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'15 FOUR

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN___

THE YEAR IN. CANADA

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PIQIIIIIIIQ~—\V. (‘hr-fer l. bleLure, ll. I’. Seerrtury-Jileuh-Col. D. A. llnrlflnnn, ll. S. 0- Ilililur nml Hflllllllllg Director-J. B. Burnett. A-moclulo l-Jillturl-J-‘runk Walker uml IF. h.‘ (unit n t d. Mnfnin‘ imily (founded H017) 8.1.00 per yrur (in llll\il'llll"l‘)dl|é‘uz:‘f 31,50 p" year (in indium-e) mailed In lnnuilu and Ln r

Yeigh's article published in yester- day's Guardian. From this review it is evident that compared with THURSDAY, vac. a1, 1931 ' exceptionally favored and that no tions looking to the burying of cll1-‘ country l“ the world hos groom. ferences have been under way for l opoorlonlllos fol. prooros and do One of Canada's greatest states- lmonths‘ But me Manchurian fig‘ Vellllllmellt 111 the F68!‘ that 1105 n1e11 has gone out, practically, with 1 Venture of the Japanese appears jahead’ one of the 'r.'eatcst years in Canzid- have Shattered the prestige or Nan- Indlcauve or‘ the soundness or o‘ _‘ V“ ‘ i slpking, at least among the studcatsnconada was the prompt oversub- U“ hum“ ‘ m mo "U50" o _ S lwho have been active in revolt. The, sorlotlon of mo Notlonol son/loo fiiorjfnti; iiizoilccixtilgcoggre ‘:11 ‘1 President and most of his ministers Loan, o huoo issue o! olmpomooo‘ or

o A STATESMAN PASSES

c°“~“"’"““‘° PM” H” “as one o now really no eovvramvm 111 Chino, in the Dominion. An overwhelming

and there is 11o authority to directl response oomo "om all ports ol mo the relieving of the distress in thekountry‘ from Calmdlans 1n other‘ Yflllfitvs 0f 111i? S19“ Yimgtse “lldlcountries, and from United states l-lwai Ho rivers, where hundreds of i and 13,-lush firms dolng business m thousands have perished in the Canada‘ and the books “Vere closed‘ “T1911 S" Gm"? “mwtd ponlwll floods and where millions are facing ‘ wllllln a wool; one, the opcnlng 01,1 m" “e m“ S“ “m” m“ t°"mmmcl<icflli1 from fimfiiliion- ‘lihe camPalKfl. ‘ln ‘this Provincel l11<1l10T111~ A 1“‘i““'5"§' m°f°55°" by Revolutionary’ outbreaks occurred ‘ nlono over o mllllon dollars was‘. 1310795519111 hi‘ “"5 ‘m “mint tam" lduvliig the year in Peru, Brazil, 5ub5¢rlbed_ 1 h." chm” “m1 llo111l11vz1s,C11ba. Cyprus. and Spain‘; on June 5 an lmpQl-gang ogre‘?

the first 11nd 0110 01 1116‘ 3111"“ Hm‘ tenants of Sir John A. l\facDonnld. wvhcn that statesman was attracting

liriiliaiit young: 111011 to his 1119199‘ iionist baizmci" 111 Cuuliclu.

llfifilllCC lPIOFlliCi‘

Canadian activities In 193i. and

Ylc-r-Prulderif-J. n. ammo prospects for the coining year have been well reviewed In Mr. Prank

liiany of his carll’ days “T10 511"" in temperance l1111;1;1g:i11<i.i work 111

I11 the latter country the republican mom was Slgnod between the can. rcvolt succeeded and the dcthroncdgldilln and Austrollgn govommpnts

his nzitive province of New’ 13111115‘ ‘ K1115; Alfonzo Xll, “the last Of‘g1yl_ng Canada, onlong other oonoes. wick, 1n those do.“ 010111111‘ ‘illliithe Bourbons," sailed into exile- sions, the benefit of thc British DW- much more prevule11t 1111111 i1 is to- Dfflglic measures for the scp-gfermtlol gal-lg on 415 out; or 433 day. The young 111011 0f 111° '71“ ‘it 1111111011 01 Ch l1 TC h’ mid $13191 items which make up the Australian last century devoted a great deal followed the revolution. Inlwsgoms lam; T1115 agfggment Sup- of time and attention to cultivating October thc provisional president of? ersedcd the trogty negotiated 1n 1131a nrt of l111l1lic speaking. and in the rcpuialic Niccto Alcala Samora,19g5 lvlllch Seoul-ed the Bl-ltlsll pro- N.wBvuusivick1110111was a pltthom resigned and was succeeded by his fol-algal tong on only foul- items,

ol such youzlis, including the lute gMinistc-r of War. The new assembly Qfhgr mule agreements are being Mi‘. J.

B. Aft-Creamy. rrofcs-sor LIIKHYHWPPd "1i"@1'1l' °f cilnsciencfinegotiatcd by the Dominion Gov- -~ 111111 11:11.»; soon out- ‘R110 i111‘ fight 1v 1111161160 1111i‘ felig-eriinient with Ncw Zealand and 111111 11111 111111» 1111- lion compatible with mlbiio morals!‘ other countries which, if successful 1111-1115.; his talent, O11 August 24 i116 131111511 Lnbfiruvill mean much to our agricultural 1Govc1~11111e11t pnsscd into, history ‘ and lndusll-lal producers,

[with thc resignation of Prime Min-, ‘isfcr Ramsrw .\lacD011ald and his Cabinet. But almost immediately aftcr the Cabinet resigned, the King;

1.1111 111cc piaiform to lugs,

well lznoivn

1911i

from ihc

tin? political l

LOCAL EVENTS

Sir (Horus in

1111c! vrns last heard i11

11c. -

. dusk of forming a new National

val 1114i 11c had lost 1011c of lliS ' . .

plutfovm ywwer 11nd i-fltcfiveiicszs, 1 Govomnwnt composed of the 10am by the mauguratuTl-l of the new car ‘crs of all the three major parties. ferry service prowded by the s" s‘

In- October the National Govern-j Charlottetown’ “d the °pmmg or

the magnificent Canadian National

...111ccd 1'11 years.

transportation history was marked‘

Lrittcrly’ S11" Gcoiiuc had bccn :1 ciniviutcd 11nd eloquent supporter of n1c11t went to the country and was‘

_ ovc1'\vl1cl111i11gly' sustained. The’ Hotel’ bmiCd Cannon for :1 time at Gcn- :

1 rle vcprc- l >1Tl1l(l‘~1l(1l‘ luid important meaning,’ Another event of impormncc m

1.1a Leuguc 0f Nations.

11.1 111111 1.111 his '.'L'illl'l\ lost 11o 11111101‘-

MEMORIAL?’

PROM “IN

other countries Canada has been mo; oug‘ wlld bells, to the wild sky,

The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new, ,Rlng,.happy bells, across the snow: [The year is going, let him go;

‘Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,

lhave been forced to resign. There is‘ approx-mote“. $15 ‘or every person For those w“ here we see no

mom; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,

And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, with sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care, the sill,

Ring out, ring out my moumful rhymes i

But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and theispitc;

Ring out old shapes of foul disease;

Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old,

Ring in thc ‘valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kiiidlicr hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.

-Lord Tennyson

i. lresulted in the return of the Con- ‘entrusted Mr. MacDonald with the“ I“ m“ Pmvime a ‘m’ m‘ l“? sorvotlve party under the 1oador~ ship of the Hon. J. D. Stewart, K.C. as Premier andoAttorney General.

The verdict was emphatic: Conser- vatives, 18; Liberals 12, as compared with Liberals 24 and Conservatives

6 m the last Lcgisluwrm 16051; her more than any other bc-

. l1ig’ci'c11t.

Through thc federal unemploy-

IIOTES BY THE WAY

The moving fin!" Ill! "Pm"! its record for 1931 and, having writ, moves on to write the his- tory of another year. The record perhaps is not all that we would wish it to be but there it is immo- vable and unalterable. Life pro- gresses by a system of trial and error and there is no reason to hope that the record of the coming year will differ materially from that of the year now drawing to an end. One thing however we may hope for and have a right to expect. namely, thntihc errors of the past year 5111111 not be repeated. Tlic past is 1i lamp io guide our furth- er going. Let us go on into the un- known rcmémbering the errors we have made and determined not to repeat them.

A German Pathologist ivlicn ask- ed why nervous diseases were be- coming more common gave as his opinion that there were no silent places in thc cities. Noises have Emulliplicd with the multiplication iof 11111111111 devices, the automo- _biie with iis everlasting honk, thc lradio with its outdoor loud spcnk-

‘The ‘aimless cmdlless 9f the “"1955 101's and raucous unmuslcai music

‘luivc driven more persons into 11er-

Jan. I: Large attendance at New Year's Day reception at reaf- dencea of His Honour Lieutenant Governor Dalton and His Worship Mayor Prowse.

Jan. 8: A resolution requesting the City Council to provide a rest room in the Market Building was passed at the annual meeting of the Tourist Association. , Mr. Jus- tice A. E. Arsenauit was re-elect- ed president.

Jan. 8: Death of Dr. W. G. Church, Summerside, well known horseman. . ‘

Jan. 10-11: First severe blizzard of the winter swept the province The storm continued for eighteen hours, blocking railway lines.

Jan. 10: General store of D. J.

n: LOCAL EVENTS, 1931 i

Jan. 27: Farmers‘ Week opened ‘ with largely attended meeting of:

Provincial Dairy Association in Prince of Wales College hall. Tho subsequent meetings-of the other organizations were also well at- tended, and comprehensive re-l ports were submitted and discus-l sed of the year's activities. The; largest show in the history of the] Prince Edward Island Poultry As-* sociatlon was a. feature of Farm- ers’ Week.

Jan. 29: World's highest price paid for a silver fox pelt in 19311 was obtained for a pelt from Mc-l Lure and MacKinnon Silver Fox Form Llmited,_ Charlottetown, at the January sales of the Hudson's; Bay Company, Ltd., London, Eng- land. The pclt sold for 92 pounds,’

Riley, Bell River, destroyed‘ by fire. Estimated loss, $22,500. , Jan. l2: Winter air mail servlccl instituted between Moncton and: Charlottetown. ! Jan. 13: Death of Ml‘. J. A. Rit- ' chle, Charlottetown. Jan. 14: Grand Jury at opcnlngl of‘ the January term of the Su- preme Court expressed alarm at

the increasing number of accidents I on the public highway. They rc- _§ commended a stronger enforce- I

sterling, equal at thc time to $420‘ net.

Feb. 2: Forden Judson, 23, Alex- andria. killed in accident at Coles' sawmill, Milton.

Fcb. 2: First hearing of Pen- sions Tribunal in Charlottetown. The presiding officers were 001-‘

oncl L. H. MncKenzie, D. S. 0., and Colonel N. P. MacLeod, M. C.

Feb. 5: Encouraging reports submitted at annual meeting of

vous pvostrniion possibly than any

ment of the traffic laws and a lltllf) Red Cross Society. Lieutenant other cause, 11.1111‘ included. Many i

more thorough investigation of all icovernor Dalton was elected hon-

._ for Cziuudzi, 11111511111011 as it signl- l transportamm history was the open‘

l‘; peace and amrld '1)l'1)lll|_‘l‘ll[)()(l,

'._v of :1fl'.'oc:i".i1r' ‘he cause of . . ‘ ° ‘ find thc introduction of an aggres-

fr-nc poiitv 11f tariff pvoiectiou for

Bvilflli inciustijv mid 1111 curly rc-

l11i.~:;c1l . ‘ ~ :11. O‘.- l1i.»: passing clmippmivs the

opcnin-n, of ihc discussion 11.111111110- ed b; Premier Bennett at thc last? ‘Imperial conference in London on. lihc subject of intra-Empire tariff {p1'cfevc11cc. The British National “Govermnent has accepted Premier ‘ Bcnnotts invitation to continue thc ‘adjourned Imperial economic 0011-‘ m "“1‘3"‘1‘n"“ this ""““1"¥-’ m‘ 51m‘ fcrence at Ottawa, and this import- im" hi-"/“‘Y~"- “m1 i" m“? nut conference will probably take . h new hopes 11nd cxpecta~ plocoln July upon the world. 'I‘hc

great Yicturlliii

TUE (‘LOSVZVG YEAR

. (11111711:

ivkc a bzurkwnrcl glance ovci" the pol-olive

l-xlcl 111111 has bccii ivavT-Elcci.

failure of ihc I Hound Table Conference in London ‘and thc return home of Mahatma mdlwlrial dvpression ‘ Gandhi muttering dive threats of a durthcr campaign of civil disobed-

ience and

Second l

' The jscnv 1930 closed iviili reports o.’

1:1 111111.‘:

1 (‘iiliiilllir-(l counivics. The‘ press car- ' of tiisustrous earth-

1.~<i 1.1 us a

l ing of the Upton Airport which was made thc occasion of a visit of thc Trans-Canada Air splendid zilrlmoi-t, provided through‘ the initiative of’ Dr. J. S. Jenkins, definitely links the Province with the mainland in air transportation. Shortly after its opening the Can- adian Airways Limited established a passenger airplane service be- tween Charlottetown and Moncton, land other air services are in con- 1 tcmplatiou.

The situation in India is a mat-l was also a decided lmprtwcment‘ loll l; oporoprlolo l“ which to m‘ of grave “ncertamwl The 001m I Many of thc activities hitherto can. irled on by the Red Cross Society -wcre taken over by the Provincial 'Governmcnt. A new portfolio, that of Minister of Health andEduca- "M011, was filled by the popular ap- rcsislancc‘ are fresh m; pointmcnt of thc Hon. Dr. W. J. P. 1 MacMilian.

mcnt grant thc Provincial Govern- ment was enabled. to use ovcv 30,- 000 tons of Island gravel on the roads and also to construct other work throughout the Province, giv~‘ lng employment to several thousand I persons at a time when such em-i ployment was oi.’ great benefit to our people. In these activities the city; and municipalities co-opcvated sue-l cessfully. Of special interest to olir Catholic readers was the appointment and installation during the year of His Excellency the Right Reverend Jos- eph A. O'Sullivan as Bishop of Charlottetown. ‘Bishop O‘Su1livan came as a stranger to the Province but he has already won a warm place in the affection and esteem, not only of his parishioners: but of all classes.

A cordial welcome has also been

Pageant. This

In public health services there

The Provincial Sana-

111111110 and Halal wave in Australia, n“ our Invaders‘ Imnds‘ The attitude‘

1 - - -. . o; n“, loo“, ol lnsuropnt rows by,‘ of ihc British Govcrnmcntls that 1 it has gone as far as it can in con- ihti-ziicnr-d siriltc of 130,000 1111110181 cimlung um ‘uvcrsc native ele- Thlo Smk“ woo‘, mcnis. Responsible federal govern-

Nllllml m‘ ‘lmmmyv H‘ ‘mt gave “Sci 1110111 11:11; been offered to India with | safeguards

in trouble 111 other industries zmdl applying to the army (flllll"lljilt("l lzirszelv to ihc fcciini; of! m“! to external nflalrs‘ and with owrlllvdlllfl“, Um Limo“ GO“ provisions (lireciccl toward main- ‘ n‘ l,‘ Commit to“ Dnmmlon 11111111112 ihc flnancfzil stability of the (;‘)___‘,‘_‘lm‘,“l was cmpplm“ mm um 0011111113 T1111; -\\~;1s l-efuscd by thc 111111111111 r11 ihc (“FINN-Ill of thc wcst- Imlum dolcgam; as n‘ body’ M- um] 1110111511 thcvc is little doubiwthat, 1i.» v.w~:~1':1 i.11‘111<*1's 111 titling tlitm ma“? “mum “com it if pressure on“ me of me wont “fleas m were not applied to them. There is m,“ l‘i,>,“‘_k‘__ sfiii the hope that better councils will prevail and that Great Britain's offer will be accepted.

itorium was formally opened and is E now functioning as one of the most necessary and beneficial institutions in the Province. Plans for the con- struction of 11 new Prince Edward Island Hospital were completed, and the first sod in excavating the site was turned at a formal ceremony in which the Lieutenant Governor, the Premier, and other speakers took part. The Charlottetown Hospital also improved its facilities by innu- guratlng a social service depart- ment, and within 1 recent weeks plans for co-ordinatlng all the soc- ial service organizations of the city were discussed at a. largely attend- ed public meeting which was ad- journed to an early date next year for further consideration.

llviluii soldiers in Burma. and a

111 (Brent Ilrituui.

v11 11111111’ 11ml assistance to

The c.1111.‘ immfilv; (if 1931 :;:1w dis‘-

.'1 %'_l'0ll'; wwurvciiccr; by sen 111111 1.111111 The closing momhs of the year

l‘? l‘ Mlrllv, mxvjfyn‘ Thwo “Np. saw thc outbreak of hostilities be- u.;.riooz.;;..;;.i( lhwvwichhm “no ma“ 111M“- 11¢ wnw or 1111mm and w»- Ilalkdns anti Nicaragua which left: chum‘: Trouble between We two cmmral exhibits at the Pxovlncial 111111131 thousands (lcstiiute. Later in ‘ cmlmrws hm bee“ smouldering for Exhibition and the mumy mks was lhn your ihr- city of Belize. Cllplliill ‘Iilgmliilglcfiitcseistllffsf [he subject’ of special commends‘ n, nrlmh Homlmos‘ was 5mm‘ by‘ “mm,” tm-n-‘W (‘r-para or Romy tion by judges and visitors. Not only liiifllifflfli‘! mirltirlalwuvc nndmnny. ' ' ' ' ' ' . ‘ ‘ “as this quamy “mu mammmed 51' m“ escaped them disasters s“c_‘churin outside those assigned to homo‘ but; pl-lnm Edward Island ulmbcd to the plague cpldcmlcf Jfll>1111 by 1101111‘. The League of Na- ‘ livestock breeders mct with unpre- which lollowoo "0115 °11d°11V01P<1 10 b11118 about‘ a ccdented successes at exhibitions on peaceful settlement, and succeeded.‘ the mainland, including the Am- aftcr weeks of effort, in establishing ' hcrst Winter Fair, the St. John Ex. a temporary truce between thcjhibition, and the Canadian National warring factions. Subsequent out-‘Exhlbition and Royal Winter Fair breaks, however, indicate. that the; at Toronto. situation is still serious. If the Agricultural production generally League can succeed in settling the. was well maintained. and was con- Manchurian dispute it will havelsiderably increased In the case of gained a moral victory which will butter production. A statistical re- Bff-‘BUY 01111111109 1%! Prestige and view of this subject and of the fish- wiil contribute enormously to the cries of the Province appears else- cause of world peace and disarma- where in today's issue.

'i‘»~'~ Plllllllpllii‘ Inlllllflf‘. were swcpt

in

' A year ago the Nationalist gov- ernment of China appeared to have i1 fair chance of bringing order and peace to thc harrassed country over which it ruled. In the spring. how- ever, came a new rebellion of the Cantonese, which shattered the solidarity of the government. For a time it appeared the troubles in Manchuria would have thc effect of uniting the Cantonese

extended by Charlottetown citizens to the Rev. G. Carlyle Webster, rec- ently inducted as pastor of Zion Presbyterian Church.

That Charlottetown as a. conven- tion city is gaining in popularity was evident from the number of conventions held during 1931. These gatherings included the national convention of the Catholic Women's League, the 32nd District Rotary Conference for the Maritlmes and Newfoundland, and eonfétciices of the Dominion Board of Women's Auxiliary Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, the Social Service Council of Canada, and the Maritime > Tuberculosis Committee.

Distinguished visitors to the Pro- vince included His Excellency Lord Bessborough, Governor General of Canada, and Admiral Sir Vernon Haggard, Commander in Chief of the British West Indies Station, who arrived on board his flagship HJVLS. Delhi.

A disaster which ovcrshnrloivcd all others was the loss by five of thc Falconwood 11051111111 for the Insane, in the ruins of vvl1lcl1 it is believed eight patients suffered death.

Death also visited ihc homes of many 91' m" P601111" during the year. Prominent among iltosc who passed to the Great Beyond were the Rev. John J. MacDonald. Mr. Arthur A. Ailey, Mr. Arthur W. Weeks. Mr. John P. Nicholson. lion. P. A. Scul- iy, Rev. Monsignor D. J. Gillis, Mr. com-go W. Hibbcft, Mr. John A. Maclnofl, Mr. CliCiTlCS B. Chappoll,

and Nanking factions, and nolotiag merit. . The pruvinciaL general elections

r

m. Albert n. Large and m.

lcivilized cities have adopted means .10 prevent unnecessary noises and {the automobile honk ls one of the ibnnncd o11cs. There arc probably

Ring in the love of truth and right, no more fools l“ the world. today Ring in thc common love of good.

lthan thc average for the past 100 ‘years or so but the opportunities afforded by ihc automobile to make hideous noises appcgir to have cal- ‘lcd forth a. lot of incipient idiots‘

Ring h‘ u“? thmwand you“ °f pcaca who are llkelv to c11d their days

lcithei‘ in jails or in lunatic asy- lums unless stern measures are ‘adopted to repress ihcm. Britain's standing policy was ex- pressed _vc:1vs ago in ihc Balfour lszintemcxit. The Itiotlicrlnnd hold [that the quesiion of responsibility." lfoi- the war had only a minor bcnr- ing "on the means of paying for it.- :Thc Motherland argued that, even ‘if enemy countries could pay for all the dmnngc wrought, ihc ‘attempt; .to collect thc colossal sums would finally wreck world "omniercc. The Motherland ihcvc- lfove proposed io wipe thc slate chair-although that process would

Experience is 1t dear

‘school. The world would bc in :1

different‘ position today if ihc 11:1- iions had responded to Britain's 1311110111‘ lead.

Grout Britain is still a creditor country with overseas investments ‘valued at 3,500,000,000 pounds, and she is quite capable of restoring her adverse trade balance and thus stabilizing the pound at a reason- able level. Moreover, she is now the lender in an endeavour to se- cure that co-operation from the gold-hoarding countries which is essential to the salvation oi‘ Eu-, rope and of European civilization. When she succeeds there will be a recovery of uiorld prices.’

For all its provincial rivalries thc hostility between the North and thc South, China has an inherent unity consolidated ovcr thousands of years, says the Hong Kong press. There are forms of ‘local go- vernment, social customs and fl. venerated literature common to thc whole race. There arc no religious differences and no marked geo- graphical boundaries. “All Chinese are brothers.” The civil ivars may be cited as an ironic commentary on these remarks, but there is this to be said for Chincsc civil wars,

tlie foes of today. both in thc ranks, and at headquarters, are friends tomorrow. The mcrc for-

eigner suspects that ivheri a Chi- nese ivar is in progress 1111 ihc gen- erals concerned are in touch with each other. It is curious to the ‘Ncstevncr, but there are not the dccp and personal animosltics that characterize thc wars of the West. The Manchurian crisis has not sccn an abrupt cnd to China's i11- temnl jealousies, but n dfiCliifiillC“ of war by Japan would sec an a" tonishing unity.