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FRIDAN, bEl'T. 1. 1954

Summerside continues Active

The strong denial by the acting com- manding officer of R.C.A.l". Station Stim- merside that the station will be closing (town will be welcomed both from the point of view of service efficiency and of local interests. A splendid R.C.A.l". station has been developed in er the years at the Prince County capital. it rendered yeoman service in training our own and allied aircrews, the. various air navigational courses and not- ably the senior course given by the Central Naviuatioii School made an important con- tribution to .V.A.T.O. air strength

The ciianzc in emphasis of training from tiaiis-Atlaiitic to Arctic flying and perhaps other con.:idei'atioiis led to navigational training being concentrated elsewhere. btit such considerations must be kept under crinstaril rcas.s:essnient. it is not without siznificniicc that even since that decision was taken the United States has adopted a policy of actually building "islands" along the Atlantic seaboard. The value of already existing island bases is obvious high.

The R.C.A.i'. has shown its recognition of that fact by continuing a policy of de- vciopnient at Summerside. By using the

station for the 103 Scarch and Rescue l'nit and the Navy's 31st Support Air Group, the Department of National De-

fence clearly indicates that it sees the ad- vantages of the situation, both of location and flying conditions.

criticism Or carping

"I dont mean to be critical, but . . ." "Wait a minute," came the interruption, "you do mean to be critical, otherwise you wouldn't be speaking in that fashion." Taken rathcr aback, be corrected himself: "Well. yes. I am being critical, but I'm only trying to be helpful."

This bit of conversation points out, re- flects the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, one of the weaknesses of men today. Perhaps what he means in the first instance was: "T don't like to be critical." If that was his meaning, he should have said so, but even that can be wrong. Criticism, wheth- er favorable or unfavorable, is good, so long as there is no malicious intent in the re- mark. In this particular instance there could be no question of maliciousness what- soever, and we were quite happy to receive his criticism. even though it might appear to be adverse.

The weakness is that we have come to look upon criticism purely as unfavorable. Because the world is so full of wrong and error, we have come to associate criticism almost entirely with that which needs cor- rccting. Thus we preface our remarks with the apology: "I don't mean to be critical, but . . ." Criticism may hurt our pride, but the hurt is not made any the easier by the prefaced apology. However we may look at it, it still hurts. But it can be helpful, if we are prepared. to accept it in the right spirit.

Criticism can praise. Criticism can condemn. If we are fed too much of the first, it is not good for us. And if the un- favorable criticism is to be at all helpful. it must he balaiiccd with a good portion of the first. if it is our intention to be crit- ical. ltmvcvcr. let us ho so without any apology. if we are positivc in our approach in this respect, we will find that our criticism also tends to be more positive, and thus should prove more helpful.

Risky Beliefs

Henry Cabot. Loclgc, .lr., the chief Unl- ted Statcs delegate to the United Nations recently expressed the belief that Chinese Communist forces would be unable to take Formosa. What is more, he believes that Premier Chou En-lai was "hluffing" when he said a little while ago that his "libera- tion" forces soon would invade the Na- tionalist stronghold. As to the first opinion, Mr. Lodge may be right. He is, of course. going on the assumption that the United

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attempt by the Communists to cross the

island from the mainland. This has been

States foreign policy as it

mlt the Communists to retain control of any large area in South East Asia. Yet, when faced with a felt accompli that did that very thing, Mr. Dulles acquiesced in it, havvbglt grudgingly. . ,

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land, died this date, 1658. the Government, he arranged to take his family to New England but the ship on which he was to sail was detained by pro- clamation. He remained in England and sat in the Short and Long Parliaments. On the outbreak of civil war he gradually re- modeled the Parliamentary army and there. by achieved supremacy over both King and Parliament.

Queen Charlotte High School were impressed by the planning and con- struction which has gone into this magni- States Sewfnih Fieoi Wnltid i1”liSiFai9 any ficent addition to the educational facilities of Charlottetown. 100 mile stretch of water separating the scious the first time in a great many years, that Drnmi-Sod h.V ihe United Siaitts G0V9Fnn't9ni the ideas of achievement, progressiveness. ever since the outbreak of the Korean war. confidence in A But it must he I'Pm9rnb9FPti that United out over economic retrenchment, financial ('0nC6FnS the forebodings, and makeshift Pacific has changed from time to time. in our school For instance. only a few days before the in order to Dr. R. G. Lea, Chairman of lndo-China settlement was signed Mr. Dul- the school Board, Dr, w, J. p, MacMjlian' lea declared that the United States would senior member of the Board, never accept any settlement that would per- Premier and Minister of Education, were in the forefront of those who carried the day. To them, their colleagues on the Board, supporters in the government and elsewhere, the citizens of today and tomor- ,row say thanks. - ' '

The fact is that. with the best intentions

in the world. foreign policy makers are.

sometimes obliged to go back on earlier commitments which have not the sanction of formal treaty, as is the case with Amer- ican relations with Formosa. This is not to suggest that the United States Seventh Fleet would not do battle with Communist

forces bent on invading Formosa; it is sim- :

ply to suggest that the Formosa problem is just one aspect of the entire Pacific situa- tion, the complexities of which appear to

take on new and changed patterns from .

time to time.

As for Mr. l.odge's reference to Com- :

munist "bluffing", he may be right in this, too, but it is a dangerous assumption. It will be remembered that right up to the time Hitler sent his armies into Poland the general belief was that he was bluffing.

The same was said of the Japanese war .

lords before-not after-Pearl Harbour. And nothing is surer today titan that the Communist aggressor-s, whether in Russia or in China, are only too pleased when they bear that their threats of violence are re- garded in the West as mere "bluff"; for then their chances of being able to make sudden attacks in various parts of the world are increased very considerably. Hoping for the best and planning for the worst seems to be about the only safe policy for the free world at this time.

Basic Mental Training

After deep study of how a number of United States servicemen were conquered by their Communist captors in Korea, it has been decided that courses must be giv- en to the American armed forces, which will help future prisoners resist Communist methods. The matter is a serious one for all the countries of the free world, com- ments the Montreal Gazette. Some of the men who "confessed" to such crimes as germ warfare had once been decorated as combat heroes. it is now realized that it takes more than physical endurance or mental courage to withstand the Communist techniques.

These techniques include much more than highly-developed methods of torture. If that -were all there is to fear, why would

21 Americans and one Briton have chosen

to stay in Communist Asia rather than be repatriated? Where the Nazi Gestapo used torture

almost as an end in itself, a sadistic orgy, the Communists seek to conquer. the mind. They do not always use physical means to gain it. sideration, the giving of gifts and privileges, of praise and comfort, these too are used, in clever psychological patterns, to alter- nate with long hours without sleep or food or quiet.

Sudden shows of friendship, con-

The serviceman will have to be taught,

besides resistance to these techniques, how to see the holes in the political arguments

that are forced on him. He will have to

be taught what Communism is, what it claims to be and isn't, how different are its statements from its acts. Communist

literature of all kinds will have to be stud-

ied, dissected, analyzed.

This only follows the ancient military maxim that a soldier must know as much about his enemy as possible. It is an axiom that the book-banners and book-burners have, unfortunately, forgotten.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Britain declared war this date, 1939. I

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Lloyd's of London evidently consider that the danger of war in the Far East has lessened by fifty per cent. At any rrite risk rates for the China coast have been lowered from one to one-half per cent.

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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of Eng- Disgusted with

Citizens attending the ceremony at the yesterday,

Some too, were con- that the cornerstone also marked

the future. have won out

arrangements

system. Congratulations are

and former who

i in-M:l;he was

I NOTES BY

"11 you must throw your weight around. do so by pumna your shoul- der to the wheel." - Kitchener- Wnterloo Record.

Cost of living will be lower by fall, according to one prediction. Turnip: will be ripe then. --St. Catharine: Standard.

The wnleful folly of forcing men and women to quit work at 65 or even 70 is indicated by the United Kingdom Ministry of Labour": re- port that 190,000 men and 43,000 women aged 70 or over are still at work in that country. says the Letter-Review. Placing value of their production at only s25 a week. this represents a gain to United Kingdom economy of S-300,000,000 a year. -Fort William Times- Journal.

We had the water off a few days ago and later we had power of! lasting for some considerable time. We take water and power for granted and depend so much on them and perhaps appreciate them most when something happens. as when storms cut at the heart of power transmission. No one likes such interruptions, yet we must ad- mit that they are much scarcer than used to be the case. Nowa- days, the Ontario Hydro, having uecome such a complicated system. it takes B little longer sometimes to unsniarl breaks. What we need most under such circumstances is patience. - Niagara Falls Review.

Newfoundlnndera are baffled be- cause the Canadian Post Office has changed the name Silver Hare Islands to Silver Fox Islands. A possible explanation - suggested by the Windsor Dilly Star - is

PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the dinin- Ilall by eorrelpundenll of question: of Iutareu. Thu Gulrdlun dual nnl necunrlly ondoru the opinion of earrupondenu.

norcr BURN mm on srmw STACKS

Sir,-Humus in our soils consists of any more or less rotted vege- table Jnatter, and is one of the main agents for moisture conser- vation. It: also improves the phys- ical condition of soils; aids in pre- venting erosion, and is the home and food of the many beneficial micro-organisms that help to break down, and make available, and soluble the inert inorganic ele- ments. Most of our P. E. I. soils

not readily hold moisture. We rnay have a heavy rainfall at night, and cultivate the land next day. But it we have a prolonged drought or dry season. which we have not had for some years, our crops stif- fer greatly, particularly, hay, pas- ture and other shallow rooted varieties.

The humus content of our soils may be indrcased by plowing under standing crops such as: Buck- wheat or any other grain or grass crop; the addition of manure. straw, hay, seaweed. or any other kind of organic matter.

When hay. straw, potato tor; etc., are burned we not only destroy, a lot of good humus - forming material. but we also lose a lot of fertilizer material, to re- place which would mean an out- lay of considerable cash on arti- ficial fertilizers containing Ni-

are destroyed or made inert by burning. I am. Sir. etc. W. T. ALLAN STEWART. Strathgarlney

ANTS AND EARTHQIJAKES

Sir.-One has to live in the tropics to see and feel vermin They are there in endless mil- l.-ans with no frost to destroy them. Ants are perhaps thl. most. numerous, and the very small rid ant the most. troublesome. l. the cook should 1'-.y a piece of soup meat on the table for fifteen min- utes then likely ltalf a dozen in: these ants will appear on the rur- lnce of your plate of soup. 0 course. tou skim them off and (lrirn. the soup Ants are kept out of tlit

lo-rd-safe by is-ilatlng the logs in tns of dlslnfeclanl Travillre an. live in colonies in 211': ground arm? when tlxei take a not.or. titty lrct to another home. it. may be .305 yards away but they cut. '1 pa".

tclsan four or fzve inchzs wide nr.

go fo:'iy or more ab:'c:i t. We ha: a swoim that decided to ne-t 1'' Lite wall of our Bilmaln Citurcli l tried to drstioy it with crcriso : but the reninrnts cam" into t':'

church the next Sunriajr, got daw. into the native pi'eaclm's clothing and drove him out of church. Their bite brings blood.

The umbrella ant is very des tructlve. A colony will attwck r large fruit tree and in a short Lxmt clean off every leaf. Each one rar- rlss a pair of scissors and cutting the leaf off. carries it away in IL. home in the ground. chews it into a ball for fermentation as food to: its children i

The slinging ant is not so mim- eroua nor its bite no new-re as l: hornet. but it is quite troublesome. I had occasion to climb n tree, an- discovered I had dlzturbed A nest. as the root. 1 preferred to climb out on it limb and drop to the grciinrl

"On to the Ant thou alug;ar:l.' advised Sol-amnn, "consider ways and be wise who having no guide. overseer, or ruler in-aduceth her meat in the summer. and gathereth her fruit in the h.1rvzst.' They are among the most powerful and ingenious creatures that God has made.

Now about earthquakes. ti-npiciil subject. I have beer. through elght.'or ten, none very dlatructive, but one can never 1)" lure how A quake will end. At night one would shake nnd rock our mange, wake us all up, and then subside.

About 20 mile away from us an inland of about an acre in atac was lhmwn up out in the Gulf of Full, and the Governor suited up and planted the Union Jack on it for Britain before any other country took possession In two weeks the

another

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. Inland subsided beneath the aur-

consist of sandy loams, which div

trogcn, Phosphorous. etc., which- p18 are 5,,

fAeI.&T:J' A? 3.

THE EXAMPLE

Here's an example from

A Butterfly; That on a rough, hard rock

Happy can lie; Frlendless and all alone On this unsweetened stone.

Now let my bed be hard, No care take I; I'll make my joy like this Small Butterfly. Whose happy heart has DOW” To make a stxme a flower.

.-W. H. Davies.

face and then the laugh was on thc Governor.

But about 40 miles away we had a real quake. It occurred in the high woods of trees 40 or 50 feet high. and thick underbrush. Abou- ten acres of this were thrown up. and came down wrong side up. burying completely 8V9F.V "99 5'3” bush. leaving the surface llkC waves of the sea. with .l9i5 01 335 rising here and there. Two daV5 later I walked over the hnrdenifii mud, most. fortunate no village W55 on the spot. or it would have been another Mt. Pelee.

Trinidad is not floating on oil as sometimes has been said. but great wells are daily pumping out oil in various parts of the island Sugar used to be king but. now it is oil and where oil lies there is gas and gas is explosive and is one cause of earthquakes. But the peo- accustomed to these phenomena that. they are no lang- ar afraid. Of course, many a pray- er is offered when the earth begins to tremble and shake in waves.

I am, Sir. etc.. W. I. GREEN Stanley Bridge.

PAYS COMPLIMENTS

Sir.-You will note that I have cmphnslzm Canada? when desltlho sting Prince Edward Island. I did ilmt because I recently learned that there is another "Prince Edward !sl:ind"'5omcwhere off the coast of Africa. I have frequently heard P. E. lslanriers ask "What other Is- land is tbcre'.'”

Wcll thrrc is at least still an- .)i.l er island anxl l oncc saw a Pin! virzttrn by thr late George Bernard Shaw nrrl it was called 't-loltll Built-: other island" i iinderstand ,t. lrs off the north wrrt coast til all! unit it i. a place wlicrv

'.hev crr.rk skulls cvr-iy lvieltlii -i.

liiiy, Just to sitow that they are a

.r1cndly and sociable people.

My cxpcrienwo hns nlivays been i.hat they have much more pleasan' yanrl agreeable pastimes on your

aimiis lsiand and I have been over t. ,on the hoof, by bicycle. by itors: and buggy, by train, by car and by plane and except for Lil. latttr mode of t.ravel...from Tig- nsh to Souris...nnd about the '(.nly k.nd nf R fight I ever saw thcre was a dog fight. I did see. however, a few political fights . but in such contests they used bal- .ot.s..lns.-rad of fista..or shlllalah

In any event, the object of this letter is to acquaint your readers with the fact that thrre la n pap- er published in Windsor, Ontario.

known as "The Windsor Daily Star" that quote: the Charlotte- town Guardian more frequently

than I believe they quote any other Canadian paper. It. could be and I am inclined to believe that your paper publishes more things that are worthy of being quoted.

In any calm. the Windsor star is also a great. newapaper..ensIly the but published in Ontario... particularly from the standpoint of its excellent edltorlala...and which incidentally I nearly always agree wlth...thelr foreign news coverage. Canadian news generally and more particularly because it

carries an immense amount of im- portant happenings in the three Maritime provinces with New-

foundlimd menaurc.

In order that your many readers will not get Windsor, Ontario. mix- ed up with Windsor. Novn Scotla. I might. add that Windsor, Ontario became famoua because of Henry Ford and a couple of diatlllerlea...

thrown in for good

that at. some point in the pastna hungry fox caught the rabbit. An other and more likely explana- Lion in that the meddleaome Post Office just doesn't. know enough to let well enough alone.-Sydney Post-Record.

Old Ciiariotfotoyvn ' 7 no 21:.

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS so the average Canadian. forty

"oh l-he nth 0' 59Pi'9mb"- mo years hence. can expect to live to stint. this 1mP05inK- Ind 111 W-5 be 100 years old! Thar. what Dr. Wand. "Wei C"9m”"Y- WW" Harold N. Segall. professor of med- if ;im5,i5- 33; lclne in McGlli and president! of

9 3 - ' th C dl Heart Associat on, am Rewnem 0' m3m3"de”- assettredantliearriatlonal doctors' con- commanded by Lleut. Col. R. C. vmuon here. we.” not so sure Macdonald, was presented by the we would want to me to 100, Lady of their Lieutenant Colonel. things being what they "G. How. 1” the presence M Maj” C"n"e”i ever, we presume this implies that 5” Jam” M”d”""e”- KGB" the aging process would be more agildmahggrgiplgggfguigzglof gradual and the thought of being)

. ' , T 1 " u " at mental Colours, having upon them gfayfiigetioyiiiia cieilrijturlglrermark appmpriaie devicefi Md emblemst has some rather attractive possi- bluzhewimzi””nni:i"ecrf;T:l?5edm';f bllitiea. But. when we're all lasting

'. . ' that long, what's going to happen beautifully emblazoned with gilt 7, A letters. and lhaiidpornely 'Il)hllni.Ed ifhgllggeuftgcasggg g1a:i;enty'w::,?&: at ' . it garry and Glenaladale. families mnpgzignexgggguig tor atlfgporzega quartered. surmounted with their R-mv yea”. And how about the crests, and supported by two Hlgh- - g landersi. one dressed as A soldier. :frreVica9'tm:ih:1r,i;.tg1eer':1!::om?;i:;Et the other nsahusbnndman.Anld the hp mo hr amam Whm we have other. being the Queens co ours. as man . , , y people drawing pension contained the Crown above the cheques M working. who mm

THE WAYj

The cantaloupe in u: out of which restaurarftsonclgnhu three halves. -St. Thomas T; "' Journal. "M

some time ago lomg . learned individual .u.,.i.'i',':.f'fh'i'i nurses be clad in black ram than white uniforms so as not all be so prominent in the sick mom” Now they want to dispiaae m” pretty nurse who takes your ml: perature with an electronic instru. ment on the paticnt's wrist harm. a seven-foot card so that the ,' suit can be read on an easym? read indicator. It is more sensitivd than a nursels fingers and well register the weakest beat gyid maintain a constant check. - Kn. chener Waterloo-Record.

The doctors are not concerned with the economic situation when they advise men and women 1. keep on working. They might, 0, course. advise those who can u, ford to return from jobs to heap up a hobby requiring physim energy, and to maintain an inter. est in life to avoid killing be", (lom. The best that can be hand is that governments which hay, power of economic control, gnd industrialists who hold the destiny of workbrs in their bands, will heed the doctors' advise to agj workers and find a place for them, The constant cry is far more pro ductivity. There is more produc. tlvlty to be got from ei"nployin' older workers than from leavi them to rot in retirement whilq the productivity of younger work ers is devoted more and mnrg ii taxes levied for social security. u Vancouver Sun.

The National Tie Foundation ig New York says that popular color! ;n men's ties this fall will be biacit and pink. By "popular" it. is un, derstood they mean the usual pro cedure: the market will be floode, with black and pink ties and we men will be advised to buy black and pink ties. or worse, black-anti plnk Lies for Christmas presehu This is not their more important announcement, however. Thcy aiu declare that ties will keep gett.in( thinner. This is the thin end at the Edwardian wedge. The Ed. wardian Look a hasn't. hit North

America with full force yet. but those ties are the begging. They'rq so thin now they only look liket dirty mark down the front. of mi shirt. - The Montreal Gazette.

The Age Old Story

I will make him an help mm for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every hem of the field, and every foul of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature. that was the name thereof. And Adam nvo names In all cattle. and to the fowl of the air. and to every bent of the field: but for Adam then

Thistle surrounded by a laurel Y - ' pays all the taxes? - Vancouver wreath. with the title of the regl Province.

ment. in gold letters inscribed upon it '

was not found an help meet for him.

l -Royal Gazette, Sept. 15, 1840.

newspapei-...a newspaper that any city of a million or more could be justly proud of. Yet. Windsor has a population of about i50.000...but they appear to be great booster: and co-operators.

However, I feel that I had better get back to the Windsor Star. About ten days ago it published an editor- ial from your paper stating that if the Ontario farrnerii wanted some real good bacon hogs that they should go to the Prince Edward Is- land and purchase some of your excellent breeding stock. Well, that would no doubt help...but the is- land pig would need some help from weaning time to market time and that. is where so many of the Ontario pig feeders fall down. The writer knows something about fl good bacon hog...both on th: hoof, on the rail or in the frying pan with some good P. E. Island eggs.

He has not only fed them...he has shown them, washed them, and rinsed them With blueing to mak: thrir skin pink and their bristles white. Many a tuasel he had wlt.h

his old friend the late George Bos- well, of soiithport who knew a good baron hog or R sheep about an M1 as anyone in Canadn...imd who hired some of the beat. Altogether too many Ontario pig feeders would ruin a lot of your well bred Island hogs...tor after all one cannot raise a select bacon on corn and cob meal and thousands of feeders i.

too many parts of Ontario try it There are. h-:.wever. some c:: it

INTERRIJPTION NOTICE

There will be an interruption of electric power on out 2... Montague line east of Charlottetown on Friday inornIHt1-

M8 men in Onmin---but th nV- September 3rd, weather permitting, between the hours of

ernge lscompnratlvely smalland not 8 d 10

to be compared for a minute with an a'm' me gverggg m p, E, mmd 0, m placing broken insulators. fact any of the Maritime prov- lncta.

would soli i th - ' The same applies to cows ct e co operation

it - . do” ,0 mm. You Wm man an” in order to prevent a recurrence of this damage and ii”

my very dear friend, the late Sen- necessary interruption WhiCh ator Jones, your former undefeated and unbeatable Island Premier used to take them to the cleaner: at the CN.!!. and the Royal Winter Fnlr

(Standard Time) ,

Maritime Electric co. MIL

for the purpose of re-

These insulators have been wilfully damaged and W9

of the residents of this area

must follow.

and not only in the show rlng..but also at the pail...the real dollars and cents part of the cow. The same applies to my good friend Allison Protltt....who never had a loan with cows and hogs and whom I had the great pleasure of spend- ing some time with when he was in London attending the Federat- ion of Agriculture meeting in Janu- ary. Also to the Lewis boys, the St,cad's, the McRae'a, the Eutona. the Ropers and not forgetting my old friend Earl Ings...who veer.- ago could produce 67. milk with an Ayrshire. Well I remember "Pi-tar Beuea Dream". and also "Lady clover of spruce Row," (Jim Euwn'a great cow). a famous Ia- land cow that won the dry clan at Toron00 in ma. P. E. Inland can well be proud of its livestock men and no doubt it in. They have made it great contribution to the Gann- dlan livestock indultry and are still doing it...Mon power to them. I am, sir. std.