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THE GUAIRDIAN

Iorulng Dally (Founded In l!!!) r Authorized as Second Clan Mull, Poet Offlao F Department, Ottawa. The lllund (iuurdlun Publishing Co. Idltor and Managing Director. J. ‘B. Buruehr

Anaclulo Editor, Frank Walker

IT-"The Strangest Memory is Weaker Than L‘ the Weakest Ink."

CHABLOTTETOWN. “WEDNESDAY; JUNE I0, 1948

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A llotahlc Anniversary »

Tomorrow we shall celebrate “not only the eighty-first anniversary of the birth of our Domin- ion, but also the seventy-fifth birthday of Prince Edward island as a Province of Canada. Prior to these events, however, on September 1, 1864, this Island cgvital was very much in the lime- light as the bet meeting place of the statesmen who were later to become known as the Fathers .of Confederation, and it was here, "Providence being their guide", that the idea of Confedera- tion was born.

On Monday, July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act went into force, it included only the four charter provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. Canada then began at Cape Breton and ended on the west of the Great Lakes. Between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains stretched the vast region known as Rupert's Land, governed by the Hud- son's Bay Company; and between the Qsckies to the shores of the Pacific Ocean lay the isolated but growing province of British Columbia. The Dominion then embraced an area of 662,148 ‘square miles and a population numbering gbout three millions. Today within our far-flung Trent- iers is an area of 3,810,395 square miles, and a population of nearly twelve millions.

, We have progressed steadily in wealth and Industrial development, and in prestige among the nations of the‘world. Still loyal to our tra- ditions afd obligations under the British flag, qwe are also intimately linked, by ties of com- merce, kinship and mutual aims in maintaining world peace and security, with our great neigh- bor to the South. We stand as yet on the threshold of opportunities such as the most optimistic can scarcely picture. As we look back over the past, and forward to the future, it is with justifiable ‘pride that we proclaim ourselves Canadians. . Prince Edward Island's contribution to the Confederation achievement has been by no vneans negligible. This is freely admitted, yet ft cannot be said that we have profited to the ' tent of the larger Central Provinces by the ion, or that the terms of the compact have jbeen“ fully carried out, even at this late date. ‘I On the present occasion, however, it need only said that we have never lost sight of the ‘ hrger vision af_ Canada as a whole. We havé flpo desire to sever the ties of Confederation, but ‘to hopeful still of obtaining a fairer measure 17f consideration, through friendly contact and Zriegotiation with our sister Provinces and the ‘Dominion, of which we all form a part. f We are privileged to publish in today's issue fan excellent summary of our lsland history by Prof. Frank MacKinnon, of Carleton College, Ot- tawa, son of a former Lieutenant Governor of this Province, also greetings from the Prime Minister and Opposition party leaders in the House of Commons. The coincidence of our birthday as a Province falling upon Dominion Day, and of it marking a particularly import- ant milestone, has not been lost sight of through- but Canada. No better augury for a better understanding of our problems in the future could be desired, than the good wishes express- " ed by our national party leaders on this occas- ' 1011- __ a

Iilft Within The Lute

A report comes from Liberal sources at Ot- Nwa that Prime Minister King and Finance Min- lster Abbott are at odds over Federal fiscal pol- icies ond Mr. Abbott's austerity program-me for the restriction of imports. The Liberal Toronto Daily Star recently carried a special dispatch from __ Ottawa reporting an "angry clash" between Mr. King and Mr. Abbott. According to the report the Prime Minister read Mr. Abbott a "stern lecture" about the Finance Minister's austerity , measures and high taxation complex, and told ‘him bluntly that he should "humanize" his ap- J, preach to the prqblems of taxation. According ’ to The Star, which is one of the sturdiest Liberal fiyrewepapers in existence, Mr. King want so far as ‘Mo indicate specified list of items which should made tax free. ln the opinion of the Torqgto Globe and gvMail, this makes "strange reading," in contrast "liio Mr. King's labored explanation in the House ffnn June 9 of the loss of two Government seats the recent by-electians. Mr. King then said: 2;.- "At the risk of the Government's own im- rlinediate popularity it has shaped its policies so ls to restrict further inflation in the present and to lessen the possibility of a depression later o ' II

‘..,., If it could be assumed that Mr. King was Ii consistent politician and a consecutive think- T/‘glir, what ha said on June 9, as quoted above, might 3151c regarded as proof that he is in full accord “iiwith the drastic and unpopular record Mr. Ab- ~i~§ibctr ha; made as Minister of Finance. But lt tfjbl known from experience that Mr. King can ffdlange his opinions with as quick dispatch as an facrobatcan change his circus costume. And {lamothing happened recently at Ottawa which may well account for a complete change n the Prime Minister's outlook. That incident was nothing lass than a formal visit of six on- LIletal-rnimbars to the Prime Minister's of- Ilee, carrying with them tho sh massage that u” lhoraxclso 1am imposed Mr. Abbott were abandoned, and llfly tax- pffatdpdwaQi-varnars and salaried III ..

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faccd "annihilation." Since then reports have appeared in the Press to the effect that many of the commodities singled out for taxation by Mr. Abbott last November would be relieved of taxation by an early‘ Order-in-Council

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I - EDITORIAL

Gettysburg, I863.

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Tcmorrow Dominion Day. I I I I

Lumbcrmen are welcome to the City for their conference. I I I I A free vote, independent of politics, on the Prohibition issue brought out the electors. I I I I The large plebiscite vote was doubtless due in part at least to the Legion's vigorous "get out and vote" campaign. I U l U This is a period of cheap money but even so the $30 reward received by a New York finder of $1,250,000 in cheques seems inadequate. I I I I

Prince Edward Island's extensive beaches are likely to prose an embarrassment to life guards trying to protect swimmers. The public can make the service effective by bathing only in protected waters. .

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The states, provinces and colony by the seo have much in common in history, products and population. The conference at Digby, while il- lustrating these similarities, seeks more to de- velop trade through such variation as does ex- ist. . . I '

Now that Prohibition by law is to be ended the Temperance Federation and other organiza- tions can return to their true task of imbuing the practice of temperance, particularly in the rising generation.

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Only one district in the whole Province-that of Fourth King's-gave a majority for Prohibition, and that by only ten votes, 441 to 431. Fourth Prince, formerly the banner Prohibition district, turned it down by 174, viz., 1,280 to 1,106.

Figures just published by the International Refugee Organization show that Britain has taken in more refugees and displaced persons than all the other countries of the world put to- gether. They are entering- Britain at the rate of 1,500 a week. At least 70,000 have been ad- mitted since the end of the war. The British West Indies are today in the position of the Maritimes and Canada some ninety years ago. They are contemplating a relatively small local union of British colonies to give them the political and economic strength they lack individually. The time is ripe for Can- ada to make a generous offer to induce them to enter Confederation instead. William Barents, Dutch navigator, died this date ‘I597. He conducted three unsuccessful ex- pedrtions from Holland in search of the North- Epst Passage to Asia. On the fltltdwflyagg hg discovered Spitzbergen, rounded Novaya Zem- lya, where he was compelled to winter, and there died. In 1.871 his camp and relics were discov- "Ed. and m 1875 a partjon of his journal was found. I I i‘ I

This certainly seems to be a favorable time for Provincial Governments to go to the polls. Three returned to power out of three elections. Conservatives in Ontario, C.C.F. in Sqgkqrdyewun and Liberals in New Brunswick. Now that New Brunswick has gone more Liberal than ever, and Premier Jones has won out on the Prahibiton Issue, encouragement wil-I be given r0 prime Mlmfiffif King to make plans for an early Fed- eral election.

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Once again we are indebted to the Island Telelilltille Company and its organization throughoutdhe country for the speedy returryg in the Plebiscite held Monday. The Charlottetown Office staff under Mr. Don Gass could not have been more co-operative. Thanks are also due to the Boy Scouts of the City who rendered q Publlc "m" b)’ llfillqing in official returns from many City polls. '-

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Amherst is attaining its objective of q broad new 75-room hotel The new building, made p05. sible through the co-operation of the Neg 5mm 9°""""l¢"l', the Amherst town cglrncil and the citizens generally will be started as soon as architects finish the specifications. The cost will be between $400,000 re $500,000_ Th, new hotel _wrll be located at the corner of Herb- ert_and Victoria streets, at the top of the mgjn business sections of the town. 1t will face Vic. l’°"° 5m". but will be B0 feet back from the street, fronted with lawn and a flower garden,

the business street. I I I I

_lt is interesting to recall that the term "Kingdom _ef Canada" was one of the designa- tions considered and rejected at the Quebec Conference in I864. When the l. N. A. A»; "l? 5'5"! 1mm“. the name Dominion foun-d "'""'_‘°l "Wifllflllce because it was thought P¢¢"|"I'|Y "Pltfflpriate as an assertion of our Central Government's domination my" m; 0"" expanse of territory included in the Con- faderating Provinces. Sirlaonard Tillay is said to have suggested the name, quoting in its sup- port the eighth vem of Psalm 72: "Ha shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth." New Zoaland adopted the some designation 40 years later, when It became "the Dominion of New Zcaland." i The name sanctioned by Canada's constitution ‘t "t ' "iv"""9sef overruns. we i»! wr- Illisl arthriti- -

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A 12-inch phonon-l ‘ record that will play l6 much muelc u m album of six or seven conven- tional records, will hlt. the market. soon. The revolutionary new also will provide up to half an hour o.‘ continuous music. up to an hour if you play both sides. ‘Phat means you can hear on a elngle platter an entire symphony or the full run of a musical comedy score. - Wall street Journal.

The Landon Times, though pro- fessing not. to know what a. reu- hot. momma ls. was or should bu, paid n. nice compllment. to Sophie ‘Pucker when she appeared at tli: London Casino. A review of her performance wound up with thc summary that she was able to give "half a dozen seemingly care- lees words the weight and momcn- lum of an epigram." No one pru- hribly ever would have though; of Sophie Tucker as an epigrummlut. but. maybe she has been all bill-E time. - Fredericton Gleaner.

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Registered Nurses’ Association Ia to be congratulated for encourag- ing school of nursing to take male students and its plans to give their... on graduation. full racognilion and the same professional standing as ivomrn nurses. 'I‘here Is a rletlnloe need for mule nursrs..Many mer. have hall almost as lull n hospital training as women. but for some reason or other they have been looked upon ns flunkies, mere met.- ials to do dirty work. They have had no standing whatever. During the war the armed services discov cred that men trained for nursing duty-cyan though their training was far less than that. of a regis- tered nurse—-made excellent nurses. -Vancouver News-Herald.

The story of Rebecca. the. l5- ycar-old Eskimo ward of the isle Canon Turner of Arcllc mlsslon fame. is not. without u certain s1;- ulflcance. After Canon Turner's death last Winner, Rebecca. ‘was taken to England. but. she was un- happy there, and dld not. want no slay. Now she la returning to northern Canada. and apparently very anxious to get. back to her home —whloh ls Baffin Land. That ls a classic demonstration of tile power of homeslckness. For Baffin Land ls as desolate and forblddhig a stretch of territory as can ‘oe found anywhere on earth. Most. oi its surface ls bleak and barren lun- dra, unrelleved by a tree or u bush.

intensely cold; its Summers are chiefly noted for the abundance and fljoclty of the mosquitoes. F0.- much of the year the sun hardy ‘rises above the horizon. — Edmon- ton Journal.

“Ottawa's diplomatic set." mem- bers of embassy and legablon staffs and their famllles, now numbers some hundreds 0f 98150115- DIPIW mats. by law and international us- age, enjoy many privileges peculiar to their class. Two or three recent incidents have brought to public attention the fact that. accredited representatives of foreign powers are In many respects aboverfianad- tan law. and n zealous pbllcemzm dealing with a touchy diplomat could create a situation worthy of comic opera. The fact. is that. al.- der international practice e diplo- mat ls on his honor to obey the laws and customs of the country. and cases are comparatively rare where his privileges nre abused. Canadians represenlung our u0\'- ernment.‘ abroad enjoy. of cuurze. one same advantages WhlCh are tne rig-ht. of Ottawa's diplomatic seb. so 1t ls not. a one-sided concession. -Ott.awa Journal.

Disadvantages of modern attire were amply demonstrated WhE-r tlwo Detroit. coeds went, adrift tn a roiwboat. in Lake Erie near Leani- ' lug-ton. An offshore wind carried them away from land. They ‘or:- came so alarmed. they sought no fly a dlstress signal so someone would see their plight. In olden d-ays. when women wore volumin- ous petllcoebs even when boating. the solution would have been sim- ple. A girl could divest. herself of the pettlcoat. without. divesting ncr- self of too much modesty. It. WOllld make a flnc distress signal. or, ad- ternatlvely. could be Improvised us a sail. 1n case of injury. lt. could be ripped up Into bandages. Those goods, however. were not so fa:- tunate. There wan not much of which they could properly divest themselves. In sheer desperation (the effect. was surely sheer en- ough) one of them took ,off her "T" shirt. Now. we don't just. know what. n "T" shirt. ls. but. apparent- ly it. ‘Isn't. much of anything, It. did suffice for the purpose. and the losses were rescued. — Windsor

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The unrnmantle nndhu played n vital part ln the feverish work of confining swollen flood water In British Columbia la recent. weeks. Men and women by the thousands worked day and nlgnt fllllng them with earth to buttress river banks crumbling undel- flood pressure. Due publlolty has been given to the mlendlcl work per- formed by aircraft. crews ln tfylnl rm sandbags from lam-m Canada to the,West..- and to"lhe tnlnmeu

who c led out. their share o! the portetlon. But. after _t.hc excltcme ‘ of flood days are over.

I. very natural quaetloa arises.

Where dld o mllllon and a halt sandbags come from In a hurry Vi. meet such all cmetaencyt The answer lles la may paaplugpipek. The hep were plied Inna. Can- Lral- Ordnance Depot. at. Montreal

‘They were used in wartime for

training and A. B. Y. work. tnu- one ualo an» Can- aalsm can rolololomlr b our adi- plus loomed of doplorlnl It. 740:! William nun-Jamel. - " -

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Its Winters are long, stormy and Majesty-s Mosh Honorable

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FIOM “FRHGMENT OF LN ODE

Then in some day of terror for the

world. when all the flags of Furies are unfurled, When Truth and Justice. wlldererl and unknlt. Shall turn for help to this young radiant lend We shall be quick to see and under- stand.

—Dunr-an Campbell Scott.

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(And P. E. l.)

THE NEWSGPROCLAIMED

Cizlonlal Secretary's Office, 28th. June. 1873 His Honor the Lieutenant Gov-

next. being the day appointed by the Queen from and after which this Island shall form part of the Dominion of Canada, shall be ob served as a public holiday In the

public offices. T. Heath Ihvlland, Colanlal Becretay A PROCLAMATION By I-llls Honor William Francis Robinson. Esquire. lieutenant-Governor and Com- mander-ln-Chlef In and over Her

Majesty's Island Prince Edward.

and the Territories thereunto oc-

langlng. Chancellor. Vice Admli- a1 and Crainary of the samz, eta, etc.,_elc.

(L. S.)

William Robinson. Lin-Governor.

WHEREAS. by the “British

North America Act. 1867." provision was made for the Union of’ the Provinces of Canada. Nova SCOLIR. and New Brunswick lmo the Du- mlnlon of Canada. and 1t. was (e mongst other things) enacted that lt. should be lerwful for the Queen. by and with the advice of He: Privy; Council. and Addresses from tne Houses of Parliament. of Ctifllda. and from the Houses of the Legis- lature of the Colony of Prince m- ward Island. H: admit that. Colony into the said Unlon. on such reams and conditions as should be in the Address expressed. and as me Queen should think lit. to approve. subject. to the provisions of the said Art. And lt was further enacted that. the provisions of any Order- ln-Councll In that behalf. should have effect is if they had been enacted by the Parliament of me United Kingdom of Great. Brit- elu and Ireland. AND WHEREAS. By Addfbddc-S from one Houses of Parliament of Canada. and from the Houses of the Legislature of Prince Edwaru Irland. respectively. Her Majesty was paayred by and wlth the advice of Her Most. Honorable Privy Council. under the one hundred and forty-shafts section of the hero- lnbefore recited Act, to admit Prince Edward Island lnto the Do mlnlon of Canada. on the LGHIIS and conditions specified.

AND WHEREAS, Her Majesty has thought flt. to approve of me said terms and conditions. in an Order-ln-Councll hearing date the twenty-sixth day of June, instant. wherein it ls ordered and declared by Her Majesty. and with the oa- vlce of He: Privy Council in pur- suance end exercise of the pow- ers vested ln Her Majesty by the sald Act of Parliament. that. from and after the first day of July. \.. the year of our Inrd one thousuuu eight. hundred and seventy-three. tihe sold Colony of Prince Edward Island shall be admitted into and become purl. of the Dominion of Canada. under the terms and cor.- dltlons set forth ln the herelnbc- fore recited Addresses.

fhave therefore thought m. by and vrlth the advice of Her Ma- jesty's Executive Council of this Island. to issue this Proclamation. hereby requiring and commanding all and singular. Her Melody‘! 0|- flcers and lavlngsubjects ln that Island, and all others whom It. may concern. to take notice of the said Order-ln-Councll. edmltlclng this Island into Unlon wit. the Domin- ion of Canada. from a d after the said first. of July, In the year cf our lord one thousand and Clflhv hundred and eevenly-chree, and so glve their ready obedience accord-

ingly. .

Given under my hn-nd and the Great. Seal of this Island. It. Char- lottetown ln the aald Inland. this twenty-eight day of Juno, In the year of our Lord one thousand eldht hundred and eevemy-ttlree. and ln tine minty-seventh you: of

Relinquishment _Of Thej Polesting Mondale

(U. K. Intomlatlad Office)

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Rum u: at Pride. who m so quick 1n vuuntlng . ‘

Thy gift. thls land. that. ls tn noth- ing wanting;

Qlve Mind to match bbo glory of

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Glve neat Ideals to b11680 U" - sordid rlft.

Between; ‘pa: heritage and our use o .

exnor has been pleased to direct, that. Tuesday. the 1st. day of Ju.y I

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