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THE i GUARDIAN

lornlng Dally (Founded ln llll) dullsarllied no doc-ours Clans llall, Poss Office Jsepnrtmens, Ottawa.

The Island Guardian Publishing Co. Irlltor and llnrusgiug Director. J. It. Burnett; Associate Editor, Frank Wellies-

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

CIABLOTTETOWN. ssrunnnv. Mnv 22. ms-

iiiotoria ilay

When Queen Victoria died in January, 190i, after a reign of sixty-four and a half years, there were very few persons living in the Brrtrsh do- mains who could remember a time when a king had _ru|ed over them. Queen Victoria and her birthday had become fixed in the thoughts and customs of her people, and the break with tradi- tion which came with her death "seemed like a convulsion of nature.

. Today, a wide majority of the people of the Empire have no personal recollection of _Vrc- tcria's reign, but her tradition lives on. She is remembered not only for the illustrious achieve- ments which marked her era, but for her own personal qualities of mind and heart. The most notable and interesting of the writings about her is the Life by Strachey; and to read this with care is to be convinced that he began to write it in the mood of the scoffer but was converted as he wrote to a very different frame of mind. He was conquered by the evidence of what her character and personality had done for the institution oi monarchy, which had been brought almost to the point of dissolution by George Ill.

lt was during Victoria's reign that the Dominion of Canada grew from a group of scat- tered colonies to a strong confederation under the British flag. And it is interesting to note that Canada has been the only D inion to set aside May 24th as Victoria Day. gfher members of the Commonwealth merge it with Empire Day. This has occasioned a good deal of confusion, so much so that last year a Western Ontario town council solemnly proclaimed May 24 to be Vic- toria Day and ordered its observance as a pub- lle holiday. That is like a town council ordering that Christmas shall be observed on December 25. Empire Day, on the other handfis not the name of a national holiday in Canada. Where observed it is provincial. in most Provinces it is

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Education when patriotic exercises may be held in the schools.

Gui. Bovey's Retirement

Our old Carnegie Library friend, Col. Wil- frld Bovey, retires from McGill faculty, having reached the age limit. He is a graduate of two of McGill's faculties. He is a member of bath the Quebec and the English bars. ‘He lras a notable war record. He is a writer and speak- sr of note. But above all it has been his kindly urbanity of manner which has bridged so easily and naturally the differences between the aca- demic world and the world outside the cam- pus, says The Telegraph Journal. lt~ would be difficult indeed to recall now the almost in- numerable ways in which Col. Bovey carried on educational work within and beyond college walls, how by radio, and music, and handicrafts, he broadened educational opportunity. But per- haps his work as a liaison officer for the Uni- versity has in no respect been as valuable as his work in developing tlre spirit of understanding between French andw. English Canadians. The statutory regulations as to retirement have now brought Col. Bovey's work at McGill to a close. But much remains to be done by a man whose human kindliness has done so much to demons- trate the truth of Lord Grey's saying that "nothing so predisposes men to understand as making them feel that they are understood."

The Trade Fair

The first Canadian international Trade Fair, to be held in Toronto next month} inherits an ancient tradition, according to officials of the Fair. The first international exhibition in which Canada participated is said to have been held in London in l85l. Canada (although it was not yet a united country), was represented by such primitive products as buffalo robes, birch- bark canoes and saddles.

However, history says there is a much older precedent. Five hundred years ago, on the very

spot where the Canadian international Trade Fair headquarters now stand in the Toronto exhibition

grounds, Indian tribes gathered from a radius of hundreds of miles for a traditional "pow-wow". Here they brought their skins, canoes, weapons and trinkets to trade with each other. Squaws and papooses accompanied their family heads. Not only was mutual trade accomplished to their economic advantage, but the various tribes came :0 know each other better, learned to live peace- ully.

The forthcoming Fair will

28 countries which will be shown -to business buyers from all over the world. Patterned uftgr the most modern and tested European Trade Fair methods, this event promises to be one of major importance.

Stamp With A lilosssgil

. As an example of religious tolerance, the United States government is issuing’ a stamp , showing .the pictures of four chaplains who went

" Atlantic in I943. ,Tha chaplains were of Pro- tholic and Jewish faiths- ‘ __ ‘whobelievsdtlrat rtgrlb lb ‘serve-together for

{is aimognlfisent stomp

- _, it tells. These

flyilflhlsof-a

comprise l,500 separate exhibits, representing the products of

immortality; theirgoal the some, even though the paths they trod were separate. Their shin- ing example should not go uriheeded these days of intolerance among men of different races and creeds. _ - The United States has brought its inspiring history to millions of people through the med- ium of~ postage stamps. This country, suggests an exchange, might well follow the same course. We all know how popular have been the com- paratively few special stamps Ottawa has issued. Many more occasions in Canadian» life should be so marked.

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

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Tomorrow Trinity Sunday. 1 I i I I

Our telephones are to cost us more, with the approval of the Utilities Commission. I i _I I

The expected has happened. The Provincial Government is absorbing the Federal amusement tax.

A ten-day Revival Campaign will be com- menced tomorrow by Major and Mrs. Mercer in the Salvation Army Hall, City. -

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The Cancer Society and islanders in general

are to be congratulated on their efforts to battle this painful killer. i i i I Congratulations are in order for Mr.

Graham Rogers who so successfully directed the Canadian Appeal for Children campaign, which realized its objective and moire of $50,000. .

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According to the Provincial Sanitary Eng-

ineer some one should be prosecuted for contfa-

vention of the Public Health Act.

it is for the Attorney-General to take action. i‘ I l

Every day and twenty-four hours a day the Fire Departmiet stands ready to protect life and property. Buying a tag is not a__gift but an in-

vestment.

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Housing is not merely c matter of financing construction. The city of Toronto has recently spent approximately two million dollars in ex- tending services to veterans‘ housing develop- ments outside the city. I I I A most welcome modernization of Canada's postal system is announced by the Postmaster General. Beginning July lst letters will be carried ct the 4-cent rate over the main net-work of Canadian cities. The "All Up Route" should prove a major factor in unifying this Dominion. I i I

Provincial taxation is rising faster in the Provinces which agreed to the Dominion-Provin- cial proposals than in Ontario and Quebec. The fact is that the agreeing Provinces have gone wild an so-called social security plans, which are costing far more than was expected. ' I O k Q

The re-opening of Sandy's Restaurant at Marshfield is synonomous with the beginning of summer and will be as heartily appreciated. Flt.- Lieut. A. E. Saunders, D.F.C., has made an out- standing success of his wayhouse restaurant, and deserves a continuance and expansion of the lib- eral patronage he preyiously ‘enjoyed. I I

Notice outside a typical modern home: "The Poor Cuss who lives here helps to support: The Federal Parliament, Provincial Legislature, thous- ands of Public Servants, City Council, Maritime Electric Light Company, The Telephone Company, local doctor, dentist, butcher, baker, milkman, grocer, landlord-also o wife, two kids, a cat. Hawkers please keep away because there's noth- ing left."

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Baronets first created this date l6ll. The existing baronetage of England was instituted by James l with the object of promoting the plantation of Ulster and to raise money. Each baronet had to pay $5, as fees of honour. Charles I created a Scottish degree of baroncts for promoting the colonization of Nova Scotia. Each baronet received a grant of land in that colony with ample powers of jurisdiction. All new baroncts are now created baronets of the United Kingdom.

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Mr. Caldwell continues to make inquiries about the National Film Board, (says a contemp- orary). Liberals and Pro-Cons should back him up. This institution, started as part of the temporarily successful attempt of Leftists to capture Government propagandaduring the war, has some value, but is much too costly, and still inclined to Leftist ideas. CBC becomes more and more an agent of Socialist and Communist propaganda. It has now been announced that Mr, King Gordon, long established as an extreme Leftist propagandist, has been retained as a CBC

staff correspondent.

Seven years ago, on May 24, 194i, the Brit- ish battle cruiser Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in an engagement eff Greenland. A long range shot found a vital spot and touched off the Hood's magazines. When she blew up with the loss of practically all hands the British Navy suffered its heaviest single blow since, the start of the war and one-that could not go unavenged. Every available ship, including the King George V, the Rodney, the liamlllies, the Renown and the Ark Royal were sent to join the hunt for thevaider. At l0:30 a.m. on May 26, torpedo carrying planes sighted the Bismarck and damaged her stesring gear in a series of at- tacks. At 8:30 on the morning of the 27th, the Rodney and King George V closed in and opened fire. Thefllsmarck returned their fire as best she could bat by 9:30 her turrets had been knock- ed out and‘ the end was not for an. Tho lost blow camswhsn the cruiser Dorsstslrire went in with torpsdos. Shortlyliefore noon, the Ils-

r thdy died ls a firm. ilnllsd teller, is

lt seems now ,1

5°"! "l0 younger devotees of t-ho "n look" scorn to be walk- ing about the streets in their night- sowns and bedroom slippers. - Brockvllie Recorder and TlmQ,

A hammer. weighing one your] I-ud I quart-er. dropped so feet down on elevator shaft. in Regina. It lsnded in the cost. pocket of n man at. work at. the bottom of the shaft. Just another lucky hole in once-Fort. William limos-Journal.

Cnnndlnn housewives are advised by Dackmghouse officials u: buy more pork in order to bring down the price of beef. And alter that, what would they buy to bring down the price of pork? —Montresl m. nanclsl Times.

That it doee not. rain in lnndon quite as often as legend suggests is proved by tire fsct that, tn or- der to shoot a scene for Individual Pictures’ production, "tenant; 3e- 1on8! to Mo." the company bed to employ London firemen who olay- eal their hoses into the ctr above Westminster Bridge to create the illusion of s rslny day. -UK h- formstlon Office.

Misc Emily P. Bielell. who has Pissed away at Wilmington. Dei., at the age of 86. will be silently mourned by countless persons Pro- bably more than any other lndlvld. no.1, she was primarily the cause 0f Billing many lives and extending the life span of thousands. For it was Miss Bis-sell who founded the Christmas Seal Drive back in 1907,. when she put. on s. campaign to raise $300 in the fight. against tu- berculosis. - Vancouver News-Her-

At the end of the war- ft. was pre- dicted that ivomen workers in war plants and other industries would retire andunake their jobs avail- able to returning service men. But. a. survey by one of the big lrisur- unce companies shows that. they did not. do so. In fact. it. “iscloses that today there are over s million more women cu than there were a year ago. This seems to 1n- dlcste that women are not. lightly gfvlng,up the independence they anJoy with pay checks of their own. -Boston Post.

The one important metal which has not advanced in price during the upheaval in mining costs of the past year or so ls nickel. In- deed, the price ls only 12 per cent higher than ll, was 22 years ago. It. was then 30c. It was raised la 1946 to 35c and then reduced to 33.751: in the U. S. on the halving of that country's import. duty. In comparison, we sea a. doubling of copper since the war. and in three years we find lead up more than four Limes and rlnc up more than three times from wnr ond pro-war ievels. It. has been stated that. any further rise in mining casts would force a rise in nickel. -Nort.hern Miner. \

Dr. .l .W. Thornton. of Ports- mouth, England, come to Australia "to give his children a chance." "l knew I couldn't keep my children flt and well in England, so I've brought them hers." he sold, when he arrived in Sydney. "You only have to look st. them to see what is happening. The elder youngsters are big and strong; the younger are thin and pale. "The children themselves first. suggested ll. “They deserve a brook for they were right ln the froutllno at rus uth durlm the wn.r—l800 sir raids." D1. Thornton had n number of tents with him. “Your housing shortage is well known, so I've come prepar- ed," he cs1‘ "We shall tour ‘the country, having a good look around. before we settle down." Dr. Thorn- ton is an Australian. He loft. I0 years ago and man-led in Srltsin. -F'rom Australia News.

California all companies are pro- paring ha probe deep under the Pacific ocean on the hunt for new petroleum pools. This search will put them an the last. frontier of California's rich oil domain. For the past. l0 years every likely area of the states land surface has been drilled and redrllled in the hope of striking new reserves, Bul. in that. decade no new maior fields (good for lilo-million barrels or more) have been opened. Now oil men believe the time is first sp- proaching to test the theory that st least. 2.5 billion barrels of all are locked deep below the surface of tho ocean oil! southern Califor- nla. lf true. that untapped supply would be about. half as much petrol- eum as this state has produced and still has in reserve. Oil cornpanle face many technical problems in making deep-water drilling an sc- tuclrty. Ocean drilling such as would be required here has never before been attempted. - Well Street Journal.

We like fanny levn. Pacing tlsesn must. be almost. e much fun as reading them. for the statute books of the land are liberally sprinkled with ifhe ludicrous. m Jollet, lll., it's illegal to try an mroro tho-u sfx dresses 1n any store. 0st coughs stnllnl mp in Nah-vs County. Artsona. one you'll have to wssh yourself with lt. till the staff's used up. In Gory. Ind. You .csn't- I“ i"! a streetcar if you've oeteu get within tho isol- four hours. Undet- tsisers in 14-. fill‘!- Ii"

' matches. sltforstle

march heeled over and went to the bottom. Britain still ruled the waver.

The Freilht Rate Mud le

(eydnoy Post-Record)

A valued contemporary, The Oharlotteoown F " , lpplf- ently thinks that the Post-Rec- ord's approval of the King Cov- errwnreritfs refusal to inlerfereJvlth the Transport Board's ‘judgment, or to order n delay ln the oper- ation of the 21 per cent freight rate increase, ls in conflict. with‘ this paper's subsequent -‘ se- llldllfwol Mr. Bracken‘: resolution censurfng the Ministry for not. hnvyrg seen first a general revie- ion of the tariff structure pre- ceded the Board's hearing of the rsltwnys‘ s llcot-lon. There ls, however, her inconsistency nor change of view to be fo rid in the excerpts. our can rsry quotes from this newspaper. Not that either inconsistency or change of view ls necessarily nu unpardonoble sin.

l-lsd Mr. Bracken’: resolution denounced the Cabinet's refusal to order the 30 days delay re- quested by the seven Provincial Premiers, cs the 0.0.1". motion dld, The Post-Record would cer- tainly not have approved it. As it happened, however, the Opposi- tion leader's unendment. followed along the precise lines of critic- ism prevfousgy published in this column. It was a motion of censure, based on the correct. ars- sertion that. the King Govern- ment had made default in not proceeding in good time with the already long-overdue revision of the general freight. rate struct- ure. As The Poet-Record had rc- peutedly voiced the some critic- lzm long before Mr. ‘Brackenu resolution was presented to the House, this paper's expressed sp- proval of that resolution should not have surprised anyone.

But since one very observant exchange docs seem doubtful of

The Post-Record’; position, a re- /

statement of ‘our point of view 1n the matter appears to be neces- sery.

‘This paper has all along been in favor of a general upward revis- lan of freight. rates, for the ob- vious reason that. the railways need and are entitled to larger revenues to offset greatly en- hanced operating costs.

But this paper has maintained all along, and reaffirms now, that. as coon as the railways had filed their application, the Federal Government should have moved immediately tn the direction of e revision of a. freight rdbd struct- ure vrhich was then 21 years in existence, and which should have been recast even before the out- break of war. We expressed dis- approval of the application of the seven Provincial Premiers for a stay in the dPflr-utlon of the Transport Board's Judgment, be- cause we have never approved of political appeals from the decis- ions of established judicial trib- unals. What these Premiers asked for would, lf granted, have estab- lished a mosh dangerous reced- ent, and thrown the judlcl job of freight. rate making inbo the hands of politicians, whose moln concern is to win voters and ob- toln or retain power. The King Cnbtnet. was undoubtedly right. in turning down so extraordinary s request. For once at least tn the whole course of this protracted controversy the Cabinet managed to do the correct thing. '

It. is admittedly unfortunate that the 2i per cent increase is being added lio an obsolete freight rote structure, which contains many anomalies and inequalities which require to be remedied. Closing thedooc- after the disap- pearance of the horse, the King Government has sfileet, but only

IOI. CORE PIBTANT DAY

‘today I- watched the ‘wonder tn his V!‘ "

Lflllngmtéhs blue fey feather Rom

And running, trdcelled in joyful

, rurprlse.

"Look. Daddy. look whet I have foisnd.‘

dosoodn myflgonrnust brow-camp's

weather: Anddorhlstnosbeltcforhle

Bias now dud than - e bliss Jay feather.

—Wo.lted- d. Rlolsudson fa the New York Times. .

Old Charlottetown rue r. r. r.)

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VIOTOITA BECOME! QUBE

Early in the morning of the 24th. May, i887, the notional banner was hoisted upon the fisgstoff of the garrison tn Charlottetown, sad at l3 dcloik noon the citizens were aroused by the firing of the bat- tery guns. 0n inquiry ss to this unusual salute lt was ascertained that. a Princess of the Royal blood had become of age. Every garrison town in the realm announced the joyful event by the booming of sr- tlllery. the echoes of which were heard in every ‘land. She was the Princess Victoria, orphan niece of His Majesty William lV.