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Russia on Defensive -

A year ago the western democracies were desperately fearful of the future. The menacing shadow of the Kremlin hung om- inously over the free world. Not; only was the fear of war in people's minds, but also doubt and uncertainty as to our capacity to withstand a Soviet onslaught.

Today it is no longer Russia but the

West which is on the offensive. The in- itiative in power politics has passed from ,Moscow to Washington, London and Ot- tawa. The Kremlin's attempt to divide the western democracies and rule the world has failed. Russia's inability to split western Europe and America at the Big Four deputies' conference at Paris mark- ed the turning point. The lesson of west- ern solidarity was further driven home by General Ridgway's toughness at Kaesong. The utter collapse of Gromykols attempt to torpedo the San Francisco conference and wreck the Japanese peace treaty lent emphasis to the eclipse of Soviet diplo- matic ascendency.

If such premises are valid--and circum- stances suggest that: they are--what, course may Soviet policy be expected to follow in the months immediately ahead? Three major courses appear open to the Krem- lin.

Diplomacy and propaganda having fail- ed, Russia may resort to force and pre- cipitate World War III.

The Kremlin may decide to intensify the cold war of obstruction and propaganda and make a further attempt to split the free world.

Stalin may decide to endeavour to slow Western rearmament by reducing interna- tional tension through political or territor- ial concessions.

The all-out gamble implicit in the first alternative and the manifest failure of the second thus far, suggest the third course as the most probable.

Most likely places for concessions to be made by Moscow lie in Germany and in the realm of "disarmament. Russia could pave the way for the unification of Germ- any. thus spiking for the time being at least the prospect of German rearmament. The price of such a concession would be the loss of Russia's strategic foothold in western Europe.

Alternatively. the Kremlin could hamp- er Western defence incentive by proposing a disarmament programme coupled with genuine international controls, especially in the field of atomic weapons. Whatever happens. the free peoples of the world can take heart from the knowledge that their growing might has Stalin genuinely alarm- ed and confused.

Farm Price Increases

The official figures on farm prices of r

agricultural products for August show Prince Edward Island leading in the amount of increase in the Maritlmes, rising from 225.4 in July to 243.9 in August for a jump of 18.5 points. New Brunswick farm price level rose from 238.7 to 242.3 for a gain of 4.1 points. while Nova Scotia was smaller still, from 236.9 to 238.1 for a nominal betterment of 1.2 points.

This was the only area in Canada where the prices registered a double-barrelled in- crease, over the preceding month of July and over August, 1950. All other provinces showed August prices lower than those in July but, with the exception of Saskatch- ewan, higher than in August last year. The all-Canada index number for August. 1951. was 284.7 as compared with 294.3 in July. or a drop of 9.6 points. But it was 23.7 points above the 261.0 index number in the like month of the previous year. The re- verse in the month under review, the first downturn since October of last year, was largely the result of lower advance pay- ments for grains in Western Canada. and declines in live stock prices mostly for hogs.

Mr. Ellen's llourn

Commenting on the return of Mr. An- thony Eden as Britain's Foreign Secretary. the. Ottawa Journal remarks:

For many of his years in public life Mr. Eden was looked upon, as the represent- ative of youth; now in middle age. with hi vigor unimpaired and his rity higii even among those who oppose him politically, he is a reminder to Britain, and as much to France and Canada of the gen-

eration they lost in World War I. .How many of the men who would have been the

terns and privates at Ypres, the Somme. Vimy Ridge and all along the trench-lined battlefronts! If there had been many more Edens to give their courage, their youth and their devotion to the troubled '20's and the harsh ”30's would we not have avoid- ed some of the woes4ave endured?

Mr. Eden returns to the Foreign Of- fice and whatever other tasks the future may hold with an air of experience with- out disillusionment. Across his desk will pass the records of a world's cares and fears. demanding his attention and inter- vention. He might had he wished have stayed at home to cultivate his garden, add to his art collection and be content in quiet. To him, as to all the others who carry the heat and burden of the day and strive for harmony among mankind, dem- ocrats everywhere must offer their thanks and a good welcome.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Three more days till the Great Event.

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Notwithstanding' Friday will be an all- day holiday. the stores will close as usual tomorrow afternoon. U The post election slump in British secur- ities seems to contradict the election claims of the Labour Party that Big Business was banking on Mr. Churchill's victory.

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This Province has a long history of aviation progress and indications certainly are that the early start is still being fol- lowed up.

I Two days after their return from Can- ada Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will attend a reception given by the Canada Club at Grosvenor House, Lon- don.

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This city is not. as might seem by a recent. New York Times map. the last Canadian visiting place of the Royal cou- pie. Perhaps the Times erred from the fact of their taking ship from here.

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o Holborn viaduct in London was opened this date 1869. Previously the fall and rise of the road across the valley of the Fleet was inconvenient. In earlier times a bridge had crossed the Fleet leading from Newgate. Holborn includes the district of Bloomsbury. . '

Business in departmental and dry goods stores has been at a high level the past month, and will likely continue so now till Christmas. The grocery. drug and mixed stores also report more than usually good business, due largely to two reasons-the coming Royal Visit and the high price for

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'0 0 It is extreme over-simplification of course, but the question of one or many lobster seasons being discussed today -is largely between enforcement authorities who are-afraid they cannot prevent viola- tions of .the present elaborate regulations and some fishermen who are of the same opinion. i . . "Before time" to tell a boy to "fly" for something or other was to make him hustle on his two legs as fast as they could carry him. It is different today. A British Comet jet air-liner recently flew from Lon- don to Karachi, 4,350 miles, in 10 hours and 37 minutes. The first, non-stop, lap of the journey was to Cairo 2,235 miles, in 5 hours.and 28 minutes. The Comet will be flying on regular B. O. A. C. Eastern routes in January. ' - O O 0 Quebec Province has just sent to its newest sister in Confederation, Newfound- land, a gift of a table to be used in the legislature of that province. Accompanying the table in the same shipment is a gift of chairs the Province of New Brunswick is sending to Premier Smaliwood for the legislature. The table, gift of Quebec. is of mahogany and was made to dimensions given by the island premier. The net is of the Renaissance style and will be used by the Speaker of the Newfoundland Legis- lature. The chairs, gift of New Brunswick, are covered with tapestry.

A reader who enjoys .the Maidma in The Guardian reminds us of an anecdote in connection with the one about the secret of success being "pus ". A self-made man returning to his old school and addressing the scholars, pointed to the door by which he had entered, and declared the whole secret of his success lay in the one word painted thereon. All eyes immediately were turned on the door, which. of course, was in reverse, and alas the word was not

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-Sir,-"Lessons From Europe in Community Progress". by Leo P. Mclsanc. is a work which I and others have been following .vl-lth deep interest. It is to some ex- tent is history of the different countries visited. The articles are well written. and sustain their interest from beginning to end. Let all who want something at once profl bio. refreshing. and racy. read r. Mr-Isaac's splendid ory.

There is not A release to be skipped or skimmed. Indeed all will repay reading, not only once. but a second and even third time. .

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A MILD SEASON "The first frost. flowers of the season appeared on our windows on the morning of Wednesday. the 28th' instant. Other Falls may have been mild. but we do not. recollect any that the Plough has never been stopped by frost, until so late a period of the season. we saw some strawberry blossoms last week. Such weather. coming at this season, is peculiarly for- tunate. as the hay crop is so short; and we trust it may prove salu- tary in inducing our farmers to cultivate the turnip, of which so large a return has been had this year. Mr. Peake's crop. from the actual weighing of two whole drills have a return of 1140 bushels, of sixty pounds each per acre. We doubt. not the returns are much short,-as reported from the Royal Agricultural Society- of the real crop grown. owing to the mode adopted of ascertaining the quantity. and which we have heard is not intended to be fol- lowed in nwarding prizes. one thing is consoling. that. our soil and climate is such as to give an ample and sure return for well applied labour: and if our agri- culturlsts would only read the works now so liberally supplied. and endeavour to profit. by the knowledge they obtained. it. only requires industry to make us again what we were once called.

the Garden of Cnnadnl." -The Islander. ' Nov. so. 1819

Food Price Review

A reasonable expectation of greater stability in food prices dur- ing the months nhend is seen W the Bank of Montreal in its monthly Business Review. current- ly devoted to an analysis of Cm- ndrs agricultural situation. The bank also states thnt. 1951 will probably prove to be the best. year in point. of corn income that the Ouudlnn former has ever exper- fenced.”

laying enlphuls on' the contin- uing importance of agriculture to Onnndlnn busineu at. large. the B of M sbmrnnry comment; that "n price-conscious consuming pub- lic" in "this year more than usu- ally" concerned with trends in food costs. Heavy marketing of -hou this autumn is expected to lead to "more than neuronal prloo reduc- clo " in pork. Prices of fresh beef in veal have been pushed up by reduced production and increased exports. A felling-off of tier pro- duction pr-auger I on this winur. firmer on prices "It I higher-' level than for some yam book" resulted in chicken hutch- lnu Int spring being as per cent llrgsr than the you befco. While the flue-cured tobooco crop is ex-

peclcd to be "of record volurno and good qunllty." recent cox and price increases have led to some uncer- hlnty in demand.

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When thousands of Calgary school children sang "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" to their Prin- ccss, they struck the most. de- lightful note of informality of the first stage of the royal tour. May there be many other br aches in the "brass curtain" l fore the visit is over. - Ottawft Citizen.

Changes which come within '1 lifctime might be illustrated by setting before a group of present- day 'teen-agers a checlaer board and checkers, in Chess board and men. s crokinole board, a set of dominoes and a pnrchcsi board. Only a slim minority of the younger people would have the slightest. idea what to do with them. -Fort. William Times- Journnl. '

Guy-heads delight. to tell their youngers and batters of their Hallow Elan pranks and the wick- ed spirit and devlltry 'of their youth. As the years pass. the stor- ies gct better and better and tall- er. It becomes clear that their ob- ject is to inspire a similar sinful- ness in the next generation. Their failure in this evil project seems fstrly complete. There is still fun on Hallow E'en but it is no long- er. apparently, the destructive fun of yester-year. The general re- port pppears to be that the boys and girls of the 1950': have come to the mature conclusion that their parents on Hallow E"en. were little better than a bunch of daopes. The change (not. to be too stuffy about it) is for the better. Our congratulations to youth. Montreal .DiIiiy Star.

The pernicious practice of mak- ing one speech for the press and another for the audience is be- coming more and more common

prepared speech and the merits made previously for the reporters benefit often are an- tirely different from tho speak- er's real message. Yet the report- er assigned to the meeting is ex- pected to include in his story the prepared statement which the speaker did That make. The result, of course. would be an untrue re- port of the meeting. In many instances. to omit certain of tho speokerla statements. because he requested that they be left out, would falsify the report. of the

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rlcultursl employment. the Busin- esa Review calls it "absolute as well as relative." with 20 per cent. fewer people employed in farming than in 1939. Fluctuations due to variable crop yields upnrt. farm production during the past. decade has been maintained at I level "significantly higher" than in the !930'l. owlns to mechnn ” , im- proved methodl and larger forms. There hu also been a trend in

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speech just as much as would the addition of statements which the speaks-r had never uttered. -Que- bcc Chronicle-Telegraph.

Brawl: like that at the Forum in the game between Canadians

and Maple Leafs are poor busi- ness. They are not the sort. of thing in which we like to see

Maurice Richard, in a. great many respects deservedly an idol of lo- cal sport fans, figuring. If singling him out seems unfair. :1 number of others on both teams hnvlng also drawn penalties, it. appears to have been a hit of bad temper on his part which touched off the battle. Admittedly. he plays under more than ordinary pressure. He is a marked man all the time he is on the ice, constantly bsdgered by players trying to get. is goat. That is one of the pen lues of being one of the league's out- standing players. Restraint may not. be easy. may not. seem to go with keen competitive spirit. but of "big" figures in any sport. it. is expected. - Montreal Daily Star. London lilcruy circles have been rocking over a correspond- ence in the Brlblsh press which started when Edith Sltwell, of the famous Sltwells. wrote a poem in which she used the name ”Emily” as an adjective to suggest. a poet)- ic image, (The phrase went: "Emily-colored prlmulns." 9. son of lilstorl-an Arnold Toynbee en- tered the controversy. Mrs. Toyn- bee dropped 8. brick by misquot- lng the phrase as "Emily-colored hands" and be accused Miss Sli- wcli of cheating because the phrase could only convey a pri- vate impression. To peopleTwho wrote to the editors, "Emily-col- ored" suggests different things. Like the "rough red hands of n housemnld drawing the blinds,” "the color of white pepper" and so on". Miss Sltwell declared "Em- Jly-colored prlmulas" should sug- gest. the pink cheeks of country girls. Everybody ought. to get that idea. -- Vancouver Sun.

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No point in lllnglnnd is more than eighty miles from the sea, and I0. there in the South Bank Gardens on the edge of the Thames. this part of the story is not. forgotten. In addition to its commercial importance. the sea is used extensively in times of re- lnxotlon. Thomas Hood wrote. over 100 you: no:

"On Mu-ante beach. where: the

sick one roams And the sentimental reads; Where the maiden flirts and the widow comes- Liko the ocean-to cast her weeds." The British Inside is, perhaps, busier today than it has ever been before. Perhaps it is because thei"C are more people in Britain or be- cnuse people have more lelaune time to go there. now that work-- lng hours are shorter and there are holidays with play. But the seaside has always been an im- Etant place to every Englishman. o . .

Then there is the section show- ing the more modern develop- ments, for instance, how television shows are put on, how it. became possible to send moving pictures by radio, how scientists, engineers and producers. most of them Brit- ish. worked out the techniques to project and produce this most. un- believable medium of contact.

There. too. is the Teleclnema. the first of its kind in the world to be especially designed and built both for the showing of films and

the showing of television. This combined f i l m and television equipment, with three or four

sound tracks, projects a picture on a borderless screen, with such realism that. the spectators are left dumfounded. The projection booth at the cinema has been specially built so that all its complicated equipment can be viewed by the public through a glass screen. The theatre. which seats over 400 people is designed, to illustrate how pic- ture projection and sound effects from- three or four different sources and angles can be harm- onized to portray a perfectly real and life-like scene. 0 0 O

On the South Bank. too. still stands one of the chief landmarks of the. early nineteenth century. the Shot Tower, built. in l826. It is the only old building on the slte to serve as s beacon for the Festivsl. It is a beacon in two senses: it is a modern lighthouse with 8. double flashing beam wel- coming vlsitors as far as 45 miles away when the weather is clear; it is 1; radio beacon directing rndio signals to the moon and beyond IL into extreme outer space. Originally. it was built for mak- ing shot from lead. Molten metal dropped from thrmelting cham- ber at the top spd formed perfect spheres as it cooled'on its way down the 120 feet wlunin the tow- er. The lighthouse at the top is of the most modern all-electric design. and it has a light power of three million candles. Perhaps the most. striking exhi- bit of all at the South Bank is the Royal Festival Hall. the only permanent building on the of the exhibition. It. holds 3 concert audience of 3.300 with provision for an orchestra of over 100 and II. choir of 250. Although the exter- nal design in simple. the interior is an example of modern English architecture at its best, and the acoustics are as nearly perfect as anything in the world. The night we were there and heard the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. will long be remembered. It was one of the most satisfying. com- forting evenings of public enter- tainment that you could imagine or desire. Although the hall was crowded to capacity, you could hear even a whisper from the stage. in the most remote corner of the building. The harmony and completeness of the entertainment. the grace and relaxing atmosphere of the whole setting together with the beauty of the surroundings, oertninly provided a climax for our appreciation of British culture and entertainment.

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it to appreciate the va a: pllnning and effort gonet into this grant exhibltiore only as your -so. the South 3 h area. of London where this exhm tion in being hold was an area ..I so pleasing to the eye. Therswt; only one tree and that wu my beautiful. Today, than 3,, mo than sixty, which were brought :1: from the counties neon-by. mm are water elms, maples, um” um poplars. white birches, oaks mu many others that are quit. new to this area. that was recently am, I swamp. There are shrubs ma flowers, streams of running um, with a small water fall. There 11-. good restaurants and place; M. relaxation and refreshment, our first idea was that thu n. a temporary exhibition, on mm, verssry of the old exhibition 0: 1351, but it is hard to believe um such a magnificent display wlllnot. be permanent and kept up to due as the years go by. But the Festi- val is not all on the South Bank in the Thames. There no travel. mg exhibitions displaying Britain! wares to her home port: around the coast by boat. There are ex- hibitions of the industrial power surchltecture. cram, the sac w;u,' its television and its broadcutln. story moving about to the differ. enit cities of Britain. . .

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There are special celebrations in Ireland and Wales. And in gun. er llondon, too, there are specm displays. such as the science ex. hibit at South Kensington. archl. lecture at Poplar. the flower and pleasure gardens at Battcrseg Park. arts festivals at. Stafford- un-Aviou and other larger town: and cl ties.

It in an immense nffnlr. this Festival of Britain. It is not only Britain on display, but it is an example to the rest of the world of how such exhibitions can be organized. It may also be that such n,r.rew approach will provoke more wklleupread thinking and Ip. preclatlon of the socompllshmenu and battles of the put and the possibllltien of the future.

Our sailing dale was not less than a week away and the anxiety for home was mounting. Having reached Liverpool. we looked around to see the true signs of a world sea front. There were the huge passenger liners and freight- ers. the hustle and bustle of duck workers loading and unfolding t..is ships. the: suitors who hsd just- come in after. perhopo, weeks nt. sea. trucking off their ships with I jubilant smile, coming ask to an- other cruise for. may weeks on the Seven Sens, maybe just. an- other little trip across the Atlan- tic and back. To them who have crossed the ocean dozens of times. is is only snotluer week's work.

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