PAGE FOUR THE GUARDlAN,' CHARLCYFFETOWN OCTOBER 4, mg THE GUARDIAN Authorized as Second Cllso Mull Polt Office Department. Ottnwn. The lllnud Guardian nllbulhlllf Co ctnouurion l'ot:Il City Zone .. IL-tall Trading Zone All Others liotal Net Paid . President and Associate Editor. Inn A. Burnett, Associate Editor. Frank Wnlker. ' "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink". ' been increased 62.6 per cent over those In in the reverse direction, Charlottetown to Toronto, would be 112.4 and 89 per cent respectively. Percentage increases to and from other Maritime.centres would be pro- portionately great. . Since the existing rates have already effect on April 7. 1948, the cumulative in- creases involved in the railways' proposals would result generally in rates three times what they were before the post-war in- it is noted that substantial reductions are proposed for Western Canada. -CIIARLOTTETOWN. THURSDAY. OCT. 4. 1951 Peace and Prices Whether after October 25 Britain will have a Conservative or a Socialist govern- ment depends upon how skillfully party leaders handle the two dynamite-packed issues of peace and prices. The electoral battle is already taking shape around these two fundamental questions. Winston Churchill and his Conservative followers are already promising the Brit- ish people lower prices and an end to the chronic economic crisis which has bedevilled the country ever since the Socialists came to power. Details of the Conservative plan for fighting inflation are lacking. Nor do they promise that it will achieve immediate results. They say only that if elected they will cut wasteful government spending and introduce an incentive scheme to step up output in industrial production. Incentives, according to Conservative M. P. David Eccles, are of three kinds, "carrots, sticks and ideals, or, to give them their names in Conservative policy-rewards, competition and faith in Britain's future." Instead of wider distribution of what they call "the national cake", Conservative policy aims at "a larger national cake”- Six years of socialist muddle, they say, has produced ”a deepening impression of in- adequacy so far as the present Government is concerned. and a widening desire for change." An electorate which goes to the polls to vote, is. as every astute student of politics knows, more concerned with throwing out of power a Government with which they) are dissatisfied, than in choosing one to sue-, cced it. The chances are, therefore, tliati Conservative harping upon the inadequacl: ies of Prime Minister Attlee's regime are more likely to succeed in their purpose of getting Mr. Churchill and his followers re- elected than rosy promises about steaks and pie a year from this October. Britisher-.3 seem to have had their fill of ”pie-in-the- sky" political promises, but this, of course, is offset by baby bonuses, old age pensions and free doctors and medicine. Socialist politicians have been devoting a good deal of time to an attempt to cre- ate the impression that they are the "peace" party and the Conservatives "war- mongers". The Conservatives have been countering this sort of propaganda pretty Even I in modified form, the so-called rate equalization proposals are the anti- theses of what the Maritimes have been aclvocatingea structure to permit the greatest possible movement of traffic be- tween this and other parts of Canada, and not one which would further restrict and curtail our economic development. The un- iform rate plan is based strictly on mile- age and would completely ignore the con- ditions on which Maritime industries have been chveloped. A hearing of the Board of Transport Commissioners is scheduled for early N - vember to finalize the application of the Railway Association for freight rate in- creases, and our Trade Board Commission, through Mr.'Rand H. Matheson. has pre- pared strong arguments to show the neces- sity of retaining the concessions obtained under the Maritime Freight Rates Act in their entirety. EDIIURIAI. NUll:S The Allies landed in Greece this date 1944. O In connection with the celebration of Newspaper Week, the Guardian is remem- bering its newsboys by presenting them with theatre tickets for themselves and parents. Citizens of the United Kingdom now in Canada, whose names are on the current electoral roll, can apply to be treated as absent voters and vote by proxy. Holiday- makers and emigrants are excluded from proxy voting. ' O C O O O Appropriately enough today-dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi-is being widely observed as a World Day for Animals. It is necessary that children be taught to care for their follow creatures. They can as readily learn to be cruel. I O O A new electric harpoon embodying electrodes instead of an explosive charge in the harpoon head will form part- of the equipment of British whaling ships short- ly leaving for the Antarctic. The advant- lages of the new harpoon are both economic and humanitarian - it kills whales more lquickly (in a minute instead of an hour or more) and does little damage to the flesh effectively with the slogan "Make Britain strong again”. Nor is Socialist electoral strategy on the problem of prices likely to be appeal- ing. It is singularly unconvincing to the British housewife to be told that interna- tional planning is the best way to assure stable prices. British housewives have be- fore them the object lesson of five years of national planning under socialism and they aren't happy about it. After all, it is the solid British middle class that will be the deciding factor on October 2.3-Conservative or Socialist. Important Rates Question A matter of chief concern discussed at the annual meeting of the Maritime Prov- inces Board of Trade in Sydney on Tues- day was the various proposals for amend- ing the Railways Act, as embodied in Bill 377 which stems from recommendations of the Royal Commission on Transportation. In this Bill it is made permissive for the Transport Board. subject to certain excep- tions. to establish on any railway system in Canada uniform mileage class and com- modity scales expressed in mileage blocks or groups, to revise any other rates charg- ed, and to disallow any rate which is not considered in conformity with the national freight rates policy- The Bill provides that the equalization sections are subject to the Maritime Freight Rates Act; but the ques- tlon arises whether this provision excludes the Maritime freight rate structure from the equalization scheme, or is 'merely in- tended to apply the Maritime Freight Rates Act percentage reduction to any plan of equalized rates. The issue is important because plans of so-called rate equalization so for proposed all show substantial increases generally in the Maritime freight rate structure. Re- cently the railwayl filed with the Board of Transport Commllllonerl their plan, which is analyzed in the report submitted at the Trade Board meeting. For example, in the one of the propolod first and iflfth clnll rates. the lnenuo bltwoai Toronto , in the process. l 0 p Automobile companies are working ,feverishly behind the scene to ready their 1952 models in time for slowing in about I-two months. Some machine tool builders are expressing surprise' over the extent of Echanges which are going through despite ltooling troubles, materials shortages and ,other handicaps. Actual dates of the ,'various introductions in most cases have not been set except very tentatively. l i This is International Newspaper Week, ;when publishers in Canada and the United States emphasize the importance of their lproduction. Readers of The Guardian ap- preciate the daily issue, and do not require to have its value emphasized. Mr. David Maclcllan of the editorial staff of the Tele- gnzph-Journal put it this way to the Saint John Kiwanis: "The daily newspaper en- ables you and your wife to do more shop- ping at one sitting than you could do in weeks of walking the streets. It places more potential customers within the reach of the local advertiser at one time' than any other medium, and gives readers for five cents the biggest value for your money obtainable today-'' 0 I O The Speaker of the British House of Commons, Colonel the Rt. Hon. Douglas Clifton Brown, M.P., has been returned for many years as Conservative M-P. for the Hexham Division of Nofthumberland. Hex- ham political parties have protested against this arrangement on the grounds that the riding is thereby "virtually diafranchlsed", but have not fought elections because of the tradition that the Speaker should have an unoppooedelectlon. However, Colonel Clifton Brown has amiounced thIt he will not seek re-election to Who new Parlia- ment. It will, therefore, be necealary to elect I Speaker. Should the balance of the pnrtlelbeflnqtheremllywcllbe rc- luctnnceontheportofbothofthouelt creases were effectedf On the other hand, . L. 'M. Montgomery The illaml industrialized interspersed mi ih m arkot &s predicted Jy -the gemlerl at recent Prarincfal Fbwxhg. mm; .. al.13- o. I EuEavwHERE on we I s Law 9 PUBLIC FORUM This column in open to tho Jisbllllloll by correspondent: of questions of interest. Tho Guardian duel not necessar- ily en Ibo opinion of xorrclpondcntn. SEEKS MONTGOMERY DATA Sir,-For my own pleasure and information I am making a pro- ject of collecting data of a dear- ly beloved childhood author. Mrs. MacDonald who I understand is buried in Cavendish. Mrs. MacDonald lmmemorial stories 'contributed much joy to my illness-ridden childhood and now a quarter of a century later I am attempting find omeonc who was near and dear to her who would be willing to just tell me more about .her. Thanking you through her for any assist- ance you may render in this matter. I am, Sir. etc. (MRS) MARGARET E. WILKES. Savannah, Missouri, U. S. A. gees-&oo-nlwoe-mac-moo-Q 5 Old Charlottetown g (And 1-. n l.) GRATEFIJL -REMEMBRANCE made yesterday to the 100th anniversary of the Yankee Gale (Oct. 3-4, 1851) in which more than eventy vessels. mostly American. were wrecked on the North Shore of Prince Edward Island. While some 150 lives were lost, many others were saved and the hospitality shown to the survivors was very warmly commented upon by New England newspapers. The following ed- itorial is from the Massachusetts Gloucester News of Oct. 29. 1851: "We mentioned in our lint. that. the Lieutenant Govcrnorqof Prince Edward Island had issued a proclamation directing all of- ficers of the Revenue, Magis- trates and other subjects of Her Majesty, to render all aid in their power to the unfortunate fisher- men of the United States who were wrecked on the northern coasts of that Island. and espec- ially to exert themselves for the preservation of property. and its restoration to the rightful own- ers; but it appears from what we learn of our fishermen who have returned from the scene of the late dlsalter. that. this pro- clamation, though evinclng the generous humanity of the Lieu- tenant Governor. was unneces- sary: for they all speak in the warmest terms of gratitude of the universal hospitality and kindness they and all the ship- wrecked men received at the hands of these generous and hu- mane Islanders. "In the midst. of the storm they were on the beach in ren- der every aid in their power to love life. After it abated. they cheerfully offered their services to lllilt in the preservation of property. They bar: from, the wreck the bodies of those who perllhed. at their own expense prepared them for the grave, and admlnlltered to them the loot 'lId rltel of humanity. "Nor wll this all; they open- ed their doorl to than who had no lhelter, fed and clothed tho deltltute, and beltowed upon the luffererl generally. every pol- llblo llllltnnce which could alle- vlnto their misfortune, and ovary attention that "humanity could devlle. , "At the lnltince of many of our returned t-mnlmen. our ex- Chllllel at Halifax, and tho P. E. Inland papers. on .equIltcd to moire known, to their union the feclinu of grateful roman- brnncl in which the wracked fllhormcn of Gloucester will ni- hotplfw thofn In snou- Reference was IndCi1Irlottotown wouldbo107.7Ind88.5 white the increase, I. porticltonul-Enderoncoftholrlcmberl Indthorebyiolehisvote. I it I . 1. Notes By t J Markets are where you find them. An enterprising shoe sales- man in Great Britain unreservedly accepts that dictum and- is setting out to tap the biggest potential shoe market In the world. He is resolved to put. shoes on the mil- lions of Africa's barefoot natives. Ekiuipped with a large stock of multl-coloured balloons, a public- acldreas system and a movlng-plc- ture projector, as well as trunks of samples. he plans to put on quite a show in jungle villages and demonstrate how popular shoal are in other parts of the world. There will also be amplified sing- ing commercials and plenty of tom-tom hoopla to stir the blood. el-Iamllton Spectator. Legislator: who vote for new taxes without thought of the con- scquencel might well take pause from the case of James A. Wood- Probable British Election Results (U. K. Information Office) Recent public opinion polls have reported a great increase in sup- port for a Conservative Govern- ment (50 per cent of the people asked said they would vote Can- 5eFVBliV8l. and the Conservative Central Office has forecast a Can- servative majority of 26 seats. The Labour Party organization has declined to make a forecast. London bookmakers are laid to be offering odds of 5 to 4 against -1 Labour victory. On the basis of previous elections it can be said seats that the "safe". Labour . . Conservative Liberal Ulster Unionists .. leaving serious contest seats. . It is argued by both parties that the Liberal vote may well de- cide these leats. and both sides claim that they are likely to benefit from the marked drop in Liberal -candidates. At the Gen- eral Election of February. 1950, I05 Conservatives and 76 Social- ists were returned an a "minor- lty vote", because, it is alleged. of the presence of a Liberal cond- ldate. A study of the 1950 elec- lion results. however. shows that even on extreme assumptions of the Liberal voter's attitude the disappearance of the Liberal cand- idates could only have resulted in a net gain for the Conserva- tives of 17 seats. or a net. gain for Labour of 31. . . following are .. 1 in 331 In an interesting analysis in the London weekly "The Econ- omist". dated March 4, 1950, a correspondent argues that there la a bias now existing in the elec- toral lltuatlon which substantial- ly favours the Conservatives. The wrlicr claims that if in every con- stituency in the country at the 1950 election, the Labour Party had 'won 1 per cent lell of the vote and the Conlervntlvel 1 per cent more, the Labour Party would ltlll have had 0.7 per cent more of the aggregate vote than the Conservatives. but the Con- lorvatlvcl would have gained 17 more leall from Labour. Ind would have had I lead over them of 15 leltl. "Put more rlrnmuically". layl the article, "if in every comm- Irency the Conlcrvltlvel had won 2.7 per cent more o the votes and Labour 2.7 per cen loll. the votes for the partial would have been exactly revel-led, but the remit in leltn would have been much more than rover-led. The Conlervntivol with 340 unto would have hld an absolute load of 65 lento over all parties." V Tho writer cxplllnl thll biu ll being duo to the fact that few Conlorvltlvo conltltuonciol In qulto no Info on Labour umbi- holdl. In tho 150 election. Ii- though thorn who only I lmnll dif- ference in tho number of loot: won. more well 42 conltltuenciu when Labour had a majority of 5 mm noon. while than were only to such conlu-vulva, commuta- ciao. Inwlr down the loci. than were 15 conltltuoncfn when 14- bonr had a majority of over 10.- ooo. but only 90 when Conun- The Way I. ruff, l. convict on parole from San Quentin penitentiary in California. Like all inmates. Woodruff was de- lighted to be allowed outon proba- tion. But his happiness soon faded. He was not living with Ms wife and children, and, when he got I job was compelled to lend 046 I week for their support. This left him oz; 9. week; and when taxes on his entire wages were taken out of this, he was left too little to live on in this day and age. so Woodruff hitchhlked back to San Quentin. and asked to be readmit- ted to finish his term becluse of the high cost of living. -saint John Telegraph-Journal. Much hnl been written about his (Charlie Chaplin's) singular pathos, and I should be the int to deny the efficacy of his bamboo cone or his enormous faithful eyes. Pathos has always been as- soclated with laughter. and that Chaplin should have added new meaning to this Isoociltlo fl cer- tainly I tribute to his intelligence and invention. Yet I should say that the most durable proof of his genius is fill discovery and hand- ling of the element of jauntinesl. Until his day this element had been but a. subservient, incidental and uninteresting part of comedy. Chaplin adorned it with n wholly original funnlness and at the some time rendered it touching. serious. and lit by the sunshine of unde- feated Dll8'nI.city in the face of constant humiliation. Thereby he added something quite important to human experience and under- standing. - I-far-old Nlcholoon in London Observer. atlvel had a similar lend. This more intenllvo grouping of La- bour'l strength. the writer nrguel. is bound to count against it in the electoral struggle.- The same writer argues that Liberal intervention made compar- atively llttle difference to the final result and that, "without I further swing from Labour to Conservative, independent of what the Llberall may do, another gen- eral election would not bring I Conservative victory." Political observers in the Un- ited Kingdom consider that the results will be determined by the voting in 47 tidings now held with majorities of less than 1,000 votes (7 with less than 100 votel). 87 others were won by lell than 2.- 000 (Labour 41. Conservatives 39. 74a...-.v.f&? l?oe&' &wwzi PEACE PIIOCLAIMID The hglrcnet now In hive for been omel, And hilt: of sword: may lerve for lpldOl'l' looms; sharp pikel may mlko Teeth for I lake: 0 And the keen blade th' arch enemy of life. shall kbc deluded to I pruping n e. The rulttc spade which first was made . For honolt agriculture. llull to- take Ito primitive clnploymont. Ind for- sake Tho nrnpirol ltoop And tronchel dup. Tune oonlol in our brllon guns I , hold. or gentle done their young onu ' there shall food. in minim hauls nice it rlfll qnarfoll For ctr quutcrl. The vonf.rilo- qulous drum, Like low:-on in vnootlonl. shall be dumb. Now all rnruiic. nut timed to. t lull bl f ; nnd'th' mm: colour ' sun on bout of wllot It did will o. In ohirnnoyr lndl. Among hll fronds. -fuiph Knevet ( 1M-'71). - dards of life. and sou hem Italy Dart One VISIT T I Early Christmas momlng we went to Alllsl. Including I few MOP-I. it was I five hours' drive. The country south of Rome is poor and appears to be poorer as you go louth. I thought the winding roads. the steep cliffs, and the sudden turns on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton were bad. but they provide only a minor thrill when compared to an Italian bus drive, about 70 miles an hour. around curves, within inches of the edge of the cliffs which seem- ed to be hundreds of feet strakht down. There are still many people liv- lng in caves on the sides of the hills. There were a few goals on pasture, but there seemed to be very few cattle or otherdivestock of any kind about. The people cre poor comparld will our stan- has little or nothing to offer them. either in agriculture or industry. We were told that some of those caves Ire well equipped but most of them are quite primitive. The people seem to get enough re- turns from their small fruit and olive crops to keep them going. In tho i.ownl where electricity is now lvlilnble. there are many small industrial ltsx-ting. I O 0 About eleven o'clock we arrived at the world famous town of Assisi, where our beloved st. Francis. born of rich parents, gave up all It the call of our Lord to help the poor and spread the Christian faith. Down in the valley, below the town. stands the church of Santa Maria, built over the small chapel, the house and the hos- pital, where St. Francis llvcd, prayed and later died. It: was in this little chapel. not large enough for more than 12 or 13 people. where our Lord spoke to St. Francis and asked him to, "Go lnd repair My church." We have all read of his travels and difficulties, of his great hum- ility. of the stlgmata -which later afflicted him. of his great work among his own people. of his travels to distant lands to spread the Christian doctrine. and of his founding I great missionary order. the Franciscans. St. Francis lived from I181 to 1226; he was a great lover of birds. Ever since the day he bought two Imall doves from a boy he met going to market to change them for meat. there has been and still is I pair of down, or pigeons as we call them, continually in the porch at the hack entrance to his chapel. Each year, they told us. since St. Fran- cis died. the old pair has flown lwly Ind two of the young have remained, freely and continually here in the porch. We saw them there, and next year two of their young will remain. O O 0 We went. on s few steps further to the small garden of st. Fran- cl.s'. where he once fell and was injured among the rose bushes. Roses still grow there, but the bushes have grown without. thorns since that day. It is difficult to conceive of thomless rose bushes. In this small plot of St. Frlncl.s' they will grow and bloom and there will be no thorns on them. -People hllve tried to disprove this and planted the some re s bushes just scroll the walk. ut they crew with thorns. Rose bushes with thorns have been planted in the plot, and the thorns have dis- appeared. We were getting close l.o some- thing lupematural. but we came even closer when. on our way back, a blind lady who had come in our group from England. wished cloud that the doves would come and sit on her shoulder. They did just that for I moment and then flew back to their perch. You could almost hear the silence. We all knew then we were near come- thtng out of the ordinary and caught the true meaning of Assisi. The doubt: of one of our non- catholic friends who had come llong were Iellenetf. Then. up the hill we went. into the town of grey rock and the streetl paved with cobblestones, for Phri i dinner in Italyt This was In experience. Of course the belt wine was served and the entree of snorted cold meats. in- cluding I delicacy of mouldy lnlnml. But instead of turkeycor chicken, we had spaghetti. It was not only ulclcal but rather rude to try Ind cut it up. It had to be rolled up on your fork and usually when you started with a lmlll portion you ended up with I boll too Inge to go in your mouth. However, although I: was different. it was an unforgettable Christmas dinner. There were plenty of ollvel Ind fruits, top- pod off with In orange nuddlmz for denert and (cars milk with the ltrong coffee to finish. I 0 O ' After dlnncrwc went to see tile upper church in the town where the body of st. Francis ll kept. It ll the home church of the Fran- ciloon ondor Ind the people and the priootl ltlll live on in their poor Ind liinple my. The story of their Iaintiy founder is null den thorn today. We then went to the church of . clue. the one time friend and follower of St. Fronqll. There we in: body and many other than of interact connected in (root story. l to Rome we came. around the ouifdon curnl Ind amid what otortodouttoblochoruloflll tho Iovoritl bvmnl. but which it- dovolopod into I concert of Ill tho Illlilb blllufl. the Scottish 8 5 3. Lessons From Europe In Community Progress I By Loo P. Mcllnac (continued) (All Rights Reserved) 0 AS8181 fine view of the Lake of Name formerly I feudal holding a; p,,,.' middle ages. and the imposing 01.. palace in still standing. Tim... lie cmlllry old elms along uh. wide road which led us to n... centre of some of the great min. acles of the past. The most striking of them took -place during a holiday of celcbra. tlon, back in 1467, when the musn; stopped and bells in all rm churches began to ring of their own accord. The lfanfare faded gum. and ,the sounds all changed in heavenly music. The people around were moved. They had been trying- to build a new church. i of some wealth had given money to build it. but the funds had run. out when the foundations of ill. church 'had been laid and mm? walls had been built only aim-,3, six feet. above the ground. I O 0 At this time, the wars in ill.-, East were raging. There were two young man from scutnri who had asked our may for protection from the enemy who were in our. suit. of theln. While praying. Ill?" were instructed to follow a picture of our Blessed Mother with the Holy ild which was in ma church. This they did and 1;" picture moved across the Adrian,- seo. where they walked on 13.3" and water for a distance of about 430 miles to Rome. They fhund protection there, but lost sight of the picture. It had continued and appeared amid the heavenly music at Genzanno. and lingered in mid air for a while before settling down on the six foot foundation of the church. The church was after- wards extended and built around the picture. which still stands there upright on the wall with- out lenning against anything nbovp. It is the most. life-like picture vu- ever saw. and is enclosed there in a small chapel in the front come.- of the church. When the young men heard the story. they came and identified it as the one that had led them to safety. They settled down in the town. where their descendants Still "Vt Each year on. the feast of Corpus Christi, with their lick. blind and lame. the peasants come in from the hills, and, on their hands and knees, crawl up to the picture. asking favors. offering thanksgiving. and, they tell us. sometimes scolding because of their requests of the previous year not being answered. 0 O 0 We law the evidence of another amazing episode that took places there dlaitclrl. A soldier who.lia!rfl eon rn n ambllnz. 0. all his poueagiohgd &'lll'II'ItBd and angry he dashed out into the church. up to the altar and with his sword struck the picture of the Crucifixion several times. To his amazement. the picture began to bleed human blood which was confirmed upon i..vestigat' I I-fin sword had not only bent. but curl- ed up and although blocklmliln and armourers have straightened it out, it has always curled back again. It is there in a glass case for anyone to see. The simplicity and c0l'npIl'Il1l'u poverty of the people of thou outlying places in Italy fl nl dil- flcult to explain in their attitude and background. We law the women in those small towns mil with their clay jars and copper kettles near the control water fount. It Ll not unusual to see them with , wooden yokes ncrou their shoulders with I notch cut. out to fit around the neck. carr.V- lng their for: of water on the end of the yoke, I not on top of their heads and on child In each arm. They are I simple people, and thi- mlmll for modern gadgets anrl devices has not caught un will them yet. They give you the Illi- nreaslon that they could not be bothered with such unnecessarv material things. However. thrv will tell what they will do. Their attitude towards religion is hard to understand. They like to look up to their clergy and oi- ffclall with respect. The custom of the years has been for the priests and the government of- ficloll to keen aloof rather than to mix with the people. This cus- tom. they tell us. is changing fns' since the last war. when the Ani- erlcnn tronns mixed in as they did in Italy and spread their ideal and influence. The boys who were oven-lens will tell you that it was difficult for the Italian people then to undo- ltand American way: and cus- toms. Tin-y just could not figure out our boys going to church all in a body on Sunday morning. lif- tuning to I lermon from their chum. the padre. whom they call- ed "Father Joe" or just plmjl "Joe". and then returning to I hit! party at the wet canteen that some evening. Generally in Itali the men do not attend church more thln in few times I you-. but thcy send the women Ind chlldrcll off to church every Sundav. chrlstmll II the big conscience clearing time. but those old ens- toms are full breaking down. 111! clergy are mixing more with the people, the church il giving lead- er-lhlp and taking an lctlve pm" in promotinp improved social Mill economic conditions. (To be continued) V. The Ago-old story 0'05 I-Va&'f -i' Thou shalt not bar fnllc vi" ncu lnlnll thy neIghbo6;l'I',.lb':::': A man -