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WEWTT, ctniniorrtiowit GUARDIAN

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Presitlt-lll: LiL-ui. Col. W Chester S. MOLIIII hce President: _I R. Burnett. FJ-l ‘st‘l'I‘l‘lill')‘: Ln-ut Col. l) A Maclilnnfln. 0.5.0. |'.i1.tt>i .lll(l Alairgiiig Director J R. Burnett. FJJ. l\\\i|"w1ll‘ Liliiurs: frank Vlalker and Ian A. Burnett "i-"mi SLBSCRIPTTUN iiniis i By .\l:.lI in l'.£.1., $1.00 n" year: 52-50 fur 0 months $1.25 for 3 months; 50o for one month 01.1; lit-liver) $5.110 per year; $3.00 for If maul-Ill $1.75 for 3 months 1.5) Mail in Canada and U.S.A $5.00 per year Bflllllllily iieekly: $2.00 per year; $1.00 lor 6 montna 50o for 3 months

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A Joint Si. Andrew's Celebration

liorli Scwtltiiitl mid Russia tomorrow will cele-

hrzite lill‘ l ztsi of St. Andrew, but the various Svttiii-‘ti .\' triztl CPlVlIITlLlOIIS will be held tonight‘ or next \\c‘\l.'_ ’l‘lit.- countries have a good deal iii L‘\)l.ll1Il\t1l_ The lines below are a translation of a pot-in written over one. hundred years ago by a great Russian poet of Scottish ancestry:

\\'li\* lirive l not wings like the raven of the i Slwpl-k‘. \\"ii:ch iluW soars far over my head? \\'li\- Clllllltll l sail and hover in the clouds? Frri-tloiii-~iii_v one love and desire?

To the \\'t-tt -l-t the West would l fly,

\\‘}:.>rc {low-er the fields of my fathers.

Where Lifltitl‘ the walls of the empty castle,

Mid the niisty hills, sleeps their forgotten dust.

On the ancient wall hangs the shield of my

yicvzplg

And the legendary sword; (lvcr sirortl and shield would l fly, ' And brat tlu-ir dust awzig‘ with my wings. And l wvntltl touch tlie strings of the ctttlztntl.

sound would wake the ruined archer to

harp of

Anti i life, And would strengthen, and become as a ringing lfllllllltf‘? (all, T-t \\.'ll~ll‘ll ngziiu the old glory of Scotland.

But these are vain dreams —useless striving: Aqniitst tinaltcraltb- fate.

lit wwtn me and tlicse hills of my ancestors, tit-t wild, dividing sea.

l run the last of a line of many fearless warriors,

Flu: l ain fading amidst foreign snows.

llcra l \-."a= born, but my spirit is of another cottniry.

\\J.'i_.- l"l\‘(’ I not wings like the raven of the stcppes?

Lerniontoy, the name of the poet wary wrote ' the lines. is a Russianiscd form of the Scottish Lezirmont or Lenrmottth. This was also the fam- ily natiie of Thomas the Rhymcr, the prophet and poet of the Borders, who lived in the 13th century. It is doubtful if Lermontov himself ever heard of True Thomas of Ercildoume, though TllfilllilS has been identified as his ancestor bv some Russian writers. lle was so proud of his Scots forefathers that had he known we are sure he would have celebrated the fact in poetry and we can find no trace of this.

To Russians Lcarmontov is known as the "Poet ‘of the Caitcastis.” He spent two periods of political exile in the mountainous regions of Georgia, and many of his poems were inspired by the beauty of its scenery and the character of its people. It is strange that Lcrmontov, who never saw Scotland, should have been so greatly attrzictctl by a region whose natural features — wild hills, rushing streams, and deep ravines — resemble closely those of the Border country.

Lermoiitov was born in 1814. He was, killed in a duel in iR4i—just one hundred years ago. A fit 1' Pusltkim-liis contemporary and elder by a fcw _\'f‘.'ll‘F, who also fcll in a duel —he is esteem- ed the greatest of Russian poets. Like Pushkin. "ln a savage age he praised the name of Free- flmlh" ll1= scrotal period of exile was a punish- Hllu! for lii< fll1l\]il1l\'(‘n ode "The death of a lbw-t." in which lie (lemzinded justice from the

11111‘ fltmnst tlirtsr: who engineered the duel in which lhi-likin was killed.

Ibis _\'t'.'tt' in lllt’ ntitlst of the greatest war for frt-vrlom tlic itwirltl has (gvgr known, the Russian PmPl‘? 'll'l 1W forget to celebrate the centenary 0f his tltvitli. Scots also should remgmhgf one who {Pi/peril so greatly in his connection with Scot- tint ,

The Child Problem

Tlicrc ~li~iilrl be. iiiid would not be any child

and it is only too true that many‘ children have 110 lioniclitc and lcarii to respect neither Liutl not‘ in; The llon. Dr. .\lztc.\lillziii “touched tlicl

not exist were it not for the fact that so many parents themselves are away from home 1t night, and the children left to take care of them- selves. lii such circumstances it is no wonder tlic liitlc ones are attracted by the bright lights and run wild on our streets. The almost unaiiiious coiivinction of those at the meeting seemed to b6. that if an improvement was to be effected a be-

' ginning should be made where Christ advised Hts

disciples to make a. start, at Jerusalem; that is to say, with the hontcs themselves, with the pair- ents. How possibly can children be made to obey and keep a commandment neglected by those in authority over them? “Don’t do as I do but do as l tcll you" has little effect on little ones whose only knowledge of pyschology is the effect it has on them and their surroundings.

The proposal to adopt a Curfew Law must be carefully considered in all its bearings. As Father Machlahon observed it would partalcc- of absurdity (though the exercise might be good for the policemen) to have our stalwart policemen playing hide-and-seek with children after say, nine o'clock at night. But possibly it would not be difficult to find out the names of the children, and deal with the parents-if they themselves could be found at home The influence of the Sunday Schools, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides and similar organizations can have their full ef- fect only if backed up by the homes ——and there we are again faced with the problem of the egg and the chicken, WlIlClI comes first?

Neglect Of Mou rn ing

Many will sympathise to ia certain extent, though not entirely, with the protest recently made by Mr. Justice Alfred Forest, Montreal, against the current neglect of outward indica- tion of mourning for the loss of dear ones. lle wrote into a judgment iii the lhzictice Division of the Superior Court regret at the passing of the old custom which “rigorously ruled" that black clothes be worn as a mark of mourning for a period of two years for the death of a father, mother, husband or wife, as the case might be; for one year for a deceased brother and sister, and for six months for fiance or fi- ancec.

His Lordship attributed this lapse frotn cus- tom to “a regrettable evolution which, in recent years, has completely disorganized our habits"; in other words, “to the iiiotlcy and indecent man- ners introduced during the stiuiiiicr season to disrupt family life in the home and often lead to desertion of the homes,” which, the Judge added, “no municipal, provincial, political ecclesiastical or administrative authority sccms to scck in any way to prevent, or to endeavor by appropriate legislation to sustain."

"The old habit of French Canadians wearing black garments on the occasion of the death of a relative or close friend," the Judge continued, “is being abandoned little by littlc, and the change has reached such a. point that we note with rc- gret that few people today show any sign 0f mourning for the death of a close and dczir re- lative."

TllOLlgll one docs tiotdas a rule look for sentiment in a dry-as-dust court judgment. this undoubtedly touches a sympathetic chord in many hearts here as well as in old Quebec.

r EDITORIAL NUIES -

Hon. Mr. Wright, ment at the funeral of the H011 pointe.

represents our Govern- Erticst Lzi-

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Tomorrow preachers will have a golden op- portunity of expatiating on Andrew, the Patron Saint of both Scotland and Russia.

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Ottawa has been choke full of dt-lcgatioits from all over Canada, including this province, protest- ing against one or other of the price ceiling regu- lations. The consumer seems to be the only para- mount intetest unrepresented.

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Rev. Joseph Parker, English preacher, author orator and philanthropist, born this date, 1830; was for 32 years occupant of the pulpit of the City Temple, London where lic ministered to the -largest congregation in the capital; was a social reformer, advocating and initiating housing and other reforms in overpopulatcd, poverty stricken East-end; his efforts ultimately received the at- tention of the then recently constituted London County Council, and a great scheme of housing reform was inaugurated; published several editions of “City Temple Sermons" and “The People’s Bible"; was a humorist and witty after- dinner orator; in appearance he was unusually homely, while his wife was strikingly handsome; invited to one of the Lord Nlayofs fancy dress parties for the benefit of sonic charity they turn- ed up in ordinary evening attire, asked by the attendant what characters they represented the jovial divine replied, “Beauty and the Beast z" “Only a Christ could have conceived a Christ."

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Censorship tightening on Swiss publications under Nazi pressure has been extctidcd to the

prnblctn wt rt- luuiinn imliirc what so itizmy good proph- tliirk it could l>c;pcrfccf. So long as the old nntl irrcfutnltln doctrine of original sin pre- vails ztntl is rcnlizcd we must fare the fact that children, :i= wt-ll as lll<'l1' parents, are prone to evil. to tnlu- the broad mid easy [lath in prefer- vilvi: lo the drziiglit nntl narrow one. ln the inter- o-ting llllti infornizitiiv‘ discussion at the Child- rt-ti‘. .\itl Society ilic speakers recognized this,

aiitl lllt‘ uiiitius uiggtistiniis for (Icaling with the 1H1!’ r 1li~'."i‘\‘t' llll‘ itillvst and ntost sympathetic ritiiflltiwitittii lllltl support. ll niiist lic borne in

uiitttl iliru lllli\(' inking part in llic tliscu~sion wcrc

:' riin-g In Jill .'ilitio~t insignificant percenlagc— ti will‘ lt-rnl child-hood -—— the proverbial t wtttitn» lii the wrist inzijtirity of the homes of this llrnl fzivorctl cuintnutiity. the children are ‘\\‘l'll czu-wl for and brought up to fear God and honour their parents. which means to respect authority lint. like ivliat is "news." the unusual and not the ordinary, is what attracts attention,

Bible. The Social Study Commission of Swiss Rcfromcd Pastors, protesting censorship against religious leaders cited an order from the army press department at Basic forbidding quotation . of Habakkuk, Chapters 1 and 2. even without rc- l fereuce to or comments on present-day events. In these Biblical chapters the prophet Habakkuk calls out to God against a Babyloiiish people "that march to the wide spaces of the earth to conquer divclliiig-placcs that arc not lhcirs " Tlicy are further described: "Terrible and rlrczirlful are they . . . they lIZillKT captives as thc sand . . . And they will illillfl‘ sport with ltings and princes will be a tilay tmto them. at every stronghold will they laugh." To this the Lord answers: "Writt- down the visinu and tnnkc it plain upon the tables. that everyone may rend it fluently. “For there is yet a vision for the appointed time. and it speaketh of the end. and it will not deceive: though it tarry, wait for it: lwcaiisc it will surely come, it will not be delayed." i

lll. spot" when he declared such a condition would!

rut: (THARLOTTETO\IQ:I_GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TllE WAY

Caisada bu pledged an all-out war effort. to help mltain. That pledge can be fulfilled omy If uie Canaaian armed sermces are maln- rained at. tul] strength. As Colonel Ramon sees 1t. the job 1s not one for the Government only; it is the obligation of tne entire Canadian people. The pledge is their pledge 1f the people ol Canada will ac-

t. their responsibility ln this sp it. then Colonel Balaton 1s confident that. the Job can be dome as 1t ought. to be. - Hamilton Spectator.

to have been warn by Hitler have been snuggled out. of Germany into Switzerland and Spain. The recipients have paid handsomely for the trophies: This traffic in a notoriety?» raiment ls by no means new and accounts for the fact that, a fair number of Na- poleonic rellcs survive in muse- ums all over Eitrcpe. When a dic- tator dles national collectors be- come interested in his wardrobe. While buying the stuff in advance l5 always a gamble, the gamblers reckon that. coming events are castin reassuring shadows before. Possiby they are waiting to dism- fect and display that. jacket. which Adolf threatened t4; wear until the war was won. _- Glasgow Herald.

Since the United Slates has re- scinded llS gas order from 7 to ‘l, it, does make Canada's order look a bit doubtful. Canada should fol- low the lead‘ of the 0.8. Ln this matter and rescind its restrictive oitder. The Joy 011 Company ad- vertised some pretty straight facts about, the oil and gas situation. and it. would appear, frcm the facts set forth, and not refuted by 80W"!- ment. authorities, that this 00m-

"iy, and motorists generally, have

n made victims of kovernment bureaucracy of the worst type. A tliieat of t-heI-Ion C D. Howe that lie was going "to consult Lhe Justice Department about the Joy 011 company's statements", smacks of the same sort of dictatorship as that, which summoned the editor 0f The Ottawa Citizen to the Bar of the Houst- nf Commons. —Ren- frew Mercury‘.

One of these days someone wlll compile an anthology of glorious misprints. The best ex- amples W111 be found‘. I think, w wme from words mlsheard in dict-aticu or over the telephone. Thus. I noticed the other’ day in the program oftlie Russian play. Squaring the Circle, the remark that the drama was "brought. fast. By reading this aloud I reflllifid that the producer had intended to tell its that it was “broad farce". This journal has recently cori- triouted two re-markabe items tor the anthology. I tried t-o presuade Ml‘, Wells that, his cwri title for his address at the British Associa- tion. "Science and the World Mind", was less good than ours. "Science and the World Wind". Last wccifs lJ1“i'llQ-\V.l11l6f, how- cvei". was in tiic first paragraph of Mr. Jozids article, irozrcatly culled Wartime Culture, in which Aristophanes was credited with wirritlng two plays called The Nights grid The Cows. Anti, would you believe it. this paragraph Jwas read lii IIPLOl by four people, lull of wlicm in youth were forced to a painful accuracy ‘in construing The Knights and The Clouds. No

_doubt. in middle-age the sub- lconscious was taking its subtle ‘revenge. - London New States- win.

l As had been expected, the Japan- ese "co-defenders" of French Indo- china are new using 1t. as a base for aerial aggression against south- ern Chinese cities. In other re- spects. too. their grip cn the colony is tightening Vlrllcli Marshal Pe- Lainks Government signed their Protocol with Japan for the “joint. defence" of lads-China, the text. of that interesting document em- phasized the clesme of the Japanese Government "to respect the rights and interests of France 1n East Asia, especially the territorial 1n- legrlty clf French Indo-Chlna. and French sovereignty over the whole of the Union of Indo-Chlna". Per- vicus Japanese promises l0 thM effect were formally renewed; Vichy indeed gave the word to understand that. the colony "In m risk from Ja-pan but. that Japanese assistance was required to protect. 1t azainst, the British, the Chinese -and the de Gaullists. Recent events at Saigon and elsewhere in the colony suggest. a question whether Admiral Darlan 1s quite so convinced of the purity ,_- or iii Japanese parlance the “sincerity

-of the intentions of the oo-de- fenders of the French Colonial Empire 1:1 the Far East. Trust.- worthy reports from ‘Saigon show tthat, the Japanese military author- lbl€s.81'e inflicting ine same hu- mutations on their hosts that. the Germans have inflicted on ue- cupieu France, although the Ger- mans came as conquerors and the Japanese profess to be allies. The seizure of the warehouses, the at- tempsto compel the French W hand over n11 stocks and 0'11 stor-

without. regard to the authority 0f the French pnllce. the over-bear- ing attitude of the Japanese “OJIIS inwards the ciVll population, and the one-way nature of the promis- ed trade between Japan and Indo- (Xilzia-all combine to arouse French mixlety. — London Times.

The manric-ir-lg-whlch the dls- pute between the

Musicians, acting

Articles of clothing "guaranteed"

age facilities, the arrest of Chinese,

and the American Federation of thrzugh their

COMPLETE

WORDS OF CHALLENGE

A THOUGHT A DA! FOR A PEOPLE AT “Ali

"The essence of our strugg Ls that men shall be free."- F. D. Roosevelt.

PUBLIC FORUM

‘Ihh column h open In in discus-Ion by correspondent: 0| qneltlula nl lnuugt. Th Charlottetown Gunilla: due no! necessarily endorse the opinion: nl correspondents

lS SUNDAY TllE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK

slB-Jb seems Very atrsfllfl. 1n- deed. flhat. 1n n. christian commun- ity like Charlottetown where the Holy Scriptures are preached in the churches every Sunday and where the churches are well attended more should be such divergent op- lnlona refirln: Sunday. ‘ For if you uk fo why they observe Sun- day llhey will usually reply that they worship on Sunday because Christ Rose from the dead on Sunday. And it. is doubtless true that. he arose from the grave on that day. Put. a. careful res/ding of the synoptic Gospels make it. quite clear that the day on which Christ arose was none other than the first day of the week. (See Matt. 2811-8; Mark 16:2-6; Luke 24; 1-6: John 2021-9).

Nevertheless when many of the c1 and lefty of the churches are

n3 together of Sunday they will speak of 1t as the seventh day of the week and quote the fourth commandment of’ the Decalogue. lwhich speaks o! the seventh day loi‘ the week, in support of Sunday tobservance calling Sunday the Bab- bath and Monday the first day of lthe week. How strange this is! For ‘if Monday 1s the first day of the week then surely Christ must have risen from the dead on that day. ;for the Holy scriptures teach that lHe rose on the first day of the [week (See Scripture referred to above). and then we should expect the Christian World to observe Monday, If they are going to be tloglcal, 1n honour of the resurrect.- lion. But surely all such reasoning that. Sunday is the seventh day of the week and that Monday ls the first day of the week 1s faulty. For turning bo our standard Encyclo- pedias and Dictionaries 1n the Ll- brary we read as follows.

“Sunday . . . ln the Cl-irlstian World, the first, day of the week, celebrated 1n memory of the re- surrection of Christ. as the prin- cipal day for Christian worship. . . There is no evidence that in the earliest years of Christianity there was any formal observance of sun- day as a clay of rest or any gen- eral cessation of work." Encyclo- pedla Britannica Xmi Edition, Art- ‘lcle Sunday.

From Roman sources we rend. "Sunday (Day of the Sun) as the name of the first day of the week, is derived ‘from Egyptian astrology . . . During the first and second century the week of seven days was introduced into Rome front Egypt. And the Roman names of the planets were given to each suc- cessive clay. The Teutnlc nations seem to have adopted the week as a division or tlrrie from the Romans. but they changed the Roman names into those of corresponding deities. Hence the dlas soils became Sunday tGerman Sonntagy" The Catholic Enucyclopedfa. V01 XIV, Article Sunday.

“Sunday. L.d1es Solis equals Greek for ‘day of the sun’. . . The first day of the week observed by chrfstlans as a day of rest and wor- ship. in commemoration of Christ's resurrection." shorter Oxford Eng- lish Dictionary.

"Sunday- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun. or to its worship . . . . the first day of the _week." Websters| New International Dictionary.

"Sunday. so called because thisi day was ancleritly dedicated to the sun or its worship, The first. day of the week." The Large Type con- clse ErUlsh Dictionary by C. Ann- tmdale, M. A., L L. D.

The reader will readily observe

a Titian-re T0 nil-i CLANSMEN

The late Sir W. S. Gilbert, of Gil- bert. and Sullivan fame, once wrote this eloquent. paneayrlc 0n J16

l Scots:

"These are the men who 618M i110 .

- roe, Whose tootsie? never falter; They take wit them, where er they

Boa i s‘ w it . Srsiiiilcliikifiiiiesti’ m: elbord iiatii

"Heck. thrawfu’ raltia. rorkle! l

X1; hey r31 croonle Gligilfifhilad- . , , an w ..

sync -F‘r%.inpfhe Bab Ballads.

A Story Of, Hess

“Myster surrounds Rudolf Hess, the swar y Nazi shadow of Hitler who arrived by parachute on a Scot.- tish farm near Hamilton last. May. There are manv stories of Hess- some rumor. some stories of fact. One of these latter was told to The Press by an authentic source and beceiuoitbe lnoascretandfs an interesting delight on Scottish character is worth relpeatlnl. I When he landed udoi! suffered a broken ankle. During medical. treatment he proved a. t. picall arrogant. an, demand a1 sorts of privileges and specie ser- vices. For convalescent» he was placed in a small hospital where it was the oust/om to bring patients able to sit. up, a. pol‘. of ten. early lri the inornln before the usual break- fast. The cottish nurse brou ht