iarms that were never mortgaged. Half the mortgages were held by private indivi- duals; few were tuned by Government agemies or the loan companies.

THE GUARDIAN

Published every week-day morning at 136 Prince Street. Charlottetown, P. E. 1., by The Thomson Company Limited.

"Covers Prince Edward Ieilnd Lilia the Dew”

Editor and Manager, Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

Branch offices at xlberton. Authorized as .Second Class 'he Post Office Department. Ottawa.

3y Carrier: Charlottetown. Summerside 815.00 per innum. Elsewhere in P E. I. 59.00. Other at-ov- .nces and U. S. A. 512.00 per annum.

Welfare costs In Irltalli '

. The cost of social services in Britain is rising at an alarming rate. In the Budget year 1952-3. for which figures have just been published, H.865 millions was spent by the Government, the local authorities, and the National Insurance funds together. That was f227 millions more than the year before, and it is predicted that further reg- ular increases will occur, even if the rates of pensions and other benefits are not brought up to full subsistence level.

Retirement pensions are the largest nomnand Wm provide . d single item in t-he.acc0unt, with 12314 mil. , s 3 P1999 elll for fu- lions-and yet it is generally agreed that l Flu"? :1” 3”'e15 of members 01' the R0y8l Fam-l the rates are inadequate The real cause

ly; I at it will be almost a matter of ' ' . to t l tions in any art of th C I - - ' g e ge m- 9 P 9 Onlnlonweallh and position of the people. More old people at 23;: Same ghhe dhahll Of sight-seeing. need more pensions, and they also need (3 gran l0Ul 15 an Bdlnlmble means more medical care. About 500 millions lg; lelllni-' as litany People. as possible Shelwas spent in 1952-3 on the National Health edeltr Eugen) fdnhough Vhghahce l5 Tequlr-,Service, and in spite of the imposition of

0 eep ” mm becommg altogether t00'charges the patients only contributed H5 formal and elaborate. The relatively in- minions formal visit. such as the present one prom- ' - - ises to be, is a much less formidable pro- iongfdzggitslgrhcgamllytalknvancfs and mat. position. Arrangements are still necessar-vnons more Regan :1: mcgisnterxany mlg ily elaborate but the Royal visitor has much h - ' p - ance 0 more freedom of action and generally louslqt-IE was am-fther Item that rose steeip. speaking can see rather than merely be y. e total bill was equal to the entire seen revgnue from income tax and surtax to-

' . , get er-though only a part of course fell

Th D k '11 b ' ' ' l cities ealmlfisi lehritlrel: adlttiffiihrgg lfize hflligiieer on the Central Budget. week visit. Apart from Ottawa and at- and Itfh we :3" keep unerg-ployrslent down tendance at the Empire Games he will be - 8 pr uc Ion" expan mg -e burden sgeing mainly the great developments of imlght be bearabm The Guardian says' the Canadian north. His visit will serve sgiutnatfifge Zlhed boaliin-tlsttsqerbf pezmds tgf

not merely to improve his acquaintance -g J '- W en e with an important part of this nation but welght of these payments Wm be hardly will focus world-wide attention on the de- t:lera:le' espwigyy as th: Eguf wllg Tount velopment and potentialities of that vast y M y year. -ays mus - Gun 0 re- termory duce the cost without throwing away the

' essence of the Welfare State; otherwise the edifice may crumble under its own weight."

Summerllde. Montague Mall

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"The strongest memo;-y-l:.;vaakai than the weakest ink."

FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1954 II. II. II.

The hope has been expressed that the Duke of Edinburgh's tour of the Canadian

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Salad Vlook

, One of the many paradoxes of life is that vegetarianism seems to be more con- -t ducive to belligerency than is the eating 5 of red meat. Be that as it may, there are few subjects on which it is more difficult to get unanimity than that of salads. To begin with there are no neutrals in the ' - matter of salad eating. There are those. More rigid enforcement of lath spacing to whom life without salads would be real. regulations for lobster traps as proposed hardship and the others who will not have by the Fisheries Department should make them at any price. A C it easier to make the minimum size reg-

Among the enthusiasts for salads, whon ulations effective. Allowing most of the are growing in number all the time, therel smaller lobsters to escape before the traps is little agreement on what constitutes an are hauled will at least remove the tempta- proper salad. It would be almost as easy tion not to throw them back. to reconcile two Scotsmen on rival reclpesl . . . ” f for haggis as two salad makers or eaters on either the proper ingredients or method of preparation.

The Canadian Horticultural Council is

.- EDITORIAL NOTES

7 Charlottetown welcomes H. M. C. S. Wallaceburg and Portage. The two Alger-l :ines are visiting the port with 3, class of -U.N.T.D. cadets.

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and Social Council "to permit member gov- on the side of the angels and has for some emments t” study the Plah"- J&n- 1. 1955

years sponsored the observance of Salad' is mt Very far hff fl” ad0Ph0n 0f l1 DN- lposal of such importance but that is the

Week with great emphasis on the health-n giving qualities of the uncooked vegetable; "ext date when the I””5"lL and Pl”0D058d

ingredients of its favoured dish. Cooks are l calendars coihchm artists, however, and let their imaginationl e haV9 full SWKY When they Come UP With ill United States investment in this coun- personal interpretation of what is basically try amounts to some 556001000300 3 year ” 8 SlnlPl9 lllSh- and that of British investors about M50,- O00,000 a year according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Capital from outside . gg sources is playing an important part in lCanadals remarkable expansion but far

V A survey of farm families in eight On-n . . , -- tario counties has revealed that during then more 15 being conmbuted by mvesmrs 1”

first half of this century 6370 of all thel this ””""”Y- mature male children chose farming as a . vocation, only nine per cent chose nmfes. Walter Horatio .Pater, English critic sions. "Mature" applies to those who had and humanist, died this date 1894. Dean completed primgry or Secondary Schooling! of Brasenose college, he wrote many essays. .- The following details of the survey are' Particularly for the Fmhhghlly R9Vl9W 8nd noted in the Toronto Telegram; was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. Not quite half the daughters married His Wntlnzs crystallised the Romantic farmers; 129;, chose professions and the movement before it degenerated into ex- remainder other vocations. At that, there tmV383hC9- He linked :0? tmlh and he'll-lly were enough to go around; 8476 of the only in Works of art, or at moments of wives of married farm operators originat- hath": 0' in transient 9XP9Fl9nC9- Of his ed from farms within the local communi- style. Georgel Moore said: "In the pages ties. of Pater, the English language lies in The farm economics branch of the De- 5t3t9-" ' partment of Agriculture obtained records from 800 mixed livestock farms in Dundas, Grenville, Hastings, Victoria, Halton, Well- ington, Huron and Kent. As the average age of mature sons was only 1.2 per farm operator, 6376 staying on the farm would not keep things going, even with single operators and new Canadians. But in the areas covered by the survey it was found 3996 of farm operators go on until they die; 2996 retire on the farm or in the vic- lnityha .1996 go farming elsewhere..Age G5: ' ," p'-.niid-polnt for ceasing active ,.,&t”about 2596 of operators can-

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Results in Indo-China, notes the Winni- peg Free Press, have proved that the struggle for freedom in Asia cannot suc- ceed without at least substantial support from the Asiatic peoples. With greater re- sources of its own, with larger aid from its friends, France might have achieved a military victory. for the moment. In the long run it could not hope to hold its position unless its rule was accepted by the Indo-Chinese. They. or most of them, would not fight for France and evidently could see little difference between the two op-. posing powers. ' The Communists, with equal sldll'endcynlcism,poeeduthepeo- ple's frienth and the frient of peace. Rlshtly or wronslv. and -nvwnv fatally. .Fnnceeuft'ei-edfromptlieold feerofthe "white man's colonialism in Asia. It ltaportiorrdtliaaliencorn sowed "by many Western nstioiis more. than ”two

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sii-Following the news of the recent beauty contest for mu Canada we were happy to us a char-mint lqdy from our lovely 15- land was in second place. and looking -the pictures over those of us who are not export Judges would say they are lovely girls.

when we speak of beauty and beautiful girls and women we won- der where one could go to find a better and sweeter looking lot of woman and girls than right at home.

Visit Charlottetown, any day and spend some time on any street or any store where you will see face to face a sea of women and girls of every age. I am willing to wager

o my shirt no finer looking women

and girls are to be ifound. This is not to say they are all city women and girls; no, they are in the city from all over the Island, well dressed. fine-looking women who would hold 1. place in any conpest: they have the natural beauty that comes from living in this garden of dreams. dew-kissed and see-breeaed. Times have changed for our women. They are not slaves any more whose work is never done, but they are the

beauty as they go along through life. And as one who has been around to many of the big cities and other places. I am happy to cast my vote that this Island has the finest. and sweetest looking we men and girls I have ever seen. Don't drop your diahcloths and aprons, young housewives, and raoevout for the beauty ring. Col- lege girls and store clerks, don't forget your duties when you read this. But we have read so much about beauty contests we think its time some one spoke out for our beauties at home, not Just a few but in general. Wake up, men and look at your -own girls and women and see if they are not the finest looking you have ever seen! This Island of dreams can also be called the Islaisi of beautiful. women. I a-m 5ir,, etc.

W. A. O'BRIEN

Morcll, P. E. I.

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when He appoints to meet thee. go thou forth-

It matters not .

If south or north, ,

Bleak waste or sunny plot.

Nor think. it liaply He thou se:k'st

He does thee wrong

To stile or gate Lean thou thy head. and long! It may be that to spy thee H: is mounting Upon a tower. or in thy counting Thou hast mista'en the hour.

But if He comes not, neither do thou go

Till Vesper chime.

Bellke thou then shalt know

He hath been with thee Eli int time

-T. E. Brown.

Freedom Run -VVild

(Sydney Post-Record) - While complaining about this or that which works out to the disad- vantage of the Marltlmes, we need not cease counting our blessings. In counting them one at s. t'm' let's rate it a major blessing that, this region was spared woe and trouble seemingly endless when the Doukhoboi-s went to Western Can- ada instead of settling here.

The sons of Freedom Doukhobor: specifically are the people who ever since most. can remember. have re- peatedly made life extremely un- pleasant and dangerous to" t'V ' neighbors in the West. Take the latest instance They are b..ng blamed, and with reason, for two week-end dynamite blasts that damaged a railway and a power line in British Columbia.

I-Vllce said the dynamltlng of the Canadian Pacific Railway! Kettle Valley line on the outskirts of Penticton. and the blowing up of power line poles no miles north.- west of Trail. had -" "" e i of earlier terror raids by the radical sect that has ktpr. bi. . , Kootenay tlstrict in turmoil for more than 20 years. Large numbers of the "Sons" reside in the twc widely separated areas.

What. is the repeated lawless up- roar about? Al nearly as anyone can make out its because the Daukhobors oblect to being asked to comply with the laws that ap- ply to all Canadians. The law says that Canadian children much be educated. The so-called Sons of freedom apparently would i-nth". that their children not be f t f

These people are gracious enough to be willing to live In Canada ac- cording to their own terms. They resort to anon. dynamiting and other destruction. and to parading naked, in public when asked to live acoordingto the i-arnuof theme- lon which are terms determined by the People of Canada in the light of their intellilfnoe and ideals.

flhe Inrltlmes were afflicted

people it id to pg;-an. Infhto dlllre if in were not '0!” V 50 Diaiiadv them to

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George, Clark L

London: Sir Winston Churchill has provided a newkey to his for- eign policy. It lies in the words with which he ended his recent statement to the House of Com- mons about the results of his visit to Washington. "What a vast ideological gulf there is." the Prime Minister said, "between the idea of a peaceful co-existence, vigilantly safeguarded, and a mood of forcibly extirpating the Com- munlst fallacy and heresy. It is indeed a gulf."

This gulf is not, as Sir Winston had made plain earlier in his statement, one between the Brit- ish Government and the American Administration. Indeed, be present- ed the Potomac Charter, the de- claration signed at Washington, to the Commons almost as if it were a solemn treaty binding both Bri- tain and the United States to a policy of peaceful co-existence with the Communists, and to the rejection of any policy of "ex- tlrpating the Cummunlst fallacy and heresy" by force.

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The gulf is rather between Presi- dent Eisenhower and that powerful group of opinion in the United States. headed by Senator Know. iand, which certainly appears from here to believe that only by forci- ble extirpation can Communism be checked.

It is well realized in London that the Senator and the other military and political figures for whom he is the spokesman do not contem- plate aggressive war. But it is be- lleved that they do support the maintenance of pressure on the Communists. particularly on Com- munist China. in a way that car- ries with it a risk of unnecessary war.

In British eyes. the impractical nature of this policy was the moral of Dien Blen Phu. In April, when the biiitle of Dien Bien Phu came to its crises. Congress and the American public both made it clear that they were not prepared to put American boys into Indo- China.

At the time that attitude was obscured behind the argument that Britain would not move either. But it rapidly became plain that the P. sident had no authority from Congress. and was not likely to get authority. for military action which might make of lndo-China another Korea.

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This struck people almost as forcibly in London as in Moscow and Peking. The Western powers, it seemed. must draw an inevit- able conclusion. Since there would be no real military intervention in any event, the British Cabinet moved strongly in favor of the alternative policy of co-existence, of trying to draw a clear boundary line, which each side would under- take to respect, and than striving to get along as best we can on either side of that line.

It was to urge this policy on to the President. as against the thiaatenlng yet ill-defined attitude of Senator Khowland. that Sir Winston went once again townh- livtton. That was the real purpose of his trip, however much he stressed the other aspect. of dia- cuulon about the hydrogen bomb, in his ublic statement.

This rltish policy is not ap- peasement. The Brltlsh Govern- ment. whether Labor or Conserva- tive. has ever since the war shown itself fully prepared to throw all its weight into the scales to check further aggression. '

To this purpose it has main-

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I tained strong armies at key points across the globe, has not hesitated to despatch its young national servicemen .into action in Korea. and would certainly fight not only in our defence but in any major action declared by the United Nations to be essential to halt aggression. O 0

But beyond those limits this country cannot go and will not go, whatever the color of its Gov- ernment. No British Prime Min- later could rally support in Britain for measures designed, however indirectly, to try to overthrow Communism by force, whether in China, Russia. the satellites. or In- do-China. This is not an ideologi- cal attitude, not a softness to- wards Communism. It springs from a deep belief that war should be fought in clear resistance to ag- gresslon, but not for any other end.

Events have shown that only a major war can provide the a- mount of force necessary for the forcible extirpation of a strong totalitarian regime. Arid a major war means, for Britain. the early death of a large part of its popu- latlon. Moreover. North America could maintain a war even if its main cities were knocked out by atomic attack, for it could still feed its people from its own farms. but Britain cannot.

This immense strategic fact looms over the whole British scene in the age of the H-bomb. It gives urgency to Britain's determination

mei-lean group that advocates the

fence but to root out Communism where it is already established. Of the two dangers which con- front us. that of trying to live alongside the Communists is in British'eyea the lesser. "This statement." as Sir Winston said in his C speech. "ls 1! recognition of the appalling char- acter which war has now assum- ed, and that its fearful consequ- ences go even beyond the Hi- cultles and,dangers of dwelling side by side with the Communist states."

These words were directed. in

to oppose. at every turn. any A-I

use of force. not for pure de-.

L i . W 2 ll NOTFSBY

When people in the Windsor ere- talk of drought they have to make it clear whether they mean beet-.or water.

New in lediee' hosiery is a nylon tiulla tttiist creates the affect of I mist veiling the leg"-and we think we can see from here that it post-

D. F. in Ottawa Citizen.

All sorts of out-of-the-way corn- ers of the world are written up as offering dirt-cheap vacations-to anybody who is rich enough to get there. -stratford Beacon-Heb ald.

A naturalist says that taking I live sponge apart doesn'l.,hurt it. We'll have to find some other way to take care of visiting relatives.

-Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

It's deplorable that in so many cases the difference between right and wrong is identical to the dif- ference between what a person ought. to do and what he wants to do -Kingston Whig-Standard.

A frequent passenger says taxi drivers are not predictable people some will not talk at all; some will answer when spoken to and others talk incessantly from the time you get in until you get. to your destination. -st. Thomas

Times-Journal. No one can Est-lcsiiiro iha English better than themselves.

What novelist. could have thought up the recent situation in which the Horse Guards must salute every fellow wearing I bowler and carry- ing a furlcd umbrella because he might be a. Guards officer in civics? -London Free Pgess.

Most of the newspapers in Can- ada made a terrific hullaabaloo when this country's team went down to a 1-2 defeat at the hands of the Russians last Winter. It assumed the aspects of a national calamity Therefore, the least we can do is hail the victory of a University of Toronto student in a chess match

the first instance. to Parliament and the British ,eople. But they were clearly aimed, like Sir Win- ston's public utterances in Wash- ington, at the American people, aimed in the hope of counteracting the ideas of Senator Knowland and of strengthening those of the Presi- dent. who is believed to be sure- ly. if hesitantly, of ,the opinion