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THE GUARDIAN

Ilonlng Dolly (Founded in nu) Aullorllod on Iooond Clou Isl! Poss Department, Ottawa Ila lslsnd Ouudiu Publishing 00. lditor and hlunuglng Diroolor. J. B. Bunsen Associate Editor, Innk Walker.

f'Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN. MONDAY, MAY 1, 1050

A Week or Good Music

This is a big week in the cultural history of Prince Edward Island, with over one thousand entries in the fifth annual Musical Festival, representing almost double the number of contestants in 1948. From all parts of the Province these talented boys and girls have come, to compete in the most delightful of the arts. Many of them will be appearing before large audiences for the first time, and everyone who has gone through this ordeal knows that it is not easy. But they can be assured, one and all, of an appreciative hearing, and whether they win or lose the coveted prizes they will have added, by their efforts, to the suc- cess of the festival. More than that, they will have acquired confidence and experi- ence, and will take more interest and pleas- ure in their music lessons than ever before.

The programmes are widely diversified, with special emphasis being placed on folk songs and the classics. These features pro- vide not only the best of entertainment, but a high educational content as well.

It is to that fine organization, the W0- men's Institutes, that we owe the establish- ment of our musical festivals. The progress made in five short years has been pheno- menal, and there is every reason to look forward to still greater enthusiasm as the movement gains momentum. It has happen- ed thus in other communities, withresults which have been felt for generations. If we are on the eve of a renaissance of this kind, as this year's activities indicate, it is an event of the highest importance.

iiavy League campaign

That Canada is a maritime nation in spite of its vast extent is the perennial message of the Navy League of Canada. The Prince Edward Island Division does not have to remind our people of that fact but it does act as a link between the com- munity and the Navy in sponsoring Sea Ca- dets to provide character training for our youth and inculcate an understanding of the ways of ships and the sea, and of the men who carry our trade or protect it far and wide.

Much of the cost of this training, the training accommodation, equipment and camping facilities are provided by Naval Service but in order to have a Sea Cadet Corps it is necessary for the community to contribute part of the cost in order to as- sure a healthy local interest in how the work is being carried on. The Navy Lea- gue is not seeking a large amount of money but it is important that as many citizens as possible make a contribution.

The Powerful senate

The Senate is a much more powerful estate of the realm today than it was only a year ago, as was pointed out last week by Progressive-Conservative Senate leader John T. I-Iaig. Unlike the situation at Westmin- ster, there is no provision in Canada for legislation being forced through without the approval of the Upper House. The Senate can hold up indefinitely any legislation pro- posed by the House of Commons, including constitutional bills intended to implement ”rcforms” of Parliament itself.

l'ntll the North America Act of 1949 such amendments would have been passed by the British Parliament at the request of Canada, which was usually understood in this country to mean on joint addresses by both Houses, but as the record shows, could just as readily mean at the request of the Government of the day. Had Prime Min- ister St. Laurent last year requested that the House of Commons be given over-riding powers over Senate opposition. there is no reason to doubt that they would have been granted.

Now Parliament itself has power to amend its own constitution and that means that the Senate has such powers to exercise or not as the spirit moves it.

stay at limo Blessings

Tho blessings of stay-at-homes. A writ- er in the current issue of The Spectator says: "I have often noticed that the eyes of sailors and hiiimen are free and quiet. countrymen, too, when they walk among their fields, and women who surround them- selves with love in their homes and think rather little of what lies beyond, old men contented with the end of their journey, and punters, carpenters and all makers, when happy in their jobs-these and many others, men gnd women who have found their true vocations, share the some atmosphere of cor- uintg and peace. I have noticed too, tint.

the business of these people is never such that it makes them consciously share in the wounding of their fellows, whether through rivalries, or vanities, greed or envy; not only are they free of such impulses in themselves, but the happiness of their condition is such that they are largely exempted from watch- ing thls strife in others, either through the solitude of their lives or through the absorb- ing interest of what they care for. For it is to be hoped, and I think believed, that the worried look visible on so many city faces is more due to the constant witnessing than to the constant infliction of pain-though both must take their share in a competitive life. Those who are so happily free from this affliction have no need to travel; they can sit quietly and continue to be philoso- phers at home."

EDITORIAL NOTES

How many of the fair ones rose at dawn to bathe their faces in May dew to improve and preserve their good looks?

Islanders are accused of being the great- est consumers of their own lobsters. Per- haps that is one of the things that keep more of them from leaving the Island.

The roads are drying fast, and by the 10th farmers should, as usual, get on the land. Every prospect pleases, and gives promise of a good spring and summer. Our summer hotels should soon be re-opening, and already booking has been up to more than expectation.

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One thousand and forty-seven entries for the Festival of Music is a remarkable show- ing in itself. If the quality matches the quantity, as it has in the past, the Island and the festival promoters will have reason

for pride.

Canadians are again enmeshed in the endless confusion of Daylight Saving Time. It would seem that almost any time would be better than the present hodge-podge which must give rise to as much exaspera- tion as the weather.

It has been suggested that Ontario go in for coloured roads as is now technically feasible. The idea would be even more ap- propriate for this Province. Perhaps red highways will again become characteristic of the Island.'

This is Tourist Service Week and a good time to take stock of what we are doing and can do to encourage visitors. The Is- land's greatest natural resources are of the kind that cannot be exported. People must come here to live or to visit in order to take advantage of them.

Mr. George Fraser, the new public re- lations.officer, whose primary duties will involve looking after tourist and industrial interests, begins his service today. It will be sometime before he gets into the run of his new job, but at the outset he will study the set-up of such departments in other provinces.

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For the first time in her 162 years of history Australia is now a creditor nation. Her ”extemal funds" are greater than her total overseas debts. Latest figures show Australia's total public debt held overseas as i537,000,000. But the Commonwealth Bank of Australia holds gold and balances abroad to the total value of 548,500,000. To this sum has to be added a further 212,000,000 if the Bank's gold stock has not been revalued since sterling devaluation in September, 1949.

Rt. Hon. Albert Victor Alexander, Vis- count Alexander of Hillsborough, Chancel- lor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Labour mem- ber for Hillsborough, was born this date 1885. Formerly a Baptist lay preacher, Alexander was elected as a Labour mem- ber in 1922, served as Parliamentary Secre- tary to Board of Trade 1923-24 and as First Lord of Admiralty 1929-31. Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the Co- operative Congress and delegate to the Naval Conference in 1930, he again became First Lord in 1940, and was Minister of De- fence until March 1, 1950. He has written numerous articles on co-operative and politi- cal subjects.

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A mobile grass drier, operated on gas turbine principles and specially designed for use on small farms, was demonstrated at Redhill (South England) recently. .The ma- chine is claimed to be the smallest of its type ever made, but it can dry 280 lbs. of grass in 3-4 of an hour-a suitable output for farms of some 25 to 200, acres for which it is intended. It also has the important ad- '.vantage that its operation is a part-time job for one man: the farmer can take the drier to a comer of a field and, after loading, can continue to cut the field since the machine

need: no attention while the grass is drying.

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WAT ADDITIONAL SUMMER FERRY selzvlce.

Too Bad There's That String Attached

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Old Charlottetown (And r. 1:. -1.; ii i)

OLDTLVIE ELECTION

”The'following members for the different districts throughout the island have been returned in the general election: Charlottetown, Edward Palmer and Francis Long- worth; lst Queen's. George Cole: and D. McLean; 2nd Queen's. John Longworth and Robert. Mooney: 3rd Queen's. John McDougall and John Little; Georgetown. Hugh McDonald and Heath Ilavlland: lst King's, John Mclntosh and Donald MacDonald; 2nd King's, Edward Whelan and John Jardine; 3rd King's, Edward Thornton and John LcLacheur; Princelown. Donald Montgomery and William Clark: lst Prince, James Warburton and Nicholas Conroy; 2n-d Prince. Alex- ander 'Rae and Allan Fraser; 3rd Prince, Joseph Pope and Dr. Con- roy.

"A row took place in George- town, and it is asserted that this election will be upset. We have heard that one man has since died from the injuries he received.

"In the Second District of Queen's the election. unlike some others. passed off in a peuceable and orderly manner. At the close bf the poll. the successful candi- dates. together with a number of others just returned, were drawn round town in a carriage by a number of their constituents, pre- ceded by a large caravan containing Mr. Lobban's amateur band. with a display of flags. and followed by some hundreds of persons, some bearing flags. some on horseback. some in carriages. and many on foot. and last, though not least, by a cartfull of tihe Boys'.''

-The Islander. August 21. 1846.

Iln :1 subsequent issue The is- iamir-r quoted a correspondent as stating with respect to the George- town election. that "so far from any person having died from injuries received, I believe the unfortunate person alluded to; was able to take the harvest field, after the elec- tion, quite as soon as his neigh- bours, saving the effecu arising from a rather too free use of 'Jnhn B.1rleycorn'.")

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BLACK AND WIIITI. S

sev'n skunks lumbering in I now, Tagglnl mums, proud and slow, Bushy tolls all dipped in white. shoulder straps like oops at night. Go on pkunks and shuffle yo'

shoes. no sure got dem black-white blues.

Walking pert in broad daylight, Blocking traffic shore alnlt. right, You all am divine surprise.

Hold up Tiger. close dom eyosi

Go on skunks and shuffle yo' shoes. rse sure got darn black-whit-o'blues.

Seven ll'l babies. w: h angel One. three. seven to 3 row, Hold you' tamper, which you' Mil. I ain't gwlne to cross you' t-II-ll. Clo on Ikimks and shuttle yo' H1009. I'se sure got dem blsck-white blues.

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The First Potato

(Bruce Hutchinson in the Winnipeg Free Press)

While no sensible prairie reader will believe ii: for a moment. I wish to report - not in a spirit of vain- glory or cheap local patriotism but just as n sober. routine fact - that f planted my potatoes today on the warm Pacific shelf of Canada. 1 do not propose, on that account. to engage in the cheap climatic controversy which continually rages between the interior and maritime regions of Canada. The subject of potatoes is too big for that.

Among more primitive, and hence more enlightened peoples the plant- ing of seed in the spring was an occasion of ceremony and rejoic- ing. When the first potatoes went into the earth the gods were con- sulted, wine was drunk and n vir- gin sacrificed on the altar.

In this springtime of 1930 hum- anity is so adrift that nobody is thinking about the first potato seeding. Everybody is thinking about some minor nnd ephemeral thing like the hydrogen bomb and planting it. instead of potatoes, un- dcr the foundations of society. Hence, when I planted potatoes today. there was no celebration. no v.-lne (since the Government's price is too high). no consultation with the gods. no human sacrifice, not a virgin in sight.

only a rugged figure, crawling on the cold April ground and envy- ing. with some bitterness. his col- leagues in a cosy, steam-heated of- fice who played, with immaculate fingers, on the shiny keys of a typewriter while my hands were chilled and grlmed with honest toil. Yrt come July 1. with new pota- toes, and the envy will be reversed.

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The potato 1x a subject far too noble for sum envy or pride. It is almost. loo sacred. indeed. to be eaten (though I suppose my non- lllty of April will yield to more appetite in July). In the potato - yes. hidden deep in its white, moist flesh, blinking vaguely through its many sprouting eyes lies the answer to every question which puzzles and mnvulses humanity. today. Humanity. alas. more sight-i

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The Age-Old Story

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Oh that there were such an heart unto them. that they would

fear Mo, and keep all My com-

andments always: that it might be well with them, and with their

children fol-over.

Watch Berlin on May 28

(Ottawa Journal)

For weeks post Allied intelligence reports from Berlin have stated that plans are afoot to march 500. 000 German! Communists from the soviet-controlled zone of the city to the Allied-control zone on May 3 for a meeting I3 the famous Sportspnlnst. that as built by Hitler. The demonstration. it is be- lieved. will mark the beginning of I campaign to drive the Allies from Berlin. '

Monday's New York Times cu- rled n dcspatch from Washington

which quoted a "high official of

the Government." as saying that "the United States and her Western allies will use machine guns and cannon" to stay in Berlin if neces-

sury. The despatch added: grappling with gnountalns of po-

tatoes which their policies hpve

produced. yet. few politicians - in-

deed few men of any sort .. have actually planted a potato and thus earned their fair share of the

crop.

Humanity, or our western part. of it. is also seeking democracy. There is no democracy like the drmocracy of the earth, There is no democrat like the man who works in it. In the company of gardeners there can be no privil- eged class. nn distinctions of rank or class. and no immunity from the common enemy of weeds. frost. fungus and insect.

And finally. I suppose. what all humanity seeks is happiness. Did you ever see a city person who was entirely happy. that is. when

Isobar? Did you ever see a garden-

cr who was unhappy! The gardener has found the flu-

Notes By

s dog-providing he or she has the proper faculties to accomodlie them. Many. however. buy I puppy. more or less tire of it. and. while providing it with o bed and board. lot. the matter and there. Very few people have enough love for their dog to see it gets the proper com- , ionships and exercise. It. must get both around the neighbors as it runs on the loose. we might add. too, that. there are limitations to "ix;-alnlng" dogs. The nelghbors' lawns are likely to be the places which suffer. - Owen sound sun- Times. .

-Canadian psrcnis who neglect their children. loss custody of them. would it be improper to take their children from lawbreaklng Donk- hobors in the hope that the young ones might. in different. environ- ments, grow up to conform to the Canadian way of life? There would still be the problem of the older people, who are causing the trouble now. They continue to isolate themselves. Why not help them to dc that a. long way from any other Canadians? such isolation need not be that of a concentration camp.

tempt to enter the Allied zone, the: forces of the west will first try mil stop them with fire hoses and tear

"The high official said that ifl the Communists did march or at-,

MAY 1. 1950

The Way -

.. guryono Ins a right to keep It could be that of A reserve in

which wmngdoers could be sum when they have proved thomselvu unworthy of consideration as mam. bers of normal Canadian society - Victoria Colonist.

Le Canada: While filling in um (income tax) form, which ha ha. come only play, there no certain reflections which any taxpayer who gives it a little thought cannot help entertaining. How explain that it should have taken all this time for experts in finance at. Ottawa. to or. rive at this admirable simpliflcot. ion which makes us all happy? Ho: many hours they made us lose am now much paper spoil during thq war years and the years after nu war, while both were scarce ant precious. How man, employee wen needed to mnnipillate the tons oi formulas that we so easily get. nlonl without in 1950.

-The world needs the nrum Empire, by whatever name It. may be called. We need it. Let us re. rupture the old pride. Let. us resist: the old faith. You and I are Au... tralians. We are also British. W4 do not find cannot, think of nu people of the other British nation; ns forcluu people. They are .1) "Xllillll the great British tradition- :1 tradition which has given to the world the spirit and machinery oi self-govcrumcni, free institution;

gas. But if that is not effect1ve..'just.im within the law, The old an. machine guns, cannlster tnrtlllnrvhl mm has become 3 confede,-anon M and other weapons would be us0- l nations, each with its rights of self. ed." ',gm'crnlncnt unchallenged and . That. the " high official of the, .-lmlleuzzenble. But it will makeutnu Government" quoted by the Times. best contribution to the rest 1 th was very high indeed. this news-I lu'cnf,1t-th century only if W00 see): paper can confirm: a member of ms, rloscr collaboration. unity or pom, editorial staff was present wlieny-on Rowrmnmn matters. R renew, the official in question made his (-4 spngpvglf 3 commm, "sky i.fiifT.f..”i .1”'.:::.::;. i::.:r:.k:::gt i or u y e i -I

ed States Government. and ilfterl . consultation with the British and: They sent . yang, "roy.. ., dF;'liIbl:llatH:l:ltlf1GIP;lt;:S,h:il1Eftt:C(i:(l;ldb9hl;:i?iillWll!El' penitentiary for em - H I1 '-V jszlying of a Mchfiefd policeman

then? 211- D0: be 1:: lui'l;3:"R -llllllle years old. who as 3 result on pent.ediquhe)stiEe:serl- Eliveoslinll n:i.”"mm's "mm "W has ”" ”' ymd H! mm”. , . . lliUnIUIBlt,C(l debt to Jsoglety of 1445 ml be dd d: hi i -lief” " p””"- ” M" M9 Dlsceds gydson ih ilvasllxilxwnglilht hglped -to burgmru '' few Twm cluding the ”high official" quoted 10”” pm” l"”"' i” "'9 RM” believes that war is lmmincnt:'i”eld sh0”m"Z' we Sm" 1” ”” their contrary belief is that xy'nr'SiQ;:3!":'1;r ht1"l:;e”,rrr1:)?z';ie't:i:i

danger is receding. What the or ' convinced of. however, is that? nngied his Sm” Wml '-M5 31091103”!

show of Allied weakness at mlsl5lmPlP -""'P"C0I "'5 lime 0! the time, any sign of indecision or con- 1”” "W" ti” "W55 mm”. John- fusion, would make war more pm- isnn said, was 910. That is 3 good slble, and um what is required vudlns to the story. We shall nan most. of all is a show of overwhelm- PMM ""5 111! b! 8118895”-HI. ITI- ing strength and determination. Wiiolliiy. that crime doesn't poy. Hence the wsming to Moscow: wM1"n8-"P0113 Tribune.

the statement that "machine guns.i cnnnister and other weapons" willi meet any attempted march of Gcr- t man Communists into the Allied

Berlin zone.

Berlin will be worth watching on

May 28. in the Kremlin today they

unquestionably have before them

that Washington machine warning.

HOLIDAY FLAGS

TRURO, N.S. -- (CF) - The Srotin chapter of the Imperial 01-. dcr daughters of The Empire ix "DP?-Tlihx to the citizens of Truro to revive the custom of decorating gun i their homes with flags on Victoria 5 Day and Dominion Day.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

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