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THE GUARDIA

THE GUARDIAN

iii-i-iiiiii; llilil] ir-rriniii-ii In trim) wrtrirr-rri-u .r- HPIIIIIII our“ \i.iii, l'iinl ulna. llrtpnllllrirllL Ullflﬂd.

In? i-i.i.rii riiriirrtiiiii rlllbllvlllllil to. Bdiliir Illlll "Illltlﬂblli iirrr-i-iiir, J it isurireii. Assiivlrilu Eilltiir. Friinli Walker.

"The Strangest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

An excellent start agriculturally has been made for the rtcw year with the opening in Char- lottetown today of the Junior Farmers' Short Cvlitw The prospects are that about I25 voting nten and women from many parts of th: Province will participate iii thc course. The annual meet» mg of the Junior Farmers Felezcitioii will also be held during the week '

As Deputy Minister Shaw JlOlZS in his year- Erid review of our (lgHCIlllUfLll progress, this new movement among our younger farmers of both sexes is destined ro have lOfJCUClHllg cl. fects. By interesting youth iii rural community deilelopments we inav hope to see, in the near future, a reversal of that trend away from the farm which has been so noticeable during war and post-war ycais, and which in this Province has constituted our gravest agricultural proh- lem.

Noting this fact in its bricf before the Leg- islature last session, our senior Federation of Agriculture urged upon the Department of Agriculture and Government members and legis- lators generally to give every encouragement and assistance to rural youth movements. This the De» partment has done and is doing very thoroughly and efficiently. Beth Provincial and Federal of- ficials have shown keen interest in the pio- gress of the new organization, which is now es- tablishing o network of branch organizatiors

throughout the Province; and already, as has been noted in the reports of these meeting}. there is in evidence a great advance in

tho development of the qualities of leadership in social, cultural and other activities.

Our urban citizens are also keenly interest- ed in the work of the lJfllOf farmers. and will extend a very cordial welcome to them during their stay in Charlottetown this week.

Communist Threat In Asia

Perhaps the most far-reaching event of the post year has been the military reverses sustained by the Chiang Koi-shek government in China, which has been a bulwark against Communism since before the outbreak of World War ll lt would seem that the United States~~ the only Western Power with the strength to intervene in Chino effectively — has written off the Chiang government's chances of survival, and now re- lies on Japan as its chief Oriental ally and its base for military action in the For East if wor should happen there.

Noting General MacArthur’: recent da- crees, strengthening his control over thc Jap- anese government, as confirmation of this view. the Globe and Mail concedes that as a matter of practical politics it is obviously much simpler and cheaper for the United States to keep hold of Japan, o beaten nation, than to mount the offensive which would be needed t0 "35"!" Chianq. liut this docs riot alter the luct tlitil an outright Coiririiunst victory in China could be a world-shaking calamity. It would tremend- ously encourage the Communist parties, large or small, in lndo-China, Malaya, Burma, lndo- ncsia and even lndiu.

A Communist Asia is quite possibly Russia's mayor objective for the next decade. The West's quarrels with the Sovict Government about Berlin and the Greek guerrillas, important as these issues are, may have served as a smokc- “we” (gnggqlmg Russia's Eastern designs. Arid if the whole Asiatic mainland goes Red —~Cl|'t alarming but conceivable possibility --- the American foothold in Japan is likely l0 Pm" l"'

sufficient either as bulwark or l""ll>'"9'°ll place. V g There is another phase of llw iilllﬂllﬂ"

which is emphasized by the Edmonton Journal. That is the serious threat to Australia which Communist successes iii Asia will lilﬁvllﬂlilt’ bring. Australians realize Willi lllCfflﬂilllg “'99” Cy how c(l5liy the spread of Communism might influence mllllOflS of economically depressed Asians and how easily organized Communism could sweep through Southwest Asa and thc Pacific islands to Australia's very doors. Australia herself is taking unusual stoos t0 zultivole Asian lrendship, notably by admitting Asian studcnts to her schools and universities-

lut Australians have nearly 3,000,000 square miles of territory and only 7-4 P¢9Pl° l0 ll" square mile as against Asia's 73 people to the

square mllr" That ii. wfiy they are endcavoiing to build up their population to at least 10,000,- 000 and why they look anxiously towards the restless hordes of Asiaticr. being infected with Communism by Russia. Before long all members of the British fqmily, including Canada, will hove ta give serious consideration to their responsi~ bility toward this danger which threatens a sis- ter dominion.

Mounting fl.tl.ft. Expenditures

Despite increased revenues, the Canadian National Railways experienced in i948 one of the most trying years in its history, reports President R. C. Vaughan, C.M.B., in his annual review. The national system although recording gross revenue of $492,000,000, an increase of $54 million over last year's operations, the nct revenue was SlS million lower than that of I947. Tho reason for this very substantial decrease in not revenue is that operating expenses leap- ed $69 million to tho astronomical figure of $46 million.

During the year the railways were granted an increase of Zl per cent in freight rates. al- lut, as Mr. Vaughan points out, this meant only

an over-all boost of l3 l-2 per cent because of a large number of exceptions. A l5 per cent in- crease iii competitive rates also helped boost the revenue but it failed to take core of the increased cost. Payroll adjustments and wage increases granted employees during the year added more than $39 million to the company's operating ex- pcnses.

Tl-e annual review of the C. N. R. opera- tions is generally a very good barometer of the country's economic condition, The fact the rail- ways hauled more tonnage on its Canadian lines than in the previous year indicates that business lras been gocd throughout the country, generally, although the (JCClIﬂC in iraffic originating in the United States was mainly due to import re- strictions.

/ IUIIURIAI- NUTLS l,

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The first week of the New Year is also the 99th. annual world Week of Prayer.

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Microphones seem likely to put a damper on international negotiations in the U. -N. Secur- ity Council at Paris. Twice recently, the Canad- ian Press reports, supposedly secret "deals" have been broadcast by microphones thought to be dead. i x i.

Complying with the wishes of thc City Coun- cil, many of the citizens cleaned their footpaths to the concrete. Then the thaw and rain came, followed by renewed frost and ice. The last state of these footpaths was worse, much worse than the first.

Autoists in these slippery days should bear iii mind they have not the monopoly of the streets and roads. Pedestrians have equal right to them, and it is the duty of car drivers not

erily to avoid running them down, but to circle

round them to prevent accidents. This is im-

practicable, however, if cars be speeding.

U U U Scientists go to great lengths to insure accuracy in carrying out experiments but the palm must surely go to a Cambridge University professor who has trained himself to blink with one eye at a time, the better to watch a ther-

mometer of an instrument dial. l‘ Ir it

The Scottish curlers have come and gone, and a jolly bunch they are. lf they did not see the island at its best, they got a good idea of it from the year-end reviews. So satisfactory are the various local revlewd of the year that it seems likely that posterity will wonder what on earth people felt dissatisfied about in i948. i ‘I R

To him that hath. A Christmas gift of Sl,500,000 to Cornell University from Mr. My- ion G. Taylor, President Truman's personal rep- resentative to the Vatican, has iust been an- nounced. The money will be used to erect a Second Wcrld War memorial building which will scrve as o student inter-faith centre.

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Since Saturday Halifax has had only one daily paper, published in morning and afternoon editions. The loss of an alternative vehicle for the expression of opinion is a serious one, anrl tho publishers have a responsibility to insure that no group in the community is unduly discrimin- ated against.

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ln this part of the world ice is not at all difficult to obtain so that when it is used as a substitute for a giant crane the results are worth noting. A Detroit firm is reported to have handled a 275,000 press by tilting it over on some 60 tons of icc. The ice melted and the machine was gently TOWPIECJ into position.

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General Monck, (Duke of Albeniarlcl died this date i670. English soldier and sailor who rose to b: a general and admiral in both ser- vices; was a royalist in the early stages of the Civil War, and became a Parliamentarian lalcr under Cromwell, defeating the Scots at Dun- bar. Was instrumental in the restoration of Charles ll who created him a duke.

British Pzinic Minist:'r Attic: bcrn this date i883. After a brilliant Oxford career, became a social missionary in the east end of London, and a professor of economics at London Uni versrty. Joined thc band of forward looking youths who formed the background of intellectual soc- ialism, and developed into the Labour Party of which ho is now the actual as well as the nomi- nal leader.

"Somebody once asked Disraeli, twice Prime Minister af Great Britain - whether ho had read a new navel (says Mr. A. P. Ryan of The Timcs cver B.B.C.l He answered, "When l want t0 read a novel, l write one." That was his WIIV cl referring to the delight he took, all through his long and tremendously active life, in writ- ing stories. He wrote his first novel when he was not much more than o bay, and quite unknown ta fame. He wrote his lost when he was nearly eighty and even then he was not written out. For lie left behind him, when he died, an unfin- rshed and very entertaining story."

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Our Legislature wisely provided in 1937 that any provisions of the Dairy Industry Act of Can- ada falling within the legislative competence of the Province and outside that of the Dominion, should have the force of law in Prince Edward island. This is understood as applying to pro- hibition of the manufacture or sale of margarine arid other butter substitutes, which according to the Supreme Court's interpretation of the British North America Act, falls within provincial iuris- diction. Tlie Provincial Act, however, requires to be put into force by Proclamation on the written request of four or more directors of tho Prince Edward island Dairymen’: Association. Our

dairymen should govern themselves accordingly.

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FIRST DOG WATCH, NORTH ATLANTIC

Cloud castles mount drowning sun; For tiitnienis I per-mil myself lo dream.

Aruitsed when silken pennons round rue stream:

Thin trumpets blate. smoke masks ilie leaping guii;

But ixlietive this feet, I ask. until device

l/JYC viorkcrl into each sail and flag uliips fiecl

'I'tic luilur glTCll arid gold awake in

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01d irucsiioiis. tlieii yield answer's that sufIii-o. y

Uur Western blood is restless, easy crust

sheltered llIC tovla)‘ We

In cloudy seas vvc- swear no fleck of rust

Sliall <lini our steel. nor need W2 Raleigh's CI‘_\'

To tell us that toi- high deeds we were born.

The brave Fllilll i~ai~e ilii-ir attilicnr though titty die.

-—Jﬂ\n Ackersiii in the I01 i T mes

@¢r/a>-s<i@>oo-Qrs-@n%

Old C ha rlolletowir l’

(And r. r. L) i

The first of the land speculators to bestir himself in this colony was Sir James Montgomery, who bad drawn Lot T in 1767, and by 1775 ltriri acquired one-tialf of Lot 12. Lats 30 and 1H. zine] two-thirds of Lot 59. II:- sent oiit about sixty settlers front Porthsltire, vvlio ar- rived in May, 1770 and establish- c-il themselves chiefly at Covetiead. though a few went. to Three Rivers. Among these settlers at Cove- bcnd vivere the Lcsvvsons, who were warm friends of Governor Patter- son. but not of Sir James; for, a1- though the latter has received much praise for bis early Interest In the settlement of his lots. lt must not l‘; supposed that he himself con- tributed towards the emigration ex- penses of the settlers. He nterolv rlireetcd them to his own lands rind offered to lease them wilderness linrl at onc- sliilllng per acre. On this point. Dr. MaeGregar, who vis- ited Uovelreail in I791, makes thc- fallowing illuminating (‘DIIll1l(’Illf\T_\'Z “l faiinrl tlint Mr. Millet" was from thi- pririsli of Mutliil. twenty iniIr-s from Loch Euvne. where I was born. llc told me of Mr. Law- son. hlzicfiivvnri. and others, who crime out at the some time. At bear- ing ‘llr. Lrwsoﬂs rtuirie, I instantly recollectc-cl thrit \\'ltl‘ﬂ I was a little bu)’. l’ beard much trilk of n Ml‘. Lawson and others going out to America. They were decayed out. by Elle 0f the great proprietors to set- tlr.» his lilhd. They \'.'€‘f'(' to pay a shilling rant per acre, nnrl they ihitiinlil it ClIOIIP till they came out zzrirl srivv it; but then they found it dear enough. After them came a number" from Dumfriessltire. vvlio srttlerl here and in SI. Peter's. On their first rii-rival they were like to DfllFll with hunger. as the few sr-ttlei-s vvlin were before them hurl little enough for" themselves: nnel thcy coulil not flll have lived, had izot a number of them got over ta Pielou nrrrl nblriinvrl relief them

lraiii the aid settlers." v a -

EARLY BRITISH SETTLERS

Tri September". lTTir, Rob,“ s‘[\‘v- iil'l nnil his tl-irnilv rirrivc-rl in Mal- liPriiie v.illi rilioiil sixty settlers or l-iﬁilllﬂs. iivvvuvils of two hundred sit-iris. for llie lirrlf of Lot 1S. \\'l‘ll(‘l] llritl been §Tillllffl to his hrotlter-in- li-vv, l,t.-(.‘nliinvl Robert Stewart. a brother‘ of PPIPI‘ Stewart, who llllc vi‘ lwvniiii- Chief Justice of the Is-

lunil. l-‘ni- went rif n pilot their wssr-l. the “.\riiirilri~llu". rnn an strove zit lllf‘ (‘llll"l|l1l'(‘ of the lizir- llvlli‘ iiiil vvrs lost. together" \\itli l“ ll "l lll“ “ilvliﬂ- 'l‘lir-_v came from .\lL_'\ll‘.\'lti_"(;_ 1]“. ham‘. of y)“; 316w.

i-ii». riiiil Z-HIUII: them were lllr- iifriirvs i.i' Ilriiizsriy. hli-Gougrir-r, n“. l\i ii/ii‘ i~.\i"iliirr. Yllclruugiill. Mirr-

“lll- l'- .--'iiirl Jlllfl l\Ii-l\'zi_v. in lllt‘

' 1 riirliiniri tlirsy \\'(\y-(\ ju|']p"

Mimi MW crrty per-suns‘, who PIIIIII‘ ir~~ -i .'\l'i‘It\llll.

‘ll lT l riiiil lTTB, .\I\ or"

b‘ l?" l"ll‘iil=i‘s ltiid been esliilrliiilieil

m‘ I'm m‘ l“ ('-'ll'lllii llullrinil, lll"

ii i.:iii;il llllil‘, JllVl r\li'.<. Pliilliyrs lillll" ' l0 lvlivise firllior. Niitlizrn- ii"l L'iifl']ii, llnllriiirl ll'l(l sol/l tlii~ ""' "ullgnr the lot. lll lTTil . -liiili'~' liiillirirrlsiin hurl lyyﬂughy ‘iillillll fifteen settlers" to tlir- via. iiiity of (lHIYlUllPlfHVIlI rim! in ‘lir- nii'-- -~ j ijqp i’. :.'n,,..‘. hcvr-i-nnr‘ freq”; -_y- M,‘ “m "In" rilmlm‘ l" “"5 ll ﬂliil Tl-"i. vvlilrlt lie llfllll S"(llI'f‘!l possession of. for lli" liirrr- being. from Adzini Drum- Wﬁllll uiiil Gr-nc-rril Richard Vlfarge

o o g '

flirt" lrirpist of rill the settlements l“ lllld llPriorl was tirade at-'l‘i'ncadip_ lPl "5- l)? Captain Jahti llfneDonalrl or Glenuladule. He was not an orig_ irizilrgrlaritee. but purchased Lot 36. i_n ii ._from George Spence and oobn Mill. merchants of London l" “m” l0 Dmvidv for some item...‘ Catholic trnnnts of Alexander Bols- fllnlt‘, who was trying to convert iem to Presbyiterlanlsm. In (H1715. {wring thesi- tenonls to the Island. 1c was assisted by n memorial fund "ISM by Ute Catholic Church Iiifivih°d""'"°° gllPrd 0f seven-teen -__ ilies went out in the summer of iiiif- b3" '11” "M" lwdv did not ' ° "H 1"2- TllPY consisted of two hundred and ten persons, one hundred from the Island of U] rnd one hundred and ten fro ‘hi! mainland. They arrived on thm h.° "Alexander". in the month of Thin? ic“.."::'.r.’s'.."s."" "Mvvii C‘ ‘ ° Ytllii. brother o! aptaln John. to Scotchfort wh ‘My Pltfllied to Trncadle' lung‘)? Party were John MacDonald Q brother-ln-luw o! Captain Jotiri in: r . ‘Slam: “Pﬁnlmlldr l lecular Into. Y Pr elt. and Roderick Mn|> Donald. a medical doctor. In u" following year Captain John hlm. self arrived with till wlfa and fam-

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772/5 ZS NATIONAL WEEK UF PRAYER.

Customs Of The Season

iUnIted Kingdom Information)

bell (‘know as the Devil's Knell) Is W112 In Dcwsibury, Yorkshire, Eng- land. But for World War II. when it was rung twice only, the bell lias been rung every- ycar for 70:) YBBIS- btlerid says that. the cus- Wl" beﬂan In the 13th century by 8- lPCEiI bBIW. who as penance for killing lllS servant gave a bell m

the parish church and ordered that, It should be rung cvgyy Christmas Eve to remind him of his c"r"rt:~." B" i'~'1 r9 iw- l» ..

for Wei" year since an bltth o. Cuiiz, llA. , M, __. t.'iitecl_ to i-iii; exactly iii, tie li3iii' of midnight, local pCDple bencwd that Ilte devil would be kept. away ll'°m llle Parish for the next 12 months. 999C181 carol services are held in churches all over Ettgland on Christmas I-Jve, particularly In the "Wlll 0f Elllllaiid. Iri many places Nativity plays are acted. based on the New Testament story or “hat lIKPDEHEd m Bethlehem nearly 2,000 years ago. a a

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a n The Scottish vilhtze of Killin, Perthsltire. has tom virbicli Is unknown ebewliere. Ellery Yuletide the villagers go to a nearby stream and game;- riishes. which are pulled Instead "l bPlnft cut. These riislios are than used as a IUJIPOTBTY resting-place l" 8 number of stones taken from lllﬁ Rubles of an old corn-mill; lliey are stones ovltlt a hlifrlfy. The villagers ‘will tell you that ll'l<‘1I' pzitrcn saint, St. Fillinir, used them

“Pllll-llle-s B20 tri cure the agiie, sprains. and other ailments and injuries. He simply rubbm

the affected limb with on; 0g (he stones, and a conniplete cure fol- lwled- Nflwadﬂys. the stones are brought out each Christmas, laid on their bed of rushes. and later returned to the gables of the mlll, In this W8)’ Killian bath celebrnteg Christmas and perpgiugreg we "lPmOlXV 0f its patron saint.

Christmas Day itself is a great brine festival. Christmas,- dinner. “llll il$ tiiYkv-s and plum pudding iiivlicit nvriilulilri is the tradifniral

lllﬁﬁl 0f Ill’: yrnr. And in irpev phi-cs there are Christmas Day cnsioins which ireiitro round tbe Icsilvn brim-ii -. iii Qufpn‘; C31. loge. (Wvfo-"rt lJI"ll\‘r*l'.'~.'l_\', llll‘ (x. unirile, I-lerp 1hr civic-ii ls knoun rs‘ the Bria i. Ilratl Frost.

Tl‘? Yiillli (nil choir: cf ill" Prast ‘s ilir- .\lfll'_\' irf n iiurleiit n! Quwnis

CP-llfllt‘. -'iv“rv vv:is rtlt."c':'~rl l.v n uild iio.‘ vvlirii he W115 kﬂjlfflﬁf! A"l ldlli‘ ilirrlii: a w lk .< 111i‘ 50o

ll" lmltlllilf‘. iirib bimvn iiliiplouri‘

"l Pl‘0\'i$'or‘= iiliii-li lie iirirl mir. lllflSPfl rit Tlirsloti. on llf"ll'llvr_v “my l‘ l"""“il"'~l= Flllllllt‘ ship hnrl been

loft. The total imiiiiizt-iitiori ilireet. "I li\ lllnrltonnlrl. lll'1\\'t\I'(l§ of tlrrei- l“'mll"‘ll l" "llmllcr. lllllIﬁZIlPlV Fbrenrl over sevei"nl lots in this ""5l°"" P"! °l llil‘ lsl-"inil: nnrl the if.‘ ‘flflflﬂf! of their lenders plfvyriﬂ "" lmftﬂﬂl"! Dart. In Its develop- nir-iii.

From an lll'llt"lr\ {w p,- y) C lliirvev in the iwiiiiouisi» i1 5 i Jurtttary, 15mg ' ' CHM‘

Quun Strut

a Christmas (‘us-i

years ago. His book was his only means of defence, so he thrust the volume dorm the animafs throat cxclalnurig Gtaeaum est. Unable to digest so much Greek the ouar died, and the student carried It home in triumph! Front that. time the Bears Head became a nra.n ceremonial Chxlstmal dish In England, and served on n. gold or silver plate. surmounted by a croivvn mouthed with golden sprays of laurel and bay, nilstletice and

tmemary, It. was brought Into the ltall, heralded by trumpeters.

Another n-idgnlitideni Christmas

ldlSh In thoso days was the pea-

cock. Its skin stripped, Its plum- age retained, it W35 roasted. When it had cooled slightly, lLs feath- ers were sewn on again, and lll beak gilded. Stuffed with spices, sweet. herbs and the yOlks of eggs, It. was served with rich gravy. To the accompaniment of music it was carried Into the dining-hall by the most. beautiful 'Wcrrn"n or the one af the lﬂgtiest rank. fl- ‘oiwed by a bevy of lovely glrls. Sometimes the gorgeous psae 0.; was served in a pie, and over the plumed crest which appeared above

itbe erust, knIgltt-errants swore they would undertake perilous (enterprises during the coming year.

After dinner the guests, In their coloured, Jciwellea rafment, cal- lccted to play the 01d Christmas game of Snaipdragon. Then a great dish of raisins uflame irirlth light- ed brandy was passed round the

COHIDBHY. and thcre was much display o! skill and abundant mcrtiznent, as wvltb their fingers.

the guests drew the raisins frcm the burning brandy and piut lh(m in their mouths. The Snapdrngon Dish, sign of good cheer, was never forgotten, nor was the passing of an Wassall Bowl virhlch, tiiiéa with spiced wine or ale, was hand- ed from guest lo guest to drink amid trhe mirth that was such a marked feature of Old England's Merry Christmas,

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6 Ci The Age-Old Story f‘ . ZBZtIIQDSQUﬁQBJJZG3ICECECBCBI

If thou wort pure and upright, Surely Ilmv Ile would awake for time. and make the habitation of ll‘? rlxhtoousness prosperous: thoulrh thy beginning was gmall, yr! thy latter end should greatly increase.

HUNG"- ANTON. England - icP) —Bf.‘C3llSl) of taxation. Bernard Le sll-"HIKP squire and hereditary’ Irotrl High Admiral of the Wash.

to sc.l Hunstanton Hall and "5 Knrdcrs. He will keep the res‘, of the estate to maintain unbrok. sir his Inmlly-‘s LOOO-year associ- nrion wit-h Hunstanton.

MIGRATING BUTTERFLIIIS

tilonni-rii ltlllTlififtl-TIOS stream down south in autumn to winter on the Gulf coast. following by Instinct a "llllﬁ U195’ have never seen before,

COMPLETE

INSURANCE SERVICE

W. ll. Rogers Agencies

UIIITEI

Charlottetown

‘JANUARY 3, 1949

Regina, Sask Dec. 27. 1948

During the past decade I have been intimately associated with tlie Maritime Provinces. In that time I have tried. as o. Canadian, to study their unique position In terms of our Dominion as a ivliole. My studies have thus driven me to write this letter. NCWIOUIIdIaIIIVS admission has stirred me Into action. 'I‘tiat Province has been hesitant. In jolnuig us. In some re- spects I cannot blame'her for not being overly enthusiastic about It. We must. remember Lbnt Novzi Scotla was llkCWlSf‘. uniler the admonlttons of Joseph Hone, none too eager to enter. In retrospect I can see where Nova Seotia lost some strength and indeed potential greatness by becoming party to the British North America Act of 18M. However Newfoundland is in and I am glad of it. Canfedei-utlon will prove to be a great. boon to our provinces it.’ they now got them- selves organized Into a. Maritime Union.

The Fathers ot Confederation should not, be criticised for want- lug the Dominion to come iiito existence, but. those who have had an opportunity ta organize the Maritime Provinces and have re- fused to meet. the challenge should be severely censored! Many great Canadians have sprung from the soll of the Mai-Itlmes. yct where are you; great Murltiniers? Where are men to be found In the polltlcal IIeId who have put the cause of the Maritimes before all others?

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Have your leaders so soon far- gotten the main reason for sum- moning the Charlottetown Confer- ence 011864? It was expressly called to consider uniting your Provinces. Joseph I-Iowe and others saw the need for sucti a step. Yet. what was done? The Maritime delegates at. ﬁlltarlottetown allowed “Upper Canadians” to enter and break up their meetings. They allowed themselves, In the absence of I-Iowe, to be led by the ears like truant. school-boys to Quebec and in due course to London where their fate was sealed. (Nfld. ex- cepted).

For many reasons this Is the most opportune time to consider such a union. With the growing importance of administration in government. In this accelerated era, office space In your legislatures Is at a premium. More space will be needed In the future. Before embarkmg on any building schemes to answer itiese crying needs. would it not be wise to consider those problems in thc light of these suggestions? In the centre of the Lrtatxgle that Is form- ed by the Provinces of New Bruns- wick. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia is admirably situated the "garden of the gulf" Prince Ed- ward Island. Why not erect. there a. capaclous and eye - appealing meeting house for the members of the legislative Assemblies of those four Provilnces‘.

Technical considerations con- cerning the exact site of this "Central Legislature of the Muri- tlmes"; the choosing of a chair- man", the seating arrangements for" both government and opposition members, etc.. should not. be allow- ed to obscure the object desired. or to Impede your progress In ef- fecting Its realization.

At. this Central Legislature your representatives could work to- gether more cottcrently. There a spirit of greater co-operiitlon among your peoples could be ai- talned. Business administration could be more efficiently carried on by your delegates nclltig In concert on questions of common concern. Phases of Maritime llfe that. would be aided by siicii nei- Ion might. Include the following: Agriculture; Fbrestry iCoriicr- brook, NflizL-Dalliousle, N.B.. etc»; ﬁaitsportatlon; Mining iLnbrnaoi- ore - Sydney mills. etc.i; Industrial Development; and Nlarllime De- fence. The advantages to be guin- ed by co-operatlitg wl-tlt each other are so copious that iio conrplcic- 11st could be prepared ni this lllllC. It. is very Important to ruiiieiii- be: that Provincial self govcrii- merit and Independence ns l)!‘0\‘l(l- ed for under tire Ari of 1867 will in no way be curtailed. llrlitltrirs that touch the vital interests of a Province In a mariner ileeineil to be of sixi-Ial concern to them- selves. need not be brought licfove t-hls Central Legislature. The Pro- clnees must Individually Imve the right to determine what such matters are. Thus only questions of general concern will be raised

at. this Ilfarltlme Legislature. When agreemciit ls fPilChPll on such u topic It. can be tabled.

In due course the governing powers could return to their" own legis- latures and adopt or ratify the act- ion taken. O I

Thus you will have brought. Into helng on the smaller scale rm entdty analozous to the United Notions Itself. In this case how- ever no obnoxious veto powers are present. All ProvInces would have equal power to act. or not. to not as they so desired. Consent here Is the nil-Important. Ingredient. This synchronlzlng of Maritime desires ilheIr haste desires are common to all o! them) will lead inevitably to a resorglmento of those Pro- vinces. It wIll lead towards unity and strength and away from dtriunlty and dwnrfdom. By so acting your Provinces wlll become iwtint they should have become long ngoi a dynamic factor In the political and economic Illa of Clhdli. ‘They will no longer remaln dIvIded In pur- pose and thought.

Rolonor A. R. M. Irovier. as quoted by Time Magazine, is correct when tie suggests that Cun- odu’: larger Provinces should be decimated In order that democracy will have a better chance to oper-

otio In our country. But what

By G. Henderson Smilli

‘Open LetterToThe Maritime;

.."'stiould be" and what "15" two very different thin“ In order to protect themselves from complete and utter subjuzatton or the hands o! their large;- neigl‘_ hours these four Provinces must learn to vooraliiate their" efforts i combnlting the giant monopoly over Canada's strength. as Is new exercised by tho pmvlywes o! Central Canada. I O

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When a Illaritiine right; qua“ Ion Ls considered at. Ottawa in m. lryllllfe tlf such a plan 15 adopted by your peoples) a completely united Maritime bloc would ti“. "lffllfllvly HPDEnr in support. or m, tuck it as the case may be in,“ would be assured -'sliir-r- [he qiestion is of general concern its the Marltlmes It would have been talked over and a. eonclusiu would have been reached In ad. vanco concerning it In the 113115 o; their MDIlllnlC Legislature.) Wm; Federal member would then, m the face of ati enlightened Atari. time electorate, dare to voto against his constituents on such l matter? This step I; so yer, necessary for your survival. It 1g is not. taken your four Provincu \\lll continue to be at the mercy of outside pressure groups that en- joy the added support. of mo“ who Iiold the great. monopoly. Your Provinces vviil continue to piiy sur-ii added tribute to them in the forD at such things as In- creased freight. rates. Your mem. bcrs will be forced Into silence, Your people will scarcely raise n murmur against their Federal members who vote In a fashion that is at variance with tho muitters of common concern m you all. Such a complete degrad- ation of the democratic concept should alone be sufficient to uouoo

your Interest. U O

The reader may ask what a good Illarltlme bloc could do pt. Ottawg, Perhaps be thinks that It would be Ineffective? It would never in that. The rulers even In trio small states of Europe have undea- stood from time lmmemorlal. Lho strength that they possessed when It. became known to them that they controlled the balance of powu between tivo larger neighbouring states. This “blod” of your: do! control the balance of power bop tween Ontario and Quebec! Yaul llilrty three Federal seats in thl House of Commons give you tho-l power when considered In the light of Ontario's elghty two ml Quebec's sixty five. The proposed Redlstrlhutton Bill wIII not change this favourable position of yours.

If the reader" Is led to bellow that this Is all eye-wash let. ma refer hlm to J. A. Chlshobu‘: brilliant work entitled, “Th0 Speeches and Public Letter; d Joseph I-Iovve" Val. 2 at page M)! Howe wrote as follows:

"Had the Maritime Provtnoal been permitted to organize them- selves first. and then to unite with Canada they might have noted together and had a chance to guard their Interests; but dlsunitied, it is plain that they must: be o prey to the spoiler; and having but forty-seven representatives. all told. it is apparent that tho government of the Confederacy \\ill always rest upon the over- ivlielntirijz majority of one hundred and firi-iy seven and that, even when close illvislorts and tnlnlster- ial crises occur, the mInorIty can easily be spilt up and played of! uizalnst each other for purely Canadian purposes." (Home I must be tinted that Howe viu using the ward “Canadlarﬂ in Il-l restricted sense.)

To realize how Important tbll topic was cottsldered to be by thot great. Maritime: is Indeed signifi- ctmt. Wlty tins no other person since lils time dared to write ro

provocatively on this question?

Could it be that your sis-called- leaders ltave drunk too deeply v4

that. drerirl liguo: fonfoi-mltv?

Group nctian must be taken by _v0ui" Provincial Crovemments. 0H matters of common concern to them-

selves. before such Imues ail" for final ileteriiilttntlon." Swill’ this is obvious after such evcrill its the rceent freight rates Incar- lrius. It ls \\'Ql'l.lll(‘S§ to use Ill the time the catnclyzstn bTﬂllﬂ upon you "llie i-iitzislrophlc ITICllIDd

lU'\\l‘il<‘li Sli‘ blot-man AnEell w‘

lets in his discourses on inter- zrriiiiiiinl nffnlrs. To be able to ﬂVl tdﬂdthl’! ll?‘

iiiiiiirls tbut you put. notion rill" the concept. of democracy Instead of just paying llD-Sﬁfvlw l° ll‘ \Vlt.lioiit a healthy denwflill“ stale ilie lOhOmPS that. I hm monlctl would be ltnpolslble lg Iniplcmeirt. Every school (‘llll knows that Joseph Howe broiifllll responsible government l-O Mntltliries in I848 but docs l" know, or has be ever heard “i: thing culled I-laiisaxcl? Perhiiviu. might be well to tell hlm llth only by becoming familiar ‘ill Haiisard. will he be able t0 his eye clearly focused on the Y" Dﬂld Federal member who n’ been expressly sent to repret! his parents at Ottawa. Walter Upllmllnnr degeneracy In this a"! etc., has struck at. this w‘ poscd ignorance" of ours. u! would do well to take stock 0f °W own knowledge of the full m?" lng behind the democratic W“ Falling to do so will M156 l to be come the victims Ol s“ fascists. Communism Is In l” too. The Red Dean has "l!" remarked that “The only wotw klll rm Idea Is by i-eploclnl ll l‘ . a better Idea." Democracy 11W better Idea. Please therefore I ' democracy to breathe. Olva ll opportunity to mature Iri_ Y Provinces o. lll concluding this letter I lullénu out. the challenge t0 YW- m“ you unite?" Even u the ﬁll" M, Is put I om reminded 0f ‘an. ltncs of Shokespeo c. 6011"”

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