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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHARLOTTETOWN -rnruar, Fan. o. 1951” Mark or The least

Thoughtful people in Canada have ex- pressed frank bewilderment because of United States insistence in persuading the UN to brand Communist China as an ag- gressor. It is not easy to understand what 4 either the United States or the UN expect V. ' to achieve by putting the label of aggressor ; on the Chinese Government. Most people would have been content to regard the I , . Chinese action in Korea as aggression with- 1. out the necessity of making that action ag- ' gression as a matter of record.

Probably the thought in the minds of United States representatives at UN was not so much the mere labelling of the Chi- nese as aggrcssors as it was the legal and moral implications-inherent in the UN res- olution. l'or, as a nation guilty of' aggres- sion as a matter of record, Communist ; China is automatically barred from taking ' It seat in the councils of the United Na- tions.

Whether the moral effect of the UN , I H, action will be as useful as the Uniteri -if I States Government seems to believe is open

i to doubt. Certainly it has angered the Chinese Government. It may even have closed the door on all chances of a negotiat- ed peace. It has,aroused grave doubts in i.he United Kingdom and elsewhere as to the wisdom of American diplomacy. It has likewise demonstrated that, so far as Can- ada is concerned, this countryls external policy is made in Washington, not in Ot- tawa or in London.

Name-calling never serves any very use- ful purpose. Branding Communist China an aggressor is just name-calling at inter- national level. It is not diplomacy. It is a pity that Canada should have been made a party to a foreign policy of futility.

Tile King can lie llo Wrong

Probably the last vestige of the auto- cratic principle, the Divine Right of Kings, is the immunity of "the Crown to suits by a subject. This immunity has been from time 1.0 time encroached upon by statue, notably in matters of contract and in some cases tort, but even where it is possible to estab- lish the legal liability of the Crown, Fed- eral or Provincial, it is still ordinarily, nec- essary to first obtain the fiat of a min- istcr, here the Attorney-General.

The Federal Government has announced its intention of doing away with the re- quirement of a fiat and may broaden the nature of the Crown's liability.

It is also encouraging to note that the Commissioners on Uniformity of Legisla- tion have prepared a draft uniform set having for its object the abolition of the immunity of the Crown from actions in the courts. In this day and age when Gov- ernment activity is so widespread it is ex- tremely desirable that contracts with the Government and claims for damages caused by its servants acting in the course of their employment should be as readily enforce- able as between private individuals.

The Butter oiilar Mystery

The "butter mystery" which confront- ed members when they returned to Ottawa for the session, says the Ottawa Journal, has not been solved by the soft-spoken ans- wers given Parliament by Mr. C. D. Howe. i Many must be wondering how Agriculture

Minister Gardiner has taken the action of . his cabinet colleagues while he was away from Ottawa.

What happened was this. On January 24, while Mr. Gardiner was in charge of things in Ottawa and most of the senior cabinet ministers were out-of-town, an order-in-council was passed prohibiting further imports of butter into this country except- by special permit. Mr. Gardiner proceeded West to several fsrm' meetings and announced this action. It was known at the time that some five million pounds of butter were on their way to Canada from New Zealand, .but this shipment would not be affected by the new order.

Three days later, with Mr. Gardiner still absent from Ottawa but with the Prime Minister and other senior cabinet ministers back at their posts. the order was rescinded. is action become known to the press two ” .,but so gmment could be so-

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in-council was cancelled when it was found there was no possibility of those imports being made in the foreseeable future."

The Journal wonders why, if there was no" possibility of further exports, there was such a great rush to cancel the original order. It finds interesting also the fact that Mr. Gardiner was not in the House for the opening or during the first days of the session and was not in Ottawa to meet Premier Holland of New Zealand, who might be expected to have had a consider- able interest in this matter of New Zealand butter. i

EDIIURIAI. NOIES

United States rail switchmen may not have been very sick, but they certainly caused a severe hardening of the arteries.

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Parkdale was a long time achieving corporate existence as a municipality, but now that it has become an entity it, is showing commendable vigor in improve- ments and expansion.

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It seems doubtful whether the Maritimes will be represented at the B. C. junior curling bonspiel. It is a long way to go and expensive. N. S. and N. B. have turn- ed it down, and indications are that P. E. I. will do likewise.

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U. N. forces are advancing instead of retreating just now but face the same old problem that they must leave the enemy in North Korea, because that is the only place in which they are authorized to meet him.

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Many a pedestrian was splashed Wed- nesday evening by cars travelling all too fast for street and traffic conditions. Dri- vers would do well to remember that it is the foot traffic which has the right of way at intersections and that boorish behaviour may bring punishment as well as impreca- tions.

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The financial aspect of civil defence is probably the most immediate problem to be ironed out at the forthcoming Ottawa meeting. There should be no lack of per- sonnel with suitable experience and train- ing to plan and put into effect the ap-

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The almost insignificant majority of ten held by the.British Labour Govern- ment has enabled it to withstand all at- tempts so far to defeat it on a lack of con- fidence vote in the House of Commons. The probability is that had the majority been greater, there would have been enough ab- sentees on occasion to permit such a vote to carry.

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Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, Scottish noble, died this date 1567; was great grand- son of Henry III, and son of Earl of Len- nox; created Duke of Albany in 1565, and married Mary Queen of Scots the same year, being proclaimed King the day pre- vious to his marriage; he became father of James VI of Scotland and I of England; he assisted in the murder of Rizzio, and was himself murdered at Kirk OlField House on the site where Edinburgh Univers. ity now stands.

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February 11 to 17 is this "year an- nounced by officials of the Canadian Coun- cil of the Blind and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind as White Cane Week. During this period they ask the community to give a little thought to its blind members -to inform themselves that the sightless citizen is a normal Canadian, with an in- convenient handicap. This year the effort to develop a closer understanding between blind and sighted centres around recrea- tional activities, which are the great means of promoting normal living among the blind. '

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How they get ahead industrially in Quebec. Actual construction of the 360 mile railway from Seven Islands to the rich iron ore deposits at Knob Lake, in the New Quebec-Labrador area, will get underway in the Spring. Sixty miles of right of way has now been cleared. Engineers are prepar- ing plans for the two major bridges con- templated. The first, 460 feet long, is over the Moise River at Mile 14. The other, 900 feet long, will span the Ashunalpl River at Mile 335. I

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The argument is advanced by the Mon't- real Gazette -- and The Ottawa Journal thinks it has much merit - that if in these perilous times Canadians must make sacri- fices to assure their survival as free people they might begin now with the sacrifice of early television. normal, The Gazette points out, and the current probleinis not to give us all s new form of entertainment but "to find the ma- skills for defending life it-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the

discomfort by ..-.. poorienls of ouosdon of interest. The Guardian does not noconnr- lly Glldlllu the opinion of correspondents.

NEWFOUNDLAND TRADE

Sir.-When the Hon. Eugene Cul- len became Minister of Industry and Natural Resources. I did the best I could to point out to him in detail what I was intending to do for our Island and shippers, and perhaps how our good market. in Newfoundland might be increas- cd nnd held, also the feeling in Newfoundland about the "Eskimo" boat.

This was the first time in my life that Mr. Cullen and I ever talked about trade, because be- fore neither one of us ever had any reason to speak on that sub- ject, although we were lifetime acquaintances. As we talked I told him things which I had seen on my many trips to Newfoundland, and how you find things out when you travel among the people down there; some of our talk even dealt with the United States mar- ket for poultry, and why I figured some of our Island farmers should be raising more cspon chickens instead of cockerels, when they had their eye on the trade.

In the States the majority of poultrymen never lraise enpon chickens, because seven or 'eight months to them seems far too long 9. time. They prefer raising broil- er and roaster chickens instead, because the time period is very short. But to those of us down here on the Island who only in- tend to raise one flock in year, it does not matter much whether we raise cockereis in five or six months or capons in seven or

eight; yet. in United States a pre- mium is usually paid for good cap- on chickens as the trade looks up- on them as a treat, and they pre- fer them to turkey meat, as. they find the average turkey is too large and expensive for one family. That Fall a firm near Boston or- fered us 72 cents per lb. for all dressed capon chicken we could buy and haul down to them but instead we trucked down all the capons we could buy alive. and we usually paid approximately 3500 to 5700. per load more than our local trade was paying here. I Wish, if Premier Jones reads this, and I guess he has been told to Watch, (I know some more have been) that he will remember it. because we still have a little un- finished business together over "Opposition in the life of Trade."

It is hard for me to explain some parts of my talk to Mr. Cul- len without first taking my read- ers back again to my last trip to Premier Jones when he fprgot he ever promised to loan money. At that time if our Premier had kept his promise, it was my intention to ff." 9. W ton boat. with refriger- ation to service our Island on the run to St. John's, Newfoundland. I argued with the Premier that to take a boat of that size and fit it and put it on the run in con- junction with a public killing ab- attoir, would not affect a bigger boat that was calling here, but it would be a. good experiment and. it proved successful. than the fol- lowing Spring one of the shipping companies was offering to service that established run with an up-to- date large boat, and this smaller boat of 260 tons could be put on the outport trade to see if that trade could be worked up.

Now I have pointed out previous- ly that three and is half years ngo, when something had to be done about our method of shipping to

Newfoundland, and Ottawa au- thoritles were demanding it, our Premier .Iones""'and Trade Agent

had Mr. Gordon white draw up s set of blue-prints to apply to is building which they intended to remodel for a. cattle barn, in con- junction with n. wharf, as their idea of how our trade would be held and serviced - and I had de- cided thst the time had come when 5 public killing abattoir should be established for all, where live- stock could bc slaughtered under Federal inspection, chilled, grad- ed and properly shipped under re- frigcrstlon.

so far, so good. Now what did our Premier Jones do when I took up the boat question with him? our Government purchased the Eskimo boat instead and odi- cidcd that our trade to the - ports of Newfoundland should be fostered and built up first. Here again is where Premier Jones and I have disagreed.

Rcsum-ing my talk again with Mr. Cullen, I pointed out to him whereby our shipping of cattle slivc was costing our Island farm- ers 840000 to 050.000 s year more by this loss in freight, the differ- ence in dressed meat to cattle be- ing shipped slivc. I further im- pressed on him that during the Wsr. Newfoundland importers were more or less forced to buy certain things in the Maritime Provinces, but that who all over, and so Now- foundland was always considered the world's market, we hsd better 'wlsb up" and resort to killing our most, chilling it, then shipping properly under refrigerated bost. Further, we should change our method of shipping every three weeks by the "Island connector" to one of smaller best service every ten or twelve dsys. Feed snd supply Newfoundland; but don't stockpile here, then flood their market: ship them what they won: and the wsy they wsnt, it. and some of tho thorns which

I asked him too, how could imc be expected to ship from our in summertime without proper facil- ities. What nboui butter for ex- nrwls; whoiswilllngtoshiponi not boot during tho but of sum- mer? shipping so it exists to-any is , can-isd.onby n or ,

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EPILOGUE And all their passionate hearts are ll t,

d s And dust. the great ides that burned In various flames of love and lust Till the world's brain was'turned.

God, moving darkly in men's

brains, Using their passions as his tool. Brings freedom with a tyrnnt's chains And wisdom with the fool.

Blindly and bloodily we drift, Our interests clog our hearts with dreams.

God make my brooding soul a rift. Through which a meaning gleams.

-John Masefield.

?;wo&eoQ-cog-co&eo-9;: E Old Charlottetown 7 Text of a resolution passed at a public meeting held in Mr. A. Mc- Nelll's district school house, Lot 49. 26th October, 1846: "Whilst this meeting heartily deprecates that unhnllowed sys- tem.ol leasehold tenure. which so extensively prevails, in this colony, they at the some time are con- strained, through every benevol- ent instinct of humanity, to re- probntc and condemn that im- politic and inhuman practice, now becoming so general in this Is- land, of landlords or their agents granting lenses of short terms of yearly tenancies and tenancies at will, to the needy and unfortun- ate tensntxy. for the avowed pur- pose of speculating on, and profit- ing by their hard earned im- provement. The better to prevent the evils of so nefarious a system, this meeting is firmly of opinion that such tenants and other oc- cupants of the soil should be sc- cured in the full value of their im- provements by a local Act of the legislature in its next session, ere they shall bi compelled to leave their locations. and to remain in force till a purchase of the alleg-

ed proprietory rights to the "soil shall have been effected."

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SHORVT-TERM Ll-JASES

. , ; The Age-Old Story

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Proclslrn ye this among the Gen- tiles: Prepare wnr. woke up the mighty men, let III the men of war draw near; let. them cinnc up; best your plowshsres into sworgl. Ind your prunlnghooks Into , srs: let the weak say. I am strong. As- semble yourselves, snd come. nil ye heathen. and gather yourselves together round nbont: thither cnusc thy mighty ones to come down. 0 Lord. Let the heathen be wslrcnod. and come up to the volley of Jehoshsphnf: for there will I III to judge oil the heathen round nbout. Put ye in the sickle. for the harv- est is ripe: come. get you down: for the press in full the fsts overflow, for their wiohcdnas is great. Multi- turlos. multitudes In the valley of decision: for the any of the Lord is hour in the volley of decision. The sun IIIII the moon shall be duh- encil and the stnrs shall withdraw their shining. The laord also shall -roar out of Zion. and utter his voice from Jet-unions: and the heavens and the earth shsll shnlrc: but the lnril will be the hope of his people. and tho stronsthiof the children of lsrnol.-(Joel 8:9-I6.)

whereby one snd all can be scr- vioed, sad serviced properly -if not, it is going to be too bad and tooml;ts. ft: Swine: gate:-teak are set 1'0! 1 WI - I hsvontt sivon Mr. Cohen my chance to say snythlng but he will get his turn. There such I thing as speaking out of plsos. At this time I would like to out in Ilr. Joesph .J. P. that-whst he sold about ms cs - in; In-. J. o. 0. Onnpbcll foolish, 'i:,not p bssoiuo tfhthinlg no man: some c on our Govornmhmlow long did it inks him to no first Premier Jones

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When Prayer Worked Miracles

(George Black in Globe it Mall)

Canon I-laslam's timely letter on the need for prayer in this dark hour brought to mind some things that happened in ' answer to prayer in the last war. When France capitulsted. and 'Britain was left to stand alone facing the might of Germany, with what pride Hitler flashed the news uround: "The British armies are surrounded, and our troops nre proceeding to their annihilation!" As our troops slowly made their way to the coast. a great rainstorm broke upon them, which prevent- ed the German planes from at- tacking. When eventually the Britishers reached the shores of Dunkirk, ion umbrella of fog cov- ered the Channel. and the waters were so calm that snlllng craft of every description were able to plY to and from the coast of Dunkirk and rescue the astounding num- her of 335.000 men..

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Mr. Churchill. speaking of the calamity in the House of Com- mons, said: "When A week ago I asked this House to fix an after- noon for a statement, I feared it would be my hnrri lot to announce the greatest military disaster in our history." (Mr. Churchill had counted on 20.000 or 30,000 being saved). But. by a supernatural act of God, a. vast army was saved. in that dark hour the King called the nation to a day of prayer. He and his Ministers proceeds in WC!!- minster Abbey. While th usands of his subjects assembled in various churches and bulls. and cried to God. This great miracle of deliv- erancc was the result. Even the daily press acknowledged it as such. The whole root and core nnd brain of the British Army was

back in England. minus equip- ment. havlng to begin from scratch.

On the other side of the Chan- nel, I-iitler, flushed with victory and 200 divisions of crack troops. began setting his time table for invasion. The first date he fixed was between September 16-20? 1940-a time when the Ensllsh Channel is always smooth. and a harvest moon shining. The 16th came. Nothing happened. On the 1'1t.h "God blew with His winds." as He did on the Spanish Armada. Great gales swept the coast of France and continued until the 29th. The barges assembled by the enemy nt various points along the coast had to be taken back into the harbor. Many were swnmped; those which sought shelter in the harbors went into a death trap. They made excel- lent targets for the RAF, and were destroyed.