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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest lnk" CHARLOTTETOWN, WEDNESDAY. AUG. 2A, 194a

Distinguished islanders Honored

it is a matter of pride and satisfaction to all our citizens that the Historic Sites and Monu- ments Board of Canada should this year selett for worthy commemoration the names of three Prince Edward Islanders who have made, each in his own way, a noteworthy contribution to this Dominion. The unveiling tomorrow afternoon of tablets in memory of Sir Louis Davies, Sir Joseph Pope and Robert Harris, C.M.G., R.C.A.. will be preceded by a ceremony in the Confedera- tion Chamber in which due tribute to these il- lustrious men will be paid.

Sir Louis Davies was born in Charlottetown in i845 and took high rank as a student at Prince of Wales College. He studied low with Messrs. Palmer and MacLeod and subsequently et the inner Temple, London, becoming o mem- ber of the British Bar in i866. Returning home, he practised law with Mr. George Alley who subsequently became Judge of the County Court of Queen's County. Entering the Legis- lature as a Liberal member for the Murray Har- bour District in i872, he became an outstanding champion of the tenantry in their battle with the absentee proprietary system. Later, in i877, when Premier of the Province, he was chosen by the Dominion Government to be one of the counsel before the international Fisheries Com- mission authorized by the turns of the Treaty of Washington.

Entering the House of Commons in i882 as a Liberal member for Queen's, his ability was speedily recognized. At several succeeding elec- tions he was returned and in i896, when the Tupper Administration was defeated, Mr. Da- vies became Minister of Marine and Fisheries. At the first opportunity he was selected by Sir Wilfrid Laurier to be the recipient of Knight- hood in the order of St. Michael and St. George. ln i90i he was promoted to the bench of the Su- preme Court of Canada, and in i918 became Chief Justice. For several years he was'Deputy Governor General of Canada, and he continued to hold the highest offices in the gift of the Crown until his death in i924.

Sir Joseph Pope was the eldest son of Hon. William H. Pope, one of the Fathers of Confed- cration, his mother being a granddaughter of the Rev. Theophilus Des-Brisay, w-ho came to Prince Edward Island in the year i775. He was born in Charlotte-town Aug. i6, i854, and after graduating from the Central Academy entered the Bank of Montreal. lt was while living in Montreal that he attracted the attention of Sir John A. Macdonald by whom he was induced to enter the Civil Service. He became Sir John's private secretary in i882, assistant Clerk of the Privy Council in i889, and Under Secretary of State and Deputy Registrar General in i896. He filled many other important positions in the public service with ability and distinction. it is as an historian, however, that his fame chieflv rests. He collated and edited the Memoirs of Sir John Macdonald, and ‘sequently, in i895, published the "Confederation Documents" in which are set forth the various movements which had their consummation in the Union of the Brit- ish Colonies of North America. He was created a K.C.M.G. in l9i2, after having previously re- ceived the titles of C.M.G., l.S.O. and C.V.O. Sir Joseph has a distinguished son in the person of Lieut. General Maurice Pope, who since the late war has headed Canada's military mission to Berlin.

Robert Harris, though not a native Islander, came here with his parents at an early age and his first portraits were painted in Charlottetown. After studying at the Slade School in London he returned here, and subsequently painted por- traits of the Speakers of the Legislative Assembly as well as of Hon. George Coles, Hon. Edward Whelan, Hon. William Garvie, Hon. Joseph Howe, Sir William Young and other prominent public men oif the Maritimes. After a period of study in Paris he took up his residence in Mon- treal, where he? became one of the early presi- dents of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art. His most famous work was the large picture of the Fathers of Confederation, which was painted by request of the Government of Con- ada and hung in the Railway Committee Room of the House of Commons. This historic picture was burned in the fire by which the Parliament Building was destroyed, and only the, smaller lithographed copies of it are now extant. Sever- ll portraits painted by him hang in the art gal- leries of Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. The portraits orf the Mayors of Charlottetown and the first Recorder of the City, hung on the walls of the City Council Ch , are examples of his earlier work. Not the least admired of his paintings are the mural an altar decoration of the Hodgson Memorial C-hopel, in connection vith St. Peter's Cathedral in Charlottetown.

Politics, literallre and ort are thus well re- presented in the achievements of these distin- guished Prince Edward Islanders, in whose hon- our tomorrow's ceremony is being held

Fuel Shortage Possible

Possibility of a fuel shortage next winter ls intimated by Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, who has issued a warning to every householder to make a strong effort to fill his coal bin during the next few months.

Mr. Howe points out that at this time of the year, dealers are able to make immediate deliveries, assuring customers of an adequate winter's supply of the class and lrind of fuel they also that while lost winter was relative- ly mild. affording householders little difficulty

A. _ in obtainingtlieir fuel requirements, there is

pill! the some mild weather will

ED|TOR|AL NQTES. 5t. Bartholomew; Huguenot Masiacrf, ‘i572. The C. W. League ‘Cogvention. '

The unveiling of memorial plaques to form- er distinguishod Islanders, Sir Joseph Pope, Sir Louis Dairies and Robert Harris, will be the next. public event in the City.

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Lord Shougnessy will have no easy task as publicity man for Finance Minister Douglas Ab- bott. Even the bcst public relations man would hesitate to popularize taxes.

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The danger of hugging the white centre line an the highway has been amply demonstrated this summer. A driver who must "pull over" when meeting another car is habitually taking too much of the road.

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lt is startling to read of the posturing of cattle described as "robbing the soil of its es- sential health-giving qualities." Ontario Agri- culture Minister Kennedy's remarks call for further explanation.

American hatter; hdve ‘been working hold at their project of put-ting a hot back on the male head. Their latest claim, however, seems to verge on the mad. lt is that men wear hats to keep their feet warm.

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The sincere sympathy of their many friends throughout the Province will be extended to Major J. A. MacDonald and Mrs. MacDonald of Cardigan, who lost their infant son in yester- day's drowning accident.

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Frederick James Marquis, ist. Baron Wool- ton, PC, C.H., D.L. M.A., B.Sc., L.L.D., .l.P., born this date i883. Chairman of the British Con- servative Party, Lord President of the Council in the Coalition Government i945: -previously Food Controller and Minister of Supply.

A Federal Order-in-Council has been 3s- sucd launching a $2,900,000 expenditure on Sydney docks to facilitate trade between New- foundland and the mainland. Here we had to float a Crown Company to b-uy a boat for the some purpose.

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According to Mr. A. N. Duckman, British Agricultural advisor to the High Commissioner, if we neglect our pasture, our potato and other crops will disappear. l-t is live stock provides the fertilizer necessary for vegetation of all kinds. A word to thr- wise former.

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The R-t. Hon. Ernest Bevin once observed that he wanted a world in which anyone could go to Waterloo Station and buy a ticket to any- where in the world. Anyone with all that com- mon sense is no Socialist in reality. The ques- tion is now, does he favour free trade in goods as well as in travel?

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Now that the Federal Government has an over-all majority in the House, we may hear little mbre of_ the proposal to introduce a Gov- ernment medical service as" was planned. Had the Government been dependent on the C.C.F. as they virtually were in last Parliament, a begin- ning would have been made with the proiect. Now that is off for the present Parliament at

least.

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_British peanut experiment in East Africa continues to be a running sore in the British economy; has cost $i00. million to date; costs $4. million per month, all for ridiculously small returns. Actually, there hos been poured into this one unfortunate experiment 'more money than all assistance yet given to all the colonies under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts passed in i940.

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Attempts to evaluate the atomic bomb have been and will continue to be legion. ln many respects it resembles the introduction of gun- powder into England. The fortifications and troops of local barons became useless against the forces of the king backed by cannon and the practically independent duchies and baronies became sub|ect to the kirig resulting in cen- tralized government. Today atomic weapons seem to similarly make useless the armies and navies of sovereign states and should pregum. ably lead to a centralized world government by agreement orby conquest.

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_ Egg prices on August i8 this year and pre- vious ycors. The prices quoted below are for

Grade A Large. At Montreal, Vancouver and,

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Hotel amalgamation: and combinations go

'on opoce. The Sheraton Corporation of America, a Boston organization, announces that it has acquired the Ford Hotels Company, lnc., own- ers of ‘three large Canadian hotels, thus be- coming the largest hotel owning company in the world in point of total assets. Principal hotels acquired in the transaction are The Laurentien in Montreal, the new i000 room hotel opened in March, i948; the Ford Hotel in Toronto; and the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa. in addition, Sheraton acquired extensive reoi estate in luf- falo, New York.- This gives Sheraton Corporation a total of 2B hotels in 25 American and Ca- nodion cities. The company also owns the Shera- ton Whitehall Building in New York City and two large office buildinae in lootopt, ________,_ , l

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SEIZURE 0F THE “ATLANTA"

Text of n report to the Lieu- fonant Governor in Council Oct. 14, 1858, from \Viliinm McKay, light duty collector at Maipeque: "Sir.-In your despatch of the 8th lust. you wished to be ac- quulnfcd with the particulars about the seizure of the American Schoo- ner ‘Atlanta’, of Frcemonf. There helm: about 100 sail of Schooners in the Harbour, I hired four men in the boat, and as soon as they soon me coming the boats left this vessel, and nil the reply that I got. was, the Captain was not on board. so I seen I might as well leave them; and I rowed flown to the eastern end of the Harbour, near the entrance. and boarded the said Schooner ‘Atlanta’, and 1n- quircti for the Captain,

"There was n mnn walking the deck; and he fold me. fhnt he was the Captain. I asked him if ho hnri paid the Light and Anchorage duty in any Port on the Isinnd. i-lu fold me they WfiS in no Port; so I told him I was the Collector, and he would have to pay it. He fold me than that the Captain was ashore. sick down at the East Point; and he began to give me abusive language.

"I asked him who brought the vessel here. He said it was him. He stated that it was no law. I demanded his papers as he would not fell me his name; but he said that he had none; and then I fold him his vessel was liable for seizure, when he gave nothing but threatening language. So I fold him if he hnd charge of the ves- sel ho must be the master, even if the Captain was ashore. He said he brought her up here. I told him I hnd heard plenty of yarns of that sort. and if he would not show me his papers or pay his duly, I would make a seizure of his vessel. I-Ie stated that I could not. So I culled my men out of my boat, and I made a seizure of the Schooner ‘Atlanta’, of Free- mont, of the burthcn of‘ about 60 tons. under the seventh clause of the Light and Anchorage Lows.

"So I bad to get her under way to fake her fo n place of safety. and run her round to Princetown. on the 24th day of July, the fore- noon, So the Captain was hailing all the rest of the fleet; so he jumped into his boat, leaving some hands on board. I got round sofa to the Town. intending to put some men on board to keep every- thing secure until I got further rrdvlcepbut a boat came up be- tween Indinn Island and the Town, and came on board for war.

"So I told them all I wanted was for tiiem ta pay the duty; but they seemed more inclined to murder u; than do that, and we had to quit the vessel as quick as pos- sible. They got her under way and went down again, and I never seen anything of them since; anti it is an utter impossibility to coi- icct from them without there is

Communism Versus Catholicism

(By W.N. Ewer)

The Communist Governments of Poland and Czechoslovakia are threatening severe punishment to any Catholic priest who refuses tile Sacraments to a member of the Communist party. It is one of the strangest and most significant things that. have happened 1n the strange development of Commun-

ism.

Those Communist Governments are demanding for Communists the right to be "practising Catholics", to have full membership of the Catholic Church. By all the can- ons of "Misrxism“ and "Iieninism" that is simply not sense. Both Marx and Lenin would have pour- ed axigry scorn on the suggestion that. one could be at one and the some time Marxist. and Christian.

The two ere-eds are - both from the Christian point. of view - in- compatible and irreconcilable. If you believe 1n the Christian Rev- elation, than dialectic materialism is blasphemy. If you believe in dialectic materialism the Christian Revelation is childish nonsense.

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Marx. Lenin and their followers were sincere and consistent. in their beliefs. To them the con- ception of a personal god wms gross superstition. Religion was "the op- iate of the people" — an instrum- ent of the ruling class to keep the workers in passive subjection. For them a Communist must. by defin- ition be an atheist. He could not. be a. Christian or a Mosiem or e- thelst of any kind. That. was -and indeed it. must. be to any convin- ced Marxfst -- axiomatic. And the idea. that a member of’ the Cam- munlsl: party should be. or wish to be. Christian -— should want. to partake of the Christian Sacra- menfs - would be unthinkable. Such n desire would not be mere "deviation". It would imply dextlal of the essential basis of the Com- munist Creed. It would have in- volved "excommunlcatlon" - ex- Dulsfon from the party - without doubt or hesitation. The commun- f-st regime might tolerate Christ- ianity among it's subjects. might respect "freedom of conscience". The Soviet Government. has in- deed done so. It. has done so with- in certain limits: that is true. though the limits may vary, of all Governments. But that. is entirely a different matter from tolerating Christianity among member; of n. Communist party. That has not been allowed: and rightly so since it. is absurd: as absurd n: for n vegetarian society to allow n;

THE POTATO HARVEST

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Washing the ridge; n clnmour of crows that. fly

In from the wide flats where the spent. tides mourn

To yonder rocking roasts in pines wind-torn;

A line of grey snake-fence, the: zig- zags by

A pond. and cattle; from the home- stead nigh

The long deep summoning; of the supper horn.

Black on the ridge, against that

_ lonely flush,

A em. and sloop-necked oxen; ranged beside

some barrels; and the day-worn harvest-folk. ~

Here emptying their baskets. Jar the

hush

With hollow thunders. Dawn the dusk hillside

Lucnbers the wrsfn: and day fades out like smoke.

—Slr Chas. G. D. Roberts.

members to eat meat.

But now the whole attitude has changed. The Communist parties are not merely allowing their members to be Catholics They are insisting peremptoriiy on their right to be Catholics and to re- ceive the Christie-n Sacramento. It. is as though the Church had de- manded for the early Christians the right to sacrifice to pagan idols and to statues of the Emper- or. It is as though Calvin had de- manded for the citizens of Geneva the right to attend Mass.

The thesis of the Catholic premises. is rational and logical. You cannot be bath n Christian and a Marxist. You may choose between the Church and the party, and resign (or accept. expulsion) from one or the other. But you cannot simultaneously accept two incompatible creds, two incom- patible disciplines. two incom- patlble royalties. ,

I I O The new Communist. thesis. given Marxist premises. f; irrational and illogical. It does not make sense. What, then, lathe explanation? It ls surely clear. The premise; have

changed. The Communist parties

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some other made adopted. for they will not pay if; nnd I was amongst 100 snil of them one day. and all I collected was 15s. They tell you the Captain ls not on board which I knew to my knowledge they are. as they never lowered their boats from the stern of the vessels. That is all the particulars refer- ring to the seizure.“

-Jaurnal of the House of As- sembly appendix. 1859. Added to Mr. McKay's report is a lengthy list of other American vessels which had refused ta pay duties. on which he make; the following commentary: "The crews are as

to stand their share. and they lay out to baffle the Collector; off. I have been an board of vessel; that was in Cascumpec, and would not pay if there nor here; and their conduct in general is everything but satisfactory. for they come ashore and tear down people's houses. kill geese, break open door; and barns, and the people had to keep quite; for it ls quite unsafe to be on the road; after night or even on the Sabbath day. ns they carry about guns. firing

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In Cnnndn today there in l struggle against a centralization of government which could bring great evil; with it. But every group which stands to gain by centralization seems ready to face those evlle with a smile. We are surprised that teachers. who are better able to understand and weigh those evils than many other citizens, should so eagerly support the relinquishing of an important provincial prerogative. — Peter- borough Examiner.

Peering from ehore out info placid panorama of Northumber- land Strait, Antlgonish bother: saw a eight that sent chills up their respective spines. Half a mile out, a; plain as day. a strange creature was swimming through the waves. Obviously it was a sea monster. which was conslderateiy

of Eastern Europe are no longer Marxist in any sense of the word that either Marx or Lenin would have recognized. They have thrown aver their own fundamental beliefs and their old ideals. This neo- Oommunfsm-Stallnism is nef- ther Marxist nor Socialist. Nor ls it Lenlnfst. Lenin's conception of the character of the society he was seeking to build has little or nothing in common with that of the society which Stalin and his accomplices are building.