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Newsmen And China At one time the U.S. State Depart- ment maintained a’ total ban on tra- vel by Americans in Communist

China. This had the unfortunate ef- [

fect of depriving the American peo- ple of information, gathered by Americans, about conditions and events in the most populous nation

on earth. Nowadays, a more en- j

lightened policy rules and passports. for China travel have been granted

to 30 reporters.

_ There has been, however, a re- ;

markable reversal of the Chinese at- titude. In the old days they yearned for the company of American writers and indignantly denounced the ob- scurantism of the State Department. Now that the writers are free to go, Perhaps the reversal is not so re- markable as it seems. When the State Department granted its long- withheld visas to American news- men, it tacked on a rider saying that this did not mean Chinese corres- . pondents would be let into the United ,

-___$tates.without being. individually

checked. It was then that Peking slammed, its door. Then the State Department shifted ground, saying it would recommend that the Jus- tice Department admit individual’ bona—fide Chinese newsmen. Thus the onus shifted ever so slightly on- to Mao’s doorkeepers.

It seems a silly procedure on both sides. It has been likened by the Christian Science Monitor to a game played in adjoining hotel rooms with connecting double doors, which are kept alternately closed, or partly opened. Why not wide-open doors on both sides? Security is not threat- ened by a small number of easily identified visitors. Diplomatic recog- nition is not involved. Anti-American blasts are not likely to be any more severe than if they are made up by propagandists operating in Peking.

“No matter how Peking’s future intentions are assessed,” says the Monitor, “it appears axiomatic to us that American ignorance of China and Chinese ignorance of America | are dangerous and likely to become more so. For that reason we would like to have one more try at getting both doors open at once.”

Even At Oxford

Even at Oxford University they have now resolved to make Latin

an optional instead of a compulsory

subject for admission. The decision 3s no doubt the result of pressure, perhaps inevitable in a missile age, for more teaching hours of science and mathematics in the secondary schools. The effect will nevertheless be_deplorable and perhaps disastrous if it contributes to the already very noticeable decline, apparent even among university graduates, in the ability to read English understand- ingly and to write it lucidly and

effectively. | tawa Journal, is a feeling by the av-

Commenting. on this phase of the question, a writer in the Toronto Globe and Mail makes the following observations:

“The friends of Latin and Greek have in the past to some extent weakened their own cause by insist- ing on the merits of the classical languages as a mental discipline. They overlooked the fact that every serious pursuit is to a greater or lesser extent’ a mental discipline and

there is grave doubt whether a disclipline acquired in one branch of learning can be transferred to a wholly different sphere of activity.

“The benefits which come from the study of Latin are in the domain of language and literature and the other; arts and humanities. Latin writings have to do with the terms of human life and the bases of our Western civilization. A man who has no knowledge of Latin is deprived of a close and intimate understand- most~of European literature 20th Century. a superb linguistic

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Bonds Of Brotherhood

A few days ago an American

newspaperman wrote of his feelings

on seeing the Union Jack fluttering from a flagstaff in Africa. He re- flected that although the ’ British Empire had passed away, the British Commonwealth remained. The Union Jack, flying in an African country,

symbolized the unity in democratic |

government and institutions that had been introduced under British imperialism and remained as a Com- monwealth inheritance today.

The United States can look back over its own history and recall how much it also owes to thé British in- heritance of parliamentary and judi- cial institutions. While the flags may be different the colors remain the same—red, white and blue— each with its own symbolic meaning.

More will be heard of these things during the St. Lawrence Seaway ceremonies, when the Queen of Canada and the President of the United States will meet on the his- toric St. Lawrence River for the official opening. This meeting will focus world attention on Canada- U.S. unity and the great undefended border between the two countries, as well as on their ability to pool financial resources in joint under- takings to the benefit: of both. And when the tumult and the shouting dies, it will leave the bonds of brotherhood more firmly knit, let us hope, than ever they were since re- volutionary days.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Izvestia, which ranks next to Pra- | ‘vada as the chief government organ |

at Moscow, has a new editor, Alexei Adzhubei. He is said to be quite a live wire on his own account,’ but he has another claim to Communist dis- tinction. He is Premier Khrushchev’s son-in-law.

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In Tokyo there,is an electronic computer that telis people how far they can go by train and what ac- commodations they can expect for a certain amount of money. One in- quirier in a facetious mood asked how far he could go for nothing. Out came a card saying “the best place for you is a hot bath.”

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Ontario’s election campaign, with Jess than two weeks to ruii; remains unexciting. The reason, says the Ot-

erage voter that basically it is not a clash between two historic parties challenging old loyalties or even old prejudices, but largely a matter of choosing men who, because of their ability and experience, would be most likely to give Ontario good govern- ment. The Journal comes to the not surprising conclusion that the Frost Government has these qualifications. * * *

There are still embarrassing snags on the St. Lawrence Seaway. For instance, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Welland canal is a bottleneck, that 27 ships have queued up waiting their turn to go through, that pilots are scarce, that shippers are losing money through delays. Also that ship captains com- plain of some lake ports as “mud holes” and that Detroit’s port is so crowded that ships are being divert- ed to Toledo and Chicago. There is also the case of the automobile com- pany which got so disgusted with seaway tie-ups that it shipped to

New York by rail a batch of cars |

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The Quebec Situation

By Patrick Nicholson

The latest polls of public op- _ inion give us a vivid tross-section of current political thinking in our French-speaking province.

Approval of the job being per- formed by Prime Minister Dief- / enbaker is lower in Quebec than in any other area of Canada: and if an election were to be held today, the Conservative Govern- ment would suffer shattering re- verses in that province, losing no less than 39 or the 41 Commons seats it- at present hold there. _ This arithmetical calculation, based on the 1958 voting and the recent opinion poll, reflects the discouragement so widely felt in that province among Conserva- tives and even among former Liberals who voted for Diefen- baker candidates last year. This discouragement has been noted various behind - the - scenes moves, such as the rumoured intention of three M.P.’s to re- sign at once, the stated intention of several others not to seek re- election, and the ambition of one Cabinet Minister to be transfer- red promptly to the Senate.

Quebeckers take their politics very seriously, much more so than other Canadians. And they play that serious game by rules which are significantly different from those recognized elsewhere. Like their ‘lood-brothers; the citizens of ‘France, they must have a strong and prominent leader, and they must have an emotional cause, to bring out their best support. ;

Over the past half century, the

produced outstanding leaders for their Quebec wing. Laurier pick- ed himself; then came inte.

was then

“created” by Mackenzie King; and now Lionel Chevrier, who is not even a Quebecker, is being brilliantly built-up to inherit ‘the role and the status of Laurier. TOP POLITICAL WORKER

Just as General Wolfe's victory on the Plains of Abraham has been negatived by subsequent a- chievements by the losers, so the victory of Yvon Tasse, who rev- ersed Louis St. Luurent’s major- ity of over 20,000 votes to beat Maurice Lamontagne in the rix- ing of Quebec East, is now subt- ly being negatived by the loser. For Maurice, like his namesake Maurice Duplessis, is becomi a@ great power in Quebec, albeit behidn the scenes.

Lamontagne now works for the Liberal Party organization in Ot- tawa; officially he is “economic adviser”, as he was to former Prime Minister St. Laurent. He is by any yardstick the most bril- liant and the most effective poli- tical worker in any party head- quarters in Ottawa. More regul- ar in his attendance in the Op- position Gallery in the Commons than most M.P.’s are in their own piiiace, he advises on politi- cal strategy and on parliamen- tary tactics; he performs re search work and he writes speeches. But above all, he com- poses and distributes a steady stream of propaganda aimed at creating a powerful and popular

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British Economic Move ~

By Dave

Oancia

Britain's relaxation of dollar import curbs is a clear indication in the economic progress the country has made since the end of the Second World Wer.

The country now presents an impression of unprecedented prosperity a sharp contrast with drearier times of post-war social revolution and recovery.

The signs of this prosperity are rising personal incomes, expand- ing production and increasing gold and dollar reserves.

The official ‘explanation of the move against import restfictions is that it is a natural outcome | of the country’s improved bal- lance of payments position and its natural desire to reduce bar- riers to trade and payments on the widest possible basis. OTHER MOTIVES

Somé observers, however, view the action as @ bid by. the canny British to produce a new Atlantic trading area, to include Canada and the United States, as a coun-

are not intended as a squeeze on the common market.

” with the Scandinavian countries, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal.

But it must be rembered that

trade and industrial power among the new seven. But there can be no Illusions

that the proposed arrangement would be more than a second

bec Wing. The fruits of his labour are daily evident in the press splash accorded to Lionel Chev- rier, especially in Quebec Pro- vince.

There comes the next leader designate of the Liberal Party. NO TORY LEADER IN QUEBEC

The Conservatives however, even with five Cabinet Ministers have ma true leader of their Que- bec wing. The customary amount of patronage in that province,. which even the upright St. Lau- rent permitted, is still being dis- tributed; but in the absence of a leader to control it it is being mis- directed by skilful fifth column- ists into enemy hands.

Uncontrolled by a leader, the opportunists are running rife. Huge sums of money are chang- ing hands in open traffic in prom- ised political plume, which freq- uently fail to ripen yet promise plum-sized scandals. Organiza- tion is non-existent, while people who neither speak the language nor understand the Quebeckers are playing ducks and drakes with the greatest measure of sup- port which that province has ever given to the Conservative Party since Confederation.

The Liberal Party, whose or- ganization is \not built around vain amateurs, has not failed to recognize and to make use of this situation. The measure of its suc- cess is a contribution to the pub- lic opinion poll.

If the Conservative Party can in effect lose 77 per cent of its seats in Quebec in 13 months, how many will it lose in the re- maining 39 months or so before the next election? '

Therein lies the great challen- ge to Tories and to Grits; for it begins to look as if Quebec will be the crucial battleground in the 1962 general election.

best. The existence of two rival trading blocs in Europe must in- evitably limit their economic po- tential and carried the seeds of dangerous political rivalry.

The greatest benefits can only be realized if the new grouping provides the impetus for a free trade area embracing the whoie of Western Europe, Canada and

the United States.

Aerial Photography

Aerial photography has __ be- come a vital tool of modern science.

To .archeologists, it is almost as important as the pick and shovel. Explorers .and geograph- ers find it invaluable. So do for- esters, geologists, traffic ex- perts, real estate men, and soil- erosion experts. Armies would be literally lost without it.

Modern archeologists examine aerial photographs for telltale signs of buried ruins. In Italy centuries ago, the city of Spina disappeared under mud and wa- ter, possibly during a Po River flood. Spina remained lost until aerial photographs located the outline of the city beneath mod- ern canals. .

“OPEN SKIES” PROPOSAL

triumph of two entirely different lines of scientific research—aer- ial navigation and photochemis- try.

In 1783 the Montgolfier broth- ers in France sent a balloon fill- ed with hot air to about 1,500 feet in a demonstration observ- ed by King Leuis XVI and his court. The balloon carried a roos-" ter, a sheep, and a tuck on an eight-minute ride. All landed unharmed except the rooster, which suffered a broken wing from a kick by the sheep.

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mist named J. Nicephore Niepce produced the first permanent photograph. Sut many years lap- sed before aerial photography was developed. One of the first pictures was made from a bal- loon over Boston just before the Civil War. The advent of the air- plane advanced the technique, and in 1911 Wilbur Wright. him- self made a few shots of the land- scape with a simple camera. ° FIRST COLOR PICTURES

In 1930 aerial photography pas- sed another milestone when Mel- ville Bell Grosvenor, now pre- sident and editor of the National Geographic Society, went aloft in a dirigible and succeeded in mak- ing the first aerial photographs -in color.

Aerial photography continued te probe deeper into the sky. Captain Albert W. Stevens, con- ducting scientific observations for the National Geographic Society took the first photograph in the stratosphere. The picture show- ed dramatically the lateral cur- vature of the earth.

By the early 1950's rockets traveling at more than 2,500 mil- es an hour were carrying cam- eras a hundred miles up. Now science aspires to send television cameras to the moon.

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Improved aerial pictures are essential to President Eisenhow- er’s dramatic “‘Open Skies” pro- posal. Under its provisions Am-

.lerican and Soviet planes would

make pictures of each other's territory as insurance against surprise attack.

The effectiveness of such a plan is illustrated by a photo- graph obtained 45,000: feet above a Texas city. Under a magni- fying glass, it revealed two golf

During World War II, vast amounts of knowledge enemy operations were derived from aerial photographs. The same was true in the Korean War. i

Present aerial surveys are made by cameras . specially mounted to minimize vibration. The cameras generally use long rolls of film to provide a series of photographs along the line of flight. Infrared film is used for

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