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THE GUARDIAN

lfornlng Dally (Founded In llllli) Authorised lee tlecond Clan Mull. Poet Offloo Department, Ottawa.

The llllllll Ulllnilll Publlehlll CO. Irlltur nu Director. J. u. Bunofli

Aeloelolo Editor. Irnnk Waller

_ A "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than ' the _Weokest lnk."

CEIABLOTTETOWN FRIDAY, AUGUST M, 194B

i Pleased lilac-Regal Visitors.

lt is Qlbtifying to note that Their Excellen- cies Viscount and Viscountess Alexander of Tunis had such all enjoyable visit to the lslond. Lord Alexander comm here for rest and a little relaxation after a mast strenuous time. He had visited the Mother Land where he was honoured by His Majesty, and when he returned to Can- ado he had to fulfill a long standing promise to visit the West. Subsequently, on command from His Majesty, the Viscount went by air to carry out a diplomatic mission to Brazil and other South American Republics, visiting wen route both ways the British West lndian Cal- onies and British Guiana. Again back in Can- ada he had heavy official duties in connection with the prorogation of Parliament, and with the proposed retirement of the Prime Minister. It must therefore have been of ...,the nature of a blessed relief to come for a spell to this quiet, beautiful lslond with its salubrious climate and life-giving surf bathing facilities on the crest of the waves. To the credit of our people and thousands of visitors no one intruded upoh the Vive-Regal party's privacy, and they were allowed to come and go as the spirit moved them. And they made the most of _their time. His Excellency was able to tour the lslond by automobile, having vls- ited in turn Prince County and King's County on fishing and sight-seeing expeditions. Their visit was curtailed by a few days to enable them to be at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, as hosts to Earl and Countess Mountbatten and daughter here to officially open the Toronto Exhibition. Everyone appreciatesthe Vice-Regal visit and hopes that it will be the first of many subse- quent occasions when they will again be in residence in Prince Edward lsland.

lloxi Federal Election

_ Coming events are casting their shadows before in the political world. A Federal Gen- eral election is in the offing and parties are busily making preparations for the conflict. lt is felt we are entering a crucial period in our history, and that a change may be expected in the line up of parties. There has been a dis- tinct break in the Liberal party in Quebec, the Union Nationale having swept the Provin- cial Liberals into a corner in which they are likely to be kept for the next four years. This, of course, places Quebec in on unfortunate position so far as Federal patronage and align- ment are concerned, so it was to be expected the Union Nationale would be looking for an opportunity to have Federal as well as Provin- cial representation. For this purpose it now seems possible that a.-new party will be organ- ized to be known as the Canadian National Party, or merely as the Canadian Party, the main object of which would be to further the policy of "Canada a Nation", in preference to "Canada a Dominion". An ‘echo of this was heard in the Liberal Convention at Ottawa ‘when a demand wasunsuccessfully made for o Canadian flag. and a Canadian anthein, apart from the Union Jack and "God Save The King." Premier Duplessis, who is now the unchallenged dictator in Quebec, has formulated a policy of spreading his party throughout the length and breadth of Canada. He feels that if he can gain for it 25 or more seats in the Federal Parlia- ment, he would be in a position to dominate whichever party is in power, and evidently con- siders the Conservative Party the better prospect of the two. There would be nothing new in this, as it was the assistance of the Nationalist Party in Quebec that enabled Sir Robert Borden to win the election in 1911, and Premier Mackenzie King hinted as much at the Liberale Convention the other day, when he said it was only in a crisis that the Liberal Party went down to defeat/ through lack of organization throughout the country. Those in the know have been predicting that' the Conservatives will rally round Mr. Drew as Party Leader, and it is perfectly plain that he and Mr. Duplessis seem to have on understanding that they will join forces in an endeavour to defeat what will be the St. Laurent Government. The Con- servatives may have the further advantage of gaining support from the Social Creditors who have just won a smashing victory in Alberta's Provincial election. Premier Manning ent- ered politics in 1935 at the age of twenty- seven as a supporter of Major Douglas's Social Credit policy, but did not approve of the "universal pension" advocated by Aber- hart. When he succeeded to the Premiership _u _thot out, and substituted‘ in its place “dis s m‘ of Provincial currency in‘ cooperation with, but not substitution for, Federal currency, the result of which being that Albertans have gained substantially in the cost of living. An Islander who was home from Alberto this sum- mer prophesied that his monetary policy would mean that Premier Manning would never be de- featedw-"he had come to stay"; so that the prospects are he will be able to increase the Social Credit representation in the Federal Par-

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Canada discovered this date 15M. I \ I I I . Navy lolle in honour of U. S. and Cain-

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Welcome to the U. S. S. Fresno, due to ar- rive here today. ' I I I

Malaria transmission by anophele mos- quitos discovered by Major Ross, M.D., this date 1897. ,

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Imitation is the sincerest form~of flattery. Woodstock, N.B_., is puttin-g on an Old Home Week and three days harness racing, sponsored by their Rotary Club.

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After all the eulogies on the splendid speech of "Chubby" Power in which he gave a comprehensive summary of classical Liberal doctrine, it is well to remembgrgthat the Party thereupon rejected him. A

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Ever higher quality fish on the consumer's table is the aim of all interested in the fishing industry. An impressive weight of authority backs more compulsory inspection as one means to that end.

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Charlottetonians will soon be again able to help their fellows and perhaps themselves by making a practice of contributing to the "blood bank." A sub-depot of the Red Cross Blood-Transfusion Maritime Division is report- ed to be in process of being organized here.

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.. The City of Montreal is to be invited to giant a piece of land on Mount Royal on which to’ uild a chapel .to the Virgin Mary, patron saint of Montreal. Montreal was founded as Ville Marie by Paul da Chomedy do Maison- neuve, on May l8, i642. I I I I

The London Free Press points out that one plank of the Liberal platforms of 1893 and 1919 is now missing. Senate reform seems to have lost its appeal to a party which now has the majority in both chambers necessary to achieve that reform.

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No one would wish to deprive Prime Min- ister King of his final spotlight appearances at the U. N. assembly in Paris and the meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in Landon commencing October 16th. But to prevent those meetings from being "lame duck" ses- sions as far as this country is concerned it would seem advisable that the leader of the party in power and known successor of Mr. King should accompany him.

“I .I I I How the lslond ls maligned. A double col- umn cut appears in a Detroit daily newspaper, showing an Eskimo family, consisting of father, mother and two little ones, standing in Eskimo garments, gazing wonderstruck in front of a hotel. ' And this is the description under it: "Arctic guests from Princb Edward Island make their farthest trip south beside huge Ford Rotunda globe." No wonder tourists arrive even in Toronto in July with skiis and skates when this is the sort of press publicity Canada re- ceives. I I I I Eire's Premier Costello is coming to Can- ada at the end of this month and will spend about three weeks in “the Dominion. Reports that he was coming to negotiate a food con- tract has not been confirmed, either by Can- adian Government sources, or the Hon. J. J. Hearne, High Commissioner. The primary pur- pose of his visit, according to an official source, is to speak at a meeting of the Canadian Bar Association in Montreal on September l. He will fulfil other speaking engagements in Ot- tawa and Toronto during his three-week stay, and will be an official guest of the Canadian Government in Ottawa from Slept. 4 to Sept. 10. I I I I .

Commander Earl Bcattyyson of the late ad- miral af the fleet, now in Montreal, tol-d an in- terviewer that "England ‘is beginning to learn at last that life under a Socialist government is not quite what it is supposed to be." He said that on the basis of present figures the Conservatives will win an election two years hence by a "slight majority." Earl Beatty, who was based at Halifax in the.winter of 1940 and worked with Canadians at Dieppe, said the death of President Roosevelt and the Labor Party win which ousted the Churchill regime were "tragic." Churchill and Roosevelt knew Stalin personally and would have made a dif-

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Whither are we tending? What is wont- ed now, says Montreal Gazette, is the political imagination to see that Western Union, to save civilization, must in fact include all free peo- ples in the common cause: Britain and the Commonweafrh, the U. S. and the Pan-Ameri- can system, and the remaining free states of Europe. Such a world-wi o union, jointly pledged to mutual d-efence would constitute a unit too powerful to attack; and if attacked, alone would possess the military strength nec- essary to survive to victory. lt is toward this great constructive ideal that all free govern- ments-including Canada—must strive; before it is too late.

Lord Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier, philosopher, historian and diplomatist, died this date 1648, his third centenary being celebrated in England this year. Ho fought in the Nether- lands in 16lO-l4, and was appointed Ambassa- dor to France in.-l619-Z4; being imprisoned by Parliament in 1642, he took no port in the Civil War. Author of De Veritote, an important meta- physical work, De Religione Gentilium, a com- parative history of religion, and other phil- osophical treatises:

"He sees enough who does his darkness see . . .

Our life is but a dark and stormy night,

To which sense yields a weak and glimmering "at".

While wandering man thinks he dlscerneth all

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(And P. E. 1-) 1} 1.11151‘ RAILWAY SNOWFIGHT

The first time-table ever printed for the Prince Edward Iillnd Railway la dated January 4, 1875. and advertised three trains west and three east. from Charlottetown, weekly, weather permitting. On [iecotnber 2'1, 1874. 1W0 l-"lnl We" sent out to clear the track. Con- ductor Woods with two locomo- tives, snow plow. 3W0 Wad"! "id twenty men, was ordered to pro- ceed to Qegr-getown while Con- ductor Taylor with ten men and about. the some equipment. was ordered west.

The first day Woods only mi as far as Royalty when he was obit!" la return to Charlottetown, owing to the ice and snow on the track. But the following day he arrived within three-quarters of a mlle of Morons Stewart when his snow- plow and one of his engines left the track, ‘smashing t-he snow-plow beyond repair. Taking part of his ‘gang, one ad’ the coaches and engine he started to Charlottetown for assistance, but had only gone about. two and s half miles when his engine stuck tn the snow. The crow worked until two O'clock in the morning, then retired until six- thlrty, but most. of them quit on account of the severe cold. At._elght o'clock Woods secured a horse and rig frcurn a nearby 187m and drove to Charlottetown, and at half-past one the same after- noon, he lefi: there with an aux- lllary train and ten additional men. They took about. twenty-four hours to cover the twenty-one miles to the snow-bound train. Seven hours later they reached the second crew, and found that Engineer Forest, with the assist- ance of the few men whom he could induce t-o work in the acvgxe cold ma blinding snowstorm, had already placed the engine o/n the track. The whole crew worked‘ untll nearly midnight and pprt of the following day, before they could leave the spot, much time being lost removing the disabled snow-plow. New Years Day, 1875, they reached Charlottetown, mine‘ o'clock at. night, after getting a car off the frock and shovelllng snow for a 300d portion of the way.

The next day Woods was order- ed to proceed to Hunter River with an auxiliary traln to relieve Conductor Taylor, who had been snowed up for some days, his two engines having died. Woods and his thirty-six men reached there after a fight of two days, and Taylor after eight days of hard- ships, during which time he worked hls men almost day and night, rea. ohed Charlottetown by the old re. liable "horse and rim"

Aftenthls the officials ceased their endeavors to open the {and that winter, which was an excep- tionally severe one, and all the rolling stock was housed in Char- lottetown untll a power powerful equipsnent could clear the snow. Conductor Taylor, incidentally, was the first employee to meet death on the road, being killed the second year after it. opened, be- tween two cars of lumber, Con- ductor Arcnibalal-wea grilled a few years later, being struck on the head by e door of u boxcar 1n which he was standing ea the train came to a sudden atop‘ after Dlunglllz lnia a snow arm.

One of the few actions for dam. ages‘ against the road was by a bank manager who had sustained lflluries in e wreck. The prosecut- lnz le/wvcr was L. H. Davies, later Sir Louis H. Davies, chief Justice of the Supreme Court. of Canada.

' —Old newspaper rile.

errors-mo HIDDEN no.

Publlo health authorities have long knrrwn that. if continued pro- gress le to be mode in lowering the incidence of tuberculosis, ef- forts are needed to bring to light unsuapecte‘ ceeee. many of whosn are infectious and not conscious of being ill. Frequently the in- sidious onset at thin afseaae glvee no indication d lie prea- cnoe. Mass x-raa surveys detect many caaee of. uneufleoted’ tuber- culosis, permitting heotonent to begin before the dense-hoe ed- vmoed to o point Mme ite eon- trol is more difficult.

. ‘IOTAI. AGI OI’ IMO “All

Gl-IGATI, Oat. - (or) - . ts st. a lam! but! here to celebrate Ira. Isanellno Abnyh 00m birthday ranged to age from a sprightly I0 to s comparatively youthful as ‘twenty “in-between- ers" brought the total munber of years r,esentea at. tho party to e neat 1,000. _ . , _

Newfoundlandk Status

(5; Jghrfg Evening Telegram)

It has been announced that Newfoundland will n0!- bflwm! ihfi tenth Province of Canada before March 31 next. This ls welcome news to the business communities throughout the lslano. In vlew of the lmlpendlng change of New- foundlandk status, business had become practically stagnant owing to the trade not knowing definitely when the union would be can- summated. The Government's statement has alloyed some, of the fear and enables the trade to pre- pare for the heavy winter buying, usually taking plum at. this time of the year.

A large part. of Newfoundland and all of Labrador must. obtain their rwlnter food and other re- qulrements in the late autumn. Supplies must be despatched from the capital and other principal de- pots or: the final sailings of the coastal boats, or many districts would starve.

No tariff or other readjustments in trading can be looked forward to until Confederation becomes on accomplished rent. while the Government/a announcement airst- ed no change would bemade be- fore March 31, the end of its own fiscal year, ii: ls not considered llkely that the union wlll be con- summatcdYon April 1st, but at a later date. The changeover will not ‘be as simple as passing a few pieces of special legislation. New. foundland rwlll have to use its own postage stamps until the lastaay prior to- Confederation, also its awn currency and there will also be the readjustment m the Cus- toms Service. Reollgnlng of certain government offices and staffs will require time.

cninlorrarowu WELCOMES " w, g use FRIENDLY lNVADERS room

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Klondike Memories

(Toronto Btu)

In Vancouver two hundred sur- vivors of the"98 gold rush to the Klondike. ln which 30,000 mil! partlclpatedmre holding a three- doy celebration of the flftfeal. anniversary of the rush. The beet- known person partlolpabirsg la she celebration la Robert _W. Service, the author of "Songs of a Sout- aough." ‘s ' Service did not Join 1n the gold rush. He dla not reach the Yukon until 1905 when the gold produc- tlon of the Yukon, once 32 mil- lion dollars n year, had dropped to one-third of that. amount. But. there were enough old-timers e- round. tough. picturesque elm-eo- oers, llvlng a wild Life, to give plenty of materiel to Service for l.ls popular berroom ballads.

Born in Scotland ‘llgyeare ago. Service was a bank clerk when he came to Canada at the age of it. He reached Vancouver with so in his pocket. He baud the hum- drum of office work and wanted adventure. color and change. He clsllked respgnslblllty and loved solitude. In the Yukon he lfvea lr a cabin alone and went. on count.- lese long walks in the deed of night. _ "

He sensed the truth that. the possession of gold did not. ensura happiness. He never cough’. wealth. In hla verses he Jana Lhe seeker after gold saying

i. Wantbd the gold Ind 1 sought.

I scrabbled and rnucked like a slave.

Was it famine or~scurvy — I fought 1t; .

I hurled my youth into s grave.

I wanted the gold and 1 got. it.-

Cume oui: with o fortune lost. fail-

Yet. somehow life's not what. I thought it,

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\ SUCCESI Success ta counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend o. nectar Requires eorest need.

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Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag today

Con tell the definition,

So clear, of victory,

A; he. defeated. dying.

On whose forbidden ear

The distant strains of triumph Break, agonlzed and clear.

--Fmlly Dickinson.

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There are four known species '

t w the gold isn't. all.

The influence of Kipling f: strong ln the work: of Service. "songs of a Sourdough" sold well on to two million copies and brought a modest. fortune to Se.- vice who had no thought 01,5641- lng it when he wrote ls. l-lo wrote verses ln his spare time ~for als own amusement and was amazed when they proved to be profitable.

Before he went. to the ‘Yukon. Service had a hard time eklng our. a living. By. choice he lived u e vogebond and roamed over mucb as western America. He knew what. it was to be huhgry. Ha sung for his meals when he went. through the countryside as e. won- dering mlnstrel playing s guitar or accordion. He acted as o senil- wlch man, picked oranges. washed dishes. tended plgsand oowa and worked as n. gardener.

Years of short rations drove hlm back to the security of beak employment. 1-le went m Wlua Horse ln the Yukon for $600. per year. Hts verses brought. hlm so much money that. the time come

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Speaking of extravagance, the other day e couple got married in a taxi with the meter running. - Kltchener-Weterloo Record.

Jim", Folsom. governor of Alabama. intends to retire from politics at the end of his term an xoes. rather than grow old and ae- come "a broken down politician." Big Jlm bed the right idea, out had misplaced Judgmenw kiss- ed the wrong kind of. a es! - Wlndsorlt-er.

A visitor to Amer-loo was Im- pressed by the size of the garbage can. He ume from a comment where there are no garbage cans -wbere there la practically no garbage. The people on that. cou- tlneni, once the centre of tbs world's culture and art. and aci- ecoe, are today eating and rellsn- lng food worse than reslrlente of thle confluent. are throwing i; their garbage cans. — ‘rlmrnme I-'reee._

Next Monday the, ‘flnf. futures market for apples ‘will be started u. Chicago. Before long we ex- pect. in hear the charge that. speculators are ceusmg whatever u wrong with the price of appe- cauce. Then some politician m Washington will suggest ugmer controls of this market, or even 1o. ebollehmeni. u the cure. kju- lures trading 1e speculation, of course, but. ea u life insurance. Tho insurance company specuiasec chat. you will llve at. least. l0 more years. say. Lf you ‘don't, fr. loses. But. your risk ls spread arouua among the other policy holder.- u-ll of whom are speculating s. gainer you. Futures traders also buy ma sell names rhhr don't exist. So does the manufacturer who signs a firm contract. t: supply you with widgets. - Wall Street. Journal: