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Last week-end, declares a news des- patch, Mr. St. Laurent commented at King- ston, 0nt., that "provided the Korean in- cident is successfully terminated before too long a time has elapsed,. the special force would be available for service as part of a deterrent force in Europe" if this were found desirable.

If this should be done, the men serv- ing in the brigade would be the first Cana- dian troops to be sent to Europe since the last Canadian troops there were, to use words made famous by Mr. St. Laurent in 1947, "kicked out."

It was on the night of March 3, of that year that Mr. St. Laurent, then secretary of state for external affairs told a frank- ly incredulous House of Commons the story of Canada's withdrawal of her occu- pation forces from Germany.

Afire with the passion of indignation, Mr. St. Laurent declared vehemently:

"The occupation force in Germany was withdrawn because we were kicked out; We were told by the greaf powers that there would be three (occupation) zones; that there would be a fourth if France wanted one, but there were not to be any others...." Hansard recorded his words as "left out", but that wasnit how they sounded.

A few days later, the late W. L. Mac- kenzie King, then Prime Minister, poured soothing oil on the troubled waters of in- ternational relations by telling quite a dif- ferent story of Canada's withdrawal of her occupation troops. J

But it seemed evident that Canada. through her government - or at least a part of it - was hurt and irritated by some real or fancied slight meted out by the great powers in relation to the role of Canadian troops in Europe.

If the Canadian Special Service Force should, by being too late for Korea, land in Europe, the great powers had better be careful. The Canadian Government is touchy enough about this force, because the Korean war couldnlt wait, without some new slight occurring to its already ruffled feelings.

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If Britainls Labour Government should fall it will probably be due in no small measure to its cancellation of newsprint supplies from Canadian mills earlier this year. Instead of being able to turn to the Scandinavian countries for supplies that are not a drain on her dollar reserves, the United Kingdom is faced with dwindling supplies and the prospect of continued, or even tightened, restrictions on the size of newspapers and also on their circulation.

That Britain should today have slimmer newspapers than European, and even late enemy countries, is a sad commentary on the wisdom of state trading. Where error of judgment by private firms and individuals would have resulted only in loss to them- selves, the misjudging of future market movements by” the planning officials has penalized the press and readers of the whole nation.

It is common knowledge, although apt to be forgotten, that while it may be easy to find a hundred men who can operate a small business, there are far fewer capable of handling a large one, and when it comes to.operating on the gigantic scale of an en- tire industry it is almost impossible to find anyone capable of exercising the necessary intelligent management.

Escudo: costs

- A survey carried out by the United States Chamber of Commerce shows that ,n-decade ago, the average yearly expend- iture for educating a child was 588. in

r 1949 it was S206. New York now leads

(the field with S312 per child and Mississ-

trails with 573.

, "It is a common assumption that if more , Jpent in a particular year than in one ?of";tEs,predecesson, an advance has been Jooorded from an educational standpoint of course ignores changes in the value " '-inoney. On its face an increase from

to 5206 is an improvement of the order "134 per cent. Inject the Chamber cai- ltco that the reafgaingll about 37 per given the dsclind in the purchasing of the dollar. Thin.

ample that during this great period of ex- pansion national income outstripped school expenditures with the result that the per- centage actually dropped from 2.55 to 2.27. How fallacious such arguments may be- come is clear from the state by state break- down. Traditionally the New England States have been famous for their educa- tional facilities while certain of the south- ern states have been prize exhibits of edu- cational neglect. Yet Massachusetts rank- ed in the percentage scale well below Miss- issippi; in fact it was at the bottom of the list. State income was sufficiently high that educational needs could be met by expenditures amounting to only 1.64 per cent of that income. Close rivals were Rhode Island and New York, though the latter, as previously noted, spent more per child than any other state in the Union. ' I

EDI IURIAL NOI ES

The Feast of St. Etheldred. O I I

Harrington is not exactly going to the dogs but they are getting together none tnr.

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A strike administration is likely to please everybody except the parties direct- ly affected. '

Northern Ireland has begun the build- ing up of a comprehensive system of civil defence so as to be ready with Great Bri- tain to meet any emergency.

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It becomes an expensive luxury when hunters go chasing geese and become lost. No fewer than 12 planes are engaged in a hunt for hunters in Alberta lost with their plane, while goose shooting.

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Premier Dupiessis has forecast measures to regulate truck loads over his Province's highways. We do not often see iiere the giant trucks to which he objects. The space limitation of the two ferries effectively controls the growth of the highway mon-

sters.

A reduced potato yield this year would not be unmixed misfortune. Any general experience along these lines will certainly bring about a sharp upturn in price ac- centuated rather than otherwise by early low prices.

John Foster Dulles' warning that fail- ure of the U. N. to provide for jcint mili- tary action to check aggression despite the veto power might mean the growth of out- side military alliances, is most timely. The world simply cannot afford to be without one form of security or the other in these troublous times.

Sir Philip Sidney, English soldier, poet and courtier died this date 1586. He was in France during the massacre of St. Bar- tholomew which left a lasting impression upon him. He travelled throughout Europe in the diplomatic service; enjoyed high favour; interested in literary and po- lltical. questions, he was appointed Gov- ernor, of Flushing; was mortally wound- ed at Zutphen, and behaved with a chivalry which has impressed itself on history. His works include: "Apology for Poetry", "Arcadia", and ”Astrophel and Stella."

To him that hath shall be given war contracts. The Sorel Company wnich built the Car Ferry Abegweit on cost plus basis is in luck again with regard to war con- tracts. The Trade Department announces that the Unlted States Navy has placed orders in Canada for 510,000,000 worth of three-inch, 50-calibre naval guns. The con- tract has been placed by the Canadian Commercial Corporation on behalf of the U. S. Navy with Sorel Industries Limited, Sorel, Que. This order will be in addition to a similar one placed with the Sorel com- pany on behalf of.the Canadian Navy. The Canadian order is valued at 352,100,000.

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It is now claimed that the late Prime Minister Mackenzie King was a spirltualist and sat in with "reputable" mediums for guidance. According to the Psychic News, Lbndon, England, the Duchess of Hamilton and Mr. King had two common interests, the welfare of animals and spiritualism. His method of obtaining guidance was to consult several mediums whom he had found trustworthy, and then - bearing in mind that messages can be silgliuy color- ed in passing through the purest channels - to distil from their combined ,informa- tion the essence he felt to be really true and helpful. He presented Queen Victoria's gold medal to Etta Wrledt, the American, as the medium whose work was most worthy of recognition. The medal, it to alleged, was given by Queen Victoria, to Kr. W. T. Stud. -but it is not stated how it coins into Mr. King: poooouton. All this moyhijpart account for the lat: Prime

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' Al: 1 public meeting held in the Town Hall on March 25, 18.52, for the purpose of establishing a Vol- unteer Company in Charlottetown. the following persons expressed themselves favourable to the pro- ject. and enrolled their names Ac- cordingly:

James B. Pollard. William Hoar, G. P. Tanton, James J. Rice, Alex. McKenzie. S. Cooper, James bang, Jonathan Ryder, Charles Bell, Rob- ert Taylor, George Kitsch, Alex. McDonald, Alex Coombs, B. Pollard. N. McLean, Henry. Galloway. P. Duchemin-, James J. Bevan, W. Be- an, W; Harper, T. Mann, John Bur- rows, George Foyster. John Stum- bles, W. Fennel, John McNeili, H. Bulpitt. D. McKinnon, John Willis, D. Bethune. John Glllen, James Mc- Leod, George Pethick, Charles Crawford, George Hicks. James Hicks, P. Quinn, N. Campbell, John Lockhart, Job Bevan, ,1r., J. Wadman. G. Crockett, B. Williams, Nathan Wright, H. Waller, J. J. Huelwood, I-I. Stove, R. Bell. J Bell, J. Weir, H. Selle.-. Daniel A. McPhec.

At. a subsequent meeting the com- pany was duly formed and the fol- lowing communication was for- warded to Sir Alexander Banner- man. Lieutenant Governor and Commando:-in-Chief: ,

"May it please your Excellency:

"Wc,t.he undersignedl inhabi- tants of Charlottetown, regarding with intense interest the present.

startling aspect of European of- fairs, calculated. as your petition- ers suspect, seriously to affect the best interests of Prince Edward Is- land, as a British Colony, approach your Excellency, as the representa- tive of her most. gracious Majes- ty, to pledge our loyalty and at- tachment to her Majesty's person and throne, and as an eameat of our loyal intention we have deter- mined, if such a step should meet with your Excellency! approval. to enrol ourselves as I. Volunteer Dress Company. so that we may become more effective and efficient in the discharge of those duties, which as militia we ought to be scquainud with, for the preservation of Brit- ish Sovereignity in this Colony. as well as for the personal safety of ourselves and fellow colonists.

"With this object we have made the following selection as commis- sioned officers, praying your Dr- cellcncy's confirmation of their op- polntments: Robert. Hutchinson. Esq.. Captain; Mr. Neil Rankin, Mr. James Rice. lieutenants; Mr. Charles Bell. Ensign.

"The Company further request your Excellency to establish thorn under the name of the Charlotte- town Rrifle Company."

But his Excellency did not Ip- prove of this show of military or- dour. "While thanking you for your patriotic offer of your services," he replied, "I cannot accept. them. I have at present no authority to do so. As liable to serve in the mill- tia I may inform you. that by sto- tute the Governor in authoriud. when he deems it expedient. 'to order and direct the officer in command of any Regiment of mili- tia wlthlln this Island to receive volunteers from the several com- panics of his Regiment. to the rm"- ber of fifty at least for the pur- pose of training, and such can.- manding officer shall then enroll ouch volunteers, etc., and require them to assemble for muster and training not exceedins twenty days in any one your

"The day is for distant. I hope, when the Sovereignity of thin, or any other British colony. will In in dongs , but should that day ovoi- arrive I feel confident that not fifty. but thousand: of the loyal inhabi- tants of this Island with volunteer to defend the rights of their Sov-

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Potato Growers' Problems

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Growing potatoes is the biggest gamble in agriculture. because no other farm product In subject to such tremendous fluctuations in price. Unlike wheat. potatoes can- not be held In storage until the market improves. And the yield per acre varies so tfroatly from year to year that there II no way of knowing. in planting time, whether there will be a surplus or a shortage. The same acreage which will yleld.far too many po- tatoes in a season when the wea- ther ls favorable may not yield on- ough to meet requirements when the weather in unfavorable.

At present. potato growers New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward Island appear to bg in a serious -position. Their trouble is that potato crops have been abun- dant throughout Canada and the United States, with the result that the supply exceeds the demand. This could knock the bottom out of prices and lead to disastrous financial losses.

It's to be hoped that the Fed- eral Government will lose no time formulating a price support pol- icy that will provide potato farm- era with badly-needed protection a guaranteed price is the obvious answer. This'pl'ice should be Just high enough to enable the more efficient producers to recover their crop investment. but not high enough to provide easy prof- its and to encourage inefficient producers to. stay .In .buIlneu.

The floor price not in recent years in the United States has been outlandlshly high, and has cost the taxpayers of that country staggering sums. In addition. it has resulted in the planting of potatoes in regions where they were not grown commercially be- fore. This threatens to undermine the industry in sections like Maine

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tho plane 1086110! Pennsylvania. another no-airsalc state. And so it goes. There are other things for the bar attendant to watch, to, as well as state boundaries. Sundays and election days have to be considered as well as the hours-of- lo regu- lations in some states. Over North Dakota and the State of Washing- ton drinks cannot be served to In. dian passengers. - Sun-Times.

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and Idaho, which have specialized in Potato-zrowing for decades. The mistakes made in the United States have been so glaring that Cnmda can. and obviously will, Avoid them.

Most branches of agriculture in this country have received federal aid. and our potato gioweu an Certainly entitled lto soundly-plum ned assistance. I: may ha femgm. bered that during the secona World War, when potatouwero so scarce. the price ceiling over po- tatoes in Canada was lower than the price floor under potatoes in the U. S.

Price ceilings deprived growers in New Brunswick ond Prince Ed- ward Island of tens of rnilllom of dollars in profits, but they accept- ed the situation without 'compla!ni

The government should remember this as it studies their petition

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Two men from The Netherlands. visiting Foirt William and Port Afthl-11'. UPON Enlllsh fluently, one of them delivered a ten-minuw speech without benefit of prepm. tion or of notes. and held the deep interest of his listeners. The men Loen Von Dljk and Jan de Vial, are engaged in film work in mm home country and are spending I few weeks in (J nods under a tel. lowohip from O0 to study film work in this country. Neither had been in an English languag. country before. Their accent, their large vocabulary, their knowledge of grammar is I. very treat compli. ment to the efficiency of the teach- ing in The Nottierlands. How many pcduatco of high schools in Can- ado could do as well with French or German on the strength of their study of these languages in Cana- dian classrooms? - Fort William 'rimes-Joumoi.

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