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~ In Chastened Mood. It is to be hoped that the authori- ties are- correct in predicting that lespite the serious trouble which has developed in construction of the mew. pier for the Hillsboro Bridge, there will be no delay in the completion of the work which is set for December, 1960.

Laymen are poorly qualified to ak on egineering problems of this kind, and it would seem that the en- neers themselves are somewhat at loss in this case. Which reminds s that we have been doing a lot of ping ourselves about the delay in pordinating the reperts on the Northumberland Strait causeway roject and preparing the final one for the Federal Government’s con- sideration.

' According to the latest informa- lion received by our ‘junior repre- sentetive in Parliament for Queens, more than one bridge may have to be milt to allow a free flow through the Strait. How much extra planning floes’ this involve, to ensure that a debacle such as occurred at Hillsboro

fridge will not be repeated’ on a much more disastrous scale? We ven’t the faintest idea, and we doubt whether many of our readers re in a position to speak dogmati- ly on the subject. \ n the circumstances, we can hard- y blame Mr. Macquarrie for not do- ng so. He has said that the major pblem facing the government en- gineers is that of minimizing the ef- fects of tides and fisheries, and the tamifications. of this statement are low beginning to dawn upon us. We till think that official progress re- jorts from the responsible minister would be of help, but we are less ; after what has happened lo- y—whether we should be able to w the right conclusions from them if we did get them.

‘This Causeway project will be one pf the major engineering works’ on the North American continent. Con- struction blunders could be very Berious indeed. If they can be avoid- in the planning stage, by exhaus- We analysis of every detail before ne job gets under way, it will save a lot of disappointment in the ure, and the Government a lot of unnecessary expense, not to speak of. triticism and abuse for having acted too hastily. This, in our more subdued frame mind after noting the results of ur local efforts in bridge-and-caus2- Way building, strikes us as fair and reasonable. We shan'’t pro- mise not to complain again about de- ays and holdups in bringing this

iuch greater undertaking to a head, ut for the time being we're stymi-

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- Girl Guides’ Campaign

Next week the Girl Guides will pe holding their annual campaign throughout the Pravince, land we have no doubt as to the support which they will receive. The activi- of this organization are mani- fold, but camping plays a large part al this year seven camps were neld, attended by 315 Guides and Brownies, many more than have ever camped in one season before.

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weden. Eight Guides and a leader ttended a camp at Pike River. Five Rangers, a Guide and a leader nded a Girl Scout Round-up at rado Springs. Five’ Commission- represented the Province at a da-wide conference in Quebec June, and one of our Sea Rang- _skippers was chosen as the Cana- hostess for a Adults in Mexico. _ Altogether, there are over’ 600 irl Guides and Sea Rangers in Edward Island, and nearly Brownies, along with 102 regis-

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adult leaders who give many

hours voluntarily to help in training the girls. It is a growing movement,

stemming from the Boy Scouts or- ganization and equally valuable in

training and citizenship build- ing. Next Year—Jubilee Year—the Guides plan to send representatives to England and to each of the other Provinces. A successful campaign this year will give them the support they are hoping for, and a further incentive to worthwhile effort.

Hospital Insurance Our hospital insurance scheme is now under way, with an estimated 85 to 90 per cent of the Island’s pop- “ulation particpating. This'is very

gratifying, but it could only have

been achieved by the compulsory

measures which Ottawa insisted up- °

on in the agreement. ‘ There is some doubt whether the last Législature would have passed

the measure had these compulsory ~

features been apparent inthe bill. They should, of course, have been clearly explained, and the need for them as well. The, then Opposition did its best to obtain clarification, and courted political criticsm by in- sisting on the weakness of a purely voluntary plan. 3 Now that the scheme is in effect, we feel that its benefits will be very wicely appreciated. It remains only to congratulate the Hospital Com- mission and all concerned on the success of their efforts. A great deal of extra work will be involved at the start, but the plan will soon be work- ing smoothly. Then we shall wander how we could ever have done with- out it, or thought of it in terms of “undemocratic” compulsion.

EDITORAL NOTES

We note that the Memoirs of Sir Joseph Pope, the Prince Edward Islander who became the devoted right hand of Sir John A. Macdonald and the trusted friend of Sir Wil- frid Laurier, is being published by the—Oxford University Press. Sir Joseph completed his biography to 1907. The rest of the book has been written by his son, General Maurice Pope, CBE, MC., but is firmly based on the diaries in which Sir Joseph wrote copiously to the end of his life. It should be a most interesting work.

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A new symbol of what’s wrong with the world has been found by a deie- gate to-a National Button Society convention held in Los Angeles. It's the zipper, that’s what it is; the sym- bol of universal laziness. People don't want to take time to button buttons any more, so they use zippers. Since Thomas Carlyle expounded his phil- osophy of clothes in “Sartor Resar- tus” over a century ago, this is the first attempt to bring it up to date.

. Carlyle, we imagine, would approve.

So, of course, does the National But- ton Society. E + o *

Oberammergau, the German vill- age dedicated to woodcarving and the Passion Play, is coming to life again. Performed every ten years in accordance with a vow taken by the villagers in the 17th century, the next series of the Passion Play is scheduled for 1960.° Already the preparations are in full swing. The actors—all of them inhabitants of the village—are letting their beards and hair grow long in the manner worn at the beginning of the Chr’, ‘- ian era. Performances will start May 19 and end on September 25.

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At the recent International Oceanographic Congress, Britain's Dr. H.O. Bull said research shows it is quite possible that lower fish catches here and there throughout the world might well be dye. to the fish’s ability to learn rather than to over-fishing. He found that ultrasonic signals. now used by commercial fishermen” to locate schools of fish can be heard by some species. In aquarium experi- ments, fish can be taught to come running at the signal. Dr. Bull thinks there is a good chance that the fish, in the freedom of the sea, learns by

' experience to go the other way too.

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Addressing a meeting of..educa- tors in Atlantic City the other day, Dr. John B. Fisher, dean of Columbia University’s famed teachers’ college, had this to say on a subject of gen- eral concern: “It, is unfortunate that in the flurry of our current excitement about science, mathema- tics and foreign languages, we have not continued to emphasize that ef- fectiveness of education in every other field comes to rest tltimately upon the student’s ability to use his mother tongue. The principal meas- ure of the effectiveness of our schools as instruments of wniversel education is their success in teach- ing the use of English.”

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ARCTIC INSPECTION

Canada’s Reciprocal Offer

M.W. In The Winnineg Free Press

The Prime Minister's Arctic inspection offer to Premier Khru- shchev. is a variant of early pro-

Russian ears. Mr. Diefenbaker | invited the Soviet leader to in-

ginat-American suggestions. But in other statements the Prime Minister has gone farther. On!

: posals which have fallen on deaf | May 13, 1958 he'said: =

“If the USSR does not wish to} accept the reasonable proposi- |

spect anv area of northern Can- tion offered by the United States

ada “‘which he designates as be-

by the United States” on condi- tion that the West be permitted | to inspect “all areas in the USSR within the same latitudes.”

This is a zone for zone pro- position comparable to the ori-

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ts open to the discus

sion by correspondents of questiqn c

interest. The Guardian does not nesem

sarily en‘orse the opinion of corres pondents.

“DOMINION OF CANADA.” |

Sir.—Referring to your timely editorial in issue of 30th Septem-

ber, regarding the term ‘‘Dom- inion", when used in connection with Canada, as being a lost word: I would like to Say im the fire* my that the P.FE.I. His- te 4 Smiety should be given cred’: for taking the initative in

havihg the name of our loca! Pos

Office Building changed to Dom- | !arger population

inion Building.

Some years ago I heard an addross by Judge °:!mer decting with the bring ng ¢ gether of the

various States in the United

States, to form a Nation by aj} bemg devoid of security signi- also | ficance referred to the situation in Can-| sist that it would consiitute an

Federal Union The Judge

“MORE SPECIFIC

and other free world nations of a large area being available for examination, we in Canada, hav- | ing sovereignty over large areas_ of the Arctic, have gone as far} as to indicate that, if t : should be similarly minded, we would render available for ground | or aerial examination and imspec- tion the areas of northern Can- ada."} .

.. # In, July of the same Sear the late Dr. Sidney Smith made this | even more Minister, he explained, had in-|

dicated that “for the operation | #4tes asked the conference to/ other children in his age group.”

of a scheme to prevent surprise attack all of the Canadian ter- | ritory would be made available on a reciprocal basis.” |

Soviet criticisms of these and similar proposals are of two types. The Russians argue, in/ the first place, that Western cef- fers are geographically unfair: | The Soviet Arctic territories are not only more extensive than outs; they also support a much

The other criticism !s that in-

spection. is not disarmament. In developing this argument, the!

Russians are two-minded. Some- | times they dismiss inspection as

At other times they i: |

ada, where following agreement | intolerable intrusion, perm!‘ting

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among certain Provinces Con- |

all sorts of spyina—which, they

federation had taken p'ace. and ‘allege, is its true purpose.

the D m nion Government formed | NOT DISARMANENT

b’ an Act of the Im~erial Parvla- ment. That the term Federal Gov- ernment could not be preverly an- | plied to Canada. as there

been no Federation in Cenada

Some months ago I wrote Mr. J. } A. Macdora'd, M.P. asking him to} ascertain if the word “‘Deminion” wes not still the correct word to use, and he replied that the t “Dominion” was ‘the word,’ and that Mr. Macquarie, M.P. azrecd it was.

The first of July is still officially | and otherwise known as Domimicn | Day, a'though a few years ago an | attem>t was made to change x to Canada Day.

It sounds strange to hear politic- ians of all parties - speaking of | the Federal Government in their speeches, when it is apparently an incorrect term. As qucted in yur editorial, “What is the matter with ‘Dominion?’ It is a gord

word and long in use. Let it be | and | stom. imitating our |

need American cousins. I am, Sir, etc., T.E.M.

“GOOD ENOUGH FOR US”

Sir.—I chnnot let .the moment slip by without telling you about how much your editorial ‘‘Good Enough For Us” pleased me tiis (Tuesda\\) morning, and I'm sure thousands like me. We don't ge- into the news-—sbut I'm sure as I can be that St... Laurent’s and Mackenzie K'ng’s unceasing ef- forts at whittling away on our ties with the U.K., and their

cateriag to French-Canadian se’f- asseriivences, caused a terrific swiich away from their voting surport. : Peop'e—the peonle who worked hardest to make Cancda whet it is—are more than a little fed up with Maple Leaf-Fleur’ de Lis, eic., etc., ad nauseam. What's the matter with what we've got? It’s like guests coming into your home and immedietely fixing funda-

Perhans some cf these hair- breined “Young Politicians” shov'd take a look at India’s pre- dicamert. During afl my young years Brtain concente'ed cn keoning Russia out of India to the “odtorranean, Ghandi's ‘ndene

dence movement eft India wid?

; were attacked by Hitler erm

~*T | over, the importance of surprise nila ;

certest | has been greatly enhanced by the

| Why else did the

occa. Now~—China with her millions has to go somewhere. I am, Gir, et-.. - EX-TEACHER Chariotietown.

Obviously, inspection fs not dis-

| armament in the sense of scrap- | -ping arms or demobilizing forces

But any commander planniag an attack seeks to achieve surprise. If he can gain that he has an en- ormous advantage as the Russians learned at heavy cost when they | More- |

development of super - weapons Russians be-

| come so hysterical over reports

that the Americans are keeping bomb-laden aircraft in the air and in readiness to strike at a moment's notice?

' not

youngster, but for his parents as

According to Dr. Tutomu Sato, chief ophthalmologist at Tokyo University, 30 Japanese in- fants were fitted with contact lenses. The youngsters ranged in age from eight months to ten years. :

They were fitted with the len- ses in-an effort to correct seri- ous vision disorders, to correct. simple nearsightedness, or follow- ing the removal of cataracts.

TOO YOUNG FOR FRAMES

Contacts were used because the patients were too young to wear frames or because the vis- ion problems would not respond to correction by spectacles.

As the research neared an end, Dr. Sato noted amazing side effect: tHere were no signs of crossed eyes in any of the chil- dren that were observed. |

Now Dr. Sato and his associat-

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‘NOTES BY

THE WAY

7 7 Nothing makes a tourist hap- pier than discovering a place where there are no tourists. A ange breed—they apparently can’t stand themselves.—Calgary Herald _

Insurance Salesman: “How you suppose your wife would car- ry on if you should die tomor- row?” Prospect: “I don't reckon that’s any concern of mine, mis- ter, as long as she behaves her- self while I'm still alive.’"—Farm Journal

Arabs and Israelis are both working furiously to present a case to the United Nations’ at the General Assembly. They are taking different tacks. The Is- raelis lean heavily on Egypt's continued refusal to allow Israeli ships or Israel-bound cargoes to go through the Suez Canal; the Arabs make their leading issue the plight of the Palestinian re- fugees. No resolution of either problem is in sight.—Ottawa Cit- izen

MAXIMS

ef instances, for good and bad judgment.

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A banker went te the doctor for a checkup. Finally came the doctor's’ verdict: You're as

that!” exclaimed the banker, and fainted.—Galt Reporter

Prime Minister Nehru of India says he does not propose to have any ‘military alliance. with any country, come what may, What may come, of course, is a Com- munist conquest of India.— Brantford Expositor

A man in Worcester, Mass., is in trouble from growing ‘mari- huana in an apartment window box. It is doubtful whether the judge will accept the plea of the accused being just another ama- - teur horticulturist—Calgary Al bertan

The Russians were first inte Alaska, holding it for more than a century until—_on March 30, 1867—they agreed to sell it to the United States for the paltry sum

that the Russians have been re gretting the sale of ‘‘Seward's , Icebox"’ ever since; we do not

‘| doubt that the name of their lst Good and bad luck is but ay synonym, in the great majority |

territory is imprinted as indelib- ly on their hearts as “Calais” was on that of Mary I.—Globe and ‘Mail, Toronto

The Age Old Story

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

_ FISHERMAN’S SONG There I would cast my fly Where the swan banks and fol-

lows,

Though stars are foxed, the dry,

es had definitely anticipated de- velopment of such defects in

form of disarmament if it achiev- es the purpose of making surprise impossible.

The criticism that the West i pects too much for too little as- sumes that Western proposals are non-negotiable. The only way |

' to establish that is to accept the | & crossed eyes.

principle and to negotiate.

ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION. There is room for negotiation on two planes, the technical and -the political, But the Russians have avoided political negotia- tions and have tried instead to introduce political arguments in- to technical discussions Technical discussions

were |

| supposed to have been held last

November and - December Geneva. Their purpose was to! find out what sort of inspection system would be technical'y feas- ible if the politicians agreed to j put it into effect

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| represented at that abortive con- a three-year-old albino boy. . ference

The West proposed a number

specific The Prime Of subjects of study—all techni-| ‘contact lenses helped

cal. Specifically, Western dele- | identify the weapons peculiarly | suited to surprise attack: to con- | sider various means of * control, | such as aerial photography, | ground stations, sea surveillance techniques and long range radar | capabilities; to study the applica- tion of these various techniques ‘to the problem and the means of | evaluating results obtained. Var- | ious papers were submitted but the Soviet representatives re- fused to consider them.

RUSSIAN EXCUSES

Instead, the Russians insisted that the conference should re-| commend partial disarmament; | they called for declarations by}

| the several states that they wou!'d

permit flights of aircraft over other states and open seas; they demanded that foreign for- ces in Europe be reduced by one- third and that there be a pro- bhbition on the stationing

more than half of the tiny pa- tients.

LAUNCHED NEW STUDY |

The doctdts launched a new

| study to try to determine why |

none of the W children develop-

Their conclusion: of contact lenses prevented it.

The doctors also reported “great benefits”’

when con-|'

The vanished river's shallows— And all of time in her cry.

By rock and silted bend Where the buried river ran And grass,sings in the wind, I would follow the swan To the reach of her mind—

Till rock and mirage break

i ! And stars double and float q the wearing |

Upon the quiet lake, There I'd put out my boat As the herons wake.

tact lenses were applied immed- | And tossing to the floor

iately after following surgical treatment cataracts of babies and children.

CROSSED EYE PROBLEM

Now let's get back to the, crossed eye problem. The “Eye. Ear, Nose and}

Throat Monthiy’’ reported that Dr. J. Myron Middleton, of Cali- fornia, found contact Tenses

Canada was. helpful in improving the sight f°

&

The voungstet had been enroll- ed in a sight-saving school until attain vision comparable with

In addition, the report the child lost traces of crossed |

eves. |

QUESTION AND ANSWER

R. C.: When I drink mix, I suffer from indigestion and gas. Can you tell me why “this hap- pens?

Answer: Perhaps you are al-! lergic to milk, which may cause the symptoms you describe.

It is best to consult your pri- | vate physician regarding this! effect.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Oct. 2, 1934) Authorization has been re-

ceived from the Federal Depart-

healing procedures | A of | I'd rest upen an oar

the child | , pital, but no™*s

SavSs.}

lother assets, | Company,

' claim

An empty —spindic,

Watching the dawnlight kindle Christ's fire on the lake shore.

A Cose-o-mdlic 400“ PROOF DEMONSTRATION will convince you that there’s a_ POWERFUL _ DIFFERENCE &

—David Campbell

in “‘The Listener”

will be underway immediately.

Mrs. George England of Tra- vellers Rest had a miraculous es- cape from serious injury on Mon-

day evening when she fell from | the barn loft to the hardwood

fioor, striking her head on the floor. She wep oon to the hos-

ious injury was found although she was suffer- ing from shock.

TEN YEARS AGO

(Oct. 2° T949) important business trans- was completed Saturday

An action

| when the Hughes Drug Company,

with goodwill, fixtures, stock and was sold by Mr. G. Gordon Fughes to Mr. Earle C. Baker of Charlottetown. The in its present loca- tion, on\the corner of Queen and Grafton Streets, can probably the honour of being the oldest establishment to be car- ried on continuously as a drug siore in Canada,

One man was seriously injured,

car collided in Summerside last right. Most seriously injured is

of ment of Public Works, Ottawa,|Ira Campbell of Lot 16, driver

nuclear weapons and rockets on for an expenditure of $800 for|of the car who is in the Prince

German territory.

By insisting that the techni-}

the purpose of undertaking re- | pairs required to the _ pablic

County -Hospital with spine injuries. Also

possible in hospital

cians should study not technical , Wharf at Red Point, Queens Coun-/ are Reginald DesRoches and El-

the conference re-

prevented from accomplishing useful sults

In the light of this record there would seem/to be a depressing | likelihood that Mr. Diefenbaker’s latest offer -will be rejected by the Soviet leader as another pro | posal for — “‘control—separated |.frem disarmament”. There may be some hope that he would con- sider it in the context of a dis

In this sense inspection is a | armament agreement

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Tibetan Pleas

By Joseph MacSween

And The U.N.

Canadian Press Staff Writer

Puzzles abound in the United Nations manoeuvring over Red. China, often depicted as the over- grown bully-boy- of Asia.

Perhaps the biggest riddle of all is the conduct of the Commun- ist Chmese themselves. killed any chances they might

‘have had of getting into the UN

this year by their suppression of Tibet, and they're also suspect in the current Laos troubles.

Last year they stirred up a crisis in the Formosan Strait in

time to give ammunition to their | UN}

numerous enemies in the General Assembly when China's UN membership had some hope of being debated.

The current move by Malaya and Ireland for a full-scale as- sembly debate on the crushing of Tibetan religious and cultural liberties is, of course, receiving approval on moral grounds. But it, also raises puzzling questions.

THE BIG QUESTION

How effective can it be? Is the, question most often heard as delegates discuss the proposal in UN corridors and lounges. Even if the assembly condemned Red China unanimously — which it won't, in view of Soviet: opoosi- tion—the UN would be on d'ffi- cult “ground in extending any tangible help to the Tibetans,

Certainly no one is talking about driving Red China. a cou-- try of 600,090,009 people ont of Tibet. Commun'st Chir? and Na- tionalist China both cleim Chin- ese sovereignty ovér Tibet and

this principle also is recognized

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| by many other countries.| | '- Some diplomats say the Tibetan debate would give Rus- sia and the satellite delegations another crack at rehashing China’s claims for UN member- ship and attacking colonial pow- ers of all kinds. ;

These arguments have consid- ‘erable appeal for those who hope for a permanent easing of ten- sions as a result of the warm spell in the cold war following | Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s visit with President Eisenliower.

| THE OTHER SIDE

| Against all this is the powerful | argument that the UN cannot ig- nore Tibetan pleas, including one 'from the exiled Buddhist god- king, the Dalai Lama.

Formal UN action would call attention in a particularly strik- ing way to the Tibetan plrght, say the supporters of the Irish- Malayan resolution. This would be more effective than the em- phasis now being placed on the subject, as speaker after speaker refers to the Tibetan affair in their policy statements in gen- eral debate)

CONFUSION PLUS

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