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PAGE FOUR TllE BIIARLOTTETOIII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded 1887)

President UeuL-Col. W. Cheater S. Molar: Vlce Piesldent l. ll. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary LleuL-CoL D. A. lllzclflnnou. 0.5.0. Illllor and AL ‘ Director J. B. Burnett, FJ-L Associate Editor Frank Walker SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year iln advance) delivered to City $4.00 per year iln advance) mailed to l’. $5.00 per year (in advance) mailed to banana and U3 Members Audit Bureau of Circulation:

“The Strongest Memory i; Weaker the Weakest Ink."

FRIDAY, JULY Z2, 193B

Less Talk, More Action

A timtly warning is sounded by .\lr. Xugcnt Al. Llougatrr. iii lJjllflJll, linglantl, in an inter-

\lt'\\' ll\lllll~llk‘ll n1 _\e~.tt-rr1a_\'s liuardiait. Uther \'1.~1il.!l': haie ni-iwl, as .\lr. (lougher does, that there i.- ntnre app. cnt cnncerti here zihout war than in liuropi». This. tl-ics not incan, of course, that lllt: ptoplt- in Elm linitwl liingtltiiu are fro’. fitilv :i\-.;.i' of thi- ilingri‘ dtuare tu a much grczltvr rxiirt illull Ell-i", l Tillilillilllrsrlllll it does

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do lit»! in:‘.t- i\:ir 2111' stihjt-ct of Ll tlrtnv imp '

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.,,\ fi ‘ti 11-» l1 t. -' .1 "rllziu hniut- in the l1,-i t iillffl". ' in non.- that hi- lni-i 1'11 oft ~111M- cu-ry time a quadiiiz. of .- int-r hi- garden-i. Ducal‘: thi- i . the slglllllCilflCtf Of that i . but lll~l('flfl of talking 'll>l!'ili _ fzite- in air raid ilcfeusc itt- strutxhn twirl. . vwvlt. and perhaps has an auii-ziir-rriit -< 411i hon-ed in his zutic_ This sauit- lid-t l1'l\r' txvu-iril himself "to say llPlbi to :1 n ' when in fact he was answer- in" qutw :1» iii an .\ir ltrii-l- instruction offi» Owl‘ as to hwy lll?|l‘_\' Iffuilllf‘ his e-trite might

lion-t" in tlw i-vt-nt of <1lflflvll evacuation of Lon- dun.

.-\-tro,noinical figures in taxes are being paid in the Glrl (Yiuntrv for defense purposes. They pay more for find as surplus ~tocks are stored awrtv in t-a-t- of need. Tihev enlist in iticreasing nurilvw-w they lt-wrn. lnuv to use gas maslts; tllby‘ rvttd daily lllr‘ ilittriiletl riccoiints of llouse of Comm ms ltl'41\'l'4'1l:ll'_'~ which are devoted so per-"i-tt-tillv to eta-lug 1111- strain and ‘lress of llut thev carry on their pezirr-tinie on" ‘ as usinl. and refuse t0 be stnrripedw‘. . tiiting war as inevitable, or making it an Tlllfilll-(trlllng topic of conver-

internwticiivtl r-‘aii- us.

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uni-Tim. Till/me who rr-inr-inbwr how London theatres did lulslllis~~ as ll<llfll ilnrinig the Great \\':ir

l\'l“ <i"lf‘l1lll‘l'_" of tht Fnglish psychology" in this matter.

British Lobster Market The United kingdom is lfilillllfrlllllly Catiadzfis mwt important export itiarkt-t for czintit-il lob-

iti r, and tlt'.\l tu czintirtl slillllllll this product is itlll li-e large-t ilein in point uf value of £111 Lanzirhzin fi-ii product- Jltlll regularly‘ in that n1;ii-l\i-i_ “rites .\lr. .\' \'. Allen, Assistant Can-

adian Tirade Coinnxissrnnei" at 11111111111. in 1111-‘ Current is-uc 0t llte tonitiicrtsi:il lnti-lligi-nce Journal. This Iuhlllilll has l)t‘t‘ll iuziiitiziiiietl de- spite the di-crt-a-e lll recent y"<-:ir~ of the quantity of eannul lob-fer availahli- for export. United Kingdom trade returns record an increase in X937 imports of czinnetl lobster from Canada, re- ceipts during the year having reztchetl 16,297 cwis. (of Hz pounds) as coinpart-tl with 15.056 c\\'f5_ in {n31}, Total imports into the. United Kingdom for 103'- and 1937 were 18,041 cwts. ind 20,400 cuts. respectively. _\'e\vfou11lziud's 51131-5 of this midr- ;il_o increased slightlyt from 3,307 CWl-l. for logo tu 3.727 cwts, for 1937, In the first four months of 1033 (‘Iltlilllfl SllPPllfll Luot) cwts. out of total imports of 1,147 cwts. In cnmpetiiioti with cattnt-tl lobster imports. to- tal linitwl Kingdom imports of catined crab in it,_v,7 were 90.718 i‘\\'l.~. (U1 111.337) as compar- ed with 545.547 cwts. ('if>'rl.3351 111 1935- Rf?‘ ct-ipts from japan aggrvgzitcd 39,221 cwts. (51,- 084 cwts. in 11,311), while those of Russian ori- gin zimounted to 31.477 ewts. (28406 c\vts.). Some zidiled competition has resulted from int- ports of canni-tl crayfish from South Africa in recent years, hut dealers do not now appear to regard this rn-oduct as vying seriously with can- ned lobster.

A Momenlous Visit

A laindon corri-spoiitletit set-s the possibility of a political parallel l)‘.‘l\\'(‘('ll the Royal visit t0 Paris this wet-k and that which preceded thc mnntenliitis i-venls of twellt_\'-f<1ttr years M10- Tlit- pri-st-ut \loitarch is accotupanierl by the Iiortzign Secri-taryg Lord llaifax. Sir Pidward Grey attended Kitig (lt-orge V in a similar cap- ncitv. and said in the chapter he contributed to "'l'lic Life of King (lt-orgc" that the visit was purely cert-iuoiiial and without political signific- nice. llis .\l.'tiest_\"s speeches were studiously non-political. The event was interpreted. never- theless, as a warning to llerlitt that the Fntente continued unbroken. 'l‘here are stronger rea- tons for vit-wittg the present visit in the same light. for Britain's commitments to France for ilt-fensc Dllflmses are clearer todav than then.

King George V and Queen Mary wit-re claimed with unhonntletl enthusiasm in French Capital. Tiff‘ reception accordvrl ti"! prgsflflf Sovereign mid his Queen show the French peoole no less eager tn cement the cordial relations of ymrlnorsliiil. The trin is certain to be regarded with profound significance in the Chriucellorics of Europe.

There is no reason to mnsider the event as portending war because war followed rm ti“! previous occasion. More than three months af- ter King George V's visit Sir Ftlward CITY sought a conference of representatives of Ger- man“ Ilnlv and France. still trying to avoid cnmnifpgyffrmg, Grrmnnv saidlhe cnnferenct-‘was “not practicable." If the prevailing delicate gimmkm drags along to a similar point (lermnny mnv hive a different view. M“ " The penile] ls impressive. however. m some ' qynhe Glob: and Mall.‘ France then

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was an ally of Ruuil, which was committed to protection of the Slavs in the Balkans. Today the triangle involves Czechoslovakia and thc Soviet Republic. _Then, a5 now, Ggfmany ‘v35 trying to hold Britain off while proceeding with her plans.

1y. Sir Edward Grey's peace efforts were ap- plauded in Berlin as adroitly as Chamberlain's are now. Hitler has given assurance that Ger- man_ aims do not extend to French Continental territory: In I914 the German Chancellor was prepared to undertake that there would be no territorial acquisitions at the expense of France in Europe, but this did not apply to French colonies. \\'ith even less ceremony than attend- ed the acquisition of Austria, Luxemburg was occupied and Belgium was invaded without the excuses now being used against Czechoslovakia. The reports circulated that the Czechs ltave mob- ilized and that Russia has declared a state of emergency on the Mauchoukuan border are typical of those in the ferment of 1014. There is lacking as yet a Serajcvo incident, but this did not come until two months after King George \' was in Paris.

Klanifestlv there is no need for a parallel, ex-

tensive or slight. as an omen to war. The pres- t-nt King's good-will jottrnev inav forecast con- tinued twice. The co-operation between Pr?-

tain and France is known to the ivorltl. It has been stated officiallv that llriiish arnt- will hi» "t the command of the Renitblic 'l“l~i- visit is a rt-tninrler of this without niakiu" a iitflllfll addition to th" undertaking. \ P-riti-h .<I\\‘f‘l'(*1"l‘l can still convev tnessages of good-\vill to vit-itrhboring countries.

It is the first iournev of the kind bv George \'l and his Queen since the Coronation. Thev ‘fave not yet been ahle to tnake the contem- plated visit to India. It would be admirable if thev could carry the friendly British spirit to all the Capitals of the Continent.

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.r Editorial Notes 1

Co-operation is making strides. U F F The Royal Visit to Paris has been an unquali-

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Our military guests are gone-they made a brave show while under training. o 1:

Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific this date t793—first white man to cross the Rockies.

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a n- President Roosevelt intends making a good- will visit to Canada next month in connection with the dedication of the Sarnia (Ont) Port lluron (Mich) international bridge. a a: e e “The manner of the police officer was ex- emplary and charming in every way," said Owen Nares. actor in Yeovil Police Court the Othfl‘ Nevertheless, he paid a $5 fine for speed-

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This is what the Globe and .\lail said editorial- lv:—“l‘rince Edward Island Boy Scouts now liave a camping ground of their own, the gift of Lieutenant-Coveruor George l). Delllois, which at an impressive ceretnony recently was dedi- cated "to the service of (Zmatlian boyhood." The spot is tiainetl Catnp ltucltzut, in honor 0f the (i0\‘(‘fll0l"~(iPllCTfll, Chief Scout for Canada, from whom a cordial message of congratula- tion was read at the dedicatory ceremony. This is a delightful and practical plan for encourag- ing the Scout movement in thc Island Province. The organization there is itiakiitg good progress, hut, as elsewhere in Canada, there is complaint of a scarcity of qualified leaders for the boys. There is here an opportunity for young men to

do something of great vvaluc by giving direction.

to the activities of Ween-age youth in this

country." n w =0- 1v

Hughes may have given the New York \Vorld’5 Fair its greatest publicity, but there is one who claims that his suggestion of the idea of such a fair is worth two million dollars. Joseph Shadgeti of Jackson Heights, who asserts he originated the idea of thc New York \Vorltl's Fair and who is now suing thc New York \Vorltl's Fair, 1939. lnc., and (leorgc l\lc.’\nen_v. former president of the corporation, for $1,000.- 000 each for alleged damages, won thc first round in his legal battle in a decision handed down by justice Henry G. Wenzel Jr. in the Special Term of the Queens Supreme Court. Counsel for the defendants had asked for an or- der directing Mr. Shatlgen to show in a preli- minary trial whether hc had signed a release of his claims, whether he had been subjected to fraud and duress and whether employment given him by the Fair corporation was compensation for his alleged ilamages. Justice \\'cnzcl denied the application on the grounds that the issues would be decided in a general trial and that there was no need for putting the plaintiff to thc expense of a preliminary trial. The papers in the case disclose that Mr. Shadgen was em- ployed by the Fair corporation from March t. i936, to May 3t, 1.937", at‘ $635 H M00111-

Millions of grasshoppers covering more than 16 square miles of farm lands northwest of Pendleton, B.C., have caused damage estimated at $40,000 and have left more than a dozen farmers without any crops or pasture for their cattle. More than 10,000 acres of land are in the affected area. Between t5 and 20 farmers have lost everything except some corn which may yet fall prey to the pests. The present pla- gue is the worst in more than 75 years, accord- ing to john McAllister, 81, who has lived in the district all his life. Scores of head of cattle have been moved from the area to rented pas- ture lands because they were starving from lack of food. At least a half dozen of farmers, when they saw the ravages of the grasshoppers in their grain fields, turned their cattle and horses into the fields and let them eat what remained rather than leave it to the pests. These farmers now are faced with the problem of buying feed until the pastures cmne in next spring. Gardens as well as other crops have suffered and only in a

fefw homer were there are any flowers, all hav- in| been men of! to 01s mm

Professing peaceful intentions, ht-r. army and navy had been strengthened enormous- ‘

TEE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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Hon. Harold Kirby‘: belie! flint; there are people tn Ontario men. tal hospitals who would not be there were law proctectlon better,_ is starting. Nevertheless, it la a 1 thought that has been in the back of people's heads. Novelist: have played up such situations, but 1t may be mat. not all are merely flctlon.-Toronto Globe and Mall.

There i: eyerythlng to b; um for the formation of an hfema- tional code restricting the use of weapons from the all". Though in war we cannot guarantee that. 8 desperate enemy will not break the law, none the less a Law em- ,

condemnation of the world; and. even an aggressive government ‘ W111 hesitate to ignore a rule the

breach of which will bring the

certainty of reprlsal upon its

own nationals. Therefore, though

war has not been abolished. lt ls

not idle to do what can be clone

to minimize wars horors.-—Chrlst-

inn Science Monitor.

We recently siruck up an ac- quaintance with the property clerk who cares for all the goods and chattels picked up by the Police Department-stuff seized tn raids, lost and found articles. the property of pesple who have died without heirs, and things left tn taxlcrths, a hodgepodge that, {i115 the Cleiks office and three large u-aretiouses. Articles unclaimed after six months are sold at auction, the proceeds going to the ' Police Pension Fund. At the last auction. the cops tock in over $7000 and disposed of odd lots of blvycles. addinB machines, row boats. printing presses (confiscat- ed ln obscene literature raids), brief cases, a tombstone, and 232 automobiles. tSome 4000 cars year- ly are abandoned on the streets’ of New York.) The New Yorker.

For well on to seventeen years now Canada has had a bacheloras Prime Minister. and the women-or those women who flnd time for tea. between speeches at the Conserva- tive convention-have decided that this ls not a good deal. “Why, marriage ls an experlence—every- one knows that," one of them pm. nounced, "and it's an experience that broadens any one. I'd prefer a married leader any day. This ls. of course. a dilemma that slmply can't be settled by any but the women. The mixture of marriage and politics is an essentially hu- man one. and men would thus be out of lt. philosophers and even psychologists. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Klniz are. by the textbooks. fairly eligible bachelors. - Hamilton Spectator.

Mr. Wllllam B. Stout, Detroit en- glneer who addressed the Windsor Rotary Club yesterday, envisions the rapid development of com- mercial airplanes capable of car- rying 100 passengers. This ls the type of machine, Mr. Stout ex- plains, that itvlll be able to stay aloft flnunciallvas well as mechan- ically. Mr. Stout gives credit to Mr. Henry Ford for the 100-pas- senger ldea. "Mr. F‘ord‘s lntultlon." Mr. Stout explains, "is much more to be depended upon than anyone else‘s judgment." Plans have been prepared for these giant machines. Cost ls estimated at 83.000000 each. Wlthln three years, Mr. Stout be- lieves the big ships will have taken shape. A plane to carry 100 Dflsfienlzers can be operated at n greater profit than a trans- oceantc steam-ship, Mr. Stout sug- gests. A modern ocean liner makes a round trip ln about 10 days; a 100 passenger plane 1s capable of

flve trips in the same time. — Windsor Star. Alffifldy- ln so short n time,

all has changed. The smart res- taurants can sell their pompimo again. with an occasional bottle of wine. Thoughtful old gentle- men who came out of the 1929 crash with a few ‘cats and dogs‘ are feeling the stlrrlngs of the ancient hope that perhaps after all, everything ls not lost. The yachts are belng repainted. The wise boys along Broadway stop each other and whisper that. something ls 1n the lr. which ls probably true. Advertising men, salesmen and men of vlslon have come out of their lethargy and are once more on the prowl. The window-shoppers have crawl- ed out from their hldlngplaces. Even the man who ls broke, who owns no stocks and bonds and never particularly expected to, ls caught. up. whether he wllls 1t or not. in the curious wave of opti- mism. An office boy puts lt. suc- cinctly as any one could. “Maybe everthlngls going to be all right

after allP-New York Herald Tribune. The "Durande Wedding" has

come down in hlstory as one of the most magnificent social events of the old South. Charles Durandem wealthy Louisiana plantation own- er, determlned to give hls two daughters the most epectacular weddlniz ln the history of the state. From China he ordered a ship- load of spiders. which were releas- ed ln the mlle-lonlz avenue of great plne trees leading up to the whlte-columned house; and as the day for the double wedding drew near, the trees were webbed with i thousands of yards of filmy lace. Couriers brought from California hundreds of pounds of silver and gold dust: and Negro slaves with hand-operated bellows sprayed the glittering metal over the webs. More than 2000 guests marched be- neath this glittering canopy to an altar erected 1n front of the mansion. —New York Tlmee.

The hippopotamus, which look: llke lta sesqulpedallnn name. la actually no called because : Greek traveler thought ft resembled a. ,“horse of the river." Like horses. lmost hippos are klnd and gentle, though a. few are extremely cruel at timer. Ordinarily doclle l: Route, 15-year-old. 3.000-lb. female hfopo ln Manhattan's Central Park Zoo. who lust week gave birth for the first time. Despite nookeeperii’ nrecnutlona. Route butted her new lv-born unmerclfully, refused ll food. The bnby hippo, a fl-lb. mule. wna moved to e separate cage. fed Rout‘: milk and cream through a hone. But sud-eyed end dejected by hi: solitude. he new weaker. in flve devil‘ time dlod of lnternnl injuries. Time.

A mnchlne l: o heat more! Id- ucotnr. If a : dmkiy

i tantamount

PUBLIC FORUM

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NON-ENFORCEMENT

Slit-Having returned to the Province after an absence of al- most two years, I have been start- led by the apparent increase of drunkenness ln the Clty of Char- lottetown. On Saturday night last I saw flve drunks on one block. To my surprise only l3 drilnka out of the large number on the streets

bailed m preclse “greemems l‘ appeared on Monday morning in a. ‘Elergrmh um’ “vemmel” the police court. Rumor, ordinar- “m ° a m" ‘he "Wm lly unreliable, has it that the

number of bootleggers 1n the clty has increased enormously. The evidence of ones eyes ls that rum- our ln this case ls, sadly enough,

correct. To see a considerable l umber of drunks on the streets ln .13.

towns 1s not unusual. nor surpris- lnc, since the -‘c:ntrol" system in our sister province permits what is to an open bar 1n most centres of population. It is no exaggeration to say that drunk- enness in Charlottetown where the Prohibition Act is supposedly in force has become. in the last three years, almost as noticeable as lt is in the towns across the Strait. Present conditions cry out for reform. One wonders lf the govern- ment is in sympathy with law en- forcement. I am Sir. cttn. EX-GOVEILVMENT CONTROL

TEBHITs weeps

Sin-I think 1t ls very apparent to all thoughtful men. and espec- ially the citizens who are inter- ested ln Agriculture 1n the Pro-

vlnce. that there is a decided ln- crease in noxious trends on our farms. The fields are becoming

white with daisies and it seems to me that there ls not as much care taken as there should be. The daisies are not so injurious as oth- er weeds for the reason that, if’ cut at the proper time, that is, be- fore the seed is ripe. the land ls saved from extra pollution of ewed seed. In addition to that, the dais- ies that are cut and stored in the hay mow do not contain seed which would grow the following year after havinn been fed to the stock. This ls one of the means whereby seeds are distributed over the land and. in mane cases felds become lnfested which. up to the present time, have been free from weeds.

The most injurious of all weeds perhaps is the Wlltl Mustard and Radish. This Department contem- plated puttinz on some experimen- tal work this year. but owing to extra work- ln the Department 1n- volved in the distribution of seed grain. it was impossible to attend to this work at the time when ll: should have received most careful attention. namely. when the plant: are tender. or when the blossoms first appears on t_he Wild Mustard. We are maklnr! arrangements to take this exnerlment un next sea- son. and we are instructing our fleldmen. as they travel through the Province, to note carefully the sections ln which appear large areas of mustard, so that we can try the experiment in a section where it will benefit the largest number of farmers.

In the meantime. I would strong- ly urge the farmers to do all thev can by way of cultivation to handlc this menace. and would sucgest that they sow a crop of buckwheat on the land as early as possible, so that it may be ploughed down before the mustard seed matures. You wlt have ample time to sow a second crop of buckwheat which again may be turned down.