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91st Anniversary Tuesday, July 1, is not only-Domin- ion Day — the 91st anniversary of our birth as a nation —— it is also the 185th anniversary of our own entry ;into Confederation with all the rights, jprivileges and responsibilities of a .full-fledged Province. It is worth recalling that the first "Dominion Parliament of 1867 con- sisted, at its commencement, of 181 ‘members -— 82 for Ontario, 65 for .Quebec, 19 for Nova Scotia. and 15 for ,New Brunswick. To this number were added, under the Manitoba Act of ‘1870, four members to represent the ‘newly created province of Manitoba. iln the year following. Britis h lColumbia entered Confederation and was given six representatives, mak- ing a total of 191 members at the end of the first Parliament of Can- ada. Arising out of the first census of 1871, the representation of Ontario was increased to 88, Nova Scotia to 21, New Brunswick to 16. To these were added six members in 1873, when Prince Edward Island joined Confederation. There have been many changes since," indicative of the phenomenal

. growth and development of the na-

tion. One of the changes, however points in another direction. Far from adding to our initial representation of six members in the House of Com- mons, Prince Edward Island today in a chamber of 265«members has but four, and would have still fewer were it not that we were able to have the minimum pegged at the number of our four seats in the Senate.

There is no getting round the sig- nificance of these figures, or of the blasted hopes they represent so far as the population growth of this Pro- vince under‘Confederation is concern- ed. This does not mean that we have failed to benefit in other ways, or that we do not share in the pride of achievement which all Canadians mustifeel on this anniversary occas- ion. We are hopeful, too, of better things in store for Prince Edward Is- land and the Atlantic Provinces gen- erally. Certainly we have no intention of lying “at anchor on the stream of time.” Here, where Confederation was born, we cherish tradition but we have also a compelling faith in the future of our country and in our ability to contribute to its true wealth and greatness, more and more as opportunity permits.

Vacant Farms

In her recent speech in the Senate the Hon. Florence Elsie Inman touch- ed on, among other things, the need for rehabilitation of vacant farms, so that the soil —— good soil in most in- stances -- might: be put back in pro- duction.

This is a matter which is of import- ance to the whole Maritime area. It is of special importance to this Pro- vince where, for its size and taking all factors into consideration, there are more vacant farms than in any of the other ‘areas. There must ‘be many thousands of acres of land lying idle on this Island. It is a most unfortun- ate situation and all possible efforts should be made to improve it.

Senator Inman did not say what form these efforts should take, ex- cept to suggest that members of Par- liament‘ from farming constituencies “direct their influence” to finding ways and means of doing something about the situation. We are not sure that the rank and file. member of Parliament from rural areas has a great deal of influence. But if he has only a little, he could do much worse with it than use it in behalf of the need outlined by Mrs Inman. It is a shocking thing that good land should be idle when over half of the world’s population are constantly on the verge of starvation.

It is not the type of problem that is easy to solve, of course. Nor. is it altogether a Federal problem. It might ever. be argued that it is a problem that belongs exclusively to the Provinces. But in these days, when the Federal Government has a hand -— usually a controlling hand — in everything that involves social and economic welfare, it ' not unreason-

able to expect Federalls aid in a prob- lem that is so closely related to the

‘ Great Lakes

national interest. Perhaps a Fetleral farm development bank, consolidat- ing all Government credit f0I' farmers, as suggested by James M. Forgie, Liberal member for Renfrew North, would help.

Thin Veneer

Despite the horror of the execu- tion of former Premier Nagy of Hun- gary and three of his co-patriots, by consent, if not by the order, of Rus- sian authorities, some good may come of it. All over the world a cry of out- rage has been heard. A United Na- tions committee on Hungary is go- ing ahead with a special report on the former premier’s execution r_e- gardless of Budapest’s refusal to co- operate. The committee also is explor- ing the possibilities of calling a special

‘ meeting of the U.N. General Assem-

bly. Even in ‘powerful Communist parties like those of Italy and France there is said to be consternation at the stupidity, to say nothing of the iniquity, of the act. In India, where Government officials have been try- ing for years to stay on friendly terms with Russia’s leaders, denunciation has been particularly severe. And we may be sure that in countries which are under Moscow's domination—the satellite countries —— there is dismay mingled with fear.

The fact that the Government of a supposedly civilized country could do such a thing is proof that the Russian leaders’ professed desire for “co-

existence”, for international under- '

standing and good will, for agree- ments based on mutual respect, is only a thin veneer covering almost primitive savagery. A truce there may be — for the simple reason that war would be universally devastating; but how can there be any respect for a regime that has shown plainly that it holds both human freedom and human life in utter contempt ?

Cause For Uneasmess

There is cause for uneasiness in a report made to a meeting of doctors in Halifax by Major H.B.- Bevan Jones, a psychiatrist attached to the R.C.A.M.C.

Major Bevan-Jones stated that “loss of freedom, lack of privacy and the impersonal attitude of the army are factors which are ‘upsetting_re- cruits.” He noted that two-fifths of the recruits rejected on medical grounds during a test period—Nov. 1956 to March 1958——were psychia- tric cases. Most of them had personal- ity disorders; and 7 per cent had mental deficiency in some degree.

3.8 per cent of the new recruits in the army’s Eastern Command, which takes in the Atlantic Provinces, were “downgraded” for medical reasons within six months of signing up. 1.5 per cent of the total were recommend- ed for discharge for psychiatric rea- sons. Major Bevan-Jones expressed the opinion that more personal of- ficers should be fully trained in psy- chology. This, he believes, would lead to more efficiency in screening re- cruits.

EDITORIAL NOTES

If the President of Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation has been able to reduce the staff of the Crown-owned company from 2300 to 1800 in two years, without lowering its efficiency, it IS possible that other Government departments have bigger staffs than they actually need.

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Next year will mark the centenary of the founding of Protestant miss- ions in Japan. To mark the occasion a large church is being built in the Osaka area. The land for the building was donated by a Japanese Railway company; and the leading business men in the area — Christians and non-Christians — are sponsoring a fund raising campaign.

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Transport Minister Hees has an- nounced that the Government agrees with the Shipping Federation of Can- ada that pilots are not needed on vessels in certain parts of the Great Lakes. This is in opposition to the Pilots’ Association. Meanwhile, a bill has been introduced in the United States Congress which, if passed, will require pilots on Am- erican ships throughout the whole area.

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A report issued by the Metro- politan Life Insurance Co., reveals that tractors account for more acci- dents on farms than any other type of machinery. Overturning is the greatest hazard in the use of tractors; and many people lose their lives while climbing on or off the machines or their attachments, starting tractors and hitching attachments, the report states. More than 13,000 persons were killed in the United States in farm accidents last year. We haven’t seen the figures for Canada. It is probably just as high on a per capita basis.

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publicisrts, has been lured by the

-THE LIBERAL HOPE

‘ fortunate settlers h.ave sufferedl

OFF THE LAUNCHING PAD

OTTAWA REPORT

7’Under New Mcmogemenl”

By Patrick Special Correspondent

OTTAWA — It is remarkable how wide some doors are open- ed around here by a little bit of defeat.

And this is especially true at or near the summit in adversity, where doors which used to be so firmly closed are now invitingly open on a come-one come-all ba- sis. Noteworthy in this respect is that popular and headlined state- sman, made familiar to all through his decor of bow tie, “boyish grin” and Novel Peace Prize.

When “Mike” was our Secre- tory of State for External Af- fiairs, he was vintually inacces- sible to most journalists. I was always very fortunate; but his secretary, Mary Maodlonald, bar- red his door against many news- men-wlith a wall of oh so solid flesh, in e zealous and jealous manner not shown by woman since. Flora of the same name saicrifliced her forearm as a door latch to protect Bonnie Princ Charlie. -

Now “Mike” under new man- aigemenlt has become Hon. Les- ter Pearson. John Payne, one of our most successful commercial

National Liberal Fedemation at a rich remuneration to build a hero of the grass roots out of that diplomat of the ivory tower. '

In this era of the cult of per- sonality at the summit of the Liberal Party - which was ini- tiated by projecting an apparent-

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ly forbidding Quebec lawyer into tnams - Canadian folklore as “Uncle” - the immediate future of the party largely depends up- on John PIayne’s miseion to create a winning image out of his em- ploye-r’s selected front man. This practitioner emeritus in wooing the ‘public was long suc- cessful in putting across the 300 year old I-Iudsoifs Bay Company of Adventurers trading into our West. Now he must attempt as much with his 61 year old charge adventuring especially into a West barren of elected followers. He certainly handles more pro- mising clay than that available previously to Bill Munro, the ac- count executive of the advertising agency Oockfield Brown, who

handles the Liberal Party

ness.

As a first step, he has launch- ed a campaign to win back for Mr. Pearson that reverent and uncritical admiration, which was tendered to him by political cor- respondents here through his 9 yeans as External Affairs Secre- tary - only to be destroyed within an hour on 20th. January last in the most impressively sue-cevssful political suicide over caused by error of judgment.

Through years past, Mr. Pear- son has held weekly press con-' ferences which earned him both admiration and headlines. So as a start, John Payne has reintro- duced these, but with a differ- ence. -

In Parliament's Room 497,

THE ACADIANS OF P.E.|.

Three Yea rs

Of Privcilion

By J. Henri Blanchard, LL. D.

(Continued from Saturday)

In eleven of the new settle- ments, although clearings had been made, not a bushel had been sown for lack of seed. This lack, was due largely to a successionl of misfortunes which may be} well illustrated by de la Roque’s i remarks concerning Malpec, onel of the most promising of all the‘ settlements. -

“The lands in the neighbour- hood of the harbour of Mal-pee; are superior in quality to tlrosel of St.-Pierre, and the river du!

Nord-Est, and even to all those: we have visited up to the pre-{ sent time. Nevertheless those who have settled here have not been? able to seed their lands this year, . but it must be taken into consid- eration that it was due to the

bad seasons from which the un-!

during three consecutive years. The first year the trouble was caused by field mice. i

“A prejudiced. ignorant and: vulgar people, did not long hes-1 itate in ascriblng the coming of?: this plague to some evil spirit‘ working against the Island. Sus-‘ picion fell upon a man named St. Germain, dit Perigord. This suspicion coming to knowledge of the Indians, they took the man Perigord, put him to death, . and buried him on the Isle of Comte Saint-Pierre, at the wes- tern entrance of the harbour of port Lajoie. ‘ SECOND BAD SEASON

“The second bad season was caused by innumerable legions of locusts of a profigious size, They were of so voracious a species that they ravaged all the grain, vegetables and even the grass and the buds on the trees.

The last year. the wheat crop was totally scalded. These are the events of the last three years’ anguish, that have reduc- cd these poor settlers to the depths Of l>0Ve1'iy, so that for at least‘ six months, the greater number amongst them had not even bread to eat, but s-ubsisted on the shell fish they gathered on the shores of the harbour when the tide was out. It is certain that unless the King makes them a gratuity. or a loan of seed grain to seed their land the com- 3 ing spring, the settlers will be? under the bitter necessity oil

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abandoning the district, if they would escape death from hunger, as they have no other source of liveli-ho .” PROPOSALS IGNORED

In his report attached to the census figures, de la Roque had made various recommendations to the government of Fn;.nce with respect to the future develop- ment of the colony of Isle Saint- Jean; but like those of his pre-

decessors, they were completely:

neglected by the infamous court

1 King Louis XV, and the olfifi-: cials at port Lajoie could not‘ cope with the difficulties beyond: their control, and finally, the re-, sult was that they and theirl

wards were scattered to four corners of the earth. GOVERNOR’S INSTRUCTIONS j

On October 4, 1751, influenced by Colonel Fran-quet’s report, a series of instructions were sent

l by the Governor of Louisburg to‘

the Commandant de Bon-neaven- ture at port La-joie. Eveny en- couragemeut was to be given all A-cadians from Acadia who wish- ed to take up lands in Isle Saint-Jean. The colonists must be encouraged to form new villages. The reason for these villages is that those who inhabit them can help one another, and can as- semble easily when required, that when priests are provided they will all be in reach of spiritual help, a surgeon will be provided to heal them when they are 111,

The Commandant must have a register made of all the conces- sions of land. I-n addition to this,

he must see to it that the roads’

from port Lajoie to Three Riv- ers, and from Three Rivers to Saint-Peters and Three Rivers to East Point be properly repaired_ The Commandant must be ex. termely careful not to allow any COWS, sheep. hogs, fowl. etc., out of the Island, so that these species may greatly multiply and in time make the island self- supporting. , YEAR OF PROGRESS Commandant de Bonnaventure did his best to put into execution the various articles of this re- commendation, and we find that the year 1753 was one of progress in Isle Saint-Jean. However only seven or eight families of Aca- dians arrived during the summer. In the autumn five German tam.

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ecoMoMY 3AeK IN

about two dozen newsmen gath- ered for the first conference. This is the present Liberal Party cau- cus room, which used to house no more than a Quebec caucus. ATTENDANCE DROPS

The fol-lovvimg week, the audience of newsman was halved, which testified to the thinnessof the gruel. For when Mr. Pear- son was a Cabinet Minister, he would talk freely and frankly on any topic. raised. But now when he is Leader of the Opposiition, charm is all. Every worthwhile

topic is barred on the grounds that it will shortly be discussed in Pazrliament. This new prefer- ential respect for Parliament deodorises his news conferences.

Our uncaptivated attention hence roamed around the room. appreciating the attractive panel- ‘ling, uot‘mg‘the gilded door lin- tels proclaiming “Honor the King” and “Fear God,” compar- ing the brooding black busts of fiorrner Libearal giants at one end of the room and the happy live faces of present Liberal aides at the other. Thehour-long confer- ence was recorded word by word by a Hansard reporter with a tape - recorder, who was moon- lighting at the expense of the National Liberal Federation; and by a five - man C." B. D. tele- vision crew with camera, lights- and tape - record-er,-which was not moonlighting and was at the expense of the taxpayer, which means you.

As one cynic commented, we will soon be given coffee and doughnuts to fill the hour which facts may not fill.

The only remaining interest in what was once the most popular press conference on The Hill, now is to see what gimmick the brilliant John Payne will infuse into this moribund moment.

ilies, desertens from the garrison at Halifax. came to the Island. A bountiful crop rewarded the lavbors of the settl-ens in all the various districts. The records show that one inhabitant semi: 5,000 cabbage-s and 100 hogs- heads of turnips to Lourisburg. (To be continued)

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files) TWENTY—«I<‘IVE YEARS AGO (June 30, 1986)

Hon. George H. I. Coclcburn,

the '

St. Stephen, N.B., Grand Chancel- lor ‘Knights of Pyt’.hia.s or the Maritime Provinces, will play an : official visit to Empire Lodge, Charlottetown, this evening. The Grand Chancellor will install the officers of Empire Lodge for the ensuing term and will deliver an « address.

I This morning the P. E. I. Light , Horse, under command of Colon. l el Andrew, will leave for Sum- mersi-de to go under canvas for two~weeks. The Signalling Com. oany under’ command of Major F‘. B. Conrad will leave on July 5th. for Aldershot, and the High. lander-s will go under canvas on , July 6th. , TEN YEARS AGO

[ (June 30, 1948)

3 ‘A provisional Prov-i-nacial Divi- l sion of the Community Planning Association of Canada was foam- ed last night at a largely attend- ed meeting held in the City Hall. The executive comprises Lt. Col. E. W. Johnston, N-ew London; Messrs. LeRoy Holman, Summer. side; Keir Clank, Montague; Mel. vin McQuaid, Souris; Peter Pate, O'_Leary; Mrs. W. J. P. Mac. Mlllan. Mrs. Erskine MacNe-ill, E. S. Blanchard and W. J. Hen- nessey, all of Charlottetown.

Preliminary work has begun on the construction of a wing to the Vocation School. Grafton Street. The wing, which will be 60 feet long by 60 feet wide, will con- tain a basement and two upper floors. The basement will serve as a store-room and the two up- per rooms will be utilized for class-room instruction.

~ The Age Old Story

l l Labor. Working with his hands

By Herman N. Bundesen. m.d.,

arthritis, bursitis and llllllbagfla a new emergency treatment for severe shock and even a differ- ent kind of toothbrush are the medical advances I Would like to discuss today.

' which reportedly provides relief from painful muscle spasms of lumbago. sprains and strains. Its manu- facturers say _it is One-a‘nd‘a‘ half to three times as potent as other‘ commonly used relaxants.

FOUND EFFECTIVE

research and two years of tests port. it has been found effective rheumatic and orthopedic

arthritis.

not a cure for

life-thretening medical-condition

Among Latest Medical Aids

NEW DRUGS for relief of

Ch-lorzox-azone is the drug

bursitis. stiff neck,

skeletal

In three years of laboratory with human patients, they Fe‘

in a wide variety of anthriglc. is.

It is not, however, a cure for

Aristocort tniamcinolone "is a new steroid which may prove beneficial to many arthritic and aillengic patients who previously have not been able to tolerate steroid drugs.

NOT A CURE

It reportedly has proven ef- fective in treating rheumatoid arthritis, respiratory allergies and dermatoses. Again I want to emph-aize that this drug is arthritis - or asthma, but it does promise to make steroid therapy available to many more patients. Meticortelone Soluble, a ster- ile powder form of prednisolone, is the new emergency -treatment for severe shock caused by in- juries, burns, surgery and other