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“The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink.”

PAGE 4 SATURDAY, MAY 17. 1958.

- Victoria -Day

Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819, and her fame is such that we still observe the anniversary as a holi- day throughout the Commonwealth. For convenience, the observance falls this year on Monday, May 19,‘ but old- timers will remember the juvenile jingle that fixed the real date per- manently in mind: “The twenty- fourth of May is the Queen’s birth- day; if we don’t get a holiday we’ll all run away!”

The grand old Queen reigned for sixty-three years. She received a Crown that had been tarnished by ineptitude, and made it a symbol of what it is today—-of private virtue and public honour. Opinions differ as to the Queen’s political acumen, but no one has questioned her devotion to her duty, as wife, mother and sovereign, nor the transparent hon- esty and integrity of her character. Character was indeed her supreme claim to achievement; it shone through all her actions and is fitting- ly reflected in a prayer, dated Jan. 1, 1878——one of many which she wrote in her Journal: “May this year bring us peace, and may I be able to main- tain strongly and stoutly the honour and dignity of my dear country! . . . God help me on my arduous task!”

God did indeed help her, and the nations under her. Her reign coinci- ded with the greatest years of British expansion, and, for the most part, of peace at home and abroad. After the acute industrial distress of the early ’eighties a. period of unprecedented material prosperity set. in-—-the “Jubi- lee period.” The end of a century was approaching, and the end of an age—- the Victorian Age. In the J ubilees of 1887 and 1897 the Queen was accept- ed as the worthiest symbol of a great nation and an unparalleled empire. She died on Jan. 22, 1901, after a brief and painless illness. It was by four years the longest reign, and by

three days the longest royal life, in‘

British history.

There are still “soldiers of the Queen” amongst us, who treasure the Christmas gifts Victoria was accus- tomed to send ‘to her forces on act- ive service. There are many others who recall the closing years of her benevolent reign, and the sorrow which found world-wide expression at the time of her death. It is fitting that younger generations should be told why we honour her memory, and observe her natal day for the tradi- tion it enshrines.

._ Briiish Goods

An alleged hindrance to increased British trade in Canada is the hesi- tancy with which Canadians buy goods made in Britain. Talk all we like about the desirability of divert- ing a certain percentage of imports from the United States to Britain, it will do nothing to encourage flow of British goods until Canadians get over the idea that for some reason articles made in the United States are s u p e r i o r to British manufactured articles. Incidentally, this is a corn- paratively modern concept. In the old days—that is, in the days before the First Great War——-the label “Made in Britain” was considered a guarantee of quality. Since then, apparently, American advertisers have managed to persuade many Canadians that they would be wise to choose Ameri- can products when they have to buy

from outside. . An answer to this kind of think- ing was supplied a few days ago by Sir Edward Herbert, a member of the British trade delegation now touring Canada, who reminded reporters that the United Statesis Britain’s best customer, not only in volume but on 3 percentage basis as well. “If British Products are hard to sell in Canada", ~“xv:,«~ is it that a British the Al’Y1e1‘l(1l:irlXl1 (1? 1f)keen‘?ab1‘e to Sweep told bef End” ‘at’. ‘hey were . Ore ll‘-€51 Came in that they didn’t have a chance. A British textile firm, after a $25,000 survey, wdg told the same thing in l‘Cga1.d to the American market; but it went ahead and is succeeding”.

Another member of the delega- tion stated that Irish linens get a bet- ter reception in‘ the United States than in Canada. It would seem, there-

fore, that a first requisite to increas- ed British trade in Canada is a res- toration of the old tag of quality at- tached to British goods. This isa mat- ter in which British advertisers will have to take a special interest.

A Sad lncidenl

The action of as U.S. Senate In- ternal Security sub-committee in mentioning the name of Robert Bryce, Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet, as the man who introduced the late E.H. Norman to a Japanese university professor at Harvard Uni- versity in 1936 was, of c_ourse, con- trary to an agreement entered into by the Canadian and United States’ Gov- ernments last summer. External Af- fairs Minister Smith has good reason to say that Canadian trust in the United.States was “misplaced.” _

A still more serious breach of in- ternational courtesy lies in the fact that Mr. Bryce-;’s name was brought into the sub-committee’s report—as was the late Mr. Norman’s a little more than a year ago—merely on evi- dence that he attended a “study group”, allegedly pro-Communist, at Harvard 22 years ago. How any in- telligent person could deduce from that that Mr. Bryce at that time had Communistic leaning-s—and,that is clearly the assumption of the re- port—is beyond understanding.

American Congressmen in u s t know that in the 1930’s attending study groups of every conceivable character was the fashion in educa- tional circles. And if Mr. Bryce did in- troduce Mr. Norman to an educator from Japan, what of it? If he was a friend of each,’ was it not the natural thing for him to do?

From all reports, Mr. Bryce has given good service as a Federal Gov- ernment economist and as Secretary to the Cabinet. He will lose no pres- tige by being mentioned by a foreign agency as a member of a study group in 1936. The sad and irritating thing about the whole business is that no Canadian official, however respect-

able and however ‘~ capable, is safe’

from the tongues of those apparently irresponsible individuals who make up Congressional sub-committees on in- ternal security.

(EDITORIAL NOTES

A group in~Glasgow has called for a ban on the reading of Sunday papers. Presumably, however, they have no objection to their being read on Saturday or Monday. v

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The Opposition Leader in the Sen- ate, Hon. W. Ross MacDonald, com- plains that the Diefenbaker Govern- ment has become the “most fabulous spender”_of public funds in Canadian history. The. Liberal campaign pro- mises, as we recall them, dealt’ not only with fabulous expenditures but fabulous tax reductions as well, leav- ing the treasury in a condition that

_ Senator MacDonald would find still ' more alarming if his party had been

returned to power.

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U.S. Secretary of State Dulles said on his return from the NATO meeting in Copenhagen that “the United States and the free world will not sit idly by to be more and more closely encircled by a hostile, des- potism which seeksto strangle us." He was referring to the need for more liberal trade policies in the Uni- ted States. Congress, which has the last word in such matters, appears to believe that restrictive trade pract- ices are good for the United Stat< and that the rest of the free world will have to put up with them.

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President Gronchi of Italy has just concluded a state visit to Bri- tain. He and his wife were guests of Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Pal- ace for three days. The last previous occasion on which an Italian head of state visited London was when King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena were guests of King George Fifth. It is thought that Queen Elizabeth will go to Rome sometime later this year, although no announcement has been made. Up to the Second World War Britain‘ and Italy were traditional friends. ‘ Q o 0 ,.

Says the Edmonton J ouriial: “Prime Minister Diefenbaker should lose no time in squelching the report- ed efforts of a group of his members to obtain an increase in their session- al indemnities. The same agitation was started last October but was quickly discoiimged by Mr. Diefenba- ker. Now, with 2. huge Conservative m3J01"it.V, the group in question is said to feel that it has a better chance of success.” We do not know what ground there is for our Edmonton c0ntempoi'ai'y's surmise, but if cor- rect we are in full agrecmeiit witli its warning.

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UNITED KINGDOMOPINION

Londoners Go Walking

By “Onlooker”_ Thomson Newspapers, London, England, Bureau

My feet hurt.

Don’t bother to extend sympa- thy. Aching feet is a fairly com- mon complaint here right now,

during the first London bus strike since 1937. ‘,

So far, the strike, 1958 edition. has been going strong for over a week. There have been rows in Parliament, behind the scenes, and among the strikers (though the last have been more amica- ble than usual.) And, when the strike was only a few days old. the railway strike — covering not only London but alll over the country —- started to brew anew.

During the bus strike, London’s commuters have been making do. “It may never happen” was an attitude which, I remarked last week, Londoners adopted as the bus strike loomed. And when it did happen Londoners ‘seemed to accept it calmly. The war-time air raids gave -them plenty of‘ex-

‘ perieincein travelling when trans-

port systems were disorganized — and when they were having sleepless nights.

SHOW- DOWN

In Parliament, Opposition Speakers have been declaring that the Conservative govern-‘ ment in power wants to have a show down with the Trade Unions and cry a halt to the demands for more pay. That is why Labor Minister Iain Ma«cLeod sat mute for a whole week throughout the strike, promising to “intervene when the righrt moment came.”

But he has acted in the cése of a railway stoppage. He has in- vited Labor and Trade Union chiefs to meet him to avert a stoppage. But at the moment it seems as if the Government will have to produce a better come-

back to the railwnymen if they are to get sympathy.

‘ True, the solution they offer is sound, but it is too long term to satisfy potential strikers at the moment. What the Government is offering in fact, is the grant- ing of more money to Britain’s nationalized railways to that they can modeniize their equipment and stations and attract more cus- tomers. '

But railwayinen Want some- thing more. And it does seem as if the offer is a little cock-eyed. It is like saying to a railway en- gineer in Toronto: “No —— ‘We won’t give you any more pay. But we’ll put up a new station for your pals in Vancouver.” ANOTHER ROW -

Another row is brewing over here -— mostly a behind-scenes one‘.

On one side: Defence4Miniister Saiidys, son-in-law (but only inci- dentally. of war - timie leader Churchill who is determined to push through a st.-ream-lining plan for‘ the three services and make British forces more and more de- pendent on missiles for defence. He declares that, for instance, Britain’s Royal Air Force will not need any fighter beyond the P I_ supersonic type which should be/reaching squadrons in a year or so, and that the mighty "V” bombers Britain is building are obsolete then missiles Will be so advanced that she won’t need bombers any more.

On the other side of the argu- ment: most of the high ranking officers in the air force.

But the row stepped into the public limelight this week with a

which they invited among others, the Duke of Edinburgh, industri-

Briiish Columbia Ceniennicil

Harold Garnet Black in the

Beverley Hills,

(No-te: Mr. Black is a brother of Mr. Charles H. Black, of Char- lottetown).

British Columbia has put out the welcome mat and unrolled the red carpet in honor of its 100th birthday as a British Crown Colony.

The centennial celebration be- gan last January 1 -and will con- tinue through the entire year, closing with a New Year’s Eve Ball on December 31 in the town

of Prince George 360 miles direct- ’

ly north of Vancouver. The prov- ince is expecting 3,000,000 tour- ists to help in the celebration.

Going Too Far

Halifax Chronicle-Herald

Finance Minister Fleming has carried his feud with P.E.I. ‘Premier Alex Matheson to far when he says he will restrict his dealings with him until the latter withdraws statement which he has attributed to a federal civil servant.

When Mr. Fleming cuts off or curbs his dealings with Mr. Math- eson the real sufferers are the people of Prince Edward Island. Should they be made the victims of a somewhat childish attitude which the Finance Minister of Canada has chosen to adopt? It is very noble for Mr. Fleming to do battle on behalf of one

of his department’s senior offic-’

ials when the employee denies Mr. Matheson’s claim that he has made derogatory statements about P.E.I. at a Halifax con- ference several months ago. But, surely if he wants to continue the light, he can keep it within the bonds of a personal feud and not make the hundred thou-

tims. We would prefer an old-

fashioned duel, possibly on the " site of the island terminus of the I

caiiseway which Mr. Fleming in-ay have to provide the money for in a few years time.

Vince as a whole.

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California, Citizen

According to Lieutenant - Gov- ernor Frank M. Ross, it is to be

i ‘a year of thanksgiving; and a joyous festival of gaiety, carnival and pageantry; spectacular feats

‘ by sea, air and land; melody, dancing, and drama; great his- , toric scenes reinvoked before you; a year of splendor, revel-ry and f fun. Truly a century to celebrate.’

' It was in 1827 that‘J.ames Mc- 3

, Millan, an employee of the Hud- son’s Bay Company, set up a trading post on the Fraser River

other men who had a.c.compari'ied him from ‘his headquarters at As- toria at the mouth of the Colum- bia River.

FORT LANGLEY

This post, which lay 30 miles east of Vancouver, they fontified and called Fort Langley in honor of Thomas Langley, a Hudson's Bay Company director in Lon- don. The fort was 135 by 120 feet and was -made of huge split ced- ar logs fastened together by wood- en pegs. Within its ‘walls were compartments for the men and a small log house “in which the gentlemen resided."

Though it was later to suffer from three disastrous fires, Fort J Langley is historically important I because its strategic position f was instrumental in settling the aboundary between Canada and 5 the United States at the time that the Americans were advancing northward and shouting their fam- 1 ous alliterative slogan: "Fifty - four forty or Fight!"

In 1857, thirty years after the establishment of Fort Langley, the discovery of gold on the Fras- er and Thompson Rivers immed- iately started a gold rush that at- tracted thousands of gold seekers,

sulted in the old development ‘ of the British Crown Colony. Victoria on Vancouver Island at ‘ once became the outfitting center ' of the gold miners. That island, . named for Captain George Van- couver who had circumnavigalcd .

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conference the air chiefs held to

upon his arrival there with 400.

5 chiefly from California, and re-1 sand citizens of P.E.I. the Vic-l

alists, and politicians of both the main parties. And the airmen bluntly declared their‘ belief that manned military aircraft will be needed far into the 1970s.

CLEFT STICK

Duncan Sandys has the power to demand the sacking of some of the rebels against his policy But he is in a cleft stick.

He must be casting his mind back just 20 years.

Then, a very young Member of Parliament who was also a Terrororial (Reserve) officer got up in the House of Commons and asserted that he had in his pos- session information showing how bad Britain's an-ti- vaircnaft defen- ces were -— and that he had been summoned to appear before a‘ military court because he had that information.

But his fellow Parliamentarians were quick to save him, saying that Parliament is a. ‘place of privilege.”

The young Member of Parlia- ment was Duncan Sandys. . . BRAVE MAN

A respectful salute to one Doc- tor Sveriscn. He was one of the guests of honour at the birthday dinner of the British Association of Women Executives, and was asked along because the women wanted to “pay homage to the understanding and encourage- ment of husbands who allow their wlves to pursue an independent career.” Doctor Svenson is the husband of Briitisli ballerina Beryl Grey.

Among those at the dinner: a woman engineer who built Bailey

director of a driving school, a woman director of an insecticides firm, and a woman gunsmith.

It certainly seemed to be an event that men should have miss- ed. Bu-t Doctor Svenson turned up.

to the mainland as part of the British Columbia colony till 1866. Not until 1871, however, did the enlarged colony become a prov- ince of Canada. . FIRST CAPITAL

The first capital was at Der- by but was soon changed to New Westminster because it could be more easily defended from possi- ble attack. In 1868 it was again shifted — this time to Victoria, named in h onor of England’: great Queen.

British Columbia's chief resour- ces are its fisheries, forests, mines, agricul-tu-ral products, and manufactures, although recently it has been developing its natural gas and petroleum industries. Its yearly exports run about $775,000,- 000, its imports $530,000,000. Its area ‘of 366,000 square miles ex- ceeds that of Texas by 35,000 square miles. It is expected that its population of 1,500,000 will dou- ble in the next twenty years.

The centennial celebration will center around the irecreation of the Gold Rush days. It will in- clude parades, rodeos, regattas, races, water sports, fishing der- bies, county fairs, tournaments, school conventions, banquets, de- dications, exhibitions, art and mu- sical festivals, and numerous oth- er forms of public entertainment. INTERNATIONAL FAIR

One of the most important e- vents will be a major exhibition of the world’s products to be held at the Intern.aitioii.al Fair in Van- couver early in May. Philatelists ., will be glad to know that on May 8 a special British Columbia Cen- tennial postage stamp will be is- sued, picturing a gold miner work- ing his claim on the Fraser Riv- er. Princess Margaret is expect- ed to attend sometime during the summer.

The calendar of events is jam- med full of impressive and excit- ing things — athletic, education- al, historical, entertaining, drama- tic, pictorial, sometimes specta- cular. These will be presented at various places.

Interesting activities have been scheduled for practically every day of the year from the Alas- kan border to the international boundary line.

The Age Old Story

Be not afraid nor dismayed by

bridges during the war, a womain ‘

p _ p _ reason of this great multitude; A cold war with the island pro- , it in 1792, was declared a Crown‘ for the battle is not your’s but . ‘ I

l Colony in 1849 but was not uiiitedl God's.

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so}; Tl‘ll"OCll‘1 May Be Serious

By Herman N. Bundeson. MD. 'I have often cautioned you to seeyour doctor if you develop per- sistent hoarseness or sore throat. While they may be caused by a variety of ailments, including the c o m m o n cold, prolonged hoarseness and - or a sore throat can be signs of laryngeal cancer- EASILY DETECTED _ Cancer of the larynx, or voice box, usually is very easy 10 119' tect and, fortunately, fairly easy to cure. In fact, next to cancer of the skin, it is the easiest form of cancer to find and cure — if treatment is begun in time. Nearly 90 per cent of all laryn- geal clncer occurs in men. Half of thesevcases occur between the ages of 50 and '70. Most common age group for this type of cancer among women is between 40 and 60.

Most significant early symptoms are the aforementioned hoarse- ness and local discomfort, includ- ing a sore throat that gets worse and worse.

HARD TO FIND

Since most lesions occur in the vocal area, they can easily be detected. Some, however, begin in the so- called “silent area” out- side the voice box and are much more difficult to locate.