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citizens or the United Kingdom. irrespective of political convictions on of economic status, adhered to the rules and regulations regarding rationing of staple foods, may be cited as one more piece of evidence, to support the claim that "thereill always be an Englandif.

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By Carrier: Charlottetown. Summerside 815.00 per Innum. hlsewliere in P. E. l. 59.00. Other Prov- inces and U. S. A. 512.00 per annum.

tote-e-tete. or" whatever it was, be- tween Prime r Nehrit of observing. is not a Chinese product, India and Hemlsr Chou En-laiof, nor even an Eastern product, but Communist China, which took place a product of the West. about the same time. was almost ' ' 0 Hr. Chou probably

hidden from VIGW. Nevertheless. in

all about serious economic stringency. The British know a great deal about both. They know also that many things commonly re-

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more important.

Everyone knows that. however. much Britons and Americans may quarrel over matters big and small, they would find themselves on the same side in the event of war. They have the same general ideoiogi l beliefs and their thought processes are very much alike. In the case of the Indians and the ohlneee. the situation is not quite as clear. which. in the circumstances is per- haps a good thing. About'the only thing they.have in common at the moment is an Asiatic environment. That means only that both count- ries are in Asia: it does not mean that they share each others views razsrdlng Asiatioihopes and Asiatic c ui-e:

it, Just as the ohinese, eventually took to Buddhism, and made it their own. after opposing it for a. long, long time. One thing is sun; Mr. Chou and his fellow compo-. stars are more interested in what India is likely to do right now than in my?-hills that happened 20 centuries ago.

It may be assumed. too. that they will use every trick at their disposal, including the recaliingiof the Bud- dhist gift, to coax India. into a new partnership under the guise oz Asia for, the Asians; a slogan, in- cidenially. which has never been put to use and isn't likely to be in the foreseeable future. . surely 1: is one of the ironies of history that just when India assumed full nat-

and strength. In this connection it may be well to mention that medical surveys have established that, in general, the health con- dition of the British people is as good now as it was before the austerity program went into effect. -

The end of rationing does not mean. " necessarily, that there will be plenty ofj meat on British tables from now on: other iii things besides rationing enter into the-P-10- turc. In any event, Britishers will rejoice? - that the ”roast beef of Old England" is once ,., more free from the shackles of austerity;

1'3 rejtrospectp Sir Winston Churchillls meeting in Washington with President Eis- enhower leaves unanswered, so far as the public is concerned, the fundamental issue in Anttlo-American relations. That issue clearly, is the future of Anglo-American pol- icy in the Far East.

The British view, it seems, is that by conipmniising with Rod China it niav be possiblc in time to divorce the Pekin regime from its allizuicc with Moscow. The British policy of compromise embraces a

number of decisions which are highly un- palateable to the l'nitcd States, There is, for example, the highly conii'ovei'sial issue of closer trade relations with China. Nor should the notion of a mutual non-aggres- SlOl'i pacl between the United Kingdom and Red China be entirely ruled our. Ultimate- ly, there remains the thorny issue of Red China's admission to the United Nations. The British, unlike the Americans, do not appear to believe that Red China's presence at UN poses any lnsuperable problem.

It would be futile at this point to seek to determine whether British policy in the Far East is right or wrong. It would be equally futile to attempt to assess the mer- its of the United States proposal for an al- liance in Southeast Asia similar in structure and purpose to NATO. What is disquieting is that in place of an Anglo-American pol- icy for Asia, there is instead a British pol- icy and several American policies, each dif- fering sharply from the others.

Canada, it has been said more than once, is the vital link between the United Kingdom and the United States. Historical- ly Canada, on more than one occasion, has successfully played the role of interpreter in Anglo-American diplomacy. Unfortunately, the present impasse in Anglo-American re- lations finds Canada without a voice and, seemingly, without a policy, beyond a gen- eral support for U. N. principles.

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Just before prorogation Mr. J. Angus MacLean voiced a strong plea in the House of Commons for a better understanding by Canadians of the law and the legal proceed- ings under which they live. Favorable com- ment on his speech is made by the Chathani Daily News, which says:

"When the P. E. 1. member referred to the 'abysmal ignorancel in Canada regard- ing the Canadian system nf parliament and justice. he was on solid gi'ound. Further- more, as he pointed out, this ignorance is not confined to illiicrates, but extends to Canadians who class themselves as well-edu- cafed.

"ll is a striking fact that our schools, WIll('ll'Pil'9. supposed to prepare the rising generation for intelligent citizenship, though lbey give a reasonable amount of atten- tion to our ;:m'crnniciital system. ignore the laws under which we livc. and leave their pupils to fIlS.Cf'WFl' wliat the law is, either from the newspapers or by painful personal experience. For such knowledge as Cana- dians may possess nf our civil and criminal laws, our people are dependent on the necessarily incomplete and fi'agmcntai'y newspaper reports of court proceedings."

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No More Rationing

JULV 3 Of this year will be numbered among the i'riciiioi'ablc days of British his- tory. While it marks no spectacular polli- ical evoni or diplomatic achievement it will he i'emcmbci'crl for years to come as the day on which the national will to triumph over disagreeable conditions engendered by war came,to at least a partial victory; after being endured for fourteen years, meat ra- tioning came to an end.

This means. of course, that Britain's economic position has improved very con- siderably; it rmans also that the dollar shortage which has plagued the British peo. ple ever since the last war is being shorn of much of its damaging power by wise and long-term financial planning. More import- ant than eliher, however, will be the psy- c ologlcal effect on people in all walks of l , who can now see for themselves that the austerity program, with all lts.incon-

will rejoice with them.

The Hudson Bay Route

The Calgary Alberlan raises the question, What will happen to the Prairies' seaport, Churchill on Hudson Bay, when ocean frelghters are able to sail up the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes to Fort Wil-T liam and Port Arthur? 1 The Hudson Bay route has long been a contentious subject, says the Calgary pa- per. About a quarter of a century ago the Federal Government completed a railway to Churchill and built up a grain terminal there, but the port and the route have fail- ed to live up to expectations. Part of the difficulty is unavoidable. The route is open to shipping for only about three months of the year, but even in that short time the grain shipping facilities are not used to capacity. The Government is enlarging the storage capacity but still the route will not play a big part in grain movement.

Supporters of the route, who are most- ly Saskatchewan farmers, argue that East- ern Canadian interests have managed to sabotage the development of the route, part- ly through maintaining exorbitant and un- justified cargo insurance rates. They say the route is fully as safe as the North At- lantic out of Montreal or Saint John, but! it is being discriminated against. '

Port Churchill is about the same dis- tance as ,Montrea1 from Liverpool, and about the same distance as Fort William from the Prairie grain fields. Therefore the Churchill route to Britain is shorter by the whole of the distance between Fort Wil- liam and Montreal. Opening the - Great Lakes to ocean shipping won't change the distances, but it will mean substantially re- duced charges for the Montreal route. Fort. William will become an ocean POPE lust like Churchill, but with an eight-month season as against three months, with much better rail connection with the Prairies, and with much more capacious storage facilities. It is argued that if the St. Lawrence project weren't being built, the Hudson Bay route would go ahead rapidly. Now. one can't be so sure.

EDITORIAL NOTES

it looks as if Nepal will have to put a bag linilt on mountain peaks. Sir Edmundl Hillary's expedition has climbed nine pre- vlously unconquered peaks. I

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Substantial Federal grants are to be available to assist the Red Cross in collect- ing blood for gamma globulin. The sub- stance provides temporary immunity to polio and is used in areas where the disease threatens to reach epidemic proportions.

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The Maritime Chief Constables Associa- tion is unanimously against any proposal to class 18-year-olds as juveniles. The present age in the Maritimesis 16. The law regards a juvenile as incapable of any offence against the Criminal Code but such be- haviour is classed as delinquency.

I I I The Peterborough Examiner would like

to see an order of chivalry with Canadian connotation to honour Canadians and oth-

ers who have served this country well. It is not generally realized that there already exists a system of hereditary Canadian honours. Descendants of United Empire Loyalists are all members. ' O I I ' ,

Percy Bysahe Shelley. Ehigllsh poet. WI-I drowned when sailing from Ravenna to spezia this date 1822. Ila was thirty years of age. He was expelled from college for publishing a pamphlet and turned to rev- olutionary politics. Many of his poems were refomietive in aim but be is.remem- bered as all!!! lyric poet. Such-pieces as "Obi to tin West -Wind". "'l'lle- Skylark?

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their friends in many parts of the world ”

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Phls column is open to the discussion by correspondents

of questions of interest. The E Guardian does not nccesssin , lly en' the opinion of correspondents.

LIQUOR & NATIONAL ECONOMY

Sir,-Today I read an article in an American daily paper that the U. S. cannot exist, economically. without the drink traffic. that her military preparations cannot be sustained without the help given by the liquor manufacturing plants.

It asserts that the anti-liquor forces are allied with the Com- munists for the ruin of the na- tion; and it winds up by asserting that the drink traffic should be allowed and encouraged to expand.

What does the writer of this article have to say to the great historian I'Abourette. who tells us that drink was the prime cause of the ruin of Greece and Rome. Other causes are also listed. immorality and the break-up of the home. the invasion of crime, drink, the chief cause.

What does the writer have to say of the week-end accidents due to drink and the party brawls that so often end in murder. Just a few days ago A member', in Ottawa asserted that most of! our murders are due to drink., This is true and not half of these; fatal cases get into the papers as due to drink.

I strongly suspect ihai our Am- erican friend above quoted is be- coming alarmed, at the new Irend of opinion in the U. S. in regard

Ito drink. Many are thinking of

prohibition again, and where local option is allowed that has been adopted. The booze herons and the vendors watch carefully the signs of the time and t.ry to forestall

any move that threatens their great business. Why do we Christian people

allow such unworthy people to

inliuenre the welfare of our country? I am. Sir. elr.. W. I. GREEN

Stanley Bridge.

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Here mingle First. class, Cabin. Tourist. .

Unlsttered immigrant and purisf.

The ones with money. those who

lack it, ' llach swaddled in his buoyant jacket. The steward tightens up the straps on llssome laasel. portly chaps; The officer gives each inspection.

' impartially imparts correction.

And moving stern-ward, moving bow-ward

Reviews Alike the hero, coward.

Until the whistle marks the end.

There is no foe. there is no friend.

There isno boat with special places

To separate the suede and races.

one claaisgone kind. au stand to- gether '

And think their thoughts. and the weather.

-Richard Armourin the New York llsrald-Tribune.

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Now they will know who is to blame. even the monkeys. for they are fingerprinting monkeys in the zoo at. Havana, Cuba.

-Niagara Palls"Rev'iGw

"A person has to be stupid In orderto be happy.' asserts a philos- opher. Thisstatement won't stand up under analysis. as there is a great deal more stupidity in the world than happiness." -Klngs- ton Whig-standard.

In Victoria" a police magistrate has warned drinking teenagers they will face more severe penalties. What they need -most has nothing to do with the face; it should be applied at the other end. -Van- couver Province.

It Is strange how foreigners can come to this country and take advantage of opportunities which many at home either fail to see or do not know how to capitalize onf -st. Thomas Times-Journal.

In Oklahoma the state mental health director has discovered that lie detectors just don't work on full-blood Indians. Maybe the In- dians. poor benlghted fellows, were just telling the truth. Truth may be stranger than science. -Stratford Beacon-Herald

Coal minersfand wheat growers seem to be in the same boat-able to produce a great deal more than the market will absorb. It is not surprising, therefore. that Alberta miners have voted for a new con- tract providing no increase in wages. Coal miners are plagued by new competition from gas and oil. cutting down the demand for coal. Wheat growers are the vic- tims of an over-abundant Nature crops since 1950. Both groups are faced with marketing problems which will not be easily solved. - Lethbridge Herald.

Prime Minister St. Laurent made his announcement of Cabinet changes in what the press despatch described as "his steaming-hot of- fice in the East block of the Par- liament buildings." What no air- condltionins? This will never do. The Government has been accused of extravagance from time to time, but only a stony-heiirted people

to the accounts of purchasers be- comes greater: it. is only by vig- orous and persistent efforts that many can be induced to make re. gular payments. there being in the minds of some a latent impression that by holding back they will be finally released from their obliga- tlons. In the interest of the pur-

slrabls that an impression so in- jurlous should be i-emoved,." -T'he Examiner,-March, 26. 1888.

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would begrudge the money spent in air-conditioning the office of Canada's Prime Minister. Perti- cuiarly when you consider how hot it can and oten does get in Ot- tawa. -Sydney Post-Record.

Everybody some of these days will be toothless, a aoientiata pre- dicts. And here we thought the

world was already sufficiently gummed up! -Chatham Daily News.

. Railway workers in Trowbridge. England, are chipping in for a wooden leg-so their crippled cat can walk more normally on all fours. The cat. Ginger, lost a lot when the sight of a feline girl friend lured himonio the tracks in front of an oncoming locomotive. Tom cats should watch where they are going. shouldn't they? And so should certain creatures walkins on two legs. -Sydney Post-Re cord. - -

A Canadian we know who has traveled a lot and is particularly devoted to his country claims that nowhere on earth are there so many permanently lmpermsnent homes and bulldinzl. more over- headwires and more unsightly streets. And this isn't because of a pioneer 'hurry or lack of funds as Canada ranks second -only to the 11.8. in per capite wealth. It is-it must. be-because as a peo- ple we dontt care. Our cities. with the splendid xceptlon of Quebec. are only now beginning to sense we need of some architectural pat.- tem and regulation-or at least some check on defacsment. Most European towns and cities. build- ing for lasting charm in environ- ment rather than hurrying to put up any old thing as quickly as possible. refuse to tolerate any new structure that will not blend with the atmosphere and appear- ance of the place. -'I'he Hamil- ton Spectator.

Canada's young women will be given an opportunity to render useful national settles with anti- aircraft units for home defence. A report from Ottawa states that it is the Defence Deparisnentia inten- lon to expand the Canadian Wom- en's Army Corps (Reserve) as more equipment becomes available. The last war saw women serving in fields hitherto ” J 'vc- ly masculine, and in all they dis- tinguished themaelv... by their courage. fortitude and devotion to duty. Where the service of guns by women was previously unheard of, the A.'I'.l.-British counterpart of the C.W.A.C.-were particularly notable for their work with heavy antlsircraft guns in the defence of Britain under bombardment Toronto Telegram.

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his speeches. believes that Asia's rightful destiny lies neither with Western Democracy nor with ltus. sian Communism. Mr. Chou. on the other hand. if one may judge from his actions, believes that Commun- ism is Asia's only hope of salvation. The general belief in the Wests- Derlwpa it is well founded, and perhaps it is not--is that, if he had to choose between the two, Mr. Nehru would take Western Demo- '11'-WY. Perhall I. little reluctantly, as the lesser of two evils. Whether or not he told Mr. Chou that. we will probably never know. In fact. all we know about the New Delhi meeting is that the two leaders Oonilrstuiated each other on the fact that India and claim have been on friendly terms for 2000

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That's all very interuting and it may be quite true; only the histor- ians. who make I. buainen of that 3030 01' think. are in a position to say. and one annoying thing about historians is that they hardly ever IIINR . "yes" or "no" to simple Questions. Perhaps the season for that is. that to the histoi-ian's way of thinking. there are no simple questions: each -one is related to mother and there is no telling Just what basic situations. as distinct, from surface manifestations, were 1130 II In! git;en.period.

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A 3000 year period is not a very 1011: one, but it is long enough to obscure inner meanings and pm-. Doses. As a simple matter of fact, if one may believe the historians. and of course one may, relations between India and China 2000 years I80 were not exceedingly cordial, although the books do not say any. thing about a war. It was not so much friction as religious son. 0l'0V9Hl! which, as every one knows. cl; be veg. unpleasant.