Communists made strenuous efforts to capture the Quemoy island group and were repulsed with heavy losses.

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the Quemoys come closest to the Commu- lnist dominated mainland. The Nationalistsi Formosa stronghold is 85 miles east of the bulging China shore. Big Quemoy covers some 50 square miles and is a little larger than Amoy Island. With narrow waist of only two miles. it fesembles on the map an hourglass lying on its side. It is most- ily low-lying, especially in the north facing ithe Reds' coastal batteries. Some high cliffs The feast of ingathering, harvest-home, i'iSe along the east shore. Before the Na- mell-supper or thanksgiving as it is vai'ious-tjti0niil.iStS. in0V9(l in With gai'Ti50n5. anti ly known is very ancient in the Engiisinifortificatlons. Quemoy had a population oi speaking world and has its origin far back neatly 50.000 F3l'meTS gt'tWl' Some i'iC9.3i"-ti in the mists of antiquity. Mankind, to its Wheat. although a generaily sandy S011 is credit. has always had the grace to express: mote, t3V0t'3hie t0 Shcfh Chops 55 pefihhts thanks at least once a year for the bounty ahd Sweet Potatoes; Lately Fhhmhsh 15 hei of Divine Providence. ported to be shipping in rice and other au- Canada's official Thanksgiving Day orig-,tiiti0n.3i t00d Supplies. Quemoys l(&OlIl: inated in 1879 and for many years coincided , tlutitltlte-hp have lhhg heeh whhked for ,th' with Thanksgiving in the United States PU” White 9133' hsftd lh mhhihg p0mehhh' Because the winter season closes in earlier Cohthct ahd Violence are 3h old smhy in this country the date has been fixhd in th9.Ain0Y"QUem0y 3t'93- Pirates have earlier since 1908 so that it coincides more;D9i'i0diC3ilY infested these ' Water5' Fm”: closely with the actual harvest, ithe 16th century to the mid-19th, troubles It is necessary to watch that thanksgiv- h9tWf3en l0C3l Chinese and foreign. Poweth ing does not take on the implication that Seeking trade and influence led to riots. the others must be less "fortunate in order that hi-ifning 0t the toteighets shlpsv hhd 59h:ie' we may be benefited. It is all too easy to times open warfare. Tholapanesc occupied be thankful that the trials of other peoplesiAi'n0Y and the 5Ul'i'0llndinE T9810" from are not our own, which is perilously close 1933 Until the end 0t Whrid W” H" to being thankful for others' misfortune. Back in the 13th Century Amoy made This year there are no major wars any- history 85 the final Yeti-139 0t the Shh; where and we are spared the temptation ilYn3Sty fleeing the C0nilUeTing Mohghis i to be thankful that the fighting is going on from the h0hth- Aft” the fah of the Mlhg dynasty in the 1600's, this coastal section

By Csrricri where In P.

"The strongest memory is wenke IIIIII the weakest Ink."

SATURDAY, OCT. 8. 1954

Thanksgiving

elsewhere and not at our doorstep. It is . good to be able to be thankful that almost hecnine the Center. 0t 3 fierce rehelhmi the whole world is at peace, however strain- , against the inC0lnlnE ManChil5- Gene”

ilioxinga. the ”pirate patriot" who fought to restore Ming power, seized Amoy and ad- joining islands and assembled there a large the bounty of the earth, and picturesque following. With him in his daring but unsuccessful attempt, he claim-

A Realistic SIIBGCII .cd to have some 8,000 war junks and 800,-

Doubtless, Aneurin Bevan, leader of the 000 fighting men. including all the Pirates 19ft wing Qf Britain's Labour party, madeithen ranging thefsoutheast coast of China.

' the most fiery speeches at the Party's an- ED"-ORLAL NOTES nual conference in Scarborough; but in, . F their contents his speeches were much less. i3h'thdaY of the Duke Of Kehh 1939c impressive than one made by Sam Watson ' ' ' the evening before -the meeting began. Un-l. til a few years ago Mr. Watson worked in ityi the coal mines; he is now area secretary in . ' the County of Durham for the National, Many children are receiving cyc treat- Union of Mineworkers, and he was one of inent h9C3-U59 they Went 10 8 3-D movie. the group that accompanied former P1-jmei according to a Rochester, N. Y. educational- Minister Attlee to Russia and China. In his iSt- it Seems that Children. lVh0 were hot speech he declared that "British sociaiismi known to have defective Vision were de- must face the political and economic facts iected When they Dmtested ahout h0t 590' of life in the interest of peace, and one of 1 mg the pictures p.m.pfl'h:' the facts is that we shall not get peace' byi

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. , , . t ”The rulers of We and China dim im- 3;”.31"iii"2iii..?”33l.eSfeo3I3;fi”i.il.?s press me as. having any respect for weE.lk'i and commanding him to appear and answer ness. nor did they convey the impressioninext June. July, August or September to that they were prepared to mahe any conglthe Charlottetown centennial committee of ;g):s;1tcl)(:1n.t'hat.would weaken their presen 1955.

Mr" Whtsgnls views are ioundir an? Finance Minister Harris is probably more realism m .eVery way t an t Use 0 .convinccd that artists should be permit- Mh Bevan ahd' his fohowem who Seem to ted to starve in their garrets. Certainly

ed and unsettled. If wisdom and goodwill prevail there will be little doubt that all peoples will have cause to be thankful for

Tomorrow, the 17th Sunday after Trin- 18th after Pentecost. O

torical evidence to the contrary, that dis-i armament. on the part of the free nations is the only thing necessary to secure and pre- serve peace in the world. This is no less foolish than to suggest that the best way to keep fire from breaking out is to make sure that no fire-fighting equipment is with- in reach. Once more Moscow holds out reunifica-

Of course. Mr. Watson is right. So lon-g.t.ion as a bait to the German people. The as the leaders of world Communism remain,fact that Russia has perpetuated the divis- ln their present intransigent mood, the frcelion of East Germany from the now united world must remain strong, whatever the British, French and United States zones is Cost. ipresumably forgotten. By holding aloof, nevertheless, Russia has made herself the only power that can offer reunification.

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There will be no Nobel Peace Prize awarded this year it. has been announced. munist Chinese have been exchanging in- At first glance it seems strange that in a creasingly heavy fire, came the tea dumpedi year When P9308 Pi'9V8ilS f0F the first time overboard at the Boston Tea Party of 1773., in a decade there should be no one worthy According to the National Geographic S0-i 05 being 50 h0n0UFeCl- Thanks for the ciety, the port from which the British shipi present situation, however, is due to the sailed with its historic cargo was Amoy. level heads of A great many people rather new in Communist hands. Ncai--by Que- than the remarkable efforts of one man.

moy Island, only six miles from Amoy Ls-l " ' '

land and' five miles from the Red main-l The U- 5- NGVY h8S tolind thnl Sections land, has been the focal point in a three-I of a 1 U2-inch steamline in the worlds come;-ed struggle that recently cost the. first nuclear submarine, Nautilus, contain lives of two army officers of an Americani welded piping instead of seamless tubing advisory group. called for in the Navy's specifications. It In the years prior to the American Rev-I was a section of welded piping, bursting un- olution Amoy had become the first Chinesel der a test Sept. 18, which led to discovery port to. trade with the British and Dutch.i. of the error. It would seem to be another hater, by the Treaty of Nanking that end- case of human nature not keeping up with ed the Anglo-Chinese war in 1842. -thc,sClenl.ifiC progress- ancient city of Amoy off the Fukien coasil . ' g ” l H. M. S. La Lutlne, frigate, was wreck-

wII named one of the five "treaty perts"i opened to foreign traffic and residence. ed in a storm off the Netherlands this date

Unlike well-known Amoy, Quemoy only 1799. The 32-sun ship had on board "specie hwy has come mm prominence 3, one or to the value of i1,175,000.. The Dutch the Chinese Nationalists: strongest offghorg claimed the wreck and not until 1823 did bun, with M mighbonggamthe, mam; the Dutch acknowledge that Lloyd's were called Little Quemoy and several Islets- miiiiedio hall. Much had nlmdv,b,een qamyvm lg 1 continuously under tutm Wt I-l0!d'l recovered some of the Ni ' I " iinootiioaedatookav-.-rsold in 1a57..59 ma . few ms in 1933..

i tit: 1949. At that time. the '1'"? "ii?" W1 inns! at Lloyd's and in run: . tolnnwtlceiiieloslofaship:---2

folding money that they criticize its artistic . quality. It seems that the Montreal Ari vDirectors Club, after consulting groups else- . where, has written the Minister complaining about the new currency.

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Of the Nationalists' major island bases. '

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PUBLIC FORUM

'l'hII column is open to the (hue lion by correspondent: of questions If lnturul. The Gnsrdln don not IIoIIsIrIly endorse the opinion If uUffll'oISIIII-

rsmrnu to soon! slums

Sir.-The writer of I letter your issue of the 6th. inst depicts in forceful and picturesque langu- age the disadvantages under which ”S0lltIl siders" in the West River district exist. on account of their long round-about clay roads (too often mud roads) on their way to and from Charlottetown; and he gives a very leaderlike appeal to the south siders to forget for the time being, their old political parties. and unite in I demand to our gov- ernment for up-to-date roads, and, "if necessary", a new West River bridge.

It is to be regretted. however. that the writer whosigns himself merely as a south side resident. does not make us clear as to identity; although both (he s;,.i. and content of his letter ivrw" appear to afford I pretty good guess. It is to be equa..y .:gi . that the writer does not make it clear as to where he would advise a. "necessary bridge" to be built. He does not, in fact, make this most important point one whit clearer than the political leaders do. whom he thoroughly castigntes for their generous pre-election promises ofa new bridge to be built "somewhere" across the West River. etc, etc,

Let this writer. who ever he miy be, new state definitely where, in his opinion, I new bridge should be built, and he will undoubtedly, on this condition. find definite supporters. In the meantime, the present writer repeats what he nu said on several former oc- cI.Ilom:, let I new bridge be built. Ind let it be built It the most Just and grcasonnble point-namely Westvillc.

I am. Sir. etc. M. iMC'KENZIE Argyle Shore.

Old Charlottetown

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From The Examiner, Aug. 30, 1882:

Mr.- Unsworth, mechanical en-

gineer of the P. E. 1. Railway, ob- served I bubbling spring of fresh water on the shore near the Round House. Believing it to be I never- failing source of water supply Ind part of I sh-enm leading from Quii-k's pump, he struck I beeline from the boilex to the pump, Ind on it bored I well It the corner of the Round House on Wster Street. The water is very superior, is soft Ind abundant. Ind I trial showed the it is almost. impos- sible to reduce it. It is of greIt. value to the railway. and will be convenient for fire purposes. The representatives of this Prov- ince It the Dominion Rifle Com- petition, which commenc... It. Ot- taws in I few days. leIve thts city tomorrow morning. The team from the Island consists of CIptIIn 1). Stewart. No. 3 Co.; Sgt. Yonnker. No. 1 BIt.tery of Garrison Artillery; Sgt Mslor Mcbougsll, Ohsrlottal town xngineen: Sgt. B. Hoof)". chsrlottetown Engineers; Sgt. Al- lan, No. I cc: corp. M0 811 Dsvison. sappcr Milton Dav-lion. Chsrlottetovm lngineers and Beta ArchlbIId lncxinnon. N . 1 mt- tary of Gsrrieon Artillery.

On: of the pleusnust ,sociIl even vof the Insert took place tadsy. the mob! ,pIir were J. A. Bartlett, lsq., Ind Miss ulagie, eldest daughter of the into Major Rankin. The elite of the City were preunt It fit. JI.mhI Church wltnou Qho ceremony. The youth Ind bounty of the town present mute the scene ichsrming. The ser- vice was conducted by the, Rev. Kenneth Muhcunm. The wed- alnr pi-scents were numerous and costly.

A new division of the Sons of TIO9llA:cI am in

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When I girl Iteokes I mIn'I forehead, you can bet she's Ifter his scalp.-Gait Record.

If there Ire man on Mars. Is Orson Weller had large numbers of terrified Americans believing one night I few years bsck, they Ire probably I windblown bunch. That, at least, is the conclusion to be drawn from the report of an Ameri- can astronomer who has been study- ing the much-disputed "canals" which tcrrestisl observers see, or think they see. on the red plInet.

-Winnipeg Free Press.

Vandals are about the meanest form of humanity. We have been informed that some mt-an thief (or thieves) have stolen an ever- green iree from I plot In Maple Vale cemetery. It is difficult to understand the mentality of 3 person who would be guilty of

mgsuch desecration. May the culprit

suffer the pangs of hades from n lgullty conscience.-Smiths Fall:

Record-News.

In 1956, two years from now. the great International Plowing Match, sponsored by the Ontario Plowmen's Association, will he held in Ontario County. The ex- act location is at Brooklln, on the farms along the Highway No. 'I just west of the village. The land in this, section, being fairly level. but with enough hilly slopes to provide, for contour plowing, is ideal for the purposes of the match.-Oshawa-Whitby Times-Gab ettc.

How mean can people be? At a farm fire down Toronto way a few days ago I great crowd gath- ered Ind police hsd to protect the orchnrd from looters who stole baskets Ind carried them Iway filled with apples. No wonder farmers are sometimes provoked at the depredatlons of city (and town) folk who seem to think that anything growing on a farm is common property.-Godorich Sig- nal-Star.

Two excellent suggestions for making highway driving safer came from the, Ontario Association of Professional Engineers in I re- port to I , ' ' committee of the Ontario Legislature. Both concern trucks. The first recommend: In extra right hand Ian-, on long steep grades. This would be used by slow moving heavily loaded trucks, thus permitting normal traffic to pass freely Ind safely The second calls for standard height bumpers on trucks. front and rear.-Vancouver Hci-Ild.

A Mlchlgon Iuto deIler II of- fering I mink stole, I purebred Sho,tlInd pony with Western sad- dle Ind bridle. I complete home workshop. Including I circular saw. band saw. drill press and joiner-planer, and I dining room set complete-Ill with the pur- chase of I single certain "low- price" car. Or perhsps it's the car he's giving Iwsy to the purchaser of the other Irtlcles.--Nanaimo Free Press. '

President Sidney Smith of the University of Toronto, Iddresslng the students Ind Itnff II the new term got underwsy, has put in I good word for the much maligned "teen Igor." He spoke to IIIu:'e the student body tint the unfvo.rs- ity II not prejudiced Igslnst teen Igei-s. and does not call them bv contemptuous riImeI. In well-choI- on words, he informed them that they would be treated II "reIson- Ible. Intelligent human bglngs." This in v o l v e d responsibilltlu.

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and Dr. Smith urged tint the young students be not carried away by the exuberance of youth so as to forget these responsibili- ties. - Oshawa-Whitby Times-Gab ette.

Less than . nun of the vlonndes for city planners In the United States could be filled by qualified men although twenty-five uni- versities Icross the border Ire graduating town planners. the American society of City Planning Offfcisls wIs informed It its Phila- delphia convention. In Canada. It least: three universities (Univers- ity of Toronto, McGIll and Univers- ity of British Columbia) have of- fered courses in town planning, but. the demand for experts in that complex profession still in ex- ceeds the supply. --Globe and Mgll.

No longer need fst boys accept the derlslve jibes of their leaner playmates. Two British psychologists have reported to that British As- sociation for the Advancement of Science that the in boy is usual- ly clevercr than his thinner pals. Additionally, after I study of boys and girls of all shapes and sizes. Dr. R. G. Mclnnes Ind Miss M. A. Davidson found that fat boys In less inclined to have nightmsru. They show less suspici snd re- sentment. They tend to outshine their leaner and more muscular friends in Ill-round intelligence tests and this supremacy is still seen at the university age. -ssint. John Telegraph-Journal.

It was demonstrded beyond the shadow of I doubt in Nanslmo police court the other day that I "snort" or two too msny, plus op- erItion of I motor car Iftcr store- mentloncd "snort" or two pa many, had been tsken. an no to make for an expensive piece of business. The party who has dis- covered that, in the case. of Nan- Iimo at any rate, he has to learn the hsrd my, was I Vancouver man. He was fined 3150 Ind costs for driving I car while in In "im- paired" condition, and I! well, had his driver's licence suspended for thi-eemonths. Now he has had to sell his car in order to pay the fine. --Nanaimc Free Press.

one If the moat unprofitable of all crimes. if it csni be shown there is profit in Iny crime. is theft from the mails. The wonder is that there still Ire persons who will re- sort to it. This fact of life is re- cslled by the sentencing of I Northern Ontario postal clerk to nine months in jail for theft of 83 from I letter. Considering tl-ist in a recent Newfoundlond case A mIn who piesdcd guilty to missp- propi-lsuon of 3200,00!) drew I sen- tence of only four years. thin msy seem unduly harsh. But it is in keeping with penclties for mail thefts. The public authority is right in demanding I high stand- ard of in my and b t in its

The - . I i VOICIS PROM

ll . It wtllbc recalled tbst one of the outstanding German heroes (1 the second World WI:-from the Allied point of view. thIt is-,-was the Lutheran clergymm Ind theologlsn Dr. Martin Niempeller. KI was one of the very few Inti- Nazis to survive Hitler's wrstb. probably becIuse"of his immense populIrlty with Ill classes of the German people. However. he had no euy time of It. He wI.s In-ested esrly in the wsr Ind thrown into

I concentrntion camp, where he suffered ev coucolvnble kind of persecution. ore of death.

After his release he went further and further to the left in his pol- ltlcnl views Ilthough, so far as is known. he hm never been I mem- ber of the Communist pnrty. In the years immediately following the wsr he lectured extensively in the United States; Ind, because anti-German sentiment had not yet cooled 'and Soviet-American relations were still friendly. he re- ceived I warm welcome and I sympathetic hesrlng wherever he went. Later he became known- rightly or wrongly-as I "fellow- tl'lVElIet" and. of course.loIt much of the prestige Inc had acquired in his couijageous anti-Nazi years.

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In quite recent years Dr. Niemoeller has found it difficult- on one or two occasions impossible -to obtain permission to enter the United States. He did manage to get in, however, for the meetings of the World Council Ind, all in Ill, he Ippesred to be more out- spoken in Communist sympathy than my other Iron Curtain dele- gate. Apparently. he had little he say It the meeting itself, but he wu very Ictive in the lobbies op- posing thc election of Bishop Dibellus, another last. German Luthei-In, to the oouucll ? i” Bishop Dlbellus, strictly I.ntl-Com- munlst. was elected nevertheless.

During his stay in Chicago Dr. Niemoellcr addressed I "Civil Lib- erties" group Ind left no doubt in the minds of his helrcrs of his ideological preference. "The Com- munist regime", he said. "gives the best promise of feeding the people and, to that extent. I. too. am a Communist”. But his chief interest It the moment appears to be neith- er Communism nor Intl-Demo- ci-Icy, but pacifism. This is how he explained his position: