-THE GUARDIAN. CI-IARLOTTETOWN JULY '3. 1952.

I-Iopalong Cassidy, decided that they did not care a hoot whether Orphan Annie or Dick Tracy got elected, and stopped mark- ing their ballots."

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Annual Letter To Our Youngest Readers The passing Scene

Authorised as second Class Mail Post Office

Deparhnent, Ottawa. ' . , - t I - By Observer , 11,, 1,1,,” u,,.,d..,, g-..;,u.m,,, go, That is the reaction of Saturday Night 5 ?”14” J antel- President and Associate Editor. Ian A. Burnett. but It also deljnonsnates .tm.it under the I: .- QU0 V5515” Auwm Edmm Funk wwm. alternative voting system it is not the most & W: ; 44'" af Fr I M; d m I 137wth c x i '; O-XIII 9 Y annua V 1.0 our cen ury com (I Ible con.

desirable candidate that is elected. Rath- er it is the candidate against whom there are the fewest objections. Everyone who feels strongly about candidates and policies caniprevent the rival camp becoming pre- dominant and the election falls to the neu- tral candidate, the second rater.

a moving picture theane. No, I am not a crank with respect to "shows". In fact, I like them when in my judgemerft (naturally, I speak only for myself) they are worth seeing. That happens about once a year. sbmetimes less often. Perhaps I should explain that i. have my own method for determin- ing whether or not any particular picture is worth seeing. I pay no attention wtiatcvcx to the produc- er's "puffs". Adjcmives such as col- loeal, stupendous, exciting, spectacu- lar, etc., make no impression on me. Similarly, the names of-actors or actre mean nothing. so far as ordinary plots, intrigues, and the like are concerned, I can see sub- stantially the same things simply by

cent. of Christianity, it would on that account alone be entitled to be classified as a worth-while pic- ture.

It is well for us to recall from tiine'to time that in its greatest hour Christianity was anything bu: a comfortable religion in the mod- ern sense of that term. Nor was it respectable. Anyone familiar with its history knows that but, because materialism is creeping more and more into the chu.rches'as well as into all other institutions, the fact is often over-looked. Actually, primitive Christianity was, in Q,-hg eyes of theworldly wise, a scandal- ous philosophy, in so far as.it, was a philosophy at all.

Men like Peter, Paul, and the olc

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CI-IARLOTTETOWN,

crisis in Argentina

TUESDAY, JULY, 8, 1952

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Esnadlans in Japan

It. is far from satisfactory that while United States troops in Japan are subject only to their own courts martial Canadian and other U. N. forces come under ordinary Japanese law and courts unless in each par-

State-planning under Argentina's dic-, tator Peron has brought that once prosper-ll nus country to the brink of the most omin- ous economic abyss in the nation's history. Until a few years ago one of the world's

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most prosperous countries, Argentina's pop- ulation was fed to repletion with the fine beef and the wheat of the seemingly in- exhaustible pampas. Export of agricultural products gave her a trading surplus suffic- ient to enable her to enjoy the highest liv- ing standards in South America.

Today Argentina faces meatless days. Wheat, instead of being exported, is im- ported from abroad. Gold reserves of the country's central bank have dwindled to the vanishing point. Gasoline, cigarettes, cof- for, milk, butter, eggs and flour are scarce.

The reason? Argentinians chose to tol- crate a tinsel dictator and succumbed to the blandishments of his power-mad wife. instead of going about their normal busi- ness of tending cattle herds and growing crops. The drudgery of an agricultural economy was to be replaced overnight by modern industry, thus freeing the proud Argcntinians from the "damned Yariquis" and the imagined domination of dollar- diplomacy. The transition was to be mag- ically brought about by the economic plan- ners.

The result? Peron's puppet govern- ment. in Buenos Aires ignored the farmers. forgot the foreign markets for beef and wheat upon which Argentina's economy had flourished, and busily began building factor- ies to compete with industry in Europe and North America. Planting, plowing, cattle- breeding were allowed to languish. Argen- tine industry, under state control, discover- cd that foreign markets are essential, and

ticular case the civil authorities permit otherwise. The explanation-of this state of affairs seems to be that this country and the others permitted the United States to conduct negotiations leading to the Jap- anese peace treaty on the understanding that the administrative agreement reached would become,,a pattern for similar ones for the other powers.

In days gone by, Britain used to con- duct the diplomatic affairs for the British Empire and at least when concessions were obtained for British subjects they were equally applicable for those in the United Kingdom or in any part of the world. Even so Canadians would not stand for any Government but their own continuing to do their negotiating and it is now demons- trated that it is even less satisfactory for such matters to be left to Washington than it was leaving them in the last century to London.

EDITORIAL

A French court has ruled against the claims oflone Freeman to be the heir of the Bourbons. Apparently it did not trou- ble the court to leave unanswered the question of who is the King of France.

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Holiday traffic accidents in the last six years have killed half as many Americans as the Korean war, the National Safety Council reports. The slaughter on Cana-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does" not necessar- ily e f the opinion of correspondents.

BORDEN LIQUOR STORE Sir.---I have noted the com- mcnts by the Mayor of Borden on my letter which appeared in your columns July 3rd. and hasten to accept his correction in the pro- portion of those favoring a liquor store in the plebiscite to whicii I made reference. My statement was based on what I thought was correct information; it is my own fault that I did not check it with the lawn office, and I assure you, Sir, that I had no thought

nobody abroad seemed anxious to buy the shoddy products of the sabre-rattling tin- sel dictator of Buenos Aires. The conse- quence is galloping inflation which the now discredited planners seem incapable of bait- ing.

Such are the consequences of ignoring the farmer, cornerstone of the free economy which once brought prosperity to Argen- tina.

Alternative Voting Simplified

The Victoria Times, says Saturday Night, had what would seem a most happy idea when it decided to educate its readers in the mysteries of the alternative voting system by conducting an election under that system for the high position of Most Popular of the paper's six leading comic strips. The result was an exact parallel of what happened immediately afterwards in

stiiuencies. and the Times readers must have been better prepared for that event than any other section of the population.

Orphan Annie led the field by a large cxccss vote in the first count; but the first count has very little significance for the long pull. as subsequent developments show- cd. She was trailed in that count by Ma- jor I-looplc, second, and Dick Tracy, third. But when the 40 votes of Blade Winters, the lowest candidate, were distributed to the designated second choices of his sup- porters. 12 of them went to Hopalong Cas- sidy and 11 to Dick Tracy, and only 5 to Orphan Annie and 4 to Iloople.

Kerry Drake was then thrown out, and no less than 29 of his votes went to Dick Tracy (they obviously belong to the same political party in Comic Stripland, and should never have run against one another). Dick Tracy kept piliniz UP for "I079 Secmd and third and fourth choices as other cand- idates were eliminated, but even so no final decision was reached until there were only he and Annie left, by which time he had risen from 123 to 317, and Annie only from 172 to 291. Some of Major I-Ioople's sup- porters got tired before getting down .to a fifth choice. and out ofhis 172 votes on the fourth count there were only 164 to dis- tribute between Tracy and Annie-which is just about what would happen in ii polit- ical election.

"We feel," says Saturday Night. "that there is no doubt about Dick Tracy being the real choice of the Victoria electorate, which would have been grossly misrepre- sented had Orphan Annie been sent to the Legislature on the strength of her original 172 votes out of 616. But we can sym- pathise with the eight "exhausted" voters

-who, having got down as far as Major

I-loople after voting for Winters, Drake and

ti large number of British Columbia con-,

dian highways goes on at about the same

1 rate.

D O Q

It is no longer so surprising that Mount Everest should so long remain unconquer- ed by climbers. The latest expedition to 'make an unsuccessful attempt reveals that the peak has risen to 29,610 feet from 29,- 002 feet. The mountain is most unfairly but steadily going up on its own.

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Churchill once described defence pro- duction and consequently expenditure as being first a trickle, then a stream and finally a flood. Canada should now be in a position to produce a flood of war sup- plies. It is surprising to find External Af- fairs Mlnister Pearson talking about the prospect of reduced taxation for defence

'”within the next year or two." I O O i

The policy of cutting down on immigra- tion during the winter months is presum- ably to reduce thehardship of immigrants coming to this country when conditions are worst and employment lowest. It is to be hoped, however, that enough flexibility is retained to avoid undue hardship to pros- pectivc immigrants waiting for their turn to Ibe admitted.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet, was drowned this date 1822 off the Italian coast. Probably the greatest lyric poet that England produced, he had great in- tegrity of character and winning charm of manner and personal appearance. He was a champion of English, Irish and Italian liberty and wrote many reformative works. His masterpieces include such works as "The Skylark", "Ode to the West Wind" and ”Epipsychidion".

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ing made across the Atlantic by the S. S

It is disproportionately costly,

voyage.

United States will pushed to the limit. I

with marked ability and consclentlousness. A leading educationist in his younger days, he was well informed on every subject and was held in particular -esteem by the late Premier Mathieson, who relied implicitly on his judgment. Quiet and unassuming in manner, Mr. Buntain was a gentleman of the old school and set an example in court- esy, fairness and rectitude which is well worthy of emulation

9

There is wide interest in the speed be- United States on the great liner's maiden

however, to get the last couple of knots out of a shlpls engines and with flying so read- ily available for those in a hurry, it is un- likely that either the'Queen Mary or the

The late Mr. John H. Buntain was one of the stalwarts of the Conservative party in this' Province in years gone by, and had served for two full terms in the Legislature

of misleading any of the readers of The Guardian.

The proportion was 4 V2 to 1 instead of 2 U2 to 1 does not, however, change my basic premise which was that all the people in the area affected by this store should have an opportunity to ex- press themselves concernln it. If a plebiscite is to be taken as n means by which public opinion is to be determined it ought to in- clude all the people in the area concerned. In this case it is ob-

vious to all except the wilfully blind that this would include more than the town of Borden

which does not even include all of Borden School District. This is a principle which has been wide- ly followed in establishing liquor stores elsewhere and I submit it is more truly democratic than ii process which limits expression of opinion to only a portion of the people in the area. To cite only one example: Windsor, N. .S. ipnp. 3700), has no liquor store be- cause the area in which it is located is dry, and for the same reason there are no liquor stores in oth centres of population in the county of which Windsor is the capital.

The Mayor states that I had petitions circulated in t h e churches of my denomination in Tryon, Albany, and Bedeque. I have no apology whatever to of- for for my share in the circulat-

neas to others who initiated and assisted much more than I In this effort. on behalf of temperance. and who represented two denom- lnations other than my own, may I say that this tangible evidence of widespread opposition to Mr. Leard's project, was not the pro- duct of one man's crusade but the

result of the prayers and Chris- tian concern of a large number of people in the area. "Why

should .they have a say in the matter?" Because the Bible is reporting truth when it. states "We are members one of another." and for the same reason that the people of Bedequs and Albany contributed large sums of money to the building of churches in Borden. On the basis of his logic the Mayor could argue that Bor- den should have no interest in the Prince County Hospital, in the National Park, nor in fishing In Tryon's brooks or Bedequci: mill ponds.

It in interesting to note that Mr. Jones and Mr. Leard are poles apart on this point. The former takes the position that since Borden is a port of entry the people of the town should have no more to say about this liquor store than the people of the rest of the Province, while the latter holds that the people within the town limits are the only people who have any right to be heard on the subject. The former says the store is for tour- ists and will be open only four months of the year, while the latter clearly implies it is for the people of the town who presum- ably will have to go. elsewhere for their liquor during the period of the year when roads are the most difficult to trdvel.

The Mayor also states that Bedeque is closer to the liquor store in Summei-side than it In to Burden. According to the maps and mileage charts issued by the P. E. 1. Travel Bureau Bedeque ii 8 miles from Borden and 10 miles from summsrsde. fie also refers to a damn bcetieners. As the chief executive official of the

ing of these petitions, but in fair-'

Old Charlottetown (And P. is. i. i

ROH'I NG AIATCH

l ”Yester(ia.v evening, a six-cared rowing match took place between the 'Mayflower', belonging to the officers of the Garrison, and the "l'rue Love', owned by some gen- tlemen of the Town. On starting. the Rifles took the lead, which they maintained throughout. but owing lo the coxswain changing places, as well as returning to the wrong side of the river, the race wns declared by the umpires in favour of the Town boat. A chal- lenge was given by the gentlemen of the latter boat, to pull with the crew of the 'Mnyfiower' against time. which, we believe, will be accepted."

-The Islander, July 5, 1844.

five steps to curb these law breakers? May I humbly suggest that it is far more important to be concern- ed about being on God's side on any issue than on the side of the liirgest battalions. I prefer to be able to say with Paul-and I am more painfully aware of my own shortcomings than even the Mayor-"I live; yet not I, but Christ liveih in me," than to offer thanks to the Jones Government for a liquor store. I renounce liquor from whatever source it is supplied because the liquor trade has always stood for everything that decency was opposed to, and has fought everything decency desired. The Mayor of Borden re- joices in the business this new store is doing. I am sure that God does riot. I am, Sir, etc. REV. W. BURTON CROWE. Minister Borden United Church Borden, July 7, 1952.

HIGHWAY ROUTES

Sir, I wonder if your staff ari- lst will pardon a suggestion for a cartoon. Of these I hear many comments, amused and favorable. Our Premier says he runs the highway "the shortest route." He means "the longest way round is the shortest way home." When running the road from Crapaud to Borden, going by Augustine Cove would have been direct, level and "no villages". Instead. the road went through Tryon and North Tryon village and some of the fill-ins are dramatic. Then run- ning to Summerslds from Borden it meanders over to Klnkora Road and getting to Central Bedeque, the traffic has nowhere to go. So it was decided to branch off at Middleton and go through Lower Freetown, coming out at Ross Corner. The most direct road would have been to come up from Borden, taking a road that comes out at Bedcque rink.

right

This in a red-hot issue now. and a picture of "the long- est way round” might prove enter- taining.

I am, Sir, ei,c., SEARLETOWN.

REMINISCENCI

Sir,--I remember the village of "County Line", where I "saw the train" for the first time. Not long after, this name gave way to the name-Emerald, likely suggested by some loyal non of the Emerald Isle. The' merchant in the place also changed his name from John Hughes in John Wellington Hughes. This was effected by Act of Parliament. The boys enjoyed making their small purchases in his store. on account of his gen- ial manner. He was also the ocal magistrate. in a recent issue of The Guardian I saw that his daughter Laurette (Mrs. Robert H. Kneli) has died at Ottawa and that her birthplace was Rustleo. she seems to -have had a dis- flnguished career: served in the Spanish-Amerlgan.War as an nur- sing sister, formed the School oi Nursing at the Ottawa General Hospital and in 1907 organized the Catholic Women's League in pan- ada or at least formed the first unit in Edmonton.

it is worthy of riots that her mother's brother. Rev. Father

town why did he not take effec-

AT THE END

Let me die, working. Still tackling plans tasks undone! Clean to its end, swift my race be run.

No laggard steps, no faltering, no shirking;

Let me die working!

unfinished,

Let me die, thinking. Let me fare forth still with an

open mind,

Fresh secrets to unfold, new Iruths,lo find,

My soul undimmed. alert, no

questions blinking; Let me die, thinking!

Let. me die, laughing.

Not slghing o'er past sins, they are forgiven.

Spilled on this earth are all the

joys of heaven; Let me die, laughing!

- Dr. S. Hall Young. Missionary to Alaska.

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And every creature which is In heaven. and on the earth, and under the earth. and such as are in the sea. and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and pow- er, be unto him that sltteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Deer Crossings (North Bay Nugget)

T1H”0U8lI0ut the woodland areas of Ontario, along the highways and side roads, from time to time motorists may see ahead of them signs warning: "slowi Deer cross- ins." These signs are placed where- ever deer are known to cross road- ways frequently; not only for the protection of the deer but the mot- orist himself, his passengers and his motor-car. Wise motorists obey the sign.

when the forests green up and the sun shines warmly, the impulse to roam inspires the deer to a no- madic existences. Then the deer travel far and wide, singly or in pairs, with their young until they are grown, and move about in search of shelter. water and food.

lands, man has criss-crossed

though considerable damage may he done to the automobile with probable injury to the driver or passengers.

the parish priest in Summei-field and Indian River, later being ele- vated to the position of Arch- bishop of Halifax.

Among the number who since then "sold goods" at Emerald, I remember the name 0'Regan, son- in-law of Mr. Hughes. the Cole Brothers, William H. I-Iaslam, Craig and Haslam, Albert Craig. Peter Hughes and so forth. It is regrettible that so much old his- tory ot such a small community

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To reach his favorite recreation the country with roads along which he speeds in high-powered motor can.

believe is able to create and does

' it more convincingly. My only interest in any picture End WW1?” 13011111 sins While on is the hearing it might have on their way to martyrdom. It is I historic evolutions or contemporary question whether we ourselves, for i ndamentais. And that is why I 311 011! IDVOIVBHWM in Christian

took time off to see "Quo Vadis". I O O

The performance did not measure up to the advance notices, but that did not dipturb me, for no perfor-

if anyone except the most naive ever expects any picture to be as good as the producers claim it is.

of a busy person's time, for it deais

impact of a spiritual ideal on a purely materialistic way of life. in this instance. the impact of faith (Christianity) on an old in- stitution (Roman Imperialism) which carried within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

For it is a matter of history that Rome suffered more from inner decay than from any alien pressure. Christianity was partly, even large- ly. instrumental in bringing that condition out in the open, into the clear light of day. but it is not correct to say that Christianity destroyed Roman Imperialism. That was on the way out some time be- fore the first Christian missionar- ies carried the Close up and down and across the Mediterranean and to the Islands of the seas.

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There were many fine things a- bout the Roman Empire, both as a Republic and as a kingdom. The genius of many of its administra- tors in forging widely mattered com- munities into a working federation will always be accounted to their credit, as will their diplomacy in granting a good deal of uwnomy in matters of government to sub- dued peoples.

Roman civilization, despite its weaknesses and limitations and in- nsiatencies when viewed from s. 20th. century vantage-point. was considerably better and more en- lightened than anything that had preceded it. Its law, while stern and relentless in operation, did con- tain a. measure of justice.

The Pax Romans. like all other nistoric political instruments, was imperfect. Nevertheless, it was one of the most serious attempts ever made to insure world peace, am! for a long time it contributed a good deal to the idea of political stability.

The thing that killed Rome as a World Power was corruption in its domestic fabric. Its decline was a diusie illustration of the utter

philosophy of life, whether for an Empire or anlindividuai.

worthiessneas of materialism as ii

If Quo Vadis did nothing else but remind us of the inadequacy of

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walking dcwn the streets of any general in the picture, were popu- town or even by conversing with viariy known as fools. And they were friends and acquaintances. Real life Wmeni: W D9 50 Known, for the sake as we see it in ourselves or our 01 in NW1 which had When Do!- neighbors offers every bit as much SE-5510!! 01 their hem-8 and minds. diversion as anything that make. Nero, for all hiastrainirig in phnogg-

phy under the noted Seneca, could not understand why ordinary men

tradition, understand It much bet- ter than he did. However fervent- ly and however sincerely we may talk about the glory of the Cross. the fact remains that for -most of

mance ever does. In face, 1' doubt I15 the C7065 "-5911. Mia B! 9- Ilfmiwl

but, as a fact, is still "an enigma wrapped up in a riddle". I The predicament of modern man

M 1115 mm, mm, Quo vadgs 13' is not that he is very bad, but that in my opinion, one of the few pic- "5 15 Vt”-U Worldly. N0 doubt the lures that are worth three hours 81955 5135 M hum!" "ll?"-T0 hit-

their part in the crucifixion of the

wit. a sublcct that is enternaliv P""We W 1'”9- but " W"5.W9Y1dU' relevant to fundamental values, the "953 "133 W35 mum? fetpomlble

for it. And it is still the chief im- pediment to man's passage into the

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as the theologian call it, the King- dom of God. The truth is that al- most everybody, including the theo- logians, is afflicted with it. I O 0

Like most other people I have very little competence to judge his- trlonic ability. but I could not help feeling, as I watched the unfolding of Quo Vadis, that the man who took the part of Nero was "off the beam" in at least one aspect of the portrayal. so far as I know, no authentic history of the days of Nero gives the slightest hint that that arch-criminal had an ounce of humour or wit anywhere in his dark soul. I-Ialf mad he might have been, but semi-madness, especially file type exhibited by Nero is I long way removed from humour Nero will for ever be associated with murder, rapine, corrupt rule and the cruelest form of sadism There was nothing good or ever. harmless in him. Crime was t-hi only thing he knew and his only real source of pleasure.

The film producer's attempt to inject here and there a touch of playfulness is, of course, a common practice and understandable. Its sole purpose is to bring a, measure of diversion in even the most tra- gic stories. In this case, as in

many other pictures of note, it historical justification

has no whatsoever.

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