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Democracy in Ghana

Great things were expected of Ghana when she became a free and sovereign nation within the Com- monwealth. Her Government was to show the world that Africans were quite capable of governing them- selves and of ariininistering public affairs in the approved democratic fashion. Ghana. in short, would be a show-place of good government.

Well. it may come to that in time. But at the moment the outlook doesn't look bright. Prime Minister Nkrumah's first official action was to ei':-ise the Queen's picture from coins and stamps and substitute his own. Some will say that that was a small matter. So it may be. Never- theless. it seems to suggest a touch of vainglory or arrogance or some- thing of the sort which is a little unbecoming in a brand new states- man.

Now, according to a report from Accra, Mr. Nkrumah has silenced the leaders of two opposition parties by the simple expedient of deport- lng them to Nigeria. Just why they were sent to Nigeria and not to some other region and why that Re- public received them are not ex- plained in the report. Perhaps he gave them the choice of going to jail or proceeding post-haste to a country of their choosing and they chose Nigeria. In any event, to Nigeria they have been banished under a newly enacted law which gives the Minister of Justice absolute power of deportation. without giving those deported the right to appeal to the courts. This may be an ex- cellent way of getting rid of political opponents-no doubt there are times when other governments wish they had the power!-but it is scarcely in the democratic tradition, a point which the Canadian Government would do well to stiess when the time comes to consider any sort of aid to Ghana.

Big Crusade

The evangelist Billy Graham, who has just concluded his New York crusade, after several post- ponements. has been called every- thing from it mountebank to the greatest living prophet. Some Church leaders have praised his methods; others have termed them "Madison Avenue techniques" which are sup- posed to be the acme of high-pres- sure salesmanship. But. whatever anyone may think of the man or his methods, there can be no ques- tioning the effcctivcness of his latest campaign from the statistical stand- point. A report of the crusade has just been published: and it reveals some very big figures which put former evangelistic efforts--the late Billy Sunday's. for example-very much in the shade. It was. in fact. the biggest affair of its kind ever recorded in the Western world.

The average nightly attendance at Madison Square Garden was 17,- 328. The capacity is 18.500. This would put the total attendance for G10 three and a half months at about 2 millions. A special rally in Yankee Stadium on July 20, when the Garden was used for another attracted 100,000 persons. This was the largest crowd ever to niter III! stadium for any N79099- An told, nearly 57.000 person: made

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Btatel. representing the President. was on hand to give official nippo.-Q and join in the singing. At the end, Dr. Graham was entertained by Governor Harriman in his otticm residence.

Whether or not these side-effects added to the spiritual value of the "Wade is. of course. at matter of opinion. But there is no doubt of their "news" value, as any Manson Avenue technician would attest.

Canadian Securities

No wonder the Canadian dollar is leading its American counterpart a merry chase. The flow of foreign capital into this country is gathering momentum all the time. According to the Bureal of Statistics-which knows everything-total imports of capital in the fiist six months of this year amounted to S333 million, 5306 million more than in the same period last year.

The heavy concentration on buy- ing Canadian securllies took palee in the April-June period when the imports rose to 9531.3 million, com- pared with &'lt)6 million in the same period of 1936. Nor is this deluge of foreign investment capital confined to American dollars by any means. "The leading feature of trade in out- standing securities in the first two quarters of 1937," says the Bureau, "has been the extent of capital in- flows from the United Kingdom and other overseas countries for the acquisition of Canadian stocks. Net sales of securities to Britain totalled 372,300,000 for the half year, al- most as great as the tS86,800,0()0 for the full year of 1936."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Western diplomats see a practi- cal joke in V. M. Molotov's transfer to Outer Mongolia as Soviet Am- bassador. It certainly is a let-down from his former eminence. It is just possible, though. that he is happy about it. At least he will be away from Kremlin intrigue and its risks.

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It seems that the farther a motorist goes away from home the safer he is. That, at any rate, is the substance of a report issued by the Commissioner of Vehicles in Manitoba. It says that last year of 7.878 drivers involved in accidents 5,974 were within a few miles of their homes.

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A German newspaper reports that the Americans are working on an atomic-powered rocket that will make the intercontinental ballistic missile claimed by Russia obsolete. Now it will be up to the Russians to make the rocket obsolete. After that it will be the Americans' turn again. Rumour has it that the Brit- ish already have an answer to the problem of the missile. This may or may not be true, but we may be sure they are working on it as fast as they can.

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A new method of keeping pota- toes from sprouting has been ap- proved by the Food and Drug Divi-

sion of the Federal Department of ' Health and Welfare. Used in the form of a spray the chemical will

be used on plants six weeks before harvest or three weeks after full bloom. Experiments have shown that the treatment will inhibit sprouting on potatoes held in storage at tem- peratures of 50 to 55 degrees for a period of 6 to 8 months. 0 I I

The need for deepening and en- riching their spiritual lives will this weekend prompt some 120 men of the United Church to meet at Stan- hope Beach inn for a three day con- ference. Thls type of conference for men has a wide attraction in Ontario and Western Canada where it h noted that each year more and more are seeking admission to the meet- ings. Following the Stanhope con- ference, which closes at noon on Sunday, the men will hold a public rnllyat1'i-lnltycburcliherelntlie

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Social fashions have taken a turn for the better in Papun, New Guinea. Traditionally, tribal law has demand- ed a life for a life. Recently. how-

A MOST LAUDABLE

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The unieiling on Sunday of a plaque marking the Narrows on Lake Manitoba as "the place of origin and first historic use of the name of the province of Mani- toba" is a move in the right dir- ection. One hopes that the liistor. ir Sites Advisory Board will erect many such markers. each recall- ing for all who travel some im- portant page from Manitoba's history.

The wording of the plaque. how- ever. is far from satisfactory. ii. iii more than doubtful whether the origin of the place-name Man itnbn can be traced excusively. as the plaque suggests, to the Oji way words ”mnnitou" and "ban." meaning strait of the spirit. The place-name existed before the Ojibwnys arrived in Manitoba. There were few. if any. Ojib- ways west of the Red River be- fore the last decade of the lath century. certainly none at the Narrows when the place-name Lake Manitoba first appeared on maps of the West.

if the Board wants an Algon- kin origin for the word Manitoba why not pick the Cree "manl- tou-wapovi"!" its meaning is the same and the Crees lived in nor- theastern Manitoba for centuries before the first Olibways came west from their Great Lakes Homeland.

WORDING OF PLAQUE .

The wording of the plaque also

Manitoba

word Manitoba having a Siouan- Assiniboine origin. when Ln Ver. andrye discovered the lake he named it Lake of the Prairies from the Assinihoine words 'miiil' and "iobow," words that are cor- rectly translated in La Veren- drye's phrase. This was the ink-.-'I first name in any European lan- guage. and it continued to be used. with minor '-usriatinns. dur- In the period of French ascen- dancy ln the west.

Thoughtful historians will not ignore this meaning now for Lake Manitoba was in every sense of the word an Assinibolne like, it was in the heart of their Lame- land. and they travelled its wat- ers to reach lliitlno.-i Bay alter the arrival of the English trud- ers. The Assiniboine: apparent- ly were not impressed with the Narrows as a home of the Maui- tou, but they did recognise the lake as an important part of their Manitoba domain long yarn be- fore the first Ojlbway ariived. USED BEFORE

There is evidence that the place-name Manitoba was used it least 12 years before the date recorded on the plaque. On one of Peter Ponds map: of 1755 Lake Manitoba appears as "Lake Min- nltopn." on another as "Lake Mlnnetopar."

It should be noted that Pondla names stem directly out of the Auiniboine words "mini" and

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Mon Worms The Earth

Frank Cnny. A. P. Waanlngln

Man may be helping. in a minor way. to brew some of earth's vio- lent. storms. The tools he is inad- vertently using are bulldousrs and steam shovels.

So says Dr. I-lelmut E. Lands- berg. one of the U.S. weather bur- eau's senior scientists.

A slight--and probably tempor- ary--warming-up of the weather. Lnndsberg says. has been mind in moderate and northern lau- iiiden since -he start of the cetii ury.

Conceivably. he adds. this has helped iucriaae ulormineu over

PUBLIC FORUM

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NAME MISLEADING

sir: When the announcement was made that our new Domin- lnn Government building was to be called The confederation Buildlnl I wrote on behalf of our society to the then Minister of Public Works protesting agninat such a name an it would conflict with the historic significance of the Confederation Chamber In our Provincial Building. However the nnnouncedi intention of the Department was carried out.

our Con atloa Chamber may well be regarded as I no- tloaal historic shrine and is one of the main attractions for tour- lm interested in our City. The

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necklace. Meanwhile, in Mamadnr ...,",,','.,':u',',"',.'g utlnantnllntlcaoflorgstnrnllm uunannpnnqnuenm hubeniearrected.Governor!'or- ah&algnnfhg&dontoerue Univ; paint: flute than """"

many parts of the globe with help from ”man - made warming ef- fectl."

MORE HEAT Pl0Dl.'(,'ED

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planet. with ever-increasing con- struction of lzeat-abaorhma paved real: and brick and -..nc-rete buildings: 2. The growth of indul- try with more and more heat.- belching furnaces: 3. The in- creue in the number of motor vehicles: 4. Even the body hen! from an ever-increasing popula- tion. He llyl some scientists col- iend that increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the air-froln industrial and other sources- have produced n "greenhouse" effect around the planet. l But. he said in an interview. ithe main reason for the rise In

temperature - between one and two degrees on the average com- pared to so yenrii ago. Iii nome- thins meteorologic in character. though not yet defined.

One theory. he said. in that if; due to n temporary increase in the iiunin radiation. "but there is no proof of this solar radiation theory."

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gathered the data. During the winter of i775-76. before the Ojib- ways had reached Manitoba. he was trading at the northwest cor- ner of Lake Dauphin. And H. A. lnnls states that Pond went to Lake Dauphin "to trade with the Asslniboine with whose language and custom: be had become ac- quainted among the Yanktons on the Mississippi.'

VARIOUS SPELLINGS

Under various spellings Lake Manitoba appears on a number of late lath century maps. in- deed. in l796 the modern spelling "Lake Manitoba" makes a und- den and unexplained appearance on Arrowamil.h'l map. only to be abandoned promptly fonnbout 75 years. All this destroys the plaq- ue's claim that: "In 1797 the Hud- son's Bay Company built. . their

9Doubtful Ponti at Manitobnr.' the first recorded use of the name."

There are indications that the Board will change the plaque, This is welcome news. and the change should be made forthwith. The origin of the word Manitoba may remain a mystery; it could even have a split origin; but hat in no excuse for ruling in favo 0' one tradition. to the ' ' of others, without strong supporting evidence. If that evidence exists it has not been made public.

FIATIIEBID FINIAI.

Like a feathered finial

On the top of the maple

sit: the singing robin while Like a bright capaiud balloon shine: the phoaphoreaceag moon As the night atara file Backward out of sight in air Because the sun in rlllng there Eut. so far down out of night That. to the ground it is null night But to the robin it is day

On the way.

Ellubeth Jane Asiley in the Montreal Gazette

OUR YESTERDAYS

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Sept. 5. III!)

Confidence as to the agricultur- al future of Canada. particular- ly in view of the favorable concea- nlona in the British market ob tained an a result of the impor- Int Conference. was evident in the nt.ltnde of the delegates attend- ing the Agricultural Ponference last week at Toronto. according to Hon. 6. Shelton sharp. Pro- vincial Minister of Agriculture. who attended the Conference.

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1'0 COMBAT El-'FEC1S

so medical men have develop- ed "penicillinase" to combat the adverse effects of penicillin.

Although we are not sure. we believe that the chemical man- ner of its action is in penicilli- nase hydroiysing penicillin to penicilloic acid. which ll Mill", lergic. : At any rate, it appears t.liat' circulating penlclllinase reduces all demons able penicillin blood

prolonged periods of time. This. 1 in effect, renders the penicillini Ilonallergic.

DRAMATIC RELIEF l Tells conducted at the Greall Laka Naval Training Station l near Chicago produced drama-T tlc relief from itching and swell- ing in from a few. hours up to 24 hours. Complete relief was reported in many cases after 24 to 72 hours.

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