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TIIE IIIIARLIITTETOWII GUARDIAN

. Morning Daily (Pounded In 1887i Authorized u Second Class Mall. Pull Olllw Department. Ottawa.

Incident, lln A. Barnett; Vice-President. Wm. It.

Barnett; Beep-Tron, G. M. Burnett; Editor urro

Managing Director, J. It. Burnett; Alsoclate Editor. Frank Wu-lker.

“The Strangest Memory is Weaker Tlrrrn the Weakest Ink."

FRIDAY, AUGUST a, 1941

llall To The ”Ahegweit”l

Today's special supplement in honour of the new Cor Ferry Abegweit will, it is hoped, be perused with interest by all our readers at home and abroad. lt‘marks a very special oc- casion; if not a new era at least a new step in the history of our communication with the main- land, and our progress as u Province.

lt has been a long and discouraging wait since the loss, in I941, of the S. S. Charlotte- town until her replacement by the magnificent new boat which is now about to begin opera- tions. Our whole story since Confeder- ation seems to have been one of waiting for fulfilment of the Dominion Government's pledge to provide us with that "continuous communica- tion, winter and summer with the mainland," which we were promised. Our members of Par- liament, Boards of Trade and other organiza- tions and individuals have fought this battle for many years, - none more strongly than Mr. .l. O. Hyndman, who has collected a vast amount of information on the subject and has been insistent on proclaiming Prince Ed- ward Island's right lo better transportation as a matter of fair play and justice.

Interpreting the Confederation pledge in the light of present day needs and facilities, it cannot be said that even with the arrival of the Abegweif the Federal responsibility ends. An auxiliary ferry for summer traffic is needed, and perhaps two or three of these boats may be re- quired in the n-ear future to meet our truck traffic requirements. Nor is the tunnel pro- posal—-first mooted by the late Senator Howlarr many years ago and strongly sponsored by our present member of Parliament for King s, Dr. Grant—-to be altogether ruind out.

In the meantime, liowcver, the Abegwerf is in Island waters, and 'et us all hope that she will fulfill the very high expectations of her designers and builders, as well as ‘of the Min- ister of Transport, Hon. Mr Chevrr-er, who has obligingly contributed a message’ to todays Guardian readers. -

It will be readily understood that the produc- tian of a supplement such as we have today _can- not be produced without considerable additional outlay, and we are indebted to many advertisers for extending to us their patronage on this oc- casion.

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Democracy At Work

Democracy was the theme of an excellent address at Rotary Club this week by Mr. Frank MacKinnon; it is also tlie subject of an import- ant volume just issued by the University of Tor- onto Press, the author beiirg Mr. J. A. Corry, Professor of Political Science at Queen's Uni- versity. In both cases emphasis has been placed or. the need of eternal vigilance in preserving our democratic institutions. There can be no doubt that this is one of the most vital problems of our day.

In Prof. Corry's book, the question so many people have asked regarding the valu-e of poli- tical parties in a democracy is answered. They are necessary, he says, to frame issues and bring public opinion to a focus. Further, they make peaceful change of government possible. Pur- ges are a periodic necessity in the one-party system. "When it is asked whether a country can afford to have half its able leaders always obstructing in opposition, the real issue is wheth- er they are more useful there than in the cem- etery. The shooting of old friends would not necessarily be bad for the body politic if there were any assurance that those who are quick on the draw somehow have better political opin- ions." In the present state of education and knowledge, it is only through political parties that the electorate can participate effectively and can control its government by turning it ‘peacefully out of office. The party system des- pile its blemishes constitutes a chief bulwark of democracy.

The great extension in recent years of the administrative process has been the result of the rapid expansion of government activities. Its devices have been administrative discretion, delegation of power to the executive, administra- tive enforcement and the use of administrative boards. The growing complexity of_ government has made more necessary a vigorous, imagina- tive and powerful executive. Yet vigilance is needed to ensure that government is servant, not master. Safeguards are suggested but the ele- mentary problem of democracy remains-how to ensure the continued responsibility of the powerful executive to the governed.

Perhaps most interesting is the conclusion that, in a country of such diversity, there is a close connection between federalism and democ- racy. lf democracy is to function, majorities must agrca on policies. lf on all questions, those majorities must be natibnal, the problem be- comes impossible. During the war, Canada be- came temporarily almost a unitary state. But it was only in tho focc of a common enemy and not without serious disagreements and critical tensions. In time of peace, those tensions and dilagralmcnts would become more numerous and more explosive. Significantly tho author ptllltkaut that tho federal nature of our parties it dnllnpaftant as tho federalism of our consti- tntlpn and that the provincial organizations art- j ‘focus df power.

, on Darnccracy and Dictator- _‘ the essential contrasts and points j cracks In tho democratic - b‘ the tandanc of parties to ‘ills-

the relaxing of Iudlclal scrutiny of

executive action, and tha concentrating of power in the executives of senior governments. The more demands for positive government, the greater the difficulty of controlling these forces.

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

lt took a long time but the Canadian Army, or its head, is in Tokyo. I Q I Q "On the Crest of the Wave" and safely inchored at her home port. Thanks-be! ‘It ‘N i Q

Greek charges of aggression levied against Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria seem to have lost the spotlight since developments in Indon- esia had Egypt.

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Included in the complement of H. M. C. S. Warrior bound for Britain are the Navy's 803 and '825_squadrons who will take conversion ‘raining in the new Sea Fury and Firefly IV.

Amid almost universallv rising prices the majority of U. S. air lines have reduced air freight rates about 25 per cent and have agreed on a publication of a’ consolidated tariff.

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The lsiberals of the First District of Queen's seem to really enjoy a scrap. They have bean having a hilarious time over their selection of can- didates. What like wiil it be when the election comes on?

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American railways are rn a hurry to get back excessive U. S. freight-cars from this Country. Last year they were not in such a rush to adjust the balance which was then the other way.

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Britons never, never shrill be slaves to, or under any circumstances. They are fighters from the word go—which on the present occasion was at the outbreak of World War ll—and they wEl! continue to fight until they achieve vic- tary. To him that ovcrcometh the crown of life-victory is given. -

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"As the old cock crows, the young one learns," is as applicable to newspaper business as to the barnyard. Hence it is not surprising to find Alex Mclnnis, son ‘of Mr. l. P. Mclnnis, Summerside, contributing a uniquely entertain- ing short article on "Printing A Newspaper" lo the recent issue of St. Dunstan's Red and White.

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According to Canadian Press the Daily Ex- press hlad a news story that the British Govern- ment is considering "forced loans to the state, ta be taken from wages in the same way as income tax, as part of its plan to meet the threatened economic crisis." The newspaper, published by Canadian-born Lord Beaverbrook, said the crisis m.ght force an emergency budget this autumn. In its emergency budget, Mr. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, would give details of the "forced loan", if agreed upon by the“ Labour Party.

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The next conference of the British Empife Service League will be held in I949 in Canada, according to an announcement made by Major General C. B. Price, Dominion President of the Canadian Legion.‘ The Legion Leader said that rlre holding of the B. E. S. L. Conference in Can- ada would result in the incrcase of goodwill and understanding between err-servicemen of the United States and the Commonwealth. This will be enhanced by a visit to London in October of the National Commander and some 500 mem- bers of the American Legion. The B. E. S. L. and the British Legion are planning to give them a warm reception. '

George Canning, English statesman, died this date, I827. He was a steady opponent of the French Revolution and of N paleon; he ad- vocated the lrish Union, the abolition of the slave trade, and Catholic Emancipation; but resisted parliamentary reform and the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts; according to Lord Holland, Canning had the finest logical .ntellect in Europe. With real joy he recognized the republics formed from tl-e dissolution of Spanish dominions in America, and one of his last public acts was the treaty which led to the deliverance of Greece from the Turks. "l called the New World into existence to redmss the bal- ance of the Old."

The success of motion picture versions of literary classics arouses some wonder that there are not more of them, if only because the studios pay nothing in royalties to the estates of William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens, says The Printed Word. There are thousands of good stories waiting for the movie camera and a sympathetic director; much better than any that are being written today. There may be at least two reasons to account for it. One is that the quill pen, or oven a steel nib, is better suited to the production of literature than the typewriter or the ball point. The other is that the old stories were written without any thought of the movies in the author's mind. The modern writer, if he wants to win success in Hollywood, must res ect Hollywood's taboos. He becomes so nervous a out what he mustn't say that not in- frequently what remains for him to soy isn't worth saying. Shakespeare, Dickens, Thackeray and the rest were men of magnificent prejudices and they had no shyness about expressing them in their writing. True, they did not go out of their way to offend any taco or class or religion, but neither did they try to soften what they thought or tona down a necessary character be- cause somebody might ba offended. And al- though Thackeray’: portrait of the late Miss Pinkerton: is for from flattering to school- mistresses, Vanity Fair is usually on the supple- mentary reading lists of present-day schools. Perhaps, when Hollywood and its writers get over their uirrcasoning nervousness about who may rake offence at what, we'll got modern works for the scraan as good as the classics. Or the domination of Hollywood over this continent's theatres may bc broken. It has been challenged already. Two of thq but pictures of tho past

year arc English productions

THE j CHARLOTIIQEIQWN GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way

Doing bunlnele without ndvertll- lng is like winking at a girl 1n the drirk. You know what you're doing but no one else does. -St. Mary‘! Journal-Argus.

The farmer can now secure ln- secticides with which to cope with nlmast all Summer pests except iin- invited Sunday dinner guests from the city-Kitchener Record.

Those lax rotunda. when they come will not be a gift from I-Ieav- cn. The money was lent. to the Gov- Prrimenl. even though the roan was compulsory. - Ottawa Journal.

Science identifies the dug-up re- mains as those of an extinct specie! of penguins six feebtall. However. the race of headwalters may be oirfcr than it thinks. --0f.tawa. Citi- zen.

A school boy has run the mlle In four minutes. 20 seconds. It doesn't. say how much longer he took to run an errand to the neigh- borhood store. -Stratford Beacon- Herald. .

In 194:. Mrs. Gladys Strilm. Mr, had one daughter. Now, In I947. atre has 11 children. The I0 additions are sons and daughters of Czecho- slovnks and Spaniards. war or- nhnrrs whom she adopted. - Fort William Times-Journal.

The time is fast approaching when. in the interests of the hu- man race, women must climb back upon their pedestals and forget this foolish chant about equal rights. If we are not to be submerged be- ncnlh the wave of dlaletlcal mater- ialism our womenfolk must weave anew their web of fragility and mystery. _ Hamilton Spectator"

A prni-tlce that should be stop- ped at once is the handling aria instinct of fruit and vegetables 1t those stores where food ls openly displayed. It is a common accur- rence to see tomatoes. peaches and other perishable articles squeered by prosricctive purchasers. In sumo cuss a discarded article is ruined by this pressure and often ii boars the mark of grubby fin!- rrs. Dvastlc action should be taken In strip this unsanitary practice.- Vanrnuver" Province.

ant Inrllan states will be transform- ed PPISIIV into segments of the new Inrlin Rea] Indian unity will cost them ton much. And if perforce they are brought. within the frame- work of one of the domlnlons, their absorption will in itself to a great extent break dawn the internal un- ity of the states which any central government. will for long be uri- able ta rep-lace. The dlvlslons he- t-rveen Hindu and Moslem and slkh are not the only important. forces working for dlslntezratlon within India. —Bultimore Sun.

The hirsy pattern counte a In stores and a record sale of patter-rs last. your point ta the little-noticed revival of sawing in the home. Time was when sewing and needle- work \\'(‘I'G part of every girl's home lrnluinz. The rrrstom almost vin- lslrod as the mass production of dresses made home sewing almost unprofitable. In the last few years. however. many mothers rriid daughters have resumed sewing to sirpplcment their wardrobes Doesn't all this signify that most. women still are thrifty, ingenious home-makers‘? —Calgar'_v Albertan.

Tticrc was a time when mom- bers of Parliament. regarded them- selves as ivntchdozs of the treas- ury. so that in campaign speeches on the bark concessions they could tol1 the voters how they saved the taxpayers money. Them days are cone-temporarily. ff not forever. Now the members are expected to loll the voters how much theY ha" boosted the birdrzel _ always cbnngina the ‘spiel to show that. cnch section of the riding is bene- fittlni: at the expense of the other sections .- or- better still. other parts of the country. -Mont.re.z Financial Times.

During I945 and 1948 the Interna » tlonal Ice Patrol carried out experi- ments ta find out. if radar would rte-tart low-lying masses of Ice. From a lecture delivered at Har- vard hv Lt. Garth I-I. Read of the U. s. Coast Guard. it appears that. radar is not effective. Each wave top nets as n reflector to produce n little echo. which shows on the radar Indicator as n little brlcht spat. Within a few miles of the ship this "sea-retum" is usually strong enough to mask the ralber weak echo from a low iceberg or "grnwler." since nearly eight- tenths of its ice is below water. a berg with only a small exposed mass might be a menace to navi- potion.

The hot that the circulation of daily newspapers in the United States reached a record high in 1944i ls a matter of satisfaction to every newspaper-man and abouir‘ he n matter of pride to every Ameri- can. The circulation increase is oli the more remarkable-because it took place despite the disappear- once o! war news. It cannot help hut indicate that Americans are taking more and more interest in the news of domestic affairs and international developments. It would be hard to minimize the im- partance of this trend. Interest means knowledge, and knowledge begets ideas. The, natkm and the world can benefit by more of all three. -Buffnlo Oourlcr-Ibrpresc.

BRITISH CADETS IN ALBERTA

nnarnri.‘ Aug. 'f—(0P)-Com- pletlng a 22-hour stopover in Re- gina, 4B British Alr Cadets left. hero eacfy today for Lcthbridge. the next atop in their crass-coun- fiy .tbur. Wcdnecda; they were luncheon guests of tho Chamber

through ILC MP. barracks Halted wheat. form south of ttro city.

Nit Commerce and follovrfni a tour

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the dlncnaalan by corra- lpondontn of question: or Inherent. The Charlottetown Guardian does not necessar- fly cndorao the opinion o! correspondent;

Afa'd5'u'u‘n'ln'l|'n' SCOTTISH GLAND

Sin-Thanks for copies bf The Guardian which we requested. containing a history of the Clan Macluead, and which we enjoyed very much. My sister, Mrs. Laue.

study of Scottish history. I have Robert Balnfs book "The Clans and Tartans of Scotland"; also me Brown's "History of Scot- land" iln three volumes), and Ewen Lestrangefs "History of Sur- names of the British Isles."

Robert Bain gives the Clan hls- tories of the following Clans which also descended from Olave the Black: Gunn, Henderson or Mac- kendriq and one branch of the MaeAulays (of Lewis). Lord ac- aulay, the famous historian. be- longed to that. branch. Through marriage the MacNichol or Nich- olson Clan is associated with ‘he Manbeods of Lewis.

Ive have also made a study of the Montgomery's. They are listed by Bnln as a Scottish Clan with their own tartan. "The Clan was principally of Lowland stock. but a branch was In the Highlands Robert Burns in one of his sonas brings in "the Castle of Mont- gomery." My mother always con- sidered that Lucy Maud Mont- gomery and herself were of the same Scottish family of Montgom- erys.

Some time I hope to send you a brief history of the Dunrans. in- cluding Robertsons and Skenes. all descended from Stout Duncan who fought. with Bruce nt Bannock- burn. and also a history of the Clan Ross. ancestors of our fam- ily; a Duncan Ross being one of the pioneer missionaries of Nova Scotla.

I am. Sir. etc. WILLIAM A. DUNCAN Little Shcmogue. N.B.

SDNNET

Westwnrn I chanced to look. ere

yet the night

Fell cn a day of clouds. to note vrha. sign

If any. on the horizon might out- shine

Of a For marrow; and there met my right

.st.anlsr ed a long line of silver light.

Off in whose soundiess wry dFplllS dlvire

Peeyej the fnlnt slurs. and drew these eyes of min-r-

Par hewc. as native in sirrric orb mcr" bimrt.

So slmi-f mes come to the tired sprrt of man

Glimpses of rest and home; and for a space

He feeis the breath of heaven upon his 11cc.

Glad earnest of the glory yet to

be, When Light and Love shall coin- pass earth's round space Even as the waters fill rtie hollow sea. - —-Jnbn Le-Pcge (1813-1886)

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TOWN PUMPS

Town pumps were our usual sources of supply for drinking pur- poses 1n early days. These were placed ‘n rftffercnbparts of the town. our there were lmr-e most. prominent-mar called "Qulrlrs Pump“ llllll to contain the purest water, on Prince Street. near St. Paul's church; another cn Queen Square. about. opposite tlze present Wool-worth building. a great ren- dezvous for tlic market people; and a third about the northeast corner of Prime and Kent Streets. the well urider which became celebrated but a rev. years ago by one dotting or the planks covering ft, causing a cave-In through which a yout fell through end was by almost miracle rescued from deaf-h. ' Citizens. who desired softer wate for washing purposes wou-d place large puncheons under tho spouts of their houses to catch ruin-water. foo;- flre purpores large underground storage tanks were installed in dif- ferent. ports o1 the City, as the

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