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Meaningful Approach

Elsewhere on this page appears

the text of an appeal by Prime Min- lster Menzies of Australia for states- manship on both sides of the Atlantic in dealing with the Middle East crisis, As Mr. Iiiciizics says. this is not the tune to be standing on fine points of protocol. We must conceii- irate on ”i'ehuil(iulfl (lid bl'id895-" The defence of the free world de- p.-nils essciilially not on resolutions of the (Li-iicral Asseiiilily of the i'iuti-d Nations but on the closest fyji-irilii-at co-opeiatloii lictxiecn the gr-mi pimcizs of ii'cslci'ii l-lui-ope and the l”nitwl States. They illllbl be prepared, not only to work together but fight togetlicr. if necessary. to resist and defeat Communist aggres- sion. Otliemise, the United Nations lmav become- as it is now threaten- ing. to become a discredited institu- tion and the grand alliance, which alone can put strength into it, may be weakened so seriously that reck- less action of the Communist powers may be positively encouraged.

In the darkest days of the Suez crisis. Mr. Menzies did not hestitate to support Britain and France. His reasons for doing so are clearly set forth in his statement, which is certainly not that of a "chore boy" for Britain or any other country. They are the words of a man who does his own thinking, and who has practical suggestions to offer based on experience and conviction. Would that we had more of his ilk in the Commonwealth today!

The British Request

The Federal Government's tenta- tive announcement that it is willing to forgo the 1956 interest payment owed by Britain on the 1946 loan from this country will undoubtedhl have the wholehearted support of most Canadians. It is a little dis- turbing, however, to note that Can- adals final decision in this matter will probably depend on what action is taken by the United States Con- gress respecting interest due on a loan raised in the United States at the same time. The official reason given for this "wait-to-see'what- Washington-does" policy is that the two loans "were linked in a technical way," whatever that might mean. In light of other events in the past few weeks it seems possible that yet sn- other reason is behind the hesitancy at Ottawa, namely, the Government's emulation of United States' policy wherever it might lead and whatever it might involve.

In any event, it is difficult to see why the Canadian Government can- not act on its own for this once. If there are, in fact, "technical links" barring independent action, surely it would be no great task to get rid of them. And if a special Act of Parlia- merit would be helpful. that. too. should be easy to arrange. In short, the British request to Canada should be considered on its merits-which. incidentally, are beyond dispute- without waiting several months for the United States Congress to give the nod of approval.

Sheep Of Ancient Lineage The tourist, if he travels far enough. is apt to find some oddities In the Highlands of Scotland. These oddities include Soay sheep, believed by many experts to be the oldest pxisting breed. 3 The passing recently of the fifth inlrquls of Bute, at the early age of I9, recalls that the Crichton-Smart family, of which be was a member, Were largely responsible for the ving of the Sony sheep from utter - inctlon. The breed traces its de- - t frun the original wild shsep northern Dirope. Many centuries ago the Vikings,

stayed and settlodthcre; sndso rv mained till, centuries later. the Mac- leods of Macieod took over, and, finding the sheep, transferred them to Sony Isle nearby. About 1930, St. Kilda, which is 40 miles offshore in the Atlantic, was deserted by its in- habitants, and with its neighboring isles came into the possession of the Crichton-Stuart family. Under the new regime, St. Kilda was made a bird sanctuary, and the Sony sheep were re-established on Hirta, an- other island in the group, where, from all accounts, they are thriving.

In size, the Soay sheep is not too iniprcssive, and at a distance the little. chocolate-hued animals look more like deer than sheep. But, be- cause of their isolation they have come down the centuries untainted by a mixture from any of the num- erous and much larger sheep which the border Scots from time to time imported-without the miiseiit 9f the owners-from the English sheep- folds south of the Tweed.

As a source of wool and iiiuitoii, the little brown Soay may not rate high: but so far as ancestr) goes, the So;-iy breed is among the iwi'lil's purest.

M. C. A. Anniversary

Maritime Central Airways has heroine an institution of such im- portance to these seaboard Provinces and across Canada that it comes as a surprise to be reminded that it but fifteen years ago today since it commenced serving our people with continuous daily air transportation. From its beginning in 1941, M.C.A. today flies millions of miles and carries thousands of passengers and all types of equipment and material to all parts of the world. It is in world news at present for its activ- ities in flying Hungarian refugees from Austria to Canada, and it is outstanding among the air lines of the world for its high standards of efficiency and safety.

We are proud of the connection this Province has had with M.C.A. since its inception, and with its manager, Captain Carl Burke, who has seen a magnificent dream come true and has been largely respon- sible for its realization. Ills highly successful career goes to prove that opportunities are where you make them. Congratulations to Captain Burke today, and to his splendid organization!

EDITORIAL NOTES

For the first eight months of this year Canadian imports from the United States amounted to nearly S3 billion while those from the United Kingdom amounted to only S5327 mil- lion.

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Washington officials are spraying trees on the route through which the Presidential inauguration parade will pass in January with some sort of chemical they hope will keep the starlings at a distance. Imagine try- ing to keep the biggest single racial group from being represented in the big parade!

C O I

At last the Egyptian dictator knows where the United States stands in at least one aspect of the Suez crisis. State Department of- ficials have told him that they would regard any unavoidable delay in clearing the canal as a breach of the 1888 treaty which guaranteed freedom of transit for all ships. Nas- ser should worry! For eight years he has been keeping Israeli ships from using the waterway, thus defying the treaty. and neither the United States nor the United Nations has done the slightest thing about it.

D O I

The Bank of Canada, notes an exchange, has made a departure in banking procedure that no central Bank anywhere in the world has made before. It has given up the only action of central banking that normally gets into the newspapers, that the general public is aware of. That in the ritual of fixing a "bank rate"-the rate of interest at which the central Bank stands ready to

glend to the chartered banks and

money market dealers if, as a last resort, they need cash from it. In- stead of this rate being fixed by the judgment of the Bank, it Is now re- lated automatically to the short- term lnterut rats determinant in the mod: Imrht through the weekly MUG for but. Whatever

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ANOTHER CAROL

Appeal For Slalesmanship

Text of n statement by the Rt. Hon. R. G. Monies, Prime Minister of Australia.

If from now on constructive ef-

forts are to be made to repair ,

the breach which has occurred in Anglo - American relations it

seems quite clear that tho np-i

proach should be that of realism and not that of theory. The first thing is to get the facts right. I have doubts as to whether even now they stood in the l'nued States of America as they are in Australia.

It seems to me that the stark

facts of the present situation in l

the Middle East could be put in this way. Great Britain and France have been ordered out of Egypt by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Their for- ccs are being replaced by n frag- mentary L'nitcd Nations (arcs which is pretty clearly not de- signcd to he a fighting body. The whole operation appears to ba based on the consent of Colonel Nasser and subject to whatever conditions he thinks fit to impose.

This means that Egyptian mill- lary defeat having been nrrrest- ed on the very threshold. Colonel Nasser remains in possession of the field and appears to be dic- tating terms as if he were a vic- tor.

The Soviet Union is notoriously supplying implements of war to both Egypt. Syria. and possibly to other Arab states. Israel, hav- ing been ordered out of territory which she captured so swiftly from the Egyptians. finds herself once more hemmed in by those who are hostile to her and whose capacity to attack her is being steadily built up. When the Sov- let Union becomes a military bcncfactor of a small nation, that nation very soon becomes in ef- fect n satellite in the Communist mind. Assistance once accepted involves domination. The humilia- lion of (ircnt Britain and France in the Middle East therefore is contemporary with the first move- mcnts designed by the Soviet Union to give her access to the waters of the Mcditerrnncnn. ACT OF SAIIOTAGE

Mcanuhile ('olnncl Nasser. unh- out any domination by the Gen- eral Asscmhly which appears to have hccn so eager to divert its attention from the ninnsacne of Hungary that ll ed all its fury upon Great Brit- ain and France, has sabotaged the Canal. has directed the sink- ing of many vessels in it and has put it out of action for many months. in the meantime the cur- rent oil supplies of Great Brit- ain and Western Europe have been terribly reduced, petrol rat- tioning has been reintroduced and a great drnl of unemploy- ment seems inevitable. We are thus witnessing a state of affairs in which Russian morals has been elevated, the already difficult ec- onomic situation of Great Britain aggravated, the prestige of Great Britain and France in the Middle East swept aside. and the bun of Western European defence which includes the mnlntooancs of defensive positions in the Mid- die East gravely impaired-

These are all grim matters which must cause profound anx- iety amongst friends of freedom. I confess myself baffled by the activities of the General Assem- bly of the United Nations. The terms of the Charter make It quite clear that what might be called the executive body. the security Council. was set up in the hope that the peace of the world would be defsnded by co- operative action, primarily on the part of the Great Powers. The new role of the General Assem-

Qaciflcafly from sly part of the operation. it may be bntinll

are as clearly under- , - these comments.

has conccntrsl- i

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Australians I am tremendously exercised Is to what effect sll this will be upon Turkey. the most powerful Middle East member of NATO and upon the Baghdad Pact which appeared to offer great promlu of stability in the Middle East.

ANGRY DIVISION

I will not attempt to elaborate We can only hope that the world will learn some snlutsry lesson from what has happened, but I do want to point out that the worst result of all is that there is beyond question an output of angry div- ision of opinion among those who are, by tradition and practice, bound to be friends. Unless the differences between Great Brit- nin and the United States can be speedily bridged triers will be a great temptation for tho soviet Union to pursue more actively its aggressive policies in order to take advantage of the confusion now axistlng west of the Iron Curtain.

I am not stlempting to exag- gerate the significance of any- thing thnt I am saying. but I have many friends in both the United States of America and Great Britain. and at a slightly earlier stage I was made the principal spokesman for the eigh- teen nations which formed the majority in the London Confer- ence. I would like to remind all of the eighteen nations that the very essence of the proposals which my colleagues and I were sent to Cairo to present was that the character of the Suez Canal as s free international waterway must be preserved by taking the operation of the canal out of the political control of any one nation. It is to be hoped that the eighteen nations will not for- get about lhin and that it will continue to be regarded by them as their major task to bring this result about.

REAL DANGER

The real danger is that when the canal has been cleared and the United Nations Force with- drawn it will be thought by many that the whple incident is clos- ed. It can never be closed until the future of the Canal has been assured. It is certainly not to the interests of the American people. who are not only the greatest power in the world but have also done so much for the world since the Second War. that there should be any discord between them and the people of Great Britain. who after all have twice in this cen- tury bean the first into the field in the defence of Liberty. includ- ing the liberty of our American friends and allies.

This Is not s time to be stand- ing on fine points of protocol.

Ststcmsnship on both sides of the Atlantic must concentrate its attention on the rebuilding of the old bridges. It needs to be made clear once more that the dsfenco of tho free world depends ss- senllully not upon resolution: of the General Assembly but on the closest and most friendly co-open stlon between the great powers of western Europe and the Unit- ed states-

If would be of inestlmsble ben-

lllrIssIon.Wltn goodwill quick understanding sndtbcuh loll mce8IgoItboblgI- its any wmci Is-

! Medically Speaking

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of. I hu'IhIyutiln::'lII0ynt ofor expectant

rs. Mllklssgoodsr4;bu;m?:vi::& mill. upoc v vitamin A. vII&'aro needed both to protect the. mother's health and-to belslgowth of the baby. 0000 PI IN It also supplies good quality

in fuxntrowtb and muscle-

ing. it provides suffi- cient calcium. an mportant min- eral in regulating body processes and building sound bones. teeth and blood

It furnishes milk sugar for energy and butterfst for both heat euerly.

If you no In expectant mother. you and your baby need I dnlly supply of milk. Drink at least one quart each day.

Of course. you could. if." you prefer, get your quota of milk in other dairy products or prepared dishes. Buttermilk. skim milk. evaporated milk. ice cream. cheese-'sll of these furnish nun- erals and protein for body-building. But milk is still the old standby during pregnancy-

Some women. who must watch their calories for fear of putting on too much weight. use butter- milk or skim milk instead of ro- gular milk.

If you do this, remember that

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YOUR FLOWERS IIY WIRE ANYWHERE

95'" WEDDING and For he hath rear'd his sceptrs

o'er the world. -William Blake.

When You Say It with Flowers

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you'll lose the value of the vita- min which is in the butts:-tat of the milk. You'll have to get It from some other source:

By far this easiest way to gut- tingfullvalushvmyourmllkls by drinking it. You can count the gasses and mnks sure you got. four of them s day. Besides. in most cases. pasteurized or evapo- rsted whole milk is easy to digest and more nearly complete in food

value. 0fl'llER'FLUlDS While drinking four glasses of milk daily. don't neglect other nuids. An expectant mother re- quires between six and eight glasses of liquids each day to help the bowels. kidneys and skin carry. off the additional waste from the baby's body. addition to milk. drink wa- ter. tea, coffee and fruit juices. QUESTION AND ANSWER R ' My grsndnughter wu born with a receded lower jaw bone. Can this be corrected? Answer: Usually. I child with n receded lower jaw bone can have an operation performed to correct this deformity when she . ches four to six years of age.

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Perl-as n mini addition in ii... campaign for safe driving hI'(Illld '30 ll lliveul to motorists to make their 105'! can last until 1951', - Edmonton Journal

lock 'n' roll must I: . -- -. Navies. ...r .2 2.2:; 50!! that Venice will follow sun, The stuff would be murder in . gondola.-Hamilton Spectator

They say the most warlike mi," are esters of meat. But for real red. TIP-5ll0flin' fury there's raini or when Mother has him on a com. pulsory diet of rabbit-food salad! -Ottawa Citizen

Few people change their garage an often as they change their car, Yet garages should be tailored to- msssure. And car measurements have altered enormously during the put two decades. So too, ham the measurem s of many an in- dividual car owner, but the tailor has managed to keep pace with these changes. The family car. however. has not been so fortunate. In many cases garages have re- mlined unaltered, which must give a 1956 car a serious case of unull ophobla every time it is call- ed upon to wiggle its I956-Wltilh doors.--Bellevilla lnteiligenoer

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The Age Old Story

And it shall come to pass. that before they call, I will answer: and while they are yet speaking. I will hear.

THANK YOU!

OUR YESTERDAYS

From The Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (December 'I. 1931)

Mr. Arthur W. Weeks, (l'harlotte- , town, was the victim of an unfor- I tunale accident in his garage at T ths rear of his residence yester- 1 day. Mr. Weeks apparently was i greasing his car while it was i jacked up, and while he was lying l under the car it slipped off the jack striking Mr. Weeks on the' chest over his heart.

A splendid concert was held yes- terday afternoon and evening in the Assembly Hall of the new an- nex to Queen Square School mark- ing the official opening of this new addition in school facilities at Queen Square. The Principll. Leo MacDonald expressed the apprec- lstion of the stuff and students

We wish to sxtsnd our sincere thanks and upprsclotlon to all contributors. purchasers. and friends who have one again been responsible for making our Annual Radio Auc- Ilon such a huge success. Many crippled children will benefit as a result of your generosity and co-operation.

THE ROTARIANS OF CHARLOTTETOWN

to all those who had made pos- slbls the construction of the new annex.

Tl-ZN YEARS AGO

(December 7, 1946) Results of investigations into three disastrous tires which caus- od almost Sl.000.000 damage In Charlottetown during the last few months were disclosed yesterday by Provincial Fire Marshall C.A. Beer. in all cases, Mr. Beer said,

the causes had been ascertained and no indications of lncendlarism . I p were present. I - :1 N t? Detailed plans for renovation and reconstruction of the "Char- 51 gm . les A. Dunning." now at Bruce N, W Z Stewart and Company's wharf. have been submltl d to Ottawa ,D 5 - for approval. In the meantime the N! N g - ( x x