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THE GUARDIAN

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the Wea est Ink." CHARLOTTETOWN, amour, JUNE s, I949

The Scout Movement

The activities of the Boy Scouts will be re- viewed at tonight's annual meeting of the Pro- ' ! vinClGl organization. This is the fortieth anni- rersary of the movement, and it is pleasing_to note the general public interest which is being maintained, as upon this factor very largely de- pends its future success. There is no difficulty 4 in enlisting the interest of the young _people

themselves, provided there is parental interest and encouragement.

lt is significant that at present the only countries where Scouting is not flourishing are those under Communist domination. Scouting and Communism simply don't mix. In Poland, for example, Scouts have lost their identity as a free and independent youth group and have been amalgamated with the Communist-control- led Polish Youth Association. In Hungary the movement is also being purged, having already lost its identity by being fused with the Popular Federation of Hungarian Youth, an organiza- tion created in Budapest to control and co-ordin- ate the activities of all youth groups.

The same story comes from Czechoslovakia. ' When the Communists seized power in Febru- i ary, 1948, they abolished the Boy Scouts as an

independent organization and "purged" its lead- ers, A law was passed making the Czech Youth Federation, Communist-controlled, the only per- missible Czech youth organization. The pre- cedent for these actions comes, of course, from Moscow, where Scouting was outlawed when the Bolshevists came into power, and replaced by Communist Youth Leagues. *

On the other hand, in democratic countries and particularly in British countries, the move- ment has gone from strength to strength and in Canada is culminating this year in the first Con- adian Scouts Jamboree. The annual report of the Canadian General Council of the Associa- tion, iust received, contains warm tributes from Canadian leaders in church and state, all testi-

‘ ’ fying to the value of the movement.

Senate Reform

The feeling that reform of the Canadian Senate is overdue, says the Ottawa Citizen, is more widespread than the party leaders expect- ed. Both Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Drew have made campaign promises to reform the upper cham- ber of Praliament, though neither has a defin- ber of Parliament. There is probably not much more to be done than appoint a ioint commit- tee of the House of Commons and Senate, as Mr. Drew suggested, to study ways to reform the Senate effectively. No one quite knows what to .l do about the Senate.

It is significant that the question of Senate reform shou-ld come up in Mr. Drew's campaign in the West. In the outlying parts of the country the reputation of the Senate is at the lowest, its prestige at the ebb. Senate representation is strongly weighted in favor of the Central Pro- )‘ ; vinces. y ' P lt is also interesting to find that Mr. Cold- ' well is speaking of reform and not abolition of the Senate. ThLs marks a change in the CCF that indicates a willingness to see what can be done to make the Senate a branch of the national legislature that will command public respect for its contribution to public business.

The present party standing in the Senate is: Liberals—67, Progressive Conservatives-15, Vacancies-Iii.

In addition to the vacancies, there will be six senators from Newfoundland so that in the near future 20 new senators will be created. lf Mr. St. Laurent makes these appointments before the election, as many of his followers undoubted- ly are urging him to do, the party standing in the Senate would be Government 87, Opposition 15. Another term of Parliament with the Liber- als in office would tip the scales even more against the Opposition, as mortality provided op- portunities for further Liberal appointments. Since it was clear that party governments will Qinlinue to make the vast majority of their Sen- ate appointments on the basis of patronage and partisan advantage, the starting point in Senate reform should be to revise the manner and con- ditions under which appointments are made.

Imports 0| Decrease

Canada's imports in'March totalled $250,- 000,030 in value, as against exports worth only $216,800,000 in Canadian goods and $2,200,000 in the re-exportation of formerly imported for- eign goods. Even adding these together, a deficit of $16,900,000 is revealed for the month. In March 1948, there was a favorable balan a of $33,900,000. The March worsening is thus over $50,000,000.

In the three months of January, February and March this year, Canada's total imports were valued at $665,700,000, exports at $653.- 800,000 in Canadian products, to which after adding $6,300,000 worth of re-exports of foreign goods, there is still an adverse balance of $600,000 for the first quarter of 1949. At the end of the corresponding 3 months of I945, Ca- nada had a favorable balance of $95,000,000 an external trade account. Canada's deficit on its dealings with the United States for January, February, and March 1949 stood at $32,800,000. In the corr onding quarter of 1948, this deficit was $107, ,000. It has thus increased about $25,000,000 for the initial quarter of I949 over that of 1948.

But while these figures record rorne retra- gression, Canada's trading picture is still satis- factory, so fa? as volume goes, for it ls even now running at the rate of $5 1-4 billion a year. What is disturbing ls the sha decline recorded in our mart treile rincg jfietbeelenliie ef I949.

./ EDITORIAL NOIESZ

Tomorrow Whitsuntide. Twenty-five maria days‘ till the election. l‘ i i

Monday Whitsun, and King's official birth- day holiday.

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T. C. A.'s new cargo flight, the Maritime

Merchandiser, marks another long step forward in Maritime transportation. i * fi

This is the period when the Prince St. overhead bower of greenery from the Baptist Church to the "Y" is at its loveliest-there is nothing to equal, far less surpass, it in any other city any- where. lt is unique.

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The increased auto traffic across the Bor- den-Tormentine route as reported by the C. N. R. is all to the good. Outgoing cars show that Islanders have money and incoming ones bring

new money here. i i

The current week has been an eventual one in the province, with its drama and oratory fin- als, ils nursing graduations, its political cam- paign meetings, and, by no means least, its mag- nificent Hamlet presentation at the Prince Ed- ward Theatre.

¥ Q U ‘ Twenty-ane-gun Royal Salutes will be fired at traditional saluting stations across Canada at 12 noon, Monday, June 6, to mark the of- ficial celebration of the King's birthday. The salutes will be fired at provincial capitals and at Ottawa and Vancouver. i "k i Secretary-General Tryve Lie has recommend- ed that the U. N. meetings be opened with one minute silent prayer. With so many religions represented it would not be possible to have a common form, but each individual could devote one minute to express in their own way their de- dication ta universal ideals. * ‘I i As already announced veterans of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines will soon receive their campaign stars and medals and also their share of prize money. R. C. N. veterans will also re- ceive their decorations this year but the prize money will go to naval charity. i 1| l’

The Journal of the Royal Society of Arts describes a discovery which will have a profound effect on the efficiency of iron and steel pre- servation. Sodium benzoate has been found to have the property of inhibiting corrosion, steel specimens remaining bright when protected by treated materials even if the wrapping is soaked with precipitated moisture.

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Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist and radio commentator, Washington, says that press criticism — including his own—had nothing to do with ‘the suicide of James V. Forrestal. Pearson sard in a letter to the editor of the Washington Post that he is "greatly disturbed" because some persons seem to think his reporting contributed to Forrestol's death. He did not name any of the persons.

The Rev. Dr. c.' Lfcifvari, Hamilton, on, the new Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada is well-known in the Maritimes. He has been, and still is, largely interested in young people's work, and writes voluminously in church publications under the nom-de-guerre of "Ro- man Collar." His son, also a clergyman and Na- val officer, is hgad of the Red Cross organiza- tion in Montreal.

The Diocesan Synads bf Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have taken exception to the re- port of the Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada that religion was neglected in col- leges and universities in the Moritimes. The ex- planation is, of course, in mixed religious in- stitutions it is not practical to enforce any hard- and-fast program and courses, though provision is made for those who chose to follow them.

_ Prince von Buldw, ‘Geiiman Chancellor and Prime Minister of Prussia, born this date 1849. I-le resigned in 1909 in consequence of the re- |ection by the Reichstag of the Government In- heritance Tax Bill. After the outbreak of Great War l, he acted as Ambassador at Rome, but failed to prevent Italy's intervention in the war. He retired to Switzerland, and.was active in peace‘ intrigues having realized that the day of Imperial Germany was over, and a continuance of war would mean exhaustion of resources and a comeback later.

A spokesman foi- the British Electricity Au- thority says a year of nationalization is too short a' time to show up its good or its bad points: "We won't be out of the woods until 1953," he said. "Meantime, it is virtually im- possible to arrivg at any firm paints of change. There is no‘ way, for example, to measure as yet whether the service is better since Britain's 541 electric enterprises were taken over." The urgent problem is to produce more power. The B. E. A. hopes to close'the gap between supply and demand by 1953 through a building pro- gram which will cost an estimated $1,600,000, 000. This is more than double what such an ex- pansion would have cost in pre-war days. To help meet the costs, the B. E. A. recently float- ed a $400,000,000 loan.

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Nine years ago, on June 5, 1940, the "Battle of France" began and a few days later, on June 10, the French Government left Paris for Tours ._ . . Seven years ago, an June 1, I942, Mexico |oined the long list of countries which had de- clared war on the Axis . . . On June I0, in re- prisal for the assassination of Gauleiter Hey- dnch, the Germans ruthlessly destroyed the Czech village of Ledice . . . Five years ago, on 4""! 5. 1944, D-Day came at last with the Al- lied invasion of Normandy. On a 25-miIe front west of the River Orne, British, American and Canadian forces broke into the vaunted "Fortress of Europe" and the big push was on . . ,

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IN THE 1850'!

The following reminiscences of the early 1850's are from an article appearing anonymously in The Guardian some years ago:

"The first steam-driven machin- ery in Charlottetown was the steam tanncry of W. B, Dawson, located an Grafton Street west. Some of the residents in the vicinity ob- jected to the shrill sound of the whistle, which disturbed their morning nap, and the grievance was ventilated by a letter to the press. The "Islander" newspaper published an article saying lt was a pity Charlottetown did not have more steam \Vl’llSll0S'fiIl(l more In- dustries, nnd there the mhtter end- or!

"The first paddles on a ferry boat that ever disturbed the pla- cid waters of the Hillsborough were on a small craft owned and operated by Thomas Boggs Tre- maine. The place of nrrivnl and (lcparlure was on the dock below the can! office of C. Lyons & Co.. and the propulsive paddles that turned the power was a horse on the dock of the boat. The writer does not. know how many years that boat was In the ferry service, but the scrvlce ended on the ar- riviil of the two small steamers, "Ira" and “Ino" in the early fifties. The Tremaine building stood on the slte of the present coal offices. It was a fairly large bulldlng paint- ed red, and in It the late J. S. Car- vell commenced his business ca; reer In Charlottetown.”

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‘FLOWERS

THAT FADE

I have loved flowers that. fade. Wltihtrr whose magic tents

Rich hues have marriage made With sweet. unmemorled scenic; A honeymoon delight..-

A joy of love at. sight,

That. ages tzn an hour;—-

My song be like a flower!

I have loved alias, that dlc Before their charm Ls writ Along a liquid sky

Ttembllng to welcome It Notes, that with pulse of fire Proclalm the spirit/s desire. Then ale, and are nowhere: My song be like an air!

Dle, song, dle like e. breath And vrlther as a bloom;

Fear not. a flowery dEBI-h. Dread not ain airy tcmb I Fly with delight, fly hence! ‘Twas thine 1ove's tender sense To feast; now orn thy bier Beauty shall shed a tear.

—Robert Bridger.

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Thou that. llfteat me up from the gate: of death. - .

_________._ HUNGARIAN MINISTER namuis

BUDAPEST, June 2 -—- (ft/eut- es-o) —— Count. Mlhaly Kiu-olyl, 74- yeex-old Hungarian minister to Paris and president of the first. l-liungarlan Republic In 1918, re- signed today because of old age.

STRAUSS ANNIVERSARY

VIENNA, June 2 - (Reuters)- Vlenna wll! again waltz nightly to the melodies of the Strauss fain- lly In week-long celebrations be- ginning Friday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Johann Strauss Jr.. and the 103th anniversary of the death of hie father, Johann Strauss.

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Leader Of Iona ‘Read Out Of Church

(Canadian Press)

Rev. Sir George MacLeod, lead- er of a romantic religious com- munity on Iona, a tiny Island off Scotland's west. coast. has been read out of the Church of Scot- land.

Al a solemn trial in its timber- ed meeting hall, the church's gen- eral Assembly ruled thiit the ls- land ls outside its jurisdiction and Sir George, having accepted office as leader there, 1s ineligible to hold office In the Church of Soot- land.

Slr George ls well known ln Canada. As a. young man out of theological seminary he worked a: n missionary in British Columbia lumber camps. Recently he toured the Domlnlon to explain the aims of the Iona. community.

Slr George left hls Glasgow par- lsh of Gavan shortly ‘before the Second World War to revive the ancient religious community of Iona as an experiment seeking a new approach to contemporary problems.

Where Saint Columbia In the sixth centurv established Iona Ab- bey, Slr George organized a Christian brotherhood designed to furnish leaders for Scott-fish Church llfe. The community, composed of rheological students, factory work- ers and clerks, llve simply In

PROMPT

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A mllllon bounce for worker-l will be constructed In the next 10 years, Mr. Jagjlvan Ram, Labor Mlnllter. has declared. The Indian Govern- ment’! new Industrial housing eoheme, he added, war by for the biggest plan of construction ever undertaken In India and also one of the biggest of lta kind ln the world lnvolvlrig n capital expend!- ture of $900 million. The Central Government wlll contribute two- thlrda of the capital coat as an In- terest-free loan, While the rest. ls to be contributed by the provincial governments. It la proposed to build up a slnklng fund out of which the loan wlll be repaid In 25 years. The annuat recurring cost of this project, Inclusive of llablllty under the alnklng fund. repairs, eta, wlll be $66 mllllon. The houses wlll each have two rooms, a kitchen wlth space for storing food and fuel, an Independ- ent bathroom and lavatory, front and back verandahs and a court-

wooden huts. They receive train- lng for work In populous parishes and new housing developments

Last February, Sir George en- gaged ln a sharp controversy with the Glasgow Presbytery over a hard-hlttlng political pamphlet published by the Iona community. Sir George contended modern Church pamphlets must. be "svrlt- ten 1n the language of the day" rather than the formal rigid language of the past.

Recently, Si: George decided he needed a parish as well as hls leadership of the Iona coinmun- lty as an outlet for hls students. The vacant. Clydeside Church of Govan Old lnvlted hlm to be- come its minister.

The Church's Presbytery com- mittee termed Slr George's call "an Impossible suggestion." But

the congregatlonvvvent ahead and selected Slr George by a vote of 530 to 26.

The Presbytery appealed to the General Assembly of the Church.

At the ancient bar ln the cen- tre of the Assembly Hall ln Edin- burgh learnecl counsel argued whether the Iona community, with its unusual approach to religious questions, ls or isn't wlthln the church's fold.

T. P. Mecdonald. K. C., summed up for the Presbytery: “The la- sue ls nailed down to the ques- tlon of whether or not the Iona community leader has undertaken employment outside the jurisdic- tlan of the church."

W. R. Mllligan, K. C., grand son of Principal Mllllgan of Aber- deen University for sir George argued that the Iona community Indeed came under the Assem- bly's Jurisdiction.

Then the Assembly rose to vote. overwhelmingly the delegates de- clared Ionn outside their jurisdic- tlon and Sh- Creorge lnellglble for the Govan Old vacancy.

Quietly and almost unobserved, Sir George, who had sat silently through the proceedings, slipped out of the hall and headed back

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yard for single storey houses. Elec- tric light wlll be provided as far a: possible. There wlll be provll- Ion for schools, shopping centrel, parln and playgrounds, dlqpenlar- lea, community radio receivers, ll- brarlen and reading rooml for the worker-a in each colony. A separate scheme for 50,000 houses for min- era wan being carried out ln the coalflelds and new house! were coming up. Railways also had their own building programl. — Indian Information Service.

The normal way of doing bull- ness with other natlona, ouch as the United States, is to let your currency flnd its own valuation tn the ordinary process of trading back and forth. But we refuse to do that; Instead, we have pegged the Canadian dollar at an artificial- ly hlgh level ln terms of its Ameri- can counterpart. Hence the dollar shortage: Hence the much-desired Import permits: Hence the llllclt traffic ln them. It's all part of a picture, and the title of the picture is "planning." — Calgary Herald.

All persona who have vilified Sherrldon wlll have deep sympathy for the residents of that town who are faced wlth the prospect of havlng to leave their trim, modern homes to seek employment else- where. If Is doubtful lf any cen- tre ln Manitoba has developed a finer community eplrlt. Citizens are rightly proud of their well- kept cottages, their fine school, community club, golf course, curl- lng and hockey clubs, chamber of commerce and other organizations. Although one of the few remain- ing company towns In Manitoba, the residents run practically all It: affairs. The manager, C. R. Nee- ley, ls simply regarded as a friend and adviser. Many of the mine workers have lived in Sherrldon for almost 20 years. It was no sec- ret that the Sherrltt-Gordon mlne was rapidly peterlng out. Officials of the company have announced the fiict.on several occasions. The life of the property has been pro- longed because of the relatively high prices of base metals In re- cent spears. For a time there was

hope that the nearby low-grad

posit at Bob Lake would bee veloped. But the future 0g m. coppe and zine market 1| now uncertain and the Ctflnpany cm, elders the heavy coat Involved y. bringing it Into production i. no: justified at thla time. It ls far 10,, early, however, to wrlte sllflTldon off as a ghost town. A: the End of lteel It wlll still be the dIOppInI_ aff place and dlatrlbutlon centre for the developments farther north 1i ll the centre of flourishing fur .i.... fish Industries and there ere hlgh hopes that promising nearby pro, pertfel wlll reach production 9,0 provide a new source of buslneu for the town. — Winnipeg Tribune