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CHARLOTTETOWN sxrunorv-,0 mob oitiooi Rumblings Behind The curtain

Remember how, at the theatre, muffled rumblings come from behind the curtain when the scenes are being shifted between the acts? That is the way it is right now behind Stalin's Iron Curtain. Rumblings and rcvcrberations which are necessarily obscure in their precise and individual sig- nificance, nevertheless suggest that fund- amental changes are occurring which are fraught with meaning, and, perhaps, with hope for the nations of the western world

Consider, for example, the strange case of Dr. Ciementis, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia. For more than a month this enigmatic figure and erstwhile Com- munist disappeared from view. Finally. word reaches the outside world that he has been arrested as'n traitor and spy for of- fences against the security of the state. mcriiing for him the supreme oppobrium of ”Tjtoist."

From the l.(remlin's point of view Czechoslovakia has never been a satisfact- ory satellite. Llkc the earth's course around the sun. Czechoslovak communism has followed an elliptical course. allowing itself to be influenced by such bourgeois considerations as national self-interest. The Soviet "grab" of the output of the by no means inconsidcrablc industry of Czecho- slovakia has also aggravated nationalist tendencies which are particularly strong in a people whose sovereignty was suppressed for centuriesiuntil it found expression in the late President Wilsonls policy of self- determiiiation after World War I.

It may be some time yet before the curtain goes up on Czechoslovakia. Mean- while, the rumbling and disturbances which emerge suggest that Moscow is finding Czech nationalism a hard nut to crack.

Economy Note From tittawa

Output of pamphlets and so-called "in- formational data" has been the target of Opposition members in the House of Coni- mons concerned with economy in govern- ment. Apparently their efforts are begin- ning to bear fruit. For the department of National ilcalth and Welfare has sent a postcard around to thousands of Canadians who have been receiving the department's magazine "free gratis" for several years asking whether they wish to continue to get it.

Now Canada's llcalth and Welfare is a smart-looking little publication. Its efforts, however, are mainly devoted to telling those who take the time to read it how well the department is doing its job. Serious students of health and welfare matters would, of course, look to author- itative professional journals for informa- tion on matters of interest in the field.

Result, of course, is that the depart- mental publication has been going to thousands of people who have little more than a passing interest, if any, in the af- fairs of the department. This much at least is confirmed by the Phmsiiig Oi lhf? card asking whether those presently re- ceiving the magazine want to be kept on the mailing list. "In the interest of econ- omy," the notice reads, "the mailing list for. Canada's Health and Welfare is being re- duced to retain only names of persons cur- rently interested in the publication." Which suggests that a lot of people not currently intdrested have been receiving it at the taxpayers expense.

This little episode makes one wonder how many people in Canada are at present receiving other government publications in which they are not currently interested.

"clean lip" For Britain's Festival.

We are hearing a good deal of the at- tempted "clcan up" by the Morality Police of social conditions in Montreal, and now Reuters advise us that Scotland Yard, Lon- don, has started a clean up on London's biggest vice racket, organized prostitution. One of the leaders has been hauled before court on a charge of living on the corn- ings of a prostitute.

It was the first outward sign of an all- out police drive to cleanse the metropolis of its swarms of harlots befoic thousands of overseas visitors arrive for the Festival of Britain. Arrested was Alfredo Messina. 50, one of five Maltese brothers who in the last 17 years have turned prostitution into the city's best-paying yet apparently safest racket. During the war their weekly profit

was said to have topped 131.000 63.000). Never before,-had Scotland Yard found one of the brotherr "girls" ready to

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justice. Police told the court there were "other matteis" which still needed invest- igation and asked for an adjournment Messina was released on ball. The Messina brothers created the "business" by im- porting women from Brussels, Paris and other European capitals on regular trips back and forth.

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There probably will be a new Legis- lature this time next year. The members for 5th Prince and 4th King's are tired of paved highway con- struction in the abstract and anxious to get down to something concrete. 0 O 0 The Nova Scotia Light & Power Co., has ordered for installation at Halifax, a 20,000 k.w. 3,600 r.p.m. turbo-generator set complete with condenser and feed wat- er heaters from the Metropolitan Vickers Co. in Britain. 0 O I The new Provincial Rent Control Act gives cities, towns and municipalities power to introduce regulations permitting land- lords and tenants to arrange between themselves the rent that should be paid, and failing agreement, an appeal to the County Court. I O D "If the Dominion Government paid us 352,000,000 today,” Premier Jones told the Legislature, "they would not have made up for the damage they have done us in the past year." Steps should certainly be taken at once to put Island products on an equal basis with those shipped through subsidized ports of other Provinces. O Q C Milk grade and markets go hand in hand. The great improvement noted in the Health and Welfare report is due to the opening up of markets, especially by air, and at the same time market demand has brought about decided improvement in the proportion qualifying as Grade A. O 0 O

A detailed census of Canada's commer- cial fisheries will be undertaken in June this year. The first stage will be conducted in conjunction with the ten-year population census in June. The second will be carried out about October when fishing operations are at a minimum. 0 O O

The Mayor of Coventry and other dis- tinguished guests witnessed the completion and packing of the 3,000,000th fractional h.p. motor made in the British Thomson Houstonls Coventry works. It was includ- ed in a consignment of 5,000 motors be- ing sent to Canada. In 5 years more than 55,000 Austin vehicles worth considerably more than 350 million have been imported into Canada. 0 I 0 Dr. Frank MacKinnon's timely address on "Responsibility in Government and Ed- ucation”, published in full in our issue of yesterday, should be read and studied not only by all our school teachers, to whom it was addressed, but by our legislators as well. The issues discussed are of great im- portance today, if we are to preserve the heritage of responsible government which was won for us in this Province a cen- tury ago. 0 O O Charlotte Bronte, afterwards Nicholls. died this date 1855. She became a nursery governess until 1842 when she went t.o Brussels with her sister Emily where they obtainedacompetent knowledge of French. In 1846 Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte published a joint volume of poems under the title of "Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell." Charlotte had written "The Professor," which was not published in her lifetime, and followed it by "Jane Eyre" which became an immediate suc- cess. She completed "Shirley" in 1849 and became a celebrity. She visited the Great Exhibition, at London in 1851 and worked on "Vilette," which finally appear- ed in 1853. This proved to be her last as well as her best story. I O 0

Commissioner J. S. DesRoches, K. C., in his report on the Fisherman's Loan Scandal, says there were no regulations made under the Act governing the fisher- men's loans during the period under re- view by him, and that it was really dif- ficult to say for what purpose the loans were to be made except to assist fisher- men, which "is a fairly broad expression." Evidently the Fishermen's Loan Board con- sidered it so, for notwithstanding that it demanded notes from the recipients of loans they took no steps to collect on them. In some cases, the Commission asserts, the impression existed that the"money was intended for relief-"a hand-out" in a time of financialstress. Evidently members of the Board were rather hazy- on the sub- ject, and did not worry unnecessarily over repayments. Now the htmeot-to-good ness recipients will regret no doubt that they repaid 1 gift while others got off Scot-free. .

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DANGEROUS WEAPONS

Sir. I was very pleased to read the IIWO letters in The Guardian. 'M.ul'Ch 27. one by Mr. G. E. Wood of Charlottetown the other by Mr. Fred Tuplin of Kensington. outlin- ing the dangers and evils of these weapons, slingshots. bows and arrows and especially those B.B. guns. who should know any more of their danger and destruction than Mr. Wood who has lost that precious possession (eyesight) which God has given to each and everyone of us to see our way through life. not for targets for some child or ymlth who is ullow- ed to travel and carry such dan- gerous weapons.

Last. Sunday while returning home from church I was walking through the Experimental Form, when Isaw five or six young boys each one carrying a B.B. gun. I would say these boys ranged in age from 9 to 14 years. I am not laying any blame on any of these boys. I only wish to ask one question, you can form your own opinion. Where were the parents of these boys on Sunday last?

Once I asked it Mounted Police officer if there was any law in force to stop boys under age from rarryin-3 or using B.B. guns. He said they were not classed as dangerous weapons. Their hands were almost tied. All they could do, if the person caused any bodily harm or property damage then they had something to work on and then could take action.

I would say thut is a very poor law for a country such as we now live in. As the saying goes "Why lock the door after the horse is stolen."

As for Mr. Tuplin. I feel sure in saying 75 percent of the damage done to property has been done by some youths or others who at times have practiced target. shoot- ing with a BB. gun. They don't seem to have any regard for far- gels. It is liable to be a human being, an animal. bird. window glass or anything their eye hop- pens to catch. You will find a true sportsman will value property as his own. I only hope to see the day in the not too distant future. when those weapons will be class- ed as dangerous to life and prop- erty and a law passed to ban their use.

I am Sir. etc. HORACE D. MACEWEN Mt. Edward Rd.. Charlottetown.

Probing Secrets

tLondon Culling.) Physicists at Bristol Uni- versity are n:w sending huge bnllsons Lo heights of many miles in order to gather information about cosmic rays-the mysterious rain of particles that stream down (ii the earth from outer space.

This subject is also being studied by British scientists high in the Swiss mountains. The Bristol

team, headed by Professor E. F. Powell, who was recently awarded the Nobel Prize, has already been using balloons that measure 70 feet from top to boticm. They are now planning to make one 200 feet long. and they are also discussing the pcssiblllty of a balloon twice even that size.

These balloons look rather the ones in which pe;-pie user: to make ascents many years ago. except that they carry no baskets fcr pa.ssent,'ers. Everything is done with instruments. The balloons are made of i.hin. transparent plastic sheeting. and high on the fourth floor of the physics department building at Bristol I saw cne being cut. out by young girls from pat- terns drawn on A long line of tables.

Even a 100-foot balloon takes a month to make, and has two miles of seams. that have to be sealed -ff with a hot hen. The 200-footer will have eight miles of seams and four hundrcdwcight. of plastic sheeting: while it 400-footer would need sixteen hundredweight of this material.

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The bigger the ballcon the high- er ii. gzes. The 200-foot monster should reach a height of 22-miles -nearly twice as high as on air- plane haa ever flown. And the reason for wanting to probe higher is this: the cosmic particles- mlnute parts of ntcms-come strcamlnx towards the earth with incredible energy and almost. at the speed of light. Their energy is so meat that those that do reach the earth sometimes penetrate hundreds of fee of soil and rock as easily as a bullet goes through butter. They have been observed at the bottom of deep mines, and produce effects that cannot be created in any laboratory.

But most of the rays are lost hllzh in the air by colliding with atcms that make up the times. phere. So. the further up n 531. loan can 1;: the more cosmic radi- ation there is for its instruments

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to cbserve. I say "instruments". but really only one of them has a direct c:nneci.ion with the rays. There is a little radio trans- mitter that sends out messages saying how high the ballcon is: a gadget that automatically Jettisons ballast if it is losing height when it should not; and an ordinary household alarm clcck that re- leases the instruments at. to liven time and lets them float down by parachute.

Then. most important, there are packages coiitamlng photographic plates bundled up in cctton wool. These plates are very like the ones used in cameras, but the sensitive emulsion they are coated with is much ihlcknr

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what happens is that the cosmic particles tear thraugh this emuls- ion, tracing a tiny furrow in it, And if they strike atoms in the emulsion they are likely to split-- and that. too, is recorded. Pro- fessrr Powell put it to me like this "Just. as animals moving cver snow leave tracks that can be interpreted by the experlemed hunter, so particles moving across the plate leave tracks that mean some- thing to the physicist".

Well. a balloon is sent up. com- plete with equipment. It reaches a height; of so many miles and may drift. :1 long way l with the wind; the last one reached Hall- and. (Incidentally, these balloons are cften taken for flying saucers!) Then the parachute brings the equipment down. and on it there is a label asking the finder to send it to Professor Powell. and offering a reward. Almost all are recovered. One set. of equipment was re- turned from Berlin with 3 note saying: " I don't. want: the reward. but could you send me a pair of working: trousers; and I take size 12 1-2 in bootl".

Every returned plate require: about 3 year's study. First it. is charted by in young girl with a microscope: that takes her about four mcnths. Then one of the 20 or so physicists in the department. takes over and analyzes the thou- sands of "events". as they are called. recorded on each plate. Where does it all lend? well. it is part cf the study of the greatest of atomic problems-the myster- ious force that. binds utoms to- gether. And these plates. which have come down from miles in the air. give evidence of new particlea. called mesons- which the phy- sicists believe are related to that force.

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"The Brew-house stands by the side of the western I-llghroad, leading from Charlotte-Tcwn to Prince Town, and a never falling well of water is in the House. and is laid out so as to carry the water all over the premises. The build- lng is 62 feet long by 32 feet wide; there are 3 Malt floors, each 30 feet. long by 20 feet, and a kiln complete. 10 feet square, laid out with the best English fire tiles. All the apparatus for Brewing and Distilling has been imported from England, and the works in genernl are in great fcrwncdness. such as coolers, tubs. etc. The whole has cost: the owner upwards of 2300. Communication: on the subject (post.-paid) addressed to James H. Down. Devonport Lodge, near Charlotte-Town. will meet with immediate ni.tentlon."

-Prince Edward Island Rcgls-' tcr, Aug. 11. 1829.

KITCil-IENER. onc..-(CF)-Mrs. D. W. Ward is serving her family with clear, thin maple syrup made 17 years ago. The syrup is a clear amber with no sediment and its lusting high quality is attributed to the fact it. was cleansed with milk after it was made.

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having Enter where it it. tho spring parade might I well be changed to May 1 so we could have a chance to Ice the new douse: they wore under their furs on Sunday. - Ottawa Citizen.

Visitor: find Iomothinz charm- ing in the quaint names found along the coast of Newfoundland. Many visitors undertake tours merely to see places hearing such names as Heart's Delight. Heart's Content. come-by-Chance or Brand and Cheese. songs have been

written about them. - St. John's Telegram.

Eventually there will be about 2.000 television stntlcns spread

over America. The Federal Com- munlcatlom Commission has ten- tatively proposed that about 10 per cent cf theze facilities be set aside for the non-commercial. This is a pitifully small propcrtlon .mly a fringe to be exclusively de- .ot.ed to education, culture, in- formation. -- New York Herald Tribune

The Canadian 10-cent. stamp is one of the weirdest. cbiects KNOW" to philntely. If ugliness and ab- surdity add to a stamps value, this one will be a treasure in all future collections. On the right is an Indian tepee, with a man's head and shoulders ahcwing be- yond it. on the left. with trees in the background, is a collection of three objects, with a figure "3- nanbling that of a man Siimdlng beside them. What these obiects are, and how they are suspended in midalr, not one Canadian out of a dozen could guess. They are stretched hcnver skins. one is of Lremendcus size - as long as the human figure is tall. An expert

has said that this must indeed have been the grandfather of all beavers. - Toronto Star.

Having spent. his entire life on the tiny, rocky island of SWOHB. the orkneys, Mr. James Rosie died at 32, Since the death of his wife 20 years ago, Mr. Rosie had lived on the island with his son and daughter. He made a frugal living by dcing some, farming (plowing with oxen) and fishing for-lobster. To those who live amid the bustle of o mcdern city, this would have seemed a lonely almost. impos- sible existence. Yet who is there to say this man was not. content? There was nothing to. prevent his lczving this little not. of land,

swept, by the gnles of the seas. He probably could have made it much

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better living elsewhere. His life 11.. lultrntea how great o ;x'oportidn of man's happiness lies within

himself. The happiness that come; i ” unluf

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relatively. minor to the whole. Aim this soot had his home, though it was, and his

humble , family. 1

Hcw many of us, in the "pursuit of happiness." seek to find most of it ' on the outside. instead of dove1op- '

ing that which lies within us! We chose amund in giddy circles, to find it eluding us. And, when we

do catch up with what we think ' would make us happy, how often ' we find it artificial and even foloci ; Not all of us of course, could find l

happiness on a lonely isle. eapgc.

Tally when set in the cold Atlan-

tic instead of the exotic and sunny Pacific. It would not be the kind of happiness we want. But most of us, perhaps, could find a greater degree cf happiness if we concen. trated on those components of it which are within ourselves, stead of being diverted by tho gaudy glitters of extraneoun in. fluences. This man of swona found contentment, possibly with himself and his family, and to like it. - Windsor Star.

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She had but one eye in her hand. But shemus counted it. for gold.

The two went singing in the hay Or kissing underneath the sloes. And where they chanced to pass the day There was no need to ocue the crows; But. now with Mary wakcd and laid As decent as she lived and died. Poor Shemus went. to buy n spade To dig himself a place beside.

-Bhzme Leslie.

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