnx may become fairly important in sub-Arctic area: if certain difficul- ties can be overcome. Crop: of potatoes, cabbage, alfalfa, brome and timothy have been grown in the lllaclu-nzic 'River valley for years nearly l.00O miles north of Edmonton. "rhe step from pom. tees to wheat may be I long one. but. in all probability, not im- possible) says the Edmonton Jour- nal. A helping hand from an un- ' expected source may also play ii large part in bridging the gap. 11': the theory that the north is; growing warmer. AI evidence of this, it has been reported thatl vegetation is encroaching upon the frozen tundra of the Arctic . nnd migratory birds are movlngi

may alter its policies, But. it has not altered it character.

farther north." - Kitchener-Watch loo Record.

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isfy. It may be that they were feeling more oonfidonl of their own abuity to control offaln than they-had been in one weeks im- mediately following the loan of Stalin and his personal prestige among the masses. It may well be that it was all three. They are in no way 'ncom-potible.

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But the fact. was evident enough. There was II sharp reversal of pol- icy. No more has been heard of the reform of the penal code. The old "impermissible" methods were resumed. Bei-la and his associates have made the familiar "confes- sions" after five months of "ex- amination." Therc was no more talk of "Bovlet. legality", or of the constitutional guarantoes of free- dom for soviet clt.l.!.ens. There was a new drive against national- izm in the non-R. ' republics of the Union. In Georgia, the Administration and the Party were purged and re-purged. Thr- Uki-ainians have been womed that they are to regard themselves not as I. separate nationality but as a branch of the great. Russian nation.

True. many of the in con- cenions to the peasantry both in the Soviet Uniofi and in the satel- lite states. remain. But. those are not the outcome of any libcrallzlng tendency. They are part. of an effort to cope with the serious difficulties in food production which is assuming dangerous pro- portions.

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And so the expectations which were nrouaed in the spring hsv-2 faded by the mid of the year. so for no internal policy is concerned. the "new look" has faded, The

satellite countries of E a at e r n

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