carried out, will hate a military as .well as a nautical value. Hitherto, because of the rocks interference, large ships such as tankers, transports, and war vessels have been unable to use the passage. rock out of the way, the passage will be- come a comparatively safe haven on the way to the North-a valuable asset in any emergency.

The plan for carrying out this much needed undertaking is an elaborate one. It will cost in the vicinity of T2 million and take two years or more to complete. big task is to sink a 450-foot shaft a half

Railway PTOPOSBIS mile distant from the rock and 200 feet be- low the sea-floor. From there, a series of

The Provincial Retail Merchants As- Iociation is to be commended on its initi-

ative in bringing Mr. Mills, transport . . , Pmnonlm of me C.N.R. at Moncmm I0-nill be packed into the tunnels and-oi so

Charlottetown for the purpose of clarify- it is hoped-vmpple Rock will be no more

ing the proposed railway freight schedules under the application filed before the Board of Transport Commissioners. The . ', . information given by Mr. Mills. as pub- 5 ' lished in our issue of yesterday. should be of value to the Legislature as well as to the public generally. in discussing the is- sue on a factual basis. ,

It is the r;iilw.'i3's contention that the

new schedules will result in an improved freight service, and this is the chief con- troversial question which the Commission will be called upon to decide. If Mr. Mills' statements are correct-and we assume that they will be substantiated at the hearing---tlien a good many of the com- plaints already voiced in and out of the l-louse will be of little value as arguments. . There is no definite indication as to when -I the Commission hearing is to be held, but no time should be lost in shifting the wheat from the chaff. so far as opposing arguments are concerned, and concentrat- ing on definite requirements which the Railway proposal fails to meet. As pre- viously pointed out, it is not the people of this Province whom our members and others dismissing this issue have to con- vince. but a hard-boiled body of Federal. Commissioners who have already instruct-, ed the Railway to make every economy: consistent with adequate maintenance of necessary services. V As for the local passenger service, the W. Railway will undoubtedly point out that our Legislature had previously turned down a C.N.R. proposal to place mod-f ern, first-class buses in operation on thel ground, among other things, that the service would interfere with the franchise enjoyed by the Island Motor Transport. We cannot eat our cake and have it, and we cannot logically denounce the Railway for regarding the bus question as a clos- od issue today. If that question is to be reopened, it can only be done by appeal- ing to the Transport Commission on the ground that our Legislature made a bad mistake two years ago, and that the inter- ' ' ests of the Province would be served by : ordering the Railway to renew its previous offer. Judging by the tone of the speech- es made in the House at the present ses- slon, the Premier would have to play a lone hand in presenting any argument along this line.

The freight service, however, is on a different footing, and we have every rea- son for insisting on definite, commitments which will insure adequate and satisfac-

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tknow that Canada is taking the initiative in a project that has special significance for human safety irLa time when most of the big scientific undertakings have in them the possibility-or, as some say, the certainty-of large scale destruction of ilife.

The Rose Case

Fred Rose, a former member of this country's Parliament. whose over-zealous sympathy for the Communist doctrine led him into paths of serious indiscretion a few years back, is reported to be retrac- ing his steps after a sojourn into lands behind the Iron Curtain. The exact rea- son for his impending exit has not been revealed: the supposition, probably cor- rect, is that the Communist fields were not as green as he had been led to be- lieve. The report has led to some discus- sion in the House of Commons with re- spect to his status as a citizen of this country. Some honourable members have suggested that his citizenship should be taken from him. since his actions were not commensurate with either the rights or the responsibilities that citizenship entails. So far. no one in authority has come out with a clear-cut statement in the matter. although the Prime Minister did say that no steps had been taken to revoke the citizenship of "any" Canadian. Presum- ably, that is where the matter rests at the moment: but in all likelihood we shall be hearing more about It. as time goes on.

As Mr. St. Laurent inferred in his answer to a question in Parliament, it is no light thing tointerfere with the citi- zenship rights of any individual. Such a practice, once begun. could conceivably lead to all sorts of abuses. It is devoutlv to be hoped that the day will never come in this country when a man could be pun- ished, for his political opinions ,or beliefs. But a political opinion or belief is one thing; a deliberate act of sabotage, orl worse. is another, and a most inexcusablel one in any democratic state. It ' a

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is question whether a citizen who is so un- mindful of his responsibilities as to plot against his country at the behest of a foreign power should be permitted to en- joy every civil right of citizenship, unless! his repentance be established beyond any shadow of doubt.

EDITORIAL NOTES

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tunnels will be bored into the structure of V .the rock: this having been done, explosives

All military advantages aside, it is good to .

tory transportation at all times. and es- pecially during the busy potato Shipping Admiral Lord Beattv, of Jutland fame. season. As little latitude as possiblein the First world wiarv died this date should be left to the Railway managemeiity1936'

in determining this matter. The guaran-. tees should be written into the bond andl, they should be such as to answer every reasonable doubt in the minds of our people that the new service will, as rep- resented. beian improvement, and not a retrograde step leading to further handi- caps on our farmers and shippers. It must take into account our immediate future as well as present requirements, which we expect will be greatly increased by the plans now under way to promote large-scale processing facilities for our im- portant farm and fishing industries. and by our development prospects generally.

Membership in 4-11 Clubs non totals Inearly 70,000 across Canada: a wonderful -movement in which farming communities .in this Province are well represented.

From time immemorial the particular-l ly bright pupil has been dubbed ”teach- er's pet" by his less brilliant class-mates. Some time ago a way out of this dubious status was suggested by a group of teach- ers meeting in an American city. Their opinion was that more attention should be paid the plodders who, they felt, need it more than those pupils who are able to work out problems for themselves. The innovation was short-lived, however. Now comes a recommendation from an exalt- ed Board of Regents that bright pupils require more, not less, supervision in order that "full development of abilities" be as- sured.

A. Protect For Safety

A proiect that uses a mere million pounds of explosives does not cause much excitement these days. what with hydrogen bombs being exploded in-one place and an- other with increasing frequency and others of unlimited force being promised for the future. "When, however, the small-scale undertaking is for the purpose of saving life and property, as is the case with one now being readied by Canadian geologists. for the Department of 'Publlc Works, on the British Columbia coast, it deserves at least respectful attention. The explosion, when all plans have been prepared for ltb will be aimed at Ripple Rock, which lies as... .120 miles North of Vancouver in

A crushing answer doesn't necessarily have to be right, but it can be highly effec- tive ln debate. Resources Minister Lesage adopted this technique in the House of Commons the other day, in replying to a query by a Social Credit member, Mr.

had taken steps "to have the cow-fence erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway at Lake Louise remov ." said the Min- ister: "mo Govenmient has no knowledge of any cow-fence erected by the Canadian Pacific Company at Lake Louise. If. the question Mm as the attnctivo ornamen- tal nntlc fence surrounding the Giatoau

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LEN TEN MEDITATIONS

1

Remembering and Forgetting

THE

It has often been said that his- tory teaches men that it teaches them nothing; which is not so much an indictment of historical study as of man's teachableness. Francis Bacon was probably over- optimistic when he said ”Histories make men wise," but if men were more apt to learn than to teach perhaps his words would be true. But whatever may be said about the value of the lessons of his- tory, there can be no doubt that an understanding of the past does offer much important guidance in human affairs.

When St. Paul speaks of "for- getting those things which are behind," he is not affirming that the past-whether in what is called history, or the more personal experience of the indi- vidual-has no useful lesson to teach. He himself frequently goes back in thought to his own con- version as having relevance to his immediate task as an apostle; neither did he ever forget that he was once a persecutor of the Church. Few would affirm that lhe forward look need involve the ignoring of the past. "Call to re- membrance," says the writer of I Maccabees. "what acts our fath- ers did in their time.”

To think of the past is to be reminded. among other things, of blessings received, and so to evoke that lovely virtue called grati- tude: for there are few lives in which. even though man's inhu- manity to man so frequently robs the life of the individual of much of its savour. there Is nothing at all for which to be thankful. The backward look may also make more possibl and more profound the understanding and interpreta- tion of experience which at the time appeared fruitless and lack- ing in any saving element-an illness. or some grave material

loss, To learn the lessons of ex-

Moving Westward

By Heath Marquarrle

The Arab world Wan stirred by the recent alliance signed by Iraq and Turkey. Egypt. which con- siders itself the leading power in the Arab League. called a meet- ing of the member nations with the hope of having Iraq read out of that loose and flimsy organiza-

Qtion. But the Egyptians found lit-

tle support for their move to dis-, cipllne the lraqui for their flirta-l tion with the Western-m i n d 2 cl; Turks. Thus the Muslem kingdom: of Iraq joins in a mutual rlefenccl pact with the secular republic of Turkey.

The alliance gives great satis- faction to the State Department In Washington. It has long been an American desire to unite the coun- tries of the Middle East with the defence groupings of the anti- Communlst world. In this they were thwarted by strong Arab resent- ment of United States support for the hated republic of Israel. But by slow stages American diplo- macy has made some progress In the area. Turkey, geographically if not culturally close to the Arab world, has long been a stalwart ally of the United States and some time ago Pakistan, largest of the Moslem states, allied itself with the American camp. This meant that friendly powers were estab- lished on the extremities of wh is roughly the Middle East area. Now Iraq iii added to the group and there is talk of Lebanon, Syria and possibly Iran being brought in. Such adherent: to the ant.l-Commu- nlat cause are far more significant that the strength of the new allies migh; Indicate. In the Middle East

e of the diplomatic con- test between Communism and null- Comlnunlsm has long been uncer- tain and the area's ilrateglc and economic importance cannot overestimated.

Naturally the Arab lid

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perience, why this or that choice was made. or what may be in the dark, which time has prov- ed to have been right-all this involves not the forgetting but the remembering of ”those things which are behind."

There is. therefore. no real con- tradiction here; both remember- in and forgetting have their es- sential place In the soul's pilgrim- age. There is,a world of (lifter- ence between looking back with longing for the return of a suppos- ed ideal condition of things which once existed-an attitude of mind which is not unknown among religious people-and the back- ward look which endeavours to comprehend the lessons of experi- ence. St. Paul looked forward to the goal, stripping himself, like an athlete, of every bit of super- fluous weight. discarding every interest that might distract him as he made straight for his ob- jective. And this objective, as he clearly states, was ”thc prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." It was not. so much a re- ward for his labour that he sought but that inner satisfaction which would come from the conscious- ness of having fulfilled his Lord's will. That, and that alone. was his preoccupation. He would "for- get" all that might -hinder his progress, whether of good-lest he should rest in it, or ill-lest he should be incapacitated either by self-abasement or remorse.

To remember the past, in the sense of learning its lessons-the secrets both of success and fall- ure-and then to forget the past. in the sense of being lettered by it, is to take the path of spiritual progress which leads to new depths and new aspects of experience, and to move toward that ”pert'cction." that maturity, of which the apostle speaks.

l l ..-ul t: y ..nil suspii-ion among the Arab states. (I('SpllC their vaunted l.car.'uc, and those not receiving Arncrii-an girl will rest uneasily as they sees others increasing their tiglitiii: slrt-ngtli. The situation is Iirklisli aiid requires the most carc- fiil hai.illin;:. but nevertheless it is gralii'yini.: that pi'og""ss is l)PIll”' made. '

The Age Old Story

But as it Is written. Eye hath not seen. nor our heard. neither have entered into the heart of man. the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto on by his Spirit: lcnrchclh all things. yemlihe deep thing: of God . . .

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THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE EXCELLENT

As we wax older on this earth,

Till many a toy that charmed us seems

Emptied of beauty, stripped of wor

And mean as dust and dead as dreamk

For gauus that perished. shows that passed,

some ICLOITIDOIIBE the Fem have

sent:

Thrice lovelier shine the things that at;

The thinfzs that are more excel- len . . .

The grace of friendship - mind and heart

Linked with their fellow heart and mind;

The gains of science, gifts of art;

The sense of oneness with our

kind; The thirst to know and under- stand- A large and liberal discontent: These are the goods in life': rich

hand. , The things that are more excel- lent.

-Sir William Watson.

That Bedroom Window

(St. Thomas Times-Journal)

Some people feel they cannot go to sleep unless they have their bedroom window as wide open as possible, no matter what time of year it is or what the weather is like. Other: don't like the windows open more than an inch or two; and others strike a sort of happy mediiim.

According to the United States Public Health Service. it is really a matter of individual liking. Some people, they report, find more nose and throat irritations develop when cold, moist, nighttime air is let in. Others find the same air invigorating.

There is nothing really unhealth- ful about sleeping in a closed room, the doctors add; the aver- age house leaks in enough air to provide plenty of oxygen for all

In the old unenlightened days many people had a fear of the night air. They would close all windows in the house to, keep the night air out because they believed it was injurious.

Probably the best appraisal of air habits was that given us some years ago by a physician. He told us that the lungs had a specific capacity for taking in and exhaling so much air. and it did not matter whether a bedroom window was opened two inches or two feet. The

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DON'T PURCHASE A IIAT FITS T00 TIGETLY

Men should be as careful about choosing a bat an H19! l"','b0"i selecting sboel. You wouldnt buy apanoianoesihainreiootizhh Don't buy a tight hat, either.

Many doctors believe that tight and heavy hats are I contribut- ing factor to baldness. for they interfere with circulation of the scalp. And your hair gets its nour- ishment from blood plasma reach- ing its roots.

Light Hat Belt A hat should be light, and

should be enough room to permit circulation of air about the head.

Now donlt throw away your hat in the belief that you can save your hair. Actually, the damage might. have been done hundreds of years ago.

There's a theory that baldness might be another stage in the evolution of man. Early man. you remember from your history books, bad hair over most of his body. As he learned to clothe him- self, and provide other protection for his body, he no longer had need for that natural coat of hair. Slowly, through the years, nature relieved him of virtually all of it.

Of what value is your hair now? Most of us wear hats to protect our heads from the elements. So did our ancestors, for generations back. Because of this, maybe nature has decided we don't need our hair any more.

Heredity I Factor

Supporting this theory some- what, are statistics indicating that a great many cases of bold- ness are due to heredity.

So, if your mother's father was bald, there's a good chance you will be, too.

Yet, for generations. men have been trying to stop baldness, or to regrow hair after they have be- come bald. They have tried Juli about everything.

Among remedies used in the

water and honey and equal parts of snake, lion, hippopotamus and crocodile. That shows you how desperate some men really were. And most of them are still dea- perate today. Only now, instead of snakes and crocodiles, they try electrical treatments, vibrations and scores of different kinds of hair tonlcs. Application of some of these no-called topics, however, too frequently might discourage. rather than encourage hair growth.

There is no objection to I mod- erate amount of ' b I in a scalp lotion. It. definitely is antiseptic and any drying action it might cause usually is offset by the ad- dition of oil to the lotion. For this reason, most of the lotion: used by men contain castor oil.

Women generally should avoid lotions contaln' oil because they have a tendency to make their hair stringy. If a woman does use a lotion containing oil, it probably should be applied just before sham in.

I'll tell you tomorrow how you should care for your hair.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

M. H.: Is there any truth in the belief that two or three cans of beer a day will increase the milk supply of a nursing mother?

Answer: We know of no evi- dence that drinking beer will in- crease the milk supply.