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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1933-

ANTICIPATIONS

The likelihood of lion. J. D. Stewart, K. C., Premier of this Provkee, being offered the intport- ant position of chairman of the Civil Service Conunlssion is fea- tured in an article in the Ottawa. Journal which was reprinted in yesterday's Guardian. As stated yesterday the Premier has receiv- ed no official confirmation of the report and fiaturully has no state- ment, to make in connection there- with. llotvcrci", there is clcry reas- on to believe that in the personnel of the new Commission the Do- minion Government, will scck men of outstanding reputation and abil- ity, and it might well have con-

sidered the possibility of ob- taming the‘ services, as chair- rnan, of one of Hon. Mi‘.

Stewart's long and successful cx- perience both in public life and at the Bar. As the Ottawa Journal intimates. Mr. Stewart's appoint- ment as head of the commission would undoubtedly give general satisfaction.

What would be Ottawa's gain in that casc would bc Prince Edward Island's loss. Premier Stewart's services to his nabve Province need not be elaborated on here. As a member of the Legislature, a lead- er of the Opposition and Premier under two administrations, he has for several years devoted practic- ally all his time and ability to pub- lic life. and it can ‘truly be: said

THE LIBRARY GRANT u

It was our pleasure a few days ago to congratulate the Hon. Dr. MacMlllan, Minister of Education, and his colleagues in the Stewart Government on the receipt of a cheque for $75,000 for educational purposes from the Carnegie Foundation. ' Another cheque for $30,000 for library demonstration work was received yesterday. The remaining half of the grant of $60,000 for this work will be receiv- cd in two equal instalments in April and July. Yesterday's cheque netted the substantial additional sum of over $5,000 when converted into Canadian currency.

There is another gratifying fea-\ turn in connection with the $60,- 000 grant for library purposes, The amount has been voted by the Carnegie Foundation for the first year's activities only, and fur. ther consideration-ls promised in the event of the library demon- stration work succeeding.

Here, surely, ls the beginning of one of the most far reaching edu- cational movements ever inaugur- ated ln this Province. Everycom- munlty in Prince Edward Island will benefit directly by this grant. While the details have ye; m be worked out, there is every reason to believe that there will bc eu- thuslastic co-operatioit on thc part of all concerned, and ma; the Carnegie Foundation will be able to point with pride to the results

that the Conservative party and the Province generally have ben-y efitedmatcrially by his leadership. Still in the prime of life, and with health restored after an illness occasioned by the onerous dittics of his office, Mr. Stewart is ad- mirably: qualified and entitled to receive any recognition which may lic within the power of the Domin- ion Government. to bestow.

It is fortunate that in the event of Premier Stewart's retirement he would leave men of marked ability and experience to carry Government of this Province. A rearrangement of the Cabinet would naturally tllke place. It is thc prerogative of the Conservative irtcmbcrs of the llousc to select their own leader, and they no

doubt would do so from the re-

maining portfolio holders. None of‘ i

thpsc positions bclng held by a member of the legal profession, it would be necessary to appoint an Attorney General from outside the portfolio seats. It seems likely that thc services of Hon. ll. I". Mac-

, Phee, former Minister of Public’

Works in the first Stewart admin- istration and now. a government

' member without portfolio, would

be requisltioned in this important capacity. This would enable Mr. MaePhee to continue his private

practice which he considers csscn~

$1 and which prevented hint from accepting the Public Works port- folio in the present administration.

Who the new leader of the Gov-’

eminent would bc in thc event of Mr. Stewart's retirement rests, as already started, with thc Conscrr. ativs members of the liousc. Their choice would naturally fall between Hon. Dr. W. J. P. Alacfvfillun, lVlin- ister of Health and Educaiion, and Hon. G. Shelton Sharp, Minister of Public Works. Of the two, both eminently qualified by nbtiuy, Hon. Dr. MacMllinn has thc longer experience and The greater claim by reason of party service, h’; liar- ing been Premier Stewart's first neiilf-‘Iiillit ever since entering the House in 1923. This ti; a consider-

ation which would lllldflllblfldly carry weight in thc cpmion of every member of thc party, Nor

need we ltcsitate to predict that in Dr. MacMillan the Government would have a worthy sitcccssor lo its present able leader

and expcricnccd

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0f i115 i1 h-"factiuns in this Province.

OTHERS SEE IT

AS Comment is unnecessary on the following editorial statement from Saturday's issue of the Fredericton (ND) Daily Gleaner: "The movement toward producing greater interest in co-opcrativg act.

terms after quoting The Guardian's opinion: t

"So far as we have been able to discover through the years, there has been no popular de- mandln this Province for Mari- time Union, and certainly no No- va Scotian vvOi-l-ld be asking the people of the other provinces of the Maritlmes to enter a union if there was any considerable body or opinion against the idea."

The Sydney Post-Record, an in- dependent newspaper whose editor is well informed on all matter of Maritime‘ interest, sums up the question with brevity and finality:

“Even as a. fad. Maritime Union is an exotic in these three prov- inces and only serves to fumlsh copy occasionally to the papers in central and western Canada. The idea is based on a misconception of the scheme of Canadian Con- federation, which provlded a cen- tral Government to deal with na- tional questions, and Provin- cial lcgislatures to administer purely lccnl interests. Under this plan, decentralization is as essen- tial as centralization. and to in- terfere with either would only create friction and wveakcn the whole structure. There is no more chance of a. political fliF-icfi 0! the li/iariiimcs than of Q1155“? and Ontario." .

THAT BARTER SCHEME

Where now are the critics who abused Premier Bennett for refus- lng to have anything to do with the so-callecl Russiarf barter propo- sitlou? Following thc Prime Minis- ter's clear statement of the facts in the House of Commons, there has been an end of such criticism, at any rate from responsible Liberal memlbers and newspapers. since an attempt was made to capitalize this matter among the farmers of this Province, we take pleasure In quoting the following opening par- ‘agraphs of an article by the Ottawa correspondent of the Toronto Globe. leading Liberal newspaper, which appeared on the Glcbesfront page under 'tl1e four-column caption: ‘liberals Against Barter."

UITIAWA. Fr/b. 3—F‘r0m Lib- eral benches in the Commons to- night, irom.no less an accepted authority than-Hon. James Mal- colm, former Minister of Trade and commerce, the action of‘ the

Government in refusing to place

Canadas redlt behind thc Rus-

alan barter deal received approval.

The verdict of the former Min- ister of 'I‘radc and Commerce- he said: “I do not think thc Mln-‘ lsfer is to be blamed in refusing to finance this"-—seemccl to scttlc the matter in thc minds of Pro- grcsslves and Liberals apparently

inclined ni: first ta doubt the wis- dom of Canada's more.

ion on the part of the three Marl- time Provinces in securing fulfill- iment of the pledges made prior to ‘Confederation in rclnt-foit of these IIITOWIICCS, has, given promise o! some accomplishment, but if it is to be linked‘ up with a Maritime iUnion movement, those identified 'with it alight as well closc up shop. iMarltimc Union never has had vii-- ‘ ality. Periodically it appears before the public, the appearance being coincident with thc desire of some fpcrscn oi‘ persons to secure a cer- ‘tain degree of publicity. W. S. Stcxvart, Mayor of Charlottetown, t5 the latest to adopt this means to secure some spare in thc pilbilc prints. His remarks- before a local service club oi’ Charlottetown ad- vising his own province of Prince Edward Island to suggest such union with Nova. Ssotia and NEW Brunswick before forced into it on “disadvantageous terms," have been ‘spread over the country. The fact that his proposals received a most ‘chilly reception in the Island has not received equal publiclty..I-fis own remark after his proposals had been received and discussed in Chnrloitciown, is to the effect that the leaders of both political parties "for the time being" arc opposed to Xfaritime Union. so as a matter of fact, are thc leaders of mlitlcal parties in other Provinces."

The Gleaner cottcluclcs with following statement:

"Dickens once suggested that a coffin-tutti rather than a door nail, should be the symbol 0f defunct- ncsv. No matter which piece of iron- mongery is selected, Maritime Un- ion is (lead, and thc Maritime Con- fcdcralioti Rights I/mgue tvould do wril to nznkn certain that it is imL cnlliué/"(l with what never lived."

So mitch for responsible f"_?Lill0ll in New Brunswick.

Tin-lung to Nova. Scotla, we find the Halifax Herald, which hitherto 1111.5‘ advccatcd Maritime Union in thc interests of Nova Smtia, cx- Drcscmc itself in the following

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As for the Globe's own opinion, it is thus expressed editorially:

"Evidently th; syndicate which proposed the deal was serious enough. Who wouldn't be under the circumstances? There were possible brokerage oOmmlE-sions in it. There was money to be made _1; and when. The chief trouble reems to bc there was no dcul. It had not got beyond the Pm- poaal stage. And thc proposals all

for the commissions, plus a press message. Nothing was offered from the Soviet government i0 show that it was xvilling to uslgli on thc dotted line."

The Globe concludes another cdl- torial comment on the same sub- ject with the words: “It made a -great smoke screen while lt lasted!" Perhaps our local contemporary, if it goes over its r1195 for the past few weeks, will admit that the epi- taph is not inappropriate.

PILOTS’ RECORDS

Men and women who dash about the world in spectacular airplane flights have plenty of public notice and praise. But the pilots who direct airliners regularly and without fuss over the air routes, and are respon- sible forlthe safety of their passeng- crs, remain comparatively unknown. Flying in all sorts of weather to tune-table is very different from the fine weather flying of most amateur pilots. A Toronto exchange has fig- ured out that nine senior pilots of Imperial Airways have spent be- twccn them no less than 66,600 hours at the controls of airplanes. This amazin, total is equal to 2,775 days and nights, or seven years- sevcn and a quarter months, 1n that time they havc covcrcd an aggregate of approximately 6,600,000 mihes, equivalent to 27 journeys to the moon, or 260 flights mund the world

at the Equator. And each of these men is still pursuing his vocation most days of the week, guiding the big airliners with the regularity and clockwork prccialon of

thc most

carefully nursed express trains.

came from the syndicate looking -

THE CHARLOTTETOYVN‘ _GUARDIAN

NOTES BY 111E WAY

Canadian hanks‘ are not short of money. Hut it is not their own money. It belongs to depositors; and before a banker loans it'out ho has first to consider whether the man who deposited it would make the same loan uPOTi 1116 "B"! 55' curity, That is his test. If. at thc present time, the banks decided that they must loosen up, that they must loau - money whenever loans were requested, doubtless they could loan a lot of it. But would it help? Would it help to have millions loaned here. there, and everywhere to organiza- tions and individuals whose chance of repaying it, or of paying the in- tprest upon it, is remote? There's no need to labor the anstver.—Ex.

1t would be rash says the Balti- more Sun, to predict the future, but, in view of Mr. De Vaierrrs promises and Mr. J. H. Thomas’ inability to resLst the temptation to be dramatic about Ireland, thc outlook for hur- mony would not seem to bc more than fair. If reason were a factor. there is nothing insuperable in the land-annuities- controversy nor in the legal tics u-hich bind Ireland to the British Commonwealth. But with fanaticism on 4111f! side and an ob- durate and self-defeating stubhom- noss on thc other, it is itecess-ai-y to expect, gt the least, a continua- tion of the Anglo-Irish haranguc in ever-increasing bitterness. The max- imum dangers are too terrible to contemplate but too plausible to dis- miss.

"What Russia has is not Commun- ism in the sense of a free associa- tion of willing men working in com- mon. It is Communism in the sensfl of the cnslavement of the mass by the few with the aid of an organiz- ed army and a war equipment. This with the police, the universal spies. the convict camp and the death sen- tence, holds society together, so docs a chain hold a, prison to a dungeon w'all."-—Profcssor Stephen Ixacock.

So long as the Government sticks to its sound money policy, which the Prime Munster says it will, and al- lovws the dollar to take its own course, the situation will tend to stabilize itself. Confidence in the security- of our currency and credit will be maintained. The Government has n0 thought of destroying this confidence by setting the printing press at work and issuing a. deluge of so-called flat money. The delib- erate artificial policy of inflation, which the Prime Minister has con- demned and which is advocated by some political agitators, is the one thing that would upset thc whole financial structure.

It is reported that Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambassador at Washington. who has sailed for

London, will bear the brunt of the debt newtiations with the United States. The rumor is that he will not only initiate the negatlationsbut that he will carry them through their most difficult stage until a basis of agreement is reached and that Premier MacDonald or some other British Minister will then b‘: Sent to Washington for the purpose of closing tho bargain. Sir Ronald is rated high as a diplomat, and he is personally popular atthc United States Cflliilfii- It is declared that he has emerged with a brilliant record from every postlhc has held mambo-wider to Constantinople dill‘- ing the Mosul crisis, ambassador to Berlin just after the Locamo settle- ment and head of thc Foreign Of- 006 dilfiiii; the difficult prelmhtar- ries to the London Navil "unfer- encc.

Every depression the world has known has been succeeded by great- er expansion than it checked, and the long view, from any point of observation ln the past, discloses thc upward and onward march of pm- gress. Whether prosperity be around the immediate corner or one furth- er on, it is practically certain to be a bigger and better brand than men have known.

For the first time in 6i years, says the Christian Science Monitor, the capital penalty was exacted in Ot- tawa. recently in the case of a young Canadian convicted of murder in coitnection with a robbery. Hearing this and knowing modern newspaper- technique as it has developed in the United States, an American visual- izcs immediately the sensational headlines. There were no photographs must have placed over the numer- ous columns of reading matter de- voted to complete descriptions of the hanging and of the history of the case. There were no sensational headlines. There were no photographs of the murderer eatinghla last meal, nor of his sobbing relatives, nor of the fateful scaflold, nor of the vic- tim. No citizens of Ottawa were iliictcd on their opinions of thc cv- cnt. Not one word about the case had been printed in the local press dliiiiiz Liv.- three months between the

manic cnnvlctlon and his execution. The two ncW-BPI-Dera of Ottawa

tifliiat am of j p yours i By Iamcs W. Barton. MD.

EYE STRESS MAY CAUSE ANXIETY NEUBOSIS

Neurosis, you may remember, means that the individual is really sufiering with some disturbance- paln in the stomach, rapid heart, pain in the eyes, or distress any- where in the body-and yet, there is really no cause for this distress that can be found in or about the parts of thc body so disturbed.

What is known as anxiety neu- rosis thus means that the individual is unduly anxious, nervous, timid, possessing what is sometimes called an “inferiority complex."

That this condition may be due to eye strain is the opinion of Dr. E. L. Jones, Cumberland, Maryland. ,

lie states that; tlmldity, lack of self confidence, and senseless crying in citlidren and some women with morbid fears as of sudden death, are often due to the depressant effects of eye stress, and are relieved by proper ' correction, which may change the patients whole course of life to a higher plane. In his be- lief, such cases explain many of those cases called enxlety neuroses, in which the patient suffers with conflicts within himself, touchiness, irritability, scnsitivcness, fear of death, and so on.

By absolutely exact correction of astigmatism-where rays of light do not all focus at the one point-the glasses being worn constantly, rc- sults are obtained that would be impossible in glasses that may give good vision but do not relieve the sires.

As you know a number of eye dis- turbances are caused by infection- tecth, tonsils, sinuses, gall bfaclder, and intestine-and clear up in a few weeks or months after the re- moval of these infections.

However as Dr. Jones points out, the continual use of the ‘eyes in some individuals by putting a strain on certain eye muscles and nerves, 1s such a constant wear on the ner-

vous system, that fear, anxiety. and timidlty itaiurally follow. ‘

You know ivith yourself that when you have been subjected to nervous strain and are exhausted nervously, you are less courageous than when you arc your real self.

This matter of cye stress and tim- idity ls worth our consideration.

APBAYER BY. THE FOUNDER 0F TOO 1!.

Father. take Thou this hour into Thy hands,

F01‘ 'I'hy Name's sake.

Pour down Thy power on our be. wintcrcd lands

Where brave hearts break.

Men that are men go mourning, and confess

No resurrection into righteousness,

Prince. of True Peace, rc-crttclfied in ivnrs,

Fierce are men's fears,

Summo l thc saints whose souls an: lit like stars,

Take Thou their tears; l’

Teach the new world thc ricw world-neighbour needs;

Dethrone despair, transmutc dreams to deeds.

good

-—'I'he Rev. P. T. B. Clayton, C. 1-1., in the Church Times.

A Famous Quarrel

(Million Spectator)

oi" 0i’ the primal reporter's trick of haunting ccffcc-ltouscs to Dick up news there someh w

KDIBHE an unwritten law curiously far-reachiiiz in its workings. It was from the cliques of thc coffee. houses that the private club ulti- mately cmflmvd. and if. was in the club that this law dpgfatgd, N,» only were conversations under- stood to be sub rose, but it became that no member was to publish fliiYi-hing about another member in the papers. Eventually this led to a historic rupture between two celebrities. At a time when Thack- "BY and Edmund Yates were both members of the Garrick Club, Yam’ fliiicrprise as a journalist moved him to contribute a person- al akeieh of thc great novelist to one of the first society journals. Though the sketch was devoid of l" ailispicion of malice or carica- ture. Thackeray was so far a stick-

printcd each 200 words about the hanging in stories inoonmicuously placed by refusing to portray mur- der L; the exciting melodramatic spectacle that the press in the Unit- ed States has to its disgrace depict- ed it, they have rendered a good

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