".2113: I.- 41." is. E THHE GUARDIAN fublrsbod ovary wed-du inu-Ilnn u I10 Pnuco liner. urn iottotoml. P I. L. by The Company united. ”0uuI Prlnu Idwnl Island MI: the luv” Editor. Prank Walker Gourd Hunger. in A. Bunion Irnncl nlficu II Biunnronlda. Ianluuo and Aiberton. Autho- lud as Second Gnu Hall by the Foo! Office Department. Ottawa. By Corner: Charlottetown. summoning 115.00 per annum. El: Inn! in P I. K Ito!) Other Province: and U I A ll1.lI per nnnuni "Tho shongul. memory is weaker than the weaken ink.” FRIDAY. JANUARY 28. 1955 Canada's Ratification The Paris agreements for admittance of a rearmed West Germany into the North At- lantic Alliance have been ratified by a large majority in the Canadian House of Com- mons, but as noted in yesterday's Ottawa despatch, the agreements must be approved by all fourteen member nations of NATO and by West Germany itself before the Ger- man entry into the alliance. Approval has been completed by Britain, Greece, Iceland and Norway. It is hoped the process of rat- ification among the other nations will be' completed early in April. I In France, the main hurdle was cleared! when the Assembly finally gave its approval, to all three ratification bills. Approval oft the Upper House-the Council of the Re-I public-is still necessary. and they have two months from January ii in which to give or refuse it. But according to the French constitution, In the event of a dispute be- tween the two Houses which cannot be re- solved by compromise, the views of the Low- er House prevail. In the Federal German Republic, the Upper House (Bundesrat) has now consid- ered the agreement bills and referred them to the Lower House (Bundestag) without giving any final opinion. They are unlikely however to upset the decisions of the Bunde- stag. -That body gave its first reading to the bills just before Christmas and is likely to hold its second and third readings late this month or early in February. The principal tussle will be over the Saar agreement which has amused bitter opposition in many Ger- mans. The chances of ratification, on the whole, appear to be favorable. In Italy, the Lower House has approved ratification by a large majority. The bill should become law late in February, al- though the opposition could delay it some- what longer by procedural manoeuvers. The Benelux countries (Belgium, The Nether- lands and Luxembourg) are likely to delay taking any decisive steps to ratify until they see what is happening In France and Ger- many. In the United States the "advance and consent" of the Senate by two-thirds majority are' necessary before the President can ratify. He has requested the Senate to consider the matter as early as possible in their present session. The Russians have not been idle, either with threats or promises. They speak of de- veloping the military powers of their satel- lites and they will certainly put forward more plans and suggestions. An examina- tion in general shows these gestures to be a re-hash of previous plans. Summing up the situation, a United Kingdom Office observer says that perhaps the most dangerous tendency is the desire in certain quarters to parley with the Russians before ratifying the agreements. That is ex- actly what Moscow wants. The time for such conferences will doubtless come, but only when the free nations have achieved that position of stability and strength which alone the Communists respect. There seems no point in fixing any date in advance or showing any other signs of over-anxiety. The immediate task is clear and Imperative. It is to achieve the greatest measure of unity that is possible in the circumstances. and with a minimum of delay in carrying out the objectives of the defensive undertakings. Ropeway Trade Route High in the mountains of the little Indian protectorate, Sikkim, engineers are building a 27-mile ropeway to speed up trade between Northern India and Tibet. Like the 14-mile ropeway of neighboring Nepal, the Indian project is a series of trestles supporting freight-carrying aerial cables. Flung across the formidable heights of the eastern Him- alayas, the mechanism will bring a business- like touch to nature's exotic scenes of orchid- strewn valleys and ice-capped peaks, says the National Geographic Society. it will also offer a tangible reminder of changing condi- tions and potential rivalries developing in that part of the world since the Chinese seized Tibet in 1950 and pushed their fron- tier to the backdoor of India. Tibet's main trade route and shortest outlet to the sea has long stretched south- ward across Sikkim to the bustling bazaars ofh-Kalimpong in northeast India. In the Illt IPW V0813. IIOWEVBI3 the Chinese over- lords of Tibet have launched an extensive my-building program designed to link I AIII-heIti:hnd'country to Rod. China. in ail.- , uincunceinentu from Peimng expected to provide direct communications between the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, and China's far inlandprovinces of Sinklang, Tsinghai and Sikang, to the north, northeast and east respectively. Even traffic to the! south has not been overlooked. A motor- able road was reported under consideration and has perhaps been started from Lhasa to Natu Pass on the Sikkim- border. This 14,000lfoot pass is toibe the term- inus of the new Sikkim ropeway, reaching northeastward from Sikkim's capital Gang- tok. As another motorable road already links Gangtok with Kalimpong, early com- pletion of the relatively short transport facilities on both sides of the south Tibetan border would give the "roof-of-the-world" land its first modern route to the outside. Meantjme long lines of mule and pack- pony caravans, led by weatherbeaten men in fur caps and quilted coats, wind slowly over the rugged old trail from Lhasa to Kalimpong. Traveling by way of southeast Sikkim, they bring India traditional loads of Tibetan wool, hides, musk extract for per- fume, yak tails and prayer 'wheels. In re-; turn they carry salt, tea, cotton textiIes,I molasses, hardware and small articles for household use. I Outstanding among the trades local specialties, in season, are enormous and de- licious apples grown in the wild interior of Sikkim. Cultivated in a fertile valley that looks westward toward the snowy summit of the world's third highest mountain, Kan- chenjunga, these apples were originally transplanted from England. By some quirk of soil and circumstance, reports one English orchard expert who arduously made his way to this lofty spot, Sikkim apples reach a state of perfection that every apple grower dreams of for his own product. New Atomic Probiems The far-reaching and dangerous effects of atomic radiation have been recognized, in part, ever since the explosion of the first atomic bomb put a new power in the hands of men; they were dramatized and confirm- ed with a decisiveness that no one could mis- understand when several Japanese fisher- men were laid low following an explosion many miles from their fishing grounds. That most unfortunate incident -- which did no good for Japanese-American relations-was, undoubtedly, the result of a costly miscal- culation. From now on, as the scientists find out more and more about the monster they created, more satisfactory safeguards against its fury will be possible; but man- kind may as well get used to the fact that there can never be any such thing as 9. dan- ger-proof atomic-bomb test. Some reputable scientists have gone so far as to speculate on the possible evolution of a ”freak race" of human beings, following a continuing ser- ies of explosions. Nor is this all. Peace time use of atomic power-which, we are told, will in due time revolutionize the entire industrial economy of the world-faces its own serious problems in the form of atomic waste. This will have to be destroyed by measures now unknown; or, like the atomic bomb itself, if uncontrol- led, it will make mankind rue the day when the strange power was put to use. That is the clear meaning of the warning now be- ing circulated by eminent scientists con- nected with the World Health Organiza- tion. One expert already is on record as saying that, once industry comes under the control of atomic power, waste-disposal plants-even if they can be built at all, which he seems to doubt-will cost more, a great deal more, than the change over from the old to the new could possibly warrant. It is all very confusing; and, taking one pros- pect with another, the atomic age does not appear to be starting out too promisingly. EDITORIAL NOTES William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner, died this date 1939. O O O The United States Congress has set aside a special secluded room for quiet. A more valuable convenience for any public body can hardly be imagined, says the Ottawa Citi- zen. The room would be especially useful if each legislator were to use it. both before and after making a speech. 0 O O In recent years, warns an exchange, some of us have forgotten that, as John Stuart Mill pointed out, "the worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it." Instead we have tried to transfer the characteristics of the individual to the State and hoped that the latter would carry on its corporate shoulders the burdens which individual citizens were loath to as- sume. O O O A recent survey approved by the Coun- cll of Foods and Nutrition, American Med- ical Assoclation (A.M.A.) Indicated that men and women over 50 who ate the most meat (3 H2. pounds or more per week) showed the highest all-round health scorbs. Fewer in thh gihoup were overweight, they had bet- ter blood vaiua. better bone density, better rcfleneauimer nerves, mt less fatigue after I-1 Curtlyi. had i healthier Ikin colmlliml. The Tangie In Tokyo Winnipeg Free Press On a recent visit to Tokyo Ad- miral Arthur W. Radford, chair- man of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, surveyed the mili- tary prospects of Japan. He could hardly have found them satisfac- tory in terms of American stra- tegy. Though Japan has built up a defence establishment of some 150,000 men, at a cost. of S200 mil- lions a year, this retreat from General MacArthur'I prohibition against all armament falls is.- short. of the Urt'ted'States' present desire. Such details are secret but it is generally understood that the United States is pressing for a Japanese defence force of about 350.000 men and for the repeal of the disarmament, clause in Gen- eral MacArthur-is constitution. Actually Admiral Redford could not expect any clear defence pol- icy to emerge at this time from a caretaker government living only by grace of the opposition until I general election is held in March. When Mr. Yoshidn resigned a few weeks ago he left I vacuum at the summit which has been fined by ii curious and uncom- fortable combination: The premier,- ship fell to Mr. Haboyama, who formed the Liboralparty after the war: He was then disbarred from politics by the American occupa- tion authorlties and, according ly, handed the party over to Mr. Yoshida. . . . Mr. I-Iatoyama say: that. by a gentleman's agreement. Mr. Yos- hlda was to return the party to its founder as soon as Mr. Hatoyarna was delpurged. or when the oc- cupation cndcd. AI Mr. Yoshida denied any such agreement and continued to rule. Mr. Hatoyama quarrelled with the Liberal party and joined with the Progressive party formed by Mr. Shlgemitsu after his release from prison as a war criminal. Thus was formed the right-wing Tidal Power Survey (Moncion 'rra.nscript) while the final decision rest: with the US Congress and will not be known for some time yet, never- theless a new interest will, doubt- less, be amused in New Brunswick- ns it will in the border sum of Maine - in the long projected har- nessing of the tides in Passa.ma- quoddy Bay. This to provide exten- sive supplies of electrical energy for large areas in eastern U. 8. A., and the Min-ltlmes. President Eisenhower in his an- nual budget; message to Congress has requested passage "of an ap- propriation of about 81 rnllllon to initiate an estimated .38 to 34 mil- lion survey to be undertaken at 'Quoddy in order to definitely deter- mine whether it is practical from an economic standpoint to reacti- vate construction of the big tidal project started in mid-300. Two years ago a preliminary sur- vey of that pr , power scheme was undertaken at the direction of the International Joint. (Wota- waya) Commission by the latter": engineer experts in order to deter- mine the physical feasibility of the project. and which was adjudged practicable. Now the other, and more important phase of the sur- vey. if authorized by Congress. will be the decidi factor whether the tides of 'Quoddy - whose estimated power potential is placed at 20 mil- lion kllowsttll - will or will not be harnessed . In this proposed survey. ooncod- ed totuke fmmtwototlirooyoun to complete. it in a tear of graft- ncstion to Canadians in thin out- ernmoat part of the Dominion to learn from a statement made in the House of common: recently. that the Ottawa government will be prepared to do its part in tho.onn- duct of the proposed and pay its share of the cook of some proportionally with the numbn- ing Republic. The decis is I p' r” rov- ersal from but had been under- Itood to be lit! AdmllIllUlUQl'I negative position held towards the major ooonornlo photo of the IIIFVQV. Although If llljfli not in any reverlul at all.-rot whirl. savour this survey an id about a year and a half or no the than non III , towards it had no iy only been I!- reued by a departmmhl funct- onary in Ottawa. but no in I wlnioIlIhlIHllm”WIl minister- donlol-vbr IuloII&Dt-of SIG. Democratic party but. it could not. overthrow Mr. Yoshida in the Diet without the support of the Social- ists. After some remarkable bar- gaining behind the scenes this support was secured and Mr. Yoshida ejected. 4By the terms of the bargain be- tween the Democratic and So- cialist parties the new coalition government led by Mr. I-Iatoyama. with Mr. Shigemitsu as foreign minister. agreed to call a spring election so that the voters could end the confusion and erect a stable government. 0 . 0 Once installed in office the I-Iatoyama-Shigemitsu coalition be- gan at once to change itself from a temporary caretaker into a dur- able ministry, as successor to the Yoshida regime. It has tried to cure the corruption which has dis- credited the Liberal government; if. has announced an "anti-luxury" policy, and. abow all, it is at- tempting to prove that it is not we stoogo of the United States. The new government had hard- ly begun to eultivato the voters with a show of energy and unity before its two leaders, Mr. I-lntoyama and Mr. Shigemitsu. an- nounced what appeared to be two conflicting foreign policies. Mr. Shigemltsu proposed expanded trade with Communist nations and eventually normal relations with Russia and Communist China "on mutually acceptable terms without prejudice to our basic collabora- tion with the tree nations." Mr. Hatoyama then proposed friendly relations between Japan and both Communist and Na- tionalist Chink. Whereupon Mr. S-lilgornltlu hutily usiu-ed the Diet that the government would not recognize 1' ist. China. 0 0 C What all this means to the fu- ture of Japanese foreign policy is far from clear; But so far as American strategy in the P ciflc is concerned the important act -in the election is that both the pres- ent government and tilt Liberal party are prepared to undertake Japan's rebrmament while the So- clalists oppose it. In the vigorous and costly elec- tion campaign already under way foreign observer: in Japan can see no assurance of a majority in the, next Diet for any party. The Liberals seem unlikely to return to power. The Socialists apparent- ly have no such hope. A Diet divid- ed pretty evenly between the Democratic party. the Liberals and the Socialists would be no surprise, but the Democrats. with all the advantages of office, hope to form another l-Iatoyoma- Shigemits government.- If they succeed, and are as- sured of a reasonably long term of power. they will certainly negotiate from strength with the United State: demanding more generous American economic aid in return for increased Japanese armament. For the clearest fact in the tangled politics of Tokyo today is that the Japanese people are inci-easlnglgy rutleu in Ameri- can leading strings - precisely as the Canadian government forc- uw when it offered Japan the best possible form of economic aid in profitable joint trade. WHEN YOU ARE OLD When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read. and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once. and of their shadows deep; Howimany loved your moments of glad grace. And loved your beauty with love false or true; But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you. . And loved the sorrows of your changing face. And bending down beside the glow- lng bars Murmur. a little sadly. how love fled And paced upon the mountains over- head And hid his face amid a crowd of liars. -W. I. Yeats. Chieftains Wanted (Gordon Irving, Edinburgh, in the Montreal Star) How-would you like to become the chleftain of a famous Scottish clan? The jobs of being the heads of a number of well-known High- land clans are going a-begging here, quite an intriguing situation. I gather that new clan chiefs may soon be appointed for the MacGllllvrays and the Moi-rlsons, and for the Gunns and the Mac- Donnlds of Olanranald. Claims of nine people to the chiefshipl are currently being pressed forward and will shortly be considered by the Court of Chivalry of the lord Lyon King of Arms. who sits in ancient office here in Edinburgh. Curiously, there has been no chief of the MacGllllvrays since the beginning of this century, and the Morrison; and the Gunns have been without chleftains for a con- siderable time. And ithe MacDon- alds of Clam-anald have had no head since 1944. I hear there will -be two claim- ant: to the vacant MacDonald chiefship, and another two for the chiefshlp of the MacGlllivrsya. The entire question of who is chieftaln of which clan has come into the news following the death in Quebec of John William Mac- Tavlslf, a First World War pen- sloner, 54-year-old unofficial lend- er of the Clan Macfravinh. The question of a new chief for the Machvishes is now being considered by the Lox-d Lyon King of Arms, Sir Thomas lnnel of Learney. The late Clan leader was neverrecognized officially as such because he failed to make formal application to the Lord Lyon's Court in Edinburgh. He refused his clansmen's offers to defray the I The Age Old Story I For there II C ”' .1. that NC I E s, 3 Y Tens continues to do everything in a big way. Right now the dis- trict attorney of I-Ian-in county is investigating one .pi-ecinct in which llstperhcout of the registered vot- err cut their ballots.-St. Paul Pioneer Press. It is claimed that lower than half the high school rsduotu with the ability to do co g work now enter college. The statistics don't say how many of thobe who entnr college have not the ability to do collegociworkr. -Brsntford Expositor. Babies aren't just the heir of all the ages nowadays and born to a load of world sorrow. They are the young green shoots of what may be a bountiful harvest of understanding between men and women the wide world over. when war is outlawed, when there is world Justice. and when happiness and contentment shall be man's lot. This harvest may be gathered because now the world is aware of many of its past idiocies and II at least anxious to do something about them. That's a good work- ing basis. Even statesmen are now thinking of "one world" in which today's babies can become well- adjusted adults to produce more generations of right-thinking peo- ple. - Vancouver Sun. Those who spend much time reading miss something once com- mon in books. That was the built- In ribbon marker. It was an aid to the enjoyment of reading. and also to the preservation of books. If they be good readers, intent on getting the best out of I book, people normally take several sit- tings before completing it. The individual who scans through a book at one sitting in rare. Thus it is readers want to mark the place where they left off. Few re- member the page without some apparent aid. one can slip I place of paper. pencil or something else into the book. but this is an un- I seemly habit and an insult to a fine book. The old ribbon marker was firmly affixed to the binding. It could be placed in the approp- riate page and stay there. Quite apart from its utility. it seemed to add something for the lover of books. - Windsor Star. A beauty shop for women has been established at the Royal Vic- toria Hospital in Montreal. It will operate for those who can walk to it but it will also give bedside ser- vice. Apart from good news from the doctor -or a welcoming visit from family or friends, nothing could create more morale in a wo- man thnn a hair wash. I lair-do with curls or what have you. The person responsible for this beauty hospital aid should just about rate a Royal Red Cross medal because its curative possibilities are un- limited. The little lady can now get fixed up in the morning, have her preparative nap and. when visitors come in the afternoon and evening, she will be sitting up in bed in her prettiest bed jacket and with her hair a glorious crown for a smiling face. Probably if the visitors look in the minor they will feel that the wrong person is in bed!--Kitchener Record. In on uv newlpupor ap- peared an advertisement for I writer-photographer. It ended terse- ly: "Genius no handicap." Genius. unleu nilsdirectad. never in I handicap to the individual who possesses that rare characteristic. Yet we often think there is about the rllht Proportion of geniuses in the world to ordinary man. We doubt if we would enjoy living in I world full of geniuses - union we were one aim. Even then it l.D1lI1tlI't he too hlppy or comfort- able. jienlusu are unusual peo- ple. because of those qualities which set them apart from com- mon folk. Their" very genius tends to make them unbalanced (though not crazy) because their unusual characteristics submerge their more ordinary ones. A political ob- server once commented the worst possible form of government would cost of the claim. The Clan Mac- Tavlsh has been unofficially leader- less for 150 ye rs. i . I under-stsn that the late Cl: leader'I brother, Dougald Mac- Taviah. an official of the C.P.R. in Montreal, may possib',y i- the new chief of the Clan. It will indeed be an intriguing situation if the ancient and historic clan of MacTavish. spread throughout Scotland and the world, is eventu- ally led by I. chieftain living in Montreal. P111194 'l'boGIlIfdII'I THE WAY be one operated by eulugeg, had an idea it w'ould'be Chlulliice in clan! and not in conformity. with e wishes or interests of people in eneral. He mlgm be right. - lndsor Btu. When you vial up your gun or your flnhlnz md nnd you head tor- the wide open spaces, do you re. member that than are other folk in the arts who own property? no you try and honour their bound”. tel, respect their fences and um; their gates? Do you shoot aim. leuly around the landscape, car. in; little what the stray bullets strike? Do you scare the daylight, out of the dogs. shoot at the cats, and frighten the cows out of't.hei;- milk? -I-Wingham Advance-Timer. If the majority of workers. when they leave the office or the factory can leave behind them ch. problems arising from their daily work. the head of the business. on the contrary. can put thou aid. only with difficulty. Very often when such a one enjoy: some ran the' solution of some hard question comes to him as he thinks, some. thing that Ahe rank and file often does not know exists. In return for this devotion he is always judged more harshbr than he judges oth. ers. and if something goes wrong it is always to him that peoplg turn. whether to blame him or to get his help. He must make deci- sions which are tiiankleu and un. popular. while there will alwoylbo someone who will manage to preen his vanity and extract profit from pilneasing decisions.-Montreal Ma. Ill luck 5 dogging the nullnley wine. in which an English duke was drowned during the War at the Rose: in the 15th century. The grapes from which this fun- ous beverage is made originated in Greece, but in modern times they grow-or rather. used to grow -chiefly on the Madeira and can- gry Islands. But two you: no a volcano oi-upwd on Mad ' . coy. ering with lava and when the precious vineyards. And now grlaohoppors have invaded the Osnary Islands. wreaking havoc among the vineyards when the red rnalmooy also dovutzed the vineyards which produced whit: . It was in I butt of the letter that George Plantagenet. Duke of Oinronoo and brother of Richard III. was drown- edonlN9lmmyl'l,l4IId:Eohsd chosen this "limit ondo" when allowed to pick his mode d death by his other inothor, lidwlrd 17, who suspected him of about - Madrid Pueblo. For Ibo first limo h if yang Jamaica is not under the control of William Alexander nuntunonto. leader of the island's labor Party. This week's elections govo ll sent: in the 82-out Houu of lup- resentntlves to the rival People's National Forty. of which num- rnante in 1. ' number, Data. mnntaa retain: his own out and still heads the Buotamantn Indul- trlal Trade Union, so he still ro- mnlns a power in Jamaica. but his strength in the noun has been chatter-ed for the first time. It was in 1940 that Buntamanta broke with the Pooplcis National Party. claiming that it. had sought. to gain control of his union while ho was otherwise occupied serving I 16-month jail sentence for organis- ing A shipping strike. (hi hi: no leue. he formed his own party. His oratory won him the 1044 and 1040 elections against his old pu-ty. Though virtual prime minister of the colony. Bustsniantn, until ro- oontly. continued his flonvboyuil career. Loudly extrovort. in man- nei-I, voice and dress, ho was I nun very well remembered where ever he went. Reports from Kings- ton continued to record violent disagreements with police, with Great Britain. with traders and shiwers he felt were not doing the rlghtthing for Jamaican labor. Lately. however. hrhu been no- ttceablyguieter. The sugar mar- ket, too, has slumped and Jam- aica's one-or-op economy has been hard hit, on hard hit. that hun- dreds of Jamaicans IN going to Britain seeking work. The new Government leader. Norman Wuh- ingtoir Manley, has pledged hi will work for Jamaica's ulf-lov- eminent and for foreign invest- ment: , to bolster the Jamaican economy: This program nldently pleased the Jamaican: more than ”Pepperpot." Bustlmsnwa new quietude. The pepper in not as hot on once it won, -Montreal cihzette. I PROFESSIO NAl CARDl BARRISTERS. SQLICITORS, Etc. Boll, Matheson 0 Foster I50 Ilghmnml at. J. Elmer Ilsnohnrd. B.A. for Queen St. Phone can shall not be reveaieafneiciter nu. that shall not be known. Reception 0 PM. Price L to the if inter-in -Genen ze Noon, January abth. 1855 - OHARIDITETOWN CENTENNIAL - 1955 xcivic DINNER, ' , honouring I Ohsrlottefownh former living Mayors, I Councillor! and Water Oornmiulonen. ' WN HOTEL MONDAY, JANUARY 8131:, 1955 The Public is cordially invited to attend, but due lhnltadiiurnbeixof places avalltlble, you are urged. to pick up your ticket: at the 1' 111 Grafton A commit -. Diner 7 Phi. 82.00 the office of Street, prior on Saturday ll.'A. rm-um, q.d., uni Bank of Oahu Bldg. ””a”ouiTi.mr no nmumna as pm, 0701 A. Wll-tall! Otlrundot. I.l..B..' Palmer I Ihsloln Ian of am up plug lotbeo1o'r'i. huh I 'NIchobon i I in. Macmillan. 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