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Historic Pilgrimage

Polls Paul \‘|. now -in his thron- day plignn-[age in the Holy land, is truly making liismizv Hi-< “‘-"ml reception by _\lo._:lon'i King Hussein of Jordan was indicative of the re- action of the non-(‘hristian world to this act of piety. pPl‘l0l'1‘l‘l9(l with- out 0St8l'll.'a.TlDll. but ric-.h in T~.Vl1ll'"‘l' lsim and sigiiificaiice for the li‘t"Iib- lpfl world of today. Aflfl. L’Fl‘l3llll.Vo no better occasjoii for so unique a gesture could bi: chcson in fiirther- 1153 the goal; of (“hiustian unity.

Thel-9 jg no doubt that much will be acliievsad by the Poll".-"l "Wei-' irlg with Patriarch .-\ll‘i€‘l18lZ°l'35 I of the Greek (‘iriliodox (‘hurch. Not that it mi‘. end the imuz-=tand- in-E’ schism l'H=t\\‘P9l’l the two churches, irhich caiiznd so niurh bittel-m=_-,_=_ in the past. ‘That will be the work of time, tolerance and 'p3,tience—-\\'nl’l( already begun by the Ecumenical Council launched bl’ fhe latp Fnpn Jnlm ariifl carried Tm‘- ward ‘by Pope Paul. But it is felt that the meeting will prove a decis- ive gt;-p fm-warrl in co-operation and common endeavor.

Of deep .=lgl’llflf"9l'"’°- *0". is‘ H19- Pope's meeting with lsranli offic- ials, in underlining the connimtion betwiaen .liidai.=m and l"l‘Il'l'.=ll3l1ll-.\'. and the values they have in com- mon.

Pope Paul has cmiihasiznd the religious aspect. of his trip. which he described as "a pilgi'ima£!P "T prayer and penance." But it is also being madp in the caiisc of world peace, and of rs-di=dic.ation to ideals to which all men of good will sub. scribe. As such it can be regarded as one of the most memorable. and most promising. events of our timc.

France At The Crossroads

In Europe, note:-' a Paris cor- respondent for the Noith Amei-ican Newspaper Alliance. I963 was Pl‘PF1l- dent do Gaiilli_='s year. if it was ariyborl_v's. Yet, he---ancl Francs-— have entered 1964 with astonish- ingly little to show for it. De Gaulle's siiccnsses. stunning as tliP.\' warp, have proved stei'ili=. H9 de- Sl'.I'O_\‘Pl’l other men's \'isionai'y hopes. but never came close. to im- posing his own.

His aim in 1963 was to pu‘ France firmly on the road to the leadership of Europe. and moi'oover, a Europe moulded to his specifica- tions. He failed. The year 1964 is likely to be full of the repercussions of that failiire.

A year ago, united l*‘.iii-ope ap- peared well on the war to being a living reality. Then came the split- ting blow of de Gaulle's rejection of the British bid for membership in the Common Market. Last month Europe again was under the shadow of a do Gaulle ultimatum. threat- ened with l'il‘P2l(llp of the Common Market iinless French agririilfiiral policy demands were met. This rift. was hastily patched up. but the mend does not look very durable. If united Europe nisets extinction before it becomes real. the respon- sibility must rest largely with de Gaulle for his infransigcnf attitude

The mainstay of de Gaiillt-‘s political scheme»-his alliance with West. Germany--ha.I been cracked. France's nuclear force. well on its way to being operational. has not proved enough to draw the Ger- mans away from reliance on the United States. It has not led to fresh political concessions from Wuihlngton. Nor has it had Premier Khrushchev beating xi path. to de Glulle’a door. At enormous cost. it ll” Mt Yet proved an effective hflicainlng counter.

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DI Gaulle continues to have no political rivals in France. only critics. But for the first time since he came to power. the nation's econ- omic outlook for the year isn't. rosy. Inflationary pressure hasn't yet been eased by the government's price stabilization campaign: costs are rising and exports are falling. The Common Marks-t's unsteady prospects have not improved the picture. .

The coming months will be the decisive time when France will sink further into psychological isolation or begin the slow. painful but wholly necessary process of rejoining the main stream of western politics. Which will it be? The pessimistic expectation is that de Gaulle will create new tensions in the western alliance by pressing his nationalist policies more stronglv than ever. But he is a remarkable man. and an unpredictable one. As he looks around him. it must be quite clear to his keen intelligence that new policies are 1'equi1'er.l.

“Lay On, Macdulf. . ."

Our esteemed contemporary, the llloncton Transcript. is still harp- ing on the advantages it professes to see in the pre-Confederation idea of a union of the Maritime Provinces. Now it has taken an- other esteemed conteniporary. the Halifax Chronicle—Hera.ld. to task for supporting our own views on the subject. which are to the effect that the issue is as dead as a door- nail.

But whereas it treated our re- buttal of its arguments with a gen- erous measure of courtesy. it has harsh things to say about the Hall- fax paperiei "dc-feat.ist. apathetic attitude." It concedes that the Chronicle-Herald has long been re- gardsd as the editoriail voice of Nova Scotia. but. it wonders “how man_v of their readers will agree with them that Maritime Union is neither practical nor desirable."

Our own view on this point is that Nova Scotia readers haven't given it a thought since the idea was quashed by the Rnwell-Sirois Commission over a quarter of so century ago. They I‘lE\’Pl' were keen on it. as we recall. The Herald- Chronicle, in its "defeatism". goes so far as to say: "The best possible evidence that the attitude of Mari- timers has not changed in this re- gard is the fact that only news- paper writers ‘in search of a sub- ject ever talk about it. Besides. how could Nova Scotia even consider such a thing when it has trouble enough at the present time keeping its Cape Breton separatists under control?"

Into that controversial area we shall not attempt to venture. Nor. indeed, is there need for reviewing all the arguments Prince Edward Islanders could marshal against. a. scheme which would strip us of our hard-won provincial status. and leave us with probably one federal constituency and a back seat in run- ning our affairs at home.

This is a free country. however, and our Moncfon contemporary is welcome to keep arguing. as it does. that Maritime Union “is some- thing that should be exhumed and re-examined most carefully in the light. of ciirrent. circumstances.”

Exhuming it and re-examining it may at least serve the purpose of proving that it was I wise thing to have buried it when it died.

EDITORIAL NOTES

There are sceptics around, re- ports an exchange, who fear that the mountainous volume of words attending discussions of plans for the Dominion's centennial celebra- tion is apt to make the actual celebrations look like I mole hill by comparison.

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The Chinese treasure their coun- try's heritage as I cradle of Oriental civilization just as the Egyptians treasure theirs as a cradle of Western civilization. So. reports the New York Times. there was I note of antiquar-

‘ ian rivalry when Chinese Communist

Premier Chou En-lai arrived in Cairo recently to visit United Arab Re- public President Nasser. Premier Chou. who tourned the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Egyptaln Muse- um. was a gracious guest. "We have dug up treasures in China Ia old as yours." he said diplomatically, "but after my visit I see you were more advanced than we were 4.000 years .‘o_» . '

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RAIDING THE CARCASS

(_3_l;TAWA REPORT by

Patrick Nicholson-

”Be Canadians” The Best Exhoriaiion

The F rs-n ch-Canadian extrem-

IS? cream of a “Republic of Lai:i‘entia" we are familiar with. -\ .m=w l1lgl1I.!'ll3l‘F is be-in;

now l‘1>l‘(‘illaEll'l‘E in this n-atioi-ial capital. Printed on the cover are ihc words “Edmundstion. ‘\"cw Brunswick. capilale de la ‘ lfadaw:-islca'." signify that . F::sricl1—Canadiaii ¢\\'€I‘Spii_'ll into northern New Briiriswlck is now also iaiinching a secession movc-m»t=ni’.’ I

Sad tliouzh the lemporaryi m- l1opi=. misunderstanding is between the two founding races, | it would be deplorable if tliisi wcrc to be sewed upon b_v ll'- ‘ rv; POI? =1hle opportu rust s in politics. and be fashioned into a partisan lSSllP. Yet thw-‘ire are

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obvious signs that this is I possibility in the minds of certain of the petfier perform- ers on Parliament Hill. These would do well to ponder on the words of tflieir distinguished predecessor-, Louis Honore Frecbette. who said this in Parliament 89 years ago:

"We will no longer be French. English. Scotcli or Il'IS'll; we will be Canadians We mil form but one great nation with deep-rooted iiatriotism In noble aspirations. wni-Icing as one to common prosperity and advancing

great future." This M.P., who was also a famed poet. more succlnctiv

-exhorted his countrymen with

the words: "Be Canadians. and

. the future is yours!"

Farewell To The Arsenal

The Times. London

There is an impressive liisior-, ical symmetry about the decis-i ion. announced by the Secretary of State for War. to close the Royal Ordnance Factory Wonlivicli 250 years after the fnimdafions of the original gun-‘3 foiindary were laid at Woolwiché W:-irrr-n. ‘

It was in 1716 that the first‘ superintendent. described with? faintly disziilsed disapproval inl one of the accounts of the day asl "a fore-izner by the name of Sciri alch". came from the French; foundry at Douai to set up an. arsenal after I military disaster‘

quite spectaciilar proportion.-ii had taken place at the govern-; ment's ordnance establishment} in Lnnr'lnn—— then directed byl Matthew Bagley. a bell-fnundeitl

The Duke of Richmond. me’ Master General of the Ordnance. had decided to have recast for; the use of the British Ar myl some I-‘i-ench guns captured in : Marlborough‘: campaigns. Seek-i lug wide- spread notice for this} act of martial husbandry. and; possibly with some idea of keep-i in the Army in the public eye. be arranged to have the opera- tion performed in the presencel of a large concourse of special-‘

ors.

This imaginative stroke of public relations won him. in the ‘ event. very few recruits. since 3 the mould exploded. severely in-l luring several of the spectators» and. even worse. killing Matm thew Bagley.

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‘ a place for making ':uns

Fortimately. according to some contemporary reports. the sinister M. Schalcli was among those present: noticed

properly dried. he warn bystanders and withdrew to a safe distance. so acquiring reputation as an oi-dance expert. and .\latt.hs-iv Bagleyi-i job.

He selected Woolvvich as the site for his new foundry and re- igned as Oliief Organizer for fifty years. The arsenal that he founded has been more than just a ii d storing shells. Around it have grown up barracks. depots. and schools familiar to thousands of officers and men.

Outside the Army Wnolwich Arsenal gave the name to I great football club.still called The Gunners. although they have long moved their home from Woolwlch. It has been the cen- tre of bitter political quarrels about private armaments manu- facturers.

Althoiigh no one at Woolwlch

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quite as dramatic as Bugle-_v's fiasco of 1716. the arsenal came into the headlines once m ore with ii mysterious fire in 1925. No great damage was done — fortunately for Woolwlch. he The Times reported with I nice re- gard for the correct priorities.

' the wind fanned the flames to- l wards London.

Steam Up For '64

Ottawa Journal

Mr. Gordon and Mr. Chimp,‘ the railway presidents. f a c e i 1964 with I stimulating zest for i the fray. .

In year-end statements both i emphasize Improvements made ' in equipment and opt.-rations and Mr Cflflflp looks fniward 00

Parliament implementing recom-

ri or menf does iiiiii. the railways will have be their toes. '

Both the presidents have the understandable conviction that it la unfair to saddle the rIllwIyI with the coat of national policy. This pokcy. Mr. Gordon Iald In

l%2. required the railway: to operate unecoisoinlc bi-Inch lines

hdjust railway plInt and service to changes in denim .

That was the commission view and the presidents wlll have to

rise to bbe clial _ their skill. Pain of that skill. of

agrecnients ployees. In both ti . statements the presidents in-

rid low the railways to meet com- petition dfectlvehi. REPORT COMMENDED Beside these stataneiits we

would put one made by .‘ William Smith. president of fiba Canadian Brotherhood of Rall- way. Transport and neral

orkera. who felt the Mac- Plierson report "fa:--sighted and objective."

The three presidents malne ll

sound II if the rillfwlyl await the Iiinrlae of implement- ing legislation in the Ominous. all the conaequsnces of

the rallwaya put on their own liIva been con:

the and their custioinei-I will

together towards a y ‘ ed some days earlier. Similarly,

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Our famous men are justifi- ably proud of tire titles which their B'L‘l‘!leV€lTIEl‘.lS have earned for them. Why do we so often insult hf0l'l'lln€lll Canadians by not bothering to express their titles correctly? For instance. the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration. which surely cannot plead that it is too short-staff ed to check basic facts. intro duced the Governor General on New Year‘s Eve as "Major General t.-he Right Honourable Georges Vanier." Why own- grade him" His promotion to fiiil General had been announc-

wlien officials of the Liberal Party organized their annual Christmas Party. invitations were S‘-‘Ji out in the name of “Tlic Honourable Lester B. Pealxscii." Bilt in fadl tlhe Pr‘me Minister alone among his party in the House of Com- mons has been granted by the Queen the higher title of “The Right. Honourable." as was the Governor General.

POSTAL BOUQUET

Our post office has been showered with hi~'ck-bats recent- ly because of varied deplorable: patronage practices. But it merits a boiirimt for one ex- cellent so-‘vice which I have jusi expcrleiicsrl. I received I piinteil l'lflFlC8Jl‘d saying that I had undcrs amped a letter sent by airma‘l to Mr. x. “This is

less than the amount needed for air wail." said the pust- ca"ri "Since you marked the

item for air service. we are sure you would not wish to have it delayed or to make it I‘-6-cc.ss'--i'_v for you“ correspond- ent in pay tli~.= piistz'.::= due. We havc fllf‘l‘Pll‘ll‘P adxancerl tihe necess-a=‘y .')t‘.‘5ilil1E9 and sent. f on by air." A l‘Pt1llP.°l to place stamp: to the appropriate value on the card. and re-t.iu'n ll through tihe lTl'Hll. followed. This is I courteous and con- siderate praoticc by the post office and the m-aichlneiy for collectlng the amount due la clever and convenient. It la certainly pt-s=fei'arble to haviinig the recipient of the lInd€'l‘- stamped letter dauible costs. The nia-tinned. amne- times deservedly. post office deserves high markis for this service. As indeed it doea for tbe expeditious wavy in which this Christmas it handled the swollen m'avils without unreason-

able delay.

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Movies Aid In Diagnosis

By Dr. Theodore R. VInDellen Clnefluorography Is one of the outstanding I d v I n c e s in X-ray teclinlcs in the la It 50 years. If is I safe way to take motion pictures of various condi-

conventional fluoroscope. This mIchlne Illows the physlclI ii to see the shadows of the X-ray as they pass through the body. This image could be photogra- phed. with I movie camera but it is impracticable and danger- ous because excessive radiation is required for continuous ex- posure.

The discovery of In intensi- fler to brighten the Image 2.000 to 3.000 times changed the situ- ation. Now the picture can be photographed on movie film directly from the intensifier or from the intensifier or from I television monitor screen.

one or two reds of radlatlo II, In contrast to 25 or 80 from the regular fluoroscope as it runs continuously.

lie films can be shot in d I y- lighi. This means many in ore diagnostic terhnics can be em- ployed because the physician sees what he is doing at the moment. The motion picture X- i‘8.V film can be studied later. The flow of barium through a particular part ‘of the intestine. for example. can be followed from by frame. In this way the diseased part can be inves- tigated in great detail.

Cine is well suited to the dia- gnosis of cardiovascular disor- ders. A special. thin - walled catheter may be inserted in to an artery in an arm and threa- ded gently into the aorta a nd to one of the coronary arteries.

The technician watches th e TV screen while performing the maneuver. He press on one button when he wants to in- ject a special solution to visua- lize the artery and another but- ton to start the camera. 'I‘ h 9 re- sult ls I moving picture fli at. reveals c e r f a l n abnormalit- ies in the artery. including

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DISORDER IN BOY K. writes: A year ago my grandson started limp I I! g and the doctor says he has Per- thes.‘ disease. His leg will have to stay in a brace for anti t b or year. He is 5'2 years old. Is this disorder curable’?

REPLY

Yes The hip is a ball - a n d- socket joint and. in this con- dition. the rounded ball part. is flattened slightly due to tempo- rary changes in the underlying bone If the joint is rested for I long time. the outcome ' c

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,nt. RF..lIlVENA'l‘ING DRUGS W. P. writes: Why d on ‘t American doctors give more at- tention to pills or injections for rejuvenating older men? I un- derstand those in Europe have had successful l‘P§ll"-TS.

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have various pills and in- .

W. jeciions for rejuvenation but they seldom work. When they do. we usually give credit to suggestion or imagination. The situation is the same in Europe.

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Mrs. E. G. writes: What is t.lie

cause of Syclenham‘s chorea? REPLY

This disorder Isl. V i t II in ' Dancpi was first described by Sydenham in 1685. e ual cause remains a mystery although the condition usually is associated with rheumatic

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er. HIGH WHITE COUNT A. D. writes: would a wh lte blood count of 14.000 mean an infection of some kind’? REPLY

Not necessarily. as an increa- sed white cell count appears disc in certain noninfectious diseases.

’l‘oda_v'I Health Hint.- Life is for living at any age.

ELIMINATES TUGB TORONTO iCPl—A new all- weather he can plow through more than seven inches of ice will go into Iervlca Fri- day in Toronto Harbor. The On- giara. built in Owen Sound and pure by Iloronh) for $145.- 000, makes it possible to scrap all other winter tug Iei-vice In the harbor. A system bf under- water fans installed It the win- ter clocks to keep breaking the ice by water turbulence will go into service It the ume time.

THIS SUDE BEATS TRAVELLING BY ROAD, E$PEC|ALL‘I IN WINTER

NOTES BY

THE WAY

“Every time Pin down In the dumps. I buy I new but." said the wife. “So that‘: where you get them." the husband replied —-Montreal star.

In San Jose. Cam. I gunman robbed I Iervlce station of $78. 50 and than demanded trading stamps. He got them. indicating that the stamps finally liIve It- talned some of the statue of leg- Il tender. one gets I wistful pic- ture of the bandit patiently past in; the stamps in their little books and turning the collection in on, say. I nlckpl plated re- volver or I blackjack. llwIu- kee Journal.

Diner: You Idvei-tiled that this restaurant is under new management. but I see the aamg manager is still here. Waiter; Yes. air. but he got married yea. ierda.v.—WindIor Star.

some of the MI‘!!! stay with us the year round. They need food to survive. Winter has drawn us icy mantle over the ground and around the trees. and food come; hard. The birds are our friends, Let us treat them as such and leave them something to ca t. Scraps from the table or I few crusts of bread are all they re. quire.-—F'rederlcion Gleaner.

Unecisy;l'rucle In“ Cyprus

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I CInIdlIii Pran Buff Writer

Greeks and Turks have been It odds with each other since Greece threw off the iifaackles of the Ottoman empire in the early 19th century.

The trouble in Cyprus now that the separate communities cannot forget an- cient quarrels and settle down to the business of being just plain Cypriots.

In the wake of terror and bloodshed there are high hopes for some sort of permanent sei- tlement at the four-country con- ference in London. Sources in Nicosia say it will probably convene in two or three weeks

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Meanwhile. thanks to the dip lomatic ef rts of Common- wealth Secretary Duncan Sandys and the cooling presence of some 12.000 British troops, tension in Cyprus is relaxing and an uneasy truce reigns.

Observers in London note with satisfaction that Turkey has ceased her hostile feints Open

possible in the heat meni. now Is highly Improbable. ANXIOUS FOR SOLUTION Neither the caretaker govern- ment in Athens nor the minor- ity government in Ankara re-

ally wants to add to its troubles and will be anxious for I solu- tion in London.

That just leaves the Cypriots thems ves. _

The Island’: 1960 constitution is in ashes. It was at best an unwieldy compromise, designed to protect the Turkish minority. It avoided the two extreme de- mands -— union with Greece or the Turkish demand for partl- IOII.

There are signs Makarios now in to accept partition as the ‘only way out. Vice - President Kut- chuli has long maintained that this is the only feasible solution.

But it is clear that Britain will do everything in her power to prevent. her I’lI1Q'l' colony being divided into two opposing factions. ever ready to sett marketplace disputes with the squeeze of a fr‘ get.

More likely Sandy; and his cabinet colleagues will work for a reformed. more practical con- stitution with elaborate verbal guarantees for the 'I‘urkish-Cyp- riots. Nobody at this stage pre- tends agreement will be easy and may be necessary for a Commonwealth or United I- tions force to occupy the island for some time.

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The Robeson Trcigedv

Milwaukee Jourlial

Paul Robeson is back again, still thinking that communism "is terrific." He says that he intends to take a role in the civ-

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Fllea)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Ja ary 6, 1939

John Duffy. iienial and silver- thaiched who has been butler at Government House for more than half a century is looking forward with pleasure to the visit next spring of King George and Queen Elizabeth. the event will have I special signi- ficance for him. as he had in et King George here In 1913. Amount all the famous people who have visited Government House. he would rather see "Prince Albert" again.

London. Jan. 1 — K lng George today distributed his New Year's honors over a wide field, ranging from men who drove rivets Into the hull of the Queen Mary to those renowned for achlevemeiita In public ser- vice. philanthropy, the arts, the sciences and commerce.