. 3 I . _ . \ \ . . . .1 . . l 4 w I‘ ' _ _ ~_ 1i. . PQ-QEQQOUR ‘THE GUARDIAN,___CliAl(l.Al1‘i'i¥i}JWN____;_______ TH E G UAR B IAN Star, 10,250,- Burma Star, 5,200; ltoly Star, ...,..,, ' “ ‘ ' “‘ i ' ' . ' V i 102,500; France-Germany Star, 250,000; Defence - p BL C F0 u . -_ L» . -. ~ . , , v- ‘Mhugzvy “watt ‘Mg-h: om“ 460,000, and the Air Crew Europe Still. Thhuwluin h oval?” ti‘ N i n

_ discussion by correspondents

Department, Ottawa. u! questions of‘ interest. The

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Mint craftsmen also are cit work turning i I p In Ioesl. whoeeflfaat fiss-

Ifil I I Ill ‘t .J-|5-|l"I9“I ' ‘ < """';ffllna“'gd'l'ffl_ ‘mm? olut 10,000 bronze oak lealyes for Canadians bun-.ll? d," M; ma‘, y» __ n _ n and was a barrister in his own _ _ mentioned in despatches , and 25,870 bars - ll: the upuiiun of , moo. mnoiou rooked- thop- oollnirv Count Alexandre Wsgmn. "n" strange“ Mammy l, wake, n,“ t m“ 0i n "um um-mpouqmg; . _ sands ofi-suckers out of millions .n tent to work as a mill-hand fo ~ .. ° c P 9 the 1920s, ll dead a pauper in Rio a week. He sometim . ' '4 fl" w°°k°il "l"- t‘@“¢’°ty¢'"¢w~ ~ .i. Jenairo. J-lia gigantic swlndlcs terpleter in Rnchdaieeloulllli:

were based on a belief in the com- bined cupidity and naivete of hu- mans. If Paul's financial wlzardy had been. put to honest purposes he would not have died in charity ward. with his friendless body un- c a_imed in a public morgue. He was afine. example of how a man can outsmart himself. -\- Windsor Star.

leaders would be shocked to know how many. deaths by misad- venture and straight suicides are caused by sleeping pills. Alcoholics sre- particularly prone to misuse these drugs to counteract alcohol excitement. Huge doses are often IIOCQIIOI; when a tolerance has been established. The patient in a half-drugged haze can forget how many pills he has already taken when he taker still more. Sleep from which there is no awakening too often results. -'- Vancouver Sun.

Just leaued by the Beg- lstrar General show that death rates in Britain are now the lowest ever known. Last year three new health records were set up. In addition to a apectsculsr fall in the general death rate, fewer bsblesdied and the number of stillbirth: were the smallest ever recorded. Infant mor- tality rate was 34 per thousand. and the ‘death rate was only 10.1 per thousand. Live births register- ed last year in England and Wales were more than 777.000. This com-

Said Edith after the ‘Neddln 3 .. IP81"! bolus a countess. thOTlgh ll: title doesn't mean much new... pecifils‘ as we shall both go o: ‘SZl..~".%..i.‘ u“ —

fEDlTURlAL NUIES/

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The Legislature.

chansons-rows. Tmmnav, MARCH a. 194a a wolirav cause

canals lisd World Diplomacy

Proof of Canada's growing status in the council of nations is afforded by the annual report of the Department of External Affairs. which has been tabled in Porlionvent._lt gives an interesting review of the main diivlomflilc problems of 194B and of the attitude Canada took towards them. _ _

Conoda maintains 44 diplomatic posts abroad and 51 countries have diplomatic mis- sions in the Dominion. We are also o mem- ber of the Security Council, are on the Atomic Energy-Commission, have a military mission in Germany, and u liaison mission in Japan. The post year hos been notable for two moin devel- opmeniv-the movement to organize the North Atlantic Pact ond the continuing efforts to re- build world trade. _

Article 51 of the Charter recognizes the inherent right of collective sell-defence, if on armed attack occurs against o member of the United Nations, until the Security Councllhos token the measures necessary to maintain inter- notional peace and security. Since the Security Council has been blunted as on effective instru-

Bir. -— Now that the second clinic if? ("Mrs for lite Rea Cross .B1ood Transfusion Service la on. I wish l0 say i1 few words to the public ,~ . - . ~ l‘ in praise of this service. ‘. ' , .5 _ ‘ l gli . The medical staff of the Ghar- u "‘ ' ' ' - ‘ loiietown Hospital fully appreciate YOU'RE ENTITLED NOW . KE El’ UP

and are deeply grateful for the wonderful aid this organization has THE oooo WORK, MY 80V.’

‘A Western school board placed two adver- tisements on the some day. The first was for a teacher to take charge of Grades 5 and 6; salary $1,500 per annum. The second was for o janitor for the some school; salary $1,800 per annum.

It is Christendom-flag ‘ ened by the Communist‘ Jill?‘ religion. This is a campaign 8mg? the beliefs and practices of all m? accept ethics as a guldg, regard“, l of Where they live or the dqqrhll and church to which they gdymll Messages from China last Week y: ported that the Communists film had ordered Christian mlssiunarle who arc of many churches. to lean: Marxian atheism. These facts q. course. can surprise nobody familiar with the writings of leading Com. munistsfrorrl Marx to Stalin. It is no particular church or sect fling tifey attack, but all religion. and every faith which asserts that the world holds more than materlalia» ac Yalues. -- Toronto Globe and

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been to our patients, some of vliiose lives have been saved. and many helped to a more speedy recovery. Most of the donors who formerly bclonssu io our Hospital Club have offered their service to the Rod Cross and for this we are grate- ful. We take this opportunity to . iiisnk these men and all gtheg- contributors to our Hospital Bulk, We assure the Red Cross ‘Frans. fusion Service that the doctors of the Charlottetown Hospital fully endorse their efforts and “l; m; public to oo-operate one hundred Der cent. by being donors for so worthy a cause. I am. Sir, etc., ' W.J.P. MacMILLAN. Mn, CfllEf of Medical Staff, Charlottetown Hospital.

I I I .The enthusiasm with which British Colum- bia introduces varieties of oyster andllobster to their relatively narrow continental shelf would pay dividends if applied to the much greater coastal area of Eastern Canada. a .

The proposed new atlas announced by the Resources Department, the first since 1915, will not, of course, contain so much new material on the Maritime: as on the North and West but even in this long-settled section of Canada 35 years has brought changes of which the geog- rapher must take note.

EMMY. for many years one g Canada's most popular Wyn“, sports, could very easily meet | fate similar to lacrosse. once one of the Dominica's fastest, most flu-ll]. l"! and most popular Summer sports. As Mayor Alniey recalls, Ontarip people became sick of la. crosse after a player who had been

" ‘ " ISLAND Today and tomorrow volunteer blood don- FARMER ors are making their contribution here. If u friend were actually in need of blood there are

few who would refuse to supply. Through the Red

KING'S COUNTY MAIL SERVICE

Sir.—A letter in a recent hsue uf

i a tic as attained unus- Cross blood bank we can be ossuicd that when The Guardian by Mr. PB"? Jvllll- Que-gee hit over the headb o one men.’ of Peace‘ t s r a . . . - - ston brings up a matter of viill pared with a pro-war level of 621- y 1d y pp null!“ uol importance, ond it forms the basis on which ti‘: time comes the blood will already be ovoil- lmponance m every boxholder (Ln old chaflouelown we in 1938. _ UK Information m: Svfiulhsyflzea.lo.gliégltlgéilf;ngixulobla\z the North Atlantic Pact of regional security is o e. . . i ttzuzllglzlnrzyfti: served by Mon- h“ r L u llco- progressive roughness thatlnarkofl beln or nlzed. No such provision for emer- _ - - the game oversperlod of yearg, A be found in the original Sir John Frederick William Herschel Eng- T° "m" °g u‘ wh° ‘r’ '°'ld°“l‘ a '_" The F ees liner Queen of Ber- hm“? “mk brwgh‘ 4W“ “if "i ' l" u"! "Cl-h" 0f K1118’! Cvlinty it the head of an opponen could ess-

muda is carrying her first post-war contingent of passengers in the familiar run between New York mid Bermuda, a welcome addition to the growing roster of luxurious liners serving this port.‘ Some of the tonnage is new. but many of the ships are old friends. returning at long last after years of war ser- _ vice and after extensive and costly Name- reconditioning. 1t _took eighteen the months and cost in the neighbor- hood of 87.500900 to give this par- ticular "Queen" a complete re- building, but she comes out like new. Praise is due the British ship-

gency action was to draft of the Cliorter as prepared at Dumbarton Oaks. lt was inserted into the Cho-rter ot the Son-Francisco conference because of the initia- tive of Latin American countries who were anx- loi'|s_to preserve the‘ guarantees of mutual secur- iiy embodied in the Pan-American system. They were reluctanlt to have this system supplanted by the United Notions until it could be shown that-the new organization would succeed. By a strange irony, Article 51, first designed os pro- tection for Latin America, has now become, the

ily have fatal results. a then the revulsion of feeling might ivell put an end to big crowds at hockey matches and cause the slow do. cllne of the sport. -— Edmonton Journal.

There will be a wide measure of agreement with Rev. G_ W, Gem who told n London; Ontario, con. gregafion that mothers often urs" to blame for their sons’ unhappy marriages. They so spoil their boys. by coddlirig. that it is next to impossible for any young wife fa

lish astronomer, born this date i792; read for the bor but never practised; later went to South Africa where he set up an observatory; and en- ormously extended knowledgte of the southern skies publishing the whole of his survey of the skies. His Outlines of Astronomy passed through more than ten editions.‘

is a well-known fact that we are at a disadvantage where our mail eer- vices arc concerned. You may ask the question-why? Simply because we are always one day behind in tile delivery of our mail. Under the system now in operation, mall for delivery on the routes served by Montague post office cannot be de- livered llntll tile following day. Hence the term, "always one day behllldy Any change in the system which will result in the elimina- tion of this delay would no doubt be welcomed and appreciated by

TAVERNS‘ AND SOLDIERS

PATER. NOSTER

In colonial days, the frequenting of the numerous taverns in and about Charlottetown by soldiers at all hours was a cause of general complaint. The Legislative Assem- bly taok cognizance of the situa- tlon in 1832, when it passed the following statute:

"That from and after the passing of this Act, if any tavern-keeper, inn-keeper, or any other person or persons, in this Island, shall know- ingly suffer or permit any non-com-

Fstiler, in whose loving care Earth and ocean mine so fair. Hear my sinful little prayer ' ‘Ihat Thy winds bear up the Where t-he eagles cannot rise To ‘my feel. in Paradise: Hallowed. hallowed be Thy Throned in earth ‘and heaven

same, Come Thy presume WW“! "l" 1181110;

lt is sometimes comforting to remember, when one hears the voice of o C.B.C. announcer or commentator reporting events or his own opin-

meons for allowing the notions of the Western l0“. ill"? lie 55.1"" "5 llkell’ i° be mlsluke" the boxholders on these url - _ Give to us our daily how!- u. ». y . as his listeners. Progress in spreading the re- rallies. r ' a s???(lellilrtllgilrlgslnsglldllillllglerlh" fir‘, Daily let our feet. be led _ ping community for its steady como- e;:m‘;“:;§a“12;e“°im;lfy'! l I" ‘he “my my ‘ewams tread’ back’ u‘. "m" In“ and “mm been ruined. not merely as matri-

world to band themselves together in u pact of mutual assistance to resist further Soviet aggres- sion.

The report points out that as long ago as September, 1947, Mr. St. Laurent told the ‘As- sembly of the United Notions that regional se-

Tile suggestion contained in Mr. Johnston's letter for improved and speedier service is a commendable one, and deserves and should re- ceive the utmost consideration on the part of the Federal authorities. Ii is my belief, however, that llo

liiajesfy’; service, to be and re- main in ills. her or their house or houses, under any pretence what- soever, after the hour of 8 of the clocl’ in the evening, from the lst day of October to the 30th day of April. or afier the hour of 9 in the

dominate the Atlantic travel scene.

sults of elocui-ionclry training has not yet suc- — New York Times.

ceeded in making a good voice o substitute for o sound ‘intelligence. '

monial prospects, by over-indulgent mothers. Protected in every pose slble way. their every whim grant- ed. these lads frequently find the worlrl a difficult place in \\'l'llCli to live. It is a rude shock that all

-If my brother does me wrons. Make mo patient oval-ions. Make mine patient, Lord. ‘H8;

be; my gram-rm be full 0f Thee. ‘ Foot and heart and thoudh! ‘Nil-h’

and

Edith liar-ling, a pretty 18-year- old card-room worker who last September fell in love with a good-

The Ottawa Journal reports o traveller us looking Hungarian voluntary work-

currty pocis had to be considered. Curiados summing up British and American attitudes thus, Pelmvnellt lmPrfllf-‘meut van be evenlnu. from the 1st day of Moy M“ t t h re “my, “e u. g, m, “m, Rochdfle comm other people are not so consider- . . . . . Y a a ioneer n-rhe e0 | of America are ‘dominated b a effected until such time as our mall to the 30th of September, lri ouch "m" "left" w‘ e _ aie of their feelings as their over- Pflme Mmlsflef l‘ rlghlly legmded 5 p p p e Y courier on this route receives e. suf- and every year. without a written ‘Qld- mm' h" bacon Counlel‘ stragg- considerate mothers had becn. And,

at the town's register office. husband. N-year-old Count Alex- sndre Strayter. came to England after the- Communlsts took over nls

perhaps. the youngest son in a fam- ily is the most likely to be the vio- tinl at ml overdose of mother love. But. if some mothers spoil their

Let the ages sweep away Temporal pmvo and earthly clot’ Only let Thy Kingdom stiw.

be full of Thee

mood of discontented optimism, and the people of Britain by one of contentedpessimism." In the some vein the Canadian mood would pro-

ficient increase in salary which will enable him to use motorized equip- ment ‘instead of horses. Use of a

pass or permission from his or their Commanding Officer, he, she or they shall be liable to pay a fine

architect of this pact to keep the world's peace. On January 22, 1948, Mr. Bevin announced the

determination of the British Government, in cal‘ or lee

. . . . . . . p would be necessary if f Tv t Si ill‘ , t th m1 Let my dreams .

view of Russia's aggressions and ambitions, to bcibly be described as one of discontented pes- l... l. expected to keep pace with lire clifslluyor‘rebllszrinogeilizrslevme, While llllB heavenly hosts adore hemp ‘mill in Hungary and told mm Sons. l, is equally ‘we some m,“ WhPW 771°“ lelgnest evermme to lo“ the Communl" Party‘ ere are over-indulgent to their

for each and every offence-to be recovered before any one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said island. on the oath of one credible witness; the same to be levied by warrant of distress on tile goods and chattels of the offender or offenders; and if no goods and chattels can be found whereun to levy the same, it shall and may be "lawful for the said Justice to com- nllt the party so offending to the County Jail for a period not ex- ceeding ten days. '

"And he it enacted, that one moiety of the snld fine, if recover- _ed, shall be paid to the person who shall inform and sue for the same: and the other moiety shall be paid into the treasury of this Island, to and for the use of His Majesty's Government."

“The Rise In The

the proposed new system.

If the people of Rural Route No. 4 really want a speedier mail ser- vice they should "all pull together" ill presenting their claims. Only by the co-operation of all concerned can any improvement be expected. _, I am, Slr, etc. JAMES A. CLOW. Muilray Harbor North R. R. No. 4

simism. - Thou“ h. weak‘ n“ hnguag" daughters. Parental love is one of the finest of human emotions. 1n excess. it can react against the

recipients of lt. -— Windsor Stan

work for closer political and economic associa- tion with other Western states. As o result, the Treaty of Brussels was signed on March 17 by Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, ond Luxembourg. Each country undertook, by this treaty, to render oll military and other aid in its power to any other member of~the alliance who is attacked.

The Brussels Treaty was publicly endorsed that some doy by President Truman and Mr. King, then Prime Minister of Canada. Their said, "The chaplain looks upon the ossem-bl J approval foreshadowed the union of this con-- members, and prays for his country." tinent with Western Europe in a common alliance . ,, ,, ,, against aggression, on idea-l now in process of A“ exghqnge reports tlle new Under-Secre- being attained, though several awkward hurdles wry y." hum." Affuirg, AfnQld Heeney, q; won. in Washington and elsewhere still hove to be dcring Why weqe SH" using {he Wm], "pomin. Ifllfefl- ion" which he considers o misnomer ond would

Th9 ¢¢°"°"'l° cliilPle" °l U19 YePWl “"9” be willing to exchange for Kingdom of Canada.

l“ Thy bright eternity; -Oharles J. Jacobs iri The Poet's Pen.

new

The appointment of a committee to revise the prayers used at the opening of the daily sit- tings of the Legislature is a sidelighf on o sub- iect which is little known outside of the House itself, the prayers being, according to custom, offered immediately before the doors are closed for the private reading of the Journals. Writing of the Mother of Parliaments, o schoolboy once

downtrend in marriages last year indicates a further drop in births this year. Howlonl the drop will continue and haw extensive it will be. depends upon a number of fac- tors including the level of economic activity. . Most of all it- depends on whether the long-term trend to- ward small familles, evident in Canada as in other western coun- tries, is continued or reversed.

0n the sea. on land, la the air. peril of fire. lightning, failing aircraft. of automobiles, oraocldent, of slckuel.

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dcnllal areas. the bulldln! 0f "aw schools is a significant factor sus- taining capital investment expendi- ture at a higlpleyel.‘

Nor will the effects of the ex- ceptionally large number of chil- dren born in the forties be cunn- flned to the immediate future. B)’ the late Tlftles. children born dur- ‘m; the pusi; ten years will be com- lng of working age. They will fill‘ low a period of relatively small ac- cessions to the working force. Dur- lng the war the annual increments were substantial. reflectirls the hizh birth rates of the Wwclltlfll. bill from now on. for a period of ten years, the influx of youns works"

smaller