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Rhodesian Problems

The “watchdog committee” set up

_ by the Commonwealth prime ministers

‘at their Lagos conference was about all that resulted from this portentous

mic results of the sanctions imposed

against Rhodesia and will meet again |

in July if the Rhodesian rebellion is not ended. It is Prime Minister. Wil- son’s hope that the Smith regime will be. overtltrown within the prescribed period. Prime Minister Person also expressed belief that ‘the -sanctions— will be effective, while conceding that _ further measures will have to be taken, including action in the United Nations, if this does not become ap- parent within a few weeks.

Mr. Pearson proposed establish- ment of two sub-committees, one to- review economic sanctions and their effects, the other to consider how the | Commonwealth could co-operate with ’ Britain in plans for Rhodesia’s future,

African education and training for eventual African majority rule.

“This latter. point is important if. the situation isn’t going_to go from bad to worse after the Smith

tegime is brought to heel. Mr. Wilson has made it clear that there could be no immediate handing ‘of majority fule to the Africans who make up four million of the country’s 4,250,- 900 inhabitants. The peace terms will Probably prescribe a period of colon- - {a1 rule from London—as short™ as - possible—while a new government is That the majority in Rhodesia must spend a considerable length of time preparing itself for government- al responsibilities should come as no surprise to African leaders. Mr. Pear- son, indeed, could have reminded them that our evolution from colonial

a. ~=—Tuleto—complete- independence-—in. 1

. of the neck, it’s..

-

Canada has spanned more than a cen- tury. And even now with the ordered ~ development of self-rule, we are still faced with racial and cultural prob- Jems that remain unresolved. -

. A crash program of the kind pro- posed could speed up this evolution- aty process in Rhodesia; but it might still prove to be a slower and more.

"painful process than some of the more

impatient spokesmen for majority rule are demanding. Logic and reason must be brought to bear upon these people to induce them to co-operate in their own interests. © Pe

No doubt Mr. Wilson will be glad fo listen to advice from other Com- ‘monwealth members on this subject. But he made it clear that Britain still regards Rhodesia as her responsi-

bility, including both sanctions and’

peace terms. The Lagos conference, in. effect, indorsed this view while | underlining the fact that the problem | {8 “of concern to Africa, the Common: wealth, and the. world.”- That, of course, was never in dispute.

Science On The March .... For people who have trouble sleeping, there’s a new electronic de- vice that plugs into any household out- let and is just the thing. It imposes alternating current on direct current and when mild doses of this mixture

are applied to the ‘eyelids and nape

land. No pills, no bedtime stories!

Then there’s the gadget at Lon- don’s University of Orthopedics, where patients with severe burns have been floated on tiny jets of air. Pain is reduced since the patient touches no solid surface, and the air helps dry the burns.

One of the more “zany sounding developments | is a system for storing furniture inside the walls of a room, then’ inflating it,yith compressed air for use. New Front magazine is re- ported as trediting a New. York physician with this idea. The concept - envisions entire rooms being convert- ‘ ed with inflatable walls and partitions and with: wall openings that can be closed, with movable covers.

fi

To8 . ) \

. well, off to dream- —

Fhe

A number of companies, too, are |

busily engaged in developing syn-

peararice of grass but lack its flaws. One material has tufts of thin greeft plastic strips. attached to a plastic base. “Similar tough, low-maintenance materials already have beep_installed

athletic running tracks and play -grounds.---As_labor_costs. rise, it is

golf courses, baseball diamonds, ‘foot- ball fields—and even to suburban lawns:

tic plants and flowers, cunningly made and remarkably realistic, is that they require little or no maintenance

insecticides, humus, no weekly work- outs with the lawnmower, no borders -to trim, nothing to rake up. As the

demonstration of man’s capacity to improve on nature:

‘All he loses are’ the evocative -purfumes of natural f lowers, the drowsy summer hum of bees, the piney aroma of a living evergreen in the livingroom, the sweet scents of clipped lawn and pungent: wet’ earth and the annual miracle of green growing things in their cycle from birth to oblivion. All he misses, in- deed, is life itself.” ==

Fewer Polar Bears

cern is mounting that they are get- ting, fewer. and will become extinct un- less excessive hunting is curbed. Norwegian, Danish, Soviet, United |

_ investigate the problem. According to ©

national waters.

* The Russians are ‘one up on us in meeting this problem. They have already stopped this form, of “sport” in their territories, but shooting in other arctic regions is so excessive that there are believed to be only

“about 8;000-polar*bears-left--Soviet—~

natural scientists put the figure as

"Yew ag, 5,000. Canadian estimates put

it at a 10,000,. while Americans maintain that*there~-are:@till some. 19,000 of them. But: that may | be: ide ful thinking.

Actually little is known about these

their habitat long before man made ‘his appearance on the scene. There

lives—on how many cubs they have at each birth, how long they live, or how often they have litters. This. is partly due to the difficulties in find- ing them. and ny to high expedi- _ tion costs. ~,

But civilization appears to have fac- ilitated their massacre on an increas-

was being done. Norwegian teams shot 400 polar bears last year, the Danes 500, and Iselandic teams “many, many more,’ official above quoted. Whether the bears succeeded in bagging any of | their aggressors is not. stated; but “after all-it ‘would have been in self- defense, wouldn't it? Despite their reputation for | ferocity, they haven’t done the human race much harm. They feed on seals,

otherwise keep to themselves, mind- ing their own business and perfectly willing, by ‘all accounts, to let others

make fine trophies, of course;. but that’s an old excuse for- blasting others of God’s creatures out of exist- ence. We hope the bears win a

save them from the fate of the dodo.

EDITORIAL NOTE

The horse still reigns supreme in at least one part of the automobile

Mackinac Island. bans private. cars ‘from its roads. To preserve a 19th-: century. atmosphere, residents ride horse-drawn buggies, pedicabs, ,and bicycles. Even the police chase om

inals on horseback.

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thetic materials that simulate the ap- |

_at a number of horse racing tracks; |

The marvel of plastic lawns, like

| that of artificial Christmas trees, plas- | meeting. It will check on the econo- | _ P

—no fertilizers, sprinkling, spading, —

Milwaukee Journal remarks, after | “pausing t6 admire this striking -—

arctic denizens, who lorded it over |

“ing scale, and it is time something |

|. terested in this subject are now

walruses, fish and dead animals, and ‘|

capital of the world. Michigan's’

figured that the same thing may_hap- | pen eventually to the country’s 8,000 |

j | | |

States and Canadian scientists plan to |

t |

an official of the Norwegian Polar ~ _ Institute, hunting these animals may. L ‘shortly be forbidden. But how en-~ force such regulations? Under inter- _National law, polar bears belong to no’ nation because they. liye in inter.

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WASHINGTON DOVECOTE

o--4-The best prophylaxis is keeping

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

~ High Cost Of Credit Causes Concern

My favourite story of the wes - eagerly scanning the rich lode ; adding one-sixth to the | concerns the art lover who paid | of information in a recent sur+ | vey of nation-wide credit pur- |

$1,000 for an “‘abstract’’, finger-

painted by a gorilla in ‘the 200 | | chases: published by the Domi-

at eee, USA. Of cour- _abstracts look to the teeditionallets’ as as if they~ v vee painted by gorillas, but... Here in Canada we have not |

Seen. any polar bears lately? Con--| that kind of money to toss around

on whims. . True, average wa- ges made an impressive gain of better than 4 per cent during 1965. ‘But there is no trick to fattening wage packets if prices proportionately, and the ear 8 gain in 1965 was cancel-, led out by a corresponding 4 per | cent jump in prices which hs | wife had to pay for food, clothes | and other living Costs a the | board.

Last year was our wont infla-

“tionary -year—sinee--the:-Korean.!

| nion perape of Statistics.

bet 1964 Was $1,621,113,000, or an

average of over $3,200 per fa-.

mily, -.This_figure relates only | to those businesses whose prin- cipal activity is financing: instal- ment sales; it does not include

loans, nor the financing by | companies which are subsidiar- ies of- large retail merchandisers These sources add an approxi-

mately oa a. in consu- mer Cinmhaes - year eer were

paying- alanine ovat half_a_bil-

:-Hon-dollars-a-year-in_interest-on-

War fifteen years ago. # creat- |-such loans, thus in round figures

ed the impression of a boom | to prodigal government policies, but those rising prices 7 a savage toll on pensioners and others whose wages or fix-

ed inconies cannot: be negotiat- ed upwards in proportion. .

MPs drifting through Ottawa are uneasy at our cost of living‘ curve, which was rising steeply at year’s end. Those in the Op-" position will be openly-critical of government policies which saw nearly half of our “ineréase-in-} gross national product attribu- table to higher. prices, which damage our export trade and _ foster imports. “OREDIT LIVING COSTLY

An economic abuse which se- |_veral MPs plan to criticise in the new Parliament is the high + cost of credit. From Quebec, in- fluential -voices call this the most damaging scourge of our _ society. The blame is laid by practical business men such as Senator McCutcheon squarely on

is no available data on their family | the government, for continuing | toMtestrict the banks to 6 per

| cent interest, and hence driving

the public to the other money- lenders such as the “near banks and the second mortage vendors

| who are not restricted by law in

, the interest they may charge,’

| and levy usurious rates some-

times as high as 30 per cent and

| commonly add about 18 percent.

interest to the cost-of-credit-buy-

| ing.

’ according to the |

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do the same. Their magnificent coats | : | living is high and income lower

| | | |

Those MPs who are closely in-

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open, te the discussion by correspondents of questions of in terest. The Guardian does not neces- sarily endorse the opinion of corres. pendents. All letters published are sub-

| ject te editing and condensation where

Mecessary. The Guardian ts unable te enter into any correspondence regard- ing letters submitted.

MARITIME UNION. Sir,—Maritime union should be letting a lot more consideration fen ite getting: There is: e*-lot

to be gained and very ‘ittle to lose, except perhaps a little pride. Now that we are getting the causeway lends itself to un- ion. We are too small to ever expect to be an economic prov- ince by ourselves. Our cost of

than the other provinces (except perhaps Newfoundland). Our ad-

|, ministrative cost per capital (in

|

breathing spell in this case, by some... | international arrangement ‘that will

spite. of lower salaries) is too high. Greater Halifax, with a .population nearly as much @s the ‘Island, only has two repre- sentatives in the local House.

We would be ,much | fa- vorably looked upon in the rest of Canada if we were ‘all onet source of income. We can’t ex- pect to gain much in population.

| We have® triéd nearly every- | thing. We get less of the consum-

| | 7

ers’ dollars because we are too small to get properly organized:, “1 don’t think we should miss. any opportunity to discuss. this union and hope it will be ser- iously considered at the coming session of the House. I am, Sir, etc., ELDON DRUMMOND:

Freetown, P.E:I.

| that $1.6 billion to

‘| dal had been spent for business. ‘eommerci

of their purchases. The Bureau of Statistics made a simple survey to ascertain ; what Canadians were spending buy. This ~~ showed—that—exactly—half,_say_| $810. million, had been borrow- ed to finance the purchase 6f cars. The next largest sum, a tiny one-sixteenth of that spent

$38 million had- been used to” buy furniture, and a lar sum + went on TV and radio. vers; $22 had helped -to buy trailer- homes and prefabricated cot- tages.

A large 40 per cent of the to

purposes, buying al vehicles, farm implements and tractors, factory machinery. ‘and shop ‘equipment. 7

Bordeaux

oo

The desaed of what. has hap- pened in the trial ward of Bor- deaux Jail within the ‘last 10 | months calls a complete re- organization: In this ward some 200 to 300 persons are detained | in the interval between arrest | ~and_sentencing..This is a size-| able proportion of the 800 inma- fes inthe jail as a whole.

Last March two’ men await- ing trial at Bordeaux in connec- tion with three separate mur-

derg were involved.with a num- | ber_of other Bordeaux inmates”

in-a-brawl.—They-were-all-“‘quite @runk’’. ‘The very fact that they had been able to procure a sup- ply of ‘a homemade brew of

eorts’’ indicated a curious collap-- .| highly disturbed

se oof discipline. . Also in March-came the escape of Lucien - Rivard, one of the

most wanted figures in~ the |

world of crime, who was await- ing trial. It came about under the pretence of watering the skat- ing rink, in weather that was a- bove freezing, and then disap- pearing over walls and fences.

Jail Record

| Then, in April, Gilles Legault awaiting trial, under charges of taking part in a plot to dyna- | mite national monuments in the | United States, committed sui- cide in his cell. His first at- tempt at suicide had been made only the day before. It was so ' serious that he had been rushed | from Bordeaux- to St. Luke Hos- | pital. Yet, when returned to his | cell, he was left without obser- vation,

Last’ week another suicide took -place in the-trial ward at Bordeaux. Pierre Toutant, a-

murdering an airline stewar- dess, hanged himself in his cell: He has been described as " a individual,”

- When drunkness, escape and suicide are’ all possible among prisoners. in the trial . ward’ | the existing administration of the ward must be extremely in- adequate. ; alone, there is obviously a need for psychiatrical screening of persons awaiting trial..

~Y

1 could.happen only in ‘Eng- land, Diehard Tories, motoring associations, and auto makers are indignant because the Lab- or Government has had the co lossal cheek to impose a .speed limit on. British roads. ,It weuld like drivers to stay’ below..70 m. p. h.

To a North American it is al- most beyond comprehens i on that a law that we've had of our lives — obeyed or not ‘— should stir up such a ruckus in

: | the Motherland. But the aver.

-Our Yesterdays

_ (From The Guardian Files) .

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO + (January 14, 1041) Sub-zero weather was record- ed at the Charlottetown Experi- mental Station for the first time

TEN YEARS AGO. -

é (January 14, 1956) Princess Margaret, whose clo- thes had often been subject of debate: was rated among the 10. She shared sec- lace ‘with the Duchess of

uf

It was reported that over 1,000 ducks and pix Canada geese were wintering. at the Harvey Moore Sanctuary at Commer-

cial: Cross

s Only | In Britain

‘| are still a novelty. And Eng-

| fies, and penalties are made to “Stick,

Mr. | Times, but it’s a fair et that

. | that 70 is fast enough’on roads . | where even 50 is suicidal. j

London Free Press —

age: Briton views speed “mits, and parking meters, as iivasion of his personal privacy.

To a Canadian driving in Eng-

as a shock to see that his Bri- tish counterpart thinks nothing of parking his car on a highway while he strolls off to watch the antics of a.tufted titmouse, er whatéver strikes his fancy.

come to terms with the Automo- tive Age. Most of ite better toads were built by the Romans ‘and ‘the “‘dual carriage-way,’’ aa Britons call their super-highway

fand yields to no nation for claim- ing the world's worst weekend traffic jam,

However, there is a strange ambivalence about the British | character; once ‘laws ate passed they are more likely to be obey- ed there than in most count-

Protests will be written to The motorists will eventually agree

SPECIALIST ELECTED

-PARIS (AP) Ae ‘Prof. Louis Leprince-Ringuet, : specialist on cosmic rays oad mesons, was elected to the French Acad- emy Thursday to succeed . the late Gen. Maxime Weygaend.

Sateen _ PURITY DAIRY,

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on cars, was-$49 million spent | y, on electrical and gas appliances | tpjs?

waiting trial on the charge” of |

Taking the suicides | .

land for the ‘first time it comes |

England has been reluctant to |,

‘centuries and contin-

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HE i

sentery is.a common problem ia nurseries and schools “When: in- into the home ‘it spreads rapidly to other family members.

Outbreaks of dysentery are not easily controlled, We lack an efficient vaccine even - though ‘good remedies are available.

ia

the hands clean and payin.g strict attention ta good hygiene

in the lavatory. The main prob- | tem-isthat-many—are_not_sick:| ‘enough to be concerned about | spreading the: disease. In addi- | tion, the causative Shigella ba--| cilli are expelled in the stool for | weeks after diarrhea subsides., Some persons become carriers. The problem is 10 times as great when the individual is a food handler.

Bacillary dysentery is best rT with certain sulfonamid- es. streptomycin: Rest is im- portant along with fluids to com-- -bat dehydration and acidosis. Barley or rice water, gruels,

oached eggs, custard, weak

t.juices, and toast should be eaten until diarrhea—subsides.—» JITTERY LEGS

IR

my husband's -erms and legs jerk violently at times, which akes him up. What causes

emotional in which the individual acts out a dream. Another fac- tor is.myoclonic jérking a spon- taneous. stimulation of muscles that occurs during relaxation. _WELL ROUNDED, MEALS Mrs. T.W: writes: a doc- tor suggests a bal “does he riean an equal of protein, roughage, chy foods? ‘ REPLY

No. He means a diet that will supply all the needs of the body. Menus of this kind contain the right combination of the dif- fefent food elements: carbohy- drates, fats, proteins, minerals, and vitamins. -

NOT ALWAYS:

Mrs. A. writes: Is it necessary |

to take horrnones ‘after a hyster-

“REPLY No. Hormones may be ented when the ovaries are removed e@s well as the uterus, or _ the woman is in the change of ‘fife, at the time of surgery. ONE PLUS WHAT? Sere - What" does one

N- means. ‘‘a little.” ‘Vee neg: lected to state whether the find.

ing referred to sugar, albumin, or w Minced TODA HEALTH HINT—

_ writes: During his sleep |

t 2 4 -Setomy: fo

Wwiiele is perfect exercise.

Montreal Moncton Saint John

_ “Parents Prefer : “Purity Products” | aaa

"NOTES BY THE|WAY.

A scientist worms ‘can think. It be interesting to know what they think about early birds.—Guelph Mercury. The other day a:young Chilton girl, interested in making money a6, 0 heby sitter, prostates. tie list of prices for us to print. in her advertisement:

babies, 25c. meee: cae ae Wet babies, 40c. Worse than oo Se,—Chikes —

It would be interesting to be the first man.on the moon but I'd rather be the first one back. -~Door County Advocate ;

Prime Minister Pearson has suggested that the words of 0 Canada should be rewritten be- cause ‘We stand on guard five times in. two lines in that an- them,"" Ma we have a lot to be on guard against: ~rPort Ar thur News Chronicle - -

Time's Changes stel

vn

- MeCutcheon went similar process a few

if a cabinet minister has = no obvious business connection, he |

like Caesar's wife, he must be above even the appearance ‘of suspicion as recent unhappy events have shown.

Scotland's Winter S ports

Regina Lanter-Post

~Commercialism has- come to | the Scottish Highlands—and - It | may not be a bad thing since it will attract thousands of tourists from ‘all over the world. ~~

There has heen built near | Aviemore, in the heart of scenic | mountain country, a $2,100,000 Rocky Mountain. style hotel and winter sports centre.

As a-matter of fact, this kind of winter sports community has found increasing popularity all over Europe, thanks to the ini- tiative in Alpine regions many decades ago. -

Those who think Banff is spoel- ed by its commercialism should pay a visit to Garmiech in the West German Alps.

|_Now the Scots are getting into-

winter sports facilities which cupsctea’ te to cost more than

, | facturers Life and Premier _ of

vias obviously have chang.

The first president of the De | minion of Canada General Ir . in 1667 was Sir

happened to be Prime Minister. At the same time, Macdonald was also president of Manufac- turers. Life. Insurance. Co.

Sir. Wilfred. Laurier was a dir- ‘ector of Mutual: Life Assurance Co. of Canada while Prime Min- ister. ~ va And Sir George Ross doubled | as both president of Manu-

many policies these gentlemen | sta to their parliamentary col- leagues.

A 0 acres and. consists.of a luxury |. hotel and mountain chalet. Next year there will be added: a heat- ed. swimming pool and a eeven-.. ~sheet- curling rink —Thistattersie certainly. needed in the country that developed the game.

The Coylumbridge project. itis Called, is intended to” siseck the novice skier, for whom ex- pert tuition is available from ‘famous European coaches. —*

There is-to be an appeal, too, to the skiing family. A nursery | has been built at the hottel where~ a trained staff will look after the interests of those too young © to take to the slopes.

Both the hotel and the lodge | are within shouting distance of the Cairngorm ski lift which ae both beginners and seas

ciers rs to their appropriate” a

wexating, curling, fishing and | por trekking are aleo arranged

Another fink with the Banff te

$12,000,000 before it is finished. ., cilities in the Rockies is the fact

The new project, Duke of Pdinbursh covers

opened by | that the new hotel is also plan-

ad ba: 2: onleeenee SOO.

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~ Crop Insurance

Montreal Star

In theory, at least, all riske |

~diet-are_insurable, However, actuar- mount-|-ial--scientistsover__the- years, st. have. been loath to put a price

gz on the. insuring of farm crops

against natural disasters. Hail ts |

the only. risk for which standard énsurance policies have been de- veloped; farmers carried their own risks against floods, plant diseases and pests.

When such disasters have

pubhic- pap gery: ora gy

gradual epread of government- crop insurance in Can-

“The prvgrens- in---establishing-

insurance schemes has not easy. Even in the - areas of western Canada , precise statistics exist on term yield averages and

the crop losses in any

Charlottetown to: -

drought, |

given area are relatively. easy to estimate on a dollar per acre basis,—_there—has.-been_ difficulty in establishing workable —insur-—- ance programs.

Manitoba, the first “province to take advantage of supporting federal legislation; had only one year of trial experience before her farmers were struck by’ the disastrous drought of 1961. It is encouraging to note now, how-

ever, that after four consecutive heavy crops, the Manitoba plan appears able to stand on its own feet.

The problem of insuring farm- ers’ yields in eastern Canada is much more complex, particular= = ly where the income {s derived entirely from the sale of live-

tion | etock products. — decision—or a political -

It is not easy to measure , in actuarial terms, the loss of milk or meat production suffered. as a-result of drought or to deter- mine the value of forage from enn oe ere ‘et ox perience in. both Ontario and Quebec in the past two seasons has. most certainly indicated

that heavy losses are suffered im milk and meat production.