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The Commonwealth Mourns

erently commit our cause to God . . . May He bless and keep us all." The broadcast over. he and the Queen attended a prayer Dwmmum um”. service at Buckingham Palace; and V .11.. mm... g.,.,.....,. p..;,n.m.., c... throughout the war he frequently set aside l ' .-5,:-euldent and Associate Editor, Ian A. Burnett. a "day of natlonfu prayen” . . ' Associate Editor. Frank Walker. AS the Empires fortunes improved: his CmCl.LA.,.,0N ilate Majesty urged continued prayer and "Covers l'rlnce Edwiud Island like liic dew" dedication xvhen the Allies invadgd France on June 6. 1944. he, called for "earnest and "7"? 5"9"995' M9"'"'Y '5 WWI" "'3" continuous and widespread prayer through- eeeeeeeee ” ,,”'f','d1”'d'f:f'A',"t"':; , d A, Nd ,out the present crisis of the liberation of c"Au0TTET03:il' ”"ms”'”' "'3 7-,l9??mlEtii'ope.l' Prayer, he said, would fortify i”thc determination of our sailors, soldiers

The Passing Scene

By Observer ATHLETIC GAMES

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rt: 0! a recent fracas (not

the first one) in well known skating rink.has a me thinking of how far we have gone from the right concept of games, especially athletic ones. These, under one name or an- other. have been played all through the history of mankind, including both civilized and uncivilized peoples. No one would be able .w measure the effect they have had on human affairs, but certainly it has been very considerable. and

However. like all other things which man has devised for his own good, athletics can be grossly anus. ed, with ignoble consequences 1, all concerned. That this unfortun. ate circumstance is in process 1,. our day is, of course. a matter oi record. Indeed. it is so glaring); evident that many sociologists 3,, of opinion that athletics are now doing more harm than good. some are suggesting that lnmr-COllEglatg playing should be drastically cur.

'and airmen who go forth to set captives our sudden Bereavement ;free.” He added in a broadcast: "We are

Tnot unmindful of our shortcomings of the (loath of oui' bclovcd King cumo as a shock. lpast and present .we Shall not ask that It is true he had been in ill-hcalth for SOlllClGOd may do our m."' but that we may be considerable timc, but was supposed to bclfna:1le.d mtgott2:;;gSo:SE::;J:n:a:::nd:l:g on the way to recovery. It was in tliatl 0 eleve. 3 . ' . . U belief tint he hinisclf sanctioned the de-lthe Emplre as an mstlument for fulflnm” . . .. . . d g ,,

parture of Princess Elizabeth and Prince H'::lg15;1eI:?fi'ctOl,V shone on the hop Philip on a tour of East Africa, South Af- . g l ' , f, th .1 rica Australia and Now Zcaland. Reports 'z0n' he made. an addless mm . e m.yd recelmly indicated His Majesty was making fireside in winch he expressed his longing progress towards restoration of health, and Qfggna );(1?Vna:lor:1: gof flggioglapsiggss 013:; it was all the greater shock to lcain he Concogd may prevail sand the Scourge of had passod away dui-mg Tuesday night war mav be banished from our midst... without a farewell word to anybody. It lS And aggin at me time of Germanys sub ovident the long siege of ill-health and lung g d . in his WE address. -.Today we give operations had affected the normal work. to Almighw God -for a great de- ing of his heart, with the result it uncx- t

pectedly ceased to boat. God rest his soul. 1WfI3fl':TCC'thCSc . our loss is all the gmlater at mis par- noble zilnd devout mind, unaffected by the IlCLllZlp time when the union of the Crown trappings of Royalty but deeply imbued means so much to the Commonwealth in, 3 I . ,1 1 . ersonal respond general and the British nation in partic-lmm the mle”;(le mllpg pt .led He was

' , , , , - '- .- t ' on ai . uiar. His laie Majestys occupancy of the,:':t'1:-:h:r:;; tgngvsalllf humbly before his throne has not been albed of roses, but hflcod, to profess his Constant need for Div. not only never complained, but gave of lllblinc aid and comfort. It has been said that

”tmoS.t to mike i: :1 ptilecflr 1:1: Claimed :3; more, perhaps, than any British sovereign cxpemencei gra ' I . ' before him he was the common manls about the why and wherefor of his ascent king; and me Core of this truth is un.

The announcement yesterday of the

were the utterances of ii

in the throne. Suffice it to say he not only . . . . . . bt dl t b f und in his deep religious did not envy the position, but at the outset g;:Ivi:tiO3;)S.0 e 0

refused to accept. it. There was great-love between the two brothers, Eddie, the light- somo, gay-hcartcd older. and George, the bashful. retiring, stuttering junior who was more studious and domestically than socially inclined. It was only because the powers- that-be, including Prime Minister l3aldwin and His Grace Rev. Dr. Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, proved to him that his accept- ance meant not only the saving of his ab- zlicating brother. but the saving of the men- archy as well, that he allowed his beloved wife to persuade him to. accept. And that he made no mistake history amply testi- fieth. Not only did he succeed in restoring; the throne and the reputation of its occu- pant to the high degree of honour and tegi-ity. bestowed upon them by Queen Xic- . loria. but by his CN8mPlC- his C0U"5'3l "Mo "Dorothy Dix" represents the financial public arldrosscs, inspired ancw the devc-1,1-Ctum from a courageous woman's coping tion of his subjects to the recognized head Ewith misformm by helping others with of a Christian monarchy. He served u'cll',1hei,- problems, and leaves a heritage of which we ought' ' to fool proud. Monti-cal made two steps forward Tues-

dav in its legal history. It restored the , -

EDITORIAL NOTES

The cioclors of Parkdale know what they want, but evidently do not know how they can get the city to give it to them.

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The agricultural scientists now in ses- sion here are the aristocrats of farm organ- i7.ations.,

I P. E. 1. cheese now obtains a new lease popularity in being dressed attractively convenient sized packages for export. I

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bright of the citizens to continue the igl- vestigation into the moral condition of t e God Save Th; Queen! lcity; and took action to put a stop to the

:: sintcrnational traffic in the sale of babies -for export.

There is no pause in the succession of the British Sovereigns, and with the passing of His Majesty King George VI. the Em- pire hails a new ruler in the person of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The drastic change hasplungod the Common- wealth temporarily into mourning, but life and state affairs must go on. and it is cause for profound satisfaction and gratitude that our new ruler has already shown such apti- tude for her exalted duties, and such devo- tion to the ideals of sovereignty and of Bri- tish democracy. . Not many active journalists can surpass

Tho l'CCCnt,VlSit of Princess Elizabeth and the fccoyd of the Editor of this newspaper her R0y81 C0nS0l't. Prince Philip. 10 Cilnadav iwho has professionally been in contact with take on new meaning and significance to-inc fewcp than five reigning sovereigns, day as we think of the tremendous i'cspon-.namC1y Queen Victoria the Good, King Ed. sibilities which now dcvOlVC UPON hCF- MI”'iward VII the Peacemaker. King Georszdv lions "of her loyal subjects throughout. he the 531101.. Kin Edward V111. the A i. world will mourn With hef. With the Q1109” caior, King: Googrgc VI, the Constitutional- Mother and With H10 F951 05 the R03?” ist: and now Queen Elizabeth, recently a Family in the tragic loss they hlave sus- royal visitm. hem tained--all the greater by reason 0 its un- expectedness, and of Her Majesty's ab-

s stance on Empire duties from her hbmc and loved ones.

The heartfelt wish of all her subjects is: best expressed at this time in the familiar words of the National Anthem:

"Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour, Long may she reign!"

As between the Canadian Arrny's divis- ion of personnel into Officers and Men, compared with the former. Officers and Other Ranks, there is much to be said for the chaiige. It would be better, however, to retain a further sub-division to avoid a wide cleavage and make a point of specifying Swarrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers.

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Communists and their friends have em- ployed so many stratagems to take money from citizens of other countries that it seems almost just that they should be sub- jocts of a capitalistic racket. Resourceful free enterprisers are buying up Marxist relics. They may then be bartered with satellite countries for more generally val- ued antiques in the certain knowledge that they will hardly be refused.

llofandor of The Faith

Nothing in our late lamented King's bio- graphy is so striking as the frequent re- fer-ences to his strong religious faith, and to ' his practice of meeting every crisis in his life with prayer.- When he ascended the Throne in 1936, he pledged himself. "with God's help." to uphold the honour of the realm and promote the happiness of his paoplorwhen Britain declared war on Ger- many on Sept. 3, 1939, he broadcast an ap- his people around the world....to.

. and have faith . . . We can only we. see the right, and rev-

-, 0 Charles John Huffam Dickens. English novelist. was born this date 1812. "David Copperfield". is probably a picture of much of his own boyhood and "Micawber" may well be a likeness of his own father. who actually went to a debtor's prison. The Pickwick Papers, written in installments were a success from the first appearance of Sam Weller and were followed by a suc- cession of novels notable for success in sua- talnlng atmosphere and nearly all auto- biographical. "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" remained unfinishsdaf

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by wucapomlcnts of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of w-respondents.

SERIOUS BUTTER SITUATION

Sir.-That was an excellent car- loon (1000 words. and more) show- ing Miss Margarine paying her glad-eye sympathy call at the hos- pital bed of Miss No. 1 Creamery Butter. While there was real warmth and meaning in the for- mer's salulatlon "Hello. De.-irie!" it was more than matched by the affectionate and tender reaction of the patient.

As I see this butter vs. mar- garine problem. it seems that two basic facts come into the present picture. plus prospects for tomor- row: (ll-tliat milk production has declined by 1 ill billion pounds since the close of the war (May 8. 1945); and (2)-that, ac- cording to J. S. Turnbull (Ottawa president of the National Dairy Council of Canada): "Canada will need an increase of 1 V2 billion pounds of milk by 1955. or 360,000 more cows "

It will be observed that. even if this latter improvement material- izes. it will only about put the nat- ion's milk-stream back at the 1945 level; whereas. it seems to this reader fairly reasonable to assume that by 1955 Canada's population should be more lhan”1'5.:300,000. as against 12.151000 ton ycwrs cari- ier?

In the rlri-unisiances. it is diffi- cult. for me to see anything: but a

continuing headache stcinniing from our carcfrcc nml somewhat reckless dive into the production

of margariiic. Now we caniiothuvc our ca':c and cht it him: so I fail to see much reason why urban Canadians-and. I regret to say. increasing numbers of our country brethren-should be so very much surprised that, as indicated by Nova Scotia's Dcpuly Minister of Agriculture. (F. W Wnlsln at Moutrcai-.1asL.ir,cck...f!l.t-.is,.,agrccd that the dairy industry is n mighty sick patient.”

As your letter correspondent (R. F. D.) very appropriately says xix "The leaders of lhc government of this country had a chance to do 5-0m9lhlI1i! for lhc farmers when the Marzarinc Bill came up. but thry just Iurncd a drai car in it ..." Those are my views. exactly.

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llcar ye one anolher's burdens. and so fulfil the law nf Christ. For if a man think himself to be something. when he is nothing. he deeefvetb himself. But let every marrpruva lnrmm work. and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone. and not in another. . . . But God forbid that" I should glory, save in the cross of our Iaml Jesus Christ. by whom the world Is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. ' For In Christ lulu neither ti. ' ' avail- oth anything. nor uuclreumclalorr. but a new creature. And as many an walk according to this rule. peace be on them. and mercy. nml upon: the Israel of God. I will trust in the covert of thy wings.

noNDoN-(oP)- Five eleph- ants arrived after a 7.000-mile air journey tram Bsnmtok with only one incident reported. At- tendant. said one of the elephants. unsatisfied with its share of champagne, had swallowed lht bottle.

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A local food store reports a brisk business in the sale of buf- falo meat. The meat comes from Alberta where the annual thin- nlng of the buffalo herds has ta- ken place.-Winnipeg Tribune.

In a recent release from the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy appears the following statement: ”Coal remains Canada's (and the world's) most important mineral. Dependent for its pro- duction upon coal is iron, the most lmportan metal.” Canada, in its new drive for industrialization, is thinking seriously of developing an iron and steel industry. especially now that iron are in huge quanti- tlcs has been found on the Labra- dor-New Quebec border. ”1'h'iitl ilnd is not likely to lead to iron smelt- ing in Alberta. but the time will come when Albert:-i'a coal will an- ter actively into an iron and steel industry in Western Canada. Coal today is in eclipse in Alberta due to the big oil and natural gas finds. But the fact remains that coal is still Canadals richest mineral re- source.-(Lethbrldge Herald.)

The other evening on in radio request program. a 't.ccn-agcr nsk- ed that a number be played for her. since she was baby-sitting at such and such an address. Per- haps the girl didnlt realize it, but by advertising the fact that she was alone. and by giving the rid- drcss. she was inviting trouble. in, cvcry loculiiy there are per- sons of evil character who are con- viinually watching for such open- ings. Such information obtained over the radio could easily lead to robbery and even more serious offences. Bah)-sitters nre often rc- quircd to be on the job until mid- night and after. They would be ,wisc to take every precaution for their own safety. They should see that-all entrances are secured, and on no account should they answer the door to strangers. And above ,all. lhcy should be warned not to give the address of where they mrc baby-sitting over the radio.- 'St. Thomas Times-Journal.

. Wealthy matron; are commun- ily anxious that their daughters should make good niurriages, and

one at New Haven, Connecticut. lwzis no exception. She insisted that hrr daughter should wed R

glllllln with honesty, initiative. good

,(-ullurc. charm, ambition. pers- cvcranco. moral courage. sclf-oon- Irnl, a good mixer, Ihrifly. dig- nified, independent, of high social rank and good education. Patricia Proctor married a man who ap- poured to meet these require- ments. But evidently he didn't. for he appeared in court at New Haven last week. suing his moth- er-ln-law for breaking up the mar- riage. It was in the course of me hearing: that her specifica- tions were read. They are rigid specifications. and our masculine

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L3 rodders Willi wonder. at first glance. whether anybody could

possibly live up to them. But on second thoughts, each will realize that there is one man-Just one- who fills the bill; and each will know exactly who that man is. Whether his wife will agree is, of course. something else again. Toronto Globe and Mail.

A committee studying the Donk- hobor.problem in British Colum- bia has ordered that a Doukhobor bomb-thrower. now in penitentiary. should be banished from British Columbia and sent to some other part of Canada to live. Imagine where such a course would loud. it is a completely silly suggestion and the committee studying the Doukhobor problem in the coast province seem to be -like the Doukhobors IIICITIEEIVL:-8 bit off the beam. Why doesn't British Columbia use some of its isolated areas, say Queen Charlotte Is- lands. as an abode for the peo- ple who don't behave instead of trying to foist them on neighbor- ing provinces. What the commis- sion proposes to do. simply can't be done. Other provinces won't stand for a deal of that kind.- Lcthbrldge Herald.

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PHOTO FINIHI

From a resolution passed by the House of Assembly, March, 1871: "The committee of the whole House on privileges and elections. having under their consideration the petition of Thomas W. Dodd.

both good and bad.

ly rugged trials of skill. '

and almost always they were dig- nincd by religious sanction. historic games constituted the strongest bond between the citizens of inde- pendent states or provinces. They were held in such high honour that some Greek philosophers held that the first twenty years or so of a, male's life should be devoted entirely to athletics. beginning Just as soon as the boy was able to walk. In a time when mere phys- ical strength was about the only avnilalble weapon in war. this was understandable and logical. The Olympics were probably the first professional or semi-professional I-thlftlc Rimes of which we have any historical record. In medieval times tournaments were vogue in sports.

Joust: and the popular

It is interesting in note that baseball, the present natlonalgamc of the United States, also received its greatest impetus in popularity at a time of military emergency In its origin it goes back to the early l9th century when it was

name of "townball", but it was during the civil War that it began to be played according to stipulat- ed rules by camp soldiers. Follow- ing the war it was carried to all parts of the country and soon be- came the rage in athletic circles. The game has gone through many changes and modifications since then but it still remains the most popular athletic activity. although in some sections of the country basketball and football have stolen some of its glamour.

Hockey. apparently, had no par- ticular military association. It is primarily a Canadian institution in the sense that it had its origin here, and it may properly be called our national athletic game. Its in- troduction to the United States is comparatively recent and many sections of the country know notli- ing about it. An American ency- clopedia of games published less than twenty years ago does not mention it at all. although it does make reference to lacrosse which is distantly related to it.

The underlying and fundamental purpose of athletics is. of course. good. It would take many para- graphs to set forth their advant- ages. Besides being healthful. in- vigorating physical cxerclscs.lt can be justly claimed that athletic games of whatever name are no- tentially helpful in the building of will and character generally. The rules and disciplines involved in them. if properly respected and adhered to, cannot help being strong factors in the good develop- ment of social relations. It has been proved over and over again that well supervised athletics, es-

Among the ancient Greeks and Romans. athletic games were usual- strength and metlmes they were auxil- iary to various religious exercises.

The and celebrated Olympic

played in New England under the"

tailed. or even abolished altogcum,

Certainly. events in the pm" year or two provide consldci-able cause for alarm. when bribe”. perjury. and kindred corriiption. are seen womiing their evil wavs into athletic circles. it is time it)! sensible people to ponder and pan. der deeply on the implication; This alarming situation has not yet, so far as we know, spread to this country. but we have no ubsn. luto certainty that it could not happen here. i We do know that things are 1., from satisfactory. Physical scrap. ping and the hurling of insults in a skating rink are not by nny means nice things to think abom. Assuredly. they do not reflect in. honourable slogan. "rhe game-, the thingl" Whenever a hacker team. a baseball team. a fooumu team, or any other team, takes an-,. other motto for its guld:int-r. n ceases to serve any good pm-pm. whatsoever.