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- . Christian Missions In India

When India became a sovereign nation fears were expressed in some Western cir- cles concerning the future, and indeed the survival, of Christian missions in that pre- dominantly Hindu country. It was pre- dicted by some obseiyers that Christianity would be subjected to severe restrictions, or even proscribed altogether, not only be- cause it was considered false and mislead- ing by the majority of Hindu leaders, but,' and perhaps chiefly, because of its alleged associations with Western colonialism. Un- der Mr. Nchru's political leadership, how- over, these fears, up to the present time at any rate. have proved to have been un-I founded; on the whole, with some local variations here and there, religious freedom has been sustained.

Just lately, whatever the reasons for it, there seems to have been a change for the worse; so much so that delegates to an All- India Conference of Indian Christians, held recently in New Delhi, felt called upon to address a memorial to the Prime Minister, asking for further clarification of Govern- ment policy in the matter of foreign mis- sions. The chief cause for concern appears to have been a report that an extreme Hiindu sect known as the Mahasabha has been conducting A vigorous campaign for the re-conversion of Christians to Hindu- ism. This, in the opinion of Christian lead- ers, is an attack on Christianity in general and its culture in particular.

In his reply to the Conference's repre- sentations Mr. Nehru pointed out that, while religious freedom is and will continue to be a fundamental part of India's political system, it was difficult to persuade Indians in general that Christianity is not, in fact, an anti-national movement. He pointed out further that, like all other minorities, Christians must expect some isolated in- hingements of their freedom, even though respect for minorities is encouraged, and where possible exacted, by authority. At the same time he intimated that the soon- or the Christian Churches can achieve nat- ive leadership and separate themselves from outside influence as far as possible-with-

deed, it does get beyond the planning stage, which is doubtful--will meet with the same ill fortune. Doubtless, the two- party system has many imperfections; but it is only necessary to glance at the polit- ical picture of a large part of Europe, where there is no end to the making of parties, to see that the separation of ideological groups from the main stream of political thought and practice is not conducive to national stability. It is interating to note that in almost every country where British parlia- mentary traditions have exercised great in- fluence-the U. S. A., of course, is-one such country-the principle of the two-party

system, with occasional deviations, has re-

tained its place of pre-eminence. The not- able exception is Canada; and there is a growing feeling that here, too, the fashion- ing of new parties is losing the appeal it

'once had, and that, in the not distant fu-

ture. political thought-after having made some very good tests of new doctrines-will be restored to the aegis of our two-party tradition.

The Other Side

There are usually two sides to an agree- ment, and the Winnipeg Free Press points

l out that this is the case with the statutory

Crow's Nest pass rates which Mr. W. A. Mather, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, contends are unprofitable and outmoded.

If this were the case, argues our Winni- peg contemporary, ”it inevitably follows that the other part of the agreement by which they were set up is equally outdated. In return for building the line through the Crow's Nest Pass and for making rate re- ductions on grain, the CPR was paid .a sub- sidy of 33,404,720 and, in addition, was granted 250,000 acres of land. Much of the subsequent wealth of the CPR had its roots in this monetary subsidy and land grant. In view of Mr. Mather's continuing propaganda against the Crow's Nest Pass rates one wonders whether he considers the other side of the agreement outdated also. It would be interesting to have the CPR's views on what, if the bargain were abro- gated, should be done about the wealth that the company has accumulated from the property it received in consideration for fix- ing the Crow's Nest rates."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Town officials in Escanaba in Michiganls Upper Peninsula have found a new use for potatoes. A peck of them is legal currency for one day in the year in payment of parking tickets which ordinarily cost a half-dollar each.

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out breaking their world connections alto- gether-the better it will be for the future Stability of Christian missions in his coun- try, and indeed in all Asiatic areas. No one can say what effect a change in Indian political leadership might have on Christian work: but certainly. up to the present time, things have not gone too badly for the small Christian minority, thanks to Mr. Nehru's sympathetic understanding of the contribution that Christian missions have made to India's social development. This, and not the religious aspect, is, of course, what concerns Mr. Nehru. Things could be much worse if he were to be succeeded by someone utterly intolerant of any influence -no matter how worthy-from the West. And that could easily happen.

A New Party?

There is increasing talk these days about the possible, or even probable, emer- gence of a new political party in the Uni- ted States. This is nothing new; every few years some politician or some group comes out with the familiar argument that, since

both the Republicans and the Democrats have no interest in am hing except win-i ning elections, it is time tor honest and in-: dependent voters to work out some pro-i gram that might l'(Nli'1l'(' moral principles. to the political system. i

The interesting thing about the present' discussions is that they point to a Rightist political movement to be led, presumably, by Senator McCarthy or Senator Knowland, or perhaps by some person now politically unknown-new names sometimes lend en- chantmcnt to causes; whereas in the past a new party invariably meant a movement to the Left. Robert M. LaFollette (1924) and Henry Wallace (1948) are the names which come most readily to mind; but there were others who tried-and failed.

For one reason or another new parties -have never made any worthwhile headway jln the United States. Thanks to Mr. Nor- man Thomas's attractive personality and ,moderate political beliefs; the Socialist Party has managed to stay in the field; but its influence has waned considerably in :the last few years, and it never has been able t.o monopolize the votes of organized labour or even to lay claim to any large whine or them. All other ventures have come to an end without contributing Any- thing of importance to the political life. of the country. It is Almost certain that the now. part: now bflng blueprtnted-tr, in-

Sir Osbert Sitwell, now on this side of the Atlantic, told an interviewer that he obtained his education ”during school holi- days". The observation is not to be taken too seriously, however, as Sir Osbert is re- nowned for his wit as well as for his many intellectual gifts.

It does not fall to the lot of every Provincial Premier to receive as A gift the 250,000th product of an industry he help- ed to promote. That was the good fortune of Premier Smallwood of Newfoundland re- cently when he was presented with a shirt by Terra Nova Textiles.

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One of the first problems awaiting Av- erell Harriman, the new Governor of New York, is how to persuade his fellow citi- zens to drink more milk, as requested by the Dairy Council representing more than 37,000 dairy farmers. The farmers them- selves spent a half-million dollars in educa- tional advertising in the past two years.

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As a poet, Emperor Hirohito of Japan could scarcely be numbered among the classicists: but he does have one saving virtue, brevity. This is clear from his an- nual New Year's poem to the nation:

”Stout are the hearts

Of the men who toil

At their honest calling

Enduring heat and cold."

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The Canadian army is adopting A new type of nylon parachute which', it is claim- ed, almost completely eliminates the open- ing jerk and oscillation experienced with the older type. Developed in the United States and now manufactured in Canada, it has a canopy. of 35 feet in diameter com- pared with the 28 ft. 'chute in use. The method of packing results in the jumper being at the full extent of his harness be- fore the equipment opens.

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No one can hope to please everybody. Last year a handbook put'out for American Brownies was severely criticized for giving emphasis to world citizenship. One par- ticularly odlous reference, in the opinion of the complainerss was A quiz-game on the United Nations. The latest version left this out and substituted I. quiz on the world As- soclation of Girl Guides and Girl Sooutl. Now, other 't:ritl are blaming the,b ization's leaders t'oi- giving in to isollt on- lst, and-U.N. tendencies.

I ledge that there is mystery in the

Hitting

A Symbol

viiiglir wi......i. Oi Values

"M.F." in the Winnipeg Free Pnau

A few moments ago I read an article in the Washington Post by Mr. George V. Ferguson that moved me beyond anything I have read in many months. Mr. Fergu- son was writing of Angus L. Mac- donald, and of how the people of Nova Scotia, his own folk, hold him in remembrance and even on days of rejoicing feel a touch of sadness because he is gone. The Scots. at. all times in their strenu- ous And splendid history, have never been afraid of sentiment. They have made a shield of their gnemories; and their hopes have

lwayn gleamed in triumph above the sad caprice of events. How like them it in to honor A leader who no longer is with them, leav- ing only A gathered radiance over his name and fame.

For Angus L. Macdonald was more than A political figure: he was A symbol of certain values that we drive out. of our public life At. our peril. Other men, more robust or compulsive. gifted with I mastery of economics or a shrewd dominion over political destiny, had A far greater impact on events. It took the shock and challenge of the war to bring him to Ottawa. where he spent himself in stainless and unwearied ser- vice which can never be forgotten by those who saw it at close range. Yet he had many companions in this service. and it is to his credit, I: well as being a mark of char- acter, that he should have thought first of the lonely vigil of the sailor rather than of the accumu- lated anxieties of A cabinet min. later.

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' The war over, and state cyn. rcrsm: again beginning to choke brave hope. he winced away from Ottawa and took his sensitive yet imperious spirit back home to Nova Scotin. So it would have been, for even during the war he moved through Ottawa like a dedi- cated visitor, A scholar gypsy do- mlclltd by I some of duty in a strange place. His mind could range in power and freedom only amid the.hill: and valleys of his own province and near the voices of the ever sounding sea. Edmund Burke in his grand way could say that the politician is I philosopher in action. Angus Mac- donnld was no philosopher; he was more comfortable in the poet's mantle. For it is more inertia that make: us believe A poet must A1. wayl write in verse. A man can be A poet, and often is, by his xrace of mind; by his musing won- der at the brevity of beauty; by his ability to nonjure up the past: by his quiet indifference to pumps and vanities; by his familiar pil- grlmAge with wisdom; by his ,9. verence for dreams never Inga- sured by the coarse accounting of the marketplace; by his know.

commonplace and A sad municlble grandeur known.

incom- in the un-

Scotland has hammered this breed into nobility on the gnvjl of her destiny: and Angus Mac. dunald brought to the service of Canada the memory and insph-- ation of this high Gaelic heritage. He could interpret Canada's fu. ture with such prophetic and com- manding eloquence precisely be- cause he was no faithful to his own past. .

This city felt hi: power when he Addressed our St. Andrew: Society. Where A pednnt would have nen only A wrinkled truism. he glimpsed I nvtng beauty: and the audience too felt the luddon Pllelnlry And pathos of the re- covered ,pAAt. After the meeting I talked with him. about the curioul impoverilhment of spirit thAt hu fAllen on our public life; the durth of eloquence; the ion Art of admiration: the reluctance to Acknowledge merit. in those of oth- er Viewl: tin supine worship of our huddled little dogmas II if they marked the last stretch of human wisdom. Before very long he wu praising his hero, Joseph Howe, Al the model ofipublic on-. t-ue And extolling him an the man to whom young Cnnodiann should look for guidance before they Anitch the prize: of the polltlcll ArcnA. In A letter to the be Agnln took up this theme And he en- closed A 'eopy of An Addr-en in

--Quebooerl

”What.ever views may be held now as to Howe's political wis- dom,” Mr. Macdonald said. "his fame as an orator stands unchal- lenged. British North America has not yet produced his equal in nu- tural oratory. We have had, per- haps, more polished orators, more graceful speakers. but for pure, natural. oratorical genius Howe. in my judgment. stands At the head of the list. His address at the Halifax Mechanics Institute in 1834, his speech in his own de- fence on his trial for libel in 1835, his great speech at Southampton in lR5l on the importance of the legislature of Nova Scotia in 1954 an the organization of the Empire, his address at Detroit to A hostile assembly. which I-Iowe'A elo- quence wan war to the idea that the reciprocity treaty between Brit- ish North Americn and the Uni- ted States should be renewed. these speeches of A public or po- litical character are worthy-of the closest attention by any Atudent of the art of oratory." ,

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our little day noon hurries to its twilight. What is left? A few speeches, a passage on A comet's wing through Ottawa, the long-cn- during loyalty of Nova Scotia. in that all? Is this the reckoning that men are to make of" Angus L. Maodonald? Surely not. unless we

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NOT MT. PLEASANT

sir,-In a recent. issue of the Guardian your report of the trial in Summersidc of three younz men charged with assault stated that the three were from Mount Pleasant. This is not correct. .only one was A resident of this district. It in bad enough that. one of our young men should be lmliuclted. but Mount Pleasant should not be indicated AA the residence of All three.

I am. sir. etc. RESIDENT,

Mount Pleasant.

.....?......:-:-:- are to be apendthrift of our men of talent. What figure in our na- tional llfo today can make the same appeal to our imagination?

Leaders like Angus Macdonald deserve the immortality of ideas and personal influence, of all forms of immortality not the least. honorable nor the lean congenial to A sensitive mind. We are mAde by the men we admire, And it will be A misfortune for Canada when we forget and cease to honor this rapt indomitable figure. All the more memornble for the patbol of his unfulfilled renown, And the

farshinlng example of his noble; virtues.

NOTES BY

In one nenlo the freedom of the press is the right of anybody to collect and disseminate tactn and opinions and interpretations, sub- ject only to some simple rules of- fecting other people'A rights. But in the broader sense freedom of the press is not. freedom to gather and disseminate; it iA freedom to learn and to know. -New York Times.

These long Adjournmonto in Im- portant ddbateo Arc I oompnratlvaly new thing in porlinme-ntsry pro- cedure. It was not. ever thus. In the days when Sir George Foster and Mr. W. B. Fielding were the financial emperor of tho opposing parties. and Aucceulvely occupied the posltlonl of minister of fin- ance and Opposition financial critic, one doughty Multimor would be rising to his feot.t.o nt- taok the budget Almost. before the other had got fully down in hiA seat after delivering it. --Frederik tlonlaleaner.

Par-onto must in clear And con- sistent in heir discipline. And hold their children Accountablo un- til they have demonstrated their rlght to increasing freedom." This must involve A terrific jolt for A lot of parent: who. doing noth- ing at All to control their children. feel they have done their full duty. At the same time, dinclplino does not necessarily mean spanking on All occasion: that Item: to do- mand it, nor the ovot-generous use of the rod. tho Ipnring of which in reputed to spoil the child. It does mean t.hAt parents are well advised to exercise kind and comment firmness.-Chathnm Newl. I

WeArodhpondtoocbo1.lunov- oral nppeaia to householders And business firm: to mlintnln their outdoor Obi-lotmu dooontiona throughout the month of JAmAry. The appeal: on dollgned to main- tain A festive atmosphere through- out the wintel oarnmi which now in undorvny. But. f(I' many than can no but Amoro ulfhhreuoonfor on- quoot. The brtbt period of Ohrlotw Eulcomeu to on ogldmdlmwo I -

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Not tho loan. of the requialh Ao- wmplinhmentu of A college presi- dent ln the U. S. in the Ability to issue A 2.000 word statement that the faotzball coach was not fired for losing gunen which will, at the same time. give his successor the idea that he'd betteriwln Aome. -Ortllla Packet and Times. Tho experiment to bo kind In the union which open: Ahortly 1; A cautlouo one. At. Weotrnlnnter. the time of A Parliament iA Atrictly rationed and limited. No luuh dru- tic diAclpli.uo in to bo Applied At Ottnwn, but A more extended uu of the committee Ayltem is to be tried out. That Ayntem bu worked well in handling the eotlnutoo of the Dept. of flaw:-ml Affairs. The committee which take: izhurn in hmd not only axuninu this pro- Powd spending thoroughly but op- portunity in given for A good debate on torsion policy u 0 whole. -Mona-cu our-. Our Attention looollily win .3- i:r-Actnd by the picture of a. pollu- mln Oltchlnl An errant pig. no mun luv! been born on A fun. uhohadltbythonghtpucg, nAme'lyAbindleg.AplgmAyngt be the notes: or the Atmongut ot AnlmAlA It in. howava. one of the most difficult to catch And to hold. The con And tho toll Anntt. outt- nblotoAAecuuhokl.neit.bu-in in head. It: hair IA too About. for nnlpsndtlreahnpoofitobody in ouch it. up euily slip through thohAndA.IfyoucAtchitbyA:or-A leg. you have quite A wrestle. And Arc risking A bite. Then in only one pin! to grab A pig. That in by A hnnd leg. It nlfordl tho boot grip And it diminishes the Animnl'A motive power. If you our flip tho 110! over on in back And sit on it. then. Ind only then. do you Inn it undo: rouonoblo t '. -wimuor Stu.

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By Hath MAoquArdo

The Prime Minister of five South EAst Asian countrieA held A meet- ing in" Bogor. Indonelln. during the int few days of 1054, And As a result of their deliberations I uri- qua inter-nAtlonal conference has been called. The leader: of the government of the "so-called" Colombo power: -India. Pakistan. Burma; Indonesia. And Ceylon, - have decided to invite twenty- ftve countries of Asia and, Africa to A greabgathering scheduled for next April. No conference on so gr-and A scale has ever been held in Asia beforo And it will be An- other lndlcatlon of the increasing importance of that part of the world.

The five Colombo power: had a fairly tlcklinh assignment in draw- ing up the invitation list and the omlulom are highly slgnificantf Although billed As A meeting of All the independent state: in Asia And Africa some sovereign nations Aro excluded. The Republic of In-ael will not be A participant. largely because the Arab states which are invited. would not like- ly take part in Any sessions with their Israel neighbor. Neither of the Korean republics was Asked to attend, although both North And South Vlet Nam are on the in- vitation list. As for Chinele repre- sentation, since none of the Colombo power! recognize: Chlnng Kai-shelf: government. the in- vitatlon was extended xto Pelplng. Japan. with which none of the Colombo powers in very friendly, Also get: A bid, although it is said that much Argument among the sponsoring power: preceded her

The independence of the new African states the Gold Coast and the Central African Federation. wal recognized by their inclusion on the list of participants. The Union of South Africa, whou in- dependent statul is beyond ques- tion, wns significantly omitted from the roster of invited countries. Thin in not surprising in view of the hostile feeling which South Africa's racist policies have aroused Among Asian countries. especially India and Pakistan.

Absent of course will be the western powers. The Soviet Union which is geographically an Asian Country will not. be Atgtho great April conference. India's prime minister Nehru will doubtless be one of the leading figures in the deliberations and will press his fav- orite policy of "dynamic neutral- lsm" and plead for A strong third for-ce. detached from the Western and Eastern opponents in the oold war. After the preliminary meet- ing last week the Colombo powers Addressed A cheering throng of Indonesians and stated their be- lief that the people of Asia and Africa must unite to save the peace. It is likely that the April conference will give Attention to plain for consolidating the neutral position which neveral of the coun- tries have Atriven to maintain.

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But some Allan countries are committed to one side or the oth- er. Japan And Turkey are allies of the United States while Pakistan, 910 Phil-11911115. and Thailand are

3 members of the SEATO pact which

bind: four. western and ch ree Allan nntiom in A modest alliance.

, V . On tho other hand ouch oountrlu II North Vlot Nun -And min: gr. far; from pent ' via the pxjugng power rivalry. .Wit.h ouch mum. taking part it in uzllkolv tint the conference will.-be Ablo to Ad! it. self up as A great third forgo; be- tween the Communilt and tuna. Communist blocl. '

while in tuulon the delentu of the thirty Afro-AAiAn nations can be expected to hit A good deal about colonialism which in still A highly emotional tune with many of them. IrI:loneIlA'a :13. mand that the Dutch quit New Guinea will be strongly uphold and the, nationalist: of Tuninln And Morocco will get moral support in their campaign Agolnnt Franco. With no western power: present the Afro-Asian representntivu win no doubt speak freely About um evils of European imperlallun.

Whatever it. Accompllnhu Lin April conference will be A highly significant event in the diplorrucy of the present Ara. The thirty invited nations contain more ting half the world's populntion gm their opinions on the gran fun" of the day will command rolpocttul attention. Nationalism in Ania And Africa is one of tho mop: pggmg forces in the world today And the people of the two vut continent: are demanding A greater voice in international counclll. The April conference will give thorn An Dnftunlty to Aponk with I unltod V0 C6.

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deep Aegean cliff-footed Abodol.

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Until the Garthoglnig, nugm

And the last winds from among Are gone,

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