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Canada’s Proper Role

The U.S. war in Viet Nam_has now reached approximately the stage the French arrived at in their battle against the Communist Viet Minh in early 1954, a few months before the final French defeat and surrender.

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Sixty per cent of the country is con- |

trolled by the Viet Cong and Saigon is nearly cut off. With the exception of South*Korea, Australia,;; New Zea- Jand_ and possibly nationalist China, no U.S. ally has shown any enthus- iasm for becoming embroiled in the struggle. The main worry among. the ex: perts, according to one Washington ~ commentator, is that the U.S: has. to make war but that it cannot win. This is no. Korea ‘where the bulk of the . population supported the war against | invading Communists. It is generally recognized that most South Vietnam- ese would be happy to be left alone, after more than two centuries of tur- moil. There is no democratic govern- ‘ment in Saigon to take over, and none on the horizon. * It has been proved that limitless high-explosive bombing does not work - there. Even the mighty B-52s of the

nfore than destroy the timberlands

of South, Vietnam. The alternatives

are nuclear bombing or an immense

number of American troops strug-

gling through the jungles. On the

available political evidence Mr. John-

‘son has chosen the latter—not in or- der to win the war, but to produce

a, stalemate. f

He has asked for “token” military

__Western countries, including Canada. ~—That,-at leas t, is. what was indicat-

denied that Canada has been asked for troops or other armed forces. In’ “any Case, Canada ts already on record as having urged a pause in the fight- ‘ing on both sides, pending peace talks. . There is reason to believe that it will eventually be called upon to assist jn’ a Vietnamese “settlement; if-and— when it comes. Under the 1954

~~ Genéva agreements, Canada; -along-|}—

with Poland and India, forms the International Truce and Supervisory Commission in Indo-China, and some organization of this type will undoubt- edly be needed-—in-the-future.—This, we believe, is where Canada’s. role

Strategic Air Command can do tittle

~ ‘Support in this*campaign”from-other—;

__.of scandalous.

The Montreal paper outa !

surprise that the Prime Minister

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should find himself more -comfort- |

able living with a wildcat strike in an essential branch of the civil service than in being uncomfortable in living with the hardship it is inflicting on Montreal's citizens, especially on those least able to bear hardship But it seems it was all a mistake, about the interpretation put upon how the Prime Minister felt about the Montreal situation! An “inform- ant” who sdfd he was authorized to speak for Mr, Pearson and the cab- inet committee but who “asked that his name be withheld,” said Mr. Pear- son's comment at a: press conference on Friday had been distorted by a Montreal radio station. The Canadian Press, which carried the re port in

identified spokesman explained that the Prime Minister had merely meant he could tolerate the. Montreal walk- out over the weekend-following.the— return to work of postmen else- where. Reason for the belated correction, it-would appear, is that tne Prime Minister's office: has been flooded with calls from angry Montrealers. And now, through the same unnam- ed spokesman,the Prime Minister has reminded the strikers that the ‘Civil Service Act empowers the gov- ernment to fire any civil servant who stays away frgm his post for seven consecutive work days without good cause.-The informant mentioned two. other possible steps to restore the posts to Montreal—a special session of Parliament and the dispatching of troops to do work in post offices. The strikers’ retort to this state- ment yesterday was: “We don't talk-' to ghosts. Let the Prime Minister say it himself.” In the circumstances, what other reply could have “been ex: pected? Governmental pussyfooting on this issue has been nothing short It has worsened the situation and it will be remembered long after the inconveniences caused by the strike are forgotten, as a prize

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example of bungling and ineptitude.

_Grim Drought Picture

The dry spell is continuing ‘here,

“but we are fortunate Mndeed in com-~

parison with most of the New Eng- land states, where even the hardy sunflowers are drooping for want of rain. Streams have dried up and reservoirs have dropped to record

ed losses in the millions, with dairy farmers in parts of Massachusetts, New .Hampshire and Vermont being the largest group hit. The drought .

“may force-an_increase-in milk prices— |and abandonment of marginal farms.

— -~Parched—pasturesare_producing.

| only 40 tons of hay on land normally | the. cotinine: aneeeset wer cause they were finally persuad-

growing 100 tons. Farmers are forced

to'feed this hay to their cattle instead of storing it for winter. In some parts “of Vermont hay is now: selling: “for-$1- a bale where it normally costs from 30 to 50 cents.

The cranberry growing region of Plymouth County and Cape Cod,

“which produces about two-thirds~ of

the nation’s cranberries, has lost

800,000 barrel season with ‘a $2,250,- 000 loss to the growers. Maine's 30 million-pound blueberry crop is

“threatened with extinction ata loss

~of over $3-million- to growers. And

lies, and it is an important one.

To sacrifice it in the manner sug- gested by Mr. Johnson—if indeed he | did: make—such-.a suggestion—would be of no realnpijitary value. But it would end, once’ and for all, our claim

to impartiality and our usefulness as |

a mediator.

A Prize Example~ Last week Prime ‘Minister Pear- gon was reported as saying that, with *4 postal services restored in the rest of the country, he could live with the situation in Montreal. But, as the Montreal Gazette promptly reminded him, the Prime Minister does not live, in Montreal. There, last Friday, while old age pensioners were standing in line at the emergency stations where their cheques were being handed out, several collapsed and at least two had to be taken to hospital by am- bulance. Many of them, though frail and even ill, had to stand in queues. Many others were unable to get out and pick up their cheques at all.

Yet in the meantime the postal ‘workers in Montreal, on their wild- cat strike, were receiving their

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= ae old age pensioners, or to carry

cheques from the government. They | _ were, in effect, being paid by the tax- " payers not to distribute the cheques

_on_.the other essential services of _ mail delivery. And this without the _gpproval of even their own senior

so it goes. It is the worst drought

| ever recorded in the U.S. Northeast. |—Experts’-predict-that—the—pinch—

tightening steadily over the past four years—will grow toa stranglehold by - midwinter if. New England does not receive abnormal rainfall this autumn.

But many farmers, even if they

get some rain, are faced with a |

situation little short of disastrous. Even the wildlife has not escaped the drought, with fish kills being report- ed in. nine Massachusetts rivers due to the growth of algae in record low waters which deprive fish of oxygen.

EDITORIAL NOTES

What’s all this talk about Premier Shaw retiring after his holiday trip to Europe? Let him wait till he gets mature in years, like Canadian-born Albert R. Alexander, who has just retired as judge and magistrate of ‘Clinton County, Plattsburgh, ¥ souri. His age? 105.

According to the Ontario: Safety League, Canadian car drivers are two- thirds more deadly than most in the United States. Be this as it may, the

fact remains s that last year in.Canada over in traffic accidents. In too many

cases the cars involved were listed as

having gone out of control, with little

or no research done to establish the ‘cause. There is little evidencé to show that this year’s toll will be any less

appalling. *

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“WHY

CAN'T HE ACT His AGE?

"RHODESIA & LISBON Would Pose Dilemma For helices

Rhodesia is not just another British territory in Africa impa- ¢ tient for independence. In Afri- can eyes, it is the point at which leverage can be most hopefully applied to bring speed- ily to an end what they” see as} white-man’s rule over the whole southern extremity of their con- jtinent. Together with Rhodesia ‘in this bastion are the Republic of ‘South Africa and the big Portuguese territories of Angola and Mozambique.

Since British sovereignty pre- vails over Rhodesia, it is Bri-

+~—tain--that-has—to-bear.the--brunt-

of this African leverage.

At last month's Commonweal- |

th conference in London, the Af- tican. representatives made quite an issue of Rhodesia. In the end, they settled for less in the final communique than they

| had original lows: Agriculture has already suffer- | in we

minimum demands.

| GAVE GROUND

British Prime Minister Har- old Wilson gave ground—notab- ly in conceding the principle of “one man one vote’’ for Rhodes- _ia. But he resisted African insis- tence on the imposition by Bri- tain of a Rhodesian constitution _embodying this principle Presumably the Africans

ed of Mr. Wilson's good faith. Anything in the months ahead shaking their belief in this good _.faith_could_stir_up_tremendous | ‘trouble for Britain. ‘members of the Commonwealth, for example, might no longer feel any obligation to counsel moderation to other Africans on the Rhodesia issue. —-And_to_keep Africans reassur-_ ed, the British government needs to avoid giving the im- pression.that -it condones -any- move by the present white lead- ers in Rhodesia toward indepen- dence so long as those leaders hang on to their monopoly of political power in the territory.

BRITISH PROBLEM

This—-is--why the -Rhodesian Government's attempt to ap- point a diplomatic representa- tive to the Portuguese Govern- ment in Lisbon poses a dilemma for the British.

Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith wants his representative- desig- nate in Lisbon to have diploma- tic status of his own, without any strings to the British Em-

Our Yesterdays (From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (August 4, 1940) hard-hitting Royal

Britain's Air Force raiders, a weekend of persistent on German objectives, brought

back word of important Nazi troop and equipment concentra-' tions just across the English channel.

Pilots of the Royal Air Navy’s Swordfish planes told of a de- vasting attack on the port of Ca- gliari, on the Italian island of Sardinia, after they had veioly ‘ecarched’ the entire western Me- diterranean by sea and air for any trace of the Italian navy.

TEN YEARS AGO (August 4, 1965)

A firing party, under the com- mand of Major ME. Campbell and drawn from the P.E.I. Regi- ment fired a 21-gun salute at.

. Forf Edward in honour of the birthday of Queen Mother Eliza-

beth. Major

eam, 'W-OH. Coftin. ROMS J. E. Place; Set. MacEwen and Sgt. Gallant.

Tt was reported today~ that lay Maud Montgomery, belov- ed Island authoress, was one of the first organists in the Pres- (now United) Church

in Cavendish.

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Christian Science Monitor

| look kindly on the arrangement | pings of an independent state.

that he wants. In law, Mr. Smith needs Bri- | It is understandable therefore,

tish- approval_for- -his—plan,-But Why the British Government de- if Prime Minister Wilson grants | murs.

Guyano- Barbados Tr

Winnipeg Tribune

~~Although~ tiny” British Guiana which implements the er on the northeast coast of South sions of the General Agreement | America has not, yet gained in- | on Tariffs and Trade, and the dependence from col jethe ~~ new -governm un-d-er Kingdom. and--Canada. Prime Minister Forbes Burn-| These two cguntries..are the | ham refers to his land as Gu-| biggest trading “partners fot yana. both British Guiana and Barba- The use of the term will | dos.

doubtless satisfy the predilec- | Because of the difficulty in tions of nationalists, but will do viability nothing to help the monumen- |-for all of the smaller ‘nations tal economic problems that-will | in the Caribbean region the Bri- confront the mt when ,| tish, had hoped to find the key the British finally cut their ad- | to success in variotis schemes ministration links. - | of federation.

For this reason it is encour: Such efforts were fruitless and aging to learn that Guyansee | the more wealthy Caribbean

+ Basotiator:, working with rep-| states such as Jamaica and fesentatives. from adoes, | Trinidad” and Tobago preferred |~

have prepared a plan for a free to go it alone without any re-

eae ae between the two /-sponsibilities--for—their—fellows._|-

‘states which has been initialled |~ This new effort by the two

Barbados, and Mr. Burnham __ribbean merits all the encour- It is hoped that this free trade agement that can be given. area will be establi-hed not Jat-' This is one place where Can- er than January, 1966. _adian influence and- Canadian From this it is further hoped wealth should be used to back will grow a full customs > union open to any other terri- self-generated. tory in the Caribbean region. Because the idea of a cus- This is of direct interest to | toms union and general econo- Canada and was so recognized mic co-operation originated. with by the negotiators. | the Guyanese Barbadians Part. of the initialled agree- themselves it has better chan- “ment was should be made to the secre- | devised by outsiders-no matter tary-general . of-. the--organization : how_expert_and full of goodwill. | }

Life With Sukarno

New York Times

Pity the poor United States | fling and -exasperating a leader | Ambassador in countri¢s like as the United States has to deal Indonesia: Marshall Green. | with anywhere, but he is not a fresh out of Washington and | Communist and, in fact, has | drinking champagne toasts with | thas far managed to hold a bal- President. Sukarno, was at the | ance) between the powerful In- same time being greeted with donesian Communist party Zi signs reading, ‘‘Go home, Green’ | the possibly more powerful non- | -and_ shouts and jeers from sev--| Communist army: The presi- eral thousand youths, Even ag | dent, moreover, is Mr. Green was handing in his | nationalistic, and while he is.

eee ee aes th aaa | now aligned with Communist |

sidered wrong with American | China, he would never give up policies toward Vietnam and | Indonesia's independence. a Malaysia. The present is hard to take,.

The problem of maintaining correet diplomatic relations with "a country like Indonesia is a matter of weighing the pros and |

| but the future is uncertain and

| not without its hopes. All of | which takes a little of the flat-

| ness out of Ambassador ——

cons. Washington's decision is

“that there is more to gain than champagne. ?

to hose in = long run by “ar

ing a break. On that basis it ts DEFICIT REPORTED worthwhile carrying on te | z=

harsh words, hostile demons CANBERRA (Reuters)—Aus-

| tralia finished the 1964-65 finan- | cial year with the second-worst | balance of payments deficit in

tions and a line-up of Indonesia

with the enemies of the West. President Sukarno’s Indonesia

is as sweet to Peking as it is |

sour to Washington, Its aim, | sional figures

like China's, is to defeat the

“Western imperialists.” Its Com- |

al status, | governments of the United”

that notification ces of succeeding” ‘than—anything—

genuinely |

the country’s history. Provi- |

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Depression Disquises

By Dr. Theedore R. Van Delien

We were asked recently to re- print an article on “the depress- — ed who can’t snap out of it.” My | files disclosed ‘that it was writ-

cover this subject at least once

because depression is second in

disguises and frequently affects the victim's most prized person- ality aspects. The Casanova who takes pride in his ability as a lover, for example, may com-

3 enthusiasm for Tousic or wanes. Now and then depression becomes an disability in the de-

‘| dicated | . Clergymen lose

much to offer. Many drugs af- ford relief and the illness can be shortened” vis electri¢ shock™ treatment. «

The main ;stumbling block {s the refusal of the family to rec- ognize the seriousness of the dis- order. This is a hangover from the time when mental problems were not acceptable illnesses. At any rate, treatmént is delayed a a vacation, change in occupa.

tion, and futile heart- to- heart talks in which the sufferer is told to ‘forget it’ or “you have nothing to worry about.” These men and women do not know why they are depressed and are incapable of logical thinking. They need professional help.

- INFECTED NAVEL B. S. writes: Several weeks ago you mentioned a discharge fromthe umbilical cord and said it was an infection. Is this

eerious?

= REPLY

All infections are serious in that they sap-strength and en- “ergy: In-addition; the causative organisms are likely to spread elsewhere, leading to a more extensive lesion or blood poison ins. 4 discharge ‘rom *’e savel usually stems from an infected urachus.

LUNG SPOTS

U. E. writés: Does a spot on

the lung mean cancer or tuber-

eulosis? REPLY Not necessarily. A spot repre gents a shadow that is firmer or denser than lung tissue. It may mean a localized infection, such

may indicate tumor, gland. or a large. blood vesse!. “THROAT POCKET

culitis of the esophagus? REPLY This ts- a pockety extending

from the tube that connects the throat, and stomach (esophag:

‘Up a development=that-has- -been+-us).-It- causes difficulty in swal-

lowing.

TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Trouble in the watef: Do not ‘panic!

a_year. This is understandable |

—- ot: _-premier.... -ot...least favored_nations in. the.Ca-| J. B. writes; What is diverti-. |.

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ke Canada’ s.

Lendeon Free Press

Ever since last May the Bel-

| gians have been trying to put together a government that can

secure the support of the coun-

try’s Parliament, This long pol-

iticeal crisis is of particular in-

| terest to Canadians because Bel-

| @5 our own. Belgium also is a country with two main racial and language | groups. In the north are the Flemings, closely allied to the Dutch in race and language, and devoutly Roman Catholic in re- ligion. .

In the south are the Walloons, who speak French and in tem- perment are closer to their French mleboees Psy to the

en establish- ing Belgian ingdom In in |:1831 they have been the

Rant group. Recently the Flemish popula- tion has been growing more ra-

shifted course the same day by

nently, a system of raising up leaders by proclamation and oe an unaristocratic dy-

errr: tactic in curtailing government largesse to rein- force Britain’s external trading position revives a measure used in the past by Tory treasuries to support. sterling. It means

income for pensioners,

charges, improve schools and hospitals. and drop mortgage rates.

CONSTITUTIONAL SHIFT

The Conservative leadership election is. seen here as a con- stitutional shift diminishing | further the power of the peer- age—Tory lords in the past took part in the back-room leader- ship conclaves — and at the . Same time forcing the leader to be more attentive to serene ti

on.

The double watershed has had | the effect of seeming to bring | the two political streams closer together. The: leadérs of both parties by their similarities

:

Tweediedee - Tw m_ char- acter _of party competition in North America.

Heath and Wilson, both 49, are known as’ technocrats who ex- pend more effort in handling people’ and situations than in sharpening the age points of

‘where the two ‘men studied pol- | ities, economics and philosophy | “fn the 1930s, Wilson deserted the cam us “Liberal ie his party to campaign for an in-

dependent socialist he admired’ in a 1938 byelection.

Socialists to join

pared with Sir Robert Peel, Tory Teforming “19th “century ~

whom constitutional Saucy Walter Bagehot saw as the ideal | constitutional statesman — ‘“‘a

_ British Power Stru

relinquishing, probably perma- |

shelving—promises to guarantee’ abolish | remaining health service |

give to British politics the |

Both men have been com. |

pidly and is demanding more recognition. The previous gov- ernment tried to meet this by introducing greater’ autonomy for the two linguistic regions — somewhat along the line certair

oale:

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Britain, which means the elim- ination of a dilettante amateur- ism that infests sections of en- deavor from industry to sport.

prompted the weekly Economist to remark editorially that ‘“‘the success symbol of British poli- tics today is to be a Mr. Weath of a Mr. Hilson.”

Whoever wins the coming power struggle, Britain expects

Exciterhent in this cold, damp summer with its gloomy eco nomic outlook is “a warming prospect:

TEST NEW ROCKETS

MOSCOW (AP) — The Sovie/ Union will test new types ol

ings-in-thé* Pacific from July 2 | to Oct. 15, Tass Said Monday | The Russians warned - nation: | using sea and air lanes in the | Pacific to keep out of an area with a diameter of 40 nautica) miles and with a centre at 37 ‘degrees 39 minutes North Lati- tude and 173 degrees 25 minutes | East_Lopgitude throughout.

| period from 2 noon to 8 p.m.

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munist party, the largest in Asia _ had a a after China’s, is aligned to Pek- | Australian ($795,000,000) on cur. ing, not Moscowdakarta nei- | rent account for the yeér ending ther wants nor gets American | June 30, This was the large aid and it invited the Peace | deficit since that of EOA,000 000 Corps and the United States In- ($1,200,000,000) in 195152 . ... formation Service to leave. Indonesia, in short, Gienp-'| ‘proves of the United States as much as the United States dis- | approves of Indonesia — which is saying a good deal on both pees. an yet, both parties

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‘BE SURE TO ATTEND!

DON’T MISS MONCTON’S

BAND F ESTIVAL

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 AND 14

SEE AND HEAR UP TO 20 CONCERT AND MARCHING BANDS GRAND CONCERT AT THE MONCTON STADIUM, AUG. 14 This Will Be The First Band Festival-In The Maritimes

And A Feature Attraction Of — :

MONCTON’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 TO SATURDAY, AUGUST M4

CTIONS: @ HARNESS RACING

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@ new. excitement in its politics,.

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