FAGE. FOUR C THE GUARDIAN

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,ll()Nl)Ai'. NOV. 30. 1953

CHAI(L()'l'T F.'l1)iV N

st. Andrew's llay

'l'llrougllout the world SC0lSllll?ll gather today to toast "the Day and at wha honour it.” Tlley nleail, of course, St. Andrew's llay aild tllose of Scottish blood wherever they nlay be. That others may llrinour the saint is coinplctcly irrelcvallt. lie was, ill seenls. a modest iilail ilot seeking the lime- light but was one of the first apostles and! indeed introduced his brother Peter to the? Lord.

'l'llei'e is lllll('il in Scottish cllaracter tllat reflects the patron saiilt. Scots have al- ways been notably religious, far from back-' ward ill declaring their convictions but sel-, dom seeking personal publicity or ptltwartlj niarks of lionotir. This does not apply at all to their attitude towards Scotland andl its traditions for which practically every Scot is an unpaid press agent.

Thgre is :1 curious aspect to the Scotlsi loyalty to tradition. Other groilps have? shown an equal or greater reverence foe their traditions but none have combined sucll a regard for their origins with capacity to adapt themselves to the laild in whicll they live. Being a Scotsman does not make a man less of a Canadian or even an Islander, but rather improves the qual- lty of his Canadian character. ,

Scotland has been generous to the world in giving away her sons and the world has heen generous to those sons, welcoming them in every clime and taking pleasure in 'the colourful way in which the clansmen keep up their traditions. It would be an interesting study to find out why the Scots, almost alone, can emphasize their unique origin without giving offense. When other tribes and races do the same thing the re- sult is apt to be suspicion and antagonism. Possibly a vital truth about human rela- tions would come. from such a study.

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liow's The Weather

Mark Twain's classical quip notwith- standing, people everywhere still spend 1! lot of time in discussing the weather. And why not? It is one subject on which one man's opinion is as good as another's and it provides an outlet for the guessing in- stinct which is in us all. It is, moreover, a harmless diversion, and in these days we need all the harmless diversions we can get.

The time of the year has just about arrived when the question as to whether or not our winters are getting shorter and less severe than they used to be can be' debated far into the night. -Most. people think they are hilt there are still some

,. who are it hit sceptical when they hear about the huge banks of snow that once upon a time reached to the tree-tops. "They only seemed like that," is the an- noying way they have of confounding the i)Pil0VOfS.

investment programs have failed to raise the status of backward areas. On that

basis the survey offers ground for criti- cisnl of leading democracies which have C sought security in defensive armament

while neglecting the basic security of peo- ples exposed to hunger-and hence to Com. niunist influences.

”North Anlericao alone," adds our Tor- onto contemporary, "is raising 15 to 20 per cent more food than before the war, while the Far East is producing 15 to 20 per cent less per capital. We give lip service to the principle of multilateral trade, but overlook the fact that security must be multilateral also. In every month since the beginning

, of FAO seven years ago Britain and France

alone have spent more for the military sup- pression of Communist insurrections in the Far East than the aggregate FAO budgets for the entire period. If the equivalent of these vast military costs had been used for the promotion of food production, plus some distributions from Western World sur- pluses, the insurrections would have dwin- dled to near nothing. The trouble areas would by now be well on the way to be- coming effective allies of the West. Today

they are dead-weight liabilities, so far as

defense is concerned, because their food problems were assigned to FAO and thee. forgotten, although an area's food supply is

its first line of defense against Communist.

agitation."

Oyster Bed Diplomacy

The Minquiers and Ecrelious are groups of islands in the English Channel, tiny semi-

barren rocks between J crsey and the F renchl Britain.

coast. Botll France and Great have been showing interest iil these little specks of land because under their coastal waters are some of the richest oyster beds in European waters. The dispute was set before the International Court of Justice at The Hague nearly two years ago. Re- cently the court announced its decision in favor of Britain.

The Hague Court, notes an exchange,

enough, by the Russian Czar, Nicholas the Second, to consider armament limitation. The Hague Conference of 1899 and its successor in 1908 are now almost forgot- ten, but this one result of their work, the foundation of the International Court, re- mains. Prior to the Second World War the court settled many outstanding issues, but unfortunately it. is remembered for failing to save Ethiopia. Since 1945 it has fallen on less glamorous days, as two years re- quired to settle a dispute about oyster" beds in English Channel testifies. It flourished in the age when idealism was not dead particularly idealism in Russia which spon- sored other equally commendable but un- workable plans for the improvement: of man's international being during the Nine- teenth Century.

The fact that the Czar's successors In the Kremlin have a different conception of international co-operation is symptomatic of the realism of the Twentieth Century which has relegated the International Cour to problems of oyster beds and rocky bits of land in the English Channel.

EDITORIAL NO1IiS

Festival of St. Andrew.

The scientists, who differ in their opin- ions just like ordinary mortals, are no great help in the matter, although some of them! admit, grudgingly, that the earth is just at

Seventy-ninth birthday of Sir Winston Churchill.

mm ,,,a1.m,,,. than it Wm Say, a Couplel El Kazwini. Zakariya bell Muhammed,

Some have gone;

of thousand years ago. so far as to predict that another such per- iod will see the disappearance of winter in this part of the world. It, is by no means certain that this, if it does happen, will be; all to the good for the far-off descendantsl of a sllow-lloliiid race aild, anyway, it is futile to speculate about it now. present. it may be just as well to dream of! other things besides tropical skies in the North Atlantic. And it would not be a bad: idea to air last ycai”s overcoat and muffler. and, meanwhile. not to forget. the galoshes. All three (or is it four) will come. in handy, one of these days. Vital Food Problems

. A survey presented to the opening meeting of the Food and Agriculture Or- ganizationls three-week session in Rome, notes the Globe and Mail, stresses the widening gap between the world's increas- ed food production and the growing need of the world's hungriest peoples. Food production has risen somewhat faster than total population. The-survey notes, how- ever, that "progress was unbalanced be- tween commodities and between regions"-- a euphcmistic statement which means that no effective effort is being made to ac- company concentrated production with economic distribution.

The significant conclusion is that all such moi.-hauiema as dollar aid, Point Four

Arab geographer, was Iran. 750 years ago.

borll at Kazwin, He has been called

lthe Herodotus of the Middle Ages and the

Pliny of the Arabs. His geography had a wealth of information about all the coun- tries known to the Arabs of the 13th Cen- tury, their towns. mountains, islands, lakes

I.-0,. mg and rivers as well as biographies of manyu

famous men. Ilnescn notes that his maps and drawings are of great importance in the history of science.

The rank of Queen's Scout. is one of high honour in the Boy Scout movement. It was instituted with the approval of King George V to mark those entitled to fornl a Scout guard of honour for the sovereign. It implies advanced training for public service in emergencies. The report that no less than 20 Island Scouts are to receive the badge indicates that Scouting is in a very healthy condition indeed in the Prov- lnce.

O O O Delegates to the eighth annual Federal- Provincial tourist conference are faced

,with, amongst other things, the fact that

Mexico's share of the United States tourist dollar is increasing while this country's share has dropped, although the total amount spent in Canada shows an increase. -"It, will not be lost on the delegates that what uttractsvAmericans to Mexico is not imitation of their own communities but the emphasis on aspects which to the American

development schemes and postwar foreign

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visitors are exotic.

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ELECTION LEGISLATION f

From The Royal Gazette, Febf 10. 1885:

"On Saturday the time of the Legislature was chiefly taken up in going through different clauses of the new Election Bill in Com-

I was not only born on Prince yEdward Island, but. I went to yschool down there, and I read not. very long ago in a great. daily newspaper, that the public echool

was set up in 1899 by tile First Hague mmee 0; mp ,.-hop. 1.mu,..-- and u'9li):is;F?I1e 0," 5'1"” Ed.""d dlsmlltl , , , , ' 1 .1 CH. 1)ii0El'CS5iVt",'al'i 1 Peace, Conference summoned, ironically must ”-V- llm wllsldmng ml” is only another way of saying it

magnitude and importance of the subject. under discussion, they made quick work of it. At first indeed A .. . . suggestion was thrown out, that as :f;I::se- Eggnz 'nK;'gonGt::f it was Sammay' and Several oflmanv and vlirious otiher civilized the country members had Rollelporulons of the lbe It 1 h ,d' home, the discussion had better be indeed tn ovac 510 '1 dl mot" postponed until there was a fullermmt k'md b tin” fl ianhlfmgn house. But this suggestion was re-l so ma' "mt”;:f' 0”.” I hp 8 jccterl with scorn, as conveying H" "yd e kem””- "9 something like an imputation upon fir .c”5e 1” eep ” umd" the members who remained. So to.SG”".""' M m" old schwlv Md work they went, and the blanks iiilcspecmu-V I mm "M": loft my the different clauses which ivere:”l”CCi'l”” 1”" ml” "Y Tmde "l ""7 gone through were filled up withloll ;C”w0lma5'm- The "M ”ch9”l' xi rapidity which must have ilppcnr-,m”ji it H9 M” ii Scotch Pres”-ll" ed astonishing to those who re-film" M tlhp "M ”h””" rigid but member the time when half a day kmd- "l'"”'”"5 but Pm3"Tf"l'

would be spent in discussing it roadl A” my ””mV"9”l)”5 W9” "1 ll”

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was the worst.-in all the Provinces Canada. and even the whole

Wm, lsulnc faith and national origin. r -.-rm, ,,k.m,.,. f,.nnCh,K.(, In tmmsilt was amidst these surroundings was lowered one half, namely, fromlumi I lmrmd 1"-V fir” 19550": the Ytm pounds tn mm This was great lesson ol'.t.nlerance and mill.- mreny WDIL but tho-reduction Iorlllfii llIld9l'Sl.II'll(ilnt!-R lesson which the CDuntJPs was Sim g,.,.Mm- .. I hope, I will never forget.-a les- lnamely, 1i-om a leasehold qiialifica-limb Whlfh. With M11" Vttlllous Claims ,t.inn of five pounds per annilni, tolzllld dlV9t'.':9nt- Opinions. is still ifm-ty shillings; the 1,,-m.-lplc wasyic-l'y necessary in this country. I even carried further. for it. appcflr-lchn Still 590 011 mFm0l”Y'5 lltllzh the .lng that in some parts of the coun-! lliClurc of the old schoolmaster. ltry many persons paid rent wholB0h MCEWGH hY thamr. in the had neither leases nor agreements r0lt8h homespun 9'1”. With shacxv lfor leases, it was determlllcd thatlbcard, and the quiet. blue eyes in they should all be placed upon the,whicll were mlrrowed those quali-

i Island Schooldays Recalled

From an address delivered in .In.nua.ry. 1081 By Archbishop stnnott bdore the Maritime Provinces Aaeociation ln Winnipeg.

distinction, eminence and emolu- ment which our wandering: in various lands have placed within our grasp.

There is mother very vivid memory thdt comes to me out of these days of childhood in the Provinces by the sea. When I was 13yearsoface.Iaeeletedal'.my first. political meeting. You know, Marltlmere take two things very seriously.-their religion and their politics. That was particularly true 40 years ago. It. was an age of stiff fights and strong language Political opponents delighted in thrashing one another, and I be- lieve that in the same Provinces some of those vigorous traditions have survived ever down to the present day.

Lord Morley tells title story of

, (Windsor Daily Star.)

-is that, for better or

.1;-Notes By

A Polish princeu. who was un- able to epeak English when she came to Canada from Austria three years ago. won evtw schol- arship at. Scarboro High School. in t.he"rcronto area, last term. Was somebody saying something against the quality of our immigrants?-

the homes which would shelter 3 happy contented people devoted to the pursuit of peace and the v.'clfare of the commonwealth. But. that was not. to be; We all had the wanderlust, and the fact for worse. We, Maritimers have migrated Nortlh and South, East. and West. wherever opportunity beckoned and there was hope of improving our condition. Sometimes, per- haps, we have been deceived, but. in the main We have met with success. An American writer has said that there are two ways in which men advance in this world-one is by doing and the other by being. "The doers”, he goes on to say. "are our heroes. Doing leads the way to riches, power and reputa- tion, and, if it occasionally lands a. man in the penitentiary, still we feel that there is something grand about it. and reflect that the same process also leads to the white House or a palace on Fifth Avenue". We Marl- tlmers have been essentially doerc. In youth we had neither the in- clination nor the chance to be Idlers. We are not dreamers, and thatis the reason why we have suc- ceeded. And at this juncture in our history, I feel that. we have that in us which will enable us to render partlclularly valuable service to our country. Everywlierc at. the present time. men are talli- ing bllue ruin. Pesslmism is abroad in the land, and A etre.ntz9T W”-h' in our gates might. think thlt the only safe, warm, comfortable places in the country were our fails and penltentiarles. . . . Naming could be more false. our country is so richly end0'WFd that it le almost. an insult to Pro- vldcnoe to tell: of poverty in this land. Canada. is big enough and broad enough and rich enough to give every man a chance to live and to develop the activities with which Nltnrre has blessed him. We errproud of Canada. and of our Canadian citizenship. We are proud of the lnstlt-utlonn of Rov- ernment. under which we live. If we have with this pride any of the enterprise, industry or slit of our fathers. we can make this a. mighty country. blessed with the greatest gift. that any countrv can possess-the 81"? Of It h-BDPS. contented. prosperous people. I cannot do better than rep!-at for you the advice which Lord Dufferhl. the greatest of Mt" Governor: General, gave to the people of Canada on the eve of his departure from the country. "To all moribund persons". he said "as oo Jacob when he gathered the Fathers of Israel round his bed-

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a. young man from Oxford who side, ma privilege of monltlon and applied to him for a poet. on ore benediction has been granted. of the leading dailies. When His wmt, men is to be my Valedic- Lotdship asked the young man u.m..my parting counsel to the if he had any qualificatlotis for omzms 01 mo Dominion, before I

journalism. the 'youth modest'y gum my face to the Wall? A very 1'(”Dll0d that he had W6 St" Of few words will convey them. Love ”lVeC”V9- your country, believe in her. hon-

"Oh." queried mm M9Tl9Y. "in or her, work for her, live for ltcr. 3"” 1”mc”1"l' line?" die for her. Never has any people ”Nn". said the young man. "Just been endowed with n nohler birth- genrrnl lnvective." rum 0, blessed with prospects 91 Well. 40 years ago. the menu fairer future".

who aspired to political honors Thg best way we can show our felt trirvnlv and deeply on the love for Canada at the present. Questions of the day. and trh9Y time is by buckling dawn to work. had, to a marvellous degree. theiignd by singing as we bend to the gift of ,';cIiel'lii irivectlve. Wlhen Luk "1" hand, oheerfulness nnd

t same footing, and that. to pay an

lies of mind and heart. which won

lannual rent of forty shillings waslhlilln hbhe confidence and love of a sufficient qualification of a vote it is pupils. No one ever had 'creater mastery of bho intricacies of Yennlls grammar; no one could "It. was even seriously proposed solve with greater ease and as- to extend the franchise to squat-lsurance the puzzling problems of tel-s-that is to persons who ncitherl arithmetic; no one could take pay rent. nor pretend to any tltlclpou for .1 more pleasant. jaunt ii- to the land on which they have round the world and make you settled themselves; and it was only realize the charm and beauty of by 9- VFW 515811 mtllflrity that the the counties of Nova. Scotla: Cum- DFODOSM Was nelzativcd. berllind, Cnlchester, Plctou. An- ”Some discussion took place as tllmtlsh. GUY-”b0F0uSh. Halifax. in where it County election slioillzlllunenbilriz, Queens. Shelburm-, close when there was no conl.cst.- Ykfmmlth. DitIh)'- AHMDOUS. KRIS that is, whether it should be nl- and Hunts.-and the vast Import- lowed to terminate at the place,ance of knowgngm thcd name of where the candidates were nomln- ?Ver.V CRD6 3" .V Ml I'iVet'. Of aterl, or whether it. shnllld go the which the old -hlobe could boast. rounds of the different. statlonsy In all these tliimzs he was un- appointed for polling. just the samctstirpzissed, but there was one as if a contest. were going on. Aftcnklngdom, in which, like Roblnsnli ldiscusslng the subject, however, liilcrusoe, he was mrvilarch of all he iall its hearings. it. was agreed that'survoyed. That. kingdom was the no alteration should he. made in Royal Read:-rs, when; he can. lthis respect. stantly held us enthralled. fas- l "Mr. Clarke was of opinion that cinated. ns he pointed out. the vig- it. wniild be t1 izrcat iinpmveinent..,nr and clarity and charm of the and thr-. means of pieientlng nltirllll;:::- r;n('lgic:l:Vnsw:;dI;:cgll;:t'Ifllggnd his memory in rnvr-rence and ii!- fcctlnn and vr-nrrattonl 0 O In those, days our school con- ditions were very primitive. No janitor was employed and the first scholars arriving at the school on n cold wintry morning had the task of putting on the fire. At

for Counties.

,plnt.tinlz and caballirig at. elections. if instead of the poll being ad- ljourneol from one part of R Countv to another. it was agreed that no lnltcmtion should be made. in this respect. He was lint, however, pre- pared to submit any specific pro- pnsal to the Committee on this part of the subject. so it. excited only fl passing remark from the cliairnlall

(Mr. Brenan), that. it would not me noon hm", no hot lunch mm answer, and no more was said SHVM Hg 1," M” mo”: modem labout. li. ' t f

and up-to-date schools of our day. but. our cold buttered bread.-from en chunks of noiirlshment.-had to be brought fourth from its recep- tacle and warmer! and toasted rm the old stove. We had only one grievance against the old school- mseter: his grasp rittrhe noon hour was altogether tno comprehensive,

"In going further into the details of the bill. when they came to fix ltlie different polling stations for King's County. Mr. James. who was the only member for George- town present. stood muniully out for Georgetown being appointed one

All no one out of the Hmiu mom:

of them: he was overborne by the united weight of the four County members. who would not. even cor.- sent to postpone the consideration of that part. of the question until the other Georgetown member v in present. and it was finally can-led that there should be only two pol- ling stations in future for that County. namely. at the head of Livingstone Bay. between Three Rivers and Milrrnv Harbour. and the head of St. Peter's Bay. and that the poll should be kept. open three days at each of these places. "At. this stage of the business the Committee rose, reserving the con- sideration of the other clauses till a future opportunity. The discussions on this Bill so far have excited very little of the public attention,

too inclusive and of ton wide A range. Many A timid scholar had to lament this fact, when they saw th-lr nice piece of toast ex- proprinted and going to fill the void created by the fol-enoon'a toll of "teaching the young idea. how to shout. Perhaps it was the only idea of communism that ever took root in Scotland. I fancy that. many of you have memories of more or less similar conditions. and I sometimes think that it was from this ti-enuous competi- tlon that. we Mprltlmerl learned the art of mnexkig more then our fair share of the positions of