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In the Legislature yesterday, on a ques- tion of privilege, lion. Dr. lllaclililuan rose to .°xprcss ills l‘c.~:cnilnellt at all editorial note appearing in The Gllil|'(Ilill1, to the effect :hat the suddell collapse of tile debate on 'he Draft Adclrcss came as a surprise, and

_- that evidellll_\ the Opposition had not its

‘llt.‘llll)f‘l'.S lined up ill‘.(I ill itl.I(‘ll(IllllCC, thus lrovitling llle (lovcl'lnllclll with alroppor ':unit_v wllicll lllcy were not slow to take ad vantage of to sllorten the debate.

Dr. l\‘lacl\li|lan maintained that this state- '.nent was “uncalled for and not correct", as it was not intended that more than two or ‘hrec Opposition lnelnbers should take part :n the (it‘UllI(‘. lie l"..’$_{‘:il'(It‘(.I the criticism as 1 pl-l'soll'.ll llilronl alld also resented the im )uIzlllOll that the Governlnent wa~ trying to take ally undue advantage.

Unless the Opposition leader claims an immunity to criticism, it is difficult to see where his point of privilege comes in. The debate undoubtedly collapsed, at a point where the lion. Mr. Large, former Attorney General, had raised the issue of alleged brib- erly charges in connection with fishermen's loans which the Opposition had sought to have discussed by moving an adjournment

of the House. ’l‘he Government countered .

this move by undertaking "to appoint a Commission of inquiry. This closed the sub- ject and we doubt whether Mr. Large had any right to bring it up in the Draft Ad- dress debate. He did so, however, and as no objection was raised by tile Spe:lker it left the door wide open for the Opposition to Jeal with the matter. '

Only three of the six Opposition members had spoken; yet they allowed Ml. Large‘s statements to go unchallenged except by way of interruptions, and by their silence were consenting parties to his claim that no reflection had been cast on the hon- our and integrity of the House in the evi- dence before the Court, their own allega tions to the contrary notwithstallding.

If this was predetermined strategy on the part of the Opposition and not a case of be- ing taken by surprise, then we can only say that it still bears all the earmarks of ineptitude.

Another improper question of privilege was raised yesterday by the Hon. Eugene Cullen in regard to a statement made by Mr. Mc-Lure in the House of Commons, wliich had already been andwered in the proper place by,the Federal Minister of Transport. It is it rule in questions of privi- lege that they are to be discussed and ad- judged in the House to which they relate. Mr. Cullen was clearly out of order, yet he was allowed to proceed without protest from the Opposition in a matter concerning the veracity of their own party member at Ot‘lav.'a. This too may have been in pur- suance of a policy too profound to be divulg- cd. but the rant: and file of Mr. McLure's ‘ adherents can be excused ‘for interpreting

the incident in a different light.

Elective Jolls

"Someone has suggested (says the Print- ed Word) that members of parliament should have a rise in pay. (They now get $6,000 a session, of wilicll $2.00!) is free of income tax). On the ‘otller hand, a go- ’ getting Englishman who was in Canada not long ago argued that a decline in parlia- mentary quality could be traced to the day when mrembers of the British house began to, collect a sessional indemnity, which, like ‘stipend.’ is a -pollter term for wage.

_ "The Englishman's argument was that a member of parliament became less inde- pendent when he began to rely on his pay. .. E-Iepointed out that a score of ministers l with, their pay, plus the same number of

parliamentary assistants in more recent in-

novation in Canada) provided a sizable ‘ corps of members quite well paid, you know. vg“ “Of course if there were no pay for par- liamentarians, only those of independent could afford to offer themselves, ex- cept perhaps for political glgolos. There are celntivcIy,_few Canadian parliamentai-inns who can afford to live, durlng'the session, at the Chateau Laurler or other palaces of luxury. If the wives are along, ll dlnky

apartment is the usual thing and many a ' private member is a regular nation at the sign of the Greasy Spoon. m the White Spot ‘ tho,NIght Spot. \_ ‘

.l 'NIvu€thelOu therein no doubt that

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recalcitrance brings on an election ahead of schedule?

“Switching of political allegiance by M. P.‘s has been infrequent enough for the few cases to be recalled offhand. Maybe it's because being elected to office is being elected to a job. Or maybe not."

1. External Affairs 1949 ’

The Department of\ External Affairs has issued its report for the vein‘ 1949. It con- sists of 126 pages containing the reports of the twelve divisions of the Department: Commonwealth, Europe, Alneriea and Far East, United Nations, Economic, Legal, De- fence Liaison, Inf0l'll’tilUOll, Consular, Per- sonnel, Protocol and Administration. Per- haps the must generally interesting informa- tion contained in it concern passports, visas and certificates of identity.

During the last year the Department is- sued 67,258 passports and renewed 13,316. l‘he revenue from fees was $328,815. The Department continues to issue three regu- lar types of passpol-ts—regular, official and diplomatic. Newfoundland files have been transferred to Ottawa with her entry into confederation. Arrangements were effect- ed to replace valid Newfoundland passports with valid Canadian passports.

In pursuit of its efforts to make easier the travel of Canadians abroad, the Depart- ment has negotiated visa agreements with Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. As a result of these agreev lnents. Canadian citizens may visit the coun- tries named for pleasure or For business without the necessity of obtaining visas.

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EDITORIAL NUIFS Lucknow fell this date 1858, after an heroic defence in the Indian mutiny. It was subsequently relieved by a force un- der Si) Colin Campbell.

To historians, the most important work of the present session of the Legislature will be its consideration of" means of amend- ing Canada‘s constitution. It would appear, however, that few of our Members are historically minded.

There is something familiar about the report froln London that since the election it has been revealed that ‘.20 departments have overspent their estimates. Elections seem to be much alike wherever they are held.

V I At a dinner to the Canadian curling tourists in Ayr, Sir Thomas Houldswortll said that each year 150 tons of granite from the island went towards the manufacture of curling stones, of which 95 per cent was exported to Canada.

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The current from the Strait )I Belle Isle has long been blamed for bringing down the ice floes which block lxlorthumberland Strait during the Spring break-up. Captain Brown and Captain Godfrey seem to have put the blame where it properly belongs, on ice drlftling down from the St. Lawrence. 0 O 0 With its March issue the world-famous Strand Magazine goes out of existence. Mounting publishing costs write finis to that publication which introduccd to the world Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, l(ipling’s Puck of Pook's Hill, {-1. G. Wells‘ 'f‘he First Man in the Moon and P. G. Wode- house's inimitable Jeeves. I I I 0 March is a disagreeable month at best and its last three days are popularly sup posed to have been borrowed from April. According to the old rhyme: March borrowed from Avcril Three days and they were ill. The one was sleet and the other was snow And the third was the worst that e’er did blow. 0 That insurance benefits under the Un- employment Insurance Commission are in the nature of a trust fund for those follow- ing seasonnble employment, is the rather startling view of Mr. R. P. Hartley, K. C., Regional Superintendent, . Atlantic Region, U. I. C. If that is the case the rates of premium must be adjusted to the certainty of seasonal lay-oft’ rather than the possibil- ity of unemployment. O 0

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' There is to be no longer butter over the comter at less than the standard price, whatever that may be. The Federal Gov- ernment should set the example in demand- ing what it paid for its surplus, or the"e will be nothing to prevent householders and blulnoisno. importing their supplies in bulk from elsewhere, even if it be a lower grade. No really satisfactory solution is ‘possible

l‘l1l5 GUARDIAN.

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This column II own to tho discussion by ouruupoudo to of questions of interest. In Guardian dons mu accoun- Ily cndorno the opinion. of oorrcopolldcntl.

s'o'¢'l-‘-'-‘H’-'l-'.%'b1H\n'u'u\'o'ln'h'u’n Fdltllllsllb

slr.——It did nut. take the wluellousc UD\.‘l'dvUI‘5 Blltl sluppcrs of this Pru- nlicc long to gel. wgelhcr and form is l.urnlp and pouuw llssucluilun (or lllal~kc..llg our pul.lll.ueu and tur- nips alter the r.-suits of the vow I.lIl\0II on l"cu. Z'.ol.t| became LIIOWII by the grapevine route

l.‘hey should be highly recom- mended fur the koellcss llley luau: shown in their uwu .lll.eresl.s. Wu ull realize that. l.helr income is on the amount of bags of D0l.lIl...e>a they handle wlllluut rt-guru sun‘ the price they pay the producer.

This is a direct. clulllenge to the producers of this Province and it. is up to the farmers to do some- thing about. It. 'Iherc st-clns to be a ullunlmous uplnlull among our uzrlcuilmrui BULIIOIIIIEH and re- preaelltativcll oi Pin-llu‘ulent liuit our potato acreage should be do- creaaed. There can be no law in l.llis free land of ours to tell a farmer what. he may or may not. do with his own acres, but. he can and he sil:u.:l be penalized If he uses his acres to the detriment of his neighbors.

Mr. T. J. Klckham M. P. has put. forth what I consider the solu- tlon—a levy on acreage when over m acres per f ‘mar. The money could be turns over to tile Potato Promotion Board for the benefit of the whole industry. If this sull- Jcct. was taken up at. next. Mon- day's Farm Forum Meetings. each Club could send their decision to the Island Forum's secretary to pass on to the Federation.

We may be sure that the Feder- ation will do what is right for the bone tide farmers of this Province.

I am, Sir, et.c., ' A Producer.

WHAT FABRIEIIS STAND FOB

Sir,-Please grant me the priv- ilege of making a bllef comment on the following paragraph from a colorful and churucterful letter by "Marltlmer" of Vancouver, 3. C., in your correspondence columns of the Feb. 13, issue: "Approxi- mately -1U per cent of the Canadian people are either dIl"l'CII_\' engaged In agriculture or dcprnding on it. Yet, less than 3 per cent of the Caandlan Senators‘ are representa- tive of agriculture. Agriculture II Canada‘; basic industry—was her first lndustry—nnd without it Can- ada would perish. .

There can be no questioning the basic position of on: rural pop- ulation (27% per cent of the to- tal) not only In our national eco- nomy but, no loss, in terms of the social structure of this great Do- minion? As one of the farm lead- ers told an American audience rc- ccntly: “Our Dominion‘: (agricul- tural) program is not as complete as yours, nor does it cover nearly as wide A field, but we are con- tinually adding to it. We are mak- ing substantial progress in con- vincing our governments. or busi- ness and financial interests and the consuming public that there can be no prosperity for our country unless there is I high level of employment, and unless the price received for form pro- ducts bears a fair and reasonable relationship to the ﬂoods and ser- vices farmers buy." (W. J, Parker. at Natlbnal Farm Institute, Du Molnes, Iowa). ‘ .

That. mere "3 per cent" of agri- cultural representatlves in "the august body" that is the Canadian Senate, is beyond my understand- ing, and the horizon of this little letter; but it is possible that the Sage of Concord is on the fact beam thus: “The farmer stands well on the world. Plllln in manner as in dress, he would not shine in pnluccs: yet the drawing-room heroes put down beside him would shrlvel in his presence. I-Io Manda well on the world." (Farming- i859).

1 am. Sir, etc. "PRAIRIE-BORN”

INQUIRY FROM IOWA

sin. I suppose this will be an unusual letter. but. perhaps editors are used to surprising letters and requests.

when I was a young girl I react in book. "Anne of Green Gables". by L. M. Montgomery. I thought then, nrld still do, that it was I very -wonderful book. and that Prince Edward Island must. be a beautiful land.

Now, my young daughter‘: fourm grade teacher is reading the book to her in class. she is as thrilled with it u I was almost thirty yous

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Becnuse we both are so interested we are trying to learn all we can about Prince Edward !slInd.,Wc were simply. thrilled to turn in our reading that their actually in (or was) 3 Green Gables.

I sent. I bite: to Lucy Maud Montgomery, addressing it to Green Gables. Cavendish, P. I. I. hoping she was still alive. Just. eight days after it was mailed it wu returned to us. marked —-"Docoucd three years ." ._

We it on tho we had lost‘ I personal friend.

We cannot. find I torn nomad csvondlnh. to it a town or in that name comparable to our county I township pol-nu? V . - lllubetll Ann (my nlnryouglln dsuglmr) and I will bu In line- ful for any information you an cm on about this doololltlllt about noo usma‘ mend. " will p ' of your dlily ,_tIko it

Jessa

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REPORTS lN0lCAT€ ‘NAT NOT NEARLY ‘we lwrlclvaieo NUMBER Alze TAKING AD VANTAGE or ‘(HE FREE PRAC- l'lcAL lNSVRu<‘.TloN. ‘A

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MICMAC5 AND THE PRINCE

"A body of the resident na- tive Mlcmnc Indians (men and women) were hollollred with an interview with His Royal lligh- ness the Prince of Wales on the lawn in front of the Government House on the forl.-noon of Satur- day last. They were accom- panied by Mr. 'I‘heophilus Slew- arl, one of the Colnnlisslollers for Indian Affairs. who, in H brief ad- dress to His Royal Highness. ad- verted to the present dc~prcs.scd and unhlppy conditions of the re- sident Indians. arising out of

their being overlooked at. the time of the colonization of the‘ island by the British Govern-

ment in 1789. when the entire is-

land was granted away to non-

resident: and other grantees,

without a single acre being re-

served for the aborigines or their

deacendantts.

"Mr. Stewart explained that these people, after having been driven from every other foothold» in the Colony, finally took rc- luge in one of the scattered is- land: in Richmond Bay, which they have now held over a period of half a century, against every effort of the white man to dis- lodge t.i1em,—that.. though in pos- session!-ol the mainland of the. island. Itself. they are deprived of the privilege of appropriating to their own use, and that. of their families, the valuable na- tural grass, or marsh hay be- lollling 00 the island. and by which it. is partially surrounded, about sixty tom being annually raised and cut thereon.—that with the aid of this hay. and 0c. culoml assistance from the local Government, similar to what. is imparted to their Micmac broth- ren in.all the adjacent Provinces by their revel-nl Governments, the Indians of this Island would speedily emerge from their olden usage! and habits as a body. and gladly draw upon the produce of the soil as an auxiliary to their other scanty means of existence, —and that many of them were now prepared to adventure ill the cultivation of the land. if pro- vided with the nccessary help for the Purpose; and therefore they implored Hill Royal Highness to make their unhappy condition known to her most. Gracious Ma- lesty Queen Victoria. ‘

“His Royal Highness was then Plmed to accepl. very kindly and graciously, from one of, the widows (several of whom were In the Sfoupl Mrs. Augustine Nicola. one of the Morell section 0’-We tribe. a miniature canoe. and two or three small baskets. her own and daughter’: manu- f.‘ﬂAufx-tee‘ his

‘ r Royal Highness ma "tired. the Commissioner wu favoured with an interesting in. tel-View with some of the mem-

orllclo on P .E. 13. They hadn't, ‘but. they informed us. and I quote: "An Irticlc on Prince Edward Illllld ID cu in the November. mo issue of the cAmdlnn'Goo- gnphlcal Journal, published by the Canadian Geo. Society." They gave no the address, and tho price of the Magazine. We‘ no lo grateful for this in- fonnotlon. We are ordering the

sultan and hoping we will at t».Ivon tthis into data.-

Wo in six chlld.ren.- WI luv-I Md muullnterooting people in our homo-frool_A1l-lcl. South America. nldlc._wo have not people from xuly and from Japan through our ohlirch. Always we have then In- “ H biopic i=. our home when

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[We want our ohlldﬂn to know»

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Woeaaaw.

ALL SAINTS

in no great calendar of saintly fumes

.-\rc l-tgistrrcd their nalnrs—- _

They are forgotten in the scripts of man ‘

And yet. they also run

The race, in some swift. moment. of assent

’l'-0 life's sliprollle llltem.

’l‘hey gmsped the miracle of sag- riflce, ': 1

Playing its install pr cc. _

Their passing was red-lettered wltth their blood.

stricken in field or flood;

Or haply In some private path un- known

'l‘hey gave and won t.hc‘l.r own.

To ihese—t.o all who in unnoted ways

For single hours or day:

Have reached the stature thrlt is man's dl\~lne— _ '

We raise a namelets shrine.

And leave them in unt.:nn.isllabll.-

gold

The record nllulifold

Of those who won 5 brief or life- long light.

Passing lnlo Llle night

with no unmsnly fears or selﬂrrl plaint.s—

The comrades of All Saints.

—-Arthur L. salmon

IQQDQDQOQUODQODODOWMEJQ

The Age-lllll story

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n. ululu be like in tree plufful by the rivers of wntcr, that bring- nth forth his fruit In his season; IIII leaf also ohlll not wither; and

Mun. when divorced from use. saw. or I bill It. the lumberynui. is essentially I_ tree lover. It in perhaps instinctive in, men. both savage and civilized, to give per- llonllilly to trees. even as did Greek poets — orrthe American Indians. Sadly enough. trees. like lnen. are subject. to diseases that cripple lhelrgruwih, destroy their usefulness and bring on d:af.h'. A: ll, race of men can be wiped out. so were America’: chestnut trees by a destructive and uncon- troiable blight. ‘Eim:I.WhICIl be- gan lllelr grace and England and lnov their green friendliness westward. have been struggling agalll.-ll. the Dutch elm

had its bout: with blister rust.- New York Herald Tribune. I

parent that. something must done about. women‘: ham. This:

in hot. to ask for a crusade agalnsli is: whither will they turn, “slily" hats. it is a woman's prlv- | present, there is no I-llI.€l'll'dIlll| liege to wear whatever kind of I l government. in sight. And it is 0nl.V'Liberals and the CC!‘ have be." fair to lldmll that many a pretty-

llat she chooses.

woman can look fetching in a hat which is basically a pretty silly creation. What a woman chooses. to wear is her own ntfalr. but when what she wears becomes an source of discomfort and lncon-«' venlencc to others, that issonle-l thing else again. The difficulty] arises from the practice of {women wearing hats at theatres and com‘ certs. Today it is all but im-I possible to enjoy an unobstructed‘ view of ii motion picture screen or stage. Women’: hats get in the way. And as though this were not. bad enough in itself, women hove taken to wearing hat: with vertical feathers and other ornnmenla. which tower

above the crown of the hat. — Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

be found

N0les..By the Way -3.

-have had visions of the ‘-state.

auly in New - = the font in a rash of Ulopians, but W disease since it. was discovered reward of these people scouns u. in Ohio in 1930 and came East. be nothing more than a iempoy, The spruce: of the West Coast ary escape from and Canada have had their epi- few paragraphs ln'the daily mm‘ demlc plagues of beetle and warm. ‘inevitably. their cffol-Ls rail. Th, And the Eastern white pine ha.~l'

It In hecolnlng Increasingly up-I sooner or belAlbel-la will

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Order Your New Suit "NOW" for Easter or later delivery.

Choose from perhaps the largest showing of "Better Cloths" that can

AND REMEMBER. I-IOIIERLIN MAKE AND TRIM

Harry A. Macllougall

"BETTER MEN'S wslllri

. ll7lAl{Cl-I 11; 1950“

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Tim: young mp... ; reached Nova 53:: to e.:;i.,l:,‘1~' ' i n settlement where "racial :3 liunal and religious pl‘I.‘illdlCI'. will be unknown." They'll “T if. Nova Espero. In z‘,§p“.an ‘ the. international language hard] Inrbody speaks. thut means --M," hope." This in a nice dream gm, hardly original. Since the ii; of Plate. at lcllst. and p.,,1,yb{" a long while before that, me: Derfcc B < Sir Thomas More, 1}“ ,

rll.l.sh philosopher and slalcsluan popularized the word Utopia U

sixteenth century. Every generation or so, the wo,-id break‘

reality and , '

fact PVUI-lllblll is Ulnf. cvol.l1lun ., a slow process and t.hal hunlalu are not yet ready for Utopia, - , Slnl. John Telegraph-Journal,

Iller. the voters g

turll aside fl-0,, Social Credit, and the quegtjol A

Both in.

unable to will ally significant measure of support. But. no be. - lieve that. the Progressive con. servatlve party, if it goes to wing now and builds an efficient pm. vlnclai machine. can fill the need —Calgary Herald.

We've been reading coma ., the “Doleful Dick" news storm which have been coining out oi, meetings of farm ornnizatlonl“. of late in which we are beilu ' warned that disaster is right, on , our heels. and that the goblinsll ' get you if you don't watch out. i We think the tendency of farm 3 leaders is to ovordo the picture. ' We don't hear much of that kind of talk from the run-of-lmlll farmers and ranchers. —— Lelll.‘_’ bridge Herald. ',

whatsoever he dooth Ilnll , -

bers of the Pl‘Il’lC€,'.l suite, before whom he touched upon the points alluded to, which he consldecd as having an important. bearing ‘upon the past and present his- tory of these people. to which marked attention and interest was shown by His Grace the Duke of Newcastle and Lord 5%. Get- malns: and in proof of the sym- pathy and interest of the Royal party towards these children of the forest, the Royal artist. Dr. Acliland. made the most of the waning time before the departure of the Prince from Government House, in hastily sketching the likenesses of two or three of our native sisters. which. at some future period. may be made more public."

—The Examiner, August 31, 180).

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