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OBAILOITETOWN. TUESDAY. AUGUST 29. 1950

”Parllamont Will Iiocldo"

The late Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, when pressed for a statement of Canada's position in respect of participa- tion in World War II, invariably answered "Parliament will decide!" On September 10, 1939, Parliament did decide, and Cana- dian forces once again began the weary, bloody trek that led to the battlefields of France.

The principle that Parliament will de-

cide is about to be put to the test once again. The special session that opens in Ottawa today will be asked, first and tore- most, to decide what to do about the rail strike. The fact that the Government has definite views about what should be done .to end the state of anarchy that has al- ready existed for days on the economic front, does not mean, as many people mistakenly imagine, that the Government would have done anything about the strike without the approval of Parliament, given in advance. y

Parliament will also decide a number of other matters, not least of which will be the character and extent of Canadian participation in the ipilot' war in" Korea. Sending Canadian troops to fight abroad is something which the government of Mr. St. Laurent, like the government of the late W. L. Mackenzie King, is singularly reluctant to undertake on its own in- itiative. . ,

In fact, Parliament will have so many important things to decide that thought- ful Canadians are beginning to wonder whether honorable members should not be in session all the time. If that is the only way that the day-by-day business of the country can be dealt with, if the Govern- ment continues to be as paralysed as the nations railways, then the sooner the

-ordinary rank-and'file M. P.s take over the better.

Warm Waters

.-It- must have come as a. surprise to -most people reading of the loss of the new American hospital ship Benevolence to learn of the coldness of the water off the California coast. To a man, according to reports, they talked of the bitter cold - with their teeth, chattering so that they could hardly talk.

The North Atlantic is at least as cold as the Pacific and, indeed, a man over- board off these shores in the early spring stands a good chance of death from shock if he is in the icy water more than a few minutes. The shallow expanse of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, however, makes the story quite different around the shores of this Island. It is as if nature had supplied warming pans to provide almost a hot bath for this fortunate land. Tourists are aston- lshed to find salt water so warm as it usu- lily is here.

We can be sure that if California had been blessed with such an asset the whole world would be made aware of it by every means at the disposal of publicity men and every kind of booster for that State. There is excellent publicity work being done for this Province, but in a mattergllke this we would be completely in the shade-that is if California had been bathed in warm waters.

The Paradox of Profits

Despite the fact that no new taxes are likely to be imposed when Parliament as- semble in special session today, the handful O of economists who thrive on the notion that everybody's business but their own should be controlled are already

- clamoring that profits shouldbe-taxed to thepoint of extinction. -

The Korean pffalr provides a convenient

' excuse for reviving the mischievous notion that profits perform no social function. Re- cont. international developments provide those of socialist views with the opportun- ity to assert, quits erroneously, that profits i by-productof war. Abolish profits,

1 isftisti, and the causes of war

THE GUARDIAN. CHARIDTTETOWN

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matters. The government, as the manu- facturer, will then truly be king.

Trouble is that socialist propaganda tends to convey the impression that. in the modem enterprise economy the manufac- turer is- king. Nothing could be farther from the truth, as Henry Ford found out to his sorrow when he decided the consumer could have any color car as long as it was a model T and black. The public taught him differently-

People who are perplexed about profits should ask themselves what the present state of Canadian preparedness would be, had industrial as well as military matters been left entirely in government hands.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow will be a big day for athletes in Summerslde, between the swimming meet and Air Force games.

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The Lucy Maud Montgomery memorial service Sunday had perfect weather, fine speakers and a surprisingly good attend- ance of Green Gables fans.

I O O

The United States Congressional Com- mission visited Charlottetown this date 1868-a year after P.E.I. refused to enter Confederation.

Today Parliament meets to be duly constituted. Tomorrow we may learn something of the proposed legislation deal- ing with the holding up of public life and business throughout the nation.

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There is an exception toevery rule and right now the transportation crisis knocks into a cocked hat all the arguments against offering a lift to hitch-hikers, particularly in the case of servicemen on leave.

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Mr. Churchill-rightly objects to the British-Russian Trade Agreement of 1948 which permits the Soviet Union to get Bri- tish electrical equipment, generators, diesels, etc.,,in return for grain, etc., at the

expense of Canada, Australia, etc. 0 0 O

The Lieutenant Governor-to-he, the Hon. T. W. L. Prowse is the happy rc- cipient of hundreds of congratulations from all sorts and conditions of men and women on his elevation to the highest position in the gift of the Crown. His Honour and Mrs. Prowse will make ideal host and hos- tess at Government House.

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Sir Frank Newson-Smith, Bt.. and Sir Peirson Frank, two members of the execu- tive committee of. the British Automobile Association, accompanied by Mr. W. V. Gibson, the Automobile Associationls sec- retary, are making a goodwill tour of Can- ada. They plan a study of road construc- tion and maintenance and parking methods here, and, in particular, to encourage Can- adians to visit Britain's beauty spots.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, American auth- or and- physician, born this date 1809. He was educated at Harvard and practised medicine in Boston; later appointed 'pro- fessor of anatomy at Harvard where he re- mained for 35 years. He made his mark as a writer by "The Autocrat of the Break- fast Table”, which was followed by the equally successful "Professor", and "Poet". His poetry is graceful and ingenious; as a prose writer he ranks high.

Human nature is incaiculable except that everywhere it follows the precept of "safe- ty first". An immediate rush by autos, trucks, etc., was made for Wood Islands by tourists and others the moment there was the prospect of an indefinite tie-up. No sooner were clarifying regulations intro- duced than some of the autoists failed to take advantage of their bookings, leaving the Northumberland Ferries to depart with incompleted loadings. '

Military program of Canada will have to be revised. In view of the plans of U.S., Britain and other allied nations, it must be fairly evident that this country must foresee the provision and mainten- ance under arms for indefinite period of an army of something. between 100,000 and 200,000 men, not to mention the navy and air force. This army should be sim- ply s army: 11 regular army; an army of soldie s available for such fighting as the Government may decide lo necessary, wher- ever snd of-whatever type that fighting may be. This army should be available for service anywhere, at any time. it should

be an army organized so that it will in- -

clude the largest possible component of actual fighting troops; the minimum of what U.s. commentators" call "housekeep- lng" soldiers. Plans and machinery for ex-

panding thlssrmy in event of the necessity, mo.

of- nstlonsl mobilization should be organ-

which lac, but on: strictlyreservstbssis. rm

, country cannot possibly maintain the whole . machinery of notional-mobilisation in com-

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This column is open to the discussion by corrpondents of questions of t. The Guardian, does not necessar- Ily endorse the opinion of ! correspondents. '

;hMNHNWMV '- THE CAR. FERRY SITUATION

Sir, - The progress of the neg- otiations lor the release of the car ferries from control of the: Canadian National Railway has been followed with intense inter- cst.,by the people of Prince Ed-I ward Island. Consequently the' published reports cf the clear pres-; entatlon of our Provincial rights by the Boards of Trade have been; discussed with approval, and the evasive and "unrealistic" replies of; the Minister of Transport have, been received with surprise Bfldi indignation. 1 have no doubt that.' the Provincial dovemment. has been making equally strong repre- sentations to the Minister and to the Dominion Cabinet." by ietteinl telephone and directly through our Attorney General, who happenedi to be in Ottawa on other affairs. Whatever the efforts made. the Premier's hopes and all our hopes' have been blasted by the last' statement of the Minister of Trans- port. who will not comply with our request because (as he is re-I ported to have said) the ”u.nlons', permission must be obtained."

I do not believe that the Pre-I mler will ask such a favour ofi the unions; nor should he. '-The, responsibility rests squarely on the Dominion Government. and I am' confident every reasonable person who is familiar with our history and our problems of transportation will consider that the Dominion has let us down badly, union per- mlssicn or no,

Our right to .cont.inuous com- munication with the mainland has been stated and re-stated, but it merits repetition. It was one ufi the "conditions" of our terms of. union in 1873, and it was speci!-' lcally stated to be a "condition". :

Under the Canadian National. Hallways Act c-f 1920 the Govern- ment was author-lzed' to pass or-i ders in Council to entrust to the: Railway the management and op-I eration of any public property or works, "such management. and op- eration to continue during the pleasure of the Governor in Coun- cil and to be subject to termins-- tlon or variation from time to time! in whole or in part. by the Govern-, or in Council". Pursuant to this" authority an Order In Council of January 20th., 1925 entrusted the C.N.R. with the management and operation of the carfcrry service and specifically repeated the above quoted conditions. '

It seems highly probable that the right to rescind the rsllway's control was deliberately reserved in order to protect Provincial rights, guaranteed under Confed- eration, from any lufdngeinsnt during industrial disputes. As re- cently pointed out in an editorial in The Guardian. all that was needed was a stroke of the pen to be. lnatc the present system of operation and i control. No vote of Parliament was required.

No suggestion of interference in the dispute between the Company and its employees would then be justified, This is s. mattcr of Do- minion-Provinclnl rights under Confederation. It -was well said by the Charlottetown Board of Trade in its recent letter to the Prime mnister: "The Board wishes to make clear that we are not at.- tcmptlng at this time to secure continuance of rail service or In any way interfere with the roll- way strike. We are concerned only at this time with oontlnnltlon of the highway service provided or the ferries and recognised under tha Trans-Csnsds Highway agree- ment as part of such highway."

This being the situation and the Dominion Government. having shlrked its duty Ind Iftomptsd to shift its constitutional responsibil-

Provlnclsl Government have dons during the lput tnw:"wsoh. and o

out our and for . v

The efforts of our. Govsrruusnt have not bson

la very few and not too powerful

ity to the unions, wrist should the of

gained topnesentstlon from the Opposition as well as our produc- en' Federations and Boards of Trade.

Ivory day counts; every day our pecple are losing many thousands of dollars. If there is any possib- ility of a lengthy debate in Par- liament before the end of the strike it. should still be done,

I think such a delegation would be effective; I think it would have the support of rsllwaymen when they realize we are not interfering with their position in the slightest degree. -

There is certainly no interfer- ence wlth vehicle traffic over coni- bined railway and highway bridges between Quebec and Ontario for instance. so much the more reason therefore that our inter-Provincial highway should not be obstructed.

If the people wish their rights maintained it is the duty of their representatives to make a proper effort to enfcrce those rights.

I am. sir, etc., ' D. L. MATI-IIESON Charlottetown.

WIIITHEB. CANADA?

sir, - The world is divided into two armed camps. Europe is two- thlrds under the domination of the soviet Union. The remaining third has but fragmentary strength left. after its exhausting struggles with Hitler's Germany. At least two of the major countries in free Eur- ope ars so split. asunder by inter- neclne differences that they can- not easily be relied on as strong partners in a Western Alliance. These two counti-les"ore France and Italy. I

Great Britain alone in Europe has any degree of unity and strength left. with which to make any stand against possible exten- slon of the "hot war" in the Far East. 'nu'key and Spain are strat- egically placed but many un- kncwns are involved. It is possible that both of these countries could make a useful contribution to the West in the event of aggression directed towards their respective territories. '

In visualizing the serious world situation it therefore behooves us to look well at. the situation, for it would appear to not a few diz- ccrnlng minds that this probable third world war will involve the lEnglish-speaking world particular- ly. Indeed it is more than possible that the British Commonwealths and thy U.S.A. with the help of

or dependable allies will take up the cudgols for the free world. and will fight for their very lives almost alone. It is therefore a depressing prospect.

Paradoxlcally it was the old British maxim of trying to main- tain the balance of power in Eur- ope which has. boornersnged Great Britain's teeth. when Czecho- slovakia was sold as the price to appease 1-fltler, that country and much of Europe was literally push- ed into the soviet camp, and this 'unholy' alliance of the cultured peoples of mid-Europe with the Communistle powers was made all the more certain by the fact that the advancing soviet armies -were '-" sd' to liberate Prague and mid-Europe. The peace was des- troyed ln not before it was in being. for by selling the eastern two-thirds of Europe to the Soviet. Union as A means of avoiding a third world war, the West made cert-ain't.hst a price in untold blood would be paid a third time, Those peoples in trons-Atlantic countries who sneer and point tbs finger to Munich in 1988 may well consider the worse 'Munlch' the Western Allies made of Yslta and Potsdam. The result of this terrible debacle is ucomploto disbalsnce of power not only in Europe but in the world.

Altos, lies. as is well recognised now. but perhaps rather to (when it is remembered on is worn-

Ihat the frsszsnd csptlvo peoples tbs worldilook for dellvsrsnoa sud their bopu are not placed high. fndssd I frighunod world awlltl the persona which may signify

s only hope for the wostem i

to make doubly certain that nel- ther in thcught, word, or by deed we help to further the sovleils final project, the conquest. of all men everywhere.

Unlonism has served its pur- pose. It was conceived by fine pub- lic-spirited men. It had virtues and secured for the. worker fair- plsy. But today Unlonlsm is be coming as dangerous a menace within, a country as the soviet menace is to the world. for today their methods compare. Their guid- ing motive and their method of control of members is built. on FEAR. In its present practices Unlonlsm has become as it.ot.sllta.r- lsn' as the Hitler regime. Fear used as a weapon by scheming and

issues are therefore clear, and every Canadian and American should weigh it well i he balance, which is better? To put the best interest of their country before their priv- ate interests, or not? It is as simple as that. Yes! Even the freedom to strike. THERE ARE NO STRIKES under Soviet rule.

Hitler writes. openly in 'Mein Kampf . . "the masses are sheep". He goes on . . . . "tell them a lie. cr exaggerate a point long enough, and they will soon accept the statements as the total pic- ture and the truth." In fact his sneer is apparent. when he names the public as sheep. to obey the Master's command and to follow blindly. like sheep. - Canadians should think well if they tnilylcve their Canada, their homes and their freedom. Thought- less actions and strikes make only too vividly real on possibility that here in Canada. a in amniotic revolution can happen. Believe me, just the same communism of the forced labour camp, imprisonment without trial, or worse. IT CAN HAPPEN HERE. Beware, Beware. the struggle is already at. hand. strikes only further the enemyls aims. They will only make certain that the struggle will be all the more bitter and prolonged. They will only make (hideous thought) it only too possible the final dis- solution of the free world, and civ- lllzatlcn, and Death the crown for all.

A Bottle Hymn of the Nations

"The Right to defend,

on each, all depend.

Ye Nations to arms,

Lest the Christ die again; Make haste. for 'tls late, The foe's at the gate. I His cannon and mortar, Are snarling with hate.

The bugles ring out. The torch is sflame. The sword is unsheat.h'd That Christ be not slain: For hark all Ye Nations. The moment is high,

in The sword. Yo must carry,

That Christ may nct. die.

The Right to defend.

on you. all depend.

Free peoples to arms, That. the Christ rise again:

For Christ and the Cross. To the death, we must fight.

For Christ and the cross, To arms, oil to arms,

I am. sir. etc.. Ll. Mu.-LIIOD Charlottetown. V

Ilio Ago-old story ..

no hope of the righteous shall be glsdncss.

i WHAT A WAR! VANCOUVER-(CP) - Ameri- can troops psulrig through here on their way to Korea never had it so good. They arrived on s lux- urious passenger train and were sped on their way via an equally "luxurious Csnsdlsn PsclnclAlr- lines.plsrio. "say. are those stow- srdnlss resily coming with us?"

ked one G.f. "Boy. what I was "

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Notes By

J lfr, -lion's one for the book. I recently visited a local-movie thu- tro to son I Bob Hope picture. It was really funny. and I was enjoy- lng it immensely and hsvlngis few real laughs. when from out of the gloom, an usher spprosched me and

politely asked me notifwllugh so loud. No wonder it is said that peo-

Mann. Victoria. 3. C. - better in Victoria Colonist.

to wait for television is still any- one's guess. How many Canadians

pi-obleniatlcnl. If or when a tele- csstlng station is built. in the Van- couver area. CBC is likely to be the proprietor. And if the CBC decides to allow a private commercial sta- tion to be constructed, the opera- tors have been warned that CBC will regulate the programs. So, with or w out competition, our television are is aptlto be strictly CBC's type of material. It. will be the sort. which the CBC consider. to be. in the recent. words of one of its regional directors, "good tele- vision for Canadians". -- Vancouver Sun.

None other than a lion was I passenger on 5 TCA aircraft which landed at Fort William this week. He was tfrsvelling to Vancouver in the cargo hold. and while here he was taken out for exercise. of course he was just. a young llon i ” about 30 pounds. And as such he was quite playful. on seeing the crew pet him. two Fort William men joined in the fun and fondled the animal as they would a dog. Take-off time drew-near and the cub trundled off towards the plane and the cargo hold. on the way, the lion came to a stout wire stretched around on pegs to keep people off the grass. The Jungle baby snapped playfully at the wire -and cut. it as cleanly as would a strong pair