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UANUARY U, I910

ifiiizm GUARDIAISIT

Morning Dally Authorised as Sccuurl Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa‘.

‘rfiesident, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. R.

Burnett; SCOIHTICBS" U. M. Burnett: Editor and

hlanaging Director‘. J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor, ‘ Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

(IHARL0'l‘TE'l‘()W‘N,’l‘l|lYIlSD/IY, JANUARY 8, __,_ -_..._. .._..._ -._____ Forgotten Canadians

lt will conic us a mutter of surprise rind concern to iiiany citizens to learn that while the graves of our fallen heroes of World Wars l and Z have been officially marked nnrl core fully tended, tlic some docs not apply to those earlier volunteers who gave "the last full meas- ure of devotion" to Queen and Empire in the South African War of l899-l902. Why IS this? Perhaps, suggests a writer in The Military Gaz- ette, because they were so few in numbers, com- paratively, and pioneers rn the Empire's military history. They were the first Canadians to die, in an Empire War, as Canadians, fighting in Canadian units, commanded by Canadian offic- 0N.

This little Province, as everyone knows, sent its full qUBfiYflfTflUllBfTIHlkQtb-TO lhc South African War; and two of them, Alfred Riggs and Roland Taylor, made the supremo sacrifice. They have not been IQIQGIIQII at. home, as their nroiiunrent in Queen's Square testifies; but the writer above quoted, who served as a gunner in the 2nd Can- adian Contingent in South Africa, is referring to the indifference shown in official quarters, which ran only be (liukllbCfl as lamentable.

Planning a trip to South Africa in I946, and desirous of visiting the graves of some of his former comrades, this veteran wrote to the Department of National Defense at Ottawa, thinking they would be able to give him informa- tion. The reply he received was that "burial records respecting those Canadians who died in tho South African War are not maintained in this department. The information you desire could, no doubt, be obtained by addressing your inquiry to The Secretary. The War Office, Whitehall, London, England."

Accordingly he wrote to the War Office, and by letter from the director of Graves Regis- tration and Enquiries was informed: "l regret very much that we have not got in this office any record of the graves of those who lost their lives in tho South African War nor can l say to whom you could apply for the information you want, although it is possible that the Canadian Military Authorities at Ottawa might possibly be able to help you."

So, officially, no one knows where any of the dead in the South African War are buried, British or Canadian. The Military Gazette writ- er concludes:

"lr is not an unreasonable request, nor is It too late ta make a plea, that Canadian graves In South Africa be sought out, and o simple rnorkcr be placedmto show where they are. The expense for labor and materials would be trifling, and Canada should be willing to pay this meager tribute of respect to those who exhibited such loyalty to Sovereign and Empire. Surely they deserve that small recognition, after giving their utmost in devotion and service."

The Soviet Enigma

Quoting Churchill's words that diplomacy used to be a matter of "soft, quiet voices purring courteous, grove, exactly measured phrases," the London Daily Mail bewails the change that has taken place in recent years. "Today," it says, "diplomacy has become a strident shouting match, with statesmen insulting each other in public. Pence will not for ovcr stand the strain of such behavior or of the moves and counter- moves which are drawing the two halves of the white races ever nearer to disastrous._conflict. A halt must be called to this devil's dance. The best way to do it would be for the East and West to cigrec to diffcr, to go their own ways, and to cease all but formal communication. The whole world is sick. it nccds a period of conval- cscence if it is not to die by its own hand. After a ycar or two of rcllcclion the opposing sides might finzl they l10fl everything to gain and nothing to lose by getting together."

Unfottunutely this snne point of view does not coincide wit-h Soviet political philosophy. On this clerk svbicct a revealing light i5 thrown in an article by Dr. W. Guricrn, in "The Yerir Book of Worlrl Affairs, I947," pirhlrsliccl by the Lon- don Institute of World Affairs and now avail- able to readers at the Charlottetown public lib- vary. In his essay, entitled "Permanent Features of Soviet Forcvgn Policy," Dr. Guriun says:

"Belief in its universal nti55l0n unzl its peculiarity has bczn n prominent feature of Sov- iet policy. Mistrust and suspicion arc not n psychological fcaturc of sortie Soviet leaders of special or limited world experience, they are the consequence of (he foundations of the regime. The regime has as its basis a unique character and a missionary claim which cannot be shared and accepted by other Powers. The Marxian theorists believe that even when capitalist States are not in an Oipfltl state of wcirlagoinsf the Soviet Union, such o stoic of peace merely disguises a form of war bctwccn the capitalist Powers and the Soviet Union. These periods of 'peoce' are sometimes marked by disagrcomefi among the ‘enemy’ Stat-es, and divisions in the ranks of the 'cn:my' may be exploited to gain u breathing spell for the Soviets by means of temporary alliances. Temporary compromises can be mode, as, for instance, during the first ycors of the Soviet ragime when u common front against Great Britain bound Turkey and the Sov- iets together, or during World War ll when it was necessary to defeat Hitler, a common enemy of Russia and the West. but such compromises do not mean lusting understanding and co-op- notion; for, in this can, the Soviet Union would ion the basis of’ its existence."

This‘ is the key to clip recent foiluic of the

Foreign Ministers’ Conference and to much also that is happening in world diplomacy today. In the words of Mr. Bevin, this clearly is what has been holding up not only the unity of Germany "but of Europe and the peace of the world."

-- EDITORIAL NOTES —

The emergency import restrictions are al- riiost denudiiig bookstores of comics. Perhaps if they continue long enough some followers of the picture stories may bccohic readers.

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Tlmrq may not be a hugc diamond field in Northern Quebec as claimed by a geologist at- tending the Ottawa gathering but the mere pos- sibility should prove a gold mine for Quebec's tourist industry.

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With the Bunk of Canada ending its war- time practice of setting the price for govern- ment bonds it looks as if the Dominion is chang- ing from its cheap money policy. lf 'this is S0 interest rates will tend to climb again and stock

prices to be held down. I I I I

The steady rise in the cost of living in- dex is not a really accurate barometer of costs. Although the selected prices have advanced as indicated, yet articles in the lower price ranges have again bccomo available. For instance a mun is not forced to buy rayon underwear when replacement IS necessgry.’

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While Ottawa correspondents predict a pos- sible restoration of control prices, Finance Min- ister Abbott on his way to Washington reiterated that the Government's policy is to remove all controls as speedily as possible with a view to on early udyustment of demahd 3nd supply. I I

The shipment by motor truck of a third consignment of frozen smelts by Jenkins Bros. Ltd., Summerside, to New York in three weeks shows that our business men are alive to the opportunities presented in export trade. After all it is what we can ship out profitably beyond our home requirements that counts to offset our very extensive import trade. I II I I As Parliament at Ottawa resumes later this month, and the local Legislature is scheduled to meet next month, we should have ample oppor- tunities to have questions of vital importance discussed and disposed of before summer is once

IYIOTE UPOII Ill. I u n n

During the next five years nearly a million and a half acres in Britain are to be devoted to reforestation“ plans. This is announced in the annual report of the Forestry Commissioners. The ultimate object is to replant during the next 50 years fiva million acres of forest. Provision has been made for the expenditure of $80 mil- lion. I I I Nearly 200 United Kingdom firms will be exhibiting at tho Toronto International Trade Fair next June according to the preliminary list of exhibitors. Apart from these firms who will be displaying their products directly will be other firms whose Canadian agents will undertake to display on their account. More than one-third of these United Kingdom firms have joined forces in six groups to stage collective exhibits, notably in the clothing section. The United Kingdom exhibitors have booked total space of well over 25,000 square feet. r r I I I I The biggest transport development in Lbn- don for I5 years was opened to the public rec- ently. lt is the extension to the Underground Railway: built at a cost of $2,000,000 it con- sists of two sections of electrified trucks each about four miles long. There will be a com- bined service on these two branches of more than 700 trains each day running at intervals of three to four minutes. The new lines embody every improvement known to railway science. I I I I

A group of social welfare officials brought together under the United Nations fellowship programmes, arrived in Britain recently for the purpose of studying United Kingdom welfare methods and institutions. They were from Aus- trio, China, Czechoslovakia, Greece, ‘Poland and Yugoslavia. Most of them will stay in Britain for six ta nine months. They will attend lectures by prominent United Kingdom welfare experts and visit various factories, workshops and 'insti- tutions in the United Kingdom.

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Grrlilco Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist, died this data I642. In I609 he con- structed a telescope with which he discovered four satellites of Jupiter, as well as the fuct that they were not stationary, but revolved round the bright planet. Ha got into trouble with the ecclcssiastical authorities for upholding the Copernican principles, and disquisions on their scriptural significance, the Holy Office decree- ing the ncw theory of thy solar system to be philosophically absurd, his book was prohibited and he himself convicted of heresy and impris- oned. But his theory gained approval of astrono- mers rind mathematicians and survived. I I I f

Six years ago, in January i942, the whole fighting strength of the Canadian Army Over- seas was concentrated in Sussex, England. Here the Canadians found themselves responsible for some 80 miles of English coast, from east of_, Hastings to the Hampshire border, and includ- ing the valuable port of Newhaven and the popu- lous borough of Brighton. As this area, with its good roads running north to London, was con- sidered the most likely place at which an in- vader would strike, the task of guarding the stretch of coast was no small one. ln addition, there was ever the danger of seoborne and oii- bomo raids. ' As they watched the misty Clich- nel and leoden English skies that winter, Con- udians nourished trope: that if the enemy would not come to tlroni, they could go to him when lie waited, 50 niilos away across the water. Tiny little knew then lust liow long they would be

Our lileu of I well-dressed worn- isn is one who 1| so well gar-bed that. when we leave her we have not the slightest. notion o! ivlzat she was wearing, only the general feeling that she W85 well-dressed. We like a friendly smile, a firm handshake, a bright eye, o humor- ous tip. a quick step, a soft. voice, kinriiy heart. That's our best. dFCSd- ed ivamair of the year --whr>z.he: she be lli mink or n mother hub- barrl. --- London Free Press.

Canada has already been given a lesson hy Russia, which has den".- oiistrnlcd lo the world haw Ln“ nortlfrs untapped resources can augment. a nation's wealth and power. From now an Ottawa and Victoria should give more need to the men who point. to the north. Our ecolionrlr salvation in these complex times may lie closer tc the Arctic Circle Llian the forty- utntti parallel. - Vancouver Pro- vlnce.

It ha cheered u: to learn that

even in England, sorely beset as she may be, there are still some things that are permanent and un- altered by war. For instance, a British travel agency recently ask- ed several hundred American vist- burs what. comments they had to make on their first. post-war VlSli. to Lhe old country. it. reports tirat the Americans complained about. only two things: The English art- mate and that. witch's brew which the English call coffee. - Calgary Albertan. - The latest. report. of l strange sea moirsoer oft the coast. of Norah Carolina, — by the captain of arr American steamship who had a close-up view -i.s hardly to b: questioned. Imaginative persons have made the "sea serpent" a figure of fun, but. the fact Ls that; over the years reports of varying degrees or authenticity have in- dictated the presence in the sees of huge creatures unknown to science. - Ottawa Journal.

The Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth are probably the last giant. luxury Liners the world will ever see. Frank O. Braynard in his ncw book. "Lives of the 31m ers,“ published by the Cornell Muri- llme Press, says the high cost. of such ships and aeroplane competi- tion make further construction u.’ this type of vessel unlikely. The great luxury liners wrote o color- ful chapter in the history of the sea. Orrly a corriparativcly few were able to enjoy their luxury first. mind. But. many will regret to see these majestic vessels disap- pear from the seas. - Boston Post.

A Nobleford farmer took hi: lur- keys to town the other clay and found that. what; he considered tits biggest. and best birds were dis- counted » they were too big. Dur- ing the days of the big drive tor. hog production a 10L of farmers found that a hog 10 pounds 119a‘:- ier‘ than the scale allowed under the grading rules suffered a $3- dlscount. Farmers have been look- ing around for the cheaper turkey md cheaper poi-k rxrices at. retail based on these discounts. Probably they tiaveift. looked hard enough but. they don't seem lo have fouurt thorn. '.l‘lie Nobleford turkey ‘h0- ctucer who raised 600 birds lhll year doubts whether he will bother to raise any at all next. year. A lot. of hog producers decided a couple of year's ago they didn't like to be docked for‘ n liOg ten or twenty pounds aver‘ an arbttrnriry fixed weight; limit, so they quit, raisins hogs. After all, producers can a.- ways have the 155i. Sflyi“ Mill" bridso Herald.

An article that. this world badly needs ls a scientifically deslgucd and constructed ashtray. Dumper: and tillers, spring-holders and so forth we have seen. But never yet. have our eyes set. on the kind of device we have in mind; and rue reference is particularly to astr- trays for cigarettes. Perhaps Lire reader may have noticed the brown slain on the fingers of some smok- crs, which is the vesuil. of 1.0M- tng the cigarette so that Lhe smol- derlng lip is lower than the other end. The smoke than trails up the cigarette and deposits tobacco ‘our on the fingers -hence the Sltllf‘. Almost all aslitrays hold a cigar-rte in the same \i'a_v or, at. boot. l" ll liorimntut position. ‘The sruoi." drifts along and t-nr ls condensed on the ashtray at the point. where the cigarette ts resting. The result. ts unpleasant; in appearance rind ruinous to the cigarette. Au ash- tray should hold n Clgflfellc 5° that. the lighted and is higher than the other. Than the smoke would ascend vertically. and no tobacco tar would he deposited. Bub, ap- parently, no manufacturer has thought. II. worth while to produce such an article. -Fari. Eric Timcfi- Review.

Hoche, I. small vllla|e In Peru, only a few miles from the city of Trujillo, retains tn a unique degree the civilization that. marked Pen is thousand years ago. long befz-xo the coming of the Spanish cor.- qucrars. The people of the irltloge have lost their old language and speak one of the Spanish dialects of the country, but they have becn so remote from modern influence! that. life goes on tn much the sarne old combination of Spanish, and Indian influences. The village may be taken as o living museum cf the ways of life that. obtained In Peru 10 centuries ago. and also an c nursery in which rnew culture can be seen in the process of us- vclop ‘. The ancestors of these villagers, 50 generations back. nod the lamest. single adobe structure in the world, and designed ox- tremely roattotto pottery, and ‘L! urtculture they had mode an ud- vmco for beyond the point at.- talned by moot oouatrlu of dial.

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Millions In Shellfish

(Saint. John Telegmph-Jouman

Mulch-no lobster: ue omlllet than they used to be, according to o report made to the fisheries n. search board at. Ottawa by Dr. A. W. H. Needler, director of the 5t. Andrews biological station. The reason is, he explained, that. fisher- men don't. wait for them to grow up, but pounce on them u soon as they are of legal size.

Ho added that. increasing Lira size of our far-famed lobsters i.» a mere matter of regulation. At one moment, authorities have bhll under consideration. Meanwhile, there is no danger of the lobster fisheries being depleted, Dr. NOCJ- ter said. That, of course, is good news for gourmets. But. it's oven better news for people who depend on crustaceans for a. living.

The economic value d! Iobsteri is not as well known co their du- liclous flavor. But, in recent. year's, annual returns from lobster fish- lng have tapped $5,000,000 in New

Brunswick alone, which makes them moire important than my other flan. sardine; no next, wtLh tho catch being worth around l3,- 000,000.

‘lobsters are also in first posi- Lion in Prince Eklward Island where they bring around $1,500,000. Th: P.E.I. cod catch, approxtmalmy $i00,000, comes a poor second. "In Nova Scotla, the cod catch is in the vicinity of $13,500,000, and the emphasis is an deep sea fishing. But. even in that; province, lobsters are second, and produce more than 05,000,000 a your.

The number o! fishermen in trio Marlttmea ls estimated at 38,000. Of the total, at. least. one-third dc- pend on lobsters, for most of chair income. Thus, lobsters are not only o, tasty delicacy, but. the but: o! u major industry.

It to of interest. to not; that. Dr. Needler also informed tho (lane:- ies research board that investiga- tions rue being carried on 0o u- certain whether we have I. shrimp fishery that. could be developed commercially. Bhrhnpo are caught tn fau- quantities tn neighboring Maine and specimens have been taken u, good distance up the Bay of Fundy. There are also shrimps 1n the Gulf of St. Lawrence along New Brunswick’; north shore. The question to be determined to iii-nether then: are enough of Lhem to unrrmt. fishermen going other them. If it's established that. than.

another great asset.

Farm Houses

(Windsor Dally Star) Intended to promom more cult.- able farm houses, the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation

the best. plans. A properly planned farm home has long been l. need in Canada.

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It. is not; only that. u great. pro- portion of form homes lack con- veniences, such as bathrooms, fa:- naces and water piped into them. It is also that. many of them wen: never designed IO as to make "it. easier for the housewife. Farm houswfvoo are busy poorplo with their chores. outside as well u their work inside the house. They rue too busy to waste steps most. of them have to waste because of brie design of their homes.

Designs suitable for on urban home frequently are not adapted for the farm. Most Ontario forms stilt neert woodsheda. Many W- rlutre summer kitchens and space for pails and other equipment: needed around a farm home. ‘lkrl cellars should be laid out for abor- age of potatoes, other: vegetables and fruits.

Nor will one plan be convenient: for all types of farms. A house on an Ontario mixed farm, or dairy farm, will be different. to best suit. its purposes, from that. on l. Wlletll. farm on the Prairies.

The ideal farm home should come from someone who knows something about a. farm, as well as about architecture.

COLCHESTER, England —(CP)

_Squnt.t.ers have moved into huts on Boxted airfield near here which are being converted lnto homes for some of Coiclicstero 2,100 home- less families.

LONDON - (OP) -'I‘he Carlton Hotel, situated in Pail Mall, has been taken over by the govern» ment; -_ but the grill room and uni-s Will remain open to the nub- lie.

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