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T HE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTFTOWN

JUNE 17; 1952

THE GUAICRDIAN

f II second Clan Mall Post Omen Department, 0ttIwI. - The Island Guardian uubllohlng Co.

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President and Associate Editor, In A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Prank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Coven Pi-lnoo Edwud Inland like tho dew”

('Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink".

TUESDAY. JUNE 17, 1952

CIIARLOTTETOWN,

Fisiierme-n's Disaster Fund

The recently organized Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association has come forward with an excellent proposal for un- derwriting the security of our second most important industry. It is generally recog- nized that our fishermen's lot is a hazard- ous and precarious one. No amount of in- dividual initiative can forestall the effects of a devastating storm or long period of adverse weather conditions. The present lobster season is an example, thousands of dollars worth of fishing gear, and even a few boats, having been lost in the course of recent operations.

Both the Federal and Provincial Gov- ernments have sought to grapple with this problem. The establishment of the Fisher- men”s Loan Board was for the purpose of meeting emergency cases of this kind, as well as to aid generally in promoting the interests of those engaged in the industry. Where immediate assistance is required, this form of aid will doubtless continue to be necessary, but our Fishermen's As- sociation are rightly concerned with an- other aspect of the situation. Direct gov- ernment aid is deterimental to initiative, and as an alternative long-term policy they propose the setting up of a Disaster Fund, to which the fishermen would contribute their share on a check-off basis. In the administration of such a fund, the As- sociation offers to help in making collec- tions, and in acting as a referee of claims, thus avoiding political patronage and en- suring impartiality.

At a time when Governments are being pressed more and more for paternal hand- outs at the expense of the taxpayers, the attitude of our Fisherman's Association is particularly to be commended. With every right to the fullest measure of government support, they are concerned first and fore- most with helping themselves. There is lit- tie doubt but that their proposal willmeet with the fullest co-operation from the Gov- ernment and from the public at large. It is a welcome sign of the times. and 00"; vinclng evidence, if such were needed, that the oldtime pioneer spirit in this Province is by no means extinct.

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The BNA Act

The original of the British North Amer- ica Act, notes the Ottawa Journal, rests in the custody of an official known as Clerk of the Parliaments in a tower of the Par- liament Buildings in London. This founda- tion act of the Canadian constitution can

. be seen for a moderate price, and physical-

ly it is no more impressive, despite the bit of faded red ribbon attached, than a Cana- dian bill for the support of potato prices.

This old Imperial act, that is the actual document, has been made a subject of some importance by Mr. Knowles of the CCF and Mr. Diefenbaker, Progressive Conservative. The first amendment of the BNA Act un- der the legislation which permits Canada to change her own constitution in respect to Federal matters will deal with redistribu- tion, that is, a change in the number of members in the Commons.

"There is no doubt," says the Journal. "about. the ability of Canada to change her constitution in this field, but there arises in the minds of Mr. Knowles and Mr. Diefenbaker the question of how the Far- liament of Canada, with all its power, can revise the act of another parliament. It did not seem to them that Canada, in the legis- lation passed in 1949 in Ottawa, was given any right to revise an Imperial statute.

"Two authorities on parliamentary law. Mr. E. A. Driedger. of the Justice Depart- ment and Dr. P. M. Ollivier of the Com- mons law branch, upheld the position that such changes as were necessary could be made by the Canadian Parliament and that other Imperial legislation has in fact been revised or superseded by Canadian govem- ments. These opinions, no doubt, are ex- cellently founded and may well prevail.

"Both Mr. Knowles and Mr. Dlefenbaker, who have made considerable study of par- liamentary practice, wondered if the orig- inal BNA Act should be brought to the Canadian Parliament when a change in it was "made under Canada's new powers. It is. of course. still a living authority because the constitutional changes affecting the provinces still have-to pass through the Un- ited Kingdom Parliament, -although that is no formality.

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country to which it has. meant so much there is no suggestion that Canada feels there isiany doubt about her control of her own affairs. - But for the sake of history, and perhaps firm court decisions in years to come, it would be well to have Par- liament review the situation. and decide whether the old BNA Act document shall rest forever in the United Kingdom archives and be supplanted or watered down with- out a hand being laid upon it."

EDITORIAL NOTES

There will be Canada-wide sympathy for Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defense, and Mrs. Claxton, in the tragic loss of their son David in the drowning accident recorded yesterday.

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Bon voyage to P.O. D. W. Gallant of R.C.S.C.C. "Kent" who is one of the two Maritime Sea Cadets who will sail on H.M.C.S. "Quebec" for Sweden to attend a camp there.

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The "Squid", a new and powerful anti- submarine weapon now carried by most British destroyers and frigates, but till re- cently on the Secret List, is a many-barrel- led mortar firing underwater bomb capable of cracking the toughest submarine hull yet made.

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Charlottetown and the Province, which she saw change from a colony, pay tribute to a fine old lady, Miss Alexandra Scott. Long retired from her career of teaching, she continued to serve her community in many ways. i

The Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., has a magnificent record for service to the na- tion and in particular for its fighting men past and present. To keep up that work it needs the active membership of all our veterans.

The House of Commons defeated the Press Gallery in a baseball game some time ago. It seems that the advantage of the newsmen in recording their prowess was offset by the arithmetic of Finance Min- ister Abbott in keeping score.

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The balance of Sterling payments is again, or rather still, a critical problem. In- creased shipments to this continent pro- vides the only solution. The problem is simple but the answer seems almost im- possible.

Origin of a stone model of the parish church puzzled the people of Northleach, Glos., England, until a visitor from On- tario, Mr. C. A. Fuller, revealed that the model was executed by his father-in-law's

' brother while recuperating from an illness

75 years ago and presented to Northleach church authorities.

"We intend to place ourselves firmly in the forefront of the world's experts on anti- submarine operations", declares Vice-Ad- miral E. R. Mainguy, Chief of Naval Staff. Canada has come a long way from its stature before the First World War and the R.C.N. even further from being a ”tin- pot navy."

John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born this date 1703. At Oxford his younger brother had formed a small group who strictly observed the ordinances of the church and were dubbed "Methodists." John Wesley became their leader. It was not until 1784 that he executed the ”deed of declaration" founding the Methodist Church as distinct from the Church of England.

Photographs of Provincial Jersey cham- pions will be sent to the Toronto head- quarters of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club to permit the selection of national winners. The success of this experiment will be watched with interest. The procedure would certainly -simplify competition al- though at the same'tlme it would detract considerably from the public interest in

such events.

The most reassuring word to come out of Korea for a long time is Lord Alexander's prediction that any major Communist land offensive would be stopped within a week with heavy losses to the Chinese. The Brit- ish Defense Mlnister,- after a character- istically thorough front-line inspection, ex- pressed his surprise that it was as strong as he found it to be.

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A Scottish correspondent notes a grow- lng, tendency for ,the clans or those who share a clan name to get together in w at may be called Family Gatherings. Last

autumn the Frasers were notably entertain-

ed by Lord Lovat" at Beauty. The Mcbeods have just been rallying in Skye and the Robertsons in mid-Perthshlre. Overseas visitors are always welcome at these hos- pitable occasions in the old land.

Crow Season

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondent! of questions of interest. The Guardian does not neccsssr-. ily endorse the opinion of uu . espomlents.

TOBAGO AND THE MORAVIANS

Sn-.ATobago is an egg-shaped island of the British West In- dies. about one sixth the size of our Queens County, lying fifty miles north east. of Trinidad and under the same government. From the time Christopher Columbus discovered it in 1408 to 1814. when it was finally ceded to Britain, it. was barged back and forth between France and Britain three or four times; and was the scene of many bloody battles, by sea and land. Cannon balls are still being dug up along the coast. and rusting cannons lie here and there on the south shore. There- mains of several forts are still to be seen. The Carib Indians must. have had a far worse time than even our own ,1-ed Indians.

This is called Robinson Crusoe's island; and I have walked the shore where Friday's foot. prints were found. Every acre of that is- land is interesting, perhaps the most. interesting of all the islands. The inhabitants are chiefly African. the descendants of the slaves of former years, with a few whites and Carib Indians. The

language spoken is English or patois. The people have many and

strange spperstitlons. They have n queen of the Jumbrles, a. large, fleshy woman, usually, who yields a powerful influence over the colored people. Besides the queen there are a number who are said to be able to work "obi" upon peo- ple, creating paralyzing fear. I was told a story which illustrate: what superstltltlon can do. They were burying a man on their bill cemetery, and as the pallbearers were climbing the narrow path they stumbled, the body fell out, and, as it happened, the man sat up. The bearers fled in terror down to the village, and it was with difficulty that the mission- ary was able to persuade some of them to return and help him com- plete the burial.

To me the most interesting fea- ture of Tobago was the Moravians. a strangely evangelical mission that came from Germany, but dig rectiy from England. The leader. Theodore Clemens, a cultured gentleman, lived with wife and family at. Mount. Morlah. He was iery musical and often composed hymns. and music for his people. A similar mission centre was lo- cated at Montgomery.

It. was my great. privilege spend two Easter seasons those delightful people. The ser- vices were unique and most. inter- csting. The church at. would seat 1500 people. week before Easter

the Harmony,

worshipful people.

read- out Ind at. each - name went. home to "Coffee".

women clothed in black white head dress their best,

gctable. I said -to myself

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been prepared,

load of big sugar-buns. buted from woode

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of the Easter season. for the

to with

Moriah

Passion consisted chiefly in reading extracts from ending with the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. The Sabbath was "a high day". it began at 3 in the morning. The great. church was packed with is singing was

the chief exercise, and I heard Isaiah LV, 1: "Ho. everyone that them sing sixteen hymns. thlrsteth come ya to the water: a break, with neither book nor and he that hath no money; come

note, except at the great. organ. When the dawn began to break we flied out. to the cemetery, by the church, where the names of the deceased during the year were I verso was sung. After that we

At. 11 Communion wIl served. with wafers and grape Juice, A most lmpressivrsei-vice. To see the with Ann: the men in

y all with shining face: was unfor- "what. miracles the Gospel, of Jesus has

At a p.m. was the Love Pout. only those who had paid their dues-od-camo in on this. Two barrels of root. ginger boar had sweetened with molasses sugar; and Ibout. a cart- distri- frlyl. I mug and I bun co-sash: t was I night

At t at meeting was delivered a missionary address. the nddnss

IN EARLY SPRING

I wander in I grey time that en- closes

June and the wild hedge-roses.

A year's procession of the flowers doth pass

My feet, along the grass.

And all you wild birds silent yet, I know

The notes that stir you so.

Your songs yet half devised in the dim dear

Beginnings of the year.

In these young days, you med-

itate your part;

I have it all by heart

I know the secrets of the seeds

of flowers

Hidden and warm with showers,

And how, in kindling Spring, the

cuckoo shall

Alter his interval.

But not a flower, or song I der is

My own, but memory'l.

-Alice Meynell

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Moravlans are. perhaps. the most missionary-minded people of the Protestant faith. Even the porn- est give and many of them are tlthers. It; has been said that. Africa is destined to play a large part in the history of the world. If hearty goo ii and spiritual faith and fervo ave anything to do in determl ng the world's future then those African people have got. what. the world needs. 1 am. sir. ctc.,

W. I. GREEN Stanley Bridge.

nanny, n'e1iL1s'r:

Sir,-"Cranks, on the other hand, generally endorse some movement which is old and time-rejected Prohibition. for example; quoted from Realist, June 13. Christianity is old and by many rejected. Very well, if sticking to it. be the sign of the Crank, let's be Cranks. The n-hibitlonlsi; has the Bible to back up his crankiness against alcohol.

Procerbs XX, 1. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not. wise-."

Proverbs XXIII, 20, ”Be not among wine bibbers."

Proverbs XXXI, 4, 5, 6. "It is not. for kings, 0'Lemuei, it is not. foi kings to drink wine; nor for prin- ces strong drink, lest. they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the at- flcted. Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish."

Isaiah XXXVIII, '1: "But. they also have erred through wine and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink. they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment."

Timothy III, 3: "Not given to wine."

But Realist may back with these.

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ye, buy, and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price”. well, wine thnt. is coupled with milk and can be had without money Ind without price ljslnothlng more nor less than grape uce. '.

Timothy V, 23: "Drink no longer water. but." use I little wine for tho stomach! lake and thins of- ten lnfirmit.ies". A t to the is in such bad condition t.hIt. it Eounnot "hue wotei-umusr. submit

GI-Ipes Ire God-given food and ,t.ho wine that God given from his grapes cannot. in my way resem- bio the wine, manufactured by man, which inebriatu. Iva Grape Juice compared to tho winemak- or'I product or Cslvort.'I belt Scotch.

Again I quote mum: "I can- not. fathom why we should It.- tsmpt to praise or compliment. my person who inhfn por- mm in calling evil what God created Ind doomed ."

Well. I cannot. fathom how any- ons has the audacity to sunset

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The Age-Old sturyij

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 max- nify the Lord with me. and let us exalt his name together. . . 0 taste and see that the Lord ll good: blessed lo the man that trusteth in him. . . What man is he that. desircth life. and lovcth many days. that he may see good? . . . The Lord rcdecmeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be des- olatc.

He Could Be Useful

(Globe and Mail) Lord Alexander. visiting Tokyo and Korea. as British Defense Min- ister. says that Britain has full confidence in General Mark Clark. It is for the American ”

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veloped so carefully and well. It is probably correct. to

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official. walks of life who will testify that Mr. Burnett. during his long and distinguished career, carried that

influence heroically and with hon- our.

The ethics of journalism are as strict and exacting as any in the whole field of human endeavour. In the hands of Mr. Burnett they were safe and invlolable. Those who worked under his direction must consider themselves very fortunate indeed. They ought to be better workmen for having had the benefit of his good counggj and sympathetic. human under. Standing. He was more than the editor of a paper and the man- aging director of ii business. He Was. by all accounts, the head of 3 family of co-workers who loved and respected him.

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It is given to few men to pass the four-score mark with their T95-Sonlliiz faculties unimpaired. The late editor was one of the only a. few months ago I chatted with him in his arms, At. that time his mental acumen appeared to be as vigorous as ever, I congratulated him on the fact that he was still able to put in 5 GETS work. every day in the week, without much apparent 13;. igue. "It; is ii. blessing for which I am rofoundly thankful." he said. The thought came to me that here was a man whose mind and spirit had not grown aid along with his body. This is one of the richest gifts that can come to any man.

During the short interview 1 suggested that I book of "Mam. olrs from his able pen would make I noteworthy contribution to the literature of Canada. "I hHVen't given it much thought," he 581d. "but I may get round to it one of these days."

What a wealth of historical and literary interest such memo”, would have contained! Even the experiences of the forty years he had spent in Charlottetown would

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that the editor of a daily new? paper, especially in I smallutown,

and influence that is unsurpassed and perhaps unequalled by that of any other public or semi-public There are many in all

responsibility and exercised that

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when is great man passes from the earthly scene his death touches the community in which he served his fellow-men. And I believe that the late editor of The Guardian will, by common consent, be ad- Judged great. Those who knew him well will unanimously agree that he was a man of great personality. There is no question that he rend- ered in service in the work for which he was so well fitted by na- tural ability and training, and he will leave an indelible imprint on the newspaper which he had dc-

Iwllgighzinde I work of considerable

In t 9 course ofvth . tel-view I said: "Mr. eB1Ira:.?t3t,mn must be a great satisfaction to you that four of your sons are now ready and equipped to carry on the traditions you have establish. ad". "I thank God for it," he re. plied. He then referred briefly in the boy who had given nu me in the service of his country and I could not fall to detect. as non; of pride in his voice. For the mo. mom: I saw him not as a. nocabp. journalist but as ii. spokesman fm, all the fathers of the land whose sons "had put their lives to the hazard" and for whom "the trum- iiaullhad sounded on the other s e.

James Robertson Burnett. is dead, but the influence of his 1”. and service and the deep u-om, of I Christian gentleman will live on. These are lmperlshable. om these death has no dominion. In a world of change, chaos and con- fusion. the passing of 8. good man helps us to reflect on those things which do not change, the things which alone give. hope and light to men as they grape in the gum. gen and darkness of their time, Others who knew more than I about Mr. Burnett's dogmatic con- victions in the sphere of religion must speak about them. I feel certain, however, that in the secret place: of his heart and soul faith was much more than intellectual assent to historic philosophic pro. positions. although no doubt that was included in it. Fundamentally, it. was an energetic, working force which takes the struggles and the aspirations, the successes and the failures, of the human soul, and lifts them up to the realm of tin. Divine Essence.

Canadian Journalism. especially as it touches this Province, is the poorer for Mr. Burnett's passing. It is richer for the life he lived among us.

Old Charlottetown (And r. z. I. i

OLD LAN DMAIIK

"Another landmark is being re- moved from the scene. Haszards Corner, on Pownal Street. is he- lng razed to the ground. Historic in its associations, it. has stood the ravages of time well, and passed through scenes of varied fortune. It was here that lins- zard's 'Gazette' was published, and its occupants during the days of its existence have embraced All classes) We hear that it is to ho replaced by a fine lnrgc building" -The Examiner. April 13. iRR.'i.

to decide, says Lord A' . whether a Commonwealth spokes- man should take part. in the cease- fire talks at Panmunjom. As this statement politely acknowledges, the Americans have borne the brunt of the fighting in Korea and their allies are not in 8. strong position to insist on a. voice in the parleys. It is clear, however. that the addition of a. British member to the United Nations negotiating team. and to the High Command, might produce useful results and could certainly do no harm.

Nobody in the Western world can be satisfied with the way things are going in Korea. Critic- ism of the conduct of the UN "police action" has been Just as harsh in the United states as any- where else and probably much harsher. There .ls a deadlock at. Panmunjom after close to a year of so-called negotiation. The ter- rible events on Kola Island are evidence of mi management. of the prison camps. The political antics of the aged and discredited Syng- man Rhee indicate that the UN command has done nothing to bring forward a progressive leader for the Korean people. Civilian life in Korea, according to reliable witnesses, has practically broken

down.

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All in all Korea is probably the worst: mess on the face of the earth today. Admittedly the Americans have run into formidable difficult.- ies. To hold South Korea withdut. extending the war beyond Korea's frontier, while the enemy licd the advantage of secure bases in Man- churia. was as tough is military job as any ever assigned to fighting men. Discussing peace with the Commu lists has been n heart.- brenklng tale ,of frustration. Per- haps nu one could have done any better than the Americans have done; but. it looks possible that some one else could do better now when the Americans must. have used up most of their patience and nervous energy.

Besides, it. ought to be remem- bered, the Korean war is not solely an American concern though Washington has directed it and Americans have done most of the fighting. It is by virtue of a UN resolution that they are in Korea and they have been supported by a dozen other countries, principally Britain. A British member of the UN command could bring experi- ence and I fresh mind to Korean problems; and his presence would

that in fact they are dealing with UN and not merely with the Unit- states.

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