THE GQALRIZIAN. __CI'I_,AK N ___irsce_r<>uR_._.__ TH E G UAR D IAN Hauling Dally (Founded In I651) Authorised a: elenauil Clue: flail. PM! 9"!" - Department, Ottawa. The llllud Guardian Publishing Co. Idltar and Managing Dlroator. J- R- FIRM“- Aeeoatlte Editor, Frank Walker. f’The Strongest Memory is Weaker "W" the Weakest Ink." mAaLorrm-owiv, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. 194B Keep The lloors Open The City Council would do well to avoid caucus huddles as much as possible. There are doubtless many matters on which preliminary caucus discussions are desirable, but it is m the interests neither of the Council nor of the public that such a practice be substituted for open debate on matters of general importance- Our Councillors have minds and opinions of their own, and it is is their duty to let fhclr constituents know where they standnand. how they vote, on every issue affecting civic inter- ests. That is what they were elected to d0- ln late years there has been a lameotubls tendency to sidestep this responsibility. The re- sult has been to reduce enlightening discussion at Council meetings to a minimum and in maul’ cases votes on important issues have been re- corded without any open discussion at all. How have these matters been decided? Behind clos- ed doors. This reversal to Star Chamber meth- ods is unworthy of representative men, and sub- versive in the highest degree to democratic gov- eminent. _ , We are inclined to believe that our civic fathers have drifted into this deplorable course unintentionally, and without quite ‘reallllw where they are heading. ln any case it is the duty of the Press to sound a warning. ""4 t" do so in this instance in the hope and expecta- tion that further comment will be unnecessary. New Income Tax Forms it is interesting to note, in connection with the new form of income tax schedules now being issued, that the information asked for is put in the simplest English. Even this is riot very ex- plicit so far as the average taxpayer is concern- ed. lt is satisfactory, however, l0 lam" PM" "I the past year the responses on the part of_ our farmers have been admirable; they have assisted the Department in every way possrble to make the returns complete. When it is borne in mind that there are some 12,000 farmers in this Pro- vince, all of whom must make returns, it will be realized that it is no simple matter for the offic- ials to keep a-breast with their examinations and reports. The new returns will be sent in before - I there is a clean-up oi the P10110115 Yell" 7°‘ ports. _ _ lt is announced that whereas in previous y ars the size of the income governed the form 3'1‘ be used, this year the source of the income ilhdetermine the use of the new form. Special in tructions are provideddor farmers and_fish- ermms an aid to stating clearly and simp.y their special expenses, but they will not be re- quired to use a special form as was the case in reporting their i947 income. Other advances in simplification of tax forms have been made, to which reference appears in a news article in today's issue. Churchill's Presclenoe r‘ Mr. Churchill has furnished the British House of Commons and the world at large with another example of his profound prescience in the matter of international‘ relations. lt is in the form of a letter which he wrote when Prime Minister, on April 29, 1945, to Marshal Stalin- The letter, which will probably become iflmflllt, was apparently in its first part a rather routine statement in which Mr. Churchill sought to smooth out with the Russian leader matters pend- ing in Poland and in Greece. In both of those countries there had already arisen differences between the Western powers and Soviet Rus- sia. He assured Stalin that Britain thought it fair that Moscow insist there not be an anti- Pussian regime in Poland. ln Greece, he wrote, Britain sought a democratically elected govern- merit. Then in his last two paragraphs he made his appeal to Russia. "There is not much com- fart," the letter read, "in looking into a fu- ture where you and the countries you dominate plus the Communist parties in many other states are all drawn up on one side and those who rallied to the English-speaking nations and, their associates or dominions are an the other.’ The linal paragrapn of the letter read: "lt i5 quite obvious that their quarrel would tear the world to pieces and all of us leadingmen on either side who had anything to do with that would be shamed before history. Even embark- ing on a long period of suspicion, of abuse and counter-abuse and of opposing policies would be disaster hampering tne great development of world prosperity for tlie masses which is oh- tainable only by our trinity. l hope there is no ward or phrase in this outpouring of my heart to you, Mr. Stalin, which unwittingly gives of- fense. lf so, let me know, but do not, l'beg_of you, my friend, underrate the divergericies which are happening about matters which you may think are small but which are symbolic of the way the English-speaking democracies look at "'9' As a New York Times commentator paints out, there was certainly no crystal bu" ""0 Wlllfill Mr. Churchill could have looked in the spring of i945 and seen the picture of the blockade of Berlin, the rape of Czechoslovakia, the war in Greece, tlie seizure of Rumania and the war- morigering charges of the Russians in the Unit- ed Nations. Perhaps he could only have guess- ed at the East-West conflict of ideologies which has led to a conflict of notional interests. But, if ir was a guess it W! u 0°“! ""- For the world is split iust as Mr. Churchill hoped it would not be, Abuse and counter-abuse —there has been and is plenty of that. Soviet propaganda has been losing out of late in coun- tries where the Kremlin has no military force at hand. ‘But that has led to another and more real fear, the fear of the Russian Army, the largest in the world. As the tear of Red propa- ganda has decreased so the fear of direct use of Russian military might, the Kremlin's other weapon, has grown. Western Europe is organiz- ing and arming because of that fear and with the help of the United ‘States. In other words, the situation has gotten even worse than that the dread of which caused Mr. Churchill's "out- pouring of my heart" in his effort to avoid it. lt would be interesting to know what answer Mr. Churchill received from Marshal Stalin, if any. If there was ‘one it may be surmised that Stalin spoke softly. But that would not change the matter. Stalin has more than once stated that communism and capitalism could work to- gether in the world. He has just as often said the contrary. Certainly under his government the vast majority of Russians are led to believe that a war between communism and capitalism is inevitable at some time. That preochment goes back to Lenin and has never been renounc- ed. EDITORIAL NOTES First Airplane Flight by the Wright 5015-. this date i903. 1r I i The Mayor and City Councillors are realiz- ing that their offices are not beds of roses, these days-at least without thorns. Catalogue businesses, with offices, and doc- tors, dentists, etc. without offices are to find that it costs them more to do business in the City than heretofore. i I Q Today, Friday, the S. S. Arabia soils from Saint John with the first bulk cargo of food from Canada to Britain under the United Emergency Fund for Britain. O i Waltzing Matilda, the best-known of all Australian tunes, is being adopted 05 l! "Si" mental march by the Queen's Royal Second Foot Regiment of the British Army. The regiment is at present,stotioned in Berlin. O W Be it noted that one reason why margar- ine is so much l_ower retailed in Newfound- land than butter is because there is a ceiling of 39c. Toke off the ceiling, and up will go the price. I i The Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King, ex-Prime Minister of Canada, born this date i874 has the proud distinction of having held the Premiership for a longer period than any other in the history of the British Empire. The only head of an administration who survived World War ll and lived to tell the tale. I "I er 9 i» Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer born this date i770: One of the supreme com- posers of all time, his earliest works were akin to Mozart and Haydn; his later works marked entirely new departures, characterized by amazing individuality of style and classical beauty and perfection of form. i it "k The people of China are to have an oppor- tunity of tasting, for the first. time, herrings from Britain. The Herring lndustry Board has just sent over 8,000 samples cured in brine. Sev- eral thousand more samples are also being sent to the West Indies. The method of dry curing in concentrated brine for 48 hours riot only im- proves the flavour but eliminates the need for cumbersome packing. I I I British butchers a-nnbunce they will be able to sell an extra ”third" of a sausage to each customer for Christmas. The season there may be merry, but not exactly bright, There will be a small additional ration of tea, sugar, candy and fat but except in the case of tea the Christmas bonus rations will be smaller than lust year. ‘fi i * Two thousand five hundred manufacturers in the United Kingdom will probably be receiv- ing, in the fourth quarterof i948 and the first quarter of i949, deliveries of industrial machin- ery and equipment ordered from the U. S. A. and Canada and now financed under the Europ- ean Recovery Programme. The United Kingdom Treasury, announcing" this, states that items scheduled for delivery include constructional and mining equipment, turbines, generators and motors, machine tools and textile machinery. Over $95 i-Z million worth of orders for such goods, scheduled for delivery before March i949, have been approved by the Economic Coopera- tion Administration. W ‘It Nine years ago, on December I7, I939, Britain ioyously received an early and hearten- ing Christmas present iii the shape of some 7,500 Canadian troops — the vanguard of more than 335,000 she was to welcome before World War l-l was over and'wori. The first contingent of the Ist. Canadian Division arrived that morn- ing in the Clyde River, unannounced and heav- ily escorted, in one of the mast impressive con- voys to make the Atlantic crossing during the war, There were the liners Aquitania, Empress of Britain, Empress of Australia, Duchess of Bedford and Monarch of Bermuda, and they were esgorted by some of tlie most famous ves- sels of the Royal Navy - the bottle-cruiser Re- pulse, the battleship Resolution and the air- craft carrier Furious. Several other ships of war, including four Canadian destroyers, were also in the convoy. The Canadians lost no time in- traduclng themselves. From the crowded trans- ports they loudly and unmistakably spelt out in unison "C-A-N-A-D-A" and concluded on a mighty crescendo "Canada!" The Canadians had arrived in Bjjtgin, "'TM'“*WW“*““I' ' ' ., a .., ...»-\..i-~.,-»~x~ - PUBLIC FORUM Thle column l: open to the dleaugelou by correspondence of queeflon: of t. The Guardian doe: not ueceenr- lly e ’ the opinion of correspondents. ktee-te PLEASE!) AND AMAZED $113»! had not. known that The Guardian was a daily. ‘he pur- pose I had lu mlnd lii subscribing will be filled 1! I receive a. Sniur- day copy each week. 1 am pleased and amazed at. the advances made since I left. 1n the '90‘s, as re~ Elected lii your columns. Oui" Ill~ ile Island seems to have received much of the blessings resulting from the great IXICJIBSB 1n know- ledge of the past. fifty years with less of those evils associated with them as a result of their misuse vvtilcli 1s evident in other coun- tries. I am, Sir, elc., JAMES P. KELLY. 2407 4th Street, Santa Monlce, California. RURAL MAIL SERVIOI Slrf-The mall service from Charlottetown and return via North River. Cornwall, Clyde Riv- cr, and further points west, 1s far from satisfactory of late, and tliai. 1s putting l: very mildly. People a.re walilng hour after hon: to re- ceive their mail. as wel.l es to post their Jesters, parcels, etc. To’ the ivr1ter's own knowledge, the residents along the Clyde River R. R.1 received no rrmll at all last Saturday, December 11th. and again yesterday. Dec. 15th. there was no delivery along 1111s route. Due to the mall arriving so late in the day at Clyde River. ‘lie courier refuses to undertake the twenty-five mile trip by horse and wagon vle Si. Catherine's. Long Creek, New Dominion, Nine Mlle Creek. Rice Point and Canoe Cove, as the journey could not be completed before nlg-litfall, and one can hardly blame hlm. ‘ Are we living 1n 1948. or are we getting back to the olden days when mall was delivered to the rural areas only two or three times weekly? Al: the Christmas season. when the mail ls especially heavy, this la-ck of prompt and efllclerii mall service Is doubly regretted, and 1f some one can furnish e reason uihy this condition exists. it had better be good. . I am. Sir, em. WEARY WATCHER. New Dominion. RE. I. (The explanation, as obtained from the dlstricl. postal director's office. l1. that. the regular courier on 1111's route has been ill for the past few days, and there 1s a new man on the job. It ls hoped to have the service functioning nor- mally iodav —Ed. G.) Britain's Health Programme (British Medical Journal) No one expected that such a vast scheme as that outlined in the Na; tlonal Health Service Act of 134v would begin ‘in a way that would please everybody-least of all those upon whom the main burden 0f U“? work falls, the medical men and \VOI’TICTI of this country. The situa- tlon ls still too confused to SW9 anything like a clear picture of what is happening. but perhaps m‘ most. noteworthy fact is the cage!“ ness syith svhicti the public "B5 sought to take advantage of a ser- vice VVhlClI, ln effect, guarantees tlie supply. free of direct vharge- 01' everything from wigs to iron lungs. There has been nii ovevivlivlmiui; demand for spectacles and den- tures. and a ruii oii the chemist shops so fast at times as almost to exhaust the supplies of vermin pharmaceutical products. Prvsuiii- ably iii time tlie iiovclly will wear all and tho ilomund for SllCll things as spectacles will decrease as the numbers of those apparently iieoil- lng them rlimlrilsli. This rusli of the public for remedies and appliances lias put nii acute strain upon the medical profession. especially those in grnernl pi-nctlvc. If the demand for tho (locloi-‘s tiirie continues at the present level we can foresee that iii the event of un epidemic iri the winter tlie life of tlie general practitioner" ln particular wlll be- came intolerable. If medical man and women are to continue to give of their best the country at. largo must. act lri a more responsible manner and not creme circumstances which wlll exhaust the profession and Incidentally dis- couruge those who may bi:- contem- plating inking up medicine as u career; Altliouizli rio exact figures can yet be given, li. seems that o large proportion of those who might well have been expected l0 pay direct for their medical treat- ment have, ln fact, asked to be car- ed for under the National I-lenltli Service scheme. There has been a much sharper fall lri private prac- tice, specialist and general. than was expected by the profession. This ls probably a reflection of the herd economic times ln which we llve. ln conditions which fall with particular severity on the profess- lorial classes. Our correspondence olumns show tliot general practitioners from all parts of the country are crltlcal of many aspects of the Ser- vloe and are especially apprehen- slve about. their economic position. It i: not yet possible to assess the volume of discontent or to measure the extent of the economic distress. The Secretary of the B. M. A.. ln a letter to all practitioners gave n careful analysis of those factors which enter lnto the general prac- titioner's income, and recorded the fact that the total available ln- come for general practitioners ls now in the region of £6,000,000, as against 528,000,000 that was earri- ed lri 1938. In an Industrial country such es Britain the miilorlly o! general practitioner's will rccplve llio greet.- TWO DOMINIOIIS SIGN TO THEIR MUTUAL ADVANTAGE» ON THE OOTTED Lilli ‘\ \‘ "Pr: 1171M)’; \ BLUE BLOOD We thought at. first, this men is s king for sure, Or the branch of a mighty and ancient and famous lineage 411ml: silly, sulky, illiterate, black- evlsed boor Who was hatched by foreign vul- garity under e hedge! The good men of Clare were drink- ing his health lri a flood. Arid gazing. with me, 1n ewe at tlie princely led: r And asking each other from what blues! ‘lueriess of blood I-ILs daddy was squeezed and the pa of the do of lils dad? We waited there, gaping end won- derlng. anxiously, Until he'd-slop eating. and let the glad tidings out: Arid tho slack-jawed booby proved to the hill. that he Was lout, son of lout. by old lout. and was do to a lout! —James Stephens. er part of their income from what were formerly described as "panel patients". So, given the number which any one doctor may have on his list, if would seem fair to as- sume that the general practitioner in the big industrial area should be earning not less than he did before July of this year; but lie ls having to work very niuch harder for it. and ln conditions which he de- plores as unsuitable for the prac- tice at good medicine. The position af general practi- tioners ln turn! and semi-rural areas ls, however. different, al- though lt. will not be possible ac- curately to assess their economic position until mileage and special inducement moneys have been paid out. Topographical factors alone make it quite impossible for doc- tors ln this type of practice to sec- ure an equivalent lricome 1f all those in their district decide to lake fldYflfliflge of the National Health Service. The economic posi- lion of medical men arid women lii such areas is causing concern, and is a matter which the B. M. A. is taking up with n full sense of tlie urgency of the problem. Among tlie points that have conic out in our correspondence columns are tho proposals that the ("uplan- lion for: should be increased llllil flxed. that separate funds should bc established for mileage and basic salary, arid that there should be u reduction 1n the numbers of pi"- 5005 all)’ 0H0 Practitioner- liave oii lils lisl. Another polnr 15 that the maximum of £400,000 for 5Peclol inducement payments should be reconsidered. It ls well to recall that. the Government gave general approval to the Spens Re- Dort on tlie Remuneration, of Gen- crfil practitioners. In terms of inc- 1959 value of money, the Spens; Pa», port recommended that between the egos of 40 and 50 approximately 50% °f 39'1"!“ Practitioner: ehould receive net incomes of $1.300 a your or over, that 75% should IECHVP net incomes over £1,000 a yggr, and that approximately 25% should re. celve net incomes of £1,600, ma; lees than 10% should receive a.ne| income of £2,000. and that 1t should be posslble for a small prqpofflgn to receive net Incomes of at least £2,500. These figures, lt may be em. phaslzed, are net figure: and 1,, tegms of the 1939 value of money. m0 he medical profession la at (no d “lent 3°01! its lob ln extremely lfflcult circumstances, and i; p. "P tfluthe Government to meet Dfvmb y the eaua whlch new prevames of discontent The llge-lllil Story should l Old Charlottetown (And P. E. L) __._ DEATH PENALTY FOB WBECKERS For the security of navigation and the preservation of ships wrecked or stranded on the coast, the punishment of wrecker: and plunderers of shipwrecked vessels and good: we: en object of grour Importance to Island lezlsletor: ln colonial days. The death penalty was deemed not inappropriate .'or such offenses, as appears from "lie following excerpt from a stating passed 1n 1829: "If any person or persona what- soever shall plunder, eteel, take BWBY or destroy any part of my ship or vessel which shall be n distress, or wrecked, stranded, ir cast on shore . . or any goods, merchandise, or articles of any kind, belonging to such etilp or vessel, or which shall be wrecked, lost. stranded or cast on shore on the coasts of this Island, or shill steal or take away any kind of ship-wrecked or lost goods, wares or merchandise which shall be found floating in the rivers. bays ur harbours of flils Island. or can» tlguous lo the shores thereof. ex- cept. so far us it may be necessary to fake possession of them for sec- urity, or shall beat or wound, with intent to kill or destroy. or other- wise wilfully obstruct the escape of any Person or persons endeavor-in: to save lils or her or their life or lives from such ship or vessel, 0r put out any false light or lights with intent. to bring any ship m- vessel into danger, than and 1n n11 such cases, the pergon or peraam so offending shall be deemed guilty of Felony, and, being lawfully can- silctieii thereof. shall suffer death, as ln cases of Felony, without benefit of clergy." If the amount stolen did not ex- ceed the value of 20 shillings, how. ever, and 1f there were no clrcum. stances of “cruelty, outrage or vlol. 8110c.’ the punishment could he reduced to that imposed for Petit. Larceny. fersons refuslng to give assistance in cases of shipwreck or "I Shifts lri dlstress were liable to a stiff fine or lmprlsqnmgnh The ‘death penalty was also lm. posed in cases of persons convicted “I making ‘iatly hole or passage 1r: the bottom, side, or other part of any Ship or vessel, whether in dis- ‘tress or otherwise, 1f done Wm, an mention ivllfully to cause or 1n. creaseuhe distress of such ship or vessel.’ or of stealing or taking away. or destroying, or 1n any way rendering useless the pump a1 a ‘Shiv Or vessel. lf done with wilful ntenllon to produce the yo“ or 21:31:91‘ of such craft, or of “wlll- ” 5' dell"! 9")’ other mutter or lhlng whatsoever tending to pm. duce the loss or destruction of any ship or vessel whatsoever.” —--_______ Senators MacDonald (Moncton Transcript) Senator John A. McDonald whose death occurred ln Toronto din-mg the week-end ls the second Senator of that name to succumb within the Dflit elx weeks. A few week; “B” the people of Prince Edward Island were called upon to mourn the death of Senator John A Mo. Donald. The Senator, who ‘died Sunday ivas born lri Shedlac, and “T100118?! his business career was Went lri Amherst previous to re- mwl"? f° T°P°l1!u. he represented New Brunswick lri the Senate. He h“ "m"? "lend! emon: uie older Benerntlon of thle section at the gggilgfiy “m9 will deeflly reeret lils For m e tti were thiiiele Serigtoheen Jbiifilmuhd: file‘ McnDonalds ln the Upper Chem. 1'. a Comervistlvee. and all rep. resemlnl the Marltlme Proving", ln addition to the two menflangd there was Senator John A M“. Dwlflld, of St. Peter's, N, who dled lri 1945. And for the" p“. 3"” Years there he: been another onafor John A. MacDonald. from Lo! children are an heritage of u» Lord, me the Irnlt. of the' womb l: bl: reward. As arrows’ In the hands of a mighty 311ml :0 ere ehtldren of the youth. Happy le the men that hath hle quiver full of them. they shell‘ not be uhemed, but they ehell lhelk wltli the enemies In the gate. AFRICAN COCOA ‘Pivo-llilrds of ell the cocoa con-i sumcd lYl the world comes from British West. Africa. ‘lilacs County. N. S. A former min. scouaucalsirlculture ln the Nova the s net he wee lppolntgd m ""119 by the Mackenzie King Bovernment. Incidentally he 1| ghe °fll¥ one of that name etlll r . "18 ln the Red Chamber. To dlltlneuleh the Senator: of the maze name lt was neceuery [or e l‘ "tlleflkueii and friends ra m. ‘sort to the use of nicknames. For lull-once Senator MacDonald of 8t. FEEEI‘! was popularly known ue Dr. Jack" becauee of the feet ne was i1 morllcal doctor by profession; ‘Senator flacDoriald of Prlnae EJ- 0e As: lnaorrlllble Wlmllbet one hauled before the principal for hav- ln: told hle teacher toga to that. four-letter place which we shall not mention. The prlnclpel ex- plained to hlm that such language could not be tolerated, but that l! lie would epolog‘ to hle teacher, she might give hlm another chance. The boy was too stubborn to back down completely. Flnally, how- ever, between enlffles, he managed to make some concession: "Miss Frost," he eald, “you don't need to go there now." - The Canadian Teacher. Some woeke ego, the Edmonton Community Cheat asked Edmon- ton's approximately 130,000 men, women and chlldien for $148,500, or about $1.15 each. After a campaign lri which all were given an oppor- tunity to do their share. the Chest fell short of its objective by $10,- 000. It Isn't. that there's any short- age of money. Last Summer, a few thoueerid people went out to the horse race: end wagered Just over $100,000 a dey for 19 days! In the past. month alone, several mllllon dollars have changed hands in Edmonton II buying and selling all stocks. - Edmonton Journal. Bepreeentltlve 0’ oole, a New York Democrat, thin s this would be a good time to do something about our ere-Presidents, since we tiuve only one and are unlikely to have another for at least four years. O'Toole propane: a , ' o! $37,- 500 a year-half pay. This would permit them to Ilve lri dignity and comfort. Such a sum wouldn't be much of a strain on a budget that runs lnto the billions every year. President Truman obviously isn't going to be able to lave enough from hl: eatery to permit hlm to retire comfortably when he leaves office. He has enough worries con- nected wllh his job, and deserves to be freed of concern about his fut- ulre llvellhoorL-Phlladelphla. Bulle- t n. Slnoe Int February. citizen! or the bottom lands of Dixie County, on Florida's west coast, have been etlrred by reports of 15-inch, tour-- IOW-IPert tracks. These have been measured and studied by Dlxlecrnts and other lnvestlgators, including one eerlous dinosaur fan and nat- ural history expert from New York. After sufficient checks of bath spoor and local gossip, lt has been decided that the tracks were man- mede — simulated dinosaur fear hflvlfll bBEn lnizenloutly strapped to the legs of some one who produced the alarming marks by prancing three-food and largely on we! szmd. —-New York Herald Tribune. Florida, a pleasant place to mee- sure how much extra money Amer]. cans have to spend, seems to be reg- istering low pressure. Early lndicii. llOri:—-t.ha season ls barely begin. U. N. In Recess (Halifax Chronicle) After a 12-week session, the Un- lied Nations General Assembly has onte more proroguecl. It will van- lsh from the front pages of the newspapers, unregretted by many another fallure, just as emphatic as that of the old League of Nations. UN has been described as little more than a sounding board for Communist propaganda. It has been spoken of as nothing more than en interminable debating so- ciety, rarely quite sure of the pro- position before it and never able to arrive at a firm conclusion. It has been accused of not having ful- filled its function of producing a tlrm world peace. Yet UN was not. devised to make a peace, but to enforce one. The fault lles primarily ivilli Russlu that no peace has been negotiated for the world, and it has been Rus- sia's lrilrannlgence that has be- numbed tlie efforts of the other na- tions of the world to get on with their legitimate business. If ls go- lg too for to brand UN as a failure.- Even the old League was not en- tlrely a failure. Its Ideals never quite died, and it was only because they continued to live that UN urns ever thought of at all. UN continues to axis! as ll nym- bol of that desire for peace which anlmates the minds of all peoples and governments. except the gov- ernments of Russia and her safel- lltes. While that symbol exists, hope cannot dle, and hope still has great validity lri this sorry world. Moreover, though the General As- sembly tiae gone lnto recess, the Little Assembly wlll continue to rrQet. This Little Assembly, or “ln- terlm committee", was formed in 1947 to oerry on between the re:- ular sessions of the UN. Rather figgunately Russia which has fill- b feted General Assembly sessions with monotonous regularity, has entirety boycoued the Llltle As- sembly. Ttias nee glven the Lltile Assembly the opportunity iii least to continue discussions of import- ant matters and of helping to form non-Communletlc opinion on them. There are growing signs that time hes turned egeln 1n favor of the democratic world. and UN and its verlou: committees help to give time and more time to fend off war Even In euch hot spots as Pales- tine. Berlin and Greece, UN has kept the brakes to a degree on rls- lnz lemper: an both sides. While lt provide: even ouch an Indeter- mlnefe service ae this. ll cannot be dismissed a: worthless. It ls ili-i only world organization we have working toward universal peace. It 1e. therefore, something to be fost- ered, rather than dlrpareged, and supported rather than abandoned elmply becauee lt cannot work tlie miracle: we want as quickly a: we should like to have them. ward Island wee affectionately known o: "Cardigan Jack" because of hi: birthplace, Cerdlzen. and Senator McDonald who died during the week-end was known by M: old friend: e: "Tlnny." It. l: mid he wise elven tlil: nickname because of e long standing reputation of be- who have come to think of UN as ” r__.1.-7R__ y_ I y L. i ulna-ere that there l finance Mleml‘: 1948-4015:; ash“: than was devoted to the 1941-43 Winter, which didn't quite measur- up to the lavliiliness of 1946-47. Th. horses have noticed tlie dlfferenr. The first flve days of racing, w)“; opened hero this month, h“, drawn 33,437 people-deer yea,- 43' 376 spectators appeared ln the [1 " earliest days. Wagering is down too. The figure for the five d3 m this year la $1_75g_737' compared y: $2,535,868 last season. Last Frld a only about a quarter-million dens? was placed on the negs at Tropics: Park-smallest betting for any d“ of recent years. But don't, get my ldea that tourists wlll get mane bargain i-etes when they any‘? Choice ocean-front rooms 1n the fin. er hotels wlll set vlsltors backers,“- $40 l-o $50 dfllly. One of the new" hostelrles is reported pulfing a ‘m, tab an Its rooms. Meals, of cours; are extrar-Wall Street Journal. ' Two were have token of Brltalri’: trees, becau-sehersiiléyrxu forced to cut all possible for pi: PrObs and other essential needs This drain on her forest resourced was made more serious than i; would have been for many all," nations, because her forest acreage la necessarily limited by the elze at the country. For tlils very reason hOWQVGX‘. her forests are extremely valuable and she has entered lllion LI program of reforestation. Over the next 50 years 1t 1s planned y, establish 5,000,000 acres. More than 25.000 acres were planted ln 1947 With what once appeared to be 11m: lilcss and inexhaustible forests Ciinuda has been wasteful and care: lass of a great national heritage Our dissipation of this great asset is a cause of shame and, if it con- tinues, wlll be e cause of Brent re. gret later. Vlie have been depleting u valuable asset without sufficieng thought. or constructive action i, replenish it. Future generation. may well bold u: relponslble to; the wanton manner lri which we have misused this national m. soured-Windsor Star. Imagine belng robbed trousers and their being arrested for improper exposure! The tiara or villain of this "Who Done It‘ ls a corporation that owned land and buildings that cost $159,000, When our scene opens, this pm. petty has been depreciated through ilie years to $114,000. However, i; wus saddled with is mortgage a1 $150,000, plus another $1,800 for ee- crued interest. It felled to mo" lts obligation and so the mortgagee foreclosed on the property. Ar m; ""0000. $100 was old for the ps0 perty. No deficiency judgment n-m obtained nor was one applied {on Along comes ttie Tax Court and tells the corporation that it real] ""100 $37,800 an the property 1h, if hurl lost. 'I'lie reasoning is 5am; thing like this: A foreclosure ls l sale or exchange a! property Th. fact that it. was forced does not alter the essentlal idea that l! wu a "l9- ThB 537.800 “profit.” enters ‘into the calculations because m. "FINE-ice of $150,000 plus accrued “WW5! 0f $1.800 was $37,800 more than the depreciated value of tlie properly at the llme of the "sale." ——Neiv York Times, ‘ Custom has changed e good deal in the matter of naming royal clill- drvri. Iii- the past one Christian name was generally considered suf- ficient. especially for princesses ._. "- I instance. ‘Queens Elizabeth and nne and the two Mnry:,—bnt ln tlie Hanover-Ian period nan-m were sometimes more gencrausly bc-slmvod and George IV was given three font names. Queen Victoria was not very lavish with names: Her eldest can was christened Alb- Qrl Edi-yard though he had six god- Daronts, Melbourne, 1t. may be m. memberod. objected f0 Albert 13d- wurd and suggested Edward Albert. Ql-Iee" 015W had been amply pra- vided wltli names, for she is \‘io- 10ml Mill‘)! Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes. The Duke of Windsor ls Edward Albert Chris- tlaii George Andrew Patrick David. The Princess Royal 1s loss heavily burdened with names than lier mother. for she lips only four. Vic- tarlu Alexandra Alice Mary. Tlie Duke of Gloucester is Henry “'11- lllllTl FlTdvrivlt Albert, and his sons William and Richard have Cil(‘ll four names. The young Duke of Kent has five. The King ls Albert Fred- erick Arthur George, and Princes: Elizabeth is Elizabeth Alexandre M1113‘. — Manchester Guardian. GENEVA, Doc. 16 -—iRcutersl - The ivldespi-ead influenza epidemic lri Italy ls a inlld form of the d15- ease and glves no cause for nlarnr. tlie United Nations World Healzli Organization reported yesterday- quoting Italian health eutliariues. The disease now ls Oil an vplilciiilo sciile Ln Rome The Arnfast Coalitio- Phone 249B Provincial Agent! . for Iron Firemen Equivmt" in: a specialist on the tln wlilstle In bl: vounrrer dais. of yam‘