-~.- ,1 _,,_ ....,.,,.g._,,;..‘.

PAGE FOUR {HE

manufacturers had been supplying the Cana~

GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN ilnly ll Few

JANUARY 17, 1950

'* °‘§>°°">"®¢ - " NF4°Q Vi- ‘QSNXHF-"AEKHVJVBNVHENM-gg-

Will liot Find ilur’ Climate

THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded ln 1881) Authorized aa eiecond Clan Mull, Pout Oflloo Department. Ottawa.

Th! lalnlul i-unrdian Publluhlnl (Tn. EdJtnr and Managing Director, J. It. Burnett. Aanoclnla Editor, Frank Waliiar.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink"

Fixkcorrrrrowxs, "russmv. .i__ Travel For Teachers

in its l8-page brief for the Royal Com- mission on Arts and Sciences the Univcrslll‘ of New Brunswick puts forward a large number of stiggcstions for the advancement of education. One interesting proposal if; that the lltlllllllltlll Government t‘l't‘.'¢llt‘ a fund from which scholars, members of thc regular staffs of Canadian universities, could draw frequently‘ to finance travel during the long summer vacation t0 the great libraries, museums and other centres of essential re- search materials throughout the world. The value of such opportunities to the cause of Canadian scholarship would be very’ great, and it is beyond doubt that few Provincial Governments, least of all our own, would he able to provide the necessary funds. 'l'he ivbjcclion to bcderal control of education. which will tell against most of the other pro- posals, has little iveight in this matter, for whatever post-graduate work a teacher may do. it is still up to Provincial or university authorities to provide him with an appoint- lTlPllL

N‘. 1'1. 1950

__.

Mr‘. iluplessls vindicated

The Ottawa Journal notes that for weeks it had been predicted that Premier Duplessis of Quebec was going to the Dominion-Pro- vincial constitutional conference to torpedo it; that he would regard the conference and use it as a heaven-sent opportunity to store ammunition for the next Quebec provincial election-crying out that French Canada's ancient rights were being imperilled, and so on and so forth.

"ftfr, Maurice Duplessls." says the Jour- nal, "at the [lorninion-Provincial itonstitu- tional conference. has played no such role; launched no torpedoes. Instead Mr. Duples- sis has conducted himself as a good Cana- dian: has been co-operative, conciliatory, statesmanlike in all he has said and done.

“Here is an example of what propaganda may do in creating a caricature of a public man. Mr. Duplessisfis political opponents have used tons of paper and oceans of ink in picturing him as a ‘Fascist’. as an ‘isola- tionist’, as a ‘provincialist’, as a ‘raeialisf- as a man. in short, who combined fanaticism with cunning in playing politics for per- sonal power, and who was unscrupulous in getting his \va_v.

"The real Duplessls, as all who know him are aware, is different. Duplessis, in poli- tics in a hard league, has had to combat pow-erftil opposition; has had, as he puts it himself, sometimes to fight fire with fire. Thus he has doubtless done some things which strict political moralists would disap- prove. But Duplessis has on the whole giv- on tgtucbec good government, is a politician nf high ability, and is no more a ‘ifliscistf than Mr, King or Mr. St. Laurent or Mr. l-‘rost of Ontario,

"And to picture Mr. Duplessis as ‘an enemy of English-r-‘vpeaking Canada‘ is non- scnsc; nonsense which the English-speaking people of Quebec would be the first to de- plore. No doubt he keeps in mind, as it is right and business to keep in mind, the par» ticular place in Canada 0f the Frcnch~Caiua- than people, but that" can in no way be in- consistent with respect. and tmderstanding fur thc rights of other Canadians. We think .\lr. lhiplcssis. though he hc no plaster saint, cnlcrtuius sin-h respect and undcrstziiidiiig. After all, his .'inr_'cst0rs. on his maternal sidu, were Scots."

British lliachlnery To Canada

‘llic British Agricultural Engineers‘ Nis- don that toured Canada in 1949 has recent- ly turned in a report. ‘The report attempts to evaluate the prospects of selling British mac-hineiw/ on the Canadian market.

‘it. indicates that the mission found Cana- dian farmers seriously disturbed by the dol- tar problem and recognizing the necessity of buying more British goods. 0n the other hand, the mission felt that potential Cana- rlian customers were not well informed about the high (iuality of British machinery, or the large amount that was produced. At the present time Canada imports machinery to an approximate value of $35,000,000 and the British share in this market is less than one per cent, in spite of the fact that the yearly output of the British agricultural machinery industry runs to about £75,000,000.

The mission directed attention to the broad problem of making Canadian custom- ers aware of what Britain has to offer, of adapting and simplifying British machines to suit Canadian tastes, of marketing British goods at competitive prices, and creating ef- fective selling and servicing organizations throughout the Dominion.

dian market for 100 years; that their ma- chinery types and methods of selling have been accepted as normal; and that they have the organization for supplying spare parts. On the other hand the British felt that they had a good product to sell; that they could readily set up agencies for the SlIDDIymg of spare Iiarts; and that the neces- Slly-Of earning Canadian dollars made it es- sential to enter the Canadian market. Another factor, of course, is the need of developing greater two-\vay trade with Britain in the interest of our Canadian farm exporters, who have been hard hit by the recent curtailment in Anglo-Canadian food contracts.

EDITORIAL NOTES

A word of congratulation to our taxi tlrivers who have been so successful in avoid- ing accidents on both our rough and slippery

streets.

Ten (lays now before the annual meet- ing of the City Council. fifteen days before nomination day and t\\ciit_v-t\v0 days before

the civic election .

Prince Edward island having the best record for health of animals in Canada, it is only fitting that our laboratory tests here should be recognized as official for live- stock export purposes. I I Q The farmers have had their meetings, or the first part of them, now the agricultural officials, Federal and Provincial, at their fourth animal meeting, will compare notes, find out what other specialists are doing. I I I Today ls the inaugural meeting in ivash- ington of the LES-Canada Regional Plan- ning Group under the North Atlantic Treaty. The Group's task will be to fit ex- isting North American defence plans into the larger picture of the North Atlantic alliance.

‘I I O

A letter in today's Public Forum from the Deputy Postmaster General comments on the expedition with which, through pub- lic co-operation, the Christmas mails were handled throughout Canada. Our local Post Office officials did an exceptionally

good job in this connection. I I I

'l‘he special health courses made avail- able through Federal grants should pay sub- stantial (lividends to this Province in the near future. Our great difficulty in taking advantage of other health grants has been in obtaining the necessary qualified person-

nel.

The recommendation of’ the Canadian Maritime Commission that the Caribou- \\'ood Islands ferry service be taken over by the C. l\'. R. has the merit of indicating a sublime faith in human nature. That the railway would do its utmost to promote highway traffic in competition with the rail route at Borden strains belief.

Q I O

Premier Frost. of Ontario hinted at the recent Doininloii-Proviiicial Conference that afithority over all prisons could well be handed over to the Federal Government. At present there is a most illogical distinction between a sentence longer than, or shorter than, two years, the one being necessarily served in a Federal peuitentiaijv and the other in a Provincial institution.

I O O

it used to be that when lllf‘ tlltawa Sen- ators l-lockcy (‘luh was mentioned in the papers as “'l‘he 5cnators“ it stood a good chalice of being confused with members of the Red Chamber. 'l‘hcy have been so act- ivc. however, and the senior statesmen so retiring that a senator can hardly catch cold without it. being assumed that a forward line is being weakened.

I I O

Lord Lloyd George, British statesman, born this date i863 in lVfanchestei~ of Welsh parentage. After a term at teaching became a. solicitor, and began his public career as a militant non-conformist. Entered Parlia- ment. at. a by-election for Carnarvon, a seat he retained till raised to the House of Lords. His was the voice that roused the country to its danger in World War I; and the pro- vision 0i‘ the necessary munitions was due in no small lllfftlSllffl to his extraordinary ex- ertlons and moving oratory.

I I I

In the‘ U. S. A. business opinion is quite optimistic. The continued coal quarrel will soon have to be settled, but that will prob- ably be accomplished. Real difficulty is still the incompetent leadership of labour. One Congressional Committee, studying the needs of small business was faced by a un- animous attitude of representatives of small business, to the effect that they wanted less, not more, Government interference. Similarly, Secretary of Agriculture Brennan has found that the leading farm organiza-

The report did not minimize these diffi-

Sulllfigglllsl recognized that Allisticnrfrom the Government.

4

tions want floor prices and nothing more

l vuauc rURUM l This column ll open to the discussion by correspondent! of question: of lutereat. The Guardian does not raccoon:- lly endorse the opinlun oi currespondenta.

KQHWQ- 5am» Jm§c$<€>cw

i

A JOB “TELL DONE

Slr,-—R.eports which are being u» ceived daily from postiznasters in all parts of the country indicate clearly that, once again the Can- adian Postal service has been successful in handling llle heavy Christmas mailings without en- countering any undue difficulties or dnlays. This. despite tlic fact that. the volume this Pear ivas heavier than ever, fen to fifteen percent in most. offices.

Naturally. tlic Post Oflfice long lfl advance made very careful plans to meet. the expected over- load, employing thousands of tem- porary helpers to man the simpli- fied sortntion schemes laid out and generally assist in peak period operations. But all this planning would have been its-clean had mt the public co-operated in early nmiling. and again lt gives me great. pleasure to express the de- partment's wami appreciation of the assistance accorded to the Post Office in this fPtpEcl, While‘ the tare-Christmas pcYlOd is the busiest, of the year for the Postal Service, it is also equally demand- ing uri line time and patience of everyone. That, so many took the trouble to get their mailings in earlier than ever loeforc was iii- dicative of their understanding of the postal problem and their sym- pathetic willingness to do what they could to solve it.

There has been ample evidence that the newspapers of Canada were very helpful in making the facts of the situation known and in eliciting a favorable public re- spouse. For this assistance tine Post. Office is grateful, and I aim anxious that your publication should receive this expression of our thanks,

May I extend to your publicat- lon. my best. wishes for every success tn the year 1950.

I any Sir. etc.

‘W. J. TURNBUIL.

Deputy Postmaster General.

Old Chn rlotlelown

"find P. l IJ

i

FIRE-WOOD NUISANCF.

"We regret to observe that a practice has lately become very prevailenl. of piling largo quan- tities of flrc-ivood ll'l the streets, greatly to the annoyance of pas- sengers. anrl injurious to the or- der and regularity of the town. This l5 the more to be regretted. as Charlottc-Ttuvn has long brcn remarkable for the clean- ly and orderly appearance of its streets, and we hope this notice \\‘lll have the effect of directing the attention of those to the sub- ject, whose duty it is to take cognizance of such matters."

“Prince. lidavard island Regis- trr, March 18, 18h’).

Tcuppang The Coinage"

(Financial Post»

By r970 it won't pay to be edu- cated. College graduates will earn less than manual laborers; frus- tration and disappointment will be the lot of a great. many of them.

So says Seymour Harris. Har- vard teacher, ll\ his new book "The Market for Colleze Graduates."

lits argument. ls that by lQVTO there will he about. four times as many living graduates as there were ln 1940: that most. will aspire to jobs in the professions; that’; there won't. be ncrirlv enough room to accommodate them.

Presumably we're supposed to be very sad about this situation. Our tears refuse to come.

(lcpnndr-nt on government fban- (‘inl aid nnd most. of them infected ivitli the ‘Jtllli century mania frr bigness, lizivc m "clipped the coin-

nzc.“ made the nttni: meut of a (lczrce so easy that. thcv regur- zltatc a great rabble which ln-

citxlcs u lot of people whose claim to intrllertunl capacity is. lo say the lcnsl, small,

The idea that a collerc graduate can think, can think straight and can lic n batter. happier citizen than other people ls under the present. university system just a superstition.

Sonn- day we hnpc some univer- sity will brim! distinction to itself by forgetting about. the nlm of growing hi: tn numbers and by focusing on quality.

The present policy of graduat- lng hordes fills too many youths. maidens and parents with delu- sions. which inevitably cause waste and grief in later years.

RESTORE CATHEDRAL

SKARA. Sweden (C?) Following cxtenslve restoration after a fire tn Setember. 1807, the 11th-century cathedral here was re. consecrated in December. The Te.- storntlon work has been largely financed by private donors.

-

Consult

ii..l.A. liitlWii, ti. i’. Orthopedic

148 Great George Chet

CIIARLOTTITOWN, P-IJ.

A“,

You CAN roman n,

Communist China

tBy W. N. Ewcrl

Recognition by the United King- dcm of the new regime in China had been expected. Indeed in such circumstances recognition l5 es- sential. As Dean Acheson pointed out in his speech to the Pan-Amer- ican Society, in New York in September, recognition of a regime is not an expression of approval of its character. Gmwiunients recognise each other not as a mark of esteem but, because it ‘is necessary for them in their own interests and in those of their citizens, to do business with each other.

The new Government in (‘fuina is now beyond any question in cf- fective tpntrol of practically the whole territory of China. TT. has expressed its readiness Lo main- tain diplomatic relations \\lll\ other Govermnciita Ou a. basis. of "equality, mutual lJPllCfll, and re- spect for each others sovereignty and territorial integrity." ‘That. be- ing so. there is no valid reziscn for refusing YCCOKTllllOH. The charact-

cr and political complexion o-f tlic now regime are simply irrelevant. The new Cloveriimcnt is in fact tlic Government of China. The NRllOlP, alist. Goverrniciit ls not. And lo Yr‘- fusc to recognize reality to the detriment of ones own interest, i: merc folly.

0 a - If then- were any chance of n reversal of fortune, of the former Ciovernnient. rccoiiqucriiig its t<‘r- rit/Jry and reasserttng its anther- ity. there might be n. case for dc-

lay. But there i5 n0 longvr airy such possibility The issue has been decided. The Communist

victory is complete. That. ls a fact which may perhaps be regretted But it cannot be ignored.

What. is to be the sequel to recognition? What. will lihe relat- ions b0 between the Chinese Com- munist. Government and the "free" world That, is a question which cannot be answered until the in- tuitions of the Chinese Govern- ment become known. Does it. in- tend peaceful or hostile relations? Does it. mean to occupy itself with its,own vast internal problems or does it. plan any kind of aggress- ion by aims or by conspirriev against iLs neighbours’? Docs n wish for trade on reasonable terms or will ll; try to isolate itself from the “capitalist? economy’!

Mlltll may depend upon the out.- (‘nlllc of lvfao 'I‘se-'I‘ung's conver- sations in Nloscowt Russia's desires arc obvious enough. In llln inter-

Thc reason; A "oodlv percent- c. -

_ _ ‘ _ ” , - _ sis of policy she has chosen to

2:30?‘rsollfiéfufiillmgillzfi“ azllllintéll? pursue. Russia will wish‘ China's

19mm] ‘ ‘ “ relations \\'ll-ll “intperinlist, p",\\'- ‘, ‘ . r crs" to be strained and hostile.

ttlgialiilisu figljgzs \l‘;oviv)uh;:'1<0l1 ovlt"; China's role in the cyr-s of tllc

gh-COO ‘~ ~- ~ ' ‘ " ' l\l'(‘lllllll l5 to be nu instrument of - - , _ S v'~t. 1'1")". ll " 11* edltc The. univcrsitrs. lll()‘l. o.’ them hlljnéttiun l‘, Crime lalginlnlfic.‘

trouble and as much tlifficiilt_v' as pnssihle in South East Asia: to <p1n lllf'l't‘ a s0l‘l of dipiciiritn: front vrlih-h and deflect resources and so rcn- drr cnsie-i" Russia's projected oper- ations m Europe and thc- Mlfllllt‘ East.

can

‘Alon-cover if China can be induc- ccl to break or minimise hcr econ- omic and commercial relations vcilh the. “Wc:t" she will be forced into economic dependencn on the Soviet Union and so ultimately into

will divert attention. lccrlnln. is clearly n. major factor

pollllcnl dependence. Russian policy is, in

short. tn

THERE ARE MORE

elude Supplemental Covora.

llYNilMllll &

Official: _ Charlottetown

DWELLING FIRES

' TI-lAN ALL OTHER FIRE! COMBINED.

Dwolllng and Household Furniturn lnnuranco should be checked fcarcfully to ensure adequate p. ‘

We will be glad of an opportunity h: IOIVB you.

INSURANCE SINCE l"!

ALLISON P. McLEAN-Diatrlct M , CYRUS A. R. SHAW-District Managor M. TI-‘IOMJAS McAVlNN-Special Representative F. L. MacNUTT-Repreaeniallva at, Remington E. T. MYERS-Representative at Elmadale EARL! B. lIiLLY-Itepreuentatlve at, Ulnar;

Agenta Throughout The Province

Most Agreeaiile

Staliiis Crown Prince

iwlnnlpeg Free Press‘

Stalin's 70th birthday celebra- tlun has set, off another of the periodic waves of speculation as to the identity of the man who will succeed him when old age or death brings his career to an end.

At the moment. the man whose star is shining brightest is one of Stziliirs fellow Geoiglnns, Mr. Georgi lvlaximilianovitch lyfalcnkov. who at. 48 is following a course that n; a noticeable degree paral- lclz. that taken by Mr. Stalin him- self in his rise to power.

Signs that, Mr. Malenkov was moving toward tlic No. 2 spot ln tlic Russian hierarchy began to ac- cuniulate soon after 1946 with his election to the Politburo and his assuming of the post of Coirnuuu- tst. Party secretary‘. It. was Mr. Stalins holding 0f this same post. _\~~:ll‘:~ before, which had permitted him to setm control of the party and of Russia itself.

a . -

In 1941, after shining brightly for a brief time. Mr. lVialenkov underwent a partial eclipse, ivhen, zippari-ntlv. he was removed from the secretariat. This may have been tlic result of the intense rival- r_v which was developing lirtvveen lnm and Mr. Zhadzinov, the one 2min \'.'lltl_ besides Mr. Molotov. stood between Mr. Malcnhov and the Premier.

But Mr. lvlalcukov, who has ni- ways like the Premier been a mas- ter nt, behlnd-lhe-sccncs man- oeuvre, was nblo to regain the post, in the following year. Shcrtly ufterivurd,‘ in Ailgust, 1949, Mr. Zhnrlzinnv died.

With this rival out of the way.

convert China into the greatest and uinst useful of her own satel- lites. And the great. question ls vi-‘wlhcr the Chinese Communist Gaveriinieii-t will be willing to ac- cept, l‘~.-.it role or whether it will choose rather to follow its own lino of policy and prefer the in- trrcsls of Chinn to those of Rus- sia-cvcn though the latter be glanirirousl_v' clisgused as tlic in- tererls of world revolution. it is a question which cannot. be answer- ed until we tingin to See the results of Alan's dilcussions in Moscow. So far. howover. Chinese (kim- munutgjmve given no convincing signs of anything other than cwnplrte subscrvlence to the Orthodox Kremlin brand of Com- munbiii with its first. principle of crrirplete subscrvicnce to Mos- C0\\'.

The "Chinese question“ inevit- ahlv culls for much consideration in the Cfnlnmhn conference of for- eign ministers nf the British Com- monwealth. I-‘oi- the main theme of that c0nfct'cl1c(!—--lllough mt the only hum-is the political, econcmlc antisocial problems of South Exist .\.-i:i And the existence of the nurllicrn borders of the area of a grcrit. Communist stain, “those intentions nre unknown) and un-

in the situation.

to -;. M15 é~l~é§sst5éikléihsmmn z- ‘

The Age-Old Story

O C€¢CYF

And the eyes of them thnl 590 nhnli not; bn dim; IIINI the earn of tin-m that hear shall henrken.

, and which should in-

co. unnan

Suninienldo — Montague

at Qummernldo Montague '

‘fifths’

— Notes By

A laurel wreath is in order for Magistrate Walter Russell of Port Arthur. who has struck r much- needed blow for “peace, order and good government." in passing sentence on a motorist who hall been found guilty of driving negligently in a wedding proces- sion, Magistrate Russell condemn- ed the practice of decorating cars and blowing horns at. weddings as a “barbaric custom, detracting from the solemnity of the oc- casion." To emphasize his (lis- approval, he fined the noisy wed- ding guest $40 and costs and sus- pended his driving licence for a month. No one scents tn know who started the custom of orzwn- izing procemious of cars to chasm the unhappy bride and bridegroom through the streets, amid a chorus 0f blaring horns, but it is a prac- tice that needs to be exterminat- ed.-—Edmoriton Journal.