THE GUARDIAN

‘Conro Prince Edward lnlnnd Like the Dew” lfuhlished every week-day morning 5: 136 Prlncc btreeg Charlottetown. P. E. I. by The Thomson Company Limited.

Editor and Manager. Inn A. Burnett Auociato Editor. Frank w-um. Branch offices at Summerslde. Montague Alberton. Authorized I: second Class Mail the Post Office Department. Ottawa.

By Carrier: Charlottetown. Summerslde $15.00 per nnnum. Elsewhere in P. E. 1. $9.00. Other Prov- inces and U. S. A. $12.00 per annum.

Inf!

bl

“Tho strongest memo:-A,‘Iiu__v‘veakea than the weakest "

Improssmont And Search

in 1807 relations between the United States and Britain were strained almost to the point of war because of the latter coun- try's insistence on the right to “impress- ment and search." The United States at that time took a strong stand for the free- dom of the seas and eventually Britain gave up her special claims to sovereignty over the oceans of the world.

‘The shoe is on the other foot now, how- ever. and it is small wonder that the Man- Chester Guardian “rubbed its eyes" at re.- ports that the United States has asked per- mission to search foreign vessels suspected of carrying Communist arms to Guatemala. From the time of King John until after the Commonwealth the English succeeded in maintaining their sovereignty over “the narrow seas" and in fact all the waters surrounding the British Isles. Even when a Spanish fleet was bringing Philip to marry Queen Elizabeth the English ad- miral compelled the Spaniard with a broad- side to make the customary salute in those waters.

Today, perhaps, the broad Atlantic is no wider than the narrow seas for practical purposes and the power of the United States is as readily exercised in mid-ocean as that of the earlier Elizabeth was in mid- channel. it is far from surprising, never- theless, that Britons today who regard themselves as modern Elizabethans should be horrified at the thought that their ships should be subject to search by any nation on the high seas.

___¢

Shooting Stars

Scientists say that millions of meteors. sometimes called shooting stars, enter the earth's atmosphere every day. Most of them are no larger than peas; heated by the friction of the air. they vaporize al- most instantly. Now and then one——known technically as a meteorite—strikes the earth; the hole it makes is called ‘a meteor- .itlc crater. The largest known crater is the Chubb, located in the Ungava Penin- sula of Quebec and called for a Canadian prospector of that name who discovered it many years ago. Another possible crater, 35 to 40 miles in diameter. also in Quebec territory. is to be studied this summer. Should examination prove that this huge water-filled hole is the result of a meteor- itic clash with the earth, it will be the largest thus far discovered.

As an illustration of what falling meteorites can do, it may be mentioned that one that fell on Siberian soil in 1908 destroyed all trees and vegetation within a radius of more than 35 miles. The ex- ploding gas caused hurricanes hundreds of miles away; horses and carts were lifted into the air and carried considerable dis- tances. This means that. although the Russians were not the first to acquire knowledge of met.eorites——and. strangely, they have not made that claim so far——- they certainly know as much as any other people about their destructive qualities.

Craters of varying sizes have been found in many scattered parts of the earth's surface; but. so far as is known. no meteorite has ever struck a populated area. Whether this is more luck or wheth- er there is some special attraction in desert regions has not yet been determined. It would be reassuring to know that the lat- ter speculation is the correct one. Most of us would be more interested in that kind of information than in hearing about dis- coveries of new and larger craters.

Skye Floor:

Bagpipe competitions used to be regular events at Government House grounds in Charlottetown a century ago. Contests of this kind were more frequent in those days than they are at present, with so many other community distractions and interests. They are Itlil a prominent feature of Skye Week in the I-lebi-idea. however. whence many or our Island Scottish settlers came. An account of the latest contest appeared in a recent issue of the London Times. and lafibf particular interest in view of the im- pyum put. taken by Dame Flora Mac- kodpéltld of Clan Macleod, whose visit to e rev years ago is still re-

\!..'-As.-. fa.-N5: -. .-

fich from Dunvegan -» . lays the re- immortai Mac-

aome of their

sea. an hour’s sail. to Boreralg, where pip- ing competitions were held. She had with her Piper Donald Macpherson. wartime navigator in the Royal Air Force. and now one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of pipers.

The old days of the It/1'acCrlmmons seem- ed to have returned when on the passage across Donald Macpherson played two of their great tunes, “The Kiss of the King's Hand" and “MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart," supposed to have been composed as early as the sixteenth century. A fulmar petrel, attracted by the music of the pipes. beat up against the breeze and glided past only a few yards from the piper.

Arriving at Boreraig, Dame Flora Mac- ieod and her party were welcomed by l\‘la'_ior-General Martin. of Husabost. and were piped up the brae to the l\iacCrimmon memorial cairn by pipers of The Cameron Highlanders. Then Donald Macpherson played on beautifully tuned pipes that im- mortal MacCrimmon pibroch, “Lament for the Children." composed 300 years ago by Patrick Mor Maccrimmon on the loss of seven of his eight sons of fever within a year.

The winner of the pibroch event was Piper Calum Beaton, of The Cameron High- landers, a native of South Uist, his tune be- ing “Macl<ay's Banner," a seventeenth-com tury composition commemorating the white banner of the Mackays. Calum Beaton, it is stated, is a pupil of Pipe-Major Nicol. who is one of the Queen's pipers at Balmoral.

A creditable Decision

Some time ago in Garwood, N. J. a post of the American Legion purchased an old Church building which had fallen into disuse. In due course the Legion of- ficials applied for a licence to sell liquor in their newly acquired headquarters; whereupon more than 100 persons living in the neighbourhood signed a petition urging the Town Council to deny the application. The ostensible reason behind the petition was that the building is in a residential area where, under State law, liquor licences are not permitted. The Legion, not wish- ing to go against public sentiment, with- drew their application.

While the signers of the petition invok- ed a legal ordinance in support of their re- quest, there must. have been some among them who felt that the original purpose of the building should be taken into con- sideration before anything was done about a liquor licence. it is probable. too, that the iegionnaires themselves, on second thought. saw the incongruily of their pro- posal to turn a former place of worship into a part-time wet canteen, for war yet- erans generally are not noted for belittling the value and strength of sacred associa- tions. All zoning regulations aside. it is to the credit of the members of this particular post that they paid heed to the wishes of their neighbours. They will gain. rather than lose. in public prestige and apprecia- tion.

\

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow. the Isl Sunday after Trin- ity, 2nd after Pentecost.

O O U

A cease-fire has been achieved in- thc McCarthy-U. S. Army enquiry but it. is to be feared that it will be long before an overall settlement is reached. 0 O I Prince Edward Island today welcomes Canada's Chief of General St.aff. Lt.—Gen. Guy Simonds now almost at the end of his tour of the Atlantic Provinces. O O I

A safety belt for pedestrians has been designed by the New Zealand Government. The three-inch wide belt is coated with a reflecting substance and shows up in the headlights of a car a quarter of a mile

distant.

Canada catches more fish in the north- west. Atlantic than any of the other nine nations interested in the industry. the in- ternational commission was told recently. If. as we are also told. the fish are moving north with rising water temperatures it seems likely that the Canadian proportion will continue to go up.

0 O

Canadians. but no Islanders, will take part in the World Gliding Championships in be held in Britain towards the end of next month. The sport should have every chance of success in this Province because it is seldom that either on-shore or off- shore breezes are not available.

0 O O

The Alabama was sunk thin date 1864, The Confederate cruiser had been built at Birkenhead. although Britain was a neutral in the war between American states. She avoided being detained by the British authorities and captured some 68 American

extent of nearly £1.000,000. Her activities led to strained relations between. Britain and the United sum but the matte was

vessels and inflicted direct damage to the.

lik

NOTES BY

ll’: funny how much harder a man works when he's telling his boss than when he's telling a friend. --1-lamllton Spectator.

We were forcefully reminded of the swift. sombre passage of the years by an advertisement that ap- peared last week in the New York Times. "Home Lovers!" it cried. “For less than $1,000 you can fur- nish seven rooms of your house with powerful 17-inch Crosley Super Vision TV sets!" We can re- call those primitive days when the bright North American dream had two chickens in every pot. later. as we emerged from the dark ages, there was the vision of two cars in every garage! now. ever onward and upward. it is seven TV sets in every home. But if seven. why not eight? The advertisement suggests that the sets could be distributed among bedrooms, kitchens. play

Distorted Version

(Ottawa Journn I i

from it credilably.

gain or loss nf acclaim from television audience.

There was McCarthy. a vulgar- nf an alley rat, rule of an infightimf There was Cnhn. start. described by Alistair Buch an as "the whlsperincf. ing eternal spiv." Thcrc

.Tcnkins the host lawyer

the police court. There proved chiefly that the

should have a different kind

his depth. - There was the chairman.

mentary committee in all

cven what constitutes relevant question to a witness There was nowhere. in truth.

who his job. There was shndrlincss. a depressing phere nf shallowness. with proceedings rarely rising

atmon

at Lincoln and in Jefferson.

of decency and justice.

All seemed to be strutting their parts like ham actors. their sole concern possible a

tan with the cunniniz and scrupics with the techni- ring bully. the young up-

snlckcr- was

in Tennessee" -— hoping to establish himself as it senatorial candidate and showing that his forum was WIS Stevens. the Armv Secretary who Army nf secretary —- naive novice nut nf.

Sen- ator Mundt. who must have been the worst chairman of a parlia- the .v'nrld's history. showing that he did ‘rat know the rules of evidence. nor at fair or

in this whole sorry business a man

revealed himsclf as fit for everywhere

the above

and which today despite some dema- llfisues and fools, in It great land

There'5not:'me I , etheplcasant s A ‘ _

Happy D39?’ I

THE WAY

rooms. cliiidren‘s rooms. living rooms. sun porches and dens. There is one obvious omission in that list. —a room which. of them all. has the friendly. contemplative atmo- sphere best. suited to the watching nf television —From Saturday Night.

According to the World Health Organization. from 80.000 to 40.000 persons die annually of snake bite in those countries which aupply vital statistics to the organization: this does not, include the Soviet bloc.

Canadians. living in a country in which venomous reptiles are not common, might be surprised at this high mortality rate. In the whole of North America about 800 to 500 persons die from snake-bite an- nually. by far the greater propor- tion in the southern United States. India has the highest mortality rate in the world: in 1949 there were 7.396 known deaths from this cause there.

Washington despalchcs say that —————-—_——

the ‘McCarthy-Army hearings are . _

coming to an and: may close out Unadlu5[ed |mm|gran[5 this week. What a mercy! ltnr _

ltlmust be doublleri whether any- ‘O’-“WI Clm‘-em

thing in the history of the US. In the put few yeug, not g {aw WRS mm‘? Cllfifil-ll)’ Vtllllal‘. 50 m|S- British immigrants trained in white represented or distorted the truc mnm- occuputxom h.ve found Em- h°3*‘1,"“‘d mllid "1 "19 ma“ 0‘ ficultv in adjusting themselves to A"b}:"‘f,:“25' “Cw! posqihlv “W Canada. and have had to endure Boston lawyer Wclch. ‘with his gm" ‘mrdshlpt The problem may touch of puritansm. iimerged

and to Canada.

Laborers. skilled craftsmen. - professional men with specific jobs to come to have little trouble in- settling down. But. persons whose},

the business contracts they have made during a lifetime find little opportunity in a new environment. They must. be ready to start. all over again. and if they are no long- er young. and have families to sup-, port. they would be better off not to have come.

The London office of the Depart-, ment. of Citizenship and Immlgrn-. i.ion advises Individuals unlikely to’ fit quickly into the Canadian econ- omy against emigrating. But the advice is not always taken. More-I over. not all intending settlers go - lo the Department of Information. In the winter of 1952-53. the Dc-, partment quietly delayed issuing a number of medical cerlflcntes to} prospective British immigrants. but, was censured for the notion-—qulte properly, perhaps. for the officials. had no authority to hold up the‘

the level of n circus. __ This was not America —- not °°“m'n"- I the land that gave to the world 033555" °°°n°m1¢ “P5351011 hi-|,

received widespread publicity in the British preas. but warnings of the pll.-falls - Iattiera have not been equally publicised.

pose is exceedingly difficult. forlthe young man was jammed be_ under the luv U10)’ CIHNDA be 73‘ tween the boats and the buiwarks. fused entry to this country. pro- His neck was broken, video they obtain a medical ccrtlil- never again spoke. cute. Yet unless they are willing andithe same able (which in often not the ruell temporarily to earn a living native laborers. their decision to emigrate here is unfair both to their families‘:

and '

Old Charlottetown

and P. I. L RESCUE AT SEA “Arrived on Sunday last, the bark ‘Theresa.’ Capt Robert

Fraser. after a passage of 44 days from Liverpool. When nine days out. in lat. 50. long. ll. she fell in with the ship ‘\'lcinr.\'.' Calli- Hoar, from London, hound for Quebec. and 44 days out. Two of her masts were gone, and she had 13 feet of water in her hold. Capt. Fraser states that when his vessel approached the wrecked ship her crew set up the most frantic cries for assistance. The \vind was W.N.W.. blowing fresh- ly. and the Theresa was com- pelled to fgllow the disabled ves- sel which was rapidly driving be- fore the. wind, for more than 24 hours. to seize a favorable oppor- tunity of rescuing the ship's com- pany, consisting of 35 hands all told.

"Very soon after Capt. Fraser succeeded in getting the men on board his vessel. the ship James Howe hove in sight, and the re- scued men were transferred to her. When the captain of the rescued_ship left his vessel she was on her beam-ends. her bal- last having shifted. and she was pitching her keel out of the water.

“On Sunday. the llth October, a young man named Leo Mac- Kenzic. one of the Theresa's crew. was sitting to_ leeward of the boats on deck, when the vessel shipped a sea. which tore the boats from their faatcnings (rip- [ping the balls from the deck) and

and he He was buried

afternoon. Deceased

was ill years of age. and a ha- of Cardigan on this Island." Ross's Weekly, Nov. 3. i863

l The Age Old Story

. - And the Lord said unto Noah. chief nsset is their personalities and Come mo“ M". ‘H my hm“ mm the ark: for then have righteous before me in this gen- ,arntIon.

Incl-.n

REFRIGERATION

Household. n I s o m o II t enuntera, walk-in coolers. dairy omen. etc.

We service nnd repair

any make of electrical Io- frlgerntlon equipment.

WIRING OONTRAOTORS

Motors. Washer: and Ap- pliances — we repair them all

Contact us for lny wiring lob from Installing a switch to wiring your home.

Storey Electric

PHONE Ill‘! I'll Grafton Street

Page 4

Now that the investigation into the United Staten Army-Benator Mccarthy dispute has been com- gicted I am trying to persuade mi!- .:>lf out the time I spent listen- ;nz to the radio aummlnz UP 01 each days proceedings was not en- tirely wasted; but I have to Idmfl that I am not eel-tin: Ilouz too well at it. Altogether I used 1113 I lot’. of hours which mlflm NW9 "99" used in any number of more re- warding ways. There was cert.aln1Y 11° °“''”'' tainment to any of the reviews; as for any cultural benefit. the best of the comic papers would have done Just as well, or better. The legal arguments. at least as they were reported by radio, ap- peared second rate and. at times. extremely Juvenile. Most. of the witnesses were confused and some of them gave the impression of being incapable of CM!!! dim“ answers to the simplest questions. As for the quest.lons_ many of them had little or nothing to do with the issues involved. I 0 0 It could be plainly seen that partisan interests were dominating me proceedings throughout. Each man ‘on the Committee had one eye on the task at hand and the other on the November Congres- sional elections. It was plain that the Republicans hoped that what happened in the Committee room would help them retain control of Congress; it was equally plain that the Democrats hoped for an entirely different result. The speeches. almost without exception. were directed to the millions of TV watchers who were referred to from time to time as the "jury"; so were the frequent changes in crou-examination tech- niques. On the question of politi- cal gain and loss the beat on the spot. analysis appear to believe that no spectacular result. one way or the other, will be forthcoming. Most. of them -— especially those with Democrat leanings — agree that Senator McCarthy will emerge from the henrlnga with his ego slightly deflated. but not serious- ly enough to make much difference to his political prospects. one thing is clear: wherever the Senator may go in the uncertain- ties of American political fortunes. he will never set the world on fire with his eloquence, There may be duller and more insipid voices cry- in; in the oratoricnl places of poll- tical society but, thank Heaven. it has never been my ill fortune to hear one of them. 0 O 0 However, what the Senator lacks in voice culture ho tries to make up, often auccesafully. in simple elfrontery. He in such a master at that sort of skill that, although he was one of tho defendants in the case before the Committee, he was able to take control of the proceedings at will. Time and time again the Chairman thought it. proper — or at least win» to yield to the senator’: importunatc and impertinent ways. In fact. no one seemed able to keep him from doing just what. he liked. without any regard whatsoever for the normal demands of procedural nlcetlea or of ordinary courtesy. One could not. help getting the impression that even the chief counsel for the Army permitted himself to be browbeaten at times by Mr. McCarthy's special and unorthodox methods of argument. Indeed. it seems certain that Mr. Weich'a legal ability. which doubt- less is of high order. was not en- chanced, to say the least, by the sentimental and almost hnlf-npo-

The Guardian

Saturday, June 19, 1954

The Passing . Scene

fly Oluuver P051‘-INVESTIGATION THOUGHTS

lozetio manner in which he .m_ werod Senator McCarthy's um. der against. the young lgwyer Fisher. an employee in the Weigh firm.

This. surely. was one of the ex- trnordlnarily disturbing and mm_ Iul episodes’ of the entire gene; Here was a young man who a. student had had something u, do with an organization with Communist sympathies. He had given up the connection several years ago and. apparently, he ,5 Just as anti-Communist. now as 1, senator McCarthy himself. yet in an attempt. to embarrass tn.’ Army’: chief counsel. Mr_ Mccar. thy did not hesitate to bring tn, young man’: former indiscmtlon to public attention, although it had nothing whatever to do with uh, current dispute.