sittiitsi wtii-tiiitttiiet" and the. public ‘it large. '|lt~ ‘r- i- fltt- tllllt‘ ttf st-eiitg that "every QFIWIEI ttt the itttteriititcitt ii taken in full view

go‘ itlirttatl llhtl any-tie down there thought that _lte \\.ts an ttttttty of the province in any re- sptrt." -

.\= this t..~ piivisvl)‘ the iinpressioti “it.

PACT.‘ FQUR ._

THE_ CHARLOTTETOWN“ GUARDIAN

Th‘: Charlottetown Guardian

vmttnttt Lletll. lul w. cum" a. mam Yzrr-Plc-lueltl, .|. u. unwell. l'- J. l- laereiar; Ln-ul. not u. A lliwhlnllfin, l). I. 0. ___ ___, _____ hum“ 5nd uintugnt; linen-fur l. l; tiurnell A ut-tttu- Ltlllnll. lrhllb “man and U. K. Curb.

uni-ttt»; Uiuly ttattt-tit-a mo. tum nu 1w ti» "I'll"! Irtnrrvtl it ttt; SL041 ttt-r you illl Mlflfllca) tainted w Print-s btmatti t-tttttu unlit vet w" t"! "ml-fit

nuflvfl \ll ttttiatta uni lulled mun-n

titrrft-I ism’ _

Proliihitioti tttforcenieitt

iwtat. surely tltte- not extieet

lltt‘ ltt-t-pit- ti. ' : '\=l|\\‘ lo Zit‘t‘t']-l the t-XTISC

knew‘ their own requirements better than any- oiie else. The people of the Province, he add- ed, greatly appreciated what all Governments ltave done, but the present transportation ser- vice at Borden is itt sufficient to accom- modate the totirist trade. Mk. hlACLEAN agreed witlt .\lR. BENNETT that the transfer of the car ferry acuuitnting frotn the Caitadiatit National estimates to tlte consolidated revenue fund was not an atlvztntage. This transfer, it will he recalled. was niatle at the insistent re- tlllCsl of our littards of trade.

t

I Editorial Notes I i ltitlictttitttts are that the Legislature will con- tinue in session tttttil the 10th or 17th inst. a at a The lfzictilty and Studenfs Council of Prince oi \\ tiles College must have got the stir-prise of their old and young lives when i): per eent. oi the parents voted in favotir of the hall being granted for the use of social func- tioiis. =tt at in .\lr. Frederick C. l‘<-ri'_v, president of l-lamil- ittn college, (fyracttsc. declares that "viewing ivith alarm" is as old as the hills. He quoted the follotvittg from an Assyrian tablet. dated 1800 H. Ll: "The earth is tlegenratiitg in these

h.- gatt» h.- stt. sitppttrier- in the Legisla- ltllt‘ tor t. t; 1t» 2t Jill artwttittt of his stew‘- ttrtlsiiiit a.» l‘.~ ttt _\ct atlitiitti-trtttttr. Lill- tit-f J..- t.‘ ti s uteri. lit pit‘. ihrtttigli at [hr ,1. t.‘ t ' _\lt:. K.\.\ll'll|il.l.. at u], ,,.l. t - t itt-taint- tested \\'tlll all ttte "p-~.t.~_. .til.l.t>lllli~ atitl tlitties" of the rfuliyLlltfiill t it .... .t. i‘.tt"t oi titt- dinit-s ot that t ttittt ti. ti. t» .t- iiiiitt-li a rt-pttri tvfthcit‘ itt"ti\~,;=.»__ i\.! _ t. i't.'»i.l \\ .~ tztltled itt the llottse tttl itttt.‘ ti tit t. ‘~ ttt tit-vitssttttt ltv the int-in- itt-ts. li .ttt\ !i,ft'."i'tt.llitll \\.ts lurking in the n-pnli, it ,..t- siiltiiirillWltlFtl lt_\ iztcts llll(l fig- ttrcs gHtli in 111"‘. t-t tptv-ttotts t-n zhe tirder paper. _

l mltl‘ t \‘1l‘l1..i\ s atlniitiistrzitittii, alli ilt-s l..t. tt .t .\li-'ll'l izotn the Police; rept-tt -.-i rim. tttttlt r lltt‘ _\ct, and the ivtltj -‘.t‘tt- t.t' l".:lt‘.it~ .\\‘t‘itlllll> that the; ;,,,,.,-,,-,,t ,.t o...» ti s ettilvtietl iroin "whole-l mp- l. .,-,.}.. l_it-i>l'\\lllt'lll of Prohihitioti .\ti", t.ts .,__i ’ tam ttt the ettrrespontlitig ltttn litl‘ iitgj- t lt-l :t "llldilitll has been vouch- =.t:~tl. \tl t" t\ ' lo lt;t\'e been a veryl

'-.-t ttt ttt ~tit-. while ztlttises

p, .. .. 1, t. JtllUil to stich an ex- t_., p ,t,,t-, ,, ....ivtt police. investigation.

t. t \'tl|'l‘.ti t. s contention that . \_ti_ pit‘: "a strong cote, .. , tj. tttt tttiorinittttttt con-t t 1i't'~~.‘l'l]illt)ll5. and that ,', ztiawitil to ettntplyi with 1 ; t. ttl tor tit-tailed initirintttitin.‘ s st :t wvl. tti ettttr-e. tnat there is ttt.‘ i “stztl .-t‘ t] ." at t';tt~ a. the l.l‘j_‘l~lillll_l'(i isi e-ttteertittl tl i‘ .t.i lililt.llz'l'a lltt\t‘ a right to‘ aitv ii-t- ‘ll t... ant ttt lllls coititertioii. l ,-\}§.» he .1 the tit-ttittttd [or publicity is ttt int‘ innit-s of persons re-t

htit the itunilit-i" ttt stieh t‘. :tit»ti lt h} niontlt, the ztinotitiis

and iillirl‘ ltett-ratgtts handled by l

.~tie_

zl‘\ i qt

,iti- r

the \t-nt'.-tr~. lite pt-itti- oi ilitse lieu-rages. the ‘thrills till etuli p.tt".\ttil.tt" ltraiitl. as well ys the cttitniti-si-t malt‘ itt the lllllllvriills zigetits o!’ llYtttvliti t-l t i.tl‘t'.‘~. the sziltiries ttf Yeti-l dttr; 'll‘~‘»‘\ lll\‘l‘.l‘.t‘<l. etc. .\ll tlii> l ' ' l » ‘ttililig ‘ttwiitt-il)‘. ifiliflfei luv .l..' itt prer" i/ tirieti t/.=:'it/_t/-

ttii ttln the Leuisizttttrt: sitonltl not I ‘ l‘ . ,1! i rt‘ ptitt-iliilltv rests ‘

t'-. .ltt

on .\li.

t). i t: ii. it; _\'.i<trtie_v iieneral; lint ‘ t-itrt iiit\ll‘lt‘iit!t' ttntl siipptirtei‘ who‘ r-ntutit.» in l_t- t" t= ‘ttt silt-tire, who fails, it, prntta, _ tit-i it-in iht-i n.ti it wt . oi ..)tt'ill tletnoeraey

i-wtitttliiig principles \\'ll‘.Cll .'.‘ l\'i\t; ltzts at ttften enunciat-

~llitill'~—t‘itt‘ll and every tine 0f i ~u.:tlw arts. we repeat. is re-

oi ttte ttt-statute."

Mr. Sinclair Rebuked

y," _______

7V Flpittt-irittit iezttlt-t- in the llfltlsf,‘ of Com- hliiiis. ill!‘ ilti'_i. Il"titl\4‘.\ Fm .\lR. lil-..'\.\l~'.'l"l' of Stftillfll/di g twtti toit- in the |'I~tiiii.'ttes. This ltt- ditl tit t ittitwit-tt ttith the $100000 item for a itarltoi-t- n \ Ytttl l-latitls. pointing tttii that heavy itl twitt-tttliittres “vntltl be re-

i iil'tt_ll‘t‘t was completed. '\i.-iti.\'. .\lilll\it‘]‘ of l’itb- t-taitlisltttteitt of this ser- iltt gtttertititeitt to dispense given in eoiitiection p st rt ice on the Charlottetown- . ztiitt iit.tt:t<_t to Sjttotio. ‘ltr. l'i l‘! R Sixrtstiit. lttttvever, tttti zttvay with this ‘ ,ii ttt‘ il ttt iliP “owl Islands .~. ltd ttt-ttt what part of the ttt-ttid t-ttn. .\lt<. Sixccaiit

tit,-

;it.t_\~

1t» tltt

lilit‘ " ‘Kt

"l it~-.t ‘t\ tutti l\iilllll\ itt lhettnt lslzind", l‘l~t. l1» - s-ti ;t- tutti ‘tilt that l‘icttiu lslzitid \\.t- lid t»; lliTillliAlt/l, antl .\lti. .\'i.\'Cl.AlR zttltwhtl t..»~t.t'i.t ztittl saitl he had ntcatit Phttiu l. mint . .\lit. llt .\.\l-ll‘T referred to the present llttrtitii-'l'ttiittt=itittit- ferry service, es- ta‘ ‘u-‘wt l tltt littt-lt ll littverniitettt. and to the int-ted h. ‘l<'-\ t; pittiwi ittttitttetl tinder his own it_:ttt< taitttttt Lltailtittetttwii, llorden and Sttttiiittrftle.

.\lit. htxti iii: reitlietl that he was “glad rite leader of iitt- iipltttstittttt has piii himself on re- ct-rtl ittttigltt again-t ltavitte attv interest in l'riiiet~ litlwartl l-latttl" -- a slifivllttlli which ltrotigitt irtttn .\lt> llt:\'\i~i"i" the retort: “Xotv, l\lr. k ltztirtttait. that is ‘the soft of cheap politics which itte-is .'tit_\ erttieisttt ittadt- on a fair basis with rvspirl to’ ptthlie t-xpetitlittii-es."

'l'iiis ttt-ll intiitetl rt~ltiil<t~ was not lhc only one .\li:. l\l\t mitt rt-et-itt-tl. for later itt the sante deltate, .\lit. .\. la. .\l \t'l.i-..\.\ said t-inpltatitally: ".\s rt-Qiirtls out poi-ti friend tlte leader of the (lIIpII-llitill. l sh-tttld not liltt- the impression to

I their parents.

‘ tleinptitin.

compared t0 atlult drivers.

SILLLAH: it.ttl stiliilll itt convey. his Prince (‘ttttttiy- t-ttllta-gt-t-l rtputlintittti of it. on behalf

of the pt ttple of lllls l'rtt\tttee. itiust have been cr .3 ittif. .\i .i|l\' izttt, it It-ft .\lR. SmcL/itiz with ilttilti it; fltflltl‘ ttt ~:t‘\.

fitlVlilliillQ. Trlit. .\l\tI.i \_\' said he did not wish itt ill~ill.~~ the lll"l"l~ of the propost-tl f("'i‘y

get-ti t‘ ;._ ll t- t ttt.‘ t’, p‘.- t‘till\llillt‘llC_\'. but

latter days. There are signs that the world is sItCCtllly coining t0 an end. Bribery and cot"- rttptittn ahtitttttl. The children no longer obey livery titan xvants t0 write a ltook. and it is evident that the end of the world is speedily ttpproztcliing." ttt 1r at

So the gootl Old Country has restimcd mak- ing atletittate provision for the redemption of tlt-ht li_v providing an ample Sinking Fund. A cable of March 3i from London says: Britain ended its fiscal year today with a deficit of 5,- §t);‘,()()0 pottnds ($.27.985.oo0) it was announced itt the tlffitlfll 'l‘reastiry' return. Surplus of or-

dinttry revetttte over ordinary expenditure itittoitttted to $7._=3o.otxi. which was converted into a dent-it by the pflyttietll. of 13,127,000

pounds into a new sinking fund for debt re- Total revenue was 7973289000. while total expenditure, iticliidiitg the sinking

t fund paytnetit, was 8021380000 pounds or four

hillitiii~foiirteen tnillion—f0ur ltundred and thirty thousand dollars. t: tt- a

A motor hus system itt North Carolina. re-

l cognizctl by transportation men as the largest of

its kind in the U.S./\. and which operates

jagztiitst three obstacles, has found that student t,tlri\"ers—<lio_vs and girls of 'teen ages-are the

safest drivers. The sytstein is the North Caro- lina state-operatetl school bus organization that transported 2.o_>tt,00O children daily. malciitg a total of 3.2.t.i(t0,o00 fares tlitring i936. Student drivers number approximately seven to one as Records show the cominissitiit ltas 3.400 student drivers and only 50o adults. "The experience of the last twenty,

‘years of transportation has shown that the

student drivers, both boys and girls. have prov- ed better drivers than the adults who have been entpltrvetl," the annual report of the commis- sion said. This recoinmeittlatioti to youth was given iii the face of three admissions. 'l"ney were that the school commission buses are over- crowded. that tnuclt of the equipment is old and itnsafe and that roads, due to an unprecedent- ed wiitter, have been hazardous. a tt- t:

The new principal of Queen's University has his own views on the beneficial value or oth- erwise of the much (liSCIk-stld examination ques- tion. lle said the other day: "I submit ex- aminations are a great stinntltis and an itnport- ant part of education. They are tests we don’t like. but have to come up to—tests such as life gives. We wtflltlfil he nitich the poorer without them. We cannot appraise students day by day in the classroom. completely,” Principal Wallace commented lle had no quarrel with the use of examinations, bttt with the “r1uality" of them. “There has been revulsion to examin- ations. and rightly s0. The reason is they have been added to the. load of knowledge to be ac- quired for a specific purpose arid then forgot- ten. But if we could make examinations a test of thinking that criticism would be eliminated. “l am heartily in favor of students being more and ntore appraised by their teachers, even at senior itiatricttlzitirtit, for entrance t0 the uni- versity. That is a sound move," he added. "What examinations should test is knowledge used for judgment. appreciation, thinking, The nature of examinations will set the qttality of the teaching in the classroom. If the examin- ations are factual. the teaching will be factual; if the examinations are provocative, the teach- ing will be," he said.

I i U

There must be something scriottsly disturbing the powers-that. be botlt at Ottawa and Tor- onto. when on the same day both the Minis- ter of justice and the Lieutenant Governor Bruce launched out in defence of democracy. “lri (Yanatla we have learned to walk ttprighily as free men possessing ottr own souls, as citi- zeits fearless to say what we want to say; as in- habitants of a great selfigtiverning Dominion that is part of the democratic British Empire." said l)r, Bruce. "Yet we are sometimes con- scious that otir hard-won liberty is a great re- spnpsiliility and that the fact that we are so free and so tolerant may well be an invitation to tithers to sow within our borders the weeds and fares of enmity whcre we would wish only for the rich harvests of peace and prosperity tltat are the 'frtiits of friendship and tolerance. lt is only itt a dctnottacy such as ours that min- orities are respected," stated Dr. Bruce. “lt is only in a democratic country that all men ire fr" i" Weak thr- truth as they seeit. But we do find even today minorities among us who are most emphatic in their support of frec speech and democracy, yet who, once theybe- route a majority and achieved power would violently deny the right of free speech to any one. These doctrines of hate. of revolution and of violence are by their very nature opposed

no doubt lllL ptople of that part of the Island

to everything Canadian," he laid.

Notes By The Way

M.r. Eden's Restattment of British ioreign poticy at. Aberdeen this W605 was notable for lt.s declaration Lint a. recoéntttoti of the effectiveness of modern tn- struments of destruction ougnt to prove a deterrent. Talk aeout. a next War being inevitable is non- sense. but 1t. ls all to the gxid that its appalling nature should be en- visaged. It. was an Aflfhbiahflp who WPODG.

They say that war is Hell” a thing aceui-st, The sin impossible to be fciiegiven. But I can look through slaughter at. its worst. And st..ll see blue in Heaven.

The good man wrote a generation ago. would he still see blue beyond a fleet of bombers‘! The Foreign, Secretary also made a strong pom ! when he maintained that a utiitsd front at homte—tvitli such criticism as is desirable in a free cottntry- enables this country to speak the more effectively in the councils of the world-Saturday Review.

If you have a government in this country you must give it authority to exercise a certam discretion in complicated cases. You cannot. te down -by a rigid statute the govern- tnent/s decision in every complicat- ed ease that may arise in inter- itational affairs. You must have a government that. takes responsibil- ity. You cannot call this parlia- ment together simply because a question arises as to whehtr a caertain band of insurgents. although armed, should be regarded there- after as the loyalist. forces. Parlia- ment cannot be convened on every such occasion. and you must give the government of the country dis- ct'etlon.-—Hon. C.‘ H. Calian.

The terrible plight of Germany, with its menace b0 the word is put l in a. single sentence by an Engdsh l economist: “Germany i, comm tted i "to a course, devotion from which ‘would spell ruin for the Nazi "party, and the pursuance of which “must spell the ruin of Germany “herself ."—-Wlfll\lp(!g Free Press.- hour-glass figure. Such. in brief. is the advice of statisticians oi the United Statss public health service. They base it on their records, which are not encouraging to the overweight. and not on any aesthetic e nsid- erations. In the "ight for good

Keep that

PUBLIC FORUM

Th1: oolunl ll op_ In! the dluunllnl by uortunondonto of quantum 0| Interact. The - Charlottetown Glllfllllll dooo Iol unusually endorse l“ oplnlolu tut eornopoldenll.

LIQUOR EXPORT WAIR-EHOUSES

Shy-A bill is now before the leg- islature to consolidate the Prohi- lJlLOII Act. which was passed 1n 1918 and the various unending Acts which have been passed since then. It is proposed to repeal all those statutes and to have them re-en- acted in the .orm of one general Act. No one will deny the ne- cessity of consolidation. In the zeal for consolidation. however, care must. be tat-ken to avqtd any mistake, particularly if the mistake should be beyond the power o.‘ the legislature to remedy. Such a mstake is apparently being made.

The more re-enaetment of var- ious statutes which have already been passed by the legislature may appear quite innocent and harm- less. Careful consideration hcw- ever will show thls is not. so. Par- ticularly in the case of liquor ex- port. warehouses.

Every one will remember the pests these institutions were to liquor law enforcement officers. They could not. be legislated out of existence by the province, since that was beyond the powers of the provincial legislature. Indeed, the Court went so far as to declare (in ilflflllflfy 1922) that an important. section of the Prohibition Act, was invalid because it did not provide for or permit; the ope-rations of these liquor dealers. Such opem- tions were supposed to be interpre- vincial, and although the Prohibi- tion Act, had a section (162) which declared that the Act was intend- ed to apply to and prohibit trans- actions in liquor wlfch ton-k pltwe tivltolly within the Province and was not intended to affect bona ficle transactions beyond the powers‘ of the leglslsttttre to prohibit be- tween a person in this Province and it iterson in another prcvlrtce or in a orelgn country, and a1- titottglt it expressly stated that the provisions of the Act. should be construed accordingly. the rightsoi these liquor export tvatjehousemen were so inviolable from any inter- ference by the legislature that; the provisions of section 52 were de- clared ittvalid as affecting the right.» of these getttlenten.

The legislatttre accordingly pas-

liealtlt, these records indicate. being under-wetgltt is n (listfnet advantage in middle age. The I death rate at» that s; 51,0 of lfe is ' lower among pct-sorts who ' are tmdetrweiglit,_ttnd increase rapidly as the weight lneraa ;-; beysnd normal. For oxitmple. the death rate for persons bctwreit the aues of 40 and 49 who are l0 to 20 pounds underweight is just halt‘ that. for persons between the same age limits but 50 or tnorc pounds over- weight. Lowertng the mot-titty rate from this paint. Judging by the conclusions of bllC iauiblic health . service appears to be targcy a matter of diet and apretitc control. This ls something that tieitlicr statisticians nor liettlth klllll.O1'tl.0S can do anything to enforce. People can be taught to drink frrm sztn- itary cup-s and to res-pct a quar- antine sign but. few of tltcnt ern be frightened away from the dinner tabla-Kingston whzg Stand-rd.

Shades of the old Kaiser! There never was a day when he could outstrip Mussclini. n1 w on his way w the Imperial doman of Platte. in Africa. Hts Dfiflllliblf‘ to thet natives: “It Duce is the protector: o.‘ Islam. Shout his nitnie to the skies and call on God to illumino his path with light. and glory.” There was more of it to make the natives feel good after the rainfall of Italian bombs on ~t.hcir homes and villages in the great. conquest of Ethtopla.-St. Catherincs Stan- dard.

In the famous gold clause eases of 1935 the Supreme Cottrt upheld the right of Confrees to tnvaddate private contracts calling for pay- ment. of gold coin of specified weight and fineness. There still re- matned a possible loophole open to those seeking to evade the re- strictive provisions of the Gold Clause Repeat! Act. That lay in the negotiation of agreements to pay specified quantities of gold bullion instead o." coin. In the de- cision handed down recently. hriw- ever, the Court has definitely out- lawed contracts of this type. — Washington Post.

An English doctor says that be- cause of the subnormal health of so many people as a. result of the ln- fluenza. epidemic there have never been so many road accidents. He sees a connection between the wave of ‘influenza and the increase tn

the accident; rate on the roads. From this he deduoes that. the fundamental problem of road

safety “seems to be the psychol- oglcal one of what ntakes a nor- mally careful and perhaps kindly individual become a danger to him- self and perhaps others." Morbid conditions seems to have a bearing on the matter. A fkwcholofcal study of accident oases might. give most valuable data.— Vancouver Colonist.

The British Empire has a mar- vellous way of drawing together people of all races, colours. and languages under one form of gov- ernment. and in that. way. if In no other manner. it has fulftllcd a great and useful purpose. There are many ways tn which the co- operation of the various parts of the ltmptre can be fruitful of gout. Mr. Lyons, prime minister of Aus- tralia, has expressed his oonfldtcrtce that at the coming imperial con- ferenoe in London the work begun at Ottawa will be carried a stage further tn regard to defence and trade questions. It Ls to he hoped that. his expectation; will be ful- filled. It l5 certain that. Canada and New Zeutkmd will aasmt tn the noon Iorb-Golfut. ‘llelfllllhh.

t By a collusive

ed the Act 9 George V, iCap. 10. which deelitrerl. KSNZllOII 3) that.

"Nothing in the Prohibition Act or in this Act shall prevent any person from having liquor for ex- sttle in his, liquor warehouse. tirovirtcd tote.) ....or from sell- im: from such iquor tvttrchottse t0 persons in other provinces or 1n forngn countries". etc.

Ii. is this Act tivhicti appears as section 45. subsections 1, 2 and 3 in the proifo d consolidation.

Quite hflfflLCSS and quite neces-

isttry. .t may well be inferred. But

it’! To rtnstvet- that. one must. have regard to what has hitppen- ed satire. '

The operation of these liquor export tvareltottsenten, or of 501110 of them. became an uttmltlgated titneaiiee. Liquor would be shipped out ‘of the export warehcuse. s0 the tttlioers reported. ostensibly to mute otte atrontl. say in the Mag- dalen I ands or in Newfoundlatitl,

led as if for export. 1t wt ent by R 111111’ 01‘ 9 trtttt’; o the railway station or to it wharf as If for real shipment- arraitgement the drayman would dis. or Compot- arily leaving his trek with its preeiotts cargo unattended. On his return the cargo would have dis- appeared. No doubt. the intended beneficiary was in the offing all the time and nothing was 10st t0 the trade. The export; trade thus suffered. Home consumption took 31s place. Itr was lrntnsstble to kccp tab on these Olfiffiimls llOi/Vtilbllfibajlflltlg a statutory ‘pro- vision that t‘..~ qnantties of liquor received and removed sttould be correctly reimrtted. One 80ml?‘ man went. s0 far 85 W “Mi-Yum- on his premises a secret tinder- ground cache when-e turtle SHPDlIBS were kept, no doubt. for unre- ported trade. A Ll this will be fa- miliar to those who were then con- cerned with law enforcement. Even- tually. however, a remedy was found.