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I "The strongest memory In weaker than the weakest Ink."

TIli'RSl)Al', JANIIARY 6, 1955

A Disturbing Trend

. Now tlirt French approval has been

3, given to th: Paris agreements-by a smalli workable nizijority-is is fairly obvious that

West Germany will be permitted to rearm

' i , within the framework of the Western alli- ' I ance. Whr ther the Bonn Government will, in fact, plT'.'C0d to set up a military ma-l chine, that will be of much practical assist- ance to Xrto, is not quite as clear. So i 1 long as Clviiccllor Adenauer remains in office the prospects for West German par--

' ticip-.ition 1-l Western unity may be coiisid- : ered fairly bright; but the results of recent , ii election crntests on provincial and munici- pay lcvols l.lEii(C it at least doubtful that the tlliaiicelloi"-; hold on public opinion is as

strong as it once was. In any event, re-

ports comn out of Bonn indicate with rea-,5

sonable c' trity that militarism in anyl

form is at an extremely low level of pop-3 ularity. 'ihc Social Democrats-the secondl largest p."."ty in the Republic-the labour, ' unions, anal niariy Church leaders have come out boldly agziir.-ri rearmament. More dis-, tiirbing s”il is the result of a public opinion poll in wh'rli an overwhelming majority of West Gciaian women gave an unqualified t "no" to time question, "Are you in favour of?

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phciionicmii in a country that militarism to its highest historic stature is, I I that Wcsi Gerhians are not too enthusiastici about lit" prospect of being caught in the. mjddip 1:1 any future war between Russia and the West. Another is that, after cal- ling the military tune for close on a cen- tury. they do not relish the "second-fiddle" status v hich they feel is their assignment in present-day power politics. But perhaps the chief reason can be found in their hope cf eventual reunification of all Germany; a . dcveloprzciit which they believe will be, 7 ' liillfiQl'f"'. and not helped, by rearmamentf rince, (-7 course, what. happens in that re- spect v:'ll depctrl very largely on the atti- tude of Soviet Russia, whose Government; has m. 7o it plain that the rearming of West Germa'.:y will make the border between the, two ZO'.1"S more rigid than ever. It is clear that Srvict propaganda has played a major part in the creation, or at least in the furlliemiice, of this anti-military trend: but, the infnortant tliiir: that must be consider- ed not is the trend itself, which Western diplonircy will have to find a way to re- verse. if West Germany is to play an ef- fcctivc role in the maintenance of Eurooean -and woi'l(i--security.

Academic Ulopias Au Aincrican educator. Dr. Edwin Bur-l dell. :”iys that in his opinion the time has come for what he calls ”post-high schooli institutions" which would attract students; who rxant to prepare themselves for busi-. ncss rnd some other vocations, and leave the rniversities free to carry out. their orig-, lnal function ”to conserve, codify, and re- cord the past. and present, and at the same timn to explore the avenues of change, trai: ition, and innovation," in the future-..", Briefly stalcd. Dr. Burdell's plan would re-F serx e the higher institutions of learning for, esp".'ially ziftcd students who would pursue, arlwiiccd scholarship for its own sake. Oth-t er .--tiidciits - who are always in the ma-; jor iy-would save time and money by com-' p'"”ing their studies in the "post-highl -nols” and proceeding from them into oitiess or the trades and professions ' ich do not require. prolonged study lead- . 1 to advanced academic degrees. Anticipating that his views will be re- wdcd as an indication of "intellectual ”lllbCll.V", Dr. Burdcll says that they indi- te nothing of the sort, but only "a real- 'ic approach to the problem of providing

if". "an kind of education best suited to the . zident and one which the community could "ford." There have been many plans

brought forward from time to time for the i-reation of academic Utopias; and they all :-2cm to have one thing in common-sepan , rtion of brilliant. students from the mediocre -V' . ' . ' ,ones, There may be something to be said

"for this arbitrary act without bringing it

jlnto the undemocratic place of "intellectual : ),.snobbery"; but the difficulty is that neither t Nufrifiirllliance nor mediocrity is noted for con- 1 gzigsistent and abiding qualities. It is right that oiflthe very gifted should be encouraged in ev- ry way pomlble: but'the fact that I stu-

- i t is a bit slow in getting under way is ' indication that he will continue that slow

i ” pop for the rest of hit academic life. In- , , it would be easy for anyone to quote , "y instances to the contrary. just-in it . I fwnuld be easyto cite cases where a young mmmmmmmmowmgm

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drums. Perhaps some day 8. scientific form- ula for gauging intellectual potentialities on a permanent basis, without doing injustice to anyone, will be found. Meanwhile, the innovators, however well-intentloned, will have to use restraint and caution in draw- ing up their plans.

The Borden Memorial

The monument to be erected to Sir

Robert Borden will stand on the southwest side of the West Block at Ottawa, overlook-

ing Wellington street and the old Supreme

Court building, almost directly in line with the monument to his great contemporary and antagonist, Sir Wilfrid Laurler, which stands east of the East Block. It will be unveiled two years hence.

When the unveiling takes place there are two things it would like to see happen, says the Ottawa Journal: first that Mr. St. Laurent, whether then in or out of office, should be present, and secondly, that one of the speakers of the occasion should be was Bor- den's great fighting captain, and who to- day is the only living Conservative ex-prime minister.

"No one need despair of our party sys- tem. nor question much its civilized chiv- alry," comments The Journal, ”when an- nouncement comes that a Liberal Govern- ment is to erect a monument to the mem- ory of a great Conservative Prime Min- ister. And The Journal happens to know of the enthusiasm with which Mr. St. Laurent has promoted the project.

"It is a good thing to honour our fam- ous men. And Sir Robert Borden was a public man, a leader of Canada in peace and war, who deserves commemoration. Indeed there are those who believe that when the story of Canada's constitutional develop-

. iment is happily removed from controversy” (int. i ”l.s'(lll, no doubt, for this st;-aiige and wrmen W-nh aumom). 51,. Robert ,,,”1.,,: bmugm stand out as one of the great architects of ””

its growth."

This Province already has a memorial to Sir Robert in its carferry terminal, nam- ed after him in tribute to the improved transportation sew in establishing for Prince Edward Island.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Week of Prayer. O

Epiphany; Twelfth Day.

0 O O It is to be hoped that this Island's scal- lop bed resources w

in Ottawa's plans for scientific developmentior

of this important. east coast fishery. O O O Our western wheat growers and eastern dairy farmers are particularly interested in Trade Minister Ilowe's appeal to the United States to support reductions on imP0I'l 131i" iffs. Still wider issues are involved, how- ever, in the threat to the free world's trade pact under the Geneva General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. 0 I 0

President Tito of Jugoslavla, who re-

,cently paid a visit to India to preach the:

doctrine of ”peaceful co-existence”, has bcen doing everything he could think of to show his hosts that, despite his stern man- ner, he is at heart a pleasant fellow. His most spectacular demonstration of "bon- homie took place in a small Himalayan vil- lage where he danced with the natives to the music of pipes, flutes, and drums.

St. Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, was born this date 1412, in the village of Domremy on the borders of Champagne. She persuaded the French authorities to let: her lead an army to relieve Orleans and entered that city in April 1429. Charles was crowned the same year but the Maid was captured by Burgundians and sold to the English. She was tried and burned for heresy but. later the sentence was revoked and in 1920 she was canonised.

The farmers of Lebanon C0,, Pennsyl- vania, are hoping that President Eisenhow- er will not. run for re-election in 1956; not, however, because of any political grievance, but only because the President and his wife have bought a farm property in the area, on which they plan to live when Mr. Eisen- hower retires. ”It. can't come too soon," said one resident, "we are looking forward to having them as neighbours." That sort of tribute is better than a lot of votes given merely out of loyalty to the party.

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Pity poor Mr. Dulles! A year or so ago his critics at home and abroad were blam- ing him for interfering too openly iii Asl- ntic affairs. His "massive retaliation" speech was quoted as an example of un- realistic diplomacy. Now, some of the some critics are saying that he is neglecting Asia for Dirope. In any discussion of Mr. Dul- les's diplomatic ability, however, it is well to remember that under the American con- stitution the Secretary of State has no re-. sponsibility for the formulation of foreign policy. That belongs to the President him-

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The Parliamentary Session

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iment. a.e pouring back into Ottawa or the opening of what. Will be; 2 most. sigiiltlcant parllanien.a:'yl ssion- since Confederation. 1 Its significance will lie less in what it does than in how it. does .it.. For this is the session when the iorlft of power-note that I do not say "the struggle for power"-from Parliament, to the Cabinet could and should be halted. Alas neither

Senators have so far

he power which is then”; by right. of our constitution.

For the past fifteen years, things have been going our way. All the government had to do to maintain the nations pleasure cruise was to avoid rocking the boat. But. the year i955 will disclose rocks in our course. Will our Parliament steer the ship of state around these rocks? will it. as it. has tended in- crcasingly to do over recent. years,

111 not be overlooked sit. back and hope that the Cab-

et will perform this task for it? will Parliament and Cabinet alike bury their heads ostrich-llkel in the sand, and hope that thel current and eddies will carry the ship safely around the rocks which they prefer not to look at?

The most obvious rock in our course is labelled qultc plainly and truthfully ”Economfc collapse." ;'I'his is threatened by the rising price and diminishing quality of ;uur products, with a few notable Iexceptlona. Our foreign buyers are lfnst waking up to this trend, and t:lS.0lll' export figures show. they are ceasing to "Buy Canadian." our smaller market of course ac- counts for some of this disparity. 'but it. is un-patriotic to ignore a rise in this disparity which is in- tense enough to jeopardise our ex- lport rnsrkeis. Our over-priced dal- isr continues to aggravate this un- happy situation which is still partly hidden by our government): heavy defence Apendlng and by American investment in our stock market. Hot. peace replacing the ,cold war, and s. stay-at-home Am- erican dollar would bring economic trouble. right inside our front. door.

so Pnrllamentfs first test. will be whether it. recognises this situation and makes any effort to avert. the probable crisis. I

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The second rock is the abrupt end to our universal agreement. on foreign policy. There has been no serious di lorencc between the gov- ernment srty and my of the three parties in opposition about any major Ispect of our foreign policy. during the past generation. But in this session, the govern- ment will find disagreement with its policy in Europe. for some voices will seek talks with Russia. before rearmlng West. Germany. It will also find acute disagreement with its parsimonious increase in the modest. anti-Communist in- surance premium we are paying through the Colombo Plan.

Finally. and here will come the real test. of whether Parliament will allow the Government to muz- zle it. There has been : lot: of talk Ibout altering the rules of de- but: in the House of Commons. This is a strictly Libel-Il proposal. All three parties in opposition dis- agree in whole or in major part with the proposal. In effect. it will restrict the number of Member: who In able to span. Ind the length of time for which they may speak. on moot topics.

This curtailment of Canadian democracy his been-dressed up by the government II I poi-linmentary virtue. under such. misleading

phrases as "streamlining pro- cedure" and "shortening. tho su- slons." -

Members of PI:-ltamcnt have I right to be-heard whenevor they want. to speak: they have on ob- llzatlon to repreaent their voter! to the full extent of their ability. their wakefulness. their lungs and i'1elr eloquence. Far from shorten- zi-.f the. union. Munbm who lhempqlvu voted to bctpsld by the var. rather than by tho union have 1 out! sit. has n Ottawa until evoryiu . has in hit say. If they cool: lac! to Ottun Ifur their six month: vocation-with-pg 05.000 of It for the nation A -vsr mpnibm. uni. pimnll. n in-

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lion, then they will not only finally abd;cate their power to tile Cab- inet, ilicy will also be admitting ihai the Cabinet aided by its ClVli service advisers can run the coun- try will-iou-. the aid of Parliament. In tuat. case, all that will remain will be for M.P.s to vote t-hemselv.-as into a Museum of Early Canadians. . . .

Another lmportaiit issue facing Parliament is the threat. of rising

ice he was lilSil'U1l1Cni3l Members of our House of Com-unemployment and falling exports

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;made more than at token gesture jet-ts will be flung at the Govern-

.to retain t

some harsh criticism on these sub-

mcnt. But the truth is that these problems are not. misfortunes visit- ed upon us by Providence, nor be- cause of government. fumbling. They are, separately and together. the inevitable and predictable re- sult of irresponsible wage demands by some union leaders; demands made in spite of warnings such as that recently issued by A. R. Mo- sher, head of the Canadian Con- gress of Labor.

,Wsge demands not matched by greater output. have now priced some Canadian goods out of world markets, and have forced them above the cost of competitive ini- porls. Leaders of the men whose Jobs have thus been destroyed are now demanding help from other Canadians; either by paying wages for their employment on public works projects, or by paying un- necessarily higher prices. caused by increased tariffs. in the stores.

This is economic civil war. The battle is ranged chiefly between factory workers whose operations have bec:".ie uneconomic, and pri- mary produccrs whose export. sales depend largely on Canadian im- ports. That. underprivileged mem- ber of rur labour force, the farmer, is hardest hit.

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To its credit, the government. is standing fast in face of these de- mands. Its spokesman. Rt. Hon. C. D. How, repeats that "tho govern- ment. is determined to continue its world-wide fight; against restric- tions in trade."

Mr. Howe and his cabinet col- leagues confidently expect. that this policy will bring better, conditions to all Canadians in the long run. They reject the palliative of higher tariffs to bolster ailing uneconomic and indeed artificial industries.

steps which the government per- haps should take to ease their convcnion pains.

Glamour for government help for the unemployed has now become even more insistent than the de- mand for tariff protection for plants. Emergency relief. higher benefits and government jobs are being sought. some of the naive: - none of them are permanent cures-would entail increased tax- ation. The Prime Minister recently rebuffed such requests for aid from B.C. and in doing so he madc the governmiintls policy quite clear.

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so 1956 in non here II the you of dccillon. The farmers Ire get- ting lcs: of the consumer's food dollar. Yet in industry generally, worken again got. more wage: for lcss output in 1964. Thi: ll eco- nomic civil wIr. for if any Can- adian worker .dcmInd: more pg without I wuespondlng increase in hi: pi-oductioii. he can only get this at tho expense of some other cnnndlnm, probably in the form of higher prices for hi: product.

The government is Id:mIni. Iglnst any steps which would in- crease mm: it t: ndImInt Inlnnt. higher arm: which would increase the cost of living. Trio farm" and other primary producer: who ex- port. their nurpluu: naturally want Canada to Ipond on imports as much ll other counklu pay for thou expo:-t.:. The time has some for cornniled labour to ocean in envious glnncu at our mighbour Ici-on: the back fence. or also in roll its shoves I little higher. That, in plain "ll. .'Ippe:n' to b1 the mount of tho trade and econzmlc experts lntho govern- men

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Chuang Chou in I. dream became B. butterfly,

And the butterfly became Cbuang Chou at waking.

which was real-the butterfly or the man?

Who can tell the end of the endless changes of things?

The water that flows into the depths of the distant. sea Retums soon to the shallows of :

-transparent. stream.

The man, raising melons outside the green gate of the city. was once the Prince of the East.

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So must. rank and riches vanish. You know it, still you tcril and tall,- What for?

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Alas, Poor Flea (Tho Timel. London)

Once I traditional enemy is laid low our sentiment: toward him undergo 9. change: hatred gives way to compassion? After all he was an honest foeman who playcd- thc game according to his lights and we are sorry to see him brought down to this.

So there is D. moment of some- thing like sadness in hearing from an eminent naturalist in Vienna that the man-eating flea is almost extinct. He has become scarce even in the Balkans, which had been a "paradise for fleas."

"The flea can, in the modem idiom, do his stuff. It. is all very well to speak of some trifling discomfort as a mere fleablte. but. he can tickle. Then for iiumbo:-less year: he has been I. source of humor. If John Leech could not have drawn a family rather lumpy Ind bumpy in the face. having suffered severely in their first night at I seaside lodging house. the world u would have been the poorer.

A first glance It this new: from Vienna may have caused us to ex- aggerate its tragedy. Knowing that "I reasonable amount of fleas is good for :. dog-keeps him from iiroodint over beln' I dug. mcbbe." we have perhaps pltied the dog. we may have thought. that life would be very, very dull without, scratching, than which there can be no better exercise for the hind

g. If we did, that was our lament. abla ignorance; nclence is appu-. ently still trying to ducover how to wipe out the dog-eating flu. our flea. l: the m:n-enter, I title which seems to put. him on I proud level with the tiger.

We must. not forget, moreover, bhiit the flea is I fine Athlete. we may never have actually watched an Olympic contest. betwem me fleas of all nations not found any exact record: in the books of refer.

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we chose sandwich: I Incl eIt.cn by every Oonadlux would lift. the clues: bu:lne.I: out of the doldrum: and Mid I hutch-giving item to our diet. It would make the difference between the chem industry being In the rod or in the black.-A: thing! In new Oonsdlonl cIt,b.a pounds of cheese a year. Norwegians consume 18.1 pounds. "You can do many things with cheese, - it makes nndwlchal. nreblu. nlId:' Ind fhvorly. It come: in Iasorted type: Ind many flavors. It i: nutrltloul. IIti:fy- lnx. IvIllable'Ind CInndlIn-mode. We should eat more of it." -f4an- don Free Press.- -

It II perhaps not. too into to think about. the helplessness of human! when confronted by some meteor ological event. u h an thc mow storm which :we t. through this run last. week. A: layer after layer of mow covered the ground. traffic became slower and slower. Soon it. was almost completely blocked, and there was little bhIt. could be done about it. snow storm: or vary- ing hitenalty are to bo expected It this time of year. and we can only make the best of the situation as we find it. For in the face of I driving wind. all our efforts to keep streets and 1- ads open are Iimoat useless. Stran ed cars were not un- common. and the snow banks be- came deeper and deeper. -Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph.

The Mnhono Bay town council on motion in meeting decided to pay the mayor 3200 for hi: aer- vlces and the councillors S100 each. If you come down to brass tacks that is mere peanuu compared to the work involved but this is only thc beginning and when it. will stop is anybody: guess. Maybe the Town Manager idea is the answer. - I see where some one has writ- ten in letter to the Kentvllle Ad- vertiaer asking the question why don't we play bingo to cut town taxes? This was probably prompt- ed by the fact. that the Kantville ubasebnll club cleaned up I. few thousand: in a very short. time and wiped out; their deift. If you are going that far might as well go the rest of the way and organize I swaeptsaka system like they have in Irclind and make many thou- sands. --Liverpool Advance.

Examination: hue been conduct in I Denver hospital involving n Negro who had reached the age of 117. The authorities wanted to learn what may have contributed to his longevity. For one thing. they found he had been A slave. that. he was noted as I bare-knuckle puglllst. who fought. other .Ilaven- at the command of his master. In 1948 he sustained I broken leg when struck by an automobile. Presently he 1: raising turkeys and chickens in Okla- homa. We are not told that examin- ers reached any specific conclusions after looking this man over. But the rest. of us, without. looking It him. can be sure he who equipped with In excellent heart. that his arteries were not the kind that harden. nor thicken. and that what. he ate throughout. I century and 1'1 years agreed with him. -Fort William Times-Journal.

once. but we know that ha ha: an immense reputation as I. Jumper. In Hans Andersen's story we are told that. he jumped so high that nobody could :eo him and so the spectators said he had not jumped at Ill. but this was Icandaloua and

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no am am I: was we 53: the born I: that tho oummf: of I holld-:y.ol1ould lie in tligijdu, itself. not in I mere cenaotlol or work. Any ll lcauco of a- oh. day so celeb ted becomes subor- dinated Ind eventually loot. Much of the wnfullon 1: due to the value union: pine on time off, rqthgr than on work to be Ichiovod. And if the five-day week in to continue, and there i: no reason to believe that It wlu lose momentum. it would be well for some degree of uniform. icy to be lined upon. Absurd pg 1: for the people to required day off for the sake of observing A holiday that falls on .3. day on which they are not working, it 13 even more far-fetched that -some Ihould have I Friday and 0 er: . Monday. while Iilll others a serve only the holiday itself. -Moricton Transcript.

In the gloomy days int autumn when tho French National Assemb- ly had voted down French entry into the proposed European De. fence Community. it was the am. lsh Foreign Secretary. Sir Anthony Eden, who saved the day. It. was Upon his initiative that the western power: so promptly met. in Lon. don, and it was his offer of a large permanent. British force on the Continent which made possible the rapid creation of another plan as. signed to bring Germany as an equal into the :rmed forces of the free world. It was this new plan. work- ed out first in London and then in Paris, which Premier Meiides. France was able to carry through a. reluctant Assembly last wcck. It. was. and is, first and foremost, N1 E5611 Dian. Others have found PM limelight. and have delighted in it. Sir Anthony is well satisfied that this should be so. There 5;. "0059. however, who do not. forget the P019 he played with such m;(l- essttlyr and distinction. -Mont;--mi

A lurd-cover book that nu. 40.000 copies 1: I best-seller, but readers have bought 0 million pap- er-backed copies of Erskine Cnld. We1l'5 God's Little Acre. over 5 million of Dr. Benjamin Spock-'5 Pocket Book of Child and Bub; Care and 4.5 million .of Merriam. Webster's Pocket Dictionary. Erie Stank? Glfdncrl 50 paper-backed mysteries have sold more than 75 million copies. some 600,000 come. of his latest. The Case of tho "B31139?" Nymph. are being distri- buted retailers this month. Mic. key Spillane! seven sex-and-vloi. ence detective novel: have racked up sale: of 26 million. Kiss Me Deadly. published last. year. already is close to the 3.5 million mark. Western writer Luke Short, who” Man on the Blue recently went on me. has accounted for morn than 16 million sales. The publigh- era profit on each book is ii tiny one On 9. 25-cent. book. tho dig- ”"bUi0!' Bets 11 cents. the retailer five cenla. Tho production cost is about seven cents. and another cent goes for royalties. That. leaves the publisher I one-cent profit.

-Wall Street Journal,

l The Age Old Story

The some day went Jesus out. of the house, Ind sat by the can Iidc. And great mu' ' d were gathered togathor unto him. so that he went. into I ship. and Inf; and the whole

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