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Why So Cautious?

lllaritime ileleirales are. reporleil

of the beat t.arit't' l-‘erleration this week: that may have a<'cl‘llP(l

to have kept ucll out

of the argnnieut over tection at the Czinarlian of Ag-ricultiire meetings but there no

whatever henel'it.= from this p«‘ilir'y tn the big central it liar. ."-erverl our farmers the Atlantic and Y\-'95-tei-n al'P.'l_<. The resolution call- ing for a reduction in tariffs was umpi-pd clml n in such a way that the in anv

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C,n\'ei'm1ie1it can ll1lcl'l\l'¢? way it likes. and we confess to some disappointment that the mountain lilbored so hard and brought. forth such a very .~:n1.'lll mouse. I Why did the Maritinie dele- gates think that by straddling the fence on this issue. they were sel'\'- ing their best interests or those of agriculture generally? Someone should have got up at the meeting and read from the findings of the Gordon (‘ommis=iou on the cost to our producers of flu’: so.cal|ed na- tional policy. fnrlned for the pro- tection of infant secondary indus- tries that have long since outgrown their swaddling clothes. and should now be fending t'or themselves.

Back in 1910 the Rowell-Sirois Commission found that the Mari- times had good reason for com- plaining about being gypped under this policy. to which it attributed the concentration of industrial ex- pansion in Ontario and Quebec. and the wuespondiiig rise of great national business organi7.ations hav- ing their headquarters in Montreal and Toronto. It. was noted that Mari- time industries. on the other hand. not only failed to derive substantial benefits from this development. but lost ground in their own markets as well.

This process has been going on ever since. It has necessitated the payment of Atlantic Provinces ad- justment grants and other forms of subsirlization. which. however welcome in themselves. have kept us in the position of poor relations with respect to our more favored neighbours.

Freer trade winds are blowing across the world nowarlays. and there is hope. that at the next GATT conference there, will be a substan- tia scaling down of tariffs. with Cait- ada actively participating Wily not have made this clear in the Federa- tion resolution '.‘ This is the only way. Zsurely. in which the goal of expan- lsion in our agricultural trade can be :attained.

A Painful Question

Prime Minister Pearson's Visit- ]to President Johnson at Washington ithis week resulted in a lot of friend- ;ly talk, but the reports are notice- tably guarded with referenc,e to one .aubject which must. have been

‘iuppermost in the minds of both government leaders during their ‘conference. According to Mr. Pear-

son, he and Mr. Johnson discussed

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ilncluding the United Nations as- .pects—"bui only in general terms. and not in terms of Canadian pol- elcy} that did not arise at all." -r- _It is surprising that Mr. .lohn- $4’-n would not be anxious to know filwhlat Canada's policy was on this same. for it is one of considerable

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extending diplomatic recognition to Communist China.

This story was spilled by a Can- adian newspaper columnist and editor who accompanied Mr. Pear- son's party to France: Christopher Young of the Ottawa (‘iti7.en. and a nephew of Mr. Pearson. He wrote that the U.S.. enraged. had “re- acted with a furious tantrum to re- ports from Paris during Mr. Pear- son's visit that de Gaulle was on the verge of announcing the estab- lishment of relations with Peking. Through some strange guilt-b,v-as- sociation logic. the Americans were angry with Canada. too. Mr. Pear- son was reported in The Citizen article to ‘have "reacted coldl_v to this treatment." as well he might.

Whatever truth there may be in this story. it has been confirmed of- ficially that France will extend dip- lomatic recognition to Red China. that the recognition will be uncon- ditional on both sides and will not he accomprmied by any demand for France to break relations with the Nationalist Chinese regime in For- lllOF».'l.

French Foreign Minister de .\lurville says this does not imply that France would automatically recogni7.e the Communist regimes in North Korea and North Vietnam. but that it would ine.vitabl.\' lnflu- ence the question of Communist China's admission to the lfnited Na- tions.

Prime Minister Pearson had al- ready indicated that one of the chief reasons why Canada--which indirectly recogni7.es the Red Chin- ese government by doing business with it—-has not officially recogniz- ed Peking is because it does not want to \\'lll1(”lI'a\\'l recognition from Formosa. But the U.S. at- titude is not so flexible as that. It is bent on keeping Red China out of the l'nited Nations on any terms. And such a policy foolish and self-defeating. It can't make China go away by pretending it doesn't ex- ist. and with the rise of the Afro. Asian vote in the T,'nited Nations its attitude is becoming more and more a cause of embarrassment. to its Western allies.

Cost Of Ministers

The Ottawa Journal takes note of the curious fact that in Britain a Cabinet minister gets less from the T1'eas11i~y than a Canadian back- bencher. The increase in pay for MP‘s generally lifted Canadian min- isters from $l0.000 to 3518.000. and in addition for their Cabinet duties they continue to receive $15,000 plus $2.000 allowances, a total of $35000.

A British l\lP now is paid $4,500 a year following a recent increase from $3.000. As a Cabinet minister he is paid $l5.000 but has to sur- render $2.?.50 of his MP's pay, leav- ing him wilh a total of $17,250, or $750 less than the income of a Can- adian backbencher.

With about 53,000,000 people. compared to Canada's 19,000,000, the British Government gets along with 23 members of the Cabinet. including the Prime l\’iiniste.r. com- pared to Canada's 26 in recent. months.

Canadian taxpayers have to foot the billfor this costly establish- ment. whether they like it or not. Meanwhile we note that Finance Minister Gordon. who has returned to Ottawa after a holiday in Ja- maica. is reportedly engaged in 11th- hour cuts in his spending estimates for the 1964-65 fiscal year which begins April 1. .

For the current year. he orginal- 1_v budgeted for a $055.000.000 de- ficit but later raised this to $709.- 000.000. and be indicated in a re- cent Toronto speech that he will have another deficit for the coming year. however much he carves and cuts. He is said to be trying to “find" another $30,000,000 by re- ducing departmental expenditures from the level previously passed. These amounts will not be known until the "blue book" of estimates is tabled in Parliament, probably soon after the new session begins on February 18.

There is no suggestion. of course. that he i n t e n d is cutting down on ministerial salaries or sessional in- demnities!

EDITORIAL NOTE

Interest in the forthcoming civic election is reportedly picking up. Let‘s hope that by February 12 there will be a good choice of can- dldataa for every vacant seat.

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BRITISH COMMENTARY

Long List Of World Trouble Sp. ..

One ha: only to zlanrp at the newspaper any listen to the radio to be uneasily

conscious of world-wide unrest. .

Sometimes clashes are between countries: sometinics internal. between clashma "in the bosom of ,9 single state".

This is at a time when Great Power tension 1: less than at afl}"timP Since the rift \I'hiol1 fol. lowed the second world war. Yet these troubles are none the less serious. since bush tires. as they have been rather c_vnicall_v call- ed. can cPl‘earl.

The Inn: list of trouble Spots ‘

in the world today makes de- pressing reading: lndia- Pakis- tan. Morocr-o-Altzeria. Arab-lsra- el. Kenya-Somalia. Indonesia ‘.Viala_vsia: and many more. These do not inclucle the intern al quarrels like Cyprus or (b 9 Yemen or newly- independent Zanzibar.

It is H l'l3l1.';'Pf‘0llS political sick- ness. and. as \\lff1 all sickness- es. ('ll3El’l0SlS is necessary if the sickness is to be cured. NEED FOR REVISION

There is surely need for a

drastic revision of thinking as to I

the causes. or a long time it has been usual (not only in left-

winz circles! to see the root of ‘ all such evils either in the rival- ,

rie: of Great Powers. in—— to use the jargon-— the "contradic- tions of imperialism". or in the conflicts between “c o l o n lal

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1 powers" and "colonial peoples". or in the clash between com- .‘ munism and capitalism It. was a temptingly neat. pat- Z tern: as neat for those who saw -e_very\vhere "Communist plots" as for those who saw “imperial- ist conpiracles" But though ef- ‘ forts may be made to use it * polemical purposes it is a nnsis which simple does not fit the facts.

it is of course a fact that the "Communist powers have stead- fastly pursued a policy of ex. ploiting these difficulties in the post-war era. Nevertheless there are innumerable causes of fric- 1‘ tion between human g r o u p s . which have nothing at all to do .with “imperialism" or “colon— .ialism". or "communism“ or ‘; capitalism". or with G re at ' Power alries. CENTURIES OLD . Some of them. as for example. i the Hindu-Moslem strife in the l sub-continent. date back to cen- .turies before the advent of the l‘Europeans. In “cnlonial' areas . some have been submerged or ‘repressed by the presence of a "colonial power". Now with the 3 ending of the "colonial era" they l erupt again.

relizioiis antagonisms. t ri bal ‘antagonisms. These are compli- cated by new nationabsms. in some cases by personal ambi- ifions. There are frontier quar-

PUBLIC

PROMISED INCREASE Sir.» -Just was meant. by the radio announcement that

the disabled persons allmvancel

would be lV‘al.'~‘F(l to $75 per month in .lanuar.\‘." ‘\'ot as yet. anyhow. Apparently. many voters were hoodwinked in the past election into this yet to be materialized raise. .lust why doesn't it come? is it a fault of Premier Shaw's or the Federal government’? Maybe somebody can shed some light on this matter. I am, Sir. etc. CONCERNED Charlottetown

T0 COMIVIEND

Sit‘.--—-l must hasten to com- mend the writer in the January 21st lSSllP of vnui‘ paper "Dem- n(‘l‘allt‘ Weakness". Public For- . rcgarrlinsz “llonczarlo in Power" (Peter Newmanl. So well the writer in your paper suggests that this may be i be "seed" that may bear forbidden fruit in one fair country in the years ahead. '

Mr. Diefonhaker. or any other Prime Minister. should never be subject to such destructive cri- ticism. if this is a democratic country. A man such as Mr Diefenhaker. as a leader. and head of our country is not born every day: and lucky was Can- ada to have voted him in with such an overwhelming major- ity. His far-reaching vision and foresight were well exemplified while he was Prime Minister and all this should have overshadow- ed any little faults or shortcom- ings that he may possess (we are all victimsi.

How and indeed to read such of any man. when consfrilctlve criticism is so easy and kindly given and an uplift in one‘; mor- ale.

I am. Sir. etc. MARY R. GAVIN Charlottetown.

REGRETTABLE SCRISM Sir.-The schism and separ- atist movement in Quebec re- ceived 8 solar plexus punch when the FLQ anarchists became rampant wtth home-made bombs. These cowardly and stir repiiiinus tactics nausealed all Csnadlans— British. French, or other ethnic groups.

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French Canadians and those of British origin should be able to get along together in one Chris- tian "culture" to make Canada ‘great among the nations. Thciy i are of the same racial origin. to [quite an extent. The Norsemen i came "like wolves on the fold“ l in the early centuries of t l Christian era. and occupied part. I of Gaul» the land of the Franks. ! Those Norsemcn were of the same origin as the Angles and Saxons who overran Britain in the eighth century. That part of France was name "Nor- mandy."

William l (Conqueror! with his Norse - French soldiers (Nor- mansi. defeated Harold in 1066. and established the Norman dy- nasty. which lasted over a bun- dred years. The Norman laws. language and customs became permanent, The early F ranch explorers. colonizers and voyag- eurs were from Normandy. hence they must. t.o a consider- able exient. be of the same pri- mordial blo .

Language seems to the bimgest barrier in the merging of the two "cultures." One Chris- tian culture ought to suffice. Reading and free translation of French should begin in the third or fourth grade in English schools for a specified time in English schools and vice-versa in French schools.

The wonder is that French Canadians don't have a greater urge to learn English. There is is population of 175 million Eng- -lish speaking people to the south and west. and I0 million in On- tario. the Prairie: and B.C.. with whom they must converse unless they want a "splendid ls- olailon" ln "entre nous" style.

It would be a consummation devoutly to he w I ah ed. if lin- Euists and lzrammarians could be gotten together to form a new Canadian lanizuage. by selecting French idioms and euphontous phrases to mix with English. The new terms in medlclno. aer- onautics. etc. will necessitate transfer to French In Latin and English by nch lan- guage papers and periodicals.

‘rho treaty of Parts in 1703 dealt generously with the sixty l thousand French inhabitants. * They retained their law courts l mu 1»

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There are racial antagonisms. -

l rels springing from historical ac- lcident. There are internal prob-

lems springing from the co-exis- tence of different communities in the same territory.

The newspapers of today are unllappily fertile in evidence of | how widespread. how dangerous.

r ‘ how difficult. tb e s e problems

i are. i And - this is the point l want I to stress -— they are endemic.

They have deep local. sometim- l es age-old. roots. They are not {the invention of "imperialists" f or of "communists". What must. we deduce from this’? it is that these problems have to be solv- ed by the peoples and communi- ties directly cnnccrnc .

These are mainly ne\vly- inde- pendent countries. Independence ‘brings responsibilities. The en- tablishment of “peaceful co-ex- isience" between thems ves. whether internally or external- ly. is one M the greatest of these responsibilities.

That. is not to say that the , "Powers" have no longer any

responsibility at all. There are .obligations created by history. I and obligations as members of _‘ the Security Council of the Unit- ed Nations

The present. Cyprus conferen- ice in London which has the ac- -tive support of all participants is an example of such an obliga- t on.

But the world has changed. It. is no longer a Great Power world. as it was. ii is the new independent countries wh l ch now have to face and solve for ‘ ‘ , ‘lPll‘ own complex problems of "peaceful cn- exis- tence". external or internal.

A smoli is a young salmon that has acquired a silvery col- oration befnre leaving fresh wa- ter for the sea.

Potential Suicide Needs Early Help

By Dr. Theodore R. Vunbellau

Someone in the United Sta tea or C a n a d a commits I ulclda every 26 minutes. Depression la the usual cause. and preven- tion is possible provided we pay more attention to clewa signs of the individual‘: wish to take .

The potential suicide can be helped at an early stage when he'la undecided about living or dying. Dr. Philip solom on of Harvard medical school uses a man past 50 as an an m p le. He is unmarried. widowed, or divorced and fa e l a isolated from we .

Personality cha n g e s have occurred in that this individual has become pessimistic. inac- tive. and disinterested in the things he used to enjoy. Ha broods about. or is obsessed with. his poor health (real or imaginary) and feels no strong ties to his family. church. com- or business. some ask help from relatives or friends. who rarely recognize the true situation until it. is too ate.

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Whn is most likely to commit suicide‘? What are the warn- ings? Men and women w b o are plagued with an overpowering. unaccountable depression to“ the I i st. Dr. Solomon 5 a .v s. Next in line are those with frank mental disorders. mani- fested by withdrawal from so- ciety. confusion. suspiciousness. or cxagtzei'ated feelings of guilt or hope-lesness. Expressing a wish to die is ominous. regard- less of the cause.

The risk is increased if sili- cide has been attempted before. Writing a farewell note or tak- ing an overdose of sleep i ng pills s h o w s the intent l o it. But using a gun. slas hi n g the throat. or jumping from a high place is more purposeful. These people really want out.

The suicidal threat is serious in persons who cannot face the loss of a job. property. or res- ponsibility. Some addled men and women hope to gain atten- tion by slashing their wrists. The attempt is a message com- municated the spouse or parents. But the danger is great- er when the person has nofh lng to gain by dying. The elderly and alcoholics. especially when intoxicated. are more prone to take this way out.

WEEPING SKIN Mrs. R. B. writes: I have been suffcring from nummular ec7ema for a year. and nothing has helped. What can _vou te ll me about this condition?

This skin disorder is a I lied to neurodermalitis. and both have an emotional basis. It has been said that the skin weeps in people who repress their fears and other psychic reac- tions. ‘

DEVIATED SEPTUM Mrs. J. D. writes: What ill effects to the body could re- sult from a deviated septum in the nose?

REPLY

None. unless the deviation obstructs the passageway or en- courages nasal or sinus infec- tion. Signs of toxicity. such as lack of vigor. might e n s u e in the circumstances.

JOINTS AND MUSCLES

A.S. writes: Does rheumatoid arthritis affect the muscle a and nerves as well as the joints?

REPLY

In the strict sense. rheumatoid arthritis affects the capsule that surrounds the joint. The vict lm may not move an extremely painful joint so that the surroun- ding muscles become weak or atrophied.

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Notes av ins WAY

We have seen hockey lillilfl swing their stick at other play- ers and at members of the pay in; audience. But. really. it’: hard to place all the blame on the players. most of whom are young and impressionable. ft’: the fans who should receive much of the criticism. the fans and the club owners. They spoil the players with adulation. So fierce is their desire to support a winning team that they counten- ance anything short of armed robbery on the part of their her- oes.— Hamilton Spectators.

Hopeful First Encounter

By Harold Morrison Canadian Prim staff writer

Prime Minister Pl-arson: first formal encounter with Presl- dent Johnson produced such a strong meeting of minds that optimism about the future re- lations of their two countries is

high.

Nether the Canadian nor the United States team anticipated this first conference would eliminate all problems or im- medlately usher in a new era of cross - border co-operation. As Pearson emphasized later. there are problems and there will be many problems in the future. But both sides made a determined effort to resolve

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9 Canadian government had been trying for more than a year to gel the U.S. to rene- gntiale the Canadian-U.S. air agreement. so that Canadian airlines may be able to get a larger share of the U.S, travel market originating in Canadian cities.

merican authorities b all been using all kinds of argu- ment why renegotiation: could not begin but .lohnson thrust this argument aside and agreed with Pearson that such negotia-

tions should start “almost im- mediately."

The Canadian government had been seeking new and

more elaborate machtn establish guidelines in

cry to trade

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (January 24. 1939)

Miss Florence Lavers. super- intendent of the Prince County Hospital. has resigned her posi- tion. Her resignation was re- gretfully accopted. Miss Lavera succeeded Miss Pidgeon as sup- erintendent of the hospital about four years ago and was assistant superintendent before that.

AT ROTARY -— "City Home Beautification" was the subject of an interesting and practical address given at the Rotary lun- cheon yesterday by Gordon War- ren- graduate assistant of the Experimental Farm. He stated that the Experimental Farm would be glad at any time to advise home owners with regard to home beautification.

TEN YEARS AGO (January 24. 1954)

At the annual congregational meeting of Zion Presbyterian Church held Thursday evening. the meeting endorsed the action of the Ladies’- Auxiliary in start- lng a fund for the erection of a memorial window to the mem- (try of the late Rev. G. Carlyle Webster. former minister of the c urc EDMONTON (CP) —- Out here they call it “Smlce". In New York it's "smoze" and in London they call it "smog" but on the Canadian Prairies the weatherman uses "smice"— lce fog —- the super-cooled variety, common with severe sub- zero temperatures.

“'Wlllch character in hiquowm

ltudonu of the 3. kn

TIHO I“. have sworn off smoking. 1; movement spreads into schools lt_wlll soon he who have to sneak in

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and other cross - border nomlc relations. some of

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centmenf among other us radlng -partners The in 15,: non: were that Pearson mm“

receive nothing but dlscnu;-,,u_ ment in approaching Johnson.

Yet the talks paid off to the extent that the two go.-em merits set up a working of senior officials to A just what such em nomlc principles or guideliné; might mean and Wl‘l9lll(’l‘,thgy are practicable. This working body is to report its findings to the joint Canadian. U.S. economic ministerial con. ference next April.

The Canadian gnvernmeng doesn't. like the proposed U,s, tax on foreign securities and the U.S. administration doesn't like the anticipated rise in ca. nadian withholding taxes to at. fact some U.S.-controlled com. panies next year

The two adminislraimnc have differences on approaches to resolve their international pav. meints deficits: ‘

policy affecting the production of automobiles and on trade with communist countries The two countries have thrown up a lot of cross-border economic bridges in an at- tempt to reduce and eliminate frictions between the two neigh- bors. One of the last major bod- ies in this field was the devel- opment of the joint ministerial conference on trade and eco- nomic affairs. This is made up of cabinet ministers from the two govern- ments. They were supposed to meet t.o discuss and resolve areas of frictions before these developed in to embarrassing public issues. COMMISSION POSSIBLE But Pearson believes some thing more structural and more permanent is needed. He has in mind a possible permanent commission or board that could develop a set of rules for eco- nomic relations. similar in in- tent to the close Canadian-U.S. economic cooperation that de veloped during the Second ar. This could mean U.S. ac- knowledgment that Cami needs to develop certain pilot industries for er own futu strength and independencu even though such industries al- ready exist in the U.S. could mean that the US. would have to provide special tariff treatment for Canada, considering the sin of the Ca- nadian economy and vulnera- billty of the Canadian market to sudden changes in U.S. sup- ply and demand factors. it. also could mean the chart- fng of a closer course of cross- order economic relations. though short of any suggestions of a customs ‘or economic un- ion. Pearson says he doesn't knew at this stage just where the exploration may lead but he hasn’ any economic union lu mind.