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CHARLOTTETOWN WDEDNESDAY, JAN. 24. 1951

Mr. l:laxton's Warning

Federal Government spokesmen are at last beginning to talk realistically about Canada's obligations under the United Na- tions Charter and the North Atlantic Pact. Speaking in Fredericton, N. B., the other lay, Defense Minister Brooke Claxton put the issue in a nutshell when he said: "Pros- perity and progress depend on the preserva- tion of peace and today before we talk about social security we must talk about national security."

This year the original defense appropri- ations voted by Parliament were 3425 mil- lions, increased last September to b567 mil- lions plus 3300 millions for mutual aid. Since the beginning of the current year on April 1, 1950, the defense Department has placed orders for equipment and construc- tion totalling over M01 millions; this as compared with the Departments total ex- penditure of S125 millions during the first year of the Second World War. No one knows what the defense bill will be dur- ing the coming fiscal year, but there is no question but that it will be further increas- ed by many millions.

"We must face the brutal fact," said Mr. Claxton, "that even all the resources so far devoted to defense in all twelve nations under the North Atlantic Treaty fall far short of the military estimate of the min- imum requirements. If we knew now that a war was coming next year, we would. 85 sensible people, be spending not half a bil- lion or a billion dollars, but several times as much. If we are successful in deterring aggression, the very fact of our success nust of itself prolong the effort. We are faced with the necessity of extending this effort for perhaps a generation, until the threat of war is ended either by the fact of war or by a change in the attitude of the Communists themselves. While war is not inevitable, neither is peace, and today we must recognize that even on the most distant horizon there is nothing to indicate that such a change is yet under way.”

When Parliament meets on January 29 it will have this grim reminder before it of the crisis through which we are pass- ing. It is to be hoped that the Speech from the Throne will sound a similar real- istic note, and that the Government will set an example of rigid economy in non- essential expenditures in keeping with the Spartan programme which it will be called upon to place before the taxpayers.

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"Kinsey Report" on Lobster: '

The "Kinsey Report" idea, according to an exchange, is being applied to lobsters now except that the spiny creatures aren't interviewed about their love life.

In an effort to check a declining lobster birth rate threatening the multi-milIiQn- dollar lobster industry in the United States, a thorough study of the crusta- cean's living habits is being made by re- searchers at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Through permanent records kept by an

electronic recorder, it is hoped to guaran- tee a cheaper and more constant supply of shell fish for the dinner table. The first year and a half's research revealed that male lobsters will protect their mates from bachelor lobsters but not from any pre- datory fish in the neighborhood. The UCLA researchers soon expect to learn Wherelobsters mate, where they lay their eggs, the length of "the incubation period and where lobsters go on their honeymoon.

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The advantages of Town Planning are becoming more generally appreciated as the unfortunate and costly consequences of unplanned development begin to force themselves on public attention. It is obvious that the services necessary for a modern community can only be provided at reasonable cost if a careful planning job has been done and development carried on accordingly.

There 1; also the aspect, which is now

"receiving attention here, that property val- ues can only be forecast with any accuracy when it is known in advance what type of development ,;:in take place.

Such cei- results in; msintafnlns, DNPBPW . "V to the-sdvnntlle 501, 9". W099"? gnd also.-to thd city which is us-

is the desirability of drawing a line around the city and its suburbs. It should be pos- sible for the ordinary citizen to "get out in the country" without going half-way to the nearest population centre. A green belt bounding the City in which neither res- idential nor commercial construction would be allowed would certainly make both town and suburbs better places in which to live.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Feast of St. Timothy. I I O The East Coast Fisheries Conference of- ficially gets under way today but, like the fishermen who habitually begin their day the night before, it is already half- done. 0 O 0

It is now announced there will be a new Federal portfolio office, to be known as the Ministry of Defence Productions Depart- ment, organized and supervised at present by Rt. Hon. Mr. Howe. A reshuffle of the Government is about due.

It seems not a little early for the dis- tribution of seed catalogues but the nurs- eryman at York probably knows garden- ers as well as plants and intends to let them revel in anticipated floral profusion while darkness still closes in before supper. O

The Canadian Sports Advisory Council which will officially come into existence May 1 is itself a notable achievement by the many sports promoting and governing bodies in this country. It will face. many difficult tasks in bringing the member bodies closer together in the interest of the advancement of Canadian sport and physical fitness.

The suspension bridge project between Halifax and Dartmouth is about to become an accomplished fact provided the neces- sary steel is available. It is to cost the Nova Scotia Government b7,000,000,. Hal- fiax has guaranteed 25 per cent of any loss sustained by the province, Dartmouth 10 per cent and the county five per cent. It is not known yet whether the Federal gov- ernment will contribute.

Eleven years ago, on January 24, 1940, Canadian troops serving overseas paraded for their'first Royal inspection in the Sec- ond World War when His Majesty the King inspected men of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division at Aldershot, I-lants. A few months later, in June 1940, while under orders for France, they were again in- spected by Their Majesties, as they were on many future occasions.

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The Brockville Recorder and Times compares the cold weather reliability of the car and horse to the very great disad- vantage of the car; Nostalgia no doubt causes a lapse of memory on the subject of snow balling under the horses hoof and the relative difficulty of getting a fallen an- imal on its feet as compared with rocking a car into motion from a slippery start.

Charles James Fox, British statesman, third son of Henry Fox, Lord Holland, born this date 1749 and.died 1806. He entered Parliament in 1768, becoming junior Lord of the Admiralty two years later. He was influenced by Burke and opposed Lord North's policy in America, and sided with the colonists. Later he formed a Cdalition government with Lord North, which proved highly unpopular, and ended in 1783. The Whigs were utterly defeated at the ensuing election, and for 22 years remained out of office. After Pitt's death in 1806, he be- came Foreign Secretary, but died a few months afterwards. A brilliant orator, and possessed of great" personal charm, his powerlessness as a statesman is attribut- ably partly to the reputation gained by his early excesses, and to the continued dis- favour of George III because of his oppos- ition to the Royal Marriage Act.

The Canadian Dairy Farmers at their annual meeting in Calgary learned from President Gilbert McMillan, that dairy sur- pluses had entirely disappeared during the last year and the country now is import- ing cheese, butter and probably some pow- dered milk. He blamed the Anglo-Cana- dian cheese contract for diverting milk pro- duction from domestic needs. "Despite the advice of some men in high places, I would not be in favor of entering into any future export contract for any definite amount of any dairy product. Conditions governing production are too uncertain. .. .-.--I believe we should make development of our home market the first consideration. . . . " Mr. McMillan said dairymcn have to accept competition from vegetable. produds in a field formerly served solely by dairy pro- ducts. But he sold the industry would de- mand against fats of forelgmorigln "the same degree of protection as is afforded to any other industry." About 100 dole- sates representing some 40,000 dairy farm-

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COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING

Sir.-Compulsory training is foreign to the traditions of Naval Service which has always been voluntary in this country. For that reason alone high praise is due the Dominion Executive of the Naval Officcrs' Associations of Can- ada, for placing national interest above Service tradition in recom- mending. that steps be taken im- mediately to initiate compulsory military training. In making the recommendation the meeting ob- served:

(I) That after reviewing the whole subject. the Executive had come to the conclusion that there was no other appropriate alter- native within the national inter-

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(2) That the deplorable state of the reserve forces makes it evid- ent that the first steps in carrying out the Doiicy should be directed to ensure that the role of the re- serve forces in the defense picture is adequately taken care of.

(3) That. the Executive is con- cerned with the look of leadership displayed by the Government on this vital subject. The Executive represents sever- al thousand former naval officers. They have taken a bold stand. It will be roundly criticised by those who, for the sake of popularity, play down the gravity of the pres- eni world situation and the need in this country for some form of oomptulsory military training. Leaders who take the easy road should realize that their lack of courageous action endangers the lives of the very people whose alp- plause and support they seek. It is easy to swim with the tide It must have been particularly dif- ficult for this group, to swim against the current of tradition. I am. Sir. etc. WILLARD MACKENZIE Vice President D.C. of N.O.A.C. 44 South Park Street Halifax, N. S.

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it 2. g (And P. E. I.) 2. "The Convent of the sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame has just. opened in this City, for the purpose of imparting a finish- ed education to those young ladies whose parents and guardians may think proper to avail themselves of the advantages of such an in- stitution. The ladies in charge of it arrived here a few weeks ago from Monueal, under the core of the zealous and excellent priest stationed at Tignish-the Rev. Peter Mnclntyre; and we are in- formed that they bear a high re- putation for learning and profic- iency in all those accomplishments which form a graceful accompani- ment to the moral and intellect- ual training of young ladies. "Although the Convent may be considered. sectarian in its chor- actcr, from its being an institu- tion peculiar to the Catholic Church. Protestant ladies, of nil shades of religious Jidllnf. are here -as is the cue elsewhere-ns readily admitted within its walls as the daughters of Roman Cath- olics, where the blessings of I finished education may be acquir- ed without violence being done" to their religious convictions: and we have no doubt that many lib- eral and enlightened Protestant families in this community wiu co-operate with their Catholic neighbours in giving encourage- ment to such an institution as that which has Just been solub- lishod in our midst, and that, up the lapse of many yous. the com- mlmlty generally will bear grou- ful tostknony to the benefits which will hnvs been conferred upon the rising genmuon by the accomplished ladies who have so noontly taken up their abode smongst no." -'mo lnminor. Oct. 11, mi.

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(Winnipeg Free Press) For centuries men of adventur- ous turn have sensed the challenge

of our modern era have been rich with climbing epics. It is interest-

to tackle and conquer snow-swept. ramparts has not been completely blocked out even by the world struggle with Communism. The planning or expeditions has, how- ever, become more difficult by vir- cue of the fact that mountain chains tend to coincide with polit- ical frontiers, with the result that climbing activities frequently give rise to real or alleged apprehens- ions and fur-fetched fantasies. The latest attempt on Everest by a group of United States climbers and a British veteran appears. fort- unately. to have escaped diplomat- ic attention. It was an unusual ex- pedition in that. for the first time, an approach was made from the Nepalese side. Aside from primitive villagers. no group had previously ventured within '10 miles of the mountain base on the southern f-rent, though it has now been as- certained that. this route is both easier and quicker than that nt- tempted by previouscllmbers. From the observations made by the 1950 party. it seems likely how-: ever that Everest will conquered for some time. For, while the approach is easy enough, care- ful reconnnisssnce along various ridges to a height of 19,000 feet led to the conclusion that the 1pm- cipltous southern face probably presents insuperable difficulties. ! The expedition did succeed in n.mo.ssir1g a great deal of new in- formation with regard to the Ever- est. region. This may well be the last recorded for many years to come. On the northern side Everest lies Tibet, a country whose Government has in the past been very reluctant to admit climbing parties. It will occasion gvreat sur- prise if a Communist Government in Lhasa is any improvement, from the standpoint of hospitality to foreigners, over that of the Bud- dhist lamns. But. though politics may for a period interpose a new barrier to the conquest of the peak, it is not to be doubted that the challenge of the mountain will continue to stir men's minds and in the end evoke a response ade- quate to surmount the stlll-un- yielding obstacles of its icy sum- mit.

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(Montreal Star)

The discovery has been made-- and it is duly reported in the trade paper, Editor and Publisher--that reporters, and particularly grad- uates of schools of journalism, can't spell. The news is stale. Any city editor could have told you that. right back to the days when news was slugged out. with a chisel on a block of stone. A reporter was once fired from the Sennacherlb- owned Babylonian Bugle for spell- ing Hammurabi with one "m".

But why single out reporters, and why single out gmduatus of journalism schools? As Editor and Publisher promptly pointed out, Stanley Walker of the New York Herald Tribune, once remarked that if a. man was a lousy speller at the age of 12. he would be a lousy speller st 80; and schools of journalism do not admit students at the an of 12. so don't. blame tlhem.

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Down the blue night the unending columns press In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow, Now tread the for South. or lift rounds of snow the white moon's hidden loveliness. some pause in their grave wander- ing comrsdeless. And turn with profound gesture vague and slow, As who would play good for the world. but know Their benediction empty as they bless. '

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Near to the rim heirs of their grief and mirth.

In wise majestic melancholy train,

And watch the moon, and the still-raging seas.

And men. coming and going on the earth.

-Rupert Brooke. In'n'b'ln'luf'n"-N'lhl'l?

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Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord. nor of me his prisoner: but be than par- faksr of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; who hsfh saved us. and called us with an holy caning. not according to our work, but according to his own purpose and grace. which was I'V- cn us In Christ Jesus before the world begun. .but in .now .mndc manifest by the appearing of our Snvlonr Jesus Christ who hath abolished death. Ind hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

:-r:::::- never able to describe the trick of it to others. Educationallsts wrestle with the subject in vain. Methods of teaching change faster than light travels, and text books offer- ing is new method sell quicker than snake oil at 9. country fair. All to no effect. Each rising generation provides the same number of vic- tims af spelling methods. They all valiantly resist. any attempt to knock spelling into their heads. It is time for someone to speak up clearly and say that perhaps after all it doesn't matter. Shakespeare's spelling was frightful, yet he got by. It is hard to understand why "harass" should have only one "r" while "embarrass" has two. "Britain" is spelled with one "i." but "Brittany" is spelled with two. If you add "ed" to the word "pot", you are told to add another "t" and spell it "potted." But if you do the same thing with the word "limit", the blue pencil strikes. If you find it possible to "manage" something it becomes "mgnsgcabie" but if you find something can be reduced it is ueducible." Where has that "e" gone to? That is why a reporter's spelling is unmanage- able, and a city editor is reducible to tears.

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President Truman wants the St. Lawrence subway built as quickly is is possible, but this is n ques- tion deep in American politics and nobody would bet on an only start. - Ottawa Journal.

Two of the delegates to the On- tario Junior Fnnmers" Association convention at Toronto were infer- vlewed by a reporter. Said Don Mflbum, of Peter-borough: "A young fellow is crazy to leave the form these days. If he's a farmer's son he should consider himself one of the luckiest fellows in the world." And said Don Flnnie, of St. Mary's: "No other occupation offers the independent, ' ” life of rural Ontario." They said more than that, all to the point that farming is a profitable and happy business. -- stratford Bea.- con-Herald.

Biggest UK box office successes in 1950 were "The Blue Lnmpf British semi-documentary "about London's Metropolitan Police. Disney's "Pressure Island" and "Annie Get. Your Gun," in that order. Six of the top films were British and six American. They were, in addition to the above, "The Happiest Days of Your Life." "Morning Departure," "Odette." "They were Not Divided! and The Wooden Horse" (British), and "Fancy Pants." "Father of the Bride." "Jolson Sings Again" uni "Three Came Back." (Amencnnl. - UK Information Office.

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land. The Indians of B. C. contend that they were never conquered and that the acquisition of then land by the whites was a matte, of business lanai it and no, of gain by force of arms. The 13, 3

Indians mm um the she of in; city of Victoria is the property 0, their tribes. But: the value of What was actually taken from them bears no relation to the van" which has been created by mm,

ent.erprise.- Edmonton Buueuu

A prune can go a long vny 310 WOYM i-Odnll. The current is. sue of the Canadian Grocer tell. of the strange wanderings of 50",; prunes which grew in California rested temporarily in I-lollamf and finally landed on Canadian grocery shelves. It seems to illus. irate that in these days of involv- ed intemutionsl dealings chm may be some uncertainties em; for n prune. These prunes were bought by the United states Gov. ernment in California. They wen sold to Holland. To make the price right, Washington paid a subsidy of 40 per cent on the small prunes and so per cent on the larger ones. Holland did not want all the prunes it bought. But it. did want dollars. The Dutch shipped about 25,000 cases of the prunes to Canada at a lower price than Canadian buy. ers could get them directly from

General MscArfhuris intelli- gence service announces that I'll.-' 1.17 Chinese Communists face its 8th Army, plus 108,066 more 01 the east. coast that 167,268 Norfl Korean soldiers are also in in near the combat zone. Thus. say. the intelligence officers, the en-I emy strength in Korea tour: 444. 406. Are they quite sure thrb' Cpl. shal won shou of Ea.-ti Chung Yi Road, Chungking, migiul not have been out rabbit hunting and that the number ought not to be 464,407? - Christian Science Monitor.

The suddenly advanced clalrrs of British Columbia Indians for payment for land which was ac- quired from them in the past cen- tury withoutr recompense is starb- ling and unexpected. But. the In- dian organizations produce what appears to be unsnswei-able evi- dence of the justice of their con- tention. They say that the pro- vince has acquired no less than 348.000 square miles of land which

California. Then the buyers with the Dutch prunes had a price ad. vantage over those with the direct- rrom-Coilfomia. prunes. And the California fruit-growers were an- noyed becsuse if these prunes had not gone to Holland at a subsidiz. ed price and back to Canada at e below-normal price, the grower,- would have been able to sell more prunes to Canada at a. higher price. It was stipulated in the first place that the prunes sold to Hol- land could not be shipped back tc the United States. There was nc ban on their being sent to Can- ada, however. Somehow it seems appropriate that a new wrinkle in intematlonsl commerce should concern prunes. - Toronto Globe and Mail.

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