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OIABLOTTETOWN waounsoay. AUGUST is. mo , Tlia lioyal Infant

Canadians will join wholeheartedly in the congratulations tendered yesterday by the Governor General and Prime Minister to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edin- burgh on the birth of their daughter. The Royal Family, as the living symbols of British sovereignty, have won an almost unprecedented place in the affection and esteem of their people. Apart from this, however, there are very practical reasons why public interest should be shown, offi- cially and unofficially, in an event of this kind.

As pointed out in a Canadian Press despatch, fortune may some day place the newborn Princess on the British throne. Automatically, she ranks third in line for the Crown-a position which had led to the throne for twelve of England's thirty-nine sovereigns "since the Norman Conquest. Five of the last six monarchs, including the present King George VI, were at times ranked third. The baby, however, would lose her rank as third in line to any child- ren born to her brother, Prince Charles.

Princess Elizabeth herself was third in line when she was born twenty-four years ago. The death of her grandfather, George V, and the abdication of Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, put her father on the throne and made her l-leiress-Presump- tive. Edward, too, ranked third when he was born.

The revolutionary spirit which has swept. the world in recent years, and overthrown dynasties in many countries, may some day turn Britain into a republic, and the Com- monwealth into a group of disunited na- tions. That time is not yet, however. In the light of the Communist menace in Europe and Asia, which was born of anarchy and revolution, let us hope that it will not come in our generation. What holds us together more than anything else are the ties of tradition and sentiment which seem so meaningless, and even ludicrous, to those who do not understand them.

Parliament's Special Session

' Prime Minister St. Laurent says a special session of Parliament will be called probably for early October. Major business requiring the attention of honorable mem- bers will be the Korean crisis. The House of Commons will be asked to authorize the Government to send the special brigade force now being recruited, to Korea or elsewhere if and when required.

Ottawa's economic planners may also seize the opportunity to try to restore con- trols. No government economist worth his salt believes that Canada can take part in a war, even a little war, unless the Cabinet has power by order-in-council to allocate materials, ration goods, set price and wage ceilings and otherwise interfere with the normal operation of the countryis economy.

Members of Parliament would be ili-ad- vised to be too deeply influenced by this sort of psychology. Industry and labor alike, instead of being regimented, simply need to be told to get out the goods. For, after all, it is the ability to produce, and not the power to control, that in the final analysis wins wars. '

Thing to watch for is whether the Gov- ernment asks Parliament to declare the ex- istence of a state of national emergency. Unless the interniational situation deterior- ates gravely in the meantime, there is little in the current economic scene to justify such a declaration.

-latest -Ant?-Tank Weapon

Shown inaction in a news reel at the Capitol Theatre this week is one of the U. S. Ax"-myfs latest weapons-theblg bazooka. The new 3.50 inch weapon fires a rocket- type projectile capable of stopping all but the heavlesttanks. U. S. infantry units in Korea that were so vulnerable to tank thrusts supported by overwhelming numbers

medium Russian tanks that were acting as the spearheads in this type of attack. The only limitation of this weapon is thatiof

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armored Russian tanks. If it lives up to expectations as well as the 3.5 inch bazooka is reported to have done it will be an im- mensely important development.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

There are no strikes in Russia, the Soviet paradise. 0 It cannot be said Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, coddled herself be- fore giving birth to her baby-;' she was active up to the last minute. 0 O O The Exhibition and Old Home Week got off to a good start Monday, and provided the weather holds good, there should be bumper attendances for the rest of the week.

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The -French Government is expected to propose an Atlantic Pact Loan Fund to help finance European rearmament. Pay- as-you-go seems to be out of fashion, ex- cept for the taxpayer.

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The mobile recruiting unit selected an admirable time to be in Charlottetown. They should be able to interview many ap- plicants here rather than have to go to them in various parts of the Island.

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The hard-pressed police would appreciate efforts to make their duties as easy as pos- sible this week, but are prepared to take care of those who disregard safety regula- tions.

Weather forecasting will soon be some- thing of a feminine field, according to re- ports from the meteorological division. We yield to temptation and note that they will have ample opportunities to exercise the prerogative of changing their mind. 0 0 0

There is still the prospect of George- town being adopted as the winter port for the P. E. I.-Nova Scotia steamer service, with Charlottetown the summer port. King's County wants it, and is pressing its

claims.

Growth of the tourist trade is only one aspect of the advantage of making visitors welcome. There are many opportunities to pick their brains and see how our ways can be improved upon, which, to stay-at-homes, seem to be in the unalterabie order of things.

Evidently the merchants, those most vitally affected by the introduction of park- ing meters are favourable or the City Coun- cil would not have taken action in the mat- ter. Sometime ago when members of the Board of Trade and individual merchants were interviewed on the subject, a substan- tial majority expressed their approval. 0 0 0

Andrew Marvel, English poet and diplo- mat, died this date 1678; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he travelled on the continent for several years, and then became tutor to Lord Fairfax's daughter, and for a time assistant to Milton. He was a zealous patriot but nevertheless admired Cromwell. His publications include "Poems", "Poems on Affairs of State”, "The Re- hearsal Transposed"; was a clever satyrist, and a writer of exquisite lyrics: 'Tis not freedom that, where all comrnand." ' O O 0

Seven years ago, on the morning of Aug- ust 16, 1943, .in the wake of American tnoops which had landed the previous day, units of the 13th Canadian Infantry Bri- gade landed unopposed on the bleak, rock- bound shore of Kiska, in the north Pacific. It was the first time in the Second World War that men called up under the National Resources Mobilization Act, and hitherto serving only as home defence troops, had moved against the enemy. The occupation of Kiska was carried out. by a compact, joint Canadian-United States task force with the Canadians forming an independ- ent force under Brigadier (later Maj.-Gen.) H. W. Foster. Included in the Canadian formation were the following units: the Rocky Mountain Ringers, the Regiment de Hull, the Canadian Fusiliers, a second hat. talion of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, a portion of the Saint John (NB) -Fusiliers, the 24th Field Regiment, R.C.A., the 46th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.C.A., the 25th Field Ambulance, R.C.A.M.C., the 24th Field Company, R.C.E., and various other detachments of Service Corps, Ordnance and Signal services. Although no Japanese were found on the Island, there were indi- cations of a recent and hasty evacuation of the Jap garrison and the placewss heavily booby-trapped, The Canadians remained mom than six months on Klska. Last to return to Canada were the Rocky lllountain

As described by Ordnance officials, it has an easy combat range of 1,000 yards and has proven it will penetrate 11 to 12 Its shaped charge focuses the force of its explosive with terrific ef- It is being shipped to Korea toIbe further tested in action against the heavily . '

Eyes Aside l

European Stalemate?

(By Michel Debre)

We cannot but be struck it! the gap between what European polit- iclans profess and what they really carry out.

We are continually hearing of the necessity for defending our civil- ization, of the advantages of abol- ishing customs and currency to- striations. of the danger of main- taining, in their present mm and with their present policy, nations that are too small for this 20th century. we are always being told that the price of western security is Europealo Union.

Let us consider the expelients proposed to us. The economic or- ganization for European cooperat- ion has had to curb its oImltious- ness, and is establishing-after,e fashion-the necessary comprom- ises to prevent American aid from becoming too flagrant a contradict- ion in terms. Right from .1: in- stitution, the European Council has been stuck in a mire of helple3- ness. which was not its own doing. but from which it has not been able to free itself. The Sch-iman Plan would never have got past. the discussion stage. had it not igncminiously lowered the tone of its primary ambitions.

Those of us who really believe in the advantage of European union must recognize this gap. and seek its explanation.

There seem to me to be three principal reasons.

First. Europe cannot be con- stituted unless we have a clear idea of what part it is to play in- the world. Up till now this has never been stated. some have the high ideal that the European economic organization is aiming at creating a self-sufficient nation out of the old continent and the territories attached to it. From a political point of view, others advance the idea of a neutral Europe holding the balance between East and west. on the other hand. some see in the Emropean organization the necessary condition for the econo- mic balance of the whole Western world, and, from the political point of view. a condition for ensuring the birth and development of tha Atlantic community. We must take one side or the ofher. In my opin- ion, a neutral self-sufficient Eur- ope is a chimera and a danger. Europe is the first pillar of the At- lontic community. We must repeat that and explain it;

We have no precise information on, the tasks which the European organization must carry out in the future. We hear talk of customs dutia, currency restrictions. less competition between coal and steel, but this is a. matter of elim- lnating defects which ought to be eliminated even if a united Europe were not to be set up. for they are leading each single nation to disast- er and the different nations could. by agreement. remedy than What is now in question is European solidarity: the possibility of acl-. vlng our social problems, of sup- porting the efforts of nations, weakened by isolation, to raise their standard oflivlng. In another field it must help nations to main- tain within their own boundaries territories so vast. that today. af- ter the trials of war, each is too weak” to defend itself against. cut- slde ambitions. v

This is the meaning of the sac- rifices involved in European union. Finally, as the last but not the least condition. we must know what its political authority will be. There k talk of a Parliament, but it would not be a true one. for we cannot. so designate a group of men who are not expressly elected. An elected delegation is a very precise mechanism: but delegations of ministers set up by other min- isters have never resulted in a very sound basis for authority. There is good reasons to hesitate in taking a step which would re- sult in the creation of a. sovereign international assembly. But it is difficult to understand why a large

;d federation for very divided nations. In creating I political union among states that do not speak the some langulu and that history has often act against each other, it is dangerous to proceed straight. away to the political form of nations that-have long been united. The example of America and Switzerland can show us how to avm this danger.

Un btcolv it -would be con- venient to place the power of the new European policv in the hand- of one man. or at least of a small group of men, for then the prin- ciple of federation would be mah- lishsd more easily. and po-itical Iutliorlty would not be an idle ex- preas!cu.- i We rnayithini: that events wil'

assembly should not be a principle -

What! No Gaelic?

3? J 0111! T9lezl'aph-Journal)

The Nova Scotia Gaelic Mod is in progress. This is an altogether praiscworthy cult. preserving the language. customs and lore of the Scottish Highlands. Apparently there was some surprise when sir I-leotaor Macuan, chieftain of that clan. from the Isle of Mull in Sect- land, acoounced that he "didn't have the Gaelic". In Scotland that would not have occasioned any great astonishment. Probably a far larger proportion of the people of Cape Breton than of those who live in the Highlands speak the lang- uage of their forefathers.

Just. as there are organizations keeping alive the old language and traditions of the Highlands, so do we find similar efforts in Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Cornwall and Brittany. For general use and practical purposes all these variants of the Celtic tongue have had to give way to English. but they still survive in connection with one of the most. ancient peoples of Europe. They were not homogeneous even in the days of the ancient Greeks. though the latter assumed them to be so. Gauls. Brythons and Goideis differed then and the languages that have come down differ even more today. The Irish. Gaelic and Manx come from the Goldels, the Welsh, Comlsh and Breton come from the Brythons. It is said that Cornishmen and Breton: can con- verse with one another. but this is probably assisted by the fact that for many centuries they have been engaged in smuggling both ways across the English Channel. and so their association has been constant. Cymric. line and Manx are linked and the whole goes back to a peo- ple who once dominated large areas of central and Western Europe north of the Alps.

The past is important and is worth preserving and understand- ing as a key to the present. The cultivation of ancien languates, of ancient languages. is of little direct use today, can nevertheless be a help in determining natural racial affinities. However, inot all have the time to "have the Gaelic," and only a few acquire it as their na- tive tongue.

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Old Charlottetown (And P. E. I.)

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"At the industrial exhibition held in Charlottetown in November for the cnLuu.iI38l11Q!li': of home manufactures, exhibitors appeared from all parts of the Island; the show was most. interesting, and the impression made on the visitors and strangers who were present. was evidently highly favourable to our Island.

"Exhibitions of this kind are cal- culated to do much good. It is not by the fineness and perfection of a manufacture. as by its adaptation to our industrial circumstances, that its importance to the country is to be determined; it being more or less valuable in proportion as it furnishes employment to all. at seasons when some would other- wise be idle. A piece of Island homespun, a pair of Island socks, or an Island shawl. will not, in their fabric d finish, bear com- parison with the same article pro- duced by the expensive machinery of the Old Country; and yet the hand manufacture of the cloth. sock, or shawl, is far more valuable to us than its production (even here) in a more delicate fabric by machinery, because in their home- spun state. they tell us, that dur- ing the winter, with its long even- lngs, when employment would otherwise he wanted, t,heIapin.ning- wheel, the knitting-needle. and the loom, are busy; and that without outlay of capital in expensive ma- chinery. every female is profitably occupied. and each ” , contri- buting iis share to the productive industry of the country."

-From the annual report of the pgyal Agricultural society, March.

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Walla-n'.brcad-makers are faclnl trial on combine char!!! b9"”59 the mute bakers and alleged to have agreed on retail prices. Now Edmonton's master barber: have agreed on and announced a new set of prices for haircuts and shaves. If the one be a combine. 00014 ti" other he described ot.hsrwise?-l.':d- monton Journal.

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Kcntuok n are not what they used to be - at least. not if the small community of Hop- kixnvuie, ILy., is a criterion. In a gun duel the other day. twenty shots were fired and neither ducler was hit. After battling - verbally -over the ownership of a coal house, Willie Mae Parks. on years old, grabbed her .38 revolver and R. D. Parks, 18 years old. took up his .32 automatic. Both hid behind buildings and fired around corners. The only damage was the void) fine and costs each received next day in court. -United Press.

Farmers in the Nangombc, lhst Afirlca. region have to protect their crops against wild boars. antelope and apes. The farmers are able to protect their new crop: against the boars by fencing their fields.

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